Eastham Select Board approved bond note sale and appointed four new committee members. Vice Chair Suzanne Bryan, with members Hope Plavin and Jerry Cerasale, unanimously backed the sale of Bond Anticipation Notes for water, property acquisition, and wastewater projects.
Eastham Select Board approves $5.9 million in notes, previews a tight FY28 budget. Town Manager Rich Bienvenue told the board only $572,000 in tax-levy capacity remains for fiscal 2028, with a possible $400,000 hit if employee health insurance rises 10 percent.
Eastham Select Board and Housing Trust heard affordable housing strategies from Massachusetts Housing Partnership.
Eastham Select Board unanimously adopted four cannabis policy documents including the Social Equity Plan, Application and Approval Process for Marijuana Establishments, Permit Application Form, and Permit/Host Community Agreement Evaluation Form.
Eastham splits a two-year septic overhaul, delaying the costliest piece.
The Select Board unanimously approved four wastewater project contracts, including Route 6 North and South piping and pump stations, in a joint meeting with the Capital Projects Committee. The contracts also included a DPW Salt Shed facility, with the Salt Shed award contingent on favorable
Eastham Select Board set fiscal 2027 residential tax exemption at 8 percent, declined open space discounts. Suzanne Bryan, Chair, and the five-member board voted unanimously to adopt a residential tax classification factor of one and reject open space and small commercial discounts. In separate
Eastham Select Board approved $21,000 in library donations and authorized a day program partnership. The board unanimously approved separate donations of $1,000 and $20,000 to the Eastham Public Library and authorized Chair Suzanne Bryan to sign the memorandum of agreement with the Town of Orleans.
Eastham board votes to acquire foreclosed Cole Road property. The Select Board unanimously approved the town's acquisition of 0 Cole Road through foreclosure July 20, along with a wastewater easement with the Orleans-Eastham Elks Lodge and a license agreement with Al's Backwoods Berrie Company. The
Eastham Select Board approves Elks Lodge wastewater easement and schedules August special meeting for contract awards.
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