Board OKs Auto Dealer License, Opens Soil Rule Review
Somerset's Board of Selectmen reported a $750,000 federal grant for the Friends Meeting House and opened debate on a new soil-excavation rule.
Board of Selectmen · Meeting of October 1, 2026
Somerset's Board of Selectmen reported a $750,000 federal grant for the Friends Meeting House and opened debate on a new soil-excavation rule. Rick Pierce, chair of the Somerset Friends of Historic Association, announced the National Park Service award, which requires no local match and follows a prior $100,000 Massachusetts Historical Commission grant. The board also unanimously approved a Class II used-car dealer's license for DePiro Auto Sales at 1166 Grand Army Highway, with surety bonds of $25,000 and $10,000, and signed a resolution backing the Sowams National Heritage Area.
Sitting as the Board of Health, members opened review of a draft contaminated-soil excavation regulation drawn up with consultants from Rue and expanded by KP Law; Selectman Allen Smith warned the draft "really impacts anybody moving any earth," and no vote was taken. The board also declared town hall office equipment, including 15 monitors and 14 computers, as surplus property.
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Source: the Board of Selectmen meeting of October 1, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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