ANSONIA – In addition to electing a mayor and a slate of candidates, Ansonia voters on Tuesday (Nov. 7), Election Day, will also be asked whether to approve or reject $132.6 million in borrowing.
Click here for a previous Valley Indy story on the issue.
The Ansonia Board of Aldermen and the Board of Apportionment and Taxation (BOAT) voted Aug. 31 to place $132,632,000 in capital improvement items on the municipal election ballot.
The items are separated into five different categories/questions on the ballot: education, public safety, recreation, roads/infrastructure and public works. That means voters can say yes to buying several new emergency vehicles and public works equipment but can say no to building a new middle school.
Here are the five questions exactly as they will appear on the ballot. Voters will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to each question.
Click here for ‘explanatory text’ regarding the questions.
Here are the questions, word-for-word from a sample ballot:
YES NO
1.“Shall the City issue not exceeding $105,525,000 of its bonds for education improvements including the acquisition of property for and construction of a new Ansonia Middle School and related capital/infrastructure, capital improvements for the Ansonia High School, and acquisition of furniture for city-wide schools, and for debt administration, pursuant to the Resolution adopted by the Board of Aldermen and BOAT, be approved?
YES NO
2.”Shall the City issue not exceeding $10,762,000 of its bonds for public safety improvements, including city-wide crime surveillance cameras, expansion of the Ansonia Animal Shelter, improvements for the Polic Department Canine Unit, Police Department capital needs (vehicles, taser units, batons) acquisition of back-up power generators for City buildings, acquisition of three fire trucks the Ansonia Fire Department, the acquisition of two ambulances for ARMS, the creation of office space for use by Ansonia Fire Departments, and an Emergency Operations Center at 65 Main Street, and the acquisition of Fire, Police and ARMS radios and related communications infrastructure, and for debt administration, pursuant to the Resolution adopted by the Board of Aldermen and BOAT, be approved?”
YES NO
3.”Shall the City issue not exceeding $10,200,000 of its bonds for recreation improvements, including the construction of a turfed field at Nolan Athletic Complex for multi-sport use and facility improvements at Nolan Field, and improvements to city-wide fields, and for debt administration, pursuant to the Resolution adopted by the Board of Aldermen and BOAT, be approved?”
YES NO
4.”Shall the City issue not exceeding $5,100,000 of its bonds for roads and infrastructure improvements including the city-wide paving of City roads, including traffic lights, curbing, sidewalks, sewer, and drainage systems and improvements thereto, speed detecting devices, and improvements to facilitate ADA compliance improvements, and for debt administration, pursuant to the Resolution adopted by the Board of Aldermen and BOAT, be approved?”
YES NO
5.”Shall the City issue not exceeding $1,045,000 of its bonds for Public Works Department improvements and capital purchases, including the purchase of two dump trucks, a roadside brush machine, a bucket truck, and transfer station scale, and for debt administration, pursuant to the Resolution adopted by the Board of Aldermen and BOAT, be approved?”
