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Regional finance panel reviews five-year capital plan; flags fire panels, barn and lighting as near-term priorities
Summary
The Freetown-Lakeville regional finance subcommittee reviewed a newly updated five-year capital plan that prioritizes replacement of unsupported fire alarm panels, security-camera expansion, lighting upgrades, several boiler and HVAC items and structural work on an on-campus barn used for storage and athletics.
The Freetown-Lakeville Regional Finance Subcommittee heard a facilities-focused capital-plan briefing that identifies several near-term projects the district and towns may need to fund or pursue with grant programs.
Subcommittee members were told that fire alarm control panels across the district are obsolete and have triggered costly emergency service calls this year; the plan lists replacement of unsupported panels as a top priority. The facilities overview also flags phase two of a campus security-camera rollout, a multi-building lighting replacement, hot water boiler replacements (noting typical useful life near 30 years) and an on-campus maintenance/ storage barn whose roof and structural supports need work.
“This total…we would prioritize the middle school first,” Ashley Loops said…
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