HADLEY — Voters will be asked Tuesday to approve nine ballot measures that would give this town the green light to borrow for numerous projects and expenditures.
Hadley residents gave initial approval for a new $5.3 million senior center and $2.9 million police substation — among other proposals — at a special Town Meeting Oct. 27, but voters still must give the go-ahead at the ballot box, said Select Board Chairwoman Molly A. Keegan.
Keegan said it’s not uncommon for proposals to clear town meetings and then fail at the ballot. Because of that, she said, it is essential for voters to show up “so the collective opinion of the town is heard.”
Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hopkins Academy, 131 Russell St.
When the impacts of the measures — which require overides to proposition 2½ — are added up individually, the increase on property taxes for an average Hadley house valued at $313,700 is more than $200 per year, according to the town’s voter information guide.
However, Keegan said that number is artificially high because homeowners will be off the hook for debts the town is soon to pay off, meaning the net annual impact will be about $95 for an average Hadley home.
The nine questions voters will consider, with impacts based on a $313,700 house, according to the voter guide:
• $390,000 for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-required stormwater upgrades, which would cover engineering, surveying and upgrade costs. Impact: $14.74 annually for 10 years.
• $90,000 for two police cruisers. Impact: $3.45 annually for 10 years.
• $185,000 for a brush chipper, skid steer, staff vehicle and foreman’s light truck for the Department of Public Works. Impact: $7.22 annually for 10 years.
• $112,000 for the purchase and installation of computers and information technology for local schools. Impact: $4.39 annually for 10 years.
• $400,000 for elementary school HVAC. Impact: $15.37 annually for 10 years.
• $45,000 for purchase and installation of HVAC system for the town Public Safety Complex. Impact: $1.57 annually for 10 years.
• $121,000 for the costs of engineering, surveys and assessments to the municipal levee system. Impact: $4.39 annually for 10 years.
• $2.9 million for design and construction of a new fire substation. Impact: $62.43 annually for 20 years.
• $5.3 million for design and construction of a new senior center for the town Council on Aging. Impact: $114.50 for 20 years.
Contact Jack Suntrup at jsuntrup@gazettenet.com.