Dalton Finance Committee Endorses Waterworth Software Deal Over One Member's Objection

Finance Committee · Meeting of July 23, 2026

Dalton Finance Committee endorses infrastructure software deal and stormwater contract while stalling on financial policies. The committee voted six to one to approve a one-year software service agreement with Waterworth Innovations, a cloud-based platform that will model sewer capital needs and help set user fees for Dalton's sanitary sewer system, which carries a $2.1 million annual treatment contract with Pittsfield. Member Karen Schmidt cast the sole dissenting vote.

The committee also unanimously endorsed a $218,000 phase two consulting contract with Comprehensive Environmental Incorporated for continued MS4 stormwater compliance work, including camera inspection of a Walker Brook culvert section and digital tracking of the town's 765 catch basins. A motion to formally adopt the town's first written financial policies — a precondition for a Collins Center capital planning grant expected to open around August 17 — failed to receive a second after member Susan Vigeant pressed for concrete tracking of stabilization fund targets; the committee scheduled a policy-only meeting for August 12 to meet the deadline.

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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of July 23, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.