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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1991-10-21 ATM r Report of the LL YEARLY ETI October 21 , 1991 In accordance with the Warrant , the Fall Yearly Town Meeting was held in the Brewster Elementary School Cafetorium , on Monday, October 21 , 1991 . The meeting was called to order at 7 : 00 p . m , by the Moderator, Stephen L . Doyle , The Tellers were June F . Gallant , Edwin Blease , Ruth Hanlon , and William Nielsen . The checkers were Dorothea Dugan , Helen Allen , Patricia Kelsey , Carl Scrivener, Lois Curcio , Mildred Unger and John Unger. A quorum was present . The Town Clerk , Joan K . Cole , read the Fall Yearly Town Meeting Warrant , and the Return of the Warrant . There being no objection , the Moderator dispersed with the reading of all the articles . A moment of silence was observed for the loss of Dorothy Grenier who had served the Town of Brewster for many years in many ways . ARTICLE 1 . RECALL BYLAW ARTICLE 1 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to enact a special act providing forthe recall of elected officials in the Town of Brewster, or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Citizen 's Petition ) MOTION : I move that . we accept Article 1 with its summary as written in the ( warrant . MOTION : I move that Article 1 be indefinitely postponed . ACTION ON THE MOTION TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE ARTICLE 1 : DEFEATED YES 158 NO 272 MOTION : I move to amend Article 1 as follows : SECTION 1 : DELETE THE WORDS " FOR REASON OF LACK OF FITNESS , INCOMPETENCE , NEGLECT OF DUTIES, CORRUPTION , MALFEASANCE , MISFEASANCE , OR VIOLATION OF OATH " , SO THE FIRST SENTENCE WILL READ "ANY HOLDER OF AN ELECTED OFFICE IN THE TOWN OF BREWSTER MAY BE RECALLED THEREFROM BY THE , REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE TOWN AS HEREIN PROVIDED . " SECTION 2: FIRST SENTENCE DELETE "ANY 25 REGISTERED VOTERS " AND SUBSTITUTE "A MINIMUM OF 5% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS" , SECTION 2: DELETE "AT LEAST 12% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS " AND SUBSTITUTE "25 % OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS " , SO THAT THE LAST PARAGRAPH WILL READ "AND SHALL HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY AT LEAST -51 - 25 % OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE TOWN , WHO SHALL ADD TO THEIR SIGNATURE THE STREET AND NUMBER , IF ANY , OF THEIR 9 7v RESIDENCE . " SECTION 6: DELETE THE LAST SENTENCE AND ADD "THE MAJORITY VOTE SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS A TOTAL OF THOSE VOTING FOR OR AGAINST A RECALL SHALL EXCEED 30% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE TOWN . IF SUCH TOTAL ( MORE THAN 30% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS ) IS NOT ACHIEVED , THEN THE BALLOTS FOR CANDIDATES NEED NOT BE COUNTED . " ACTION : SECTION 1 : DELETE THE WORDS " FOR REASON OF LACK OF FITNESS , INCOMPETENCE , NEGLECT OF DUTIES , CORRUPTION , MALFEASANCE , MISFEASANCE , OR VIOLATION OF OATH " , SO THE FIRST SENTENCE WILL READ "ANY HOLDER OF AN ELECTED OFFICE IN THE TOWN OF BREWSTER MAY BE RECALLED THEREFROM BY THE Ile REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE TOWN AS HEREIN PROVIDED . " WITHDRAWNle ACTION : SECTION 2: FIRST SENTENCE DELETE " ANY 25 REGISTERED VOTERS " AND SUBSTITUTE " A MINIMUM OF 5 % OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS " . MOTION : DEFEATED YES 196 NO 233 el ACTION : SECTION 2: DELETE "AT LEAST 12 % OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS " AND SUBSTITUTE " 25% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS " , SO THAT THE LAST PARAGRAPH WILL READ "AND SHALL HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY AT LEAST 25% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE TOWN , WHO SHALL ADD TO THEIR SIGNATURE THE STREET AND NUMBER , IF ANY, OF THEIR RESIDENCE . " el WITHDRAWN ACTION : SECTION 6: DELETE THE LAST SENTENCE AND ADD "THE MAJORITY VOTE SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS ATOTAL OFTHOSE VOTING FOR OR AGAINST A RECALL SHALL EXCEED 30% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE TOWN , IF SUCH TOTAL ( MORE THAN 30% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS ) IS NOT ACHIEVED , THEN THE BALLOTS r FOR CANDIDATES NEED NOT BE COUNTED . " WITHDRAWN ACTION ON MAIN MOTION : ADOPTED YES 242 NO 194 MAIN MOTION : I move that we accept Article 1 with its summary as written in the warrant . ARTICLE 1 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to enact a special act providing for the recall of elected officials w _J in the Town of Brewster, or to take any other action relative thereto . -52- SUMMARY AN ACT PROVIDING FOR RECALL ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF BREWSTER SECTION 1 : Any holder of an elected office in the Town of Brewster may be recalled therefrom by the registered voters of the town as hereinafter provided , for reason of lack of fitness , incompetence , neglect of duties , corruption , malfeasance, misfeasance or violation of oath . SECTION 2 : Any twenty-five registered voters of the Town of Brewster