{"id":16437,"date":"2026-01-23T11:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/mwra\/?page_id=16437"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:57:50","slug":"pfy27-public-hearing-public-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcdev3.com\/mwra\/pfy27-public-hearing-public-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Comment: Advisory Board Public Hearing on MWRA\u2019s Proposed FY27 CEB &#038; CIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"304\"><strong data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"304\">Advisory Board Public Hearing on MWRA\u2019s Proposed FY27 Current Expense Budget (CEB) &amp; Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"450\">The MWRA Advisory Board will hold a public hearing on the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority\u2019s proposed <strong data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"446\">FY27 Current Expense Budget<\/strong> and <strong>Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)<\/strong> on:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"523\">\ud83d\udcc5 Thursday, February 26, 2026<br data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"489\" \/>\u23f0 10:00 a.m.<br data-start=\"505\" data-end=\"508\" \/>\ud83d\udcbb Via Zoom<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"693\">Following a presentation on the components of the proposed budget, community officials and members of the public will have an opportunity to provide public comment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"1149\">The Authority is required to adopt its Current Expense Budget on or before June 30, as set forth in Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1984. Under this statute, the MWRA Advisory Board is empowered to review the proposed budget and make comments and recommendations prior to its adoption.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1418\">In carrying out its responsibilities, the Advisory Board also reviews the Authority\u2019s capital expenditure budgets and capital programs, including the Capital Improvement Plan, and considers the impacts of both operating and capital spending on rates and charges.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"992\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1029\"><strong data-start=\"997\" data-end=\"1029\">Public Comment Participation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1087\">Members of the public may participate in the hearing by:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1088\" data-end=\"1243\">\n<li data-start=\"1088\" data-end=\"1167\">\n<p data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1167\">Registering to provide verbal public comment during the hearing, and\/or<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1168\" data-end=\"1243\">\n<p data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1243\">Submitting written public comment for inclusion in the public record.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1446\" data-end=\"1648\">Individuals who register to provide verbal comment will be called upon during the meeting and given up to <strong>two minutes<\/strong> to speak. Speakers will be recognized in the order in which they registered.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1876\">The <strong>live public comment period will be limited to 30 minutes<\/strong> of the scheduled Advisory Board meeting. Individuals who register but are not reached due to time constraints are encouraged to submit their comments in writing.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"244\"><strong>Written Comments<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"373\">Written comments will be accepted into the official public record and may be submitted through this form, by email, or by mail.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"498\">\n<li data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"413\">\n<p data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"413\"><strong data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"387\">Email:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" href=\"mailto:mwra.ab@mwraadvisoryboard.com\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"411\">mwra.ab@mwraadvisoryboard.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"498\">\n<p data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"498\"><strong data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"425\">Mail:<\/strong><br data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"428\" \/>MWRA Advisory Board<br data-start=\"449\" data-end=\"452\" \/>2 Griffin Way, Suite A<br data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"479\" \/>Chelsea, MA 02150<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1876\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advisory Board Public Hearing on MWRA\u2019s Proposed FY27 Current Expense Budget (CEB) &amp; Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) The MWRA Advisory Board will hold a public hearing on the Massachusetts Water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-not-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcdev3.com\/mwra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcdev3.com\/mwra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcdev3.com\/mwra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcdev3.com\/mwra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcdev3.com\/mwra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcdev3.com\/mwra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcdev3.com\/mwra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}