Southtowns Record

TB 2026-05-06 Agenda Packet

Government
Town of Boston
Board
Town Board
Meeting
May 6, 2026
Posted by publisher
May 22, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Budget and taxes, Water, sewer and drainage, Public safety, Zoning and land use, Parks and recreation, Audits and oversight, Roads and traffic, Energy and data center siting, Housing, Moratoriums

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granted, the additional five-year term will be negotiated at the time of the renewal request. As the
Town built this building as part of the lease agreement, to the specifications agreed upon with the
lessee, the Town reasonably expects the lease agreement to be renewed and thus includes the five-
year renewal as part of the lease term. The discount rate applied to this lease is 3.5% as determined
by the bond issued to finance the construction of the building. The value of the lease receivable as of
December 31, 2025 is $649,300. The value of the deferred inflow of resources is $503,222 at
December 31, 2025.

The future payments included in the measurement of the lease receivable at December 31, 2025 were
as follows:
  Fiscal Year
  Ending
  December 31,  Principal  Interest  Total
  2026  $  63,852  $  35,112  $  98,964
  2027  66,123  32,841  98,964
  2028  68,474  30,490  98,964
  2029  70,910  28,054  98,964
  2030  73,432  25,532  98,964
  2030 and thereafter  306,510  72,852  379,362
  $ 649,300  $ 224,882  $  874,182

Lease Payable—The Town is a lessee for a noncancellable lease of various equipment. The town
recognizes a liability and an intangible right-to-use asset (lease asset) in the government-wide
financial statements. The Town recognizes lease liabilities with an initial, individual value of $5,000
or more. At the commencement of a lease, the Town initially measures the lease liability at the
present value of payments expected to be made during the lease term. Subsequently, the lease liability
is reduced by the principal portion of lease payments made. The lease asset is initially measured as
the initial amount of the lease liability, adjusted for lease payments made at or before the lease
commencement date, plus certain initial direct costs. Subsequently, the lease asset is amortized on a
straight-line basis over its useful life.

Key estimates and judgments related to leases include how the Town determines (1) the discount
rate it uses to discount the expected lease payments to present value, (2) lease term, and (3) lease
payments.

  •  The Town uses the interest rate charged by the lessor as the discount rate. When the interest
  rate charged by the lessor is not provided, the Town generally uses its estimated incremental
  borrowing rate as the discount rate for leases.
  •  The lease terms include the noncancellable period of the lease.
  •  Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability are composed of fixed
  payments and purchase option price that the Town is reasonably certain to exercise.
The Town monitors changes in circumstances that would require a remeasurement of its leases and
will remeasure the right-to-use asset and liability if certain changes occur that are expected to
significantly affect the amount of the lease liability.

As the lessee, the Town reports lease assets with other capital assets and lease liabilities with long-
term debt on the schedule of long-term liabilities. The Town is lessee for office equipment such as
printers and postage machines.

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