CivicSS analytical working draft—not an official Town or Finance Committee report. Prepared from the identified public and supplied sources for discussion and review. Source data has not been independently audited or certified by Sherie Schaefer. Do not use for an official presentation until the supporting data has completed Town and Finance Committee review.
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What remains for us to choose?

Now we can see the choices in context.

Once we know what we pay, what we receive, what is already committed, and what the Town may be able to sustain, we can examine the choices still open—individually and together.

What we can show now

Wilbraham Middle School

A regional education, building, operating, funding, and long-term community choice.

Municipal buildings / BUC

The connected future of multiple Town buildings, services, land, operating costs, and possible reuse or disposition.

Memorial School

A specific place and community-value question that should be connected to—but not hidden inside—the broader municipal-building story.

Capital and asset renewal

The work required to sustain roads, water, facilities, vehicles, technology, equipment, and other assets residents already depend upon.

Services and staffing

Choices about capacity, service levels, people, technology, and ways of working.

Land use, open space, and growth

Choices that affect revenue, housing, mobility, conservation, character, and future service demand.

Possible local-option meals tax

Treat this as a revenue choice—not a spending project and not baseline revenue unless adopted. Show the proposed rate, legal and decision path, estimated yield and sensitivity, who is likely to bear the cost, possible effects on restaurants and visitors, intended use of the revenue, and what the estimate cannot predict.

Community Preservation proposals

Show the individual eligible proposals, available funds, restrictions, competing uses, and Town decision process. CPC is a funding and recommendation pathway—not one single project choice.

Other emerging or unexpected needs

Keep a visible place for choices not yet known.

What is still missing

Inclusion does not mean proposal, priority, recommendation, funding, readiness, or authorization. Complete current status, cost, source, and decision records remain with each choice owner.

Why it matters

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Sources and limits for this page

Each choice keeps its own official source, subject owner, decision authority, date, stage, and limitation. A working register is not an adopted Town priority list.