There shall be in the Town of Townsend a Pavement Management
Plan (PMP) that shall be as follows.
Each fiscal year the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee
and the Town Administrator shall submit to Town Meeting a proposal
to fund the annual PMP.
Beginning in fiscal year 2020, the funding shall include:
A. All pavement funding received from the commonwealth under Chapter
90, or any successor program;
B. $250,000 from free cash; and
C. $50,000 from local receipts (excise tax revenue).
In each fiscal year thereafter, the funding shall include:
A. All pavement funding received from the commonwealth under Chapter
90, or any successor program;
B. $250,000 from free cash; and
C. The prior year's amount of funding from excise tax revenue increased
by $50,000 each year until such time as the total from excise tax
revenue equals $250,000 per year.
All funding in the PMP shall be utilized for the purpose of
maintaining and repairing the Town's roadway infrastructure.
Except in the case of emergency requirements, as determined
by the Highway Superintendent, the priority listing of road projects
shall be detailed in a Capital Pavement Management Plan (CPMP) developed
by an independent pavement management consultant with said plan to
be updated every five years.
PMP funds may be carried from one year to the next, subject
to the availability of funds.