In addition to managing the townâs spending for the coming year, residents face decisions about road projects, steps to create new rules on ground-mounted solar installations and investments in fire protection. In a reprise of a recent controversy over a proposed cellular telephone tower, theyâll be asked, in a citizenâs petition, to add a single word to a zoning bylaw.
Church future: Two warrant articles concern the former St. Paulâs Episcopal Church at 13 Monterey Road, which was recently given to the town. One article proposes to use $70,000 in a community center account to restore and renovate the church as a community resource. Another article, in the form of a citizenâs petition, seeks voter approval to transfer the church to the Otis Preservation Trust. But that trust says it wasnât consulted about such a move and does not support it. The petition says that if the trust declines to take ownership of the building, the town can seek to transfer it