More info - Paxton Mass - 2019

from 2019 annual report - capital funding

(not quite sure why the FD was asking for TWO brand new ladder trucks - lol)

In January 2019, the CIPC received 14 capital requests totaling
$4,005,000.00. In the subsequent months, the CIPC reviewed all
projects and met with the departments to discuss the following FY20
Capital Improvement Projects: 1. DPW ($344K): a. Phase I Site
Assessment for New DPW Facility / $150K b. DPW Garage Roof / $42K c.
Sidewalk Plow/Sweeper / $152K 2. Police ($99K): Replace 3 Cruisers
(Lease to Own)

3. Paxton Fire Department ($3.345M):
a. Ladder 1 Replacement / $1.1M
b. Platform 1 Replacement / $1.35M [1]
c. Tanker Truck Replacement / $370K
d. Ambulance A-2 Replacement / $285K
e. FF Gear/PPE Replacement / $153K [1]
f. Car #4 Replacement / $53K
g. Forestry 1 Refurbishment / $34K
[1 = Deferred to Future FY]

4. Town Administrator (17K): Boiler & Burner Replacement/John Bauer
Senior Center 5. Water Department ($150K; Enterprise Account): Water
Line Replacement (Length of West Street to Suomi) 6. CIPC ($50K):
Capital Equipment and Building Needs Assessment

In April 2019, the CIPC voted and forwarded the following Warrant
Article recommendations to the Finance Committee and Board of
Selectmen: 1. A-2 Ambulance Replacement 2. New Facility Phase I Site
Assessment 3. Garage Roof Replacement 4. JBSC Boiler & Burner
Replacement 5. Ladder 1 Replacement 6. Police Cruisers (3) Replacement
7. Capital Equipment and Building Needs Assessment 8. Water Main
Engineering Study

At the Annual Town Meeting (6 May 2019), the following articles were
presented, and motions made for the following Warrant Articles:

Article 10 - Ambulance Replacement: To see if the Town will vote to
authorize the Board of Selectmen in accordance with Chapter 44,
Section 21C of the Massachusetts General Laws to enter into a ten year
"lease to own" agreement for the purpose of acquiring a new ambulance
to replace the existing 2008 Ford Lifeline ambulance for the Fire
Department in the amount of $285,000, with a first year lease payment
of $35,102, and the remaining nine yearly payments to be raised and
appropriated as part of the Fire Department budget and Holden Hospital
Funds; or act any way thereon. THE MODERATOR DECLARED THAT THE MOTION
PASSED.

Article 11 - DPW Facility: To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate, transfer from available funds, borrow or otherwise
provide the sum of $150,000, or any other sum, to conduct a site Plan
and Initial design (Phase One) of a new Department of Public Works
Facility; or act in any way thereon. THE MODERATOR DECLARED THAT THE
MOTION PASSED.

Article 12 - DPW Roof Replacement: To see if the Town will vote to
raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, borrow or
otherwise provide the sum of $42,000, or any other sum, to replace the
existing roof at the Department of Public Works Facility; or act in
any way thereon. THE MODERATOR DECLARED THAT THE MOTION PASSED.

Article 13 - Council on Aging Heating Boiler Replacement: To see if
the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $17,000, or any other sum,
from the Capital Depreciation Fund to replace the existing heating
boiler in the John Bauer Senior Center; or act in any way thereon. 27
THE MODERATOR DECLARED THAT THE MOTION PASSED.

Article 14 - Ladder #1 Replacement: To see if the Town will vote to
raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, borrow or
otherwise provide the sum of $900,000 or any other sum, to replace the
Fire Department's 2003 KME Aerial Platform Ladder #1 Truck or act in
any way thereon; provided, however, that this appropriation and debt
authorization shall be contingent upon passage of a Proposition 2 ½
debt exclusion referendum under Chapter 59, Section 21C (k), of the
General Laws; or act in any way thereon. THE MODERATOR DECLARED THAT
THE MOTION PASSED.

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