Acushnet meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Acushnet agendas: water rates, police staffing and a housing budget vote ahead

Acushnet boards posted agendas for eight meetings held between Oct. 14 and Oct. 23, and three more are scheduled in the next two weeks. Minutes have not been published for any of the recent meetings, so the items below are what each board was scheduled to take up — not what it decided. The only votes listed on the coming agendas are at the Housing Authority, which meets Oct. 28.

Selectmen: liquor license, water rates, reserve transfers

The Board of Selectmen's Oct. 14 agenda listed public hearings on a liquor license transfer for Acushnet Wine and Spirits, Inc. (Scuttlebutts) at 590 Main Street, and on an Eversource Energy petition for underground cables and fixtures on Morses Lane and Middle Road. The board was also set to discuss water rates and electric smart meters, in-house paving for Union St., and reserve fund transfers for Town Hall Maintenance and the Acushnet Police Department. No dollar amounts were listed for the transfers.

Housing Authority: 2027 budget and a $47,378.93 flooring contract

The Acushnet Housing Authority's Oct. 28 agenda lists a vote to review and approve the 2027 Fiscal Year Budget, and a proposed $47,378.93 contract with Mass Floors for Project #003068, Common Entry Flooring Replacement. The contract is listed as proposed; the agenda does not state that it has been awarded.

Schools: special education audit, policy votes

The School Committee's Oct. 15 agenda included presentations on a Special Education Department Audit Report, MCAS data and an Air Quality Project Update. It listed Policy JEBB - High School Tuition Students as a first read and possible vote, Policy ACL - Interacting with Law Enforcement Officers Engaged in Civil Law Enforcement as a possible vote, and a vote on the donation of a Yamaha Trombone. On Oct. 27 the committee meets for a workshop on Superintendent's Evaluation Training with MASC.

Conservation: Hathaway Road house, wetland complaint

The Conservation Commission's Oct. 14 agenda listed a public hearing for Austin J. Cusson to demolish a building and construct a single-family dwelling at Hathaway Road. Also listed: plan revisions for the Eversource Reliability Project (DEP file # 0593 Line 114), a stormwater regulation waiver for the Lambert Street and Lawton Street Project, an investigation of flooding at 32 Middle Road, and review of a potential wetland violation at 2 Shade Tree Lane.

Golf clubhouse, library plan, health and aging

The Golf Management and Operational Advisory Committee's Oct. 22 agenda listed a possible vote to recommend a design services firm for a new clubhouse to the Board of Selectmen. Library Trustees on Oct. 23 were set to review and approve the year-to-date budget, hear a building update on the sump pump and roof, consider a modified holiday schedule, and take up a new Strategic Plan FY27–FY32 and FY28 Action Plan.

The Board of Health's Oct. 20 agenda listed discussion of tobacco regulations and enforcement order updates for 12 Carol Street (Joe & Regina Spinola) and 23 Frank Street (Susan Almeida), plus Community Nurse and Home Care Statistics for September 2026 and the DPH Arborvirus Surveillance Program Report (Sept 27 – Oct 3).

The Council on Aging on Oct. 14 was scheduled to introduce new Director Michelle Bartlett and Board member Thomas Orlowski and review 2025/2026 building improvements. Its agenda listed travel program trips to the Old Mill Restaurant ($86.00), Foxwoods Casino ($43.00) and Aqua Turf Club ($110.00), and classes in painting ($11.00), beginner watercolor ($10.00) and a Halloween Party ($3.00). The Board of Assessors, also Oct. 14, listed introduction of a new Principal Assessor, assignment of address numbers, signing of the September 2026 MV abatements report, and an executive session on FY2027 Personal Exemptions and FY2028 Chapter 61A/61B applications.

