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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO STM 2022-3
<br /> Article 6: APPROPRIATE FOR Funds Funding Committee
<br /> AUTHORIZED CAPITAL Requested Source Recommends
<br /> IMPROVEMENTS None Not Applicable IP 6-0
<br /> "To see if the Town will vote to make supplementary appropriations to be used in conjunction with sums
<br /> appropriated in prior years for the installation or construction of water mains,sewers and sewerage systems,
<br /> drains, streets, buildings, recreational facilities or other capital improvements and equipment; determine
<br /> whether the sums shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from the balances in other articles, by
<br /> transfer from available funds, including enterprise funds and the Community Preservation Fund, by
<br /> borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto."
<br /> "(Inserted by the Select Board')
<br /> "DESCRIPTION: This is an annual article to request funds to supplement existing appropriations for
<br /> certain capital projects in light of revised cost estimates that exceed such appropriations."
<br /> (Town Warrant)
<br /> There are no additional-to-other-action, prior-year, Capital appropriations; therefore this Article will be
<br /> presented for Indefinite Postponement(IP).
<br /> Article 10: APPROPRIATE FOR Funds Funding Committee
<br /> PUBLIC FACILITIES CAPITAL Requested Source Recommends
<br /> PROJECTS (TOWN POOL
<br /> DOMESTIC HOT WATER $60,000 Tax Levy Approval 6-0
<br /> HEATER
<br /> "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase and installation of
<br /> a domestic hot water heater at the Town Pool facility, including the payment of costs of demolition,
<br /> architectural and engineering services,original equipment,construction,landscaping,paving and other site
<br /> improvements,or other costs incidental or related to such installation,and to determine whether the money
<br /> shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,including enterprise funds,by borrowing,
<br /> or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto."
<br /> "(Inserted by the Select Board)"
<br /> DESCRIPTION: At the 2022 Annual Town Meeting,the funding was appropriated for engineering and design
<br /> work for a new domestic hot water heater to be installed in the bath house at the Town Pool facility. This article
<br /> is a request to move forward for the purchase and installation as approved by the Select Board.
<br /> (Town Warrant)
<br /> Article 16(h) of the 2022 Annual Town Meeting appropriated $31,000 for an engineering study for the
<br /> center pool domestic hot water heater(this is for the bathroom hot water,not the pool water).The motivation
<br /> was to examine non-fossil fuel options since the existing heater is oil fired. This study was performed by
<br /> SED Associates(SED)and completed on September 13, 2022. SED considered eight options,ranging from
<br /> a"Standard" (resistance-heating) Electric Water Heater to "Instantaneous" Electric on-demand,to several
<br /> Heat-Pump-based systems—including hybrid heat pumps supplemented with solar heating—to a baseline
<br /> oil-fired option.
<br /> The study results have been presented to the Select Board and the Recreation Committee, both of whom
<br /> agree that a Solar Hot-Water option with heat-pump backup is the best option. Considering other options,
<br /> SED estimated annual operating costs of$4,916 for electrical resistance heating; $1,544 for the solar+heat
<br /> pump option (the selected option); and $8,628 for the oil-fired replacement(assuming $3.20/gal which is
<br /> admittedly lower than current fuel costs). The approximate construction cost for the Board-recommended
<br /> option is $36,000 ($29,700 + $6,300 electrical work. The $60,000 request includes an additional $10,000
<br /> to $15,000 of demolition costs of the current unit, and $10,000—$15,000 of contingency, which
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