NAUGATUCK REGISTERED VOTERS EXPLANATORY TEXT
When you enter the voting booth on April 28, 2026, you will see question # 1 on the ballot.
The following is an explanation of question #1 in order to clarify and explain the actual intent of the question presented.
Question #1 as it appears on the ballot:
“ Shall the Borough of Naugatuck appropriate $25,000,000 for various capital projects, including the paving, repair and improvements of various borough roads, the installation of a public safety dispatch center radio tower and the purchase of radios, land acquisition, and improvements and renovations to borough schools, parks, the senior center, bridges, fields and stormwater infrastructure and authorize the issuance of bonds or notes of the borough in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 to finance the appropriation, or so much as may be necessary after deducting grants to be received for the projects?”
YES NO
What does Question # 1 actually mean?
You are being asked to vote on whether or not you want to approve an appropriation and issuance of bonds for a series of Capital Projects for the Borough of Naugatuck in the amount of $25,000,000.
The Capital Projects include the projects and road improvements listed below which will be undertaken and completed during the next three years!
CAPITAL PROJECTS
Project Amount
1. Repair, Reconstruction and Repaving of Various Borough Roads $10,000,000
(See actual list of roads below and on the Borough of Naugatuck website)
2. Public Safety Dispatch Center Radio Tower & Radios 7,500,000
(Project is designed to allow all emergency service units to communicate
with each other during emergencies and to improve overall town wide cell service)
3. Land Acquisition (Downtown parking) 1,000,000
4. Improvements to School Buildings 560,000
5. Tuttle House Renovations (In addition to other grants) 400,000
6. Senior Center Renovations (In addition to other grants) 200,000
7. Pedestrian Bridge Design 170,000
8. Salem Park Improvements 150,000
9. Animal Control Facility Design/Site Work ( Additional funding is being pursued) 500,000
10. Maple Street Bridge Lighting Repair 100,000
11. Roundabout Design – Tuttle Building intersection 300,000
12. DPW Storage Building (additional storage) 400,000
13. Hillside Avenue Improvements 800,000
14. Rubber Avenue Corridor Upgrades (Stormwater/Drainage/Sidewalks) 800,000
15. Hop Brook Park Improvements 550,000
16. Baummer’s Park Upgrades (Courts and Parking) 400,000
17. Lighting for Recreational Fields at City Hill and Maple Hill Schools 420,000
18. Other Town Wide Stormwater and Infrastructure Improvements 500,000
19. Salem School Feasibility Study 250,000
Total: $25,000,000
The borough has separately approved a refunding/refinancing of existing debt to provide for level debt service payments until new tax revenues commence and when other existing debt is retired.
Paving_Plan_Bond_Streets_List_for_Bond_Referendum_4-28-2026.pdf