Select Board Approves $302,000 PFAS Data Contract

Select Board · Meeting of October 21, 2026

NANTUCKET — The Nantucket Select Board voted 4-1 Wednesday to approve a $302,000, three-year contract with TRC Companies to consolidate the town's scattered PFAS testing data into a single database. Member Jill Vieth cast the lone dissenting vote, arguing the town was "borrowing money for studies" rather than budgeting for it and calling the approach "bad fiscal policy." The board also approved a noise bylaw waiver letting a Comcast subcontractor work overnight downtown, and heard from Director of Public Health Joe Watson and member Brooke Mohr on efforts to curb the island's deer population through expanded hunting and a Land Bank-led coordination group, with member Bob DeCosta volunteering to serve as liaison. Residents Tom Barrett and Amy Eldridge separately questioned roughly $2.24 million the town has agreed to pay Sherburne Commons under a newly finalized memorandum of understanding.

In the full story:

• Announcements and Housekeeping
• Public Comment: Sherburne Commons Costs
• Contracts: TRC PFAS Data System
• Other Contracts and Routine Approvals
• Fiscal Year 2027 Warrant Article Preview: Zoning and Bylaw Changes
• State Housing Mandates and the Duplex Bylaw Debate
• Housing Home Rule Petition for General Obligation Bonds
• Deer Population Management and Public Health
• Committee Reports: Scallop Season and Chapter 91 Parking
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,146 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 21, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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