1998-03-02-TE-Warrant-and-1998-03-23-STM-and-ATM-Warrant

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DPW ARTICLES ARTICLE 8 WATER MAINS To see if the Town will vote to install new water mains and replace or clean and line existing water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any special water funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; authorize the Selectmen to apply for, accept, expend and borrow in anticipation of federal and state aid for such projects; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED: $300,000 DESCRIPTION: Funding is requested for phase fifteen of a twenty-one phase program for replacing or cleaning and lining cast iron water pipes to remove tubercular growth and improve water quality and flow. The 1984 Preconstruction Water System Analysis recommended a program for reconditioning unlined cast iron pipe. The process consists of cleaning the tubercular growth from the inside of the old pipe, then lining with a coating of cement mortar. The mortar prevents tubercular growth from occurring in the future. This process also extends the life of the water main. The town has appropriated funds for this program each year since 1984. In FY99, 5,290 feet of water mains in the Moon Hill, Marrett Road and downtown areas are proposed to be cleaned and relined or replaced. ARTICLE 9 SANITARY SEWERS To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains and sewerage systems and replacements thereof in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and acts in addition thereto and in amendment thereof, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; authorize the Selectmen to apply for, accept, expend and borrow in anticipation of federal and state aid for such sewer projects; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED: $560,000 14