Town Hall Project Put on Hold for Special Town Meeting; Post Office Site to be Considered
Foxborough town officials will recommend no action on the warrant article for the Town Hall project at December’s Special Town Meeting in order to spend more time analyzing funding and alternative options.
Town officials have decided to spend more time analyzing Foxborough’s Town Hall project and will recommend no action at the Dec. 11 Special Town Meeting, according to Town Manager Kevin Paicos. “I told [the Advisory Committee] I don’t have time to give sufficient attention to the Town Hall funding plan in the next three weeks,” said Paicos. “If it went to Town Meeting and [residents] appropriated the $500,000 to do the design, I cannot stand here with full confidence and tell [the town] I could come back in the spring and say how we are going to afford the bonds for the full project.” Paicos said the town’s Chief Financial Officer, Randy Scollins, was able to get a multi-year revenue forecast of the town completed that included the …
Teri
10:48 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
We definately need solid financials on this and a more detailed look at how to cut costs on this project. Rennovation, leasing, are reviews necessary to give us options. Increasing taxes, reducing surpluses that will make us forgo more necessary projects (this is NOT a necessary project) are not options. more ›