Board of Public Works — September 14, 2026
The Fairhaven Board of Public Works met on September 14, 2026, and handled a series of routine administrative items, contractor payments, and upcoming warrant articles. The board unanimously approved five sets of meeting minutes from August, granted a water drain layer license to Cleveson representing IR Campbell Construction, and appointed Pete Da Silva as a Highway Department laborer at Grade 4, Step 4. They also entered into an FY27 environmental monitoring agreement with Brown and Caldwell for the town landfill in the amount of $30,740.
The board approved five articles to submit for the Special Town Meeting warrant scheduled for November 17, 2026. These included placing private cellular antennas on the Schuylkill Water Tower, accepting a section of Grover Street as a public way, transferring sewer capital fee revenues from sewer retained earnings to the capital fund, reprogramming unexpended sewer project balances totaling over $540,000 into the capital fund, and requesting approximately $100,000 for Phase 2 of the Spring Street water main replacement. Additionally, members approved payment invoices and associated DEP State Revolving Fund reimbursement requests, including $31,147.04 to FTI, $606,136.32 to Methuen Construction, $103,862.45 to Tighe & Bond, $12,797.00 to Dig It Construction, and two engineering payments to Tata & Howard totaling $8,477.51.
During reports and commissioner comments, Superintendent Vincent Furtado discussed an upcoming executive session presentation to the Select Board regarding a memorandum of understanding and mechanic reclassifications, the surplus equipment town auction delay, and water main extension regulations on private ways. Commissioners discussed concerns regarding youth safety and accessibility regulations surrounding e-bikes on the bike path, the upcoming Phoenix Rail Trail and pump track ribbon cuttings, and a West Island community forum on development impacts.
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