Board designates Zager to negotiate lapsed water agreements
Selectmen call November special town meeting, designate Zager to negotiate water pacts. The Board of Selectmen on August 3 called a special town meeting for November 9 and unanimously designated Selectman Jared Zager to lead negotiations on three intermunicipal water agreements lapsed since 2010,
Board of Selectmen (Town of Freetown) · Meeting of August 3, 2026
FREETOWN — Selectmen call November special town meeting, designate Zager to negotiate water pacts. The Board of Selectmen on August 3 called a special town meeting for November 9 and unanimously designated Selectman Jared Zager to lead negotiations on three intermunicipal water agreements lapsed since 2010, addressing infrastructure failures and disputes with New Bedford and Fall River over maintenance responsibility. Board Chair Carlos Lopes was also unanimously named to represent Freetown on a superintendent's regional strategic planning group coordinating with Lakeville and the school district.
The Board unanimously approved 23,846.77 in capital project change orders and authorized hiring an administrative intern at 20 dollars per hour and a procurement specialist at 50 dollars per hour. ===BRIEF===
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Source: the Board of Selectmen (Town of Freetown) meeting of August 3, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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