Ballot Question

Should the voters, acting pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 71, section 16, subsection (n), approve the measure appearing below, that was passed by the Ayer Shirley Regional School District School Committee on November 2, 2010, as well as to approve the incurring of debt, and consequent borrowing, in the amount of $750,000, the amount of which debt/borrowing will be reduced by any grant amount set forth in a feasibility Study Agreement that may be executed between the Ayer Shirley Regional School District and the Massachusetts School Building Authority “MSBA”)?

That the Ayer Shirley Regional School District appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty thousand ($750,000) dollars for a feasibility study for an addition to and/or a renovation of the Ayer Shirley Regional Middle/High School, 141 Washington Street, Ayer, MA 01432, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Ayer Shirley Regional School Building Committee, and to meet said appropriation the Ayer Shirley Regional School Committee, contingent upon the approval by the registered voters who vote in a special election to approve the incurring of $750,000 of debt under M.G.L. Chapter 71, Section 16, Subsection (n), or any other enabling authority, is authorized to borrow said sum; that the Ayer Shirley Regional School District acknowledges that the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s (“MSBA”) grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary program based on need, as determined by the MSBA, and any costs the Ayer Shirley Regional School District incurs in excess of any grant approved by and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the Ayer Shirley Regional School District, and that the amount of borrowing authorized pursuant to this vote shall be reduced by any grant amount set forth in the Feasibility Study Agreement that may be executed between the Ayer Shirley Regional School District and the MSBA.