Government · Conservation
Board votes 4-0 to fix vernal pool septic rule
Kingston's Conservation Commission voted to close a loophole letting septic systems sit inside protected vernal pool buffers.
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The Select Board, Finance Committee, Town Meeting and every other town board, from the meeting record.
Government · Water
Water Board Selects Cheaper Access Road For New Well
Kingston's Water Commissioners picked a cheaper route for a new well access road and flagged a widening water-loss mystery.
Government · Select Board
Select Board Ratifies Police Union Contract
Kingston Select Board ratified a police union contract and cleared two town meeting articles. The board voted 3-0 to ratify a contract with the Kingston Patrolman's Association, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 64, with one member recusing.
Government · Board of Assessors
Assessors review 3% home value rise
Kingston assessors reported average home values rising about 3 percent and commercial values up 30 to 45 percent under the town's ongoing revaluation.
Government · Town Meeting
Kingston Voters Curb Future Sewer Deals With Other Towns
Kingston's Special Town Meeting voted 171-28 to require future town meeting approval before Kingston commits sewer capacity to developers outside town, responding to a June agreement sending 44,000 gallons a day to a Duxbury housing project.
Government · Select Board
Select Board Takes No Action on Sewer Deal Authority
Kingston's Select Board declined to revisit the legal authority behind a Duxbury sewer agreement, voting instead to adjourn without further action. Chair Kim Emberg convened the special meeting at residents' request a day before a town meeting where the issue was expected to resurface.
Government · Finance Committee
Finance panel rejects $2.5 million water meter plan
Kingston's Finance Committee voted against recommending a $2.5 million water meter borrowing article ahead of Fall Town Meeting.
Government · Water
Sewer Commission holds forum on Duxbury sewer deal
Kingston's Sewer Commission faced sharp public criticism over a signed agreement allowing a private Duxbury developer to tap into the town's wastewater system.
Government · Planning Board
Board votes to recommend battery storage, data center bylaws
The Kingston Planning Board voted 3-0 to recommend favorable action on zoning articles banning data centers and regulating battery energy storage systems ahead of the October 27 Fall Special Town Meeting.
Government · Water
Water board votes 3-0 for superintendent finalist
Kingston's Board of Water Commissioners voted 3-0 to recommend Matt Zawinski as its lead candidate for water superintendent. Commissioners kept runner-up Mark Cloud, called "a very highly qualified candidate," in reserve in case talks with Zawinski fall through.
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