Montville ― At a town meeting Thursday, residents will vote whether to borrow $2.8 million to complete five projects in various school and town buildings.

The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the Montville High School auditorium.

Residents at the meeting will receive a paper ballot that will ask them to vote yes or no on each project. The money would be paid back over 10 years.

The projects are as follows:

— $1.88 million for Town Hall improvements such as the repair or replacement of the roof, repointing and sealing brickwork, painting, removal of an underground oil tank, boiler replacement and HVAC improvements.

— $390,000 for the replacement of the roof at Palmer School, including replacing skylights and downspouts. The entire project cost is $675,000, but the town expects a grant to pay for $285,00 of that.

— $363,000 for the replacement of the fuel tank at the town bus garage.

— $100,000 for upgrades at the public works office such as removal of asbestos in the basement and conversion of the basement to usable space, repairs to walls that has water and termite damage, replacement of windows, repairs or replacement of the concrete porch at the entrance and installation of a new furnace.

— $50,000 for the replacement of a boiler in the Senior Center building.

Mayor Leonard Bunnell said, “The truth of the matter is, we’re bandaging these things. Like the Palmer School roof replacement. That’s been bandaged. The garage tank is a mandate we have to get done because of the condition.”

“The senior center boiler, we’ve been bandaging that for years” he added. “The Town Hall improvements have been building for quite a while ― the roof, the boiler ― we have to convert the boiler to gas. Eversource is going to run the gas line up with no charge to us, so that’s an opportunity to take advantage of natural gas. Public works upgrades, we’ve been bandaging there too.”

If residents approve all five projects, a homeowner with a median home assessment of $150,570 would see their taxes increase $3.79 over the rest of the current fiscal year. In 2025-26, the same homeowner would see their taxes increase by $32.19, then $31.12, and would continue to decrease slightly each fiscal year over the life of the bond to $23.23 in 2034-2035.

Bunnell said the increases will be offset as the town this fall pays off two bonds, approved in 2010 and 2013.

Editor’s Note: This version corrects the total amount the town is asking residents to borrow and clarifies the cost of the Palmer School project after grant funding.

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