Capital planning priorities streamlined
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The committee adopted a simpler four-level ranking system for town capital requests and reviewed about $3.1 million in currently available general-fund money. Members also discussed aging Dartmouth Public Schools buildings and the need to restore a school generator after a recent building-wide blackout.
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What this means
Using four priority levels instead of rankings that could reach 15 or 20 is intended to make capital requests easier to compare. The town has about $3.1 million available in its general fund, in addition to balances in enterprise funds. School facilities remain a major concern because many buildings are more than 70 years old, and one generator failure left heating, emergency lighting, and refrigeration unavailable during a recent outage.
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- Adopted a simplified capital-request ranking system using priority levels one through four.
- Elected Gary Carreiro as committee chairman by a 4-0-0 vote.
- Elected Bruce Brooks as committee vice chairman by a 4-0-0 vote.
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