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Board Approves Waterfront Pay Increases

WestboroughFeb 10, 20262 min read

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The Select Board approved higher 2026 waterfront pay rates, including $19 per hour for lifeguards, $21 for lifeguards with swim-instructor credentials, $23 for head lifeguards, and $27 for the waterfront director. The board also heard a $10.5 million proposed capital improvement plan for the Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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What this means

The approved pay rates are intended to support staffing for daily waterfront operations from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., seven days a week. The board also authorized testimony seeking to preserve municipal use of debt-based driving restrictions to help collect motor vehicle excise taxes. Wastewater upgrades were presented as a future Town Meeting warrant article; the minutes do not state that the $10.5 million plan was approved at this meeting.

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Approved serving alcohol at the Cultural Council's March 11, 2026, grant awards event in the Great Hall; the vote was 4-0-0.
Authorized the Select Board chair to submit testimony requesting that debt-based driving restrictions remain available for motor vehicle excise tax collection; the vote was 4-0-0.
Updated the custodian classification plan to reflect three full-time custodians and one 25-hour-per-week custodian at grade N-8; the vote was 4-0-0.
Approved a $4,000 signing bonus for the assistant town engineer position, split between $2,000 upon hire and $2,000 after six months of employment; the vote was 4-0-0.
Approved amended waterfront position pay rates of $19 per hour for lifeguards, $21 for lifeguards with swim-instructor credentials, $23 for head lifeguards, and $27 for the waterfront director.
Received a presentation on a proposed $10.5 million Wastewater Treatment Plant capital improvement plan addressing aging equipment, operational reliability, and odor-control redundancy.

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