FARMINGTON — A special town meeting will be held Tuesday to decide on financing skateboard park renovations and whether to change the firefighters’ retirement plan. There will also be votes on a tree ordinance and an updated traffic ordinance.

The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Center.

Voters will consider a funding for The Dragon’s Nest skateboard park renovations through a $110,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund grant. Voter approval is needed because there is perpetual care that comes with properties awarded those grants, Matthew Foster, director of Parks and Recreation, noted in June.

When the skateboard park was created in 1991, it was the first such park in Maine. It closed a few years later when interest for it waned. It was resurrected in September 2020. Two years ago, $8,000 was approved to design plans for the update. In July 2023, the board voted to use $50,000 from the Judith Bjorn donation for the park.

A conceptual design shows The Dragon’s Nest skateboard park on Prescott Street in Farmington. Voters will decide Tuesday whether to approve a $100,000 grant toward the $200,000 to $240,000 project. File photo

The grant is about half of the project cost, Foster noted in June. Estimates are between $200,000 and $240,000 with the goal of raising the higher amount based on last summer’s figures, he said.

Another article requests a change in the retirement plan for Farmington Fire Rescue Department firefighters. The switch to Special Plan 1C would become effective Sept. 1 for firefighters who regularly work more than 20 hours per week and who are not seasonal or temporary, according to information provided. Service accrued by firefighters before Sept. 1 remains under Regular Plan AC, it states.

At the 2024 town meeting, voters approved the Farmington Fire Rescue Department budget, which included money to cover the cost of switching to Special Plan 1C, the information noted. Maine Public Employee Retirement System requires specific warrant language to change the plan.

Voters will also be asked to approve a tree ordinance that was proposed in January. The document, which includes all tree-related information, is needed in order for the town to be named a Tree City USA, Conservation Commission Chairman Bill Haslam told selectmen at their Jan. 9 meeting. Farmington has been a Tree City USA for more than 40 years, Patty Cormier, a commission member and Maine Forest Service director, said then.

A draft of the ordinance was reviewed by selectmen in February and selectmen approved it at the May 28 meeting.

Changes to the traffic ordinance have been made for clarification, updates to current practices, and removal of property owners’ addresses, according to information provided.

Copies of both ordinances are available at the Municipal Building and will be available at the meeting.