[Adopted 9-18-1995 STM by Art. 33; amended 5-1-2006 ATM by Art. 30]
[Amended 5-6-2024 ATM by Art. 42]
A. 
There shall be established a Capital Improvement Program Committee (hereinafter "Committee") which shall perform the duties set forth in the following sections of this article and shall be governed by the provisions hereof.
B. 
The Committee shall consist of five residents of the Town of Hopkinton (hereinafter "town"), none of whom is a Town employee or Town official (either elected or appointed), who shall be appointed as provided in § 5-19.
A. 
Of the five members of the Committee, two shall be appointed by the Town Moderator and three by the Select Board. Subject to the provisions below, members shall be appointed for terms of five years.
B. 
Upon approval of the provisions of this article, the two most senior incumbent members of the Capital Improvement Program Committee as previously in place, not otherwise in conflict with § 5-18B above, shall continue to serve. Such incumbents shall serve as appointees of the Moderator, one to have a term expiring on June 30, 1997, and the other on June 30, 1999, as the Moderator shall designate. If there are no such incumbents, the Moderator shall otherwise appoint such eligible individuals to terms expiring as aforesaid.
C. 
The Select Board shall appoint three members whose terms shall expire on June 30, 1996, June 30, 1998, and June 30, 2000, and shall thereafter upon expiration of each term appoint or reappoint an individual for a term of five years.
A. 
Whenever a vacancy occurs on the Committee, it shall be filled by the appointment authority that appointed the member whose position has become vacant. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term of the person succeeded.
B. 
The Committee shall annually elect from among its members a Chairperson and such other officers as it shall deem appropriate and shall adopt such rules and regulations affecting its governance as may be deemed necessary.
C. 
Committee members shall serve without compensation.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
Any expenditure, financed in whole or in part by Town funds, for a capital improvement.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
A. 
Any acquisition, disposition, lease or transfer of land; or a building.
B. 
Any acquisition, disposition, lease or transfer of motor vehicles; or
C. 
Any acquisition or lease of any single item of equipment with a total cost of $25,000 or more, and a substantial useful life as determined by the Committee; or
D. 
Any construction, reconstruction, replacement, extension or other improvement of public buildings, highways, sidewalks, storm drains, sewerage installations, playgrounds, parks or substantially similar public works, or for a facility, structure or a utility appurtenant to any of the same, with a total cost of $25,000 or more.
[Amended 5-7-2007 ATM by Art. 4]
A. 
The Committee shall ascertain annually what capital expenditures will be required by the Town during the subsequent ten fiscal years. In making its determinations, the Committee shall consult with such officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and of the Town and its various boards and committees, as in its discretion it shall deem appropriate and beneficial. Department heads and chairpersons of all boards, commissions and committees of the town, whether elected or appointed, shall submit to the Committee, not later than the third Monday of November of each year, recommendations and statements for capital expenditures for the subsequent ten fiscal years. Recommendations for the subsequent five fiscal years will include operating cost estimates as deemed necessary by the Committee.
B. 
The Committee shall submit a Capital Improvement Program to the Town Manager on or before January 1.
C. 
The Committee shall publish an annual report in conjunction with the Appropriations Committee of the Town and shall include in such report its recommendations for the scheduling of capital expenditures for the subsequent ten fiscal years and for the financing of such expenditures as in its judgment cannot or should not be paid for entirely from current revenues. The Committee shall assist the Town Meeting with regard to priorities of projects, financing costs, impacts of recommended projects to the operating budget and other related matters. No capital improvement whether proposed as a separate article, as a part of an operating budget, or in a revolving fund shall be voted upon at any Town Meeting until it has been presented in written form to the Committee for recommendation.