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Billerica Select Board Waives $22,063 in Sewer Fees for Wicked Wings Restaurant

Billerica Select Board votes 4-1 to waive $22,063 in sewer fees for Wicked Wings restaurant over staff objection. The special meeting vote on July 27 corrected a July 20 action in which only roughly $10,000 of a nearly $32,000 fee total had been waived due to imprecise motion language.

Billerica Select Board Adopts Internal-First Police and Fire Chief Hiring Policy 3-2

Billerica Select Board voted 3-2 Monday to require internal candidates be considered first for police and fire chief vacancies, brushing aside a town counsel opinion that the policy conflicts with the town charter.

Billerica HDC Votes 6-1 Against Dam Removal Certificate But Must Issue It Anyway

Billerica's Historic District Commission voted 6 to 1 against a Certificate of Hardship for the Talbot Mills Dam Removal Ecological Restoration Project — then confirmed the certificate must be issued anyway under a Middlesex Superior Court order.

Billerica Charter Panel Votes to Pursue Special Act for Recall Election Overhaul

Billerica's Charter Review Committee voted 10-1 to advance proposed changes to the town's recall election provision through a state special act rather than the standard charter amendment process.

Billerica Planning Board directs staff to draft comprehensive plan steering committee warrant article

Billerica Planning Board votes 6-1 to pursue comprehensive plan steering committee at fall Town Meeting.

Billerica Housing Authority adopts FY27 plan, flags federal voucher shortfall risk

Billerica Housing Authority adopts FY27 annual plan and warns of federal voucher funding risk.

Billerica HDC Unanimously Approves Dog Daycare Renovation and 1796 Cafe Restoration

Billerica's Historical District Commission cleared two Boston Road properties for exterior renovation in unanimous votes at its July 8 meeting.

Billerica Finance Committee approves $237,657 in end-of-year transfers, elects new officers

Billerica's Finance Committee reorganized for the new fiscal year and approved two end-of-year transfers totaling $237,657 at its July 7 meeting. Donald Damon was elected chair unanimously, John Malloy was elected vice chair 9-1 in absentia, and Mary was re-elected secretary.

Billerica Charter Panel Votes to Mandate Annual Town Audit, Revise Public-Comment Rules

Billerica Charter Review Committee advances annual audit mandate and rewrites public-comment rules in four unanimous votes.

Billerica Board of Health Denies Grease-Trap Waiver, Continues Walk and Roll Hearing

Billerica Board of Health tightens grease-trap enforcement, denying a Jersey Mike's franchise waiver and deferring a new sushi shop's request to August.

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