Riiska updates BOF on bridge repair costs
By Susan MacEachron The Board of Finance (BoF) heard about the increased cost of replacing the River Place bridge at its meeting on Aug. 13. The bridge reconstruction that began in the spring of 2022 was halted in the fall of 2022 and has recently recommenced. The cost has increased from the original estimate of […]
Updates on town projects at board of finance
By Ruth Melville First Selectman Matt Riiska proposed two appointments at the Aug. 7 meeting of the Board of Selectman: Rebecca Easton as an alternate on the Conservation Commission, and Philip Carr-Harris as an alternate to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Both appointments were approved by the board. In his monthly Selectman’s Report, Riiska first […]
town vote on firehouse likely in early november
Norfolk’s First Selectman Matt Riiska is planning a town vote on the new firehouse for early November. If approved, the town would then immediately solicit bids from construction companies with the hope of breaking ground in the Spring of 2025. “The earlier we can get on their schedules the better off we will be,” said […]
Eye on Town Goverment
Board of Finance discusses investment options By Susan MacEachron The Board of Finance (BoF), at its meeting on July 9, approved investing most of the approximately $1.2 million which reverted to the town from the terminated defined benefit pension plan (DB), in a one-year Treasury Bill (T-bill), and a small amount in a five-month Certificate […]
Eye on Town Government
Selectmen: Reappointments, Updates By Ruth Melville At a short, preholiday meeting on July 3, First Selectman Matt Riiska proposed several reappointments to town positions: Tom Strumolo, Paul Madore, Hartley Mead and Susannah Wood to the Energy Advisory Committee; Kathleen Lippincott to the Retirement Plan Committee; and Matthew Klimkosky as the town tree warden, with Starling […]
Eye on Town Goverment
Manor House tub draws comment at P&Z Meeting By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) reviewed plans for an extension of the Rails to Trails network, heard concerns about a zoning permit granted for a new garage and hot tub at the Manor House and accepted two applications for matters that require a […]
Eye on Town Goverment
Wetlands considers new trail request By Susan MacEachron The primary matter before the Inland Wetlands Agency (Wetlands) at the July 1 meeting was a presentation by George Johannesen from Allied Engineering describing the Rails to Trails Committee’s plan to create a new trail. The North Brook trail will begin at the trail head on North […]
Wetlands Reviews Applications
By Susan MacEachran The Inland Wetlands Agency (Wetlands) meeting on June 3 included discussion and approval of work at a residence on Mountain Road, review of Great Mountain Forest (GMF) work plans, a truck accident impacting a brook and concern about spraying the phragmites in City Meadow and the impact on local bee populations. Wetlands […]
Selectmen Focus on Project Funding
By Ruth Melville The main item of business at the June 5 meeting of the Board of Selectman was to approve several appointments to town positions. Jesse Warner was reappointed as animal control officer, Bill Millard was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Inland Wetlands Agency and Libby Borden and James Jasper were reappointed […]
$480K, by the Numbers
Norfolk’s debt service explained By Susan MacEachran Norfolk’s debt service for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is approximately $480,000, accounting for 11 percent of the town government portion of the budget. The total cost to run the town will exceed $9 million in 2024/25. Town government is 47 percent of the budget, and education costs […]
