Marlborough council refers $166.8 million Richer School and stormwater bonds to Finance Committee

MARLBOROUGH — June 8, 2026 — Marlborough City Council moves $166.8 million Richer School bond package to Finance, lifts Results Way unit cap to 400. Council voted 10-0 on Ward 5 Councilor John J. Irish's motion to refer Mayor J. Christian Dumais's bond orders — $160,544,091 for the new Raymond C. Richer Elementary School and $6.3 million for related stormwater work at Ripley and McGee avenues — to Finance Committee and advertise both. OPM The Vertex Companies projects a preliminary MSBA grant of $103,134,993 at a 78.80 percent reimbursement rate, leaving a city share of $63,709,098 and an estimated $193.23 average annual tax impact on a $611,100 median home, peaking at $275.50. The council also suspended its rules to ordain Urban Affairs Chair Kathleen D. Robey's amendment to the Results Way Mixed-Use Overlay District, striking a 100-unit cap and inserting 400 while subjecting Sub-District 2 multi-family dwellings to Section 650-26. Irish separately won 10-0 approval of $3.731 million in year-end transfers, including $3.177 million from free cash for snow and ice.