Trying to avoid water restrictions akin to last summerâs automatic sprinkler ban, the Falmouth Department of Public Works is proposing to limit residents to using sprinklers a few days a week.
If supported by the select board, the plan would allow homeowners and landscapers to water their lawns on a schedule based based their house numbers. It would be in effect year-round.
Under the proposal, odd-numbered homes would be permitted use automatic sprinklers on their property on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and even-numbered homes are to use sprinklers Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Watering would only be allowed between 8 PM and 8 AM each day and no one would be allowed to use sprinklers on Mondays, Falmouth Water Superintendent Cathal OâBrien said.
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During its sixth round of solar projects the Cape and Vineyard Electrical Cooperative wants to bring solar power to the Falmouth Public Schools.
CVEC executive director Liz Argo is working with energy committee chairwoman Megan Amsler and Rosemary Dreger-Carey, the CVEC representative for Falmouth, to discuss rooftop and parking lot solar canopy options with the school committee.
âI have met with Mr. [R. Patrick] Murphy at least three or four times, trying to get something going,â Ms. Argo told the select board at its meeting on January 11. âHopefully, this time we will connect with the ball.â
Board member Samuel H. Patterson agreed there is an opportunity for green energy at the public schools.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic looms over the proposed $149.8 million Fiscal Year 2022 budget for Falmouth.
âThere is a lot we donât know right now,â Finance Director Jennifer Mullen told the select board on Monday, January 4. âState aid was level-funded for FY21, but we really donât know what will happen in FY22. They had a revenue hearing on December 15, but they really havenât released any information on that, so I did project an 8.5 percent decrease in state aid.â
However, she projected a 15.1 percent increase in local estimated receipts.
âWhen you look at your spreadsheet and read your budget book, it looks like a huge increase for FY22, but that is just because we significantly decreased them in FY21. Weâre getting them back to pre-pandemic levels. I feel comfortable doing that, and we do have some room in our estimated receipts,â she said.
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