Wayland wastewater commissioner Ed Chiang plans June resignation

WAYLAND -- February 9, 2026, Wayland wastewater commissioner Ed Chiang signals June resignation as budget tracks 73 percent spent. Chiang told Chair Mike Gitten and fellow member Darrin Bock that the commission's finance-heavy agenda is outside his engineering expertise, offering to consult later "if in the future you ever need a wastewater engineer." Wastewater Administrator Sarah Pawluczonek said user charges are 80 percent collected against a 75 percent benchmark, with the forecast held at $570,000; miscellaneous revenue sits near $200,000 and will grow by roughly $135,000 once 21 Cochituate Road pays in. Equipment repairs could close about $30,000 over budget, she said, and an FY27 placeholder would draw $320,000 from retained earnings, up from $150,000, to keep any rate increase under 10 percent versus a five-year plan projecting 14 percent. The commission unanimously approved January minutes 3-0.