Wayland Wastewater Commission approves September minutes, sets capital plan for November vote

WAYLAND -- October 11, 2023, Wayland's Wastewater Commission held outgoing administrator Jane Capasso's final meeting as new town engineer Abigail "Abby" Charest was introduced. Chair Mike Gitten and DPW Director Thomas Holder thanked Capasso for roughly 90 meetings of service; Holder said a successor with a Class 2 wastewater license is in interviews. Operations Manager Jared Cotton reported the River's Edge development hit 88.7 percent of allocated capacity at 10,464 gallons per day in September, about a third of the plant's roughly 30,000-gallon daily flow. Holder previewed an FY25–29 capital plan due Friday that includes replacing Cotton's 2008 Ford Explorer with an electric vehicle, a new treatment-plant roof to support solar, and an evaluation of the Route 20 sewer ahead of an $8 million-to-$10 million state corridor project. Member Darrin Bock warned the bottleneck is feeding the chargers: "They don't have the electrical infrastructure in place." Receivables stand near $19,000, with lien letters going out in late November.