ERVING — Voters will decide on $500,000 for the library and $226,500 for sewer line construction on Northfield Road to Care Drive at a Special Town Meeting tonight.
The Special Town Meeting will be held at the Senior and Community Center, 1 Care Drive.
If approved, a transfer of $500,000 from free cash would be used for construction on the new Erving Town Library. According to the warrant, “approval of the article would reduce the approved borrowing authority by $500,000.” The transfer would allow the town to avoid borrowing $500,000, as well as the associated interested and loan organization costs.
Another proposed appropriation would use $226,500 from the Sewer Enterprise fund to engineering and construction for an upgrade of the sewer line on Northfield Road to Care Drive. If approved, construction would start in front of the Erving Elementary School on Northfield Road and upgrade the sewer line to four-inch diameter main. The existing line of 1½ inches in diameter is not sufficient for use by the Senior Center, new library and planned senior housing development off of Care Drive, according to the warrant.
A feasibility study and renovation for the Town Hall would cost $149,418 from an existing appropriation for the siding of the Town Hall to be used for a feasibility study and renovations on the building.
Other articles include:
Transferring $7,200 from the Open Opace and Recreation Plan account to the consulting account for planning future development of Erving Center.
The proposed personnel policy and wage review would cost the town $15,000 for the purpose of reviewing town positions descriptions, compensation rates and revision of personnel policy. Findings from the study would be presented to the Selectboard.
Another article requests the purchase and installation of a generator for the Erving Police Station for $25,000 from free cash. According to the warrant, the existing generator is a “diesel-fueled unit that experienced numerous maintenance issues. These maintenance issues are more than routine.”
Voters will also determine whether the town enters into a structured tax agreement with Erving Poplar Mountain Solar for a 20-year term.
