POLAND — The $2.3 million Fire/Rescue Station renovation project is back on track following action at Thursday’s special town meeting.

“We’ll be breaking ground on Dec. 16,” Fire/Rescue Chief Mark Bosse said.

The project, originally approved at last April’s town meeting, was halted when it was discovered that expansion of the building would encroach on a resource protection zone.

It took voters at Thursday’s meeting less than 20 minutes to amend the town’s comprehensive land-use code and adopt an official zoning map, changing the affected portion of land to a Limited Commercial District, which permits the expansion of the fire station.

There was virtually no discussion of the five articles, although prior to each vote resident Michael Wolf asked town meeting moderator Ed Rabasco Jr. to call for a paper ballot.

At each call, and by an overwhelming show of hands each time, the packed Town Hall rejected the motion as time-consuming and unnecessary.

Only about a dozen of the more than 150 voters in attendance raised their hands in opposition to any of the proposed changes.

Interim Town Manager Rosemary Roy said she was pleased with the turnout because the Town Charter requires that at least 100 residents be present for a town meeting to be valid.

Roy said she was “very pleased with the turnout, pleased with how the democratic process went forward.”

Bosse was grateful for the community’s continued show of support.

“It’s very exciting,” he said. “This many people coming out on a Thursday night. I’m very grateful and ready to go.”