HomeMy Public PortalAbout1998-05-04 Annual Town Mtg ReportReport of the
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
May 4, 1998
In accordance with the warrant, the Annual Town Meeting was held in the
Brewster Elementary School Cafetorium, Monday, May 4, 1998.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by the Moderator, Stephen L. Doyle.
The Tellers were Althea E. Ailing, Jean Gage, June Gallant, Ruth Hanlon, Eleanor Nielsen, and
William Nielsen. The Checkers were Carolyn H. Chase, Germaine I. Cummins, Ann Golini,
Elizabeth Hardy, Dorothy D. Leone, Sharon Morgan, Janet Norton, Peter Norton, Sherry A.
Ryder, John Unger, and Mildred Unger.
A quorum was present.
The Town Clerk, Joan K. Cole, read the Annual Town Meeting Warrant and the return of the
Warrant. There being no objection, the Moderator dispensed with the reading of all the articles.
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve the Consent Calendar as printed in the warrant,
which includes Articles number 1, 2, 3, and 4.
ACTION: ADOPTED
ANNUAL REPORTS
ARTICLE 1. To act upon the Annual Town 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: Moved under the consent calendar.
ACTION: ADOPTED
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
CHAPTER 90 ROAD MAINTENANCE FUNDING
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money made
available as provided under the Chapter 901oca1 road and highway money from the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, said funds shall be expended to repair and resurface certain
Town roads and their appurtenances under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, or to take any
other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: Moved under the consent calendar.
ACTION: ADOPTED
COMPOST BIN GRANT REVOLVING FUND
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to reauthorize the Home Composting
Bin Account Program in accordance with Section 53E 1/2 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; to
deposit revenues generated from the sale of compost bins into the revolving fund to purchase
additional compost bins; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen during the ensuing fiscal year
to enter into contracts and expend from this revolving account an amount not exceeding the
funds on deposit in the account or the limits set by statute, or to take any other action relative
thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: Moved under the consent calendar.
ACTION: ADOPTED
RECESSED the Annual Town Meeting in order to open the Special Town Meeting at 7:10 p.m.
RECONVENED the Annual Town Meeting at 8:58 p.m.
CAPE COD VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL OPERATING BUDGET
ARTICLE S. 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, 1999, as follows:
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED
ITEM DEPARTMENT FY 97 FY 98 FY 99
CAPE COD TECH $267,120.00 $408,545.00 $472,425.00
ASSESSMENT
TOTAL C.C. TECH $267,120.00 $408,545.00 $472,425.00
ASSESSMENT
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Cape Cod Regional Technical School Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 5 as printed in the warrant and to raise
and appropriate the sum of $472,425.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATING 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 Nauset Regional School charges and
expenses for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1999, as follows:
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED
ITEM DEPARTMENT FY 97 FY 98 FY 99
1NAUSET REGIONAL $4,402,528.00 $4,653,114.00 $5,120,865.00
ASSESSMENT
TOTAL NAUSET $4,402,528.00 $4,653,114.00 $5,120,865.00
ASSESSMENT
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or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Nauset Regional School Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 6; however, that the requested amount
