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Templeton Select Board approves ballot question for Narragansett Regional school roof debt‑exclusion, targets Jan. 6 special election

Select Board, Town of Templeton · November 25, 2025

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Summary

The Select Board voted to send a Proposition 2½ debt‑exclusion question to a Jan. 6, 2026 special election for Narragansett Regional High and Middle School roof projects; board used the Baldwinville postal address in the warrant language and cited MSBA timing constraints.

The Town of Templeton voted on Nov. 24 to place a Proposition 2½ debt‑exclusion ballot question on a special election slated for Jan. 6, 2026, to finance the town’s share of roof replacement projects at Narragansett Regional High School (full roof) and the regional middle school (partial roof).

Chair Jeff Sher moved the warrant language — which mirrors the form required for MSBA submittals — and the board discussed the appropriate site address format (Baldwinville vs. Templeton) for the ballot question. Town Administrator James Ryan told the board the language in the packet should be used and that the suggested date met MSBA reporting windows; he noted that MSBA’s most recent selections reduce the pool of projects and that timely submission matters for a district’s ranking.

Project and financing figures discussed at the meeting: the town meeting previously authorized borrowing of about $47 million for the broader project; the project total as discussed was roughly $45 million and change, with an MSBA grant share of about $22 million (figures stated by the chair during the discussion). Sher framed the ballot as giving voters the option to exempt the town’s allocable share from Proposition 2½ to pay its portion of bonds issued by the Narragansett Regional School District for the roof projects.

Board action: A motion to call a special town election on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 and to place the described debt‑exclusion question on the warrant was made, seconded and approved by roll‑call vote.