Cheat Sheet: Shelton Referendum Questions

In addition to casting ballots for national and local elected offices, Shelton voters Tuesday will decide whether the city will bond $11 million to be spent on various projects.

There will be a total of four questions. 

Here’s a rundown:

Road Rehabilitation: $5 million

The city is asking voters to approve $5 million to continue to rehabilitate roads in Shelton.

The city has spent $5 million in the past two years — from a $4 million referendum in 2010 and $1 million from last year’s budget — to rehabilitate 53 miles of roads.

The city uses a combination of outside contractors and public works employees to perform the work, which takes the form of a combination of paving, chip sealing, and crack sealing.

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Fire Department Apparatus: $3.5 million

The $3.5 million would go toward funding the department’s six-year capital improvement plan, which would include the purchase of four new fire trucks — two engine/quints and two rescue trucks.

Those new vehicles would replace six aging pieces of fire apparatus, including one truck that dates to 1977. The quints” are multi-purpose trucks.

Each of the city’s four volunteer fire companies would get one of the four new vehicles.

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Animal Shelter: $1.4 million

A new animal shelter to replace the city’s current, outdated facility, is also on the ballot, for a total of $1.4 million.

A committee of volunteers has been working to develop plans for a new shelter, which would nearly quintuple the space of the current facility and bring its mission more in line with the times.

Advocates say the new facility would be a safer, more secure environment for lost and stray animals, and will better promote pet adoption and education to the public about the pet overpopulation problem.

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Canal Street Reconstruction: $1 million

A $1 million question for the reconstruction of Canal Street is also on the ballot to help the protracted development of the Canal Street area downtown.

In addition to paving, the city has to perform a full-depth reconstruction” to replace utilities dating back to the 1800s.

The money would also pay for improvements to sidewalks, streetscaping, and lighting which would help the road serve a wider population. 

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