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HARWICH The second town meeting in a row held outside to lessen the potential impact of COVID-19 was not an easy one for voters to endure.
Harwich Town Moderator Michael Ford warned voters at the outset that a hat might be needed as Canada geese were flying overhead. An osprey clutching a fish in its talons, circled, landing on its nest atop a light pole on the Monomoy Regional High School athletic field, the pleading of hungry young birds momentarily interrupting the meeting debate below.
But it was a piercingly cold spring wind sweeping over the field that was especially hard to endure, and it winnowed participants from the more than 250 that constituted a quorum at the start of the meeting to just over 100 by the final article.
HARWICH – Voters will have 49 articles to consider at town meeting this Saturday, including the operating budget for the coming fiscal year.
Due to the pandemic, the meeting again will be held at 10 a.m. outdoors on the Monomoy Regional High School stadium field.
FY 2022 operating budget
This year, voters will be asked to approve a town operating budget of $40.3 million, an increase from the current fiscal year of less than 1% – $346,988 – including debt service of $4.15 million.
Harwich’s share of the Monomoy Regional School District is $27.36 million. That represents a 2% increase over last year. The town s overall budget of nearly $67.7 million represents a 1.1%, or $736,511, increase over FY 2021.