HomeMy Public PortalAbout2014-05-05-Special Town Mtg Warrant SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
MAY 5, 2014
Barnstable, ss
To: Roland W. Bassett, Jr.
LConstable of the Town of Brewster
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby
directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Brewster, qualified
to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Stony Brook Elementary School
Cafetorium, on Monday the 5th day of May, 2014 next, at 7:05 p.m. o'clock in
the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles.
UNPAID BILLS
ARTICLE NO. 1: To see if the Town will vote in the following manner to
pay bills incurred but unpaid during a previous fiscal year:
a. transfer the sum of $20.00 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation account to pay Galls, and
b. transfer the sum of $5,679.00 from line item no. 20 (Liability Insurance)
of Article no. 3 of the 2013 Annual Town Meeting to Town of Brewster to
Payroll Account, Payroll ID No. 129213,
t or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Nine-Tenths Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
BUDGETARY TRANSFERS
ARTICLE NO. 2: To see if the Town will vote in the following manner to
appropriate from available funds and/or to transfer from surplus funds in
some departments the amounts needed to prevent deficits in other
departments this fiscal year:
A. Transfer the sum of $25,000.00 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved
for Appropriation Account to line item no. 8 (Fire/Rescue Wages) of
Article no. 3 of the 2013 Annual Town Meeting
B. Transfer the sum of$6,047.00 from line item no. 20 (Liability Insurance),
to line item no. 2 (Town Administrator Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2013
L kAnnual Town Meeting,
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C. Transfer the sum of $13,844.00 from the Golf Receipts Reserved for
, Appropriation account and $71,393.00 from Overlay Surplus to line item
no. 2 (Legal Expenses) of Article no. 3 of the 2013 Annual Town Meeting,
D. Transfer the sums of$600.00 from line item no. 20 (Liability Insurance)
to line item no. 12 (Board of Health Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2013
Annual Town Meeting; $450.00 from line item no. 20 (Liability
Insurance) to line item no. 4 (Assessors Wages) of Article no. 3 of the
2013 Annual Town Meeting; $300.00 from line item no. 20 (Liability
Insurance) to line item no. 10 (Building Inspection/HDC Wages) of Article
no. 3 of the 2013 Annual Town Meeting,
E. Transfer the sums of$1,630.00 from line item no. 20 (Liability
Insurance) to line item no. 10 (Building Inspection/HDC Wages) of
Article no. 3 of the 2013 Annual Town Meeting,
F. Transfer the sum of $4,575.00 from Water Surplus to line item no. 4
(Debt Service) of Article no. 3 of the 2013 Annual Town Meeting,
G. Transfer the sum of$80.00 from the Fund Balance Reserved for Open
Space to line item no. 4 (Debt Service) of Article no. 3 of the 2013
Annual Town Meeting,
H. Transfer the sum of$15,000.00 from line item no. 13 (Department of
Public Works Wages) to line item no. 3 (Reserve Fund) of Article no. 3 of
the 2013 Annual Town Meeting, and
I. Transfer the sum of$10,000.00 from line item no. 7 (Police Department
Wages) to line item no. 7 (Police Department Expenses) of Article no. 3 of
the 2013 Annual Town Meeting,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required (Board of Selectmen)
PRIVATE ROAD ENGINEERING SERVICES/Ebenezer Lane Project 5
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ARTICLE NO. 3: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Fund
Balance Reserved for Road Betterments the sum of NINE THOUSAND AND
00/100 DOLLARS ($9,000.00) to finance costs associated with engineering
services for a private road betterment for Ebenezer Lane 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, said expense to be recovered
through the betterment assessments against the abutters, or to take any other
action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
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CAPITAL AND SPECIAL PROJECTS EXPENDITURES
ARTICLE NO. 4: To see if the Town will vote, for the purpose of funding
the following capital acquisitions and special project expenditures to be
undertaken during Fiscal Year 2014, including the payment of all costs
incidental and related to the carrying out of these projects and their financing,
as well as, any professional, design and engineering service costs, to raise and
appropriate, transfer from available funds and/or to authorize the Town
Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow a sum of
• money pursuant to Chapter 44 of the General Laws and/or any other enabling
authority and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, provided that the
amount of notes or bonds issued hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of
the sales proceeds, grant funds, and other money received before the sale of
such notes or bonds; and to transfer from available funds an additional sum of
money for the purpose of paying for the preparation, issuance and marketing of
bonds and notes issued hereunder and for paying interest on temporary notes
issued in anticipation thereof; and to the authorize the Town Administrator to
solicit bids and/or proposals, enter into a contract or contracts, and expend
these funds for the following purposes:
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Project Requests: Funding:
L a. Stony Brook School Window Repair $150,000.00
Project
b. COA Building Interior Painting Project $2,700.00
