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Town Meeting approves $2.75M borrowing for town hall HVAC and emergency power; project to use $1M grant for electrification

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Summary

Voters approved Article 6 to authorize $2.75 million in borrowing to replace town hall HVAC with heat pumps and to upgrade emergency power, aided by a $1 million state electrification grant; Select Board and Finance Committee supported the project and presenters said the annual municipal budget impact is projected to be modest.

The Select Board’s Article 6 — a $2,750,000 borrowing authorization to replace historic town hall heating and cooling systems with modern heat pumps and to replace the emergency generator — passed by the required two-thirds majority.

Select Board member David Martin described operational failures in the 1863 town hall’s boiler and chiller systems, mold issues around piping, and fan-coil equipment that has…

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