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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
May 1, 1995
In accordance with the Warrant, the Special Town Meeting was held
in the Brewster Elementary School Cafetorium, Monday, May 1, 1995.
The Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by the Moderator,
Stephen L. Doyle. The Tellers were Doris Alm, Althea E. Alling,
Ruth Hanlon, Eileen Karwoski, Eleanor Nielsen, and William
Nielsen. The Checkers were Beverly A. Fuller, Catherine Flaherty,
Elizabeth Hardy, Dorothy D. Leone, Sharon Morgan, Sherry A. Ryder,
Beverly Smith, John Unger, and Mildred Unger.
A quorum was present.
The Town Clerk, Joan K. Cole, read the warrant. There being no
objection, the Moderator dispensed with the reading of all the
articles.
ANNUAL REPORTS
ARTICLE 1. To act upon the Annual Report of the Board
of Selectmen, Town Officers and/or other Special Committees, or to
take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Articles 1, 2, 11,
and 18 under the scope of the consent calendar;
MOTION: I move that the Town vote that Article 11 not be
considered under this motion.
ACTION: Articles 1, 2, and 18 ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
REPORT OF THE BREWSTER FINANCE COMMITTEE
May 1, 1995
We would like to welcome you all here tonight and thank you for
coming to participate in the management of our town.
We will present tonight for your consideration a warrant which
includes town and school operating budgets which we have reviewed
in depth. In the beginning of your warrants, your will find a
description of how we reviewed these budgets and the parameters we
used in determining their merit. Again, we would like to express
our appreciation to the department heads, committee and commission
members who worked with us in developing the budgets. We are very
fortunate in our Town to have personnel who are willing to work for
the benefit of our Town as a whole.
There are several articles in the warrant tonight which some may
find controversial. It is the Finance Committee's responsibility
to look only at the financial impact of these articles. We will
attempt to answer any question relative to our recommendations as
they relate to the financial implications.
A lot of speculation has taken place recently relative to the
increasing debt being brought before the voters tonight. Issues
will include the acquisition of land, high school renovations,
septage plant renovations, expansion of the library and undoubtedly
on Wednesday night the new Elementary School. It would go without
saying that the Finance Committee is concerned about these issues
and the long term financial implications. All of these projects
have received continual review by our Committee with concerns
raised often. It is our expressed opinion that the projects being
brought to you as taxpayers and voting residents are unavoidable at
this time. As our population continues to increase we have no
choice than to provide the services required by that population.
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Recently I received a copy of a report put together by the
Wellfleet Finance Committee. The report was reviewing costs and
trends for the town over a twenty-five year period from 1970-1995.
Although little of the information was relevant to Brewster's
current financial status, the population figures really stood out
at me. In 1970, only twenty-five years ago, the population of
Brewster was 1790 compared to our current 8, 000 plus, nearly a 400%
increase. That's a lot for a town to grow and we are paying to
provide services to our residents.
In long term planning, the administration, finance committee and
capital planning committee have tried to prepare the Town for these
situations. By squirreling away, if you will, funds each year for
the past five years in our Stabilization Fund, or the Town savings
account, we have $2,415,021 in that account. It is our intent to
now use that money in order to offset the necessary spending for
these projects. Although it will not pay the full costs of these
projects, it will allow us to go forward with a stabilizing effect
on our tax rate. As we go forward through the Warrant tonight, we
will try to explain how we will use this fund and other financial
methods in order to keep the tax rate within reasonable levels
considering the enormity of our needs. In order to put this into
perspective, for every $100,000 we use out of the Stabilization
Fund over the coming years, we save .11 on our tax rate.
Over the years since 1970 we have had several years of "growing
pains". When I first stood before you as Finance Committee Chair,
I was almost embarrassed to tell you of our free cash negative
balance and our debt position. By using our stabilization funds
and the continued retirement of outstanding debt issues, I can tell
you at this time, that even with the projects going forward, our
debt position at its worst over the next few years should not reach
the levels we experienced in FY92.
I hope you will keep this in mind as we vote on the issues at hand.
We hope you will keep the Finance Committee recommendations in mind
as you vote. All will not agree with our positions on several
warrant articles, and that is as it should be. We will gladly
provide you with our sense of reckoning with each issue as it comes
up.
Again thank you for coming.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda E. Riedl, Chairman
Brewster Finance Committee
RECESSED the Annual Town meeting in order to open the Special Town
Meeting at 7:15 p.m.
RECONVENED the Annual Town Meeting at 7:37 p.m.
HERRING FISHERIES
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to take no
action regarding its Herring or Alewife Fishery, or to take any
other action relative thereto.
(Alewife Committee)
MOTION: Moved under the consent calendar
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
TOWN BUDGET
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to
defray Town charges and expenses, and further to fix the salary and
compensation of all elected officials of the Town as provided in
Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended, for the
Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1996, as follows:
(Finance Committee}
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MODERATOR'S WAGES
SELECTMEN'S WAGES
SELECTMEN STAFF WAGES
EDUCATIONAL REIMB
EXPENSES
GREENHEAD FLY ASSESSMENT
TOWN ADMINISTRATOR WAGES
EXPENSES
FINANCE COMMITTEE EXPENSES
RESERVE FUND
LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
ACCOUNTANT WAGES
AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS
EXPENSES
COMPUTER EXPEPSES
ASSESSOR WAGES
EXPENSES
TREASURER/COLLECTOr~ WAGES
EXPENSES
LEGAL EXPENSES
DRUMMER BOY MUSEUM EXPENSE
TOWN CLERK'S WAGES
TOWN CLERK STAFF WAGES
EXPENSES
ELECTION WAGES
EXPENSES
REGISTRAR WAGES
EXPENSES
CONSERVATION WAGES
EXPENSES
PLANNING WAGES
EXPERT FEE
EXPENSES
APPEALS BOARD WAGES
EXPENSES
TOWN OFFICE MAINT. WAGES
EXPENSES
TOWN REPORT EXPENSES
DEBT SERVICE
FRINGE BENEFITS
RETIREMENT/PENSION
UNCLASSIFIED
GASOLINE
TELEPHONE
CONSTABLE WAGES
POLICE WAGES
EXPENSES
STATION EXPENSES
CRUISER EXPENSE
FIRE/RESCUE WAGES
EXPENSES
RESCUE EXPENSES
BUILDING INSPECTOR WAGES
EXPENSES
GAS INSPECTOR WAGES
EXPENSES
PLUMBING INSPECTOR WAGES
EXPENSES
WEIGHTS/MEASURES WAGES
EXPENSES
WIRING INSPECTOR WAGES
EXPENSES
DOG OFFICER EXPENSES
DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
EXPENSES
SHELLFISH PROPAGATION
