Analysis: Town and Schools
Stormwater Task Force
Posted since 2016: 125 agendas, 63 sets of minutes, 40 recordings, 34 meetings with our minutes and 138 votes on the record. All boards.
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Welcome to the Lunenburg Stormwater Task Force. The Stormwater Task Force is charged with the development of a comprehensive stormwater management plan that complies with state and federal regulations, provides a storm and surface water system that controls damage from storms, protects surface water quality and the environment.
The rest of what the town says about it (196 more words)
The plan shall determine which local agency or agencies will be responsible for implementation, establish the estimated cost of the program, as well as provide for the creation of an ongoing funding source to enable its success.
The Stormwater Task Force held its initial meeting on January 27, 2016.
We will provide information for citizens as we search through the plethora of data out there to determine what will be most useful. Please do not hesitate to email suggestions for inclusion.
All members are appointed by the Select Board. The group includes one member from the Select Board, Conservation Commission, and Planning Board. The Select Board voted to add two citizens-at-large (who live on local lakes) to the Stormwater Task Force in November 2021.
Learn more about the Stormwater Task Force (PDF)
Overview of Stormwater and the Stormwater Task Force- YouTube
The Town of Lunenburg is seeking information from residents and businesses regarding their knowledge of stormwater-related issues in the community. In order to better understand what the Town must do to inform residents and businesses, we ask that you complete the following questionnaire and return it either electronically or in hard copy.
2019 Stormwater Survey
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0% minutes posted, FY26 (0 of 17) · 67% on YouTube, FY27 so far (4 of 6) · compared
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Upcoming meetings
Nothing on the calendar for a future date. The site was last updated 2026-10-10; a meeting noticed since then appears when it is next built, and one that has already happened moves to recent meetings by itself.
Recent meetings
The last 15 dates this board met, by today’s date rather than the day the site was built — so a meeting moves here on its own. For a program, every agenda and set of minutes as one text file: /minutes/stormwater-task-force.txt.
Votes, newest first
From the town’s minutes (63 of 63 sets read) and our minutes of the recordings (34), joined per meeting: 23 substantive, 115 procedural (accepting minutes, adjourning). Where both records have a vote the town’s wording stands; none disagree on the outcome.
| date | motion | outcome | record | check it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 2026 | Have the consultant draft a letter of support for the 604B grant application, to be signed electronically by members — moved by a member (name not clear) | passed 4-0 by roll call (Jenny, Renee, John, Tim all aye) | the recording only | video 135:35 · ours |
| Sep 14 2026 | Accept the warrant article for special town meeting with the changes from town counsel | passed (roll call: Jenny I, Renee I, John I, Tim I) | the recording only | video 1:45 · ours |
| Mar 25 2026 | Motion to withdraw the stormwater utility bylaw article from the annual town meeting warrant — moved by not audible | passed 5-0 (roll call: Renee-yes, Jenny-yes, John-yes/hesitant, Mark-yes, chair-yes) | the recording only | video 17:59 · ours |
| Oct 23 2025 | Motion to approve the storm water utility proposal received October 10th, 2025 from Weston and Sampson. | passed | the recording only | video 14:05 · ours |
| Apr 18 2024 | Nominate and appoint Jenny as vice chair (nominated, seconded, all in favor called). — moved by unnamed member | not audible | the recording only | video 3:16 · ours |
| Feb 22 2024 | Motion to give the DPW director permission to seek funds to support the consultant's work on the stormwater utility; seconded, voice vote called. | not audible | the recording only | video 64:06 · ours |
| Dec 28 2023 | Nominate Timothy Willsmer as Chair of the Stormwater Task Force. — moved by Renee Emkey“motion to nominate timothy willsmer as chair by renee emkey, seconded by john beale. all in favor.” | passed | minutes + recording | the minutes · video 4:55 · ours |
| Jul 20 2023 | Table the board reorganization until the August meeting. — moved by John | not audible | the recording only | video 1:47 · ours |
| Mar 23 2021 | approve the budget to allow CEI to locate stormwater outfalls — moved by J. Rabbitt“j. rabbitt motions to approve the budget- seconded by m. allison.” | not stated | the minutes | the minutes |
| Mar 23 2021 | use the training budget money for outfall sampling instead of in-person training — moved by M. Allison“motion by m. allison to use that money for outfall sampling as opposed to in- person training, seconded by t. dwyer” | not stated | the minutes | the minutes |
