An old firehouse came down Monday in Chilmark to make way for a new one, on the heels of Saturday’s special town meeting, when voters gave a green light to add $1.3 million to the project for a new fire station complex.
Chilmark voters will meet Saturday to take up the question of whether to approve another $1.2 million to advance the construction of a new firehouse and Tri-Town Ambulance building.
Meeting outdoors Saturday afternoon, 87 Chilmark voters made quick work of their special town meeting warrant, spending nearly $1.5 million on town, school and Island-wide projects.
From the docks of Menemsha to the rutted roadway at Lucy Vincent Beach, a laundry list of projects are on the docket when voters gather for a special town meeting Saturday afternoon.
A new public safety building and firehouse in Chilmark cleared another hurdle at a special town meeting Monday night when voters approved $440,000 for design work.
Funding for design work on a new fire station and EMS building, and improvements in Menemsha harbor are set to come before Chilmark voters at a special town meeting Monday night.
High school spending will again be the focus of three special town meetings next week, and while the school year is winding down, scrutiny of school finances is showing no sign of letup.
Chilmark voters sped through the majority of articles at a special town meeting Monday night, but money for Menemsha improvements and harbor master training saw debate.
Chilmark residents approved spending up to $2.5 million for the restructuring of the Martha’s Vineyard Refuse District at a quick special town meeting Monday evening.
