The evening of 2023-10-30 was a meeting of the Mendon Town Board.
As the Agenda indicated, the meeting was called for the purpose of having National Grid disconnect and reconnect power service to the Town Hall. The reason for this is so that the painting contractor can paint the front of the building, without having to worry about ‘live’ power lines inches away.
The biggest concern seemed to be around who should end up footing the cost. No one was suggesting the work not be done, or be done at the risk to the painters. I got the sense most of the Board (maybe even all of it) didn’t feel the taxpayer should be paying this cost. But at the same time, it seems to be a necessary part of getting the building painted. Felt to me like a case of do what you have to in the moment, while also looking at longer term mitigations.
Regardless, I would expect an announcement of the office being closed for a day at some point in the near future. After all, it’s kind of hard to do their work when the power is out.
And those are my Observations From Audience Land for the October 30, 2023 meeting of the Mendon Town Board.