Kingston Sewer Commission Sets $32,000 Tiered Fee for Main Street Conversion

Water · Meeting of January 20, 2026

Kingston Sewer Commission sets $32,000 tiered fee for Main Street apartment conversion. The commission voted at its January 20 meeting to charge the owner of 55R Main Street a maximum of $32,000 in equivalent-inflow-unit betterment fees to convert second-floor office space into up to four residential apartments — $24,000 for three bedrooms and an additional $8,000 for a fourth — a rate the board said reflects a discount from the standard $50,000 that would apply under current rules, crediting the property's long-standing connection to the phase-one sewer system. The board also approved a $406.87 abatement on a quarterly bill for the Standish West account, where a broken pipe continued flowing into the December billing cycle.

The superintendent, identified in the transcript as Dave, reported the department has collected roughly $1,047,000 in sewer user fees and $385,000 in septage fees at the fiscal midpoint, but warned that a wipes-clogging problem at a Riverside Drive pump station is consuming two-person crews every two to three days to service a bar screen that cost approximately $1,800 to install — with full pump-truck and labor costs running well beyond that figure.

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Source: the Water meeting of January 20, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.