Government · Planning Board
Orleans Planning Board fills three committee seats
Orleans Planning Board fills three committee seats and weighs new preservation incentives.
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The Select Board, Finance Committee, Town Meeting and every other town board, from the meeting record.
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Panel Votes to Fund Independent Sewer Cost Study
Orleans Finance Committee votes 9-0 to seek $50,000 for an independent sewer cost study.
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee Approves $50,000 Wastewater Analysis
Finance Committee unanimously approved $50,000 warrant article for wastewater cost analysis. Chair David Abel and the nine-member committee voted to forward the article to the Select Board, framed as providing taxpayers with comprehensive information about the costs of the wastewater program.
Government · Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board
Affordable Housing Trust increases emergency loan maximum to $40,000
Orleans Affordable Housing Trust voted to raise emergency loan maximum to $40,000. Chair Tom Jurkowski led the unanimous 6-0 votes to increase the Housing Emergency Loan Program cap from $20,000 to $40,000 and allocate an additional $65,000, establishing an annual September review cycle.
Government · Other Committee
Trust Doubles Loan Cap, Approves Old Tote Road Sale
Orleans Affordable Housing Trust doubles its emergency loan cap and clears a $1 property sale. The trust voted 6-0-0 to raise its home-repair loan maximum from $20,000 to $40,000 and added $65,000 to the program, bringing available funds to roughly $120,000.
Government · Board of Health
Board of Health approves four variances, continues one
Orleans Board of Health approves septic and pool-fence variances, one homeowner withdraws fence-free bid.
Government · Site Plan Review Committee
Committee approves Seashore Park Inn workforce housing site plan with conditions
Orleans Site Plan Review Committee unanimously approved a site plan for 20 new employee and workforce housing units in a new building at Seashore Park Inn, 24 Canal Road, on September 16.
Government · Zoning Board
ZBA approves 75 Viking Road coverage permit, 5-0
Orleans zoning board approves a 7,334-square-foot Viking Road rebuild, rejects rental limits.
Government · Other Committee
Orleans Panel Approves 20-Unit Canal Road Building, 5-0
Orleans panel clears 20-unit workforce housing plan for former Seashore Park Inn, 5-0. The Site Plan Review Committee approved, with six conditions, a new 20-unit building at 24 Canal Road, scaling back an earlier plan that also would have renovated the property's defunct indoor pool.
Government · Other Committee
Committee Moves to Pursue Monument Road Parcel
Orleans Open Space Committee eyes partnership deal for scenic Monument Road parcel near Pilgrim Lake.
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