The Marion Finance Committee met on February 15 to discuss the Fiscal Year 2023 town budget and set a schedule for department heads to report for interviews. The operating budget for the next fiscal year is at a $321,108 deficit, according to Finance Director Judy Mooney. “Currently I do not have a […] Read more »
Make no mistake about it, Mattapoisett is deep into the FY24 budget process. The importance of evaluating municipal departmental budget requests, capital needs, staffing plans, expenditures and revenue cannot be overstated – it is a massive undertaking. On February 15, the Select Board, along with Town Administrator Mike Lorenco, met for a working […] Read more »
Kai Srisirikul will be allowed to build an addition to his house at 362 Front Street, the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals decided on February 9. Srisirikul was voted a special permit per Zoning Bylaw 230-6.1 to allow him to construct an addition to an existing, nonconforming dwelling. The dwelling, a cottage that […] Read more »
John O’Rourke of Good Energy came to the Rochester Senior Center on February 15 to explain a plan that will lower the townspeople’s electricity bills. His company has helped Rochester and five other towns in the region reach a Community Aggregate Agreement with electricity supplier Direct Energy that will charge residents a lower […] Read more »
A new Plan of Record was presented by David Davignon of Schneider Davignon Leone representing James and Sharlene Craig, 12A Aucoot Road on February 13 to the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission. The changes from the original plan now call for a smaller footprint for a new residence, and a place for future septic upgrade. […] Read more »
Asked if he had a demolition timeline on Marion’s existing harbormaster building, Derek Redgate, civil engineer and project manager with Coastal Engineering, said he has been told the town is in the process of revising the project cost that would be brought before this spring’s Town Meeting. All permitting, he said, will be in […] Read more »
The Planning Board started its February 14 meeting by approving the special permits for the construction of an in-ground swimming pool behind a multi-unit home at 7 Marion Road. The board had to decide whether to permit the pool under both Scenic Highway and Groundwater District regulations. The permits will allow building owner […] Read more »
The Public Safety Facility Feasibility Study Committee on February 14 agreed with consultant Ted Galante’s new focus for examining whether to combine, replace or rehab the town’s police and fire stations. At the conclusion of Gallante’s presentation on study options Tuesday afternoon, he and the board agreed his firm will focus on a […] Read more »
Marion stakeholders are determined to build the town’s new Department of Public Works operations center on the $4,500,000 budget approved by voters last year at Town Meeting, and they intend to do it by internally handling as many tasks as legal and possible and bypassing a general contractor. Some tasks, lead architect Will Saltonstall […] Read more »
The February 14 meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board found the members not only filling empty seats on various boards and committees but also noting the number of seats that are up for reelection or to be filled with new faces come May 16. Mattapoisett’s 2023 Election Nomination papers have been available since January […] Read more »