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Home My Public Portal About2013-05-06-Special Town Mtg Warrant SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MAY 6, 2013 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 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 L6th day of May, 2013 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 to transfer from available funds a sum of money to pay bills incurred but unpaid during a previous fiscal year, 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$1,023.00 from line item no. 4 (Retirement/Pension), to line item no. 2 (Town Administrator Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, B. Transfer the sum of$3,494.00 from line item no. 4 (Retirement/Pension), to line item no. 11 (Natural Resource and Conservation Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, C. Transfer the sum of$3,810.00 from line item no. 4 (Retirement/Pension), to ' line item no. 17 (Council on Aging Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, D. Transfer the sums of$4,673.00 from line item no. 4 (Retirement/Pension) and $1,327.00 from line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Wages), to line item no. 10 (Building Inspection/HDC Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, E. Transfer the sum of$450.00 from line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Wages), to line item no. 4 (Assessor Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, F. Transfer the sum of$150.00 from line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Wages) L of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, to line item no. 10 (Building Inspection/HDC Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, G. Transfer the sum of$450.00 from line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Wages), to line item no. 13 (DPW Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, H. Transfer the sum of$750.00 from line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Wages), to line item no. 12 (Health Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, 1 I. Transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account to line item no. 8 (Fire/Rescue Wages) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting J. Transfer the sum of$4,276.00 from Overlay Surplus to line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Expenses) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, K. Transfer the sums of$5,000.00 from line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Wages), $2,500.00 from line item no. 2 (Selectmen Wages), and 7,500.00 from Free Cash to line item no. 13 (DPW Road Machinery) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting I. Transfer the sum of$10,000 from line item no. 4 (Retirement/Pension) to line item no. 20 (Liability Insurance) of Article no. 3 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting. or to take any other action relative thereto. (Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen) PRIVATE ROAD ENGINEERING SERVICES/ South Pond Drive & Captain Fitts Road Project ARTICLE NO. 3: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Fund Balance Reserved for Road Betterments the sum of TWELVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($12,000.00) to finance costs associated with engineering services for a private road betterment for South Pond Drive and Captain Fitts Road 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) COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUNDING ARTICLE NO. 4: To see if the Town will vote to act upon the recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee to appropriate from funds previously reserved in Article 5 of the November 17, 2008 Special Town Meeting, Item lc (Repair/Restoration of the Spruce Hill Barn) for expenditure in during Fiscal Year 2013, the amount shown below and for the purposes 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 acquire Historic Preservation Restrictions in the awarding of the following grants; all as follows: Item: Category: Request: 1. Historic Preservation a. Brewster Historical Society for $5,000.00 the relocation of Apothecary Store Components from the New England Fire & History Museum property Grand Total: $5,000.00 or to take any other action relative thereto (Majority Vote Required) (Community Preservation Committee) 2 CAPITAL AND SPECIAL PROJECTS EXPENDITURES ARTICLE NO 5: To see if the Town will vote to transfer and appropriate from Free Cash the sum of ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($195,000.00) DOLLARS for the purpose of funding the following capital acquisitions and special project expenditures to be undertaken during Fiscal Year 2013 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: 1. Elementary School Department: a. School Building Security Project $75,000.00 b. Window Repair Project $90,000.00 Sub-total $165,000.00 2. Natural Resources Department: a. Freemans Pond Culvert Project $30,000.00 Sub-total $30,000.00 Grand Total $195,000.00 or to take any other action relative thereto. (Majority Vote Required (Board of Selectmen) BOS: Yes - 5, No - 0 ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT/Bed and Breakfast Use ARTICLE NO 6: To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 179 of the Brewster Town Code, Table 1, Use Regulations, Commercial, by inserting a new #8, and renumbering subsequent lines: L R-R R-L R-M C-H V-B I MRD PWS- CF 8. Bed and S S S P P - - - Breakfast or to take any other action relative thereto. (Two-thirds Vote Required) (Planning Board) L 3 OTHER BUSINESS ARTICLE NO 7: To act upon any other business that may legally come before this meeting. (Board of Selectmen) Given under our hand and Seal of the Town of Brewster affixed this I day of April, 2013. L c.,./e 4 R. Daniel Rabold, Chairman n . Dickson , Vice-Chairman Edward S. Lewis , Clerk James W. Foley 660 _ ,iii. diiii Peter G. Norton 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, 2013 by posting attested copies thereof, in the following locations in the Town on the q th day of April, 2013. Brewster Town Offices Cafe Alfresco Brewster Ladies Library Brewster Pizza House The Brewster Store Millstone Liquors U. S. Post Office L ilitud er &add-- Roland W. Bassett, Jr. Constable li