Board Defers $20,000 Request to September but Defies FinCom to Demand Route 1 Traffic Study Funds
The planning board last night voted unanimously to postpone an article at Wednesday’s town meeting that requests $20,000 to fund a comprehensive master plan for the town.
The development article will instead be officially submitted at the next scheduled town meeting, which will probably be held in September, according to Francis J. Wirsgirda, planning board chairman.
The motion to postpone the master plan funding measure was presented by board member James T. O’Sullivan, who stated he felt the planners could make a far better presentation at the later autumn date. James T. O’Sullivan pointed out that the board should take the extra time to prepare to tell town meeting members exactly how it proposes to handle the overarching master plan requirement for a full-time planning engineer. In other preparatory action, the planning board members discussed several separate articles pertaining to local zoning which will appear on the upcoming warrant of the special town meeting.
Additionally, the board voted unanimously to ask town meeting for an immediate allocation of $8,000 to bankroll a formal engineering study of the dangerous intersection of Route 1 and Everett Street. The planners pushed forward with the intersection request despite receiving explicit word from the Finance Commission that it will not support this safety funding item on the floor. The special town meeting is scheduled to convene at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Norwood Junior High School.
Categories: Town Government, Municipal Finance, Town Infrastructure, Public Safety
🗓️ This Day in Norwood History-June 25, 1968
Norwood planners vote tonight to take an $8,000 Route 1 traffic study request straight to the town meeting floor, setting up a fiscal showdown with the Finance Commission.
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Archival Note: This article has been dynamically reconstructed from the original public record print archives of the Patriot Ledger
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