Select Board debates camera audit request

From Billerica News

• Select Board hears surveillance camera debate, no vote taken. Billerica's Select Board spent hours on a resident's request to disable the town's nine Flock Safety cameras pending an audit, after a hacked device elsewhere collected 1.6 million images in 21 days. Police Chief Frost detailed new access limits as seven residents spoke, roughly split.Billerica News
• CPC sends bike path study, conservation funds to warrant. Billerica's Community Preservation Committee finalized warrant language for a Yankee Doodle Bike Path feasibility study, after the Finance Committee reversed an earlier denial once Rourke Bridge and Chelmsford references were stripped out. A push for expenditure pre-approval led instead to a monthly spending report request.Billerica News
• Historical Commission opens 185-property survey townwide. Billerica's Historical Commission launched a townwide survey of 185 properties, with field work set to begin in early November. Member Keith Levon flagged concerns about Faulkner Kindergarten, a privately owned historic property whose deed leaves no clear successor since every named beneficiary has died.Billerica News
• Charter rewrite clears hearing, heads to fall Town Meeting. Billerica's Charter Review Committee closed its two-year rewrite with a public hearing before fall Town Meeting, after 36 meetings produced 118 wording changes. Resident Dina Fabra questioned whether a summarized warrant article limits floor amendments, a point Town Counsel Brian Bertrand addressed during the hearing.Billerica News
• Tree bylaw fine revised ahead of Town Meeting vote. Billerica's Lorax Committee adjusted the fine in its tree preservation bylaw after Town Counsel flagged a state cap on local penalties, finalizing language for Article 41 ahead of fall Town Meeting. Former tree warden David Peterson was promoted, not removed, members clarified.Billerica News
• ZBA tests new state law's reach into century-old lots. Billerica's Zoning Board of Appeals weighed a novel test, brought by attorney Stephen Nelson, of how far the state's new Affordable Homes Act reaches into century-old lots off Apple and Birch streets. Building Commissioner Mike Lumiere said his office faces similar requests often.Billerica News
• Cultural Council in limbo without quorum to vote. Billerica's Cultural Council met without enough sworn members to take formal votes, as the panel weighs moving beyond grants to recurring cultural programming while a financial report and new grant cycle loom this month.Billerica News

Billerica on Wed, Oct 7

• DPW celebrates grand opening of new facility. The Town of Billerica announced the grand opening of its new Department of Public Works facility, posted to the town's official news flash on October 7.Town of Billerica

Coming up

• Thu, Oct 8, 10:00 a.m.: Library hosts Coffee with a Cop Thursday. Billerica Public Library hosts Coffee with a Cop Thursday, October 8, at 10 a.m., a casual chance for residents to meet local police officers.Billerica Public Library
• Thu, Oct 8, 6:30 p.m.: Select Board meets Thursday night at Town Hall. Billerica's Select Board meets Thursday, October 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the Thomas Conway Hearing Room at Town Hall, 365 Boston Road.Town of Billerica
• Mon, Oct 12: Library closed Monday, open regular weekend hours. Billerica Public Library will be closed Monday, October 12, but will keep its regular hours Saturday, October 10, and Sunday, October 11.Billerica Public Library
• Tue, Oct 13, 6:30 p.m.: Select Board returns for second October session. Billerica's Select Board holds its next regular meeting Tuesday, October 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the Thomas Conway Hearing Room at Town Hall.Town of Billerica
• Tue, Oct 13, 7:00 p.m.: Library talk covers Mysterious Massachusetts tales. Billerica Public Library presents Mysterious Massachusetts Tuesday, October 13, at 7 p.m., with registration required.Billerica Public Library
• Wed, Oct 14, 5:30 p.m.: Council on Aging meets at senior center. Billerica's Council on Aging meets Wednesday, October 14, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 25 Concord Road.Town of Billerica
• Thu, Oct 15, 7:00 p.m.: Mass Audubon brings owls program to library. Billerica Public Library welcomes Mass Audubon for Owls of Massachusetts Thursday, October 15, at 7 p.m., with registration required online.Billerica Public Library
• Sat, Oct 17: Household hazardous waste collection set for October 17. Billerica will hold a household hazardous waste collection event on October 17, giving residents a chance to safely dispose of items that can't go in regular trash, according to the town's news flash.Town of Billerica

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