HomeMy Public PortalAbout2019-05-06 Special Town Meeting Warrant TOWN OF BREWSTER SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MAY 6, 2019
Barnstable, ss
To : Roland W . Bassett, Jr. Constable of the Town of Brewster
Greetings :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and inform
the Town of Brewster inhabitants qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Cafeteria at Stony
Brook Elementary School, 384 Underpass Road , on Monday, May 6, 2019, next, at 6 :05 p . m . o' clock
in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles :
UNPAID BILLS
ARTICLE NO . 1 : To see what sums the Town will vote to appropriate, and also to raise, borrow pursuant
to an applicable statute or transfer from available funds for the payment, pursuant to G . L. c . 44, § 64, of
unpaid bills from previous fiscal years, including any bills now on overdraft .
Or to take any other action relative thereto .
( Board of Selectmen ) ( Nine-tenths Vote Required )
BUDGETARY TRANSFERS
ARTICLE NO . 21 To see what sums the Town will vote to transfer into various line items of the Fiscal
Year 2019 General Fund operating budget from other line items of said budget and from other
available funds :
FROM TO AMOUNT
a Assessors, Council on Aging, Natural Finance & Operations $ 82, 000
Resources & Fringe Benefits
b Fringe Benefits I Selectmen & Town $ 10, 000
Administrator
c Article 4, item h of May 2, 2016 Special Town Article 4, item b of May 2, $ 43, 719
Meeting, Town Hall Roof Project & General 2016 Special Town Meeting,
Insurance Town Hall Window
Replacement
Or to take any other action relative thereto .
( Board of Selectmen ) ( Majority Vote Required )
FUEL DEPOT
ARTICLE NO. 3 : To see if the Town will appropriate FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($ 550,000), or any other amount, to pay costs of engineering, design and construction of a fuel depot
and removal of the underground diesel tank located at the Department of Public Works, generally
located at 201 Hill Road, including the payment of all other costs incidental and related thereto; to
determine whether this appropriation shall be raised by taxation , transfer from available funds,
borrowing or otherwise, or to take any other action relative thereto .
( Board of Selectmen ) (Two -Thirds Vote Required )
WATER DEPARTMENT RESERVE FUND
ARTICLE NO . 4 : To see if the Town will vote to appropriate THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($ 31, 000) from the Water Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Fund , in accordance with G . L.
c. 41, § 69B, for the purpose of offsetting costs associated with current fiscal year fuel and Medicare
costs; all expenditures to be made by the Water Department, subject to approval of the Town
Administrator, or to take any other action relative thereto .
( Board of Selectmen ) ( Majority Vote Required )
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TRI TOWN SEPTAGE TREATMENT PLANT POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
ARTICLE NO. 5: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds FORTY FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($45,000), to pay Brewster's share of post-employment benefits for the retirees of the Tri-
Town Septage Treatment Facility, including the payment of all costs incidental and related thereto, or
to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen) (Majority Vote Required)
PROPERTY VALUATION SERVICES
ARTICLE NO. 6: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Overlay Surplus account EIGHTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($80,000) for the purposes of conducting revaluations of real and personal
property and to authorize the Town Administrator to solicit bids and/or proposals,enter into a contract
or contracts and expend said funds for this purpose, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Assessors) (Majority Vote Required)
CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & RECREATION
ARTICLE NO. 7:To see if the Town will vote to transfer the care, custody, management and control of
six (6) parcels of Town-owned property located northwesterly of Route 6 at Nickerson State Park and
identified by the Town Assessor as Map 133, Parcels 1, 3, 8, 9, 11 and 17 from the board or officer
currently having such care, custody, management or control to the Select Board for the sale of the fee
or other interest in such parcels; to authorize the Select Board to convey to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation the fee or lesser interests in such parcels
for ONE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($140,000), on such other terms and conditions or
for such other amount as the Select Board deems to be in the best interest of the Town; to authorize
the Select Board to execute and deliver all instruments and agreements as the Select Board may deem
necessary to effectuate such conveyance; or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen) (Two-Thirds Vote Required)
CITIZEN PETITON/Zoning Bylaw Amendment/Table of Use Regulations
ARTICLE NO.8: To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 179-11 of the Brewster Code (Zoning By-
law), table of use regulations, by deleting the current Table of Use Regulations relating to Marijuana
Cultivators, Marijuana Product Manufacturer, Independent Testing Laboratories, Marijuana Retailers,
Any Other Licensed Recreational Marijuana Establishments, and Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
(MMD) and replacing it with the following Table of Uses, or to take any other action relative thereto:
R-R R-L R-M C-H VB I MRD PWS-CF
Marijuana Cultivator - - - - - S - -
Marijuana Product - - - - - - -
Manufacturer
Independent Testing - - - - - - -
Laboratory 1
Marijuana Retailer - - - - -
Any Other Licensed - - - - - - - -
Recreational
Marijuana
Establishment
Medical Marijuana - - - S S - - -
Dispensary
(Citizen's Petition) (Two Thirds Vote Required)
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OTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE NO . 9e To act upon any other business that may legally come before this meeting; or
take any other action related thereto .
( Board of Selectmen ) ( Majority Vote Required )
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk
at the time and place of said meeting as aforesaid .
Given under our hand and Seal of the Town of Brewster affixed this 8th day of April 2019 .
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Cynthia A. Bing m , Chair David G V1litney, ce Chair
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Benjamin W . deRuyter, Clerk John T. Dickson
ry . Chaffee
I , Roland W . Bassett Jr, duly qualified Constable for the Town of Brewster, hereby certify that I
served the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting of May 6, 2019 by posting attested copies
thereof, in the following locations in the Town on the 10th day of April 2019 .
Brewster Town Offices Cafe Alfresco
Brewster Ladies Library Brewster Pizza House
The Brewster General Store Millstone Liquors
U . S . Post Office
Roland W . Bassett, Jr. Constable
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