Lunenburg Sewer Commission Approves Two Home Expansions, Seeks More Bids on Laurel Lane

LUNENBURG -- May 26, 2026, Lunenburg Sewer Commission approves two residential sewer expansions and writes off nearly $400 in billing errors. At the May 26 meeting, Clerk Dan Proctor presided over unanimous votes approving change-of-use requests at 48 West Street, where applicant Michael Branchflower is adding a bedroom, and at 990 Massachusetts Avenue, where a property owner is pursuing a two-family conversion, though members flagged that the commission's bedroom-based fee schedule may not adequately capture two-family changes of use, directing staff to review regulations before the next meeting. The commission voted 4-0 to write off a $393.19 balance at 37 Wallace Park after Sewer Business Manager Andrew Valeri acknowledged accidentally sending closing attorneys the wrong billing spreadsheet during a property sale, and granted a one-time $173.20 bill reduction to a homeowner at 99 Leominster Road whose quarterly bill spiked to $752. A $9,700 sewer connection proposal for a Laurel Lane property was tabled after members noted the estimate had nearly doubled from an informal $4,500 figure offered two weeks earlier, with DPW Director Bill Bernard directed to obtain competitive bids.