Two meetings to explain financing for the new fire house to Norfolk residents will be held before the Board of Finance holds its annual budget hearing at the end of April. The first meeting will be held Saturday, April 19, at 11:00 a.m. at the Hub and the second is tentatively slated for Tuesday night, April 24, at Botelle School.
The firefighters have cut about a million dollars out of the plan, reducing the expected cost to $8.5 million. Riiska expects when all funds are amassed from private donors and governmental sources, the town will have to borrow between $2.5 and $3.5 million. “We’re trying to get it down to $2.5 million, which would be excellent,” he said.