Water board shelves steeper drought fines

From Hingham News

• Finance panel refocuses after Light Plant pulls warrant items. Hingham's Finance Committee shifted attention to school funding after the Light Plant withdrew its own warrant articles, with members pressing town officials for clarity on whether a proposed federal tax credit for the high school's geothermal system would actually lower residents' tax bill.Hingham News
• Select Board sets Nov. 3 votes on school roofs. Hingham's Select Board voted to put two school roof debt exclusion questions on the November 3 special election ballot and separately took up a request to add more money to the high school's roof and HVAC design, which member Julie Strehle called unusually specific.Hingham News
• School Committee tackles police visit policy, HVAC fix. Hingham's School Committee took up a new policy on how schools respond to police visits after the state set a compliance deadline "with little notice," and also weighed a plan to replace a failing high school boiler before winter.Hingham News
• Finance panel presses on geothermal tax credit claim. Hingham's Finance Committee questioned building officials over an ambitious federal tax credit estimate for the high school's proposed geothermal system, as members debated cost differences between geothermal and traditional HVAC options for the elementary school roof projects.Hingham News
• Water board tackles Main Street project, drought fines. Hingham's Board of Water Commissioners took up a design contract for water main work on Main, Middle and Short streets ahead of a state roundabout project, while also weighing a steep increase to drought fines that one resident called too little, too late.Hingham News

Coming up

• Mon, Sep 28, 6:30 p.m.: School Committee meets Monday evening. Hingham's School Committee holds its next regular meeting Monday at 210 Central Street, according to the town's public meeting calendar.Town of Hingham
• Mon, Sep 28, 7:00 p.m.: Planning Board convenes Monday night. Hingham's Planning Board meets Monday evening, according to the town's official meeting calendar.Town of Hingham
• Mon, Sep 28, 7:00 p.m.: Conservation Commission meets Monday night. Hingham's Conservation Commission holds its regular Monday evening meeting, per the town calendar.Town of Hingham
• Mon, Sep 28, 7:00 p.m.: Capital Outlay Committee meets Monday. Hingham's Capital Outlay Committee, which reviews town building and infrastructure spending, meets Monday evening at 210 Central Street.Town of Hingham
• Mon, Sep 28: Notre Dame Academy field hockey plays Monday. Notre Dame Academy's junior varsity field hockey team faces Malden Catholic in a non-conference game Monday, according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps
• Tue, Sep 29, 10:00 a.m.: Retirement Board meets amid pension debate. Hingham's Retirement Board meets Tuesday morning at Town Hall, days after the Finance Committee weighed a funding option that would push full pension funding out to 2036.Town of Hingham
• Tue, Sep 29, 6:00 p.m.: School Building Committee meets Tuesday. Hingham's 2025 School Building Committee, which is overseeing the Plymouth River and South Elementary roof projects headed to a November ballot, meets Tuesday evening.Town of Hingham
• Tue, Sep 29, 6:00 p.m.: Select Board meets Tuesday night. Hingham's Select Board meets Tuesday evening at Town Hall, with the November 3 school roof ballot questions and high school design funding still on its plate.Town of Hingham
• Tue, Sep 29, 7:00 p.m.: Advisory Committee meets Tuesday evening. Hingham's Advisory Committee holds its regular Tuesday evening meeting at Town Hall, per the town calendar.Town of Hingham
• Wed, Sep 30, 7:15 p.m.: Board of Health meets Wednesday night. Hingham's Board of Health meets Wednesday evening at Town Hall, according to the town's official meeting calendar.Town of Hingham

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