SEYMOUR — In addition to choosing candidates to represent them in local government, voters in Seymour will be asked to answer three yes or no questions regarding borrowing money for town projects.
Click the play button on the video above to watch an unscripted interview with Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller, during which he takes questions from readers about the questions.
The video was live streamed a month ago on Valley Indy Facebook.
Question one asks whether the town should borrow $5 million for road repairs. Click here for a tentative list of roads to be improved.
Here is question one, word-for-word as it will appear on the ballot:
1) Shall the Town of Seymour appropriate $5,000,000 for the reconstruction and repair of various Town roads and roadside elements and finance the appropriation by issuing the Town’s bonds, notes, temporary notes or other obligations in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000?
Question two asks whether the town should borrow $1.4 million to upgrade the communication systems used by the town’s emergency services.
Here’s the precise language:
2) Shall the Town of Seymour appropriate $1,400,000 for communications equipment for the Town’s emergency services departments and finance the appropriation by issuing the Town’s bonds, notes, temporary notes or other obligations in an amount not to exceed $1,400,000?
Question three asks for permission to borrow $15 million to build a new recreation center somewhere in Seymour. Click here for a column the First Selectman wrote on the subject.
Here is the language as it will appear on the ballot Nov. 5:
3) Shall the Town of Seymour appropriate $15,000,000 for a new Community Center and finance the appropriation by issuing the Town’s bonds, notes, temporary notes or other obligations or pursuant to a long-term lease agreement with a third party in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000?
