Burlington, Massachusetts proactively formed a Small Cells Committee to develop a policy for reviewing small cell applications.
Their criteria includes an annual recertification of equipment installations, with a fee assessed to the telecommunications vendor to pay for town employee time to oversee the recertification process.
Verizon submitted seven small cell applications and upon learning of the annual recertification requirement and associated fee, the Verizon lawyer indicated his client would like to withdraw the small cell applications as they did not wish to establish a precedent for recertification fees.
Burlington Cable Access Television Verizon Drops Small Cell Wireless Booster Application in Face of Fees":
Board of Selectmen Meeting Video
To see how the conversation went, skip ahead to any of the following segments (other non-related items are covered at the beginning of the meeting):
- 94:19 Discussion of their small cell policy, which is approved unanimously; the woman on the right is the town's lawyer who provides good insights
- 113:50 Open public hearing on Verizon's seven small cell applications
- 147:39 Verizon lawyer withdraws their applications
- http://www.bcattv.org/
programming/government- channel/board-of-selectmen/ board-of-selectmen-october-22- 2018/
Town Website for Small Cell Information
The town established a website to share with the public each of the small cell applications, letters of concern, staff comments and reports. These provide a view into what this process looks like when telecoms submit applications, how municipalities can retain control, and how citizens can engage in the process:
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