Thanks to the Stafford Fire Department, the town will have a chance to expand Emery Park by nearly eight acres and add new ball fields for area residents.
The town board voted tonight to accept a donation of the land, which has already been graded and seeded.
Part of the motivation for accepting the donation, according to board members, is that the leach lines for the existing Emery Park restrooms need to be replaced and in order to do that, the donated property is essential.
"If that leach field goes out on us without us getting that land, then we're pretty much dead up there," Councilman Ron Panek said.
There will be a $350 fee to transfer the deed and the town could be on the hook for any additional upgrades.
But there was general agreement that if the town had additional playing fields, the fields would be used.
