Select Board Approves Verizon Conduit, Appoints Committee Members
Orleans Select Board approved Verizon underground conduit installation on Eli Rogers Road. Chair Kevin Galligan presided over the 5-0 vote to install approximately 650 feet of two-inch conduit with conditions on water line separation and road permits.
Select Board · Meeting of March 18, 2026
Orleans Select Board approved Verizon underground conduit installation on Eli Rogers Road. Chair Kevin Galligan presided over the 5-0 vote to install approximately 650 feet of two-inch conduit with conditions on water line separation and road permits. The board also unanimously appointed Richard Morongell to the Architectural Review Committee, Robert Rich to the Water and Sewer Commission noting an exception to term limits, and Kristy and Thomas Cunningham as regular and associate members of the 4th of July Committee.
Director of Finance Darrin Tangeman presented the FY27 budget totaling approximately $56 million in operating funds with free cash just over $4.1 million; members expressed concern about debt projected to reach roughly 19.86 percent of the budget by fiscal 2031.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of March 18, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
Checked against the official minutes. It was corrected where it differed.
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