Orleans Citizen’s Forum
Thursday, May 2, 2024
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Major projects, a revamped budget, and new feasibility studies will be voted on at the 2024 Spring Town Meeting on Monday, May 13, at 6 p.m. at the Nauset Middle School Gymnasium. Warrant articles include Rock Harbor Commercial Wharf improvements, the FY 25 Town/Schools Budget, and funding requests for three studies: the creation of a Town Campus at 46 and 58 Eldredge Parkway, the creation of a shared, multi-use pathway to and from Nauset Beach, and a “regionalization and efficiency” study for “future elementary school needs,” in collaboration with the other Nauset Regional School District towns.

Our panelists:

• Kimberly Newman, Orleans Town Manager, described changes in the budget for 2024-2025 and the proposed study for a Town Campus
• Michael Herman, Chair, Orleans Select Board, provided an overview of the warrant articles and shared the Select Board’s perspectives
• Nicholas Athanassiou, Chair, Orleans Finance Committee, summarized the Finance Committee’s review of the upcoming warrant and its assessment of town finances in general
• Nate Sears, Natural Resources Manager, will discussed Article 33 which asks for $8.3 million to fund improvements to the Rock Harbor Commercial Wharf

Martha Sherrill and Emily Miller from EXIT 89, the hyperlocal e-digest, moderated.

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