c. Town Hall Air Conditioning System $22,300.00
Repair Project
Grand-total $175,000.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-thirds Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
EDDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT
ARTICLE NO. 5: To see if the Town will vote, for the purpose of paying
costs to replace the roofs, fire alarm systems, and heating and ventilation
equipment at the Eddy Elementary School located at 2298 Main Street,
including the payment of all costs incidental and related to the carrying out of
these projects and their financing, as well as, any professional, design and
engineering service costs, to raise and appropriate, transfer from available
funds and/or to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board
of Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money pursuant to Chapter 44 of the General
Laws and/or any other enabling authority and to issue bonds or notes of the
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shall be reduced by the amount of the sales proceeds, grant funds, and other
money received before the sale of such notes or bonds; and to transfer from
available funds an additional sum of money for the purpose of paying for the
preparation, issuance and marketing of bonds and notes issued hereunder and
for paying interest on temporary notes issued in anticipation thereof; and to
authorize the Town Administrator to solicit bids and/or proposals, enter into a
contract or contracts, and expend these funds for this purpose; provided,
however, that a favorable vote under this article shall have no effect unless the
Town votes at a regular or special election to exempt the amounts required to
pay bonds or notes and other related expenses from the limitations of
Proposition 21/2, so-called; or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-Thirds Vote Required) (Elementary School Committee)
HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM
ARTICLE NO. 6: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Water
Revenue account the sum of FOURTEEN THOUSAND AND 00/100
($14,000.00) DOLLARS to finance costs associated with the hazardous waste
collection day program 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.
(Majority Vote Required)) (Board of Health as Water Commission)
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GOVERNMENT STUDY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EXPENSE
ARTICLE NO 7: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Free Cash
the sum of TEN THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($10,000.00) to finance
costs associated with the administrative and professional services to support a
comprehensive study and review of Town governmental and organizational
matters 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.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
COASTAL COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PLANNING & ASSESSMENT
GRANT PROGRAM
ARTICLE NO 8: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of
Selectmen to apply for and accept a grant from the Massachusetts Coastal
Zone Management Agency's Coastal Community Grant Program for expenditure
on professional services related to the study of coastal processes and the
creation of a plan to design, develop and permit a long-term maintenance and
repair plan for the Town of Brewster's landings and beaches; to transfer and
appropriate the sum of FORTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS
($40,000.00) from Item No 8b. (Paines Creek Culvert Project) of Article No 8
of the May 2012 Annual Town Meeting Warrant, and the sum of TEN
THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($10,000.00) from Item No lc. (Cape Cod
Water Resources Restoration Project) of Article No 8 of the 2010 Annual Town
Meeting Warrant, to meet the Town's match requirement under said Grant; and
to authorize the Town Administrator to solicit bids and/or proposals, enter into
a contract or contracts, and expend these funds and the grant monies for such
purposes; or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
FIRE STATION DESIGN& ENGINEERING SERVICES
ARTICLE NO 9: To see if the Town will vote, for the purpose of paying
the costs for the design, engineering and permitting of a new Fire Station,
including the payment of all other costs incidental and related to the carrying
out of this project and its financing, to raise and appropriate, transfer from
available funds and/or to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of
the Board of Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money pursuant to Chapter 44 of
the General Laws and/or any other enabling authority and to issue bonds or
notes of the Town therefor, provided that the amount of notes or bonds issued
hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of the sales proceeds, grant funds,
and other money received before the sale of such notes or bonds; and to
transfer from available funds an additional sum of money for the purpose of
paying for the preparation, issuance and marketing of bonds and notes issued
hereunder and for paying interest on temporary notes issued in anticipation
thereof; and to authorize the Town Administrator to solicit bids and/or
proposals, enter into a contract or contracts, and expend these funds for this
purpose; provided, however, that a favorable vote under this article shall have
no effect unless the Town votes at a regular or special election to exempt the
amounts required to pay bonds or notes and other related expenses from the
limitations of Proposition 21/2, so-called; or to take any other action relative
thereto.
