Select Board approves FY27 budget, recommends $60 million fire station
Orleans Select Board unanimously approved the FY27 town budget and recommended a $60 million borrowing authorization for a new fire rescue station for consideration at the May 11 Town Meeting.
Select Board · Meeting of April 1, 2026
Orleans Select Board unanimously approved the FY27 town budget and recommended a $60 million borrowing authorization for a new fire rescue station for consideration at the May 11 Town Meeting. The Board voted to recommend Article 16, authorizing acquisition of approximately 0.48 acres at 48 Eldredge Parkway for $600,000 from free cash to support the project. In other business, the Board unanimously approved renewal of Shellfish Grant #21 for Frederick Fulcher of 40 Pochet Road and authorized Bethany Gibbons as a second license holder to Grant #54 in Little Pleasant Bay, set polling hours for the May 19 election from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and approved an annual Hawker & Peddler license for Viv's Kitchen at 130 Route 6A.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of April 1, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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