Infrastructure, senior tax break on Shutesbury Town Meeting warrant
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Published: 6/9/2021 10:39:29 AM
SHUTESBURY Major infrastructure improvements, a senior citizen property tax exemption and a $6.63 million operating budget for fiscal year 2022 are being presented to voters at annual Town Meeting on Saturday.
As in 2020, voters will convene in the field behind the Town Hall at 1 Cooleyville Road at 9 a.m. to take up the 26-article warrant. People are encouraged to bring chairs, though a large tent will be available to protect people from the elements. A port-a-potty also will be set up.
One of the sizable capital projects is the $1.1 million project for replacing a culvert at the Locks Pond Road and Lake Drive intersection, with $500,000 to be borrowed, $250,000 to be transferred from the capital stabilization account, and the remaining money coming from a $500,000 Municipal Small Bridges state grant, where $150,000 has already paid for engineering and des
CHATHAM In its preamble to the town meeting warrant, the Finance Committee praised town officials for tackling projects this year to help what it called “the quiet parts of town.”
These are chronic problems that have consistently taken a back seat to major municipal projects like wastewater and shoreside infrastructure.
Saturday s town meeting, at noon at Veterans Field, will address Issues including affordable housing, childcare, the need for a new senior center, have a quiet constituency even as the problems persisted and the need deepened.
Several affordable housing articles
Fueled in part by urban dwellers seeking refuge on Cape from the COVID-19 pandemic, home prices on Cape Cod, and particularly in Chatham, saw dramatic increases in the first four months of this year. Chatham led the way with a 74.5% increase in the median sales price for a single family home, up from $735,500 in 2020 to nearly $1.3 million in 2021.
SHUTESBURY Major infrastructure improvements, a senior citizen property tax exemption and a proposed $6.63 million operating budget for fiscal year 2022 are being presented to voters at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday.As in 2020, voters will convene.
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.