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Report of the
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
May 7th, 2012
In accordance with the Warrant, the Special Town Meeting was held in the Stony
Brook Cafetorium on Monday, May 7th, 2012.
The meeting was called to order at 7:10p.m. by the Moderator, Stephen L. Doyle.
The tellers were David Lahive, David Quinn, MaryJo Nabywaniec and Pat Galante.
The checkers were June Gallant, Dorothy Leone, Barbara Bender, Ann Golini, Jane
Nixon, Cynthia Matheson, Thaddeus Nabywaniec, Edward Swiniarski, and Francis
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Smith, member of the Board of Registrars.
A quorum was present with 319 of 7947 voters.
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The Town Clerk, Colette M. Williams, read the Annual Town Meeting Warrant and
the return of the Warrant. There being no objection, the Moderator dispensed with
the reading of the 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, as
follows:
a. Bonsai Logic $1,750.00
Grand-total $1,750.00
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(Nine-tenths Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 1 as printed in the
warrant and to transfer the sum of $1,750.00 from line item no. 20 (General
Liability Insurance) of article no. 3 of the 2011 Annual Town Meeting for this
purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
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 $6,500.00 from Free Cash to line item no. 5 (Town Clerk
Expenses) of article no. 3 of the 2011 Annual Town Meeting,
b. Transfer the sum of $1,000.00 from line item no. 20 (General Liability
Insurance) to line item no 11 (Natural Resources Expenses) of article no 3 of
the 2011 Annual Town Meeting,
c. Transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from line item no. 20 (General Liability
Insurance) to line item no. 13 (Department of Public Works Road Machinery)
of article no. 3 of the 2011 Annual Town Meeting,
d. Transfer the sum of $8,000.00 from line item no. 17 (COA Wages), $8,000.00
t from line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Wages), $7,000.00 from line item
no. 10 (Building/HDC Wages) and $10,000.00 from Free Cash to line item
no. 13 (Department of Public Works Expenses) of article no. 3 of the 2011
Annual Town Meeting,
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e. Transfer the sum of $27,000.00 from line item no. 20 (General Liability
Insurance) to line item no. 20 (Utilities Expenses) of article no. 3 of the 2011
Annual Town Meeting,
f. Transfer the sum of $40,000.00 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation account to line item no. 8 (Fire Wages) of article no. 3 of the
2011 Annual Town Meeting,
g. Transfer the sum of $58,720.00 from Free Cash to line item no. 2
(Elementary Schools Operating Budget) of article no. 2 of the 2011 Annual
Town Meeting,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
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MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 2 as printed in the
warrant however that, item F for Fire Wages be amended from the sum of
$40,000.00 to $14,000.00, and item G for the Elementary School Operating
budget be amended from the sum of $58,720.00 to $24,941.00 and to amend
the total appropriation from the sum of $176,220.00 to $116,441.00 for these
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ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
PRIVATE ROAD ENGINEERING SERVICES/Pre l i Circle Project
ARTICLE NO 3: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds
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the sum of FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($5,000.00) DOLLARS to finance costs
associated with engineering services for a private road betterment for Prell Circle
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)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 3 as printed in the
warrant and to transfer the sum $5,000.00 from the Fund Balance Reserved for
Road Betterments account for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED.
HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM
ARTICLE NO. 4: 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 & Water Commission)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 4 as printed in the
warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
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COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUNDING
ARTICLE NO. 5: To see if the Town will vote to act upon the
recommendations of the Community Preservation Committee to appropriate from
the Community Preservation Fund's Fund Balance Reserved for Open Space
f Revenues, and to spend during Fiscal Year 2012, the following sums of money to
pay the Debt Services Expenses for the Seidel and Jackson properties, which were
acquired by the Town on February 14, 2012, pursuant to the votes on Article 9 and
10 of the Warrant for the November 7, 2011 Special Town Meeting:
Item: Category: Request
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Seidel Property Land Acquisition Debt Service Expense $250,000.00
Jackson Property Land Acquisition Debt Service Expense $200,000.00
Grand Total $450,000.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Community Preservation Committee)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 5 as printed in the
warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
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PROPERTY EASEMENT/Dam Reconstruction Improvement Project
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ARTICLE NO. 6: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
to acquire an easement by gift for the purpose of reconstructing, repairing and
maintaining the existing dam over the Herring Run on land identified as parcels 18-
1 and 36 of map 36, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 6 as printed in the
warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
POLICE DEPARTMENT CRUISER REPLACEMENT PROJECT
ARTICLE NO. 7: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the
sum of THIRTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($30,000.00) DOLLARS for the purpose
of acquiring a new patrol vehicle for the Police Department and to authorize the
Town Administrator to sell, trade, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of, in the
best interests of the town, the old vehicle, if deemed available, the proceeds from
any such disposition to be applied toward the cost of acquiring said equipment, or
to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 7 as printed in the
warrant and to transfer the sum of$30,000.00 from the Free Cash for this
purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
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OTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE NO 8: To act upon any other business that may legally come
before this meeting.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to dissolve the 2012 Special Town
Meeting.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
The Special Town Meeting of May 7, 2012 was dissolved at 7:45pm. r,
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