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• Planning Board approves 35 Cape Road permit. Mendon's Planning Board took up the site plan and special permit for 35 Cape Road, with Vice Chairman Damon Tinio recusing himself over a conflict of interest before returning to vote under what he called the rule of necessity.Mendon News
• Select Board sends camera bylaw to committee. Mendon's Select Board voted to send a proposed ban on automated license plate reader networks, along with a no-knock solicitation bylaw, to committee for study ahead of a fall special town meeting, as Police Chief Kersey and member Brendan Chenelle offered opposing views.Mendon News
• Water board signs revised Hopedale billing deal. Mendon's Water Commissioners signed a memorandum amending the Cape Road Agreement after Hopedale raised water rates 10 percent and shifted Mendon to its tiered billing structure, something commissioners said they learned only through Hopedale's posted minutes. The board set an October 1 rate hearing.Mendon News
• Board of Health eyes senior trash discount cut. Mendon's Board of Health left septic and private well-testing rules unchanged but weighed shrinking the senior discount on trash fees and a $35 fee for subscribers who missed this year's payment deadline. The board must submit its preference by the end of October.Mendon News
• Capital Planning sets aside $100,000 for road repairs. Mendon's Capital Planning Committee weighed a full slate of fall Special Town Meeting requests as member Phil Cieply pushed back on a proposed consultant study to consolidate town department space, and Jesse Curll questioned interest costs on the regional school district's $9 million bond.Mendon News
• Council on Aging reelects co-chairs, eyes pantry rule change. Mendon's Council on Aging reelected Earl Pearlman and Peg Nogueira as co-chairs and began drafting looser food pantry rules after staff confirmed no income proof is required for access. More than 37 seniors have signed up for new AARP-funded computer classes starting September 28.Mendon News
• Krager, Hommel reelected as Finance Committee reorganizes. Mendon's Finance Committee reelected Chair Michael Krager and Vice Chair Carl Hommel and pushed back on a proposal to strip its power to request financial information directly from department heads. Krager warned he would resign rather than see the panel reduced to a rubber stamp.Mendon News
• Library trustees begin drafting state aid reserve policy. Mendon's library trustees began sketching a tiered reserve system for the library's roughly $102,658 in accumulated state aid, weighing a fixed emergency reserve before directing remaining funds toward staff training, expanded hours and a planned rectory rebuild.Mendon News
• Planning Board continues Oxford Road warehouse hearing. Mendon's Planning Board opened a hearing on a fire-rebuilt Oxford Road warehouse, weighing an abutter's request for an abbreviated review against the planner's finding it needs a full peer review as a major site plan. The hearing continues September 24.Mendon News
• Planning Board approves Morrison Drive plan, permit. Mendon's Planning Board approved a site plan review waiver and special permit for 3 Morrison Drive, then continued two other applications, at 36 Milford Street and 109 Uxford Road, to October 5 pending outstanding stormwater and zoning questions.Mendon News
• Select Board OKs firefighter, National Grid easement. Mendon's Select Board learned a feasibility study found 73-75 Providence Street not viable for 33 duplexes without major town subsidy, so the town will instead rehab an existing house and barn for up to five affordable units. The board also appointed a new firefighter paramedic.Mendon News

Today in Mendon

• Town reminds residents of flu clinic at Miscoe. Mendon officials reminded residents of an upcoming flu shot clinic at Miscoe Middle School, part of the town's fall immunization outreach, according to a notice posted to the town website.Town of Mendon

Coming up

• Mon, Sep 28, 4:00 p.m.: Quarter 1 water bills due at town hall. First-quarter water bills are due at Mendon Town Hall by 4 p.m. Monday, September 28, according to the town's calendar.Town of Mendon
• Mon, Sep 28, 6:30 p.m.: Bylaw panel to weigh camera, no-knock rules. Mendon's General By-Law Review Committee meets Monday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m., where members are expected to take up the camera-surveillance and no-knock solicitation bylaws the Select Board referred for study this month.Town of Mendon

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