may initiate a recall petition by filing with the Town Clerk an affidavit containing the name of the officer sought to be recalled and a statement of the grounds for recall . The Town Clerk shall thereupon deliver to said voters making such affidavit copies of petition blanks demanding such recall , copies of which printed forms he shall keep available. Such blanks shall be issued by the Town Clerk , with his signature and official seal attached thereto . They shall be dated , shall be addressed to the Board of Selectmen and shall contain the names of all the persons to whom they are issued , the name of the person whose recall is sought, the grounds of recall as stated in the affidavit , and shall demand the election of a successor to such office . A copy of the petition shall be entered in a record book to be kept in the Office of the Town Clerk . Said recall petition shall be returned and filed with the Town Clerk within twenty days after notification by the Town Clerk to the moving party that the affidavit has been certified by the Registrars of the Voters , and shall have been signed by at least twelve per cent ( 12 % ) of the registered voters of the town , who shall add to their signatures the street and number, if any , of their residences . The Town Clerk shall within one working day of receipt submit the petition to the Registrars of Voters in the town , and the Registrars shall within five working days certify thereon the number of signatures which are names of registered voters of the town . SECTION 3 . If the petition shall be found and certified bythe Town Clerk to be sufficient , he shall submit the same with his or her certificate to the Selectmen within seven working days , and Selectmen shall forthwith give written notice of the receipt of the certificate to the officer sought to be recalled and shall , if the officer does not resign within five days thereafter , order an election to be held on a date fixed by them not less than sixty and not more than ninety days after the date of the Town Clerk 's certificate that a sufficient petition has been filed ; provided however, that if any other town election is to occur within one hundred days after the date of certification the Selectmen shall postpone the holding of the recall election to the date of such other election . No persons shall be subject to recall if his term of office expires within ninety days of the certification . If a vacancy occurs in said office after a recall election has been ordered , the election shall nevertheless proceed as provided in this section . SECTION 4 . An officer sought to be removed may be a candidate to succeed himself , and unless he requests otherwise in writing , the Town Clerk shall place his name on the ballot without nomination . The nomination of other candidates , the publication of the warrant for the removal election , and the conduct of same , shall all be in accordance with the provisions of law relating to elections , unless otherwise provided in this act. -53- SECTION 5 . The incumbent shall continue to perform the duties of his office until the recall election . If then re-elected , he shall continue in office for the remainder of his unexpired term subject to recall as before , except as provided in this act . If not re-elected in the recall election , he shall be deemed removed upon the qualification of his successor , who shall hold office during the unexpired term . If the successor fails to qualify within five days after receiving notification of his election , the incumbent shall thereupon be deemed removed and the office vacant . SECTION 6 . Ballots used in a recall election shall submit the following propositions in the order indicted : For the recall of ( name of officer) . Against the recall of ( name of officer) . Immediately at the right of each proposition there shall be a square in which the voter , by making a cross mark ( X ) may vote for either of the said propositions . Under the propositions shall appear the word " Candidates " , the directions to the voters required by section forty-two of chapter fifty -four of the General Laws , and beneath this the names of candidates nominated in accordance with the provisions of law relating to elections . If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of recall is in the affirmative, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected . If a majority of the votes on the question are in the negative , the ballots for candidates need not be counted . z SECTION 7 . No recall petition shall be filed against an officer within ninety days after he takes office , nor , in the case of an officer subjected to a recall election and not recalled thereby , until at least six months after the election at which his recall was submitted to the voters of the town . SECTION 8 . No person who has been recalled from an office or who has resigned from office while recall proceedings were pending against him , shall be appointed to any town office within two years after such recall or such resignation . ARTICLE 2. BUDGETARY TRANSFERS ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to transferfrom available funds and/or appropriate from surplus funds in some departments an amount or amounts of money to be used in conjunction with funds appropriated under the current fiscal year budgets and to be used during the current fiscal year to pay shortfalls that would otherwise exist in the Fiscal Year 1992 Budget of other departments , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of Article 2 . ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE ARTICLE 3 . UNPAID BILL'S -54- ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Forty- Nine and 00/ 100 ($ 11 , 849 . 00) Dollars to pay unpaid bills from previous fiscal year, as follows : 1 . John G . Latham $ 11866. 00 2 . Ives , Inc . 38 .00 3 . Zisson & Veara 71063.00 4, Commonwealth Electric Company 20758 .00 5 , Corp Brothers , Inc . 16 .00 6 . Medicenter Five , Inc . 108 . 00 Total $ 11 , 849 .00 or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 3 as printed in the warrant , with the expection that item no . 1 should read the Brewster Historical Society and to transfer the sum of $ 11 , 849 . 00 from the Nauset Regional Assessment , Article no . 6 of the 1991 Annual Town Meeting for this purpose . ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY ARTICLE 4 . ROUTE 6A POLICY ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to establish that the People of the Town of Brewster are fond of the existing character and features of the corridor known as Main Street , formed by Route 6A as it passes through Brewster, and to express a general concern that all bodies governing future development and /or roadway improvements on and along Route 6A be directed to protect and maintain the unique visual and historic character of this roadway in Brewster by avoiding , wherever possible , roadway improvements such as additional lanes or road widening , and by reducing the need for such alterations by appropriate controls on development generating levels of traffic which exceed the exisitin capacity of the roadway , or to take 9 P Y Y any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen , Conservation Commission , Planning Baord , Old King 's Highway Regional Historic District Committee ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 4 as printed in the warrant . ACTION : ADOPTED ARTICLE 5 . GIFT OF LAND ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the Northside United Methodist Church a gift of real property located between the intersections of Airline and Setucket Road in West Brewster, being shown on the Brewster Assessor's Map 37 , Lot 52- 1 and to place the same under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Selectmen , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) - 55- MOTION : I move that the Town vote Article 5 as printed in the warrant . ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY ARTICLE 6 . PAY DEFERRAL PLAN ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to acceptor reject the provisions of the enabling state legislation for the Teacher' s Pay Deferral proposal , so-called , for the Brewster Elementary School , the Nauset Regional Schools and the Cape Cod Vocational Technical School , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) OTION : I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of Article 6 . ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE ARTICLE 7 . AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSORTIUM ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into an agreement with the County of Barnstable for the purpose of establishing a county-wide consortium that would apply for, receive and expend Federal Home Grant funds pursuant to the provision ( s ) of the 1990 Cranston -Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 7 as printed in the warrant . ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY ARTICLE 8 . NON CRIMINAL DISPOSITION ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following general by- law as Chapter 8 , Article II of the Code of the Town of Brewster , Massachusetts : Whoever violates any provision of the rules or regulations of the Board of Health may be sanctioned through the noncriminal disposition process ( civil fines accruing to the Town ) provided by Massachusetts General Laws , Chapter 40 , Section 21D , as amended from time to time , if theIPA regulation or rule prescribes a specific penalty for its violation . Resort to this noncriminal disposition method shall lie within the discretion of the enforcing officer, and this noncriminal option shall exist wholly in addition to all other available enforcement alternatives . Any enforcement officer who takes cognizance of a violation of a regulation or rule subject to this noncriminal disposition procedure and who elects , as an alternative to criminal process , to proceed with noncriminal enforcement shall give the offender a written notice to appear before the Clerk of the Orleans Division of the District Court Department at anytime during office hours but not later than twenty-one days after the date of such notice . -56 �. ev eee I Each day during which a violation of a regulation or rule continues shall eev be deemed to be a separate offense subject to the noncriminal disposition process ; however, this provision shall not be construed to ' prevent separate incidents or episodes occurring on the same day from also being considered separate offenses11 . The following rules and regulations are hereby made specifically subject .T to the noncriminal disposition process ; the specific penalties listed here shall , for purposes of noncriminal disposition , apply in such cases ; police shall be deemed enforcement officers forall rules and regulations eve e ,ell ev listed below; and any other town employee or officer shall be deemed to be an enforcement officer for a particular rule or regulation if so listed below : Regulation : Septic System Inspection / Maintenance Program Regulation Enforcement Officer: Health Director ; Assistant Health Director ev Fine : Failure to raise manhole cover to within twelve ( 12 ) inches of the finished grade - $ 20 . 00 Failure to install sanitary tee ( s) - $ 20 . 00 Failure to pump - $50. 00 Failure to upgrade a system which is malfunctioning ora nuisance to the public health , safety and welfare , or to quality of surface waters or groundwaters - $ 200 . 00 Failure to replace a single cesspool - $ 200. 00 or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Health ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 8 as printed in the warrant . MOTION : 1 move to amend Article 8 of Brewster Town Meeting by removing paragraph two starting with " Each day and ending with separate offenses " . ACTION ON AMENDED ARTICLE : ADOPTED YES 179 NO 174 ARTICLE 9. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Thirty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred and 00/ 100 ( $37 ,300 .00 ) Dollars to be used to meet the terms and conditions of the Collective Bargaining Agreements , effective July 1 , 1991 , between the Town of Brewster and the Office and Professional Employee 's International Union , Local 6 , AFL -CIO , Units A , B , & C or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) -57- MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 9 as printed in the warrant and to transfer the sum of $37 , 300 . 00 from the Nauset Regional Assessment , Article 6 of the 1991 Annual Town Meeting for this purpose . ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY ARTICLE 10. GRANT ANTICIPATION NOTES ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty Thousand and 00/ 100 ( $ 20 ,000 . 00) Dollars to pay the expenses for temporary interest on the Grant Anticipation Notes for the Orleans , Eastham and Brewster Ground Water Protection District or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 10 as printed in the warrant and to transfer the sum of $ 18 ,000 . 00 from the Nauset Regional Assessment , Article 6 of the 1991 Annual Town Meeting for this purpose . ACTION : ADOPTED ARTICLE 11 . LANDFILL CLOSURE ENGINEERING ARTICLE 11 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Ten Thousand and 00/ 100 ( $ 10 , 000 . 00 ) Dollars to finance additional engineering services for the landfill closure project or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Department of Public Works ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 11 as printed in the warrant and to transfer the sum of $ 8 , 500 .00 from the Nauset Regional Assessment , Article 6 of the 1991 Annual Town Meeting for this purpose . ACTION : ADOPTED ARTICLE 12, SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARTICLE 12 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Five Thousand and 00/100 ( $52000 . 00 ) Dollars for appraisal services and other related planning expenses in connection with locating a new elementary school within the Town and to authorize the Elementary School Building Committee 11 to solicit bids , enter contracts and expend these funds for this purpose , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Elementary School Building Committeell ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of Article 12 , ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE -58- I Ile ARTICLE 13. CHAPTER 90/ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND ARTICLE 13 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds , pursuant to Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1988 , the sum of One Hundred Twenty- ell Nine Thousand Five Hundred Nineteen and 00/100 ( $ 129 , 519 . 00) Dollars and Ile ell appropriate this sum for road maintenance related purposes , and , in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 90 , Section 34 , as amended , to accept from the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts full or partial reimbursement , or to take any ell ell other action relative thereto . I ell ell ( Department of Public Works ) ell lee Ile Ve Ile MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 13 as printed in the warrant and to appropriate the sum of $ 129 , 519 . 00 from available funds for this ell purpose . Ile ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY 14 44 ell ARTICLE 14. HANDICAPPED ACCESS RAMP ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Six Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 ($6 , 500 . 