Southtowns Record

TB 2026-01-07 Agenda Packet

Government
Town of Boston
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jan 7, 2026
Posted by publisher
May 22, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Budget and taxes, Zoning and land use, Water, sewer and drainage, Public safety, Parks and recreation, Audits and oversight, Roads and traffic, Short-term rentals

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TOWN OF BOSTON – RESOLUTION NO. 2026 – 08

  AGREEMENT WITH THE BOSTON FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

  WHEREAS, the Boston Free Library Association owns a certain building known as the
Boston Free Library, which has a room, available for public assembly or use by organizations,
known as a "Community Room," and

  WHEREAS, the Boston Free Library's Community Room is from time to time unused,
and

  WHEREAS, the Town of Boston owns a Town Hall that has rooms, available for public
assembly or use by organizations, which are frequently in demand by more than one group,
organization or town governmental entity; and

  WHEREAS, the Town of Boston, from time to time, receives documents that are
maintained in the Office of the Town Clerk to be available for public inspection; and

  WHEREAS, the Office of the Town Clerk is generally open during normal business
hours Monday through Friday; and

  WHEREAS, the Boston Free Library has regular hours that include three weekday
evenings and Saturdays; and

  WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Boston has determined that it is in the
public interest to arrange to have an additional Community Room available for public assembly
and for qualified private organizations and to have a Depository for documents filed for public
inspection that is open to the public outside normal business hours; and

  WHEREAS, Education Law§ 256 permits the Town to grant money for the support of
the cost of maintaining the Library;

  NOW THEREFORE BE IT