Select Board approves Rayburn Drive land taking 4-0

Select Board · Meeting of May 26, 2026

Millbury Select Board approves a Rayburn Drive land taking for a sewer pump station, 4-0 with one abstention. Board members pressed staff to guard against future value-diminishment claims, invoking a prior McCracken Road land dispute, before approving the taking tied to a September 12, 2025 survey plan; board member Gary Nelson abstained, citing his Rayburn Drive residency. The board also finalized an Environmentally Preferred Purchasing Policy and accepted $7,100 in Asa Waters Mansion donations, including a $5,000 platinum sponsorship from All Care Medical Supply.

Staff reported a hit-and-run driver who damaged a Senior Center pillar was located in Quincy, and said a consultant will present redevelopment options for the old fire department headquarters at the June 23 meeting. "I said absolutely not," the town administrator said, describing pushback on a downtown design that would have cut parking near a pizza restaurant.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of May 26, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.