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MEETING Minutes
TOWN OF NANTUCKET
Pursuant to MGL Chapter 30A, § 18-25
Committee/Board/s SEWER PLANNING WORK GROUP
Day, Date, and Time Thursday, February 5, 2015, 9AM
Location / Address 2 Fairgrounds, PLUS Conference Room
1.Call to order: Chair Wheatley called meeting to order 9:05 a.m. Attending; Steve Anderson, Mike
Glowacki, Dual Macintyre, Charlie Stott, Chair Wheatley, and joining, Matt Fee. Staff; DPW Director
and Finance Director.
2.Review mi nutes from January 2015 and March, April and June 2014: January 16, 2015 approved on a
motion by Mr. Macintyre, with Mr. Anderson abstaining. March 7, 2014 unanimously approved on a
motion by Mr. Stott. April4, 2014 unanimously approved on a motion by Mr. Macintyre. June 2, 2014
unanimously approved on a motion by Mr. Macintyre.
3.Allocation of Capital Costs for Sewerage Expansion
a.SPWG Member comments: members presented their comments to be submitted to chair, for
attachment to minutes.
b.Discussion: Finance Director presented information on requirements under state law, for
betterment charges: Must be “proportional to benefit” (allocation by buildable lot, frontage,
area, assessed value, for example). Group discussed the need for developing principles as a
basis for meeting the public interest.
c.Chair Wheatley summarized: General agreement that extending the sewers will benefit all, and
that a significant portion of the costs should be raised through the general fund. Further
agreement that past inequities need be discontinued, by including all of the outstanding costs,
and that the updated septic management plan needs to be implemented.
d.Finance Director to explore further modeling costs of betterments in the needs areas according
to assessed values.
4.Public Outreach: to be determined
5.Next meet Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 9:00 a.m.
6.Adjourned 11:22
2015 02 05 spwg minutes approved 2015 04 01