Dunstable Select Board awards dam repair contract, fills three vacant committee seats

Select Board · Meeting of July 28, 2026

Dunstable Select Board seats new member, awards dam contract, and mulls PFAS testing program. The board, meeting for the first time with full three-member membership after welcoming David Tully III, voted unanimously to award an $18,395 contract to Extreme Shock Freak LLC for repairs to the Raceway at Woodward's Mill Dam, funded through Community Preservation Act money. Members also filled three vacant committee seats — Tully to the Affordable Housing Committee, Ronald Mikol to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board of Trustees, and Chair Leah D.

Basbanes to the Master Plan Implementation Committee — and approved a Council on Aging Facebook page under the town's 2023 social media policy. Town Administrator Jason Silva briefed the board on a resident proposal to use PFAS mitigation funds for private well testing modeled on a Westford program capped at 50 households, raising unresolved questions about public-record obligations and remediation liability; he was directed to develop a formal proposal after consulting with Westford and the resident who brought the idea forward, Brian Flynn. Silva also reported that the Oak-Main-Mill Street intersection redesign needs between $25,000 and $40,000 in new funding to reach final design, with the town currently holding zero dollars for the project outside its original technical-assistance grant.

In the full story:

• Silva delivered a summary of active town matters. Key items
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report — 2,943 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of July 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.