The Sun: Chelmsford Town Meeting approves school project funds
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By PETER CURRIER | pcurrier@lowellsun.com | Lowell Sun
Precinct representatives gathered at the Chelmsford Senior Center June 23 for a relatively brief special Town Meeting session where they passed articles relating to the former Koulas Farm property, school construction projects, collective bargaining agreements and family mausoleum regulations.
The first article of the evening was a vote on appropriating funds for the partial replacement of the South Row Elementary School roof. A $2 million grant for the project had been approved by the Massachusetts School Building Authority Board through the Accelerated Repair Program less than a week before. Town Manager Paul Cohen told The Sun earlier this month the roof was at the end of its useful life after being installed 26 years ago.
The grant will take the form of a reimbursement toward the town’s cost of the $4.5 million project, which will require the removal and upgraded replacement of the solar panels on the school roof.