(Two-thirds Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
ARTICLE NO. 10: To see if the Town will vote to act upon the
recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee and to appropriate
from the Community Preservation Committee Fund Balance the amount shown
below and for the purpose identified below; to authorize the Town
Administrator to enter into contracts for the award of grants to the following
agency; to authorize the Community Preservation Committee, pursuant to the
provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 184, Sections 31 through
33, to require a Historic Preservation Restriction in the awarding of the
following grants; and to authorize the Town of Brewster, acting by and through
its Board of Selectmen, to hold and enforce such Historic Preservation
Restriction, all as follows:
Item: Category: Request:
1. Historic Preservation
a. Brewster Historical Society for the purchase
of the Captain Elijah Cobb House: $350,000.00
Grand Total $350,000.00
or to take any other action relative thereto
(Majority Vote Required) (Community Preservation Committee)
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
ARTICLE NO. 11: To see if the Town will vote to act upon the
recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee and to appropriate
a sum of money from the Community Preservation Committee Fund Balance
for the purpose identified below; and to further meet this appropriation, to
authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to
borrow a sum of money pursuant to Section 11 of Chapter 44B of the General
Laws and/or any other enabling authority, and to issue any bonds or notes
that may be necessary for that purpose, for a period not to exceed 20 years,
provided that the amount of notes or bonds issued hereunder shall be reduced
by the amount of the sales proceeds, grant funds, and other money received
before the sale of such notes or bonds; and to transfer from available funds an
additional sum of money for the purpose of paying for the preparation,
issuance and marketing of bonds and notes issued hereunder and for paying
interest on temporary notes issued in anticipation thereof; to authorize the
Town Administrator to enter into contracts for the award of a grant to the
following agency; to authorize the Community Preservation Committee,
pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 184,
Sections 31 through 33, to require an Affordable Housing Restriction in the
awarding of the following grants; and to authorize the Town of Brewster, acting
by and through its Board of Selectmen, to hold and enforce such Affordable
Housing Restriction, all as follows:
Item: Category: Request:
1. Community Housing
a. Habitat for Humanity, Inc. for the acquisition, design, permitting and fi
development of deed restricted affordable housing on a portion of the property
located at 620 Tubman Road, Brewster:
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-thirds Vote Required) (Community Preservation Committee)
LAND ACQUISITION
ARTICLE NO. 12: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen
to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain pursuant to the authority
conferred in Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 79 and/or any other
enabling authority, the parcel of land identified as "Lot 3" on the "Conceptual
Division Plan of Land in Brewster, MA, prepared for the Town of Brewster" by
Down Cape Engineering, Inc., Civil Engineers, Land Surveyors, 939 Main
Street, Yarmouthport, MA, 02675, dated April 8, 2014, a copy of which can be
viewed in the Town Clerk's Office, which Lot 3 consists of approximately 3.56
acres and is the Southerly portion of the parcel of land located at 620 Tubman
Road, Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, which parcel is shown as
Lot 54 on Brewster Assessors Map 65, and described in the deed recorded in
the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Book 2947, Page 197; to acquire
said land for general municipal purposes; to transfer from available funds a
sum of money for this purpose; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to
enter into all agreements and execute any and all instruments as may be
necessary on behalf of the municipality to effect this acquisition and obtain
reimbursement funding;
or take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-thirds Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
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OTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE NO. ) : To act upon any other business that may legally come
before this meeting.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
Given under our hand and Seal of the Town of Brewster affixed
this 7th d y of Ap , 2014.
John eodore Dickson , Chairman James W. Foley//ice-Chairman
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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 5,
2014 by posting attested copies thereof, in the following locations in the Town
on the 11th day of April, 2014.
Brewster Town Offices Café Alfresco
LBrewster Ladies Library Brewster Pizza House
The Brewster Store Millstone Liquors
Brewster Farms U. S. Post Office
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Roland W. Bassett, J‘. Constable
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