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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING,
May 14, 1954
In accordance with the warrant the Special Town Meeting was held in the Brew-
ster Elementary School Cafetorium , Monday , May 14 , 1984.
This meeting was called to order at 8 : 00 p . m . by the Moderator, Stephen L .
Doyle . The tellers were Dorothy Grenier, June Gallant, Gladys Curtis, Mildred
Magee and Edwin Blease . A quorum was present.
The warrant was read by the Town Clerk , Barbara A . Vaughn , CMC, with the
exception of the Articles which were read as they were being considered .
Moved that Articles 6 and 8 be laid on the table until Monday , August 27 , 1984 ,
at 7 : 30 p . m .
Adopted
ARTICLE 1 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
to establish a permanent committee of three ( 3 ) members to be known as "The
Egg Committee , " for future recommendations to the Board of Selectmen as the
Board of Public Works, for care and maintenance of the park known as "The
Egg . " This committee will not be funded through Town funds .
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 2 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the By - Law as voted in
Article 14 of Special Town Meeting, January 9 , 1978, by changing the date of
the Annual Town Election and deleting the words "third Monday in May , be-
ginning with May 1978" and adding the words " second Monday in April , begin-
ning with April 1985 " and the amended article will read as follows :
"The Annual Town Meeting for the transaction of all business for the
Town , other than such matters as are to be determined by ballot, shall be
held on the second Monday in May , commencing in 1978 at 7 : 00 P . M . and
the Annual meeting for the election of Town officers and such matters as
are by law to be determined by ballot shall be held on the second Monday
in April , beginning with April 1985 ."^
Adopted Yes 254 No 170
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to include the following position in
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the Personnel By - Law Wage and Salary Scale effective July 1 , 1984 for one ( 1 )
year.
BH - 1 Assistant Health Agent ( Part- time 19 hours per week ) $6 . 05 per hour
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and to raise and appropriate the sum of Five thousand nine hundred seventy -
seven and 40/ 100 ($ 5 ,977 .40 ) Dollars to fund the wage and salary account as
follows :
BH - 1 Assistant Health Agent
$ 5,977 . 40
any cost of living increase
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1984 for one year .
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 4 . To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of
Selectmen on file with the Town Clerk laying out and making public as a Town
road, RUN HILL ROAD as shown on a plan entitled " Plan of a portion of RUN
HILL ROAD , Brewster, Mass . , as laid out and relocated by the Board of Select
men , Scale : 1 in . = 40 ft. , March 12 , 1982 , revisions — March 9 , 1983 , April 29 ,
1983 , January 16 , 1984 , Schofield Brothers, Inc. , Register Professional Engin -
eers & Land Surveyors , Route 6A — P . O . Box 101 — Orleans , Mass . , 02653 ,
( 617 ) 255 - 2098 , Sheets 1 of 2 and 2 of 2 ." Said plan on file with the Town
Clerk . In addition , to see if the Town will vote to transfer from Article 17 of
the Special Town Meeting of January 17 , 1984 and adjourned to February 2 ,
1984 the sum of Thirty thousand and 00/ 100 ( $30 ,000 . 00 ) Dollars appropriated
thereunder to acquire by gift, purchase and/or eminent domain the fee in the
land , slope and drainage easements and rights therein . Said funds and authority
to acquire the fee shall be under the direction of the Board of Selectmen .
Adopted Yes 412 No 27
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of Selectmen
ARTICLE 5 . To see if the erwise dispown se offll vote to the B - 700uComputeBoard
to sell , trade or otherwise and allrelated equip
ment and supplies ; or to take any action relative thereto .
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 7 . To see if the Town will vote to take by eminent domain a po the
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of property more particularly described in a deed from Homcorp ,
Inc . , tI- nhabitants of the Town of Brewster dated February 21 , 1984 , and recorded
with Barnstable Deeds in Book 4036 , Page 54 , located in West Brewster consist-
ing of nine ( 9 ) parcels adjacent to Upper Mill Pond , Run Hill Road , and West-
gate Road for the purpose of causing the title to the same to be marketable.
Said real property to be taken by the Town under the provisions of Mass. G . L .
c. 40, § 8 C , as it may hereafter be amended , to be managed and controlled by thefor the promotion
Conservation Co n of the Town of Brewstr
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of said Town .
Voted to lay on the table until May 15 , 1984 at 8 : 00 P . M .
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ARTICLE 9 . To see if the Town will vote to pay the sum of Seven hundred and
00/ 100 ( $700 . 00 ) Dollars to Chatham Bars Inn ( in addition to the sum of
Twenty -eight hundred and 00/ 100 ($2 ,800. 00 ) Dollars already paid by the
Town ) in full settlement of any claims by Chatham Bars Inn for damages as a
result of the taking by eminent domain of their land shown as Parcel No . 8 in
an Order of Taking recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in
Book 3810, Page 93 , to be used for the Brewster Municipal Golf Course , said
sum to be paid to Chatham Bars Inn upon the receipt of a release of all claims
to the Town .
Withdrawn
Meeting adjourned at 8 : 45 p . m .
Meeting reconvened at 8 : 05 p . m . May 15 , 1984 with a quorum being present .
ARTICLE 7 . To see if the Town will vote to take by eminent domain a parcel
of property more particularly described in a deed from Homecorp , Inc. , to the
inhabitants of the Town of Brewster dated February 21 , 1984 , and recorded
with Barnstable Deeds in Book 4036 , page 54 , located in West Brewster, con -
sisting of nine (9 ) parcels adjacent to Upper Mill Pond , Run Hill Road , and
Westgate Road for the purpose of causing the title to the same to be marketable .
Said real property to be taken by the Town under the provisions of Mass. G . L .
c . 79, for purpose of Mass . G . L . c.40, § . 8- C, as it may hereafter be amended ,
to be managed and controlled by the Conservation Commission of the Town of
Brewster for the promotion and development of the natural resources and for
protection of the watershed resources of said Town .
Adopted unanimously
Meeting adjourned at 8 : 14 p . m .
A true copy , ATTEST :
BARBARA A . VAUGHN , CMC
Town Clerk
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