of $5,120,865.00 be amended to $5,065,995.00 and that in order to appropriate this amended
sum that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,790,995.00 and transfer the sum of
$275,000.00 from the stabilization fund for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPERATING BUDGET
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and/or transfer from available
funds a sum of money to defray Elementary School charges and expenses, for the Fiscal Year
ending June 30, 1999, as follows:
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED
ITEM DEPARTMENT FY 97 FY 98 FY 99
1BREWSTER ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
EXPENSES $3,351,717.54 $4,023,906.00 $4,320,575.00
OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL $0.00 $350.00 $348.00
TOTAL ELEMENTARY $3,351,717.54 $4,024,256.00 $4,320,923.00
SCHOOL
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Brewster School Committee)
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MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 7; however, that the requested sum of
$4,320,923.00 be amended to $4,317,749.00, and that in order to appropriate this amended sum
the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,317,749.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
TOWN OPERATING BUDGET
ARTICLE 8. 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 to
further fix 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, 1999, as
follows:
FINCOM
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED RECOMMENDATION
DEPARTMENT FY 97 FY 98 FY 99 FY 99
1 MODERATOR'S WAGES $300.00 $300.00 $300.00 $300.00
2 SELECTMEN'S WAGES $5,250.00 $5,250.00 $5,250.00 $5,250.00
SELECTMEN STAFF WAGES $32,708.17 $33,477.00 $34,393.00 $34,393.00
EDUCATIONAL REIMB $1,382.00 $4,500.00 $4,500.00 $4,500.00
EXPENSES $24,407.01 $20,450.00 $22,150.00 $22,150.00
3 GREENHEAD FLY ASSESSMENT $517.50 $518.00 $518.00 $518.00
4 TOWN ADMINISTRATOR WAGES $142,333.42 $148,597.00 $162,448.00 $162,448.00
EXPENSES $3,840.67 $4,450.00 $6,250.00 $6,250.00
5 FINANCE COMMITTEE EXPENSES $838.29 $900.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
RESERVE FUND $81,267.20 $125,000.00 $125,000.00 $125,000.00
6 ACCOUNTANT WAGES $73,109.66 $79,205.00 $82,722.00 $82,722.00
AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS $13,000.00 $13,000.00 $13,000.00 $13,000.00
EXPENSES $1,814.60 $1,975.00 $2,105.00 $2,105.00
COMPUTER EXPENSES $19,845.87 $21,270.00 $19,600.00 $19,600.00
7 ASSESSOR WAGES $93,195.50 $97,356.00 $103,286.00 $103,286.00
EXPENSES $14,366.83 $15,755.00 $19,490.00 $19,490.00
8 TREASURER/COLLECTOR WAGES $120,393.18 $130,525.00 $138,953.00 $138,953.00
EXPENSES $47,285.86 $49,067.00 $50,275.00 $50,275.00
9 LEGAL EXPENSES $69,515.57 $80,000.00 $72,500.00 $72,500.00
10 TOWN CLERK'S WAGES $35,992.00 $37,904.00 $40,850.00 $40,850.00
TOWN CLERK STAFF WAGES $23,291.80 $24,609.00 $26,187.00 $26,187.00
EXPENSES $7,067.02 $5,567.00 $5,929.00 $5,929.00
11 ELECTION WAGES $6,860.98 $2,084.00 $6,921.00 $6,921.00
EXPENSES $3,324.19 $2,502.00 $3,500.00 $3,500.00
12 REGISTRAR WAGES $13,596.56 $12,635.00 $14,909.00 $14,909.00
EXPENSES $7,121.75 $7,575.00 $9,006.00 $9,006.00
13 CONSERVATION WAGES $69,058.24 $72,757.00 $76,124.00 $76,124.00
EXPENSES $2,663.68 $3,000.00 $3,065.00 $3,065.00
14 PLANNING WAGES $22,179.80 $23,336.00 $24,545.00 $24,545.00
EXPENSES $3,163.92 $3,250.00 $2,350.00 $2,350.00
15 INSPECTION VEHICLE POOL $0.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00
16 APPEALS BOARD WAGES $5,093.30 $5,675.00 $5,816.00 $5,816.00
EXPENSES $663.64 $500.00 $850.00 $850.00
17 TOWN OFFICE MAINT. WAGES $52,922.23 $57,151.00 $43,916.00 $43,916.00
EXPENSES $39,788.89 $38,700.00 $41,750.00 $41,750.00
