Raymond Voter Information Project

Article 11

New Well Bond

Click HERE for direct link to the text of Town Warrant Article (revised at Town Deliberative Session Feb. 6, 2010).

This article authorizes the Selectmen to raise up to $300,000 to install new wells for public water supply. The cost of the wells will be paid for by homes and businesses that are on the Town water supply system through water rates. The water department may have some or all of the money to pay for the new wells by the time it gets the permits to install them, meaning the Selectmen may not have to borrow the full authorized amount. The sooner the town installs new wells, the less complex and costly the permitting process.

A YES vote on this article will authorize the Selectmen to raise up to $300,000 to develop new wells.
A NO vote means that the Town may have to postpone developing new wells until the water department accumulates the full cost of development through water rates.

Pro:

• The Town can permit and install new water supply wells before more stringent and costly state regulations are adopted.
• The new wells will provide enough water to meet the growing needs of current water users as well as future development.
• The new wells will be installed in an area separate from the existing Town wells. If the existing wells become unusable for any reason, the Town has water from a different source.

Cons:

• Passage of the article may increase water rates.

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