Politics & Government
Health Board Tells Mobile Home Park to Get Water-Sewer Work Financing
The Turnpike Park Cooperative Inc., which governs the Wayside Mobile Home Park, also must have its first election in about a year prior to the health board's next meeting, currently scheduled for Sept. 24.
A Route 9 mobile home park has two months to secure water and sewer project financing, the Westborough Board of Health said Tuesday night.
The Turnpike Park Cooperative Inc., which governs the Wayside Mobile Home Park, also must have its first election in about a year prior to the health board's next meeting, currently scheduled for Sept. 24.
The election requirement was prompted by comments from several park residents Tuesday night saying that Cooperative President Paul Dorr kept them out of the loop.
The park at 165 Turnpike Road has a failing septic system, but had five years to connect to the Westborough sewer system, town Director of Public Health Paul McNulty has said.
The five-year window closed in May.
Also in May, the board required the park to have a signed sewer connection construction agreement for Tuesday night's meeting.
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Otherwise, McNulty would be directed to seek court-ordered receivership for the park, to accomplish the job.
Tuesday night, Dorr presented the board with a signed proposal, dated June 7, from Northboro Septic Service, estimating the project's cost at $627,275. The work would begin on March 1, 2014 and end by Nov. 1.Dorr also presented a June 24 letter from the Cooperative Fund, showing support for the project; and a July 2 letter from TD Bank, stating that ROC USA and the Cooperative Fund were doing "due diligence" regarding providing loans.
Dorr also presented minutes of the cooperative's June 6 special general membership meeting, showing that a motion to "accept, ratify, and approve" a contract with Northboro Septic passed, 28-7.
Park resident Fred Ford said the meeting was just "informational," and included "no discussion of financing."
Other park residents also raised issues with that meeting
"Obviously, there are issues internal to your organization that you need to work out," health board Chairman Dr. Alan Ehrlich said.
Ehrlich said that if the cooperative changes leaders, and that affects the water and sewer work, "somebody's got to let Paul (McNulty) know, and we'll take action."
Earlier, McNulty said the cooperative's officers' terms expired Nov. 30, 2012. The cooperative's bylaws require it to hold an annual meeting in September, he said.
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