Gorham voters in November could face deciding whether to borrow $2.6 million in three separate local referendum questions.

“We’re setting ourselves up for failure with three referendums,” Town Councilor Matthew Robinson cautioned town councilors in a workshop session Tuesday.

Earlier this month, the panel approved a measure to ask voters in a November referendum to borrow $600,000 as the town’s share of a $2.2 million Main Street rebuild. The town will partner with the state and Portland Water District in the project, which includes replacing century-old water mains downtown.

Now, other borrowing referendums are looming for November.

Town councilors, in a meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, could grapple with decisions about whether to ask voters this fall to approve two more big-ticket ballot questions.

The Fire Department is seeking $800,000 to replace an antiquated fire truck and the Gorham School Department wants $1,175,500 for security upgrades and roof repairs on aging schools.

Town councilors in Tuesday’ workshop heard details about the two requests. Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre said his department’s Ladder 1 truck is 27 years old. He said the truck was purchased in 1988 for $297,500.

Lefebvre said that parts for trucks 15 to 20 years old are difficult to obtain. Lefebvre said the ladder truck has had wiring issues in recent years and $8,000 to 10,000 was spent in 2014 to repair the ladder.

He also said the hydraulic system has had problems and the frame is rusting.

“It’s the age of it,” Lefebvre said. “Does it still run? Yup.”

He said a replacement truck would be a straight aerial and wouldn’t include a pump.

The town also provides fire protection for the University of Southern Maine campus in Gorham. Lefebvre said the university has paid the town $12,500 annually toward the cost of buying the ladder truck, adding up to $337,500 through the 27 years.

Lefebvre said the university in the next 25 years would pay the town $312,500 of the $800,000 replacement cost for a 107-foot aerial ladder truck.

Town Councilor Sherrie Benner asked Lefebvre whether the town had a contract with the university that could be renewed annually.

“What guarantee do we have?” Benner asked.

Lefebvre said the university has agreed to pay it every year in an arrangement approved years ago by a Town Council.

“There is no written contract,” Lefebvre said.

Town Councilor Benjamin Hartwell raised a concern about the university’s financial shortfalls in recent years. But, Town Council Chairman Michael Phinney said, “Hopefully they will continue to keep paying it.”

The School Department is looking to borrow $1,175,500 to upgrade security systems and to repair roofs at the high school and Village Elementary School.

“We’re here tonight to get on a November referendum,” School Committee chairman Dennis Libby told town councilors. “We’ve robbed Peter to pay Paul to keep things going.”

The total school department request includes $330,500 for security cameras; $40,000, high school intercom; $225,000, locks and hardware; and $580,000, roof repairs. Norm Justice, director of facilities management, said most of the roof projects are restoration instead of replacement.

Last November, voters approved borrowing money for a public safety building makeover. The $4.3 million project includes relocating police in a new station under construction and renovation of the present building for the fire department.