Oxford residents will decide Aug. 16 whether to spend $3.1 million for an athletic complex at the high school.
The vote will take place from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Quaker Farms School, 30 Great Oak Road.
First Selectman George Temple, who had planned on sending the project to a town meeting vote rather than a referendum vote, said he changed his mind after listening to residents who packed a public hearing held to discuss the plan Monday night at Town Hall, according to Oxford Patch.
Several residents called for a referendum, and resident Janis Hardy said she would circulate a petition to force the town to send it to referendum.