West Bridgewater Select Board approves police contract, backs stop signs over rotaries

Select Board · Meeting of July 15, 2026

West Bridgewater Select Board ratifies police contract at 3-3-3 percent and chooses stop signs over rotaries at two intersections. The board voted unanimously July 15 to approve a collective bargaining agreement and memorandum of understanding with the police union, matching the 3-3-3 percent wage schedule given to other town unions; Chair Perez praised Union President Tim Pope and Police Chief Tim Nixon for a respectful process. The board also directed MassDOT to advance a four-way stop design, estimated at $264,000 including design, over a $912,000 rotary option at the West Street and Crescent Street intersection, and similarly chose a roughly $248,000 stop-sign plan over an $841,000 rotary at Lincoln Street and South Elm Street, with town planner Tracy to relay the preferences to the state.

Separately, the board voted to set October 1, 2026 as the effective date for the state's new small clean energy permitting law under 225 CMR 29, removing the special-permit requirement for certain solar projects, and appointed Building Commissioner Nicholas Iafrady as the town's local government representative for those permits. A FEMA blizzard reimbursement claim of approximately $300,000 was denied, with the Healy administration saying it will appeal.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of July 15, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.