Special Town Meeting Tonight

The Finance Committee supports the approval all three articles to be considered at tonight's Special Town Meeting.

The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at, 105 Millbury St.

These articles were approved at the spring Town Meeting but are being reconsidered because the original wording was not sufficient.

Voters must approve the total purchase price, although the town will only be responsible for its share, with the remainder coming from state funds.

Article 1 concerns a new boiler for South Grafton Elementary School.

The total cost increased since May Town Meeting from $254,385 to $254,424.

The town’s share of the purchase price is $119,859. This is an increase from the price of $119,841 allocated at the spring town meeting.

Article 2 requests that the town raise and appropriate $251,414 and transfer $110,000 from available funds to finance the town’s share of the purchase of a new roof for Grafton High School.

Since the May Town Meeting, the total estimated cost of the project has increased from $233,140 to $361,414.

The town’s share of the cost has increased from $109,832 to $170,262.

The increase reflects a revised cost estimate.

Article 3 requests the town pay $69,055 to fund the principal and interest cost incurred by the Blackstone Valley Vocational School District.

This article was approved in May, but a procedural error occurred. The vote requires a 2/3^rd majority.