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Updated June 16, 2026

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12 items · last 60 days

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📋 Proposed Board of Health · June 15, 2026
Tobacco/Nicotine Regulation – Pending State Legislation and Revised Draft Regulation
Board will discuss a revised Bedford regulation restricting tobacco product sales alongside pending state legislation, with input from MAHB (a public-health advocacy group) and the Regional Tobacco Inspector.
Why this matters: Local tobacco sales rules could affect retail availability town-wide.
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed Select Board · June 15, 2026
Public Hearing – Aquifer Protection District Special Permit – 45 Crosby Drive (ABRE 45 Crosby Drive LLC)
Hearing on a special permit for a property within the Aquifer Protection District (groundwater-protection overlay zone) at 45 Crosby Drive.
📍 45 Crosby Drive
Why this matters: Aquifer protection decisions affect local drinking water supply.
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed Select Board · June 15, 2026
Special Education Reserve Fund Transfer
Superintendent Cliff Chuang requests a transfer from the Special Ed reserve fund — no dollar amount stated in agenda.
💰 Amount not specified
Why this matters: School budget transfers can signal cost overruns affecting future budgets.
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed Select Board · June 15, 2026
Approve FY26 Year-End Transfers
Finance Director Al Rego presents end-of-fiscal-year budget transfers to close out FY26.
💰 Amounts not specified
Why this matters: Year-end transfers reveal where the town over- or under-spent.
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed Ambulance Write-Offs and FY27 Ambulance Rates Select Board · June 15, 2026
Fire Chief Jim Bailey presents uncollectible ambulance bill write-offs and proposed FY27 ambulance service rates.
💰 Amounts not specified
Why this matters: Ambulance rates directly affect residents billed for emergency transport.
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed FY27 Water, Sewer, and Trash/Recycling Rates & Fees Select Board · June 15, 2026
DPW presents proposed FY27 rate changes for water, sewer, and trash/recycling — affects every household's utility bills.
💰 Amounts not specified
Why this matters: Rate changes hit every homeowner's quarterly utility bill.
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed FY27 DPW Permit Fee Adjustments Select Board · June 15, 2026
DPW proposes adjustments to permit fees for FY27.
💰 Amounts not specified
Why this matters: Fee changes affect homeowners pulling building or utility permits.
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed Weston & Sampson – Page Road Pump Station and Force Main Preliminary Design Contract Select Board · June 15, 2026
DPW seeks board approval of a preliminary design contract with Weston & Sampson for the Page Road sewer pump station and force main upgrade.
💰 Contract amount not specified 📍 Page Road
Why this matters: Sewer infrastructure contracts are major capital expenditures affecting future rates.
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed 2nd Review – S.2344/H.3754 Traffic Regulation Using Road Safety Cameras Select Board · June 15, 2026
Second review of state legislation allowing traffic enforcement cameras; TAC member John McClain presenting, board may vote to endorse.
Why this matters: Road safety cameras could mean automated traffic fines for residents.
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed Aquifer Protection Special Permit – 45 Crosby Drive Select Board · June 15, 2026
Hearing on diesel-fuel storage (two 3,452-gallon double-walled tanks) for backup generators at the new GenesisM biomanufacturing facility, located in a Zone II wellhead protection area.
💰 $400 application fee 📍 45 Crosby Drive
Why this matters: Hazardous fuel storage over town drinking-water aquifer
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed FY27 Permit Fee Adjustments Select Board · June 15, 2026
DPW proposing increases to various Public Works permit fees for FY27.
💰 Permit fee increases (amounts not specified)
Why this matters: Higher permit costs for property work
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome
📋 Proposed 277 Great Road Sewer Fee Deferral Select Board · June 15, 2026
Maggiore Co. requests deferring $249,390 in sewer connection and inflow/infiltration fees for a 38-unit MBTA housing development until certificates of occupancy are issued.
💰 $249,390 deferred ($190,000 connection + $59,390 mitigation) 📍 277 & 269 Great Road
Why this matters: Large nearby housing development
View official document → · from an agenda — check minutes for the final outcome

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Write to the board before the meeting
Often more effective than speaking at the meeting itself — board members read constituent email, and a handful of messages on one topic gets noticed. Each board's contact page is linked from its meetings above.
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Know the appeal windows
Some decisions aren't final right away — zoning board rulings, for example, can be appealed to Superior Court within 20 days. Items with an open appeal window are flagged above with a countdown.
⚠️ These summaries are AI-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original source documents for anything important. This site is not affiliated with the Town of Bedford and is not legal advice.

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