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.