"Now is the right time," Finance Committee Chairman James Roche said. "Now the costs are lower and the payback doesn't start until four years down."
Officials last night contended that because the models have been thoroughly vetted by state and independent contractors and are meant to be complete plans, the chance of additional costs, above the town contribution of $47 million, is negligible.
"The way I look at it is, if I was going to re-do my house and I only had to pay for 40 percent of it, and someone else was going to pay for 60, I don't think there are too many people in here who wouldn't take that," Town Councilor Robert Dellorco said.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1368171321/Town-Council-approves-Franklin-to-vote-on-new-school-in-March#ixzz1lDhDemWn
Related posts:
Live reporting from the Town Council meeting on the School Building Committee presentation
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/02/live-reporting-school-building.html
the Q&A that followed the presentation
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/02/live-reporting-school-building_01.html
The high school project collection is found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/12/collection-high-school-building-project.html
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