Easton Morning Brief, Oct. 27: District missed financial audits since 2022

From Easton News

• Human rights panel updates school holiday calendar The Easton Human Rights Committee took up revisions to the public schools' religious and cultural observance calendar, weighing additions like Kwanzaa alongside reworded language on existing holidays, as new census data showed a widening gap between the district's and town's diversity figures.Easton News
• Committee recommends $912,000 for public safety gear Easton's Municipal Building Committee weighed a package of police and fire equipment for the Select Board after Fire Chief Alexander said the town discovered it lacked legal rights to use its existing radio tower on Boundary Street.Easton News
• School Committee ratifies Unit B labor contract The Easton School Committee took up a three-year contract with the Easton Educators Association's Unit B as Director of Finance Joe Spagna disclosed the district has not completed required state and federal financial audits dating back to fiscal 2022.Easton News
• Conservation panel clears Langwater estate for weddings The Easton Conservation Commission took up a plan to allow tented weddings at the historic Langwater estate, with attorney Tanya Trevisan citing support letters from the Trustees of Reservations and Historic New England and a plan for roughly 155 parking spots.Easton News
• Select Board approves $25 quarterly stormwater charge Acting as stormwater commissioners, Select Board members Mark Lamb, Craig Barger and Dottie Fulginetti took up a new quarterly fee as Director of Public Works David Field warned that failing culverts can close roads for years, citing a 2017-18 South Street collapse.Easton News
• Sustainability panel updates recycling guide, skips zoning stance The Easton Sustainability Committee took up updates to its town resource guide's recycling and composting pages while declining to weigh in on Select Board zoning amendments covering data center siting and battery storage disposal set for the Nov. 9 Special Town Meeting.Easton News
• Finance panel votes 8-1 to back data center ban Easton's Finance Committee took up a bylaw that would ban data centers townwide, with Town Planning and Community Development Director Kenneth Kirkland calling the prohibition a temporary placeholder while the technology remains too new to regulate more precisely.Easton News

Coming up

• Sun, Nov 1: Easton hosts clothing event with a community twist Oakes Ames Memorial Hall is holding a clothing swap event Sunday to help residents refresh wardrobes while raising funds for the historic hall, Easton Patch reports.Patch

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