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CONWAY After more than three and a half hours deliberating 29 articles, the residents of Conway approved the entire Annual Town Meeting warrant, including land acquisitions geared toward preventing South River flooding and new solar zoning.
Land acquisitions, proposed solar bylaw changes on table at Conway Town Meeting
Published: 6/3/2021 4:33:30 PM
CONWAY Voters will weigh in on 29 articles during Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting, including revised solar array bylaws, proposed land acquisitions as part of the South River Flood Resiliency Project and a $6.3 million operating budget.
The meeting will be held on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. in the Conway Grammar School gymnasium.
Residents will vote on revising zoning bylaws pertaining to large-scale solar projects, which would involve approving a new special permit process. The original solar bylaw was drafted in 2011.
Planning Board Chair Beth Girshman explained the revised bylaw would not affect private projects. The special permit process would allow the board to better address individual concerns and have “more oversight on a case-by-case basis.”
Human Resources The budget of $218,982 is $17,277 more than the previous year and is attributed to salary increases. Ward 1 Councilor Helen Moon asked the Director of Huma Resources Michael Taylor why there is a line item for Diversity and Inclusion when the city is implementing a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department. Taylor said there will still be an element of DEI that falls under his department despite the new office. We re still going to work very collaboratively with this new office, whether it s on recruitment and retention efforts, or it s on professional development, he explained. And instituting the recommendations on that DEI group had a pretty heavy professional development component and training requirement, not just for city employees, also city boards, commissions, elected officials and so forth.