Board approves well contract, faces infrastructure capital challenge
Board of Public Works · Meeting of April 27, 2026
Essex Board of Public Works approves well contract, outlines infrastructure capital needs. Chairman Nick Ellis and Commissioner Westley Burnham unanimously approved meeting minutes and awarded a $19,590 well-cleaning contract to Maher Corp. The board approved a two-bedroom sewer flow addition at 149 Western Avenue and discussed substantial capital projects including sewer pump replacements estimated at up to $100,000 per pump, grinder pump replacement with a budget request of $125,000, water meter replacement for over 400 aging meters, and cemetery expansion as the town faces burial-site exhaustion in 6 to 11 years.
Secondary treatment financing with Gloucester emerged as a planning issue, with Gloucester planning a 30-year term instead of 20.
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Source: the Board of Public Works meeting of April 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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