4 ALEWIVES COMMITTEE WAGES
EXPENSES
EXPENDED
FY 94
$300.00
$5,250.00
$36,015.06
$646.00
$16,612.00
$414.00
$125,574.00
$3,602.00
$900.00
$116,779.00
$778.60
$67,461.00
$14,000.00
$1,815.00
$24,700.00
$64, 531 ;~0
$12,208.00
$119,312.00
$54,501.00
$102,730.00
$312.00
$30,560.00
$26,016.00
$5,812.00
$2,353.00
$1,191.00
$9,354.00
$4,144.00
$59,161.00
$3,750.00
$32,244.00
$0.00
$2,678.00
$6,698.00
$619.00
$53,566.00
$57,079.00
$7,975.00
$3,117,680.00
$632,780.00
$438,675.00
$18,226.00
$25,519.00
$250.00
$895,637.00
$46,191.00
$60,223.00
$30,993.00
$465,709.00
$41,754.00
$21,975.00
$103,270.00
$5,015.00
$7,745.00
$198.00
$17,155.00
$200.00
$1,803.00
$113.00
$19,285.00
$160.00
$9,350.00
$15,268.00
$2,481.00
$4,500.00
$150.00
$968.00
APPROPRIATED
FY 95
$300.00
$5,250.00
$31,099.00
$1,500.00
$16,025.00
$414.00
$130,602.00
$4,400.00
$900.00
$125,000.00
$1,000.00
$68,923.00
$14,000.00
$1,510.00
$30,60.00
$95,313.00
$12,600.00
$124,674.00
$54,450.00
$80,000.00
$250.00
$33,009.00
$26,189.00
$6,650.00
$7,500.00
$3,775.00
$11,397.00
$4,260.C0
$63,481.00
$3,100.00
$20,499.00
$750.00
$2,680.00
$6,623.00
$500.00
$55,005.00
$50,700.00
$8,100.00
$2,930,707.00
$710,902.00
$472,796.00
$54,500.00
$23,740.00
$250.00
$951,500.00
$51,750.00
$61,900.00
$37,500.00
$425,705.00
$43,000.00
$24,050.00
$152,142.00
$7,160.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,803.C0
$150.00
$0.00
$o.oo
$9,350.00
$42,017.00
$9,550.00
$4,500.06
$150.00
$1,000.06
REClUESTED
FY 96
$300.00
$5,250.00
$31,690.00
$1,500.00
$15,750.00
$518.00
$134,331.00
$4,000.00
$900.00
$125,000.00
$0.00
$72,030.00
$13,000.00
$1,840.00
$33,550.00
$97,597.00
$11,475.00
$126,119.00
$51,600.00
$83,000.00
$500.00
$34,344.00
$25,944.00
$6,050.00
$5,000.00
$2,900.00
$11,350.00
$5,100.00
$66,014.00
$3,175.00
$21,240.00
$7,000.00
$3,180.00
$7,518.00
$600.00
$55,363.00
$44,200.00
$8,100.00
$2,717,580.00
$742,045.00
$472,532.00
$55,995.00
$25,400.00
$250.00
$970,355.00
$56,800.00
$72,990.00
$41,845.00
$470,772.00
$43,500.00
$24,700.00
$164,077.00
$7,160.00
$O.OC
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,803.00
$150.00
$0.00
$o.oo
$9,350.00
$43,521.00
$9,176.00
$4,500.06
$1,450.06
$1,000.00
FINCOM
RECOMMENDATION
FY 96
$300.00
$5,250.00
$31,690.00
$1,500.00
$15,750.00
$518.00
$134,331.00
$4,000.00
$900.00
$125,000.00
$0.00
$72,30.00
Q1,3,000.00
$1,840.00
$33,550.00
$97,597.00
$11,475.06
$126,119.00
$51,600.00
$83,000.00
$500.00
$34,344.00
$25,944.00
$6,050.00
$5,000.00
$2,900.00
$11,350.00
$5,100.60
$66,014.00
$3,175.00
$21,240.00
$7,000.00
$3,180.00
$7,518.00
$600.00
$55,363.00
$44,200.00
$8,100.00
$2,717,586.00
$742,045.00
$472,532.60
$55,995.00
$25,400.00
$250.00
$970,355.00
$56,800.00
$72,990.00
$41,845.00
$470,772.00
$43,500.00
$24,700.00
$164,077.00
$7,160.00
$C.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,803.00
$156.00
$0.00
$o.oo
$9,350.00
$43,52'.00
$9,176.00
$4,500.00
$1,450.00
$1,000.00
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FINCOM
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED RECOMMENDATION
ITEM DEPARTMENT FY 94 FY 95 FY 96 FY 96
35 DPW WAGES $527,216.00 $542,835.00 $562,589.00 $562,589.00
DIESEL FUEL $17,544.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
ROAD MACHINERY $21,679.00 $29,000.00 $26,200.00 $26,200.00
DUTCH ELM DISEASE $0.00 $300.00 $300.00 $300.00
SNOW & ICE CONTROL $106,350.00 $44,150.00 $54,150.00 $54,150.00
INSECT/PEST CONTROL $900.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
EXPENSES $132,588.00 $163,456.00 $160,670.00 $160,670.00
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL $90,060.00 $182,634.00 $178,925.00 $178,925.00
36 RECYCLING EXPENSES $75.00 $1,800.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00
37 STREET LIGHTING EXPENSES $12,015.00 $12,154.00 $12,762.00 $12,762.00
38 BOARD OF HEALTH WAGES $115,951.00 $95,691.00 $96,456.00 $96,456.00
VISITING NURSE ASSOC. $7,750.00 $7,940.00 $9,320.00 $9,320.00
EXPENSES $13,926.00 $6,803.00 $6,903.00 $6,903.00
OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL $194.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
39 COUNCIL ON AGING WAGES $80,481.00 $89,069.00 $92,740.00 $92,740.00
EXPENSES $5,648.00 $6,200.00 $7,020.00 $7,020.00
40 OLD TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE $5,949.00 $6,000.00 $6,000.00 $6,000.00
41 VETERANS' SERVICES $23,391.00 $25,712.00 $26,528.00 $26,528.00
42 BREWSTER LADIES LIBRARY $191,016.00 $201,338.00 $205,426.00 $205,426.00
43 RECREATION WAGES $55,779.00 $58,159.00 $63,554.00 $63,554.00
EXPENSES $27,875.00 $27,788.00 $25,788.00 $25,788.00
44 GOLF WAGES $335,454.00 $364,801.00 $407,511.00 $407,511.00
EXPENSES $235,109.00 $225,909.00 $239,086.00 $239,086.00
45 PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE $0.00 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00
46 BIKEWAY COMMITTEE $0.00 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00
47 HISTORICAL COMMITTEE $0.00 $25.00 $0.00 $0.00
48 HISTORIC DISTRICT WAGES $8,635.00 $9,676.00 $9,885.00 $9,885.00
EXPENSES $700.00 $700.00 $1,291.00 $1,291.00
ASSESSMENTS $3,000.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00
49 MEMORIAL/VETERANS' DAY $1,287.00 $1,300.00 $1,300.00 $1,300.00
50 OLD MILL SITES COMMITTEE $2,344.00 $2,910.00 $3,210.00 $3,210.00
51 WATER COMMISSIONER'S WAGES $2,200.00 $2,200.00 $2,200.00 $2,200.00
WATER STAFF WAGES $325,721.00 $342,581.00 $354,100.00 $354,100.00
OFFICE EXPENSES $10,551.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
OPERATING EXPENSES $92,606.00 $133,421.00 $133,298.00 $133,298.00
BUILDING EXPENSES $1,905.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
EQUIPMENT EXPENSES $7,936.00 $6,100.00 $6,050.00 $6,050.00
52 LIABILITY INSURANCE $352,526.00 $401,773.00 $421,336.00 $421,336.00
GRAND TOTAL/TOWN $9,865,274.00 $10,115,625.00 $10,174,127.00 $10,174,127.00
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article No. 3 as printed in the warrant with
the exception that Line Item No. 52 (Liability Insurance) will be amended from $421,336.00
to $346,336.00 and to appropriate the total sum of $10,099,127.00 and, further to raise and
appropriate the sum of $9,831,252.00 and to transfer the sums of $100,000 from the Land
Damage Trust Fund, $3,175.00 from the Wetland Filing Fees Fund, $24,700.00 from the
Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account, $65,000.00 from the Pension Reserve
Fund, and $75,000.00 from the Overlay Reserve Account for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
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ARTICLE 3 AS AMENDED
ITEM DEPARTMENT
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MODERATOR'S WAGES
SELECTMEN'S WAGES
SELECTMEN STAFF WAGES
EDUCATIONAL REIMS
EXPENSES
GREENHEAD FLY ASSESSMENT
TOWN ADMINISTRATOR WAGES
EXPENSES
FINANCE COMMITTEE EXPENSES
RESERVE FUND
LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
ACCOUNTANT WAGES
AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS
EXPENSES
COMPUTER EXPENSES
ASSESSOR WAGES
EXPENSES
TREASURER/COLLECTOR WAGES
EXPENSES
LEGAL EXPENSES
DRUMMER BOY MUSEUM EXPENSE
TOWN CLERK'S WAGES
TOWN CLERK STAFF WAGES
EXPENSES
ELECTION WAGES
EXPENSES
REGISTRAR WAGES
EXPENSES
CONSERVATION WAGES
EXPENSES
PLANNING WAGES
EXPERT FEE
EXPENSES
APPEALS BOARD WAGES
EXPENSES
TOWN OFFICE MAINT. WAGES
EXPENSES
TOWN REPORT EXPENSES
DEBT SERVICE
FRINGE BENEFITS
RETIREMENT/PENSION
UNCLASSIFIED
GASOLINE
TELEPHONE
CONSTABLE WAGES
POLICE WAGES
EXPENSES
STATION EXPENSES
CRUISER EXPENSE
FIRE/RESCUE WAGES
EXPENSES
RESCUE EXPENSES