00) Dollars to reconstruct the Handicapped Access Ramp in the Town Offices/Community Center Building and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to solicit bids , enter contracts , and expend these funds for this purpose , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of Article 14 , ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE ARTICLE 15. WATER BETTERMENT/MEETING HOUSE VILLAGE ARTICLE 15 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift , by purchase , or eminent domain all water easement rights needed to extend a ten ( 10 " ) inch water main approximately one thousand three hundred eighty ( 1380 ' ) feet from Route 39 to Grist Mill Road and an eight ( 8 " ) inch water main on Wayside Drive and Colonial Way , in the Meeting House Village Subdivision ; to authorize the Board of Water Commissionersto extend this water main in this fashion after the Commissioners have determined that the requirements of the Brewster Water Betterment Assessment Program have been satisfied ; to raise and appropriate and/to transfer from available funds the sum of Ten Thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 10 ,000 . 00) Dollars to defray the initial costs of this project ; to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen , to borrow the sum of One Hundred Thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 100 ,000 . 00 ) Dollars under and pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws , Chapter44 , Section 8 and any other enabling authority, and to issue notes and bonds of the Town therefor in order to finance the total cost of acquisition , engineering , construction , reconstruction , and any related and incidental expenses ; to raise and -59- appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the purpose of paying interest on the notes issued in anticipation thereof ; and to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds raised through the betterment assesssment of abutting landowners the Town 's costs and expenses for this project , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Water Commission ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 15 to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase , or eminent domain all water easement rights needed to extend a ten ( 10 " ) inch water main approximately one thousand three hundred eighty ( 1380 ' ) feet from Route 39 to Grist Mill Road and an eight ( 8" ) inch water main on Wayside Drive and Colonial Way , in the Meeting House Village Subdivision ; to authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to extend this water main in this fashion after the Commissioners have determined that the requirements of the Brewster Water Betterment Assessment Program have been satisfied ; to authorize the Town Treasurer , with the approval of the Board of Selectmen , to borrow the sum of $ 100 , 000 . 00 under and pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws , Chapter 44 , Section 8 and any other enabling authority and to issue notes and bonds of the Town therefor in order to finance the total cost of acquisition , engineering , construction , reconstruction , and any related and incidental expenses ; and transfer from Water Surplus the sum of $ 4 , 300 .00 for the purpose of paying interest on the notes issued in anticipation thereof ; and to raise and appropriate through the betterment assesssment of abutting landowners the Town 's costs and expenses for this project, x f ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY ARTICLE 16. WATER BETTERMENT HENRY' S WAY ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift , by purchase , or eminent domain all water easement rights needed to extend an eight (8 " ) inch water main approximately two thousand (2000' ) feet along Henry 's Way ; to authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to extend this water main in this fashion after the Commissioners have determined that the requirements of the Brewster Water Betterment Assessment Program have been satisfied ; to raise and appropriate and /to transfer from available funds the sum of Four Thousand and 00/ 100 ( $4 , 000 .00 ) Dollars to defray the initial costs of this project ; to authorize the Town Treasurer , with the approval of the Board of Selectmen , to borrow the sum of Forty Five- Thousand and 00/ 100 ( $45 , 000. 00 ) Dollars under and pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws , Chapter44 , Section 8 and any other enabling authority , and to issue notes and bonds of the Town therefor in order to finance the total cost of acquisition , engineering , construction , reconstruction , and any related and incidental expenses ; to raise and appropriate and /or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the purpose of paying interest on the notes issued in anticipation thereof ; and to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds raised through the betterment assesssment of abutting landowners the Town 's costs and expenses for this project , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Water Commission ) -60 - V "lye el MOTION : 1 move that the Town vote to approve Article 16 to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase , or eminent domain all water easement rights needed to extend an eight ( 8 " ) inch water main approximately two thousand ( 2000' ) feet along Henry's Way ; to authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to extend this water main in this fashion after the Commissioners have determined that the requirements of the Brewster Water Betterment Assessment Program have been satisfied ; to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen , to borrow the sum of $45 , 000 . 