Connecting to the town water system is going to be very expensive. We
can use the same forgiven loan option to help defray the inflated hookup
costs, but we will have to pay $12,000 annually for this water system.
At this time, we have no guarantee that this figure will be reduced.
This water will be sitting in a storage tank and have to be chlorinated
from time to time. As for the $7,000 maintenance fund, which seems
excessive, this will be necessary for either system, as the repairs are
for the aging system inside the plant. (Perhaps it should be just part
of the capital fund.)
School consolidation should not increase the numbers in our school
unless we build an addition. The same goes for a kitchen. We do not have
room for a working kitchen as it exists today without major
reconstruction. Perhaps there should be discussion with the taxpayers.
When the notion of town water was discussed, we were assured that if we
weren't using the water, we wouldn't be paying for it. Now I learn that I
will be helping to finance the most expensive water in the state as
town properties sign up. The governor is penalizing all schools that
have not decreased their budget so we will be additionally paying for
more taxes as well as water.
Water proponents say we must have a vital downtown. Well, I think we need to be able to afford to live here, too.
Lynne Kingsbury
Waitsfield
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