The Community Preservation Act Article 21 passed Town Meeting by a 104 to 16 vote. This means the town will VOTE on it at the Fall election in November, 2022. For the details of the debate from tonight on the CPA and some of the other topics, please see these notes. This is not official nor is it complete. This is simply a best effort to capture what was said. The Morse Institute, Bacon Free Library passed easily. " The library is the essence of democracy in that people can educate themselves freely." - heard in debate tonight. Capital Plan, passed after questions about: Changing our police vehicles to hybrid and/or electric when available Why we change 20% of our cruiser fleet every year (hard use of vehicles) The Stand Up Gas powered Blower had a few moments in the spot light - it was identified that while it is noisy, Natick has no Noise ordinance and while electric models are available, the batteries do not last enough. Ladder truck...
You've reached a blog by Catherine Brunell. The ideas and information found here represent my individual perspective as a resident, parent and as 1 member of the School Committee.