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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
MAY 6, 1996
In accordance with the Warrant, the Special Town Meeting was held
in the Brewster Elementary School Cafetorium, Monday, May 6, 1996.
The Meeting was called to order at 7:24 p.m. by the Moderator,
Stephen L. Doyle. The Tellers were Althea E. Alling, June Gallant,
Ruth Hanlon, Philip M. Kerrivan, Eleanor Nielsen, and William
Nielsen. The Checkers were Helen Allen, Catherine Flaherty,
Elizabeth Hardy, Dorothy D. Leone, Peter Norton, Sharon Morgan,
Sherry A. Ryder, John Unger, and Mildred finger.
A quorum was present.
The Town clerk, Joan K. Cole, read the Special Town meeting Warrant
and the return of the Warrant. There being no objection, the
Moderator dispensed with the. reading of all the articles.
UNPAID BILLS
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to transfer
from available funds the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Eighty-Two and 00/100 ($1,782.00} Dollars to pay the following
unpaid bills from a previous fiscal year,
1. Commonwealth of Massachusetts $1,375.00
2. Stone & Reid, Attorneys at Law 407.00
Total $1,782.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen}
MOTION: I move that the Town
in the warrant and transfer th
this purpose.
vote to approve Article 1 as printed
e sum of $1 , 782.00 from Free Cash for
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
BUDGETARY TRANSFERS
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will z-ote to transfer
from available funds arrd/or appropriate from surplus funds in some
departments an amount, of money to be ~.zsed in conjunction with funds
appropriated under c urrent fiscal year budg ets to be used during
the current fiscal year to pay shortfalls that would otherwise
exist in the Fiscal Year 1996 Bi.rdget of other departments as
follows:
a) Transfer the sum of Ninety Thousand and 00/100
($90,000.00) Dollars from Line Item No. 52 (Insurance
Liability Expense) of article No. 3 of the 1995 Annual_
Town Meeting to Line Item No. 35 (Department of Public
Works/Snow and Ice Control Expense) of Article No. 3
of the 1995 Annual Town Meeting;
b) Transfer the sum of Twenty-Five Hundred and 00/100
($2,500.00) Dollars from the Water Surplus Account
to Line Item No. 5 (Finance. Committee Reserve Fund)
of Article No. 3 of the 1995 Annual Town Meeting;
c} Transfer the sum of Thirty-Fire Hundred and 00/100
($3,500.00} Dollars from Line Item No. 52 (Liability
Insurance) of Article No. 3 of the 1995 Annual Town
Meeting to Line Item No. 40 (Old Town Hall Maintenance)
of Article No. 3 of the 1995 Annual Town Meeting,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 2 and
transfer the sum of $96,000.00 from available funds as printed in
the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
SPRUCE HILL PROPERTY LEASE
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to negotiate and to enter into a lease, not
to exceed ten (10) years as allowed under Section 3 of Chapter -10
of the General Laws, for the town-owned buildings located on the
Spruce Hill property as further identified on Parcel No. 8-9 of riap
No. 13 of the Board of Assessor's Maps, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
{Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 3 as printed
in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
LITIGATION FUND
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to transfer
from available funds a sum of Five Thousand and 00/100 ($5,000.00)
Dollars to be used in conjunction with Cape Cod communities and
other governmental entities to potentially pursue legal action
and/or other remedies to correct serious inequities in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts' State Education Reform Act funding
formula and other distributions of various State Aid program funds
to cities and towns, or t.o take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 4 as printed
in the warrant and transfer the sum of $5,000.00 from Free Cash for
this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
MILL SITES REPAIRS
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ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will. vote to transfer
from available funds the sum of Sixteen Thousand and 00/100
($16,000.00) Dollars to undertake repairs to the Mill Sites
property, located on Stony Brook Road, and to authorize the
Millsites Committee to solicit bids, enter into contracts and to
expend these funds, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Millsites Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 5 as printed
in the warrant and transfer the sum of $16,000.00 from Free Cash
for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
INTEREST ENPENSE
ARTICLE 6. To see if the To~.n ~~ill rote to transfer
from available funds the sum of Si~~t~--Eight Thousand and 00/lU0
068,000.00) Dollars in order to pad. interest elpenses relative to
the bonds and/or notes for th e nee; Brewster Elementary- School and
Library addition construction projects, or to take a-rrti- other action
relative thereto.
iBoard of Selectmen)
MOTION: I mo~~e that the Town rote to approve article 6 as printed
in the warrant, however that the sum of $68,000.00 be amended to
$18,000.00 and that the Toc,n rote to transfer the sum of $18,000.00
from Free Cash for this purpose.
ACTION: 4DOPTF.D UivTa?v'I?VIOL'SL~~
MOTION:. I move that. the Town vote to adjourn t}pis meeting.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANI^1OUSLI
MEETING ADJOURNED at 7:42 p.m.
,4 TRUE COt`P/~' A~oTTE~ST
Joan k. Cole
Town Clerk
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