Capital Improvement Survey Results Are Mixed

The results are in from an informal survey that asked some residents for their opinions on whether they would support several capital improvement projects for the town if they were given a chance to vote on the proposals.

Slightly more than 310 of the roughly 1,500 residents who were randomly , based on certain data such as gender, age and political party, responded to the questions.

The survey included questions about a list of projects to fund for construction totaling about $13 million that includes, among other things, the following:

• $2 million for IT upgrades for the town;

• $1.7 million in town buildings upgrades;

• $3.3 million in school buildings upgrades, including roof replacements at the high school and Pleasant Valley School;

• $3 million in road re-paving and repairs;

• $650,000 to re-pave the high school parking lot; and

• $1.35 million for IT upgrades in the schools.

Residents were not asked for their opinions on the projects, just whether they would support funding for the initiatives. The results of that survey can be found in a Pdf. format attached to this article.

Although the majority of those who responded said they were either likely or very likely to support the individual proposals, about 53 percent said that they "very unlikely" to vote in favor of the proposals if they were lumped together into one question on the ballot and an additional 20.6 percent said they would be "unlikely" to do so.

The council is expected to discuss the results of the survey during a special work sesession scheduled for Tuesday night at 7 at the Town Hall.