18 TOWN REPORT EXPENSES $8,200.00 $8,700.00 $8,700.00 $8,700.00
19 DRUMMER BOY MUSEUM $168.12 $500.00 $450.00 $450.00
EXPENSES
20 DEBT SERVICE $3,349,862.81 $3,212,804.00 $3,034,274.00 $3,034,274.00
21 FRINGE BENEFITS $658,138.41 $805,639.00 $796,098.00 $796,098.00
22 RETIREMENT/PENSION $499,722.00 $459,979.00 $486,768.00 $486,768.00
23 UNCLASSIFIED $84,305.25 $85,200.00 $84,800.00 $84,800.00
24 LIABILITY INSURANCE $187,341.00 $212,282.00 $209,646.00 $209,646.00
25 CONSTABLE WAGES $250.00 $250.00 $250.00 $250.00
26 POLICE WAGES $940,716.64 $987,359.00 $1,017,008.00 $1,017,008.00
EXPENSES $95,918.77 $109,250.00 $103,500.00 $103,500.00
STATION EXPENSES $71,345.07 $86,800.00 $84,359.00 $84,359.00
27 FIRE/RESCUE WAGES $534,796.93 $541,933.00 $573,604.00 $573,604.00
EXPENSES $51,683.54 $45,900.00 $47,300.00 $47,300.00
RESCUE EXPENSES $27,881.36 $34,600.00 $35,650.00 $35,650.00
28 BUILDING INSPECTOR WAGES $170,097.20 $175,365.00 $179,236.00 $179,236.00
EXPENSES $6,696.26 $8,700.00 $9,200.00 $9,200.00
29 DOG OFFICER EXPENSES $10,000.00 $10,000.00 $10,500.00 $10,500.00
30 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES $45,314.66 $47,581.00 $49,771.00 $49,771.00
EXPENSES $8,487.81 $24,000.00 $28,700.00 $28,700.00
SHELLFISH PROPAGATION $4,495.91 $4,500.00 $4,500.00 $4,500.00
31 ALEWIVES COMMITTEE WAGES $150.00 $1,508.00 $1,523.00 $1,523.00
EXPENSES $625.55 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
32 DPW WAGES $570,241.04 $601,553.00 $615,314.00 $615,314.00
ROAD MACHINERY $22,497.77 $22,400.00 $23,900.00 $23,900.00
SNOW & ICE CONTROL $56,027.98 $60,000.00 $60,000.00 $60,000.00
INSECT/PEST CONTROL $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
EXPENSES $152,941.79 $164,270.00 $167,495.00 $167,495.00
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL $173,402.06 $198,639.00 $204,060.00 $204,060.00
33 RECYCLING EXPENSES $699.21 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
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34 STREET LIGHTING EXPENSES $12,108.88 $12,760.00 $13,000.00 $13,000.00
35 BOARD OF HEALTH WAGES $97,923.25 $107,520.00 $111,343.00 $111,343.00
VISITING NURSE ASSOC. $5,716.48 $9,890.00 $10,890.00 $10,890.00
EXPENSES $6,840.28 $6,785.00 $7,245.00 $7,245.00
36 COUNCIL ON AGING WAGES $104,648.73 $108,641.00 $113,343.00 $113,343.00
EXPENSES $9,376.00 $9,155.00 $9,860.00 $9,860.00
37 OLD TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE $7,637.22 $9,000.00 $9,300.00 $9,300.00
38 VETERANS' SERVICES $23,637.62 $21,093.00 $26,371.00 $26,371.00
39 BREWSTER LADIES LIBRARY
40 BLLIBRARY MAINT ACCT $225,663.65
$19,561.35 $227,586.00
$35,002.00 $249,924.00
$43,260.00 $237,599.00
$43,260.00
41 RECREATION WAGES $66,091.80 $69,387.00 $70,986.00 $70,986.00
EXPENSES $25,541.38 $22,908.00 $26,908.00 $26,908.00
42 GOLF WAGES $407,889.87 $430,719.00 $445,482.00 $445,482.00
EXPENSES $272,554.07 $268,046.00 $273,725.00 $273,725.00
43 HISTORIC DISTRICT WAGES $5,131.52 $5,391.00 $5,525.00 $5,525.00
EXPENSES $977.55 $600.00 $925.00 $925.00
ASSESSMENTS $3,000.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00
44 MEMORIAL/VETERANS' DAY $1,300.00 $1,300.00 $1,300.00 $1,300.00
45 OLD MILL SITES COMMITTEE $3,123.98 $3,150.00 $3,275.00 $3,275.00
46 WATER COMMISSIONER'S WAGES $2,200.00 $2,200.00 $2,200.00 $2,200.00
WATER STAFF WAGES $362,259.57 $381,123.00 $399,674.00 $399,674.00
OPERATING EXPENSES $122,513.92 $146,368.00 $148,084.00 $148,084.00
EQUIPMENT EXPENSES $5,457.52 $6,020.00 $6,720.00 $6,720.00
GRAND TOTAL $10,562,321.11 $10,930,696.00 $10,992,904.00 $10,980,579.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to amend Line Item no. 39 Brewster Ladies Library from
$249,924.00 to $237,599.00 and that the Total appropriation be amended to $10,963,765.00 and
that the sum to be raised and appropriated be amended from $10,623,302.00 to $10,610,977.00.