| Aug 15 2019 | authorize Town Manager Lemieux to award the Year 2 Contract to CEI and to proceed with negotiations for additional work that may be required to assist the Town in its MS4 compliance efforts — moved by Matt Allison“matt allison made a motion to authorize town manager lemieux to award the year 2 contract to cei and to proceed with negotiations for additional work that may be required to assist the town in its ms4 compliance efforts. jack rabbitt seconded, all voted in favor.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jul 11 2019 | Authorize Town Manager Lemieux to award the Year 2 Contract to CEI and to proceed with negotiations for additional work required to assist the Town in its MS4 compliance efforts — moved by Matt Allison“matt allison made a motion to authorize town manager lemieux to award the year 2 contract to cei and to proceed with negotiations for additional work that may be required to assist the town in its ms4 compliance efforts. jack rabbitt seconded, all voted in favor.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jun 13 2019 | Approve the SWMP, including all required edits — moved by Jack Rabbitt“jack rabbitt made a motion to approve the swmp, including all required edits; matt allison seconded; all voted in favor.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| May 23 2019 | Vote on the SWMP at the June 13 meeting — moved by Matt Allison“matt allison made a motion that the swtf vote on the swmp at the june 13 meeting; jack rabbitt seconded; all voted in favor.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| May 23 2019 | Approve requested changes to the Year 2 RFP — moved by Matt Allison“matt allison made a motion that the swtf approve the requested changes to the rfp, jack rabbitt seconded; all voted in favor.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 10 2019 | write letters of support to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs and to the Open Space Committee“a vote was taken to write a letter of support, as requested by the open space committee, to the commonwealth of massachusetts executive office of energy & environmental affairs , division of conservation services . a second letter, praising the efforts of the open space committee and thanking them for their efforts, was also supported.” | not stated | the minutes | the minutes |
| Oct 25 2018 | Support the passage of Warrant Article 17 regarding plastic bag reduction at Town Meeting — moved by Matt Allison“matt allison made a motion that the stormwater task force support passage of this article at town meeting; phyllis luck seconded, all voted in favor.” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
| Sep 13 2018 | Accept the Notice of Intent for the 2018 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit as presented — moved by Jack Rabbitt“jack rabbitt made a motion to accept the noi as presented; it was seconded by phyllis luck; all voted in favor.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| Apr 26 2018 | Reduce the membership of the Stormwater Task Force to three members (one each from Conservation Commission, Planning Board, and Board of Selectmen) — moved by Matt Allison“matt allison made a motion to reduce the membership of the stormwater task force to three members, those members being one member of the conservation commission, one member of the planning board, and one member of the board of selectmen. jack rabbitt seconded the motion; all voted in favor.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| Sep 28 2017 | approve the proposal for the Lunenburg Sub-basin Project — moved by Jack Rabbitt“a motion was made by jack rabbitt to approve this proposal, it was seconded by matt allison, all voted in favor.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| May 11 2017 | approve the document for submission to the Community Compact for stormwater management measures“the swtf then voted unanimously to approve the document for submission to the community compact folks, which adam burney will accomplish.” | unanimously approved | the minutes | the minutes |
| May 11 2017 | petition the Board of Selectmen to offer the rain barrel and compost bin when purchased as a pair at the lower cost of $80 — moved by Matt Allison“matt allison made a motion that the swtf petition the board of selectmen to offer the rain barrel/compost bin, when purchased as a pair, at the lower cost of $80. the motion was seconded by jack rabbitt, all voted in favor.” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| Mar 9 2017 | Accept DCI's proposal 2017-101 for stormwater mapping, management, and consulting — moved by Jack Rabbitt“jack rabbitt made a motion to accept dci's proposal 2017-101 to complete the tasks outlined therein. jack rodriquenz seconded, the swtf voted unanimously in favor.” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
The town’s minutes are the record: a vote from them carries the minutes’ own words, checked verbatim. A vote from the recording only was written by a language model from machine captions — a motion as heard, and “not audible” a finding about the recording — and links to the second in the video. Both records are read as they arrive and joined here, whichever came first.
Time tracking
39.9 h of discussion across the 34 recorded meetings we have minutes for, by topic. A topic can overlap another, so the shares can sum past 100%.
Budget schedule
Measured from this board’s own posted agendas over the last 5 budget cycles (July to June): the dates each subject appeared. The “expect” column is the typical first and last date across those cycles — a scheduled subject, not a decision.
| subject | expect | FY19 | FY23 | FY26 | FY27 | FY28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town Meeting | Nov 21 → Apr 22 | Aug 24 | Apr 22 | Nov 21, Jan 23, Feb 20, Mar 20, Apr 24 | Dec 4, Mar 25, Apr 16, May 29 | Jun 24, Sep 14 |
A cycle is named for the fiscal year it builds: FY28 is the budget being built now. Read off the agenda text with a word search, so a subject named differently on an agenda is missed and one mentioned in passing is counted.
As of 2026-10-10.