BUILDING INSPECTOR WAGES
EXPENSES
GAS INSPECTOR WAGES
EXPENSES
PLUMBING INSPECTOR WAGES
EXPENSES
WEIGHTS/MEASURES WAGES
EXPENSES
WIRING INSPECTOR WAGES
EXPENSES
DOG OFFICER EXPENSES
DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
EXPENSES
SHELLFISH PROPAGATION
ALEWIVES COMMITTEE WAGES
EXPENSES
EXPENDED
FY 94
$300.00
$5,250.00
$30,015.00
$646.00
$16,612.00
$414.00
$125,574.00
$3,602.00
$900.00
$116,779.00
$778.00
$67,461.00
$14,000.00
$1,815.00
$24,700.00
$64,531.00
$12,208.00
$119,312.00
$54,501.00
$102,730.00
$312.00
$30,560.00
$26,016.00
$5,812.00
$2,353.00
$1,191.00
$9,354.00
$4,144.00
$59,161.00
$3,750.00
$32,244.00
$0.00
$2,678.00
$6,698.00
$619.00
$53,566.00
$57,079.00
$7,975.00
$3,117,680.00
$632,780.00
$438,675.00
$18,226.00
$25,519.00
$250.00
$895,637.00
$46,191.00
$60,223.00
$30,993.00
$465,709.00
$41,754.00
$21,975.00
$103,270.00
$5,015.00
$7,745.00
$198.00
$17,155.00
$200.00
$1,803.00
$113.00
$19,285.00
$160.00
$9,350.00
$15,268.00
$2,481.00
$4,500.00
$150.00
$968.00
APPROPRIATED
FY 95
$300.00
$5,250.00
$31,099.00
$1,500.00
$16,025.00
$414.00
$130,602.00
$4,400.00
$900.00
$125,000.00
$1,000.00
$68,923.00
$14,000.00
$1,510.00
$30,600.00
$95,313.00
$12,600.00
$124,674.00
$54,450.00
$80,000.00
$250.00
$33,009.00
$26,189.00
$6,650.00
$7,500.00
$3,775.00
$11,397.00
$4,260.00
$63,481.00
$3,100.00
$20,499.00
$750.00
$2,680.00
$6,623.00
$500.00
$55,005.00
$50,700.00
$8,100.00
$2,930,707.00
$710,902.00
$472,796.00
$54,500.00
$23,740.00
$250.00
$951,500.00
$51,750.00
$61,900.00
$37,500.00
$425,705.00
$43,000.00
$24,050.00
$1.52,142.00
$7,160.00
$0.00
$o.oo
$0.00
$0.00
$1,803.00
$150.00
$0.00
$0.00
$9,350.00
$42,017.00
$9,550.00
$4,500.00
$150.00
$1,000.00
REQUESTED
FY 96
$300.00
$5,250.00
$31,690.00
$1,500.00
$15,750.00
$518.00
$134,331.00
$4,000.00
$900.00
$125,000.00
$0.00
$72,030.00
$13,000.00
$1,840.00
$33,550.00
$97,597.00
$11,475.00
$126,119.00
$51,600.00
$83,000.00
$500.OG
$34,344.00
$25,944.00
$6,050.00
$5,000.00
$2,900.00
$11,350.00
$5,100.00
$66,014.00
$3,175.00
$21,240.00
$7,000.00
$3,180.00
$7,518.00
$600.00
$55,363.00
$44,200.00
$8,100.00
$2,717,580.00
$742,045.00
$472,532.00
$55,995.00
$25,400.00
$250.00
$970,355.00
$56,800.00
$72,990.00
$41,845.00
$470,772.00
$43,500.00
$24,700.00
$164,077.00
$7,160.00
$0.00
$o.oo
$0.00
$0.00
$1,803.00
$150.00
$0.00
$0.00
$9,350.00
$43,521.00
$9,176.00
$4,500.00
$1,450.00
$1,000.00
FINCOM
RECOMMENDATION
FY 96
$300.00
$5,250.00
$31,690.00
$1,500.00
$15,750.00
$518.00
$134,331.00
$4,000.00
$900.00
$125,000.00
$0.00
$72,030.00
$13,000.00
$1,840.00
$33,550.00
$97,597.00
$11,475.00
$126,1'9.00
$51,600.00
$83,000.00
$500.00
$34,344.00
$25,944.00
$6,050.00
$5,000.00
$2,900.00
$11,350.00
$5,100.00
$66,014.00
$3,175.00
$21,240.00
$7,000.00
$3,180.00
$7,518.00
$600.00
$55,363.00
$44,200.00
$8,100.00
$2,717,580.00
$742,045.00
$472,532.00
$55,995.00
$25,400.00
$250.00
$970,355.00
$56,800.00
$72,990.00
$41,845.00
$470,772.00
$43,500.00
$24,700.00
$164,077.00
$7,160.00
$0.00
$o.oo
$0.00
$0.00
$1,803.00
$150.00
$0.00
$0.00
$9,350.00
$43,521.00
$9,176.00
$4,500.00
$1,450.00
$1,000.00
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ITEM DEPARTMENT
35 DPW WAGES
DIESEL FUEL
ROAD MACHINERY
DUTCH ELM DISEASE
SNOW & ICE CONTROL
INSECT/PEST CONTROL
EXPENSES
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
36 RECYCLING EXPENSES
37 STREET LIGHTING EXPENSES
38 BOARD OF HEALTH WAGES
VISITING NURSE ASSOC.
EXPENSES
OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL
39 COUNCIL ON AGING WAGES
EXPENSES
40 OLD TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE
41 VETERANS' SERVICES
42 BREWSTER LADIES LIBRARY
43 RECREATION WAGES
EXPENSES
44 GOLF WAGES
EXPENSES
45 PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
46 BIKEWAY COMMITTEE
47 HISTORICAL COMMITTEE
48 HISTORIC DISTRICT WAGES
EXPENSES
ASSESSMENTS
49 MEMORIAL/VETERANS' DAY
50 OLD MILL SITES COMMITTEE
51 WATER COMMISSIONER'S WAGES
WATER STAFF WAGE5
OFFICE EXPENSES
OPERATING EXPENSES
BUILDING EXPENSES
EQUIPMENT EXPENSES
52 LIABILITY INSURANCE
GRAND TOTAL/TOWN
FINCOM
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED REOOh1MENDATION
FY 94 FY 95 FY 96 FY 96
$527,216.00 $542,835.00 $562,589.00 $562,589.00
$17,544.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$21,679.00 $29,000.00 $26,200.00 $26,200.00
$0.00 $300.00 $300.00 $300.00
$106,350.00 $44,150.00 $54,150.00 $54,150.00
$900.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
$132,588.00 $163,456.00 $160,670.00 $160,670.00
$90,060.00 $182,634.00 $178,925.00 $178,925.00
$75.00 $1,800.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00
$12,015.00 $12,154.00 $12,762.00 $12,762.00
$115,951.00 $95,691.00 $96,456.00 $96,456.00
$7,750.00 $7,940.00 $9,320.00 $9,320.00
$13,926.00 $6,803.00 $6,903.00 $6,903.00
$194.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$80,481.00 $89,069.00 $92,740.00 $92,740.00
$5,648.00 $6,200.00 $7,020.00 $7,020.00
$5,949.00 $6,000.00 $6,000.00 $6,000.00
$23,391.00 $25,712.00 $26,528.00 $26,528.00
$191,016.00 $201,338.00 $205,426.00 $205,426.00
$55,779.00 $58,159.00 $63,554.00 $63,554.00
$27,875.00 $27,788.00 $25,788.00 $25,788.00
$335,454.00 $364,801.00 $407,511.00 $407,511.00
$235,109.00 $225,909.00 $239,086.00 $239,086.00
$0.00 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00
$0.00 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00
$0.00 $25.00 $0.00 $0.00
$8,635.00 $9,676.00 $9,885.00 $9,885.00
$700.00 $700.00 $1,291.00 $1,291.00
$3,000.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00
$1,287.00 $1,300.00 $1,300.00 $1,300.00
$2,344.00 $2,910.00 $3,210.00 $3,210.00
$2,200.00 $2,200.00 $2,200.00 $2,200.00
$325,721.00 $342,581.00 $354,100.00 $354,100.00
$10,551.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$92,606.00 $133,421.00 $133,298.00 $133,298.00
$1,905.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$7,936.00 $6,100.00 $6,050.00 $6,050.00
$352,526.00 $401,773.00 $421,336.00 $346,336.00
$9,865,274.00 $10,115,625.00 $10,174,127.00 $10,099,127.00
NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET
ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer
from available funds a sum of money to defray Elementary School charges and expenses, for
the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1996, as follows:
DEPARTMENT
FINCOM
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED REOOMMENDATION
FY 94 FY 95 FY 96 FY 96
BREWSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $2,751,283.00 $3,245,810.00 $3,355,563.00 $3,355,563.00
(Finance Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article No. 4 as printed in the warrant and to
raise and appropriate the sum of $3,355,563.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
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NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to
defray Nauset Regional School charges and expenses, for the Fiscal
Year ending June 30, 1996, as follows:
FINCOM
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED RECOMMEND
DEPARTMENT FY94 FY95 FY96 FY96
NAUSET REGIONAL $3,551,809 $3,750,573 $4,121,404 $4,121,404
(Finance Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article No. 5 as
printed in the warrant and to raise and appropriate the sum of
$4,121,404.00 for this purpose; however, that the sum of $70,000.00
shall not be raised and appropriated under this vote unless the
Town votes at a Regular or Special Town Election to exempt this sum
of $70,000.00 from the limitations of Proposition 2 1/2, so-called.