ACTION: DEFEATED
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 8, however, that the following Line
Items be amended:
No. 10 Town Clerk's Staff Wages from $26,187.00 to $23,937.00,
No. 26 Police Department Station Expenses from $84,359.00 to $82,359.00,
No. 32 Department of Public Works Wages from $615,314.00 to $607,314.00,
No. 32 Department of Public Works Expenses from $167,495.00 to $166,395.00
No. 42 Golf Department Expenses from $273,725.00 to $271,625.00,
No. 46 Water Department Staff Wages from $399,674.00 to $403,310.00,
No. 46 Water Department Operating Expenses from $148,048.00 to $143,084.00,
And in order to appropriate this amended total sum of $10,976,090.00, that the Town raise and
appropriate the sum of $10,623,302.00 and transfer the sums of $16,773.00 from the Land
Damage Trust Fund; $3,065.00 from the Wetlands Filing Fee Fund; $82,950.00 from the
Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriations Account; $60,000.00 from Pension Reserve
Account; $90,000.00 from the Overlay Reserve Account; and $100,000.00 from Free Cash.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
AMENDED ARTICLE 8, AS VOTED
Amended
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED RECOMMENDATION
DEPARTMENT FY 97 FY 98 FY 99 FY 99
1 MODERATOR'S WAGES $300.00 $300.00 $300.00 $300.00
2 SELECTMEN'S WAGES $5,250.00 $5,250.00 $5,250.00 $5,250.00
SELECTMEN STAFF WAGES $32,708.17 $33,477.00 $34,393.00 $34,393.00
EDUCATIONAL REIMB $1,382.00 $4,500.00 $4,500.00 $4,500.00
EXPENSES $24,407.01 $20,450.00 $22,150.00 $22,150.00
3 GREENHEAD FLY ASSESSMENT $517.50 $518.00 $518.00 $518.00
4 TOWN ADMINISTRATOR WAGES $142,333.42 $148,597.00 $162,448.00 $162,448.00
EXPENSES $3,840.67 $4,450.00 $6,250.00 $6,250.00
5 FINANCE COMMITTEE EXPENSES $838.29 $900.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
RESERVE FUND $81,267.20 $125,000.00 $125,000.00 $125,000.00
6 ACCOUNTANT WAGES $73,109.66 $79,205.00 $82,722.00 $82,722.00
AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS $13,000.00 $13,000.00 $13,000.00 $13,000.00
EXPENSES $1,814.60 $1,975.00 $2,105.00 $2,105.00
COMPUTER EXPENSES $19,845.87 $21,270.00 $19,600.00 $19,600.00
7 ASSESSOR WAGES $93,195.50 $97,356.00 $103,286.00 $103,286.
EXPENSES $14,366.83 $15,755.00 $19,490.00 $19,490.
