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Home My Public Portal About1983-01-06 Special Town Meeting m Report Of MEETING SPECIAL TOWN January 3 In accordance with the Warrant the Special n Meeting 6 gas held in the Brewster Elementary School Cafeforum , Thursday , order at 7 : 33 by Moderators Stephen The meeting was called to erJune Gallant Doris Gladys Doyle . The tellers were Dorothy Grern' , OgdenT Idsle , Jr . Checkers were Dorothea Dugan , Gage , Curtis and J Carl Scrivener and Mae Olson . A quorum was present. The Warrant was read by the Town Clerk , Barbara A . Vaughn with the excep- tion of the articles which were read as they were being considered . of ARTICLE 1 . To see if the Town will vote to and and appropriate pr p iate the ) Dollars One Thousand Two Hundred hlinety to pay the following unpaid bills for a previous fiscal year : $ 114 .61 Xerox Corporation 64 .30 Stephen Weeks , Register of Deeds .00 Land Court Engineering Dept. 4 11 95 W . E . Rahte 15. 25 Cape Cod Oracle 1 ,051 .04 Commonwealth Electric ------ $ 1 , 294 . 15 Adopted unanimously . ARTICLE 2 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of at least three ( 3 ) residents of the Town of Brewster tee to be known asthe rewster f asibili\ty of establish ng a Municipal Golfunipal Golf Course Committeem hCouis se n'tthe to further study t Town of Brewster and report to the Town at the Annual Town Meeting in May , 1983 . Adopted . - vote to raise and e sum of ARTICLE 3 . To see vef the To n will 00/ 100 ( $3 ,500 .00)appropriate Dollarsehto the Three Thousand expenses of the Brewster Municipal Golf Course Committee . Adopted . * 11 ARTICLE 4 . To see if the To addwi ing 21/ e to amend the o to the following wage salary scale g scales : under the Personnel By - Law by 103 I i r DH-6 Fire Chief ( part-time ) DH - 7 Building Inspector 1 -3 Gas Inspector ( part-time ) 1 -5 Assistant Building Inspector ( part-time ) 1 -6 Plumbing Inspector ( part-time ) M - 5 Assistant Shellfish Constables ( part-time ) Adopted. ARTICLE 5 , To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Hundred Seventy-Six and 14/ 100 ($976 . 14 ) Dollars to cover the 2% wage adjustment retroactive to July 1 , 1982 for the following positions covered under the Personnel By- Law. Said funds to be apportioned as follows : DH -6 Fire Chief $216 .37 DH - 7 Building Inspector 382a68 1 -3 Gas Inspector 28w85 1 -5 Assistant Building Inspector 160.00 1 -6 Plumbing Inspector 144 . 24 M-5 Assistant Shellfish Constables 44 .00 $976 . 14 Adopted unanimously . ARTICLE 6 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 1 ,000.00) Dollars to fund the increase in working hours of the Assistant Building Inspector to 25 hours per week through June 30, 1983 , Adopted. ARTICLE 7 , To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Twenty -Nine and 30/ 100 ($429.30) Dollars to be added to the Assistant Wiring Inspector's Salary Account. Adopted . ARTICLE 8 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Ten and 76/ 100 ($ 1 ,010. 76) Dollars to be added to the Com - munity Center Custodian Salary Account (to pay a part-time custodian at $4 . 23 per hour through June 30, 1983) , Adopated unanimously, ARTICLE 9 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Seven Hundred Eighteen and 94/ 100 ($5 , 718. 94 ) Dollars to the Employees Blue Cross Refund Distribution Account and to distribute this amount to those employees who qualify for refunds for the year 1978 in accor- dance with Chapter 394, Acts of 1982, Adopted unanimously , 104 ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to direct the Board of Selectmen to appoint a "Data Processing Advisory Committee" for the purpose of com- paring and evaluating proposals for use of Service Bureaus or In -house computer equipment and make a recommendation to the Town and to raise and appropri . ate the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 11200. 00) Dollars to fund the expenses of that committee , Adopted unanimously , ARTICLE 11 . To see if the Town will vote to direct the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of up to three (3 ) members for the purpose of resuming grave-marker reconstruction and replacement in the Old Cemeteries ( ancient burial grounds) . Adopted unanimously . ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 10,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of replacing two subsurface fuel tanks at the Brewster Community Center, and any unex- pended balance to be returned to Free Cash . Adopted unanimously. ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 1 , 200.00) Dollars to replace the obsolete oil burner unit in the Town Hall furnace . Adopted unanimously . ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept $ 1 ,343 .00 in grant money awarded by Elder Affairs and to transfer it from Council on Aging Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account to the Council on Aging Building Material Account and authorize its use for building materials , and construction of an addition to the existing Council on Aging building. Adopted. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Council on Aging Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account the sum of One Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Three and 00/ 100 ($ 1 ,343000) Dollars to the Council on Aging Outreach Account , This is grant money awarded from Elder Affairs for out- reach purposes . Indefinitely postponed , ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Eighty Three Thousand Seven Hundred Forty and 86/ 100 ($83, 740,86) Dollars from the following water betterment accounts : 105 lee Mates Way $ 11764 .42 Main St . , 6A West 748.42 Vesper Pond Drive 51212 .61 Commons Way 769'44 Blueberry Pond Drive 2041632 Matheson -Marion 31207 ' 27 Hickory Lane 31407 . 13 Route 137 71590.88 Route 137 26 , 734 .92 Woodward Road 21790.60 Gages Way 792 .60 A . P . Newcomb Road 6 , 136 .62 Howes Road 21182 .65 Greenland Pond Road 160341 . 16 Crowell 's Bog Road 31645 .42 $83 ,740. 86 and Twenty Thousand and 00/ 100 ($20 ,000 .00) Dollars from Water Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account for the purpose of developing a wellfield at Rafe Pond within the Brewster Conservation District, North of Freeman 's Way , including as incidental to such development , any design costs , the con - struction of a bituminous road to provide access from the wellfield to Silas Road , the construction of the building for the pumping station including original pumping station equipment and costs related thereto and for the construction of a connecting water main of at least 16 inches in diameter, and a water main of at least 16 inches in diameter with appurtenances connecting the proposed well to the existing 16 inch main on Freeman 's Way . Adopted . ARTICLE 17 . To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Forty-Two Thousand and 00/ 100 ($542 ,000 .00) Dollars for the purpose of developing a wellfield at Rafe Pond within the Brewster Conservation District, north of Freeman 's Way , including as incidental to such development the con. struction of a bituminous road to provide access from the wellfield to Silas Road , the construction of the building for the pumping station including original pumping station equipment and costs related thereto and for the construction of a connecting water main of at least 16 inches in diameter, and a water main of at least 16 inches in diameter with appurtenances connecting the proposed well to the existing 16 inch main on Freeman 's Way ; and that to meet such appropria- tion, the Town Treasurer , with the approval of the Board of Selectmen , is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of Five Hundred Forty -Two Thousand and 00/ 100 ( $542,000.00) Dollars at one time or from time to time , under and pursuant to the General Laws as amended and supplemented , or any other enabling authority and to issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor, and to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 10 ,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of paying the issuance costs of said Bonds, and the costs of interest for temporary Notes issued in anticipation thereof. Adopted — Yes 255 No 75 . 106 .mow, ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to transfer Twelve Thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 12 ,000.00) Dollars from the Water Receipts Reserved for Appropria. tion Account to the Construction Account for the purpose of rehabilitating the Town water system and to authorize the Water Commissioners to accept the sum of Twenty -One Thousand Four Hundred Fifty -Seven and 00/ 100 ($21 ,457.00) Dollars as a grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and to transfer said grant to the construction account for the same purposes . Adopted . ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Three Thou - sand and 00/ 100 ( $3 ,000.00) Dollars from Water Receipts Reserved for Appro- priation Account to the Construction Account for the purpose of installing alarm systems in well houses one and two and for any other security deemed necessary by the Water Commissioners . Adopted . ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 12 , Special Town Meeting of December 10, 1979, which formerly read as follows : To see if the Town will vote to borrow the sum of Seven Thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 7 ,000 .00) Dollars to install 500 feet of 8-inch main , more or less , along Gages Way , the property owners repaying the Town the above cost with interest, in full com- pliance with the Water Betterment Assessment Program , by amending said article by reducing the sum of Seven Thousand and 00/ 100 ($7 ,000.00) Dollars to the sum of Six Thousand Four Hundred and 00/ 100 ($6 ,400.00) Dollars. Adopted — Yes 272 - No 1 ARTICLE 21 . To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 42 , Annual Town Meeting, May 11 , 1981 , which formerly read as follows : To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to borrow the sum of Thirty -Nine Thousand and 00/ 100 ($39,000.00) Dollars to install water mains on Crowell 's Bog Road (360 ft. ) and on Sheep Pond Circle ( 1 ,960 ft. ) in accordance with the Water Better- ment Program, by amending said article by reducing the sum of Thirty-Nine Thousand and 00/ 100 ($39,000.00) Dollars to the sum of Thirty- Five Thousand and 00/ 100 ($35,000.00) Dollars . Adopted unanimously . ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty and 00/ 100 ($4 ,260.00) Dollars to be used for the engineering and appraisal costs connected with the redesign of a portion of STONY BROOK ROAD at the proposed RUN HILL ROAD intersection . Adopted unanimously . 107 x WING.,„ t 447 .95) Dollars and Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ARTICLE 23 . To see if the red Forty seven and 95/ 100 ($8 , Eight Thousand Four Hund to transfer said amount to the RoOAo MACHINE tohe 1952 Caterpillar D -7 bull D .P .W . in order to defray th dozer . Adopted unanimously . om ARTICLE 24 . To see if. tn th sum oflSevetn Thousand Six e to transfer rHu Bred Sixty Nine Receipts Reserved for Appropriationfrom the and 00/ 100 ($7 ,669.00) Dollars from ethe pr Sector 1e11c)aActs Of 1982 O°be wealth under the provisions of Chap used for the reconstruction of TUBMAN ROAD . Adopteds the Town lvote to authors' ze the Board of Selectmen ARTICLE LE 5 , To see if from the Town landfills Adopted unanimously . ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty Thousand ans share of the d 00/ 100 $3 000 00) D plant in r Orleanser'Massachusetts . Phase 1 design costs for the regional Adopted . Article 70 of vote to med that Study Committee continue in its present ARTICLE 27 . To see if the Tow ' lcapacity , as aurthorn ed by the Septage and to raise and appropriate or the 1982 Brewster Annual Town Meeting, Thousand and 00/ 100 transfer from available funds the sum of Thirty on studs Thousand and 00/ 100 ($30 ,000 .00) ($30,000.00) Dollars for engineerinstudies to determine the proposed locate he of a septage facility in Brewster , said Dollars for engineering studies to be expended under the authority o t Septage Study Committee . Indefinitely postponed. te the sum Of ARTICLE 28 . To see if the Town 1ill vote to raise an00) Dollars forthepropria ntation of a Fifteen Thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 5 in and around the Sanitary Landfill . groundwater monitoring program Adopted . se and appropriate the sum Of ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote toolass to fund an account for court Two Hundred Fifty and 00/ 100 ($250 .00) overdue o Small Claims CouertrtY and Boat Excise Tax bills costs involved with placing that the Town cannot collect Adopted unanimously . 108 k t „- WON ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to direct the Selectmen and the Board of Health to look into the feasibility of having a separate sticker forthe Dump at no cost for year-round residents and a sticker for the Beach at a cost to be set by the Selectmen . Defeated. ARTICLE 31 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell , auction off, or otherwise dispose of the following : D.P .W. One ( 1 ) BRUSH KING PowerTrimmer - Serial No . 67128 One ( 1 ) APECO Model 285 Photocopier One ( 1 ) McCULLOCH Model 35A Chain Saw One ( 1 ) BRIGGS & STRATTON Model 14R6 Centrifugal Pump Serial No . 25087 One ( 1 ) WISCONSIN Model VG4D Centrifugal Pump , 3% x 4 Serial No. 2207265 One ( 1 ) GOOD ROADS Model Handy Champion Spreader - Serial No . 1860 One ( 1 ) GOODYEAR Tire , 14 .00 - 24 , 8-ply rating, L-2 mounted on rim Town Hall Three ( 3) Executive Swivel Arm Chairs One ( 1 ) UNDERWOOD Typemaster Manual Typewriter Fire Department 1949 FORD Fire Engine Adopted . There being no other business to come before this meeting, the meeting was adjourned at 11 : 13 p .m . A True Copy Attest : Barbara A. Vaughn Town Clerk 109 li ”` f