ACTION: ADOPTED
CAPE COD VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL BUDGET
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to
defray Cape Cod Vocational Technical High School charges and
expenses for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1996, as follows:
FI NCOM
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED RECOMMEND
DEPARTMENT FY94 FY95 FY96 FY96
CAPE COD TECH $216,514 $213,875 $294,669 $294,669
(Finance Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 6 as printed
in the warrant and to raise and appropriate the sum of $294,669.00
for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate, and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money
for the purpose of funding certain capital expenditures to be
undertaken during Fiscal Year 1996 and to authorize the Town
Administrator to sell, trade, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose
of, in the best interests of the Town, old equipment or vehicles
deemed available and in the best interests of the Town, the
proceeds from any such disposition to be applied toward the cost of
acquiring said equipment or service as the case may be: any other
Funding FY1996 Capital Expenditures Budget
TRANSFER FROM
RAISE AND AVAILABLE
DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATE FUNDS
1. Millsites Committee
a. Mill Building Repairs $ 5,000.00
2. E~~ Committee
a. Park Granite Curbing $ 500.00
3. Shellfish Department
a. Building Repairs
and Painting $ 7,000.00
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b. Septic System Repairs 3,000.00
4. Council on A~in~
a. Additional Funding
Installation of Lift $ 5,000.00
(R} = Replacement Equipment
(N) = New Equipment
TRANSFER FROM
RAISE AND AVAILABLE
DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATE FUNDS
5. Golf Department
a. Triplex Mower (R) $ 16,000.00
b. Cart Path Construction 15,000.00
c. Bunker Renovations
Wages and Expenses 25,000.00
d. Verti-Seeder Unit (N) 7,000.00
6. Water Department
a. Service Truck (R) $ 35,000.00
b. Dump Truck Repairs 4,700.00
c. Auxiliary Power Supply
for Water Well 50,000.00
d. Water Construction Account 80,000.00
7. Bikeways Committee
a. Bike Racks Purchase (N) $ 1,200.00
8. Fire Department
a. Rescue Billing Service $ 14,000.00
b. Rescue Equipment 7,500.00
c. Ladder Truck Lease 14,000.00
d. Infection Control 2,000.00
e. Carbon Monoxide Detection
Equipment (N) 2,500.00
f. Fire Engine Refurbishment 40,000.00
g. Computer Hardware & Software
Upgrade (N) 6,000.00
h. Regional Reserve Ambulance 5,000.00
Program (N)
9. Board of Health
a. Inspection Vehicle (R) 15,000.00
10. Police Department
a. Cruiser/Video Equipment (N) $ 9,000.00
b. Mobile Data Terminals (N) 35,000.00
11. Conservation Commission
a. Wing Island Stairs and
Boardwalk/Design and
Engineering Services $ 1,600.00
b. Conservation Fund 5,000.00
c. Punkhorn Wildlife
Management Plan 35,000.00
d. Septic System Repair 3,500.00
Spruce Hill Building
12. Elementary School
a. School Exterior Painting $ 12,000.00
b. School Roof Repair and
Window Replacement 50,000.00
13. Nauset Regional School District
a. Field Irrigation System $ 6,389.00
14. Department of Public Works
a. Light Dump Truck (R) $ 35,000.00
b. Drainage Improvement
Projects 20,000.00
c. Road Maintenance Projects 40,000.00
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15. Board of Selectmen
a. Town Hall Building Repairs 30,000.00
b. Upper Mill Pond Platform $ 13,470.00
TOTAL $319,189.OU $327,170.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
(R) = Replacement Equipment
(N1 = New Equipment
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to a~ rove :~rti_cle No. 7 as rimed in
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the warrant, except that Item No. 6a 1Water Service Truckl be amended from
~, the sum of $35,000.00 to $32,000.00 and that. Item No. 6c (Au~iliarj° Power
Supply for Water Well) be amended from the sum of $50,000.00 to $43,000.00
and to appropriate the total. sum of $646,359.00, and to raise and
appropriate the sum of $31.9,189.00 and to transfer the sums of $13,170.00
from Article No. 10 of the October, 1990 Special Town Meeting, $159,700.00
from the Water Receipts Account, $91,000.00 from the Ambulance Receipts
Reserved for Appropriations Account and $63,000.00 from the Golf Receipts
~ Reserved for Appropriation Account. for these pi.zrposes.
ACTION: AMENDMENT ADOPTED
MOTION: I move that the ''Down vote to amend article No. 'r to eliminate
Items No. 9a, Board of Health Inspection ~~ehicle in the amount of
$15,000.00, No. llb, Conservation Fund in the amount of $5,000.00, and .'vo.
11c, Punkhorn Wildlife Management Plan in the amount of $35,000.00 and that
we raise and appropriate $264,189.00 and transfer $327,170.00 from
available funds for this purpose.
ACTION: AMENDMENT ADOPTED
ACTION ON AMENDED MAIN MOTION: ADOPTED
COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN/DRUMMER BOY PROPERTY
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept the
Comprehensive Master Plan for the Drummer Boy property, or to take
any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that Article 8 be postponed indefinitely.
ACTION: DEFEATED
MOTION: I move that the Tocan vote to approve article 8 as printed
in the warrant..
ACTION: ADOPTED
DEMOLITION/DRUMMER BOY BUILDING
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer
from available funds the sum of Thirteen Thousand Seven Hundred and
Thirty-Nine and 00/100 ($13,739.00) Dollars to remove and/or
demolish the residence building on the Town-owned land, referred to
as the Drummer Boy property, and to authorize the Town
Administrator to solicit bids, enter into contracts, dispose of
surplus property, and upend said funds for this purpose, or to
take any other action. relative thereto.
(Board of SelectmF~n )
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article No. 9 as
printed in the warrant. , except that. t tie total sum be amended to
$13,539.00 and to transfer the sums of $2,539.00 from Article No.
3 of the December, 1992 Special Town Meeting and $11,000.00 from
Article No. 37 of the November, 1993 Special. Town Meeting for this
purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES/DRUMMER BOY PROPERTY
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Five
Thousand and 00/100 ($5,000.00) Dollars for design services and/or
other professional services for the Drummer Boy Gift Shop building
and to authorize the Town Administrator to solicit bids, enter into
contracts and expend said funds for this purpose, or to take any
other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 10 as
printed in the warrant and to raise and appropriate the sum of
$5,000.00 for this purpose.
ACTION• ADOPTED
ACCEPTANCE OF MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW PROVISION
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept the
provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 143, Section 3 Z,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Building Commissioner)
MOTION: I move that the Town ~~ote to approve Article 11 as
printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED
ADDITION TO LADIES LIBRARY
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to
appropriate the sum of One Million Sixty Thousand and 00/100
($1,060,000.00) Dollars for completing the design and constructing,
originally equipping and furnishing an addition to the Brewster
Ladies Library, including other costs incidental and related to the
carrying out of this project and its financing, and to see whether
the Town will raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds,
and/or to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the
Board of Selectmen, to borrow the sum of One Million and 00/100
($1,000,000.00) Dollars under and pursuant to Chapter 44 of the
General Laws, and/or any other enabling authority, and to issue
bonds or notes of the Town therefor; to raise and appropriate
and/or transfer from available funds an additional sum of Sixty
Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00) Dollars 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 Board of Selectmen to
appoint a, seven (7) member Library Building Committee; and to
authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept and expend any and all
grants and gift proceeds towards the construction of said addition;
and further to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept
for. public library purposes the gift of the current Ladies Library
Building and property as identified on Parcels No. 7 and 8 of Map
No. 25 of the Board of Assessor's maps, and to authorize the Board
of Selectmen to lease said facility to the Brewster Ladies Library
Association, Inc. to operate as a free public library for the sum
of One ($1.001 Dollar per year, provided, however, that favorable
votes under this article shall have no effect unless the Town votes
at a regular or special election to exempt the amounts required to
pay the bonds or notes and other related expenses from the
limitations of Proposition 2 1/2, so-called, or to take any other
action relative thereto.
