51 Main St., Indigenous Peoples Day among approved town election ballot questions [Video]

WESTFORD — The Select Board approved ballot language for the May 2 Town Election.

Voters will decide whether or not to authorize a debt exclusion for the new town center building, to authorize a debt exclusion for the Blanchard Middle School roof replacement project and whether or not to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day.

Question 1: Authorize a debt exclusion for 51 Main St. 

Shall the Town of Westford be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition 2‐1/2, so‐called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued for the construction of a new municipal building located at 51 Main Street, including demolition of the existing building, constructing, furnishing and equipping a new building, rerouting and extending fiber optic cables and equipment to 30 Patten Road and 39 Town Farm Road, and securing the current technology offices at 1 East Prescott Street, and all other costs incidental and related thereto?

The board voted unanimously to approve the proposed ballot language. 

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