Paul Brodmerkle is the co-owner of land off Metropolitan Road, Sterling, very near Wachusett Reservoir, the drinking water supply for 3 million people in eastern Massachusetts, upon which he proposes to build a fire hazard Solar Farm and Lithium-Ion Battery Backup Bank. He is also the manager of South Meadow Solar LCC, the proponent. He is also the Massachusetts Registered Professional Engineer who just happened to sign and seal the plans for that fire hazard that were filed with the Town of Sterling. As such, he is in a total self-serving, self-dealing conflict of interest in violation of 250 CMR 5.02(4).
250 CMR 5.00 et seq. sets forth standards for registered engineers and land surveyors in Massachusetts. Here are key provisions:
5.02: Professional Conduct. Each Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor has an ethical duty to the public, the profession, and his or her clients. In order to protect the health, property, and welfare of the public and to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity and practice in the professions of engineering and land surveying, the following Rules of Professional Conduct and all other applicable provisions of 250 CMR shall be binding on every Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor. Failure to comply with 250 CMR, including the rules of professional responsibility in 250 CMR 5.02(1) through (5), or M.G.L. c. 112, §§ 61 to 65E and §§ 81D to 81T may constitute grounds for disciplinary action against the Registrant.
(1) Responsibility. A Registrant shall hold paramount the health, property and welfare of the public in the performance of the Registrant’s professional duties.
(a) If the professional judgment of any Registrant is overruled under circumstances where the health, property or welfare of the public may be endangered, that Registrant shall notify the Registrant’s employer, client or such other authority as may be appropriate.
(b) A Registrant shall provide professional services that are truthful, based upon independent professional judgment, founded upon adequate knowledge of the issues, and based upon competence in the subject matter.
(c) A Registrant shall approve, sign or seal only those Instruments of Service that conform to 250 CMR and generally accepted engineering and land surveying standards.
(d) A Registrant shall not reveal facts, data or information obtained in a professional capacity, without the prior consent of the Registrant’s employer except as authorized or required by law or regulation.
(e) A Registrant shall not permit the use of the Registrant’s name or firm name nor associate in business ventures with any person or firm which the Registrant may have reason to believe is engaging in fraudulent or dishonest business or professional practices.
(f) A Registrant shall provide the Board with any information and assistance the Board may deem necessary for the investigation/prosecution of complaints filed with the Board… (emphasis added).
(4) Conflicts of Interest. A Registrant shall act professionally for each employer or client as a faithful agent and shall avoid conflicts of interest, or the appearance of conflicts of interests.
(a) A Registrant shall make full prior disclosures to the Registrant’s employers or clients of potential conflicts of interest or other circumstances which could influence or appear to influence the Registrant’s judgment or the quality of their services. The Registrant bears responsibility for maintaining documentation of compliance with this requirement.
(b) A Registrant shall not accept compensation, financial or otherwise, from more than one party for concurrent services on the same project unless the circumstances are fully disclosed in writing to all interested parties.
(c) A Registrant shall not solicit or accept compensation, financial or otherwise, directly or indirectly, from contractors, vendors or other parties in connection with work for employers or clients for which the Registrant is responsible (emphasis added).
If this project were built and the lithium-ion battery storage banks burned, toxic heavy metals particles would pollute the Wachusett Reservoir.
SEE:
https://ctif.org/news/solar-farm-lithium-ion-battery-fire-took-four-days-extinguish
Moreover, if adjacent Cadmium-Telluride solar panels burned then highly toxic cadmium particles would also be released.
SEE: https://www.nrel.gov/pv/cadmium-telluride-solar-cells
SO, PAUL BRODMERKLE IS A WALKING CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST SCUMBAG POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY FOR 3 MILLION EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS.
WHO MISSED SPOTTING BRODMERKLE’S SEAL AND SIGNATURE ON THE PLANS HE FILED WITH THE TOWN OF STERLING???
a). Our vaunted out-of-town blow-in Town Planner;
b). The ENTIRE Planning Board;
c). Our vaunted out-of-town blow-in Town Administrator;
d). The ENTIRE Select Board; and
e). The ENTIRE Finance Committee.
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY, AT THE 13 NOVEMBER 2025 STERLING SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ARTICLE 4, PERMITTING THE STERLING SELECT BOARD MORONS TO GRANT THIS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROJECT A PROPERTY TAX DODGE, PASSED.
SIX (6) MORONS ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ENDORSED THAT PROPERT TAX DODGE FOR THIS PROPOSED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SITE.
YA,YA, YOUR ‘TOWN GOVERNMENT,’ SUCH AS IT IS, AT WORK AGAIN!!!
I have reported Mr. Brodmerkle to the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and filed with it a formal Application for Complaint against Brodmerkle.
Stay tuned!
J.G.
STERLING, MASSACHUSETTS, OVERWATCH 