Wellesley panel approves $247,152 DPW payment

Permanent Building Committee · Meeting of July 23, 2026

Wellesley's Permanent Building Committee voted 4-0 to approve a $247,152 payment to contractor CDI for the town's DPW administration building, authorizing Steve Gagosian to sign off. The committee directed its project team to proceed with a Unirac solar racking system over a competing Iron Ridge design after a project team member said Unirac would deliver about 90.7 percent energy offset for two schools versus roughly 10 percent less output with Iron Ridge. Vice Chair Thomas Goemaat called the choice "kind of a no-brainer." Chair Michael Tauer raised an Americans with Disabilities Act concern over a roughly $6,000 adjustable lectern proposed for the Town Hall meeting room, calling it "really not legal," and the committee sent the item back for review by architecture firm Schwartz Silver and town counsel.

Member Jose Soliva was absent.

In the full story:

• Solar Project: Panel and Racking Selection
• DPW Administration Building: Construction Progress and Payment Requisition
• Town Hall: Lectern Purchase and ADA Compliance Question
• Minutes and Invoices
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,664 words

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

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