Mayor’s veto of free test water meters is overridden

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by Joseph Gresser

NEWPORT — Mayor Paul Monette vetoed a city council decision Monday not to charge 100 or so residents for water meters installed by the city in 2010 as a test of usage levels. Aldermen Jacques Roberge, Steven Vincent, and Neil Morrissette voted in favor of a new policy of giving meters to the test group at the council’s May 16 meeting.

They confirmed their decision after some testy argument by overriding the mayor’s veto at Monday’s council meeting. As he did in the first vote, Alderman John Wilson cast his vote against the policy.

Mr. Roberge brought up the proposal at the May 16 meeting and told council members he had done considerable research…To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, subscribe:

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