Selectmen officially closed the warrant for the annual Town Meeting on April 25 at their regular meeting Tuesday evening, after hearing from several town departments.

Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Shaver-Hood and School Committee Chair Geoff Swett presented the results of a feasibility study for repairing part of the roof of the John W. Decas Elementary school and upgrading its boiler system. They explained that the current roof is 46 years old, and the boilers are 45 years old.

The estimate for the total cost of repairs and improvements clocks in at $2.2 million. With a reimbursement rate of 70.1 percent from the state, the town would pay approximately $650,000.

Selectmen agreed to put funding for repairs on the Town Meeting warrant.

The school officials also presented plans for a separate feasibility project for renovations at Minot Forest Elementary. The study will cost up to $1 million, and if the state grants the same reimbursement rate as it did for the Decas Elementary feasibility study, the town would pay less than $300,000 for the study. Voters will decide whether or not to fund the study at Town Meeting.

Building Commissioner Dave Moore presented the issue of obstructions on roads, ranging from obstacles as small as rocks to objects as large as sheds, boats, and trailers. He proposed that three amendments to the town's bylaws be put on this year's Spring Town Meeting warrant.

The Community Preservation Committee will have several funding proposals on the warrant, including up to $24,000 in fencing and field improvements at the Westfield complex softball fields, up to $60,000 for the preservation of the First Congregational Church's historic windows, and up to $215,000 for the Onset Bathhouse rehabilitation.

The warrant as closed Tuesday night also includes three citizen's petitions, which the petitioners will have to present at Town Meeting: a Minot Forest Dog Park; the establishment of a rent control board for mobile homes; and an amendment to the Town Charter regarding Sewer Commissioner authority.

Joining all those proposals and more on the warrant will be the annual town budget. Although not yet finalized, Town Administrator Derek Sullivan had high praise for the work of the Finance Committee and department heads at an all-day budget workshop last Thursday.