Three school district panels meet Monday
From Mendon News
- Board of Health eyes cut to senior trash discount. Mendon's Board of Health left its septic and well-testing rules untouched but turned to whether to shrink the senior discount on trash bills and add a fee for missed payments, with the board due to settle its preferences by the end of October.Mendon News
- Capital panel finalizes fall town meeting wish list. Mendon's Capital Planning Committee settled on the road, equipment and senior center projects it will send to the fall Special Town Meeting warrant, after members sparred over a proposed consultant study to combine fire, highway, senior center and library space under one roof.Mendon News
- Conservation presses garage over wetland buffer parking. Mendon's Conservation Commission questioned a Hector's Garage representative about vehicles parked near a wetland buffer on Uxbridge Road and an oil sheen reported in a nearby stream, then set a site visit ahead of deciding what happens next.Mendon News
- Council on Aging moves to ease food pantry rules. Mendon's Council on Aging reelected its leadership and moved to draft a less restrictive food pantry policy after learning state rules require no income proof or SNAP enrollment for access, while confirming AARP-funded computer classes for seniors start September 28.Mendon News
- Finance Committee resists losing budget oversight power. Mendon's Finance Committee reorganized for the year and pushed back on a proposal to strip its ability to question department heads directly, with the chair warning he would quit rather than see the panel reduced to a rubber stamp.Mendon News
- Library trustees sketch plan for state aid reserves. Mendon library trustees spent much of Tuesday's meeting debating how to divide the library's accumulated state aid, corrected mid-meeting after a disbursement was miscounted, between an emergency reserve, staff training and a planned rectory rebuild, without settling on final numbers.Mendon News
- Planning Board opens hearing on rebuilt warehouse. Mendon's Planning Board heard why a fire-rebuilt Oxford Road warehouse needs a full site plan review despite matching the footprint of the building it replaces, then continued the hearing pending a stormwater study.Mendon News
- Select Board OKs firefighter, National Grid easement. Mendon's Select Board approved a National Grid easement and appointed a new career firefighter, then previewed an October 27 Special Town Meeting warrant covering road funding, a salt brine sprayer and further work on the sidelined Providence Street housing plan.Mendon News
Coming up
- Mon, Sep 28, 4:30 p.m.: Three MURSD panels meet Monday in Upton. Mendon-Upton Regional School District's Building Committee, Policy Subcommittee and School Committee all meet Monday evening at 90 Pleasant Street in Upton, starting with the building committee at 4:30 p.m.Town of Mendon
- Mon, Sep 28, 6:30 p.m.: Bylaw review committee meets Monday night. Mendon's General By-Law Review Committee meets Monday at 6:30 p.m. to continue its work rewriting the town's general bylaws.Town of Mendon
- Thu, Oct 1, 3:00 p.m.: BVT capital planning panel meets Thursday. Blackstone Valley Tech's Capital Planning Subcommittee, which sets facility spending priorities for the regional vocational school Mendon belongs to, meets Thursday at 3 p.m. at 65 Pleasant Street in Upton.Town of Mendon
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