Scott and other town staff described capital needs in the Water and Sewer enterprise funds. Both the School Street (near Juniper Brook) and Otis Street utility crossings were identified as having corroded support beams under sidewalks where water mains are hung. MassDOT inspection closed a sidewalk at the School Street location because the sidewalk support beams were in poor condition; Scott said the DPW will build separate utility supports on the non‑state side so MassDOT’s bridge jurisdiction does not apply.

Scott said the School Street pipe is the only water source for the Juniper Brook neighborhood and that a failure would cut water service to that area; the Otis Street crossing carries water to Lawrence and Otis Street and would affect commercial customers. He described the projects as requiring environmental permitting and the likelihood that the School Street solution would be to construct a separate utility bridge with its own foundations and new pipe hangers on the non‑MassDOT side.

Staff also discussed enterprise vehicles (water and sewer pickup trucks and dump trucks). Scott said water and sewer fleets have less spare rolling stock than the highway fleet; the committee heard that one replacement truck would be split 60/40 between water and sewer funds and that borrowing would likely be used for larger enterprise projects to spread cost over time.

Committee members asked about single‑ended water mains and the town’s flushing program; Scott said the town maintains chlorine residual testing and had improved mixing at a water storage tank in recent years. He also said the water and sewer entries in the capital plan will be corrected to reflect borrowing authorizations where appropriate.