{Board of Selectmen and Ladies Library Association7)
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MOTION: Moved: That the sum of $1,000.000 be hereby appropriated
for the purpose of completing the design and constructing,
originally equipping and furnishing an addition to the Brewster
Ladies Library, including the payment of costs incidental and
related thereto; and that to meet this appropriation, the
Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be hereby authorized
to borrow not in excess of said sum under and pursuant to Chapter
44, Sections 7(3) and 7(3A) of the General Laws, or any other
enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town
therefor; that the Selectmen shall be authorized to apply for and
accept any available grants for this project, which shall be spent
in addition to any funds authorized to be borrowed hereunder; and
that the additional sum of $60,000 shall be raised and appropriated
for the purpose of paying for the preparation, issuance and
marketing of any bonds or notes issued under the authority hereof;
that the Selectmen shall be authorized to appoint a seven member
Library Building Committee; that the Selectmen shall be authorized
to accept for public library purpose the gift of the current
Brewster Ladies Library Building and property as identified on
Parcel Nos. 7 and 8 of Assessors' Map No. 25 of the Board of
Assessors and that the Selectmen shall be authorized to lease such
property to the Brewster Ladies Library Association, Inc. to
operate such property at a free public library for the sum of $1.00
per year; provided, however, that no sums shall be raised and
appropriated, borrowed or expended under the authority of this vote
unless the Town shall have voted to exempt the amounts required to
pay any such bonds, notes, or other related expenses from the
limitations of Proposition 2 1/2, so called.
ACTION: ADOPTED YES 525 NO 4
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to continue Articles 13 and 14
until Wednesday, May 3, 1995 at 7:00 p.m.
ACTION: ADOPTED
NAUSET HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION AND ADDITION CONSTRUCTION
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to approve a
sum of money for indebtedness authorized by the School Committee of
the Nauset Regional School District for the purpose of
constructing, originally equipping and furnishing an addition or
additions to and remodeling, reconstructing and making
extraordinary repairs to the Nauset Regional High School; provided
that no money shall be expended or borrowed under this vote unless
the Town shall have a regular or special election to exempt the
amounts required to pay the bonds, notes or assessments from the
limitations of Proposition 2 1/2, so-called, or to take any other
action relative thereto.
(Nauset Regional High School Building Committee)
MOTION: Moved: That the indebtedness authorized by the Nauset
Regional School District for the purpose of constructing,
originally equipping and furnishing an addition or additions to and
remodeling, reconstructing and making extraordinary repairs to the
Nauset Regional High School is hereby approved; provided however,
that this vote shall not constitute approval of the aforementioned
debt unless the Town shall have voted at a regular or special Town
election to exempt the amounts required to pay the Town's
apportioned share o.f such debt from the limitations of Proposition
2 1/2, so-called.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
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NAUSET HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION AND ADDITION FUNDING
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money
representing its apportioned share of interest costs for the
Regional High School construction borrowing for 1995-96, provided
that no money shall be expended or borrowed under this vote unless
the Town shall have a regular or special election to exempt the
amounts required to pay the bonds, notes or assessments from the
limitations of Proposition 2 1/2, so-called, or to take any other
action relative thereto.
(Nauset Regional High School Building Committee)
MOTION: Moved: That the sum of $115,099.00 be hereby raised and
appropriated in order to pay for the Town's apportioned share of
interest costs for the Nauset Regional High School construction
borrowing for fiscal year 1996, provided however, that no sums
shall be raised or expended hereunder unless the Town shall have
voted at a regular or special election to exempt such amounts form
the limitations of Proposition 2 1/Z, so-called.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
SEPTAGE TREATMENT PLANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to enter into agreements and/or amendments
to agreements with the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for the design
and construction of an addition to the Orleans, Brewster and
Eastham Septage Treatment Facility (the "Facility"), which
amendments, including an amendment to the Intermunicipal Agreement
will provide for an increase in funding and permitted indebtedness
under said agreement and grants for• a sum of money for the purpose
of undertaking certain improvements to the existing Facility and to
further authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the
Board of Selectmen. to borrow in anticipation of grant revenues for
the purpose of carrying out and i
Facility, provided however, that
executed which requires a further
Brewster other than the funds prey
no funds shall be borrowed in antic
all costs associated with any s~
limitation interest charges, and
administration, are to be paid in
or otherwise by the Orleans, B~
Protection District. The obligat
grant amendment shall be subjE
Intermunicipal Agreement among th
Eastham for the management and
amended, or to take any other act
unding said improvements to the
io such grant amendment shall be
local appropriation of funds by
iously appropriated, and further
ipation of grant revenues unless
ich borrowing including without
all costs associated with grant
ull, by reimbursement to Orleans
ewster and Eastham Groundwater
ions of the Town under any such
ct to the provisions of the
Towns of Orleans, Brewster and
operation of the Facility as
ion relative thereto.
(Board of Managers)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 15 as
printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
WATER MAIN EASEMENT
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, or by eminent
domain, from the owners, a general twenty foot (20') wide water
easement along the southerly boundary line of Parcel No. 10 of Map
No. 26 of the Board of Assessor's maps, for the purpose of
installing a water main; and to require that the Town will return
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the land to its natural state and to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds a sum of money to acquire the water
easement and to perform all the actions mentioned in this Article,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article No. 16 and
to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase,
or by eminent domain, from the owners, a general twenty foot (20')
wide water easement along the southerly boundary line of Parcel No.
10 of Map No. 26 of the Board of Assessor's maps, for the purpose
of installing a water main; and to require that the Town will
return the land to its natural state and to raise and appropriate
the sum of $5000.00 to acquire the water easement and to perform
all the actions mentioned in this Article.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
AMENDMENT/PLAN REVIEW BYLAW
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend the
following designated section of Chapter 83 of the Code of the Town
of Brewster, so that those sections will read as follows:
Revise wording throughout so that all references to "Inspector
of Buildings" read "Building Commissioner".
Revise wording throughout so that all references to "Executive
Secretary" read "Town Administrator".
Eliminate the reference throughout to "the Environmental
Impact Review Bylaw".
Section 83-2 Plan Review Committee.
A. There is hereby established a Plan Review Committee
(PRC), comprised of the Inspector of Buildings, who shall
be its Chair, plus one (1) representative designated
each of the following: Town Administrator, Planning
Board, Board of Health, Conservation Commission, Water
Commission, Water Quality Review Board, Environmental
Resource Department, Historic District Committee,
Department of Public Works, Police Chief, and Fire Chief.
Each appointing authority shall determine the term of its
representative and shall provide for alternates to act in
the event that the representative is unable to do so. In
the event that a designation is not made as provided
above, within sixty days of written request from the
Board of Selectmen to do so, the Selectmen shall fill the
vacancy, preferably by the appointment of a member from
the nondesignating board or department. It shall be the
responsibility of each Committee representative to report
back to his/her board or department in order to provide
ongoing information related to the proposed plan
necessary for said board or department to formulate
questions or comments related to the application and
review process as described under section 83-5.B. of
this bylaw.
Section 83-4. Applicability.
A. Developments are subject to development plan review if
they propose other than single- or two-family dwelling
and include any one (1) or more of the following:
(1) A new principal building.
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(2) Increase in lot coverage by more than eight hundred
(800) square feet through either a new accessory
building or a building addition increasing lot
coverage by ten percent (10%) or more.
(3) Substantial alteration to a parking facility having
ten (10) or more spaces.
(4) Removal of existing vegetative ground cover from
more than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of site
area.
or any subdivision of land into two (2) or more lots.
Section 83-5. Application and review; approval or disapproval.
B. Submittal and distribution. All development plan
application material shall be submitted to the Inspector
of Buildings with a sufficient number of conies, so that
each member of the PRC shall be provided a copv. The
Buildinr~Commissioner shall forthwith transmit copies of
those materials to the Plan Review Committee (PRC)
members. Within thirty (30) days of submittal, each PRC
member shall make a determination of whether those
materials are complete and, if they are not, shall notify
the Building Commissioner of any specific further
information or materials required from the applicant.
C. Plan review meeting. The PRC shall hold a plan review
meeting within thirty (30) days of the Committee's
determination of application completeness, or such later
time as the applicant may agree to. The PRC shall
coordinate with other agencies to have, if possible, the
time and place of the PRC's plan review meeting coincide
with the initial hearing date for any other agencies
requiring hearings on the proposal. When the date has
been established, the agencies to which the submittals
have been distributed shall be notified. Notice of the
proposals to be reviewed shall be published in a locally
circulated newspaper at least seven ( 7 ) days prior to the
date of the review meeting, or earlier if necessary to
provide notice integrated with that of other agencies and
shall be posted conspicuously on the premises to be
reviewed.