Coming up

• **Oct. 27 — School Committee:** workshop on Superintendent's Evaluation Training with MASC.
• **Oct. 28 — Board of Selectmen:** Police Department staffing and appointments for Deputy Police Chief and Sergeant; appointments for ZBA Clerk, Conservation Agent and Election Members; i3 Broadband update; Land Use License for Boy Scouts; speed complaints for Morses Lane and Keene Road.
• **Oct. 28 — Acushnet Housing Authority:** vote on the 2027 Fiscal Year Budget and the proposed $47,378.93 Mass Floors contract.

Acushnet agendas cover quarry expansion, sewer transfer, wetland permits; no votes confirmed yet

Acushnet boards posted agendas for four meetings between Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, 2026, covering a proposed quarry expansion and asphalt plant, a sewer budget transfer, two wetland building permits, and closed-door contract negotiations. Minutes have not been published for any of the four, so none of the items below can be reported as decided. What follows is what the agendas say was scheduled.

Planning Board: quarry expansion at 72 South Main Street

The Planning Board meets Oct. 1 at 6:00 PM in a hybrid format to continue a public hearing on PJ Keating Company's proposed upgrades and expansion of its quarry facility at 72 South Main Street (Map 15 Lot 17), including a new asphalt plant and stormwater management features. Also on the agenda: a request for a one-year extension and release of lots 9 and 10 at Deep Brook Estates, with lots 1-8 remaining under covenant; an informal meeting on a proposed solar photovoltaic canopy at Ford Middle School, 708 Middle Road (Map 19 Lot 20.21); Approval Not Required requests at 3 Tripp's Way (Map 8 Lot 25) and 112 & 152 Quaker Lane (Map 6 Lots 19 and 20); and possible amendments to the Solar Bylaw. Votes are scheduled on recommending adoption of the 2026 Open Space and Recreation Plan and the 2026 Water Resource Management Strategy.

Selectmen: sewer transfer, golf club manager, one-day liquor license

The Board of Selectmen meets Sept. 30 at 4:30 PM in the Selectmen's Meeting Room. The agenda lists three public hearings on Eversource petitions to install underground cables, conduits, and manholes on Morses Lane, Lake Street, and Lynne Ellen Drive. Under new business, the board is scheduled to consider a sewer enterprise budget reserve transfer presented by Dan Menard, a loader grant, a vote on a Golf Club change of manager for Dana Przybyzewski, a one-day liquor license for The Sangria Lady for Pawtoberfest on October 18, several appointments, a resignation, and water abatements. An executive session is listed under M.G.L. c.30A, Sec. 21(a)2 for contract negotiations for a Principal Assessor Consultant.

Conservation Commission: two wetland permits

The Conservation Commission meets Sept. 30 at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Meeting Room at 122 Main Street for public hearings on two Notices of Intent. Austin J. Cusson, Hathaway Road (Map 12, Lot 15E, SE 001-0630) proposes demolishing an existing building and building a single-family dwelling, septic system, and utilities within the 100 ft. wetland buffer and 200 ft. riverfront boundary; the applicant requested a continuance to the October 14 meeting. Dan Moniz / DPM Development Corp., 3 Alison Drive (Map 12, Lot 11E, SE 001-0632) proposes a single-family house, driveway, grading, utilities, and landscaping within the 100 ft. wetland buffer, with work up to the 25 ft. buffer zone. The agenda also lists discussion of PJ Keating Company's DEP file #0558 and 16 Hunter Street, and minutes for approval from September 16, 2026.

School Committee: negotiations in executive session

The School Committee Negotiations Sub-Committee meets Sept. 29 in executive session, closed to the public, under purpose 2 (strategy sessions for negotiations with nonunion personnel) and purpose 3 (collective bargaining or litigation strategy, ATA negotiations). The location is the Superintendent's Conference Room, Ford Middle School, 708 Middle Road. No other substantive items are on the agenda.

Status of decisions

All four records are agendas only, and minutes have not been published. The supplied data does not establish that any item was voted on, approved, denied, or continued.

Coming up

The supplied data lists no upcoming meetings for the next 14 days. One date appears in the Conservation Commission agenda: a requested continuance to October 14. Readers should check the town's official postings for that and other meetings, which this roundup cannot confirm.