Voters at Town Meeting on June 13 will be asked to approve a total of $1.73 million for items requested by the Capital Planning Committee (CapCom) and the Community Preservation Committee (CPC).
The two most expensive items on the list of 12 sought by CapCom are $108,000 for a loader for the Department of Public Works and $74,813 for a dump truck for the Conservation Commission. CapCom is also requesting $189,431 in three other warrant articles for routine classroom, town building, and library maintenance. The $680,000 total is 37% less than last year’s $1.08 million figure.
Earlier in the budget season, the CapCom and Finance Committee were also expecting to request $1.69 million for a new radio system for the fire and police departments, but that item is being deferred.
The CPC is seeking $1.05 million for 11 items in the categories of historic preservation, community housing and open space (there are no recreation requests this time). That includes $379,450 in debt service on the Town Office Building project, $210,000 for driveway and parking lot improvements at Codman Community Farms, $89,000 to replenish the conservation fund, and additional expenses of $224,662 (most of it split between debt service for the Wang property and a 10% reserve for housing). The total represents an increase of $228,000, or 28% over last year’s CPC amount.
Click here to see details of the requests in a recording of a public forum held by the two groups via Zoom on June 5.