Kingston Voters Curb Future Sewer Deals With Other Towns

Town Meeting · Meeting of October 27, 2026

Kingston's Special Town Meeting voted 171-28 to require future town meeting approval before Kingston commits sewer capacity to developers outside town, responding to a June agreement sending 44,000 gallons a day to a Duxbury housing project. Petitioner Daniel Zotos told voters "Kingston built this sewer, Kingston pays for it, and it should serve Kingston first," and said taxpayers have already committed roughly $8.3 million to the arrangement. Sewer Commissioner Elaine Fiore said the commission does not vet development projects, only confirms available capacity.

Voters also shrank a proposed $2.5 million cellular water-meter purchase to $250,000 for commercial meters only, 125-105, after Finance Committee member Marsha Meekins called the larger request "premature." A separate article banning data centers townwide passed despite Town Planner Valerie Massard's description of it as a "temporary" measure, which several residents disputed as effectively permanent.

In the full story:

• Opening Business and a Service Award
• Non-Resident Speaking Privileges and Prior-Year Bills
• Road Acceptance: Captain Jones Way and Barrows Brook Circle
• Public Safety Labor Contracts
• Wage and Personnel Bylaw
• Water Meters and the DEP Consent Order
• Water Infrastructure: Sewall's Pond Electrical Lines and the New Well
• Fire Department Ultrasound Equipment
• Battery Energy Storage System Zoning
• Data Center Ban
• Sewer Capacity and the Miramar Agreement
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,061 words

Source: the Town Meeting meeting of October 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.