Select Board sets $5.50 sewer rate, up 10 percent
Ludlow's Select Board set the sewer rate at $5.50 per 100 cubic feet. The 4-0 vote, on a DPW recommendation, raises the minimum bill from $100 to $110 per well, with a DPW official citing a 10 percent rise in chemical costs and a $100,000 true-up.
Select Board · Meeting of October 20, 2026
Ludlow's Select Board set the sewer rate at $5.50 per 100 cubic feet. The 4-0 vote, on a DPW recommendation, raises the minimum bill from $100 to $110 per well, with a DPW official citing a 10 percent rise in chemical costs and a $100,000 true-up. Mike Kelleher told the board the school project finished at $53,656,000 against $59,951,000, about 10.45 percent under budget, with the MSBA grant at $27,180,245 and a town share of $26,476,659.
Joe Alves presented an Amoresco solar PILOT at $13,500 per megawatt, which the board held after finding a chart error that omitted a $26,865 year.
In the full story:
- Opening and Public Comment
- Amoresco Solar PILOT Offer, Fiscal Year 2028 (Correspondence 26-164)
- School Building Project Closeout
- Correspondence and Appointments
- New Business
- Celebrate Ludlow Letter
- Board Updates
- Entertainment License Application
- DPW Quarterly Update and Sewer Rate
- CARES Coalition and Red Ribbon Week
- Closing
- Who Was There
- Organizations And Documents Referenced
- The complete report: 2,008 words
Source: the Select Board meeting of October 20, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.
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