Sherman voters approve nearly $153,000 in town spending
SHERMAN — Voters approved up to $153,000 in spending from the town’s capital non-recurring fund during a town meeting Wednesday evening.
The Board of Selectmen presented five expenditure requests for taxpayer vote — all of which First Selectman Don Lowe said “passed easily” during the virtual town meeting.
They were for the purchase of a new wood chipper, pickup truck, mower/ snowblower and landscaping equipment trailer for the Public Works Department, as well as to pay for the installation of several hundred feet of guide rail on Hubbell Mountain Road.
Voters approved an
up-to-$14,000 request for the purchase of a diesel mower/snowblower to replace the town’s morethan-20-year-old mower. Lowe said during the Board of Selectmen’s Jan.
28 meeting that the town’s current motor is “falling apart” and the public works supervisor considers it a “safety issue.”
No more than $65,000 was approved to replace the town’s almost-26-yearold woodchipper with a 15 XPC Brush Bandit woodchipper, and up to $8,000 to replace the Public Works Department’s 21year-old landscaping equipment trailer.
Up to $56,000 in spending will be used for the purchase of a new Ford
550 truck to replace a seven-year-old public works pickup truck, which Lowe said has been having repeated maintenance and “major repair” issues.
Taxpayers also approved a request for up to
$10,000 in spending for the installation of 450 feet of guide rail on Hubbell Mountain Road, where Lowe said there have been a few accidents and traffic safety concerns raised by several residents.
Lowe said one resident has expressed concern about a vehicle crashing into her house following two accidents where “only a row of trees have kept the cars from going into her home.”