Poll: Should Funding Be Approved for the Shuffle Plan?

On Monday night, the Board of Selectmen on a $6.979 million bonding measure that would fund a proposed "shuffle" of municipal facilities.

Under the three-phase plan,  green-lighted last summer in a 3-2 party-line vote:

• The Board of Education's offices would be moved from their current home abutting  the old library at 35 Leroy Ave.
• The  would then be relocated from its aging venue on Edgerton Street to a revamped Town Hall annex, dubbed the Mather Center. 
• The Edgerton facility would finally be razed to clear the way for senior affordable housing at the site. (This third component is not part of the current planning process and would likely be handled by a non-profit.)

First Selectman Dave Campbell, joined by fellow Republican Selectmen Jayme Stevenson and Jerry Nielsen, contend that the project is the most space- and cost-effective approach to developing a new senior center and making good use of town facilities.

Democratic selectmen David Bayne and Callie Sullivan argue that multi-phase plan is inefficient and more expensive than constructing a new purpose-built center at the current Edgerton Street location.

What's your take? Should funding be approved? Cast your vote below or tell us in the comments.