F. Certification for compliance. No occupancy permit shall
be issued by the Building Commissioner until he she has
been notified in writing by the PRC that it has either
received certification from a registered architect,
landscape architect or professional engineer that all
construction has been completed in accordance with the
approved development plan, or has received surety bonds
for completion within a reasonable time for specified
incomplete elements, such as landscaping or roadway
finish course, of which delayed completion has been
determined by the PRC not to impair safety or convenience
for users of the site or the environment.
Section 83-9. Other design requirements.
A. Site Design.
(5) Pedestrian access, or bicycle and wheelchair access
where possible. shall be provided among all
facilities on the site, between them and the street
and between them and adjacent premises developed
for uses open to the public.
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B. Lighting.
(3) Lighting limitation. The following limitations
shall be observed by all uses, unless PRC
determines that it is inherently infeasible for
that use (e.g., public outdoor recreation) to meet
these standards, and that all reasonable efforts
have been made to avoid glare or light overspill_
C. Solid waste. Each development must document arrangements
for satisfactory disposal of tree stumps and debris
resulting from or discovered during construction, and
must make permanent arrangements for satisfactory on-site
storage of refuse and recyclable material pending its
removal. Such storage shall be screened from view from
public ways, secured from vermin or other animals and
located to present minimal hazard in the event of fire
and minimal threat to water quality in the event of
container failure.
D. Historic and Archaeologic resources. Location and design
shall not cause avoidable damage or impairment of the
historic or archaeologic value of buildings or resources.
Applicants may be required to submit documentation from
the Massachusetts Historic Commission that the site
either contains no such buildings or resources or that
all feasible efforts to avoid, minimize or compensate for
any potential damage or impairment have been made.
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 17 as
printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
AMENDMENT/LINE OF SIGHT BYLAW
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend
Article VI (Line of Sight Bylaw) of Chapter 157 of the Code of the
Town of Brewster, to eliminate the words "Brewster Traffic Study
Committee" in the second line and insert the words "Development
Plan Review Committee", or to take any other action relative
thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 18 as
printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
RECISION/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REVIEW BYLAW
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to rescind
the Environmental Impact Review Bylaw, which is referenced as
Chapter 91 of the Code of the Town of Brewster, or to take any
other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town amend Article number 19 to limit the
scope of review of the Environmental Impact Bylaw by rescinding
only the following words under Section 91-1. B.:
"but not be limited to: air pollution; water pollution,
improper sewage disposal; pesticide and herbicide pollution;
unlawful dumping; excessive noise; impairment, pollution and
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eutrophication of ponds, streams, lakes, estuaries, shellfish beds
or other surface or subsurface water resources; impairment or
destruction of floodplains"
ACTION: ADOPTED
AIRCRAFT LANDING BYLAW
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to create the
following new bylaw, as Chapter 70 of the Code of the Town of
Brewster:
The landing of aircraft will be prohibited
on Seymour Pond, Upper Mill Pond, Lower Mill
Pond and Slough Pond in the Town of Brewster.
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 20 as
printed in the warrant.
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to amend Article 20 to
eliminate the reference to Seymour Pond.
ACTION ON AMENDMENT: ADOPTED
ACTION ON AMENDED MAIN MOTION: ADOPTED
PURCHASE OF LAND
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ~
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Four
Hundred and Seventy-Five Thousand ($475,000.00) Dollars for the
purchase of land for municipal purposes, said land is located on
Route 124, identified as Parcels No. 4 and 50 of Map No. 34 of the
Board of Assessor's Maps, and further identified in Book No. 227,
recorded with the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds and to
authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase said property or to
acquire it by eminent domain and to expend said funds for this
purpose, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article No. 21 as
printed in the warrant and to transfer the sum of $475,000.00 from
the Stabilization Fund for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED YES 317 NO 100
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to adjourn this meeting until
May 3, 1995 at 7:00 p.m.
ACTION: ADOPTED
MEETING ADJOURNED at 9:56 p.m.
MEETING RECONVENED May 3, 1995 at 8:21 p.m.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen or their designees to pursue an affordable
housing program to develop affordable single-family ownership
housing units for purchase by income qualified buyers in accordance
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with the regulations promulgated by the Executive Office of
Communities and Development on the following parcels of Town-owned
land:
Assessor's Map No. Lot No. Size
40 71 7.10 acres
51 9-6
51 g-7
51 9-8 4.40 acres
51 9-9
51 9-11
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 22 as
printed in the warrant.
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to amend Article 22 by deleting
Assessor's Map 40, Lot 71, size 7.10 acres.
ACTION ON AMENDMENT: ADOPTED
ACTION ON AMENDED MAIN MOTION: ADOPTED
PLEASANT BAY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to enter into an intermunicipal agreement
with the Towns of Orleans, Harwich and Chatham to jointly prepare
a Resource Management Plan for the Pleasant Bay Area of Critical
Environmental Concern, said agreement will create a Steering
Committee with representation from each Town appointed by the Board
of Selectmen; and create an advisory committee consisting of each
Town's Harbormaster, Shellfish Constable, Conservation Agent and
Planner (or their equivalent as determined by each Town's Board of
Selectmen); and to raise and appropriate, and/or transfer from
available funds a sum of money for this purpose, or to take any
other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 23 as
printed in the warrant and to raise and appropriate the sum of
$1,000.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED
ROAD BETTERMENT BYLAW
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to rescind
Article V of Chapter 157 of the Code of the Town of Brewster and to
adopt the following bylaw as the new Article V of Chapter 157:
Road Betterment Bylaw
The Town shall use the provisions of Chapter 80 of the
General Laws, as amended, for the purpose of assessing
betterments to the abutters on any private way which may be
reconstructed by the Town to meet the requirements of the
Subdivision Rules and Regulations of the Brewster Planning
Board, as amended, said assessments to be made only after
the Town has voted to accept such ways, having followed the
procedure for such acceptance as delineated in Chapter 82
of the General Laws.
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Procedure
Before the town shall vote to accept any private way under
the Betterment Assessment Bylaw, there shall have been filed
with the Selectmen a petition for such acceptance containing
the signatures of a majority of owners of the lots abutting
said way; the Selectmen shall refer the proposed layout to the
Planning Board after first having prepared an estimate of all
costs to be levied against said abutters, including
engineering, legal, construction, administration and interest.
The Planning Board shall hold a hearing on the petition after
due notice to the said abutters and shall inform said abutters
of the total estimated costs to be borne by them for said
betterment. Upon receipt of the approval of the estimated
cost by a majority of the abutters and approval of his share
the total by each member of said majority, and upon receipt of
a written request by said majority for an article to be
inserted in the warrant, the Planning Board shall forward its
recommendation, as required under MGL C.41, Sec. 81I to the
Board of Selectmen, who thereafter shall cause said article to
be inserted in the warrant for the next Annual Town Meeting.
Upon approval of said article by the voters at said Town
Meeting, the Board of Selectmen shall advertise the
construction for public bids, and within six (6) months after
the construction has been completed, the total cost shall be
apportioned by the Board of Selectmen to the owners of lots
abutting the way, and the time for payment, not exceeding
twenty (20) years, shall be specified; the total cost of the
betterment assessment shall not exceed the estimate. The Tax
Collector shall bill the abutters according to the
apportionment on the next real estate tax bill and may accept
settlements in cash for the full amount of the apportioned
share from any abutter within thirty (30) days, or shall bill
each abutter within sixty (60) days for his share of the total
cost to be divided over a period of years, not exceeding
twenty (20), with interest to be computed at the rate as set
forth in Chapter 80 of the Massachusetts General Laws.
