Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join.
Thursday, May 18
- Pamet Harbor Commission, 3:30 p.m., Town Hall
- Charter Review Committee, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 19
- Board of Library Trustees, 3:30 p.m., Public Library
Saturday, May 20
- Solar Power Presentation, 10:30 a.m., Public Library
Monday, May 22
- Energy Committee, 4:30 p.m.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 23
- DPW Facility Open House, 1:30 p.m.
- Select Board, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, May 24
- Planning Board, 5 p.m.
Conversation Starters
Election Results Are In
The annual election on May 9 filled eight uncontested seats on town boards. Select board incumbent Stephanie Rein was elected to another three-year term, as was Kolby Blehm on the school committee. Martha Magane, chair of the library trustees, was reelected, and Nola Glatzel was elected by 42 write-in votes to fill the other trustee vacancy. (Incumbent Margaret Royka did not seek reelection.)
Holly Gardner of the cemetery commission and the planning board’s Virginia Frazier, both incumbents, were elected to another term. Melissa Wheeler was elected to the housing authority, replacing Mary Rose, who did not seek reelection. Paul Wisotzky was elected town moderator with 362 write-in votes.
Voters also approved two Proposition 2½ overrides (see story on front page) to expand the town’s emergency medical services and fund three child-care programs.
Four amendments to the town charter, including a two-member expansion of the budget task force (one from the school committee and another from the school administration) that passed at town meeting in 2022 were also approved on this year’s ballot.
25 S. Highland Rd. Relocations
The first stage of the process to find a contractor to relocate two residences from 13 Walsh Way and 127 South Pamet Road to 25 South Highland Road is complete. The Dennis Group’s offer of $167,000 was “the lowest responsive overall bid,” according to Dept. of Public Works Director Jarrod Cabral.
The relocation of the buildings, which are slated to become workforce housing, will be funded by the Affordable Housing Trust Fund and the state’s Underutilized Properties grant. In December, Town Manager Darrin Tangeman wrote in the town newsletter that “Ultimately, the addition of these housing structures will provide two new units with a total of 4 bedrooms that will serve as an essential recruiting tool for town staff in the future.”
Cabral told the select board that the buildings should be moved this September. —Sophie Mann-Shafir
