Folks, the absolutely insane, out-of-control JACKASSES running the Sterling D.P.W. want us Sterling property taxpayers to cough up $33 million for their proposed new facility, the ‘Garage Mahal,’ and drive up our property tax rate by 11% for years to come.
According to an article in the latest Sterling Meetinghouse News, “The new DPW building will not be a simple ‘town barn.’ It will feature a full-service diesel and gasoline fuel island, a heavy truck repair shop, a vehicle wash bay, and climate-controlled storage for DPW emergency response vehicles. The facility will also include offices, a training room, and other amenities for employees—facilities the current building lacks (emphasis added).”
So there you have it all of you very silly Sterling property taxpayers— FOR $33 MILLION OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS THE JACKASSES RUNNING THE STERLING D.P.W. ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THEIR TRUCKS AND EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE HOUSED IN BETTER CONDITIONS THAN ARE MANY HUMANS IN TOWN! YA, BABY, THE STERLING D.P.W. NEEDS ITS VERY OWN, EXQUISITE ‘GARAGE MAHAL.’
Ya’ think the Sterling D.P.W. officials possess enough common sense to have stopped by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts D.P.W. facility on Chocksett Road, and ALL the other properties with STEEL BUILDINGS along Chocksett Road and Pratts Junction Road, to determine what type of FAR CHEAPER steel building(s) the D.P.W. could design and buy instead of their proposed $33 Million ‘Garage Mahal’? NAH! Steel buildings are too practical, too utilitarian, too prosaic for the Sterling D.P.W.! I mean, why contact steel building suppliers such as those listed below when you can hose Sterling property taxpayers for $33 Million?
https://www.steelmasterusa.com/industries/government/
https://www.americanmetalbuildings.com/metal-buildings/commercial-metal-buildings/
https://www.qualitysteelbuildings.com/industrial-buildings/
https://packagesteelsystem.com/building-solutions
According to that same Sterling Meetinghouse News article, those Sterling D.P.W. BUFFOONS “issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to select a designer for the new facility… The selected designer will…evaluate potential sites within Sterling and review the feasibility study, current fleet, and space needs… At the Annual Town Meeting on May 5, 2025 the [Sterling D.P.W.] is requesting $500,000 to advance the project through schematic design and hire an owner’s project manager (OPM).”
That’s right folks, at this year’s Annual Town Meeting the Sterling D.P.W. wants us to pony up $500,000 for a total shot in the dark and several layers of unnecessary bullshit.
By the way, the Sterling D.P.W. already has/uses several parcels in Town. Who says that it needs ONE BIG NEW SPECIALLY DESIGNED/CONSTRUCTED BUILDING RATHER THAN 2-3 SMALLER STEEL BUILDINGS SPREAD AROUND?
That $500,000 spending request is set forth in 2025 Annual Town Meeting Warrant Article 25.
SEE https://www.sterling-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif1266/f/news/05_05_2025_atm_warrant.pdf
PLEASE SHOW UP AND VOTE IT DOWN. STOP THE ‘GARAGE MAHAL’ BOONDOGGLE.
MAKE THE STERLING D.P.W. START DEALING WITH COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL/GOVERNMENT STEEL BUILDING SUPPLIERS INSTEAD.
J.G.
STERLING, MASSACHUSETTS, OVERWATCH 