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Easton Morning Brief, Oct. 26: Select Board adopts $25 stormwater fee
Easton Select Board adopts $25 quarterly stormwater fee expected to raise $1.3 million a year. From our own coverage: Human rights panel reviews school holiday calendar; School Committee weighs new Unit B contract, audit gap.
From Easton News
- Human rights panel reviews school holiday calendar Easton's Human Rights Committee took up a revised calendar of religious and cultural observances for public schools, as new census and enrollment data showed the district's racial makeup diverging sharply from the town's and the state's overall population.Easton News
- School Committee weighs new Unit B contract, audit gap The Easton School Committee considered a new three-year contract for the Educators Association's Unit B as Finance Director Joe Spagna disclosed the district has not completed required state and federal audits dating back to fiscal 2022.Easton News
- Conservation panel considers Langwater tented wedding plan Easton's Conservation Commission took up a plan allowing up to 12 tented weddings a year at the historic Langwater estate, with attorney Tanya Trevisan citing support from the Trustees of Reservations and Historic New England and parking for about 155 vehicles.Easton News
- Select Board weighs $25 quarterly stormwater fee Acting as stormwater commissioners, Select Board members Mark Lamb, Craig Barger and Dottie Fulginetti considered a new quarterly fee for property owners, as Public Works Director David Field warned failing culverts can close roads for years, citing a 2017-18 South Street collapse.Easton News
- Sustainability panel updates recycling guide, skips data center stance Easton's Sustainability Committee discussed updates to its town resource guide's recycling and composting pages while declining to take a position on data center zoning ahead of the Nov. 9 Special Town Meeting, with Chair McCafferty urging residents to weigh in individually.Easton News
- Finance Committee debates townwide data center ban Easton's Finance Committee weighed a bylaw that would ban data centers townwide, with Planning Director Kenneth Kirkland calling the prohibition a temporary placeholder and member Arthur warning the wording could leave the rule unenforceable.Easton News
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