Board approves retiree drug plan, saves $907,000

Select Board · Meeting of October 27, 2026

WESTBOROUGH — The Westborough Select Board voted 4-0 to approve a new retiree prescription drug plan projected to save the town roughly $907,000. HR Director Kim and insurance consultant Rusty Short of NFP presented a shift from three to five drug-pricing tiers alongside a new $700 deductible, up from $615, offset by a premium drop from $132 to $77 a month. Board member Patrick Welch recused himself, citing his wife's town employment.

Staff said about 85 percent of the plan's 573 subscribers had not spent $700 on prescriptions through September. One member called it "a good change" since "it saves the town over $900,000." The board also voted 5-0 to join a year-round household hazardous waste disposal program with Veolia's NEDT facility in Sutton, subsidizing residents $50 per household against a $5,000 budget, after the town's lone annual hazardous waste day didn't occur at all in fiscal 2025.

In the full story:

• Open Forum: Residents Press for Accountability on Planning Board and Charter Review
• Civic Plaza Mural Project
• Revolutionary War Monument
• Active Transportation Signage
• Procurement Officer Delegation
• Special Town Meeting Follow-Up: Articles 6, 7 and 8
• Hazardous Waste Disposal Agreement
• Utility Billing Analyst Classification
• Appointments
• Retiree Health Insurance Plan Change
• Town Manager Report and Board Correspondence
• Executive Session
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,499 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.