A Special Town Meeting will take place on Monday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. at Samuel Staples Elementary School for residents to act and discuss plans to renovate the EMS building.
The following items will be discussed and acted on at the meeting:
1. Shall the Town of Easton approve the Tax Relief for the Elderly Ordinance as recommended by the 2025 Tax Relief for the Elderly Committee?
Information on the Tax Relief For the Elderly ordinance can be found here.
2. Shall the town approve a special appropriation of $2,951,613 from the undesignated fund balance to the EMS Capital Project Fund for the construction and renovation of the existing EMS building with a total cost of $4,180,944?
The EMS question appropriation will be adjourned, as is, to a machine vote to be held on Tuesday, Feb. 11 from noon to 8 p.m. at Samuel Staples Elementary School, 515 Morehouse Road. If you can’t vote between noon and 8 p.m., you can stop by the Town Clerk’s Office for an absentee ballot. You can vote absentee from Feb. 4 through 11. The Town Clerk’s Office is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The appropriation is to construct and renovate the town’s aging Easton Emergency Medical Services building, which is more than 100 years old and lacks sufficient garage and office space.
The cost of the EMS renovation project is $4,180,944, but the town secured $1,229,331 from several sources including a contribution of $821,792 from the EMS Trustees, $188,000 from American Rescue Plan Act funds, $199,539 from two state sources and $20,000 from the Board of Finance to contribute toward the project.
The $4,180,944 price tag includes the Sport Hill Road land purchase, site work, furnishings, security and technology, temporary housing and a contingency fund.
The remaining $2,951,613 is taken from the town’s undesignated fund balance. However the town will be reimbursed $1,118,155, so the actual amount of funding needed to complete the project from the town will be $1,833,458.