Thereafter, the annual amount of the betterment assessment
shall appear on the annual real estate tax bill of the
abutters. The Board of Selectmen shall act on all private
ways proposed to be accepted by the town under the Betterment
Assessment Program strictly in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 41, 80 and 82 of the General Laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 24 as
printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED
ROAD BETTERMENT/CONSODINE ROAD
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to lay out and make public the private way
known as Consodine Road in accordance with Article 50 (Betterment
Assessments) of the May, 1974 Annual Town Meeting; to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, or by eminent
domain all land, easements and rights needed to lay out this way as
a town way; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to proceed with the
reconstruction of this way after it has been determined that the
provisions of Article 50 have been satisfied; to raise and
appropriate, to transfer from available funds, and/or to obtain by
borrowing a sum of money to pay for the costs of acquisition,
engineering, construction, reconstruction, and related expenses ~n
connection therewith; to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the
approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow th:, sum of Eighteen
Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Five an~i 00/100 ($18,625.00)
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Dollars, under and pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter
44, Section 7 or any other enabling authority and to issue notes
ar_u bonds of the Town therefor; and, initially, to raise and
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to
be recovered through the betterment assessments against the
abutters, to pay the first year's principal and interest expenses
for this project, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to authorize the Board of
Selectmen to lay out and make public the private way known as
Consodine Road in accordance with Article 50 {Betterment
Assessments) of the May, 1974 Annual Town Meeting; to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, or by eminent
domain all land, easements and rights needed to lay out this way as
a town way; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to proceed with the
reconstruction of this way after it has been determined that the
provisions of Article 50 have been satisfied; to transfer from the
Road Betterments Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account the
sum of $18,625.00 to pay for the costs of acquisition, engineering,
construction, reconstruction, and related expenses in connection
therewith; this sum of $18,625.00 to be recovered through the
betterment assessments against the abutters.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSI_~Y
ROAD BETTERMENT/MOSS LANE
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to lay out and make public the private way
known as Moss Lane in accordance with Article 50 {Betterment
Assessments) of the May, 1974 Annual Town Meeting; to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, or by eminent
domain all land, easements and rights needed to lay out this way as
a town way; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to proceed with the
reconstruction of this way after it has been determined that the
provisions of Article 50 have been satisfied; to raise and
appropriate, to transfer from available funds, and/or to obtain by
borrowing a sum of money to pay for the costs of acquisition,
engineering, construction, reconstruction, and related expenses in
connection therewith; to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the
approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow the sum of Eleven
Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty and 00/100 ($11,280.00) Dollars,
under and pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44,
Section 7 or any other enabling authority and to issue notes and
bonds of the Town therefor; and, initially, to raise and
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to
be recovered through the betterment assessments against the
abutters, to pay the first year's principal and interest expenses
for this project, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone
consideration of Articles 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31.
ACTION: ADOPTED TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE
ROAD BETTERMENT/COMMONS WAY
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to lay out and make public the private way
known as Commons Way in accordance with Article 50 (Betterment
Assessments) of the May, 1974 Annual Town Meeting; to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, or by eminent
domain all land, easements and rights needed to lay out this way as
a town way; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to proceed with the
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reconstruction of this way after it has been determined that the
provisions of Article 50 have been satisfied; to raise and
appropriate, to transfer from available funds, and/or to obtain by
borrowing a sum of money to pay for the costs of acquisition,
engineering, construction, reconstruction, and related expenses in
connection therewith; to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the
approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow the sum of Three
Hundred and Fifty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Five and
00/100 ($354,835.00) Dollars, under and pursuant to Massachusetts
General Laws Chapter 44, Section 7 or any other enabling authority
and to issue notes and bonds of the Town therefor; and, initially,
to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum
of money to be recovered through the betterment assessments against
the abutters, to pay the first year's principal and interest
expenses for this project, or to take any other action relative
thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
MOTION: Moved under Article 26
ACTION: ADOPTED TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE
ROAD BETTERMENT/GREENLAND POND ROAD
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to lay out and make public the private way
known as Greenland Pond Road in accordance with Article 50
(Betterment Assessments) of the May, 1974 Annual Town Meeting; to
authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase,
or by eminent domain all land, easements and rights needed to lay
out this way as a town way; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to
proceed with the reconstruction of this way after it has been
determined that the provisions of Article 50 have been satisfied;
to raise and appropriate, to transfer from available funds, and/or
to obtain by borrowing a sum of money to pay for the costs of
acquisition, engineering, construction, reconstruction, and related
expenses in connection therewith; to authorize the Town Treasurer,
with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow the sum of
Three Hundred and Eighty-Two Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty-Two
and 00/100 ($382,452.00) Dollars, under and pursuant to
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 7 or any other
enabling authority and to issue notes and bonds of the Town
therefor; and, initially, to raise and appropriate and/or transfer
from available funds a sum of money to be recovered through the
betterment assessments against the abutters, to pay the first
year's principal and interest expenses for this project, or to take
any other action relative thereto.
MOTION: Moved under Article 26
(Citizen's Petition)
ACTION: ADOPTED TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE
ROAD BETTERMENT/BEECH TREE DRIVE
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to lay out and make public the private way
known as Beech Tree Drive in accordance with Article 50 (Betterment
Assessments) of the May, 1974 Annual Town Meeting; to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, or by eminent
domain all land, easements and rights needed to lay out this way as
a town way; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to proceed with the
reconstruction of this way after it has been determined that the
provisions of Article 50 have been satisfied; to raise and
appropriate, to transfer from available funds, and/or to obtain by
borrowing a sum of money to pay for the costs of acquisition,
engineering, construction, reconstruction, and related expenses in
connection therewith; to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the
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approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow the sum of Two Hundred
and Thirty-One Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-Five and 00/100
($231,545.00) Dollars, under and pursuant to Massachusetts General
Laws Chapter 44, Section 7 or any other enabling authority and to
issue notes and bonds of the Town therefor; and, initially, to
raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of
money to be recovered through the betterment assessments against
the abutters, to pay the first year's principal and interest
expenses for this project, or to take any other action relative
thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
MOTION: Moved under Article 26
ACTION: ADOPTED TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE
ROAD BETTERMENT/VALLEY ROAD
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to lay out and make public the private way
known as Valley Road in accordance with Article 50 (Betterment
Assessments) of the May, 1974 Annual Town Meeting; to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, or by eminent
domain all land, easements and rights needed to lay out this way as
a town way; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to proceed with the
reconstruction of this way after it has been determined that the
provisions of Article 50 have been satisfied; to raise and
appropriate, to transfer from available funds, and/or to obtain by
borrowing a sum of money to pay for the costs of acquisition,
engineering, construction, reconstruction, and related expenses in
connection therewith; to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the
approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow the sum of Eighty-Two
Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty and 00/100 ($82,660.00) Dollars,
under and pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44,
Section 7 or any other enabling authority and to issue notes and
bonds of the Town therefor; and, initially, to raise and
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to
be recovered through the betterment assessments against the
abutters, to pay the first year's principal and interest expenses
for this project, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
MOTION: Moved under Article 26
ACTION: ADOPTED TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE
ROAD BETTERMENT/LANDING DRIVE
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to lay out and make public the private way
known as Landing Drive in accordance with Article 50 (Betterment
Assessments) of the May, 1974 Ann~ial Town Meeting; to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, or by eminent
domain all land, easements and rights needed to lay out this way as
a town way; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to proceed with the
reconstruction of this way after it has been determined that the
provisions of Article 50 have been satisfied; to raise and
appropriate, to transfer from available funds, and/or to obtain by
borrowing a sum of money to pay for the costs of acquisition,
engineering, construction, reconstruction, and related expenses in
connection therewith; to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the
approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow the sum of Three
Hundred and Fifty-Five Thousand One Hundred and Three and 00/100
($355,103.00) Dollars, under and pursuant to Massachusetts General
Laws Chapter 44, Section 7 or any other enabling authority and to
issue notes and bonds of the Town therefor; and, initially, to
raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of
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money to be recovered through the betterment assessments against
the abutters, to pay the first year's principal and interest
expenses for this project, or to take any other action relative
thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
MOTION: Moved under Article 26
ACTION: ADOPTED TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE
SEPTIC SYSTEM REPLACEMENT, UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE REMOVAL AND
LEAD PAINT REMOVAL
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate, transfer from available funds and/or borrow up to the
sum of Thirty Thousand and 00/100 ($30,000.00) Dollars for the
purpose of remediating failing residential subsurface sewage
disposal systems, underground fuel storage tanks and deleading of
dwellings with dangerous levels of lead, pursuant to Massachusetts
General Laws, Chapter 111, Section 127b 1/2, and to arrange for
repayment by recipients through the betterment procedure pursuant
to Chapter 111, Section 127b 1/2 and Massachusetts General Laws,
Chapter 80, and to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval
of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow this sum of money, under and
pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 44, or any other
enabling authority and to issue notes and bonds of the Town
therefor, and to fix the minimum rate of interest to be charged the
recipients and to be repaid by them as part of their payment
obligation to the Town at two (2%) per cent above the rate charged
the town, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Health)
MOTION: Moved: That (1} the sum of $30,000 be hereby
appropriated for the purpose of making loans to residents of the
Town for purpose of (a) remediating failing residential subsurface
sewage disposal systems, (b) remediating underground fuel storage
tanks, and (c) deleading residential dwellings and that to meet
this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the
Selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow not in excess of said sum
under and pursuant to Chapter 111, Section 127b 1/2 of the General
Laws, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes
of the Town therefor; (2) the recipients of loans made from the
proceeds of any funds borrowed pursuant to this vote shall repay
such amounts to the Town in accordance with Chapter 80 of the
General Laws and any other applicable authority; and (3) that the
Selectmen are hereby authorized and directed to fix the minimum
rate of interest to be charged the borrowers of any funds borrowed
by the Town under the terms of this vote at two percent (2%) above
the rate at which such sums were initially borrowed by the Town.
