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The Finance Committee voted 6-1 not to recommend Article 7, which concerns a municipal light plant and fiber network project. Members cited unresolved questions about financing, debt service, rate-setting, taxpayer risk, and the project’s financial model.
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The committee’s recommendation means it is advising residents not to approve Article 7 at the May 12 annual Town Meeting based on the information available. Members said they need clearer details about the proposed borrowing, including the reported $8 million amount, who would bear the debt risk, how subscriber and taxpayer costs would be divided, and whether the town would violate its debt policy. The committee said it was not opposed to the project in the future but did not consider the current analysis sufficient.
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