Board hires outside counsel on sewer deal complaint

Select Board · Meeting of October 13, 2026

Kingston's Select Board voted 5-0 to hire outside counsel to answer an open meeting law complaint over its handling of a Duxbury sewer agreement. Resident Marsha Meekins filed the complaint alleging the board approved the Miramar Sewer Agreement at a "hastily called" May 7 meeting without public disclosure of its terms. Petitioner Daniel Zotos said 400 residents signed citizen petitions, Articles 15 and 16, headed to the October 27 special Town Meeting, while resident Susan Sherman said the board "sold to a private developer what can only be assumed for poor budgeting." The board also continued a nuisance dog hearing for 15 Nottingham Drive to November 10 pending a new stockade fence, and recommended Town Meeting approve a $2.5 million cellular water meter purchase (4-1) and a bylaw banning data centers (4-1) among 14 warrant articles.

In the full story:

• Open Forum: Residents Press Board on Miramar Sewer Agreement
• Open Meeting Law Complaint: Delegating the Board's Response
• Nuisance Dog Hearing: 15 Nottingham Drive
• Liquor License Transfer: Brazilian Point to Montanhas Market
• Conservation Land Purchase: 83 Wapping Road
• Special Town Meeting Warrant: Board Recommendations on 14 Articles
• Citizen Petitions 15 and 16: Board Maintains No-Position Precedent
• Town Administrator's Report: Permitting, Private Roads and the Rail Transfer Station
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,105 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.