Meetings Ahead
Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to join.
Thursday, Feb. 27
- Ad Hoc Walsh Property Advisory Committee, 12:30 p.m., Town Hall and online
- Ad Hoc Building Committee, canceled
Friday, Feb. 28
- Board of Library Trustees, 3:30 p.m., Public Library
Monday, March 3
- Zoning Task Force, 11 a.m., Town Hall and online
- Housing Authority work session, 1 p.m., Town Hall
- Conservation Commission, 5 p.m., Town Hall and online
- Part-Time Resident Advisory Committee, 5 p.m., online
Tuesday, March 4
- Board of Health, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall and online
Wednesday, March 5
- Climate Action Committee, 10 a.m., Town Hall
- Planning Board, 5 p.m., Town Hall
Conversation Starter
DPW at Town Hall
At its Feb. 25 meeting, the select board voted 3 to 1, with Stephanie Rein abstaining, to select the current site of the DPW building at Town Hall Hill as the location for a rebuilt DPW facility. The vote to hire the firm Weston and Sampson to design the building was 4 to 1.
Vice chair Bob Weinstein, who argued for selecting a site the board had originally preferred at 340 Route 6, was the sole dissenting vote in both decisions.
“This is a difficult position to be in, but it’s self-inflicted,” he said, adding that the board had surrendered its proper authority over town-owned land by deferring to last year’s town meeting vote.
Areson said she agreed with Weinstein’s reasoning but felt she could not disregard the clear will of the voters. “I do not feel like I am relinquishing my responsibility,” said Areson. “I am listening to the vote and what we have in front of us.”
After the site selection vote, the board heard an environmental monitoring update from site planner Bryan Massa of HRP Associates. He estimated that environmental remediation costs at Town Hall Hill would range from $5 million to $6.3 million.
DPW Director Jarrod Cabral described those estimates as a “worst case scenario,” and Massa agreed they were on the high end, but he said they included contingencies for all potential needs at the site. —Aden Choate