ACTION: DEFEATED YES 184 NO 194
PUBLICATION/BREWSTER MAP AND GUIDE
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate, and/or transfer from available funds, the sum of
Fourteen Thousand and 00/100 ($14,000.00) Dollars to assist with
the annual publication of the Brewster Book and Map Guide, which
advertises the Town's attractions, amenities, and services; and to
pay for the expenses of the operation of the tourism information
systems by the Brewster Board of Trade Inc., and Brewster Chamber
of Commerce, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
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MOTION: I move that the
printed in the warrant and
$14,000.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED
Town vote to approve Article 33 as
to raise and appropriate the sum of
HUMAN SERVICES
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds these sums of
money, for the following organizations:
1. Cape Cod Child Development Program, Inc. $ 4,456.00
2. Nauset, Inc. 5,700.00
3. Cape Cod Council on Alcoholism 4,000.00
4. Lower Cape Human Services Committee, Inc. 9,809.00
5. Cape Cod Human Services, Inc. 6,792.00
6. Legal Services of Cape Cod 3,150.00
7. Sight Loss Services, Inc. 800.00
8. Independence House, Inc. 2,073.00
9. Lower Cape Outreach Council, Inc. 2,800.00
10. Consumer Assistance Council, Inc. 1,000.00
TOTAL $40,580.00
for a total of Forty Thousand Five Hundred Eighty and 00/100
($40,580.00} Dollars and to authorize the Board of Selectmen, Board
of Health, and the School Committee, as appropriate, to enter into
contracts with these organizations in order to provide those
desired social services for residents of Brewster, or to take any
other action relative thereto.
(Citizen's Petition/Board of Health)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 34 as
printed in the warrant and to raise and appropriate the sum of
$40,580.00 for these purposes.
ACTION: ADOPTED
JUICE BAR FUNDING
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Five
Thousand and 00/100 ($5,000.00) Dollars to finance operational
costs relative to the operation of a juice bar for Brewster
students from the Nauset Regional School District and to authorize
the Nauset Regional School Committee to enter into a contract or
contracts for said services, and expend said funds for this
purpose, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to
printed in the warrant however, that the
Regional School District be amended to
Prevention Council, Inc. and to raise and
$5,000.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
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DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP BYLAW
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept the
following bylaw as Chapter 118 of the Code of the Town of Brewster:
TOWN OF BREWSTER
BYLAW GOVERNING THE CREATION,
TERMINATION, AND EFFECT OF DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP
Section 1. Definition of a Domestic Partnership
A. A domestic partnership shall exist between two persons of
the same sex if the following is true:
(1) The persons are not related by blood closer than
would bar marriage in the State of Massachusetts;
(2) Neither person is married or related by marriage;
(3) The persons share the common necessities of life;
(4) The persons are eighteen (18) years old or older;
(5) The persons are competent to enter a contract;
(6) The persons declare that they are each other's sole
domestic partner;
(7) The persons are responsible for each other's sole
domestic partner;
(8) The persons agree to notify the Town of any change
in the status of their domestic partnership;
(9) Neither person has declared that he or she has a
different domestic partner;
(10) The persons file a statement of domestic partnership
as set forth in Section 2 of this regulation;
Section 2. Statement of Domestic Partnership
A. Contents
Domestic partners may make an official record of their domestic
partnership by completing, signing and submitting to the Town Clerk
a statement of domestic partnership. Persons submitting a
statement of domestic partnership must declare under penalty of
perjury;
(1) The persons are not related by blood closer than
would bar marriage in the State of Massachusetts;
(2) Neither person is married or related by marriage;
(3) The persons share the common necessities of life;
(4) The persons are eighteen (18} years of age or older;
(5) The persons are competent to enter a contract;
(6) The persons declare that they are each other's sole
domestic partner;
(7) The persons agree to be responsible for each other's
welfare;
(8) The persons agree to notify the Town of any change
in the status of their domestic partnership;
(9) Neither person has declared that he or she has a
different domestic partner.
The domestic partnership statement shall include the date on
which the persons became each other's domestic partner and the
address or addresses of both partners.
B. Amendment of Domestic Partnership Statement.
Partners may amend the statement at any time in order to
change an address by filing a new statement.
C. Termination of Domestic Partnership.
Any member of a domestic partnership may terminate the
domestic partnership by filing a termination statement
with the Town Clerk. The person filing the termination
statement must declare under penalty of perjury (1) The
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domestic partnership is terminated and (2) A copy of the
termination statement has been mailed to the other
domestic partner.
D. New Statements of Domestic Partnership.
No person who has filed an affidavit of domestic
partnership may file another statement of domestic
partnership until six (6) months after a statement of
termination of a previous partnership has been filed with
the Town Clerk.
Section 3. Filing of Statements
A. Anyone who signs a statement of domestic partnership
may not file another statement of domestic
partnership until six (6) months after a statement
of termination of a previous partnership has been
filed with the Town Clerk.
B. Form of Statements
All statements relating to domestic partnership
shall be executed as a declaration made under
penalty of perjury. The Town Clerk shall provide
forms as necessary to interested individuals.
C. Fees for Statements
(1) The Town Clerk shall charge a fee for filing a
domestic partnership statement, a termination
of domestic partnership statement, and for an
amendment to a domestic partnership statement.
The amount of this fee shall be determined by
the Town Clerk.
(2) Payment of the above fee entitles the person
filing a statement on behalf of the domestic
partnership to have two copies of the statement
certified by the Town Clerk. Certification of
additional copies at the time of filing time
shall cost an amount per copy to be determined
by the Town Clerk. Certification of
additional copies at any other time shall cost
an amount per copy to be determined by
the Town Clerk.
Section 4. Town Clerk's Records.
The Town Clerk shall maintain adequate records of
domestic partnership statements showing which domestic
partnerships have been created, terminated, or amended.
Section 5. Civil Actions.
Any person defrauded by a false statement contained in
a statement may bring a civil action for fraud to
recover his or her losses.
Section 6. Forms.
The following forms shall be sufficient proof of the
creation or termination of domestic partnership.
A. STATEMENT OF DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP
We, the undersigned, do declare that;
(1) We are not related by blood;
(2) Neither of us is married, nor are we related by
marriage;
(3) We share the common necessities of life;
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(4) We are each other's domestic partner, and we
have been each other's domestic partner since
(5) We are the sole domestic partner of each other
and have no other domestic partners;
(6) We are both over 18 years of age;
(7) We are responsible for each other's welfare;
(8) We agree to notify the town of any change in
the status of our domestic partnership
arrangement.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that the
statements above are true and correct.
Executed on 19 , at
Massachusetts
Signed•_
Print:_
Address:
Telephone Number:
(B) STATEMENT TERMINATING DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP
I, the undersigned, do declare that:
1. (Name of individual as shown on statement of
domestic partnership) and I are no longer
domestic partners; and,
2. I mailed my former domestic partner a copy of
this notice at on ,
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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of
the State of Massachusetts that the statements above
are true and correct.
Executed on
Massachusetts
Signed:_
Print•_
Address:
19 , at
Telephone Number:
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 36 as
printed in the warrant.
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MOTION: I move that the Town vote to amend Article 36, Section 1.
A to read: A domestic partnership shall exist between any two
persons, regardless of their sex, if the following is true:
ACTION ON AMENDMENT: ADOPTED
ACTION ON AMENDED MAIN MOTION: ADOPTED YES 232 NO 137
STABILIZATION FUND
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to add a sum
of money to the Stabilization Fund and to raise and appropriate
and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money for this
purpose, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
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MOTION: I move that the Town vote to transfer the sum of
$150,000.00 from Free Cash for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 38. To act on any other business that may
legally come before this meeting.
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to adjourn this meeting.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
MEETING ADJOURNED at 9:55 p.m.
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
Joan K Cole
Town Clerk
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