00 under and pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws , Chapter 44 , Section 8 and any other enabling authority and to issue notes and bonds of the Town therefor in order to finance the total cost of acquisition , engineering , construction , reconstruction , and any related and incidental expenses ; and to transfer from Water Surplus the sum of $ 2 , 000 .00 for the purpose of paying interest on the notes issued in anticipation thereof; and to raise and appropriate through the betterment assesssment of abutting landowners the Town 's costs and expenses for this project. ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY ARTICLE 17. WETLANDS FEE ACCOUNT ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the State Wetlands Protection Filing Fee Fund , so called , a sum of One Thousand Six Hundred and 00/100 ( $ 1 , 600 . 00 ) Dollars for use by the Conservation Commission in carrying out its duties under the Wetlands Protection Act , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Conservation Commission ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 17 as printed in the warrant and to transfer the sum of $ 1 , 600 . 00 from the State Wetlands Protection Filing Fee Fund for this purpose . ACTION : DEFEATED ARTICLE 18. LAND TRANSFER ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to change the care , custody , management and control of the land shown on Brewster Assessor's Map 52 as Lots 27 (2 . 3 acres +/- ) and 29 ( 16 .4 acres +/- ) , by transferring the care , custody , management , and the control of these lands from the Board of Selectmen to the Brewster Golf Commission for use with the existing golf course and for golf- related purposes , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Golf Commission ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of Article 18 , ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE -61 - ARTICLE 19, GOLF MAINTENANCE BUILDING ARTICLE 19 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the additional sum of Six Thousand and 00/ 100 ( $ 6 , 000 .00 ) Dollars for the construction of an addition to the Golf Maintenance Building at the Captain 's Golf Course and to authorize the Golf Commission to solicit bids , enter contracts and expend these funds for this purpose , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Golf Commission ) IV MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 19 as printed in the warrant and to transfer the sum of $6 ,000 . 00 from the Stabilization Fund for this purpose . ACTION : ADOPTED YES 236 NO 55 ARTICLE 20. GOLF CLUBHOUSE ARTICLE 20 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or to I transfer from available funds the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred and 00/ 100 ( $2 , 500 . 00) Dollars for the purpose of constructing a security office in the basement of the Captain 's Golf Course Clubhouse and to authorize the Golf Commission to solicit bids , enter contracts , and expend these funds for this purpose , or to take any other action relative thereto. ( Golf Commission ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to approve Article 20 as printed in the warrant and to transfer the sum of $ 2 , 500 . 00 from the Nauset Regional Assessment , Article 6 of the 1991 Annual Town Meeting for this purpose . ACTION : ADOPTED ARTICLE 21 . GOLF SAFETY STORAGE BUILDING f ARTICLE 21 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or to transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 27 ,200 . 00 ) Dollars for the purchase and installation of a safety storage building , for the storage of all restricted pesticides and chemicals , and /or any materials that require special handling and storage , and to authorize the Golf Commission to solicit bids , enter contracts , and expend these funds for this purpose , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Golf Commission ) MOTION : I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of Article 21 . ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE ARTICLE 22. To act on any other business that may legally come before this meeting . .62 . MOTION : 1 move that the Town vote the following resolution : Resolution : That the Town of Brewster should vote to oppose the current plan of the MWRA to clean Boston Harbor by building an outfall pipe and discharging up to 1 . 2 billions gallons of sewage effluent and toxic waste per day into Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays . We believe this will have a devastating effect on our coastal and marine environment ! ACTION : ADOPTED MOTION : I move that the Town vote to adjourn this meeting . ACTION : ADOPTED MEETING ADJOURNED at 9 : 53 P . M . A TRUE COPY ATTEST: Joan K . Cole Town Clerk -63-