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Council delays eminent-domain order for Elm Street Safe Routes to School project after recusal
Summary
The council granted more time on an order of taking for temporary or permanent easements for the Safe Routes to School project on Elm Street after a councilor recused themself because an easement affects their property.
Councilor Agler asked March 3 that the Gardner City Council allow more time to consider Item 11,503, an order of taking for temporary and/or permanent easements by eminent domain for the Safe Routes to School project covering properties along Elm Street between Temple Street and Cherry Street.
Councilor Brooks announced a recusal from the discussion, saying one of the easements is on their property. After asking for objection, the council granted more time on the item; no vote on an order of taking was held and no eminent-domain action was taken at the March 3 meeting.
The transcript records the item as an order of taking for the Safe Routes to School project but does not include the specific easement descriptions, parcel identifiers, or any appraisal or compensation figures. The council’s action on March 3 was procedural: to postpone further consideration to a later meeting and to note Councilor Brooks’s recusal from discussion of the item.
