Wrentham Selectmen Jan. 22: Town Administrator Asks if DPW Can Call For an Emergency
Town Administrator asks selectmen if DPW can call for an emergency without the board's vote.
The Wrentham Board of Selectmen met on Tuesday and discussed the town’s water rate charge. The board voted 5-0 for the charge to remain the same for its fourth straight year, according to the Wrentham department of public works assistant superintendent Jack Manchester. The board voted 5-0 to appoint Ellen Wojcik as temporary town registrar in the town clerk’s office and accepted Muriel Beresford’s resignation after 20 years of service to the town of Wrentham. Town administrator William Ketchum brought forth the topic of the town’s department of public works being able to call a weather emergency instead of requiring the board of selectmen to vote and call a state of emergency to get additional workers out for mitigation, including plowing …
