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Town staff seeks approval to buy 9 Goldfinch for department-head housing; discussion highlights lack of formal town housing plan
Summary
Town staff presented a contingent agreement to buy 9 Goldfinch for $1.9 million as part of employee housing efforts. Committee members debated the purchase price, HOA terms and the need for a broader town housing strategy; staff said the purchase has been accepted contingent on a town-meeting vote and that Finance Committee has already approved.
Town staff told the Capital Program Committee March 5 that the town has an accepted offer, contingent on town-meeting approval, to purchase 9 Goldfinch for $1,900,000 to add to the town's inventory of employee housing.
Rick Sears, a town staff presenter, said the three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath property would provide department-head-level housing for recruitment and retention. "We have proposed a purchase price of 1,900,000.0, which has been accepted contingent on town meeting vote," Sears told the committee.…
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