Capital Improvement Plan FY 2028-2037

At a glance

• What: Multi-year capital improvement plan covering FY 2028-2037 with projects across schools, public works, natural resources, public safety, and town operations.
• Status: FY 2028 projects under review; items forwarded to Capital Program Committee; final determination in two weeks.
• Next: Board to review grand total of recommended items.

FY 2028 Projects Reviewed and Forwarded to Capital Program Committee

• School capital requests (FY 2028)
• Central Fleet vehicle replacements
• Nobadeer Field artificial turf replacement
• Winter Park playground improvements
• Children's Beach replacement benches
• Multi-use path maintenance
• Main Street sidewalk reconstruction (south side)
• Fire Department apparatus bay heating system
• Fire Prevention vehicle replacement
• IT GIS digital imaging updates
• Police Harbor Master truck replacement
• Police body-worn and vehicle camera systems (five-year contract renewal)
• Coastal Resiliency
• Dredge Plan Implementation/Maintenance Dredging
• Environmental Data Collection and Testing Program
• Sesachacha Pond Watershed Nutrient Loading and Groundwater Mapping
• Climate Action Plan Implementation
• Implementation of Eelgrass Management Plan
• Environmental Justice Plan Implementation
• Groundwater Mapping and Nutrient Flow Investigations for harbors and ponds
• Permanent traffic data collection stations
• Town-wide document management system continuation
• Building assessment of Our Island Home facility for future use

Discussion

Rick Sears, Deputy Town Manager, and departmental heads reviewed CIP items. Discussion topics included:

• School building improvements and funding mechanisms
• Vehicle and equipment replacement strategy
• Public Works park and infrastructure improvements
• Natural Resources coastal resiliency and environmental initiatives
• Town facilities and IT improvements

Robert expressed concerns about costs (radios, school improvements, dredge plan) and whether projects should be built into annual budgets instead.

Matt Fee discussed borrowing capacity, grant opportunities, and macro approach to capital planning.

From the video (October 14, 2026)

2026-10-14 - Select Board: After six general-fund work sessions the ten-year plan was cut by $563 million to about $705 million, and FY28 fell to about $97 million. Staff will return in two weeks with enterprise-fund requests, a debt schedule and a forecast. The $4.5 million school administrative building went to the Capital Committee (School Administrative Building Project).

Sources

• Select Board meeting minutes, October 14, 2026: https://nantucketma.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=37566,plaintext=false)
• Select Board meeting minutes, October 7, 2026: https://nantucketma.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=37537,plaintext=false)

Log

2026-10-14 - Select Board

CIP FY 2028 items reviewed; many forwarded to Capital Program Committee; Board discussed school improvements, vehicle replacements, parks, environmental initiatives, and IT/facilities projects. Final determination on General Fund items in two weeks.

2026-10-07 - Select Board

CIP FY 2028-2037 update presented; projects discussed and forwarded to Capital Program Committee.

2026-09-30 - Select Board

Deputy Town Manager reviewed the updated plan: about $600 million moved out of the $1.3 billion ten-year plan, leaving about $702 million; 115 projects under $3 million to be ranked. No vote.

2026-10-28 - Select Board

Staff reviewed the enterprise funds: about $106M of capital requests in FY28 and about $530M over the ten-year plan. Airport, water and solid waste items were sent on to the Capital Program Committee; the sewer plan is to be revised; the $10M Children's Beach stormwater pump station was deferred.