8 TREASURER/COLLECTOR $120,393.18 $130,525.00 $138,953.00 $138,953.
WAGES
EXPENSES $47,285.86 $49,067.00 $50,275.00 $50,275.00
9 LEGAL EXPENSES $69,515.57 $80,000.00 $72,500.00 $72,500.00
10 TOWN CLERK'S WAGES $35,992.00 $37,904.00 $40,850.00 $40,850.00
TOWN CLERK STAFF WAGES $23,291.80 $24,609.00 $23,937.00 $23,937.00
EXPENSES $7,067.02 $5,567.00 $5,929.00 $5,929.00
11 ELECTION WAGES $6,860.98 $2,084.00 $6,921.00 $6,921.00
EXPENSES $3,324.19 $2,502.00 $3,500.00 $3,500.00
12 REGISTRAR WAGES $13,596.56 $12,635.00 $14,909.00 $14,909.00
EXPENSES $7,121.75 $7,575.00 $9,006.00 $9,006.00
13 CONSERVATION WAGES $69,058.24 $72,757.00 $76,124.00 $76,124.00
EXPENSES $2,663.68 $3,000.00 $3,065.00 $3,065.00
14 PLANNING WAGES $22,179.80 $23,336.00 $24,545.00 $24,545.00
EXPENSES $3,163.92 $3,250.00 $2,350.00 $2,350.00
15 INSPECTION VEHICLE POOL $0.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00
16 APPEALS BOARD WAGES $5,093.30 $5,675.00 $5,816.00 $5,816.00
EXPENSES $663.64 $500.00 $850.00 $850.00
17 TOWN OFFICE MAINT. WAGES $52,922.23 $57,151.00 $43,916.00 $43,916.00
EXPENSES $39,788.89 $38,700.00 $41,750.00 $41,750.00
18 TOWN REPORT EXPENSES $8,200.00 $8,700.00 $8,700.00 $8,700.00
19 DRUMMER BOY MUSEUM $168.12 $500.00 $450.00 $450.
EXPENSES
20 DEBT SERVICE $3,349,862.81 $3,212,804.00 $3,034,274.00 $3,034,274.
21 FRINGE BENEFITS $658,138.41 $805,639.00 $796,098.00 $796,098.00
22 RETIREMENT/PENSION $499,722.00 $459,979.00 $486,768.00 $486,768.00
23 UNCLASSIFIED $84,305.25 $85,200.00 $84,800.00 $84,800.00
24 LIABILITY INSURANCE $187,341.00 $212,282.00 $209,646.00 $209,646.00
25 CONSTABLE WAGES $250.00 $250.00 $250.00 $250.00
26 POLICE WAGES $940,716.64 $987,359.00 $1,017,008.00 $1,017,008.00
EXPENSES $95,918.77 $109,250.00 $103,500.00 $103,500.00
STATION EXPENSES $71,345.07 $86,800.00 $82,359.00 $82,359.00
27 FIRE/RESCUE WAGES $534,796.93 $541,933.00 $573,604.00 $573,604.00
EXPENSES $51,683.54 $45,900.00 $47,300.00 $47,300.00
RESCUE EXPENSES $27,881.36 $34,600.00 $35,650.00 $35,650.00
28 BUILDING INSPECTOR WAGES $170,097.20 $175,365.00 $179,236.00 $179,236.00
EXPENSES $6,696.26 $8,700.00 $9,200.00 $9,200.00
29 DOG OFFICER EXPENSES $10,000.00 $10,000.00 $10,500.00 $10,500.00
30 DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES $45,314.66 $47,581.00 $49,771.00 $49,771.00
EXPENSES $8,487.81 $24,000.00 $28,700.00 $28,700.00
SHELLFISH PROPAGATION $4,495.91 $4,500.00 $4,500.00 $4,500.00
31 ALEWIVES COMMITTEE WAGES $150.00 $1,508.00 $1,523.00 $1,523.00
EXPENSES $625.55 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
32 DPW WAGES $570,241.04 $601,553.00 $607,314.00 $607,314.
ROAD MACHINERY $22,497.77 $22,400.00 $23,900.00 $23,900.
SNOW & ICE CONTROL $56,027.98 $60,000.00 $60,000.00 $60,000.
INSECT/PEST CONTROL $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.
EXPENSES $152,941.79 $164,270.00 $166,395.00 $166,395.00
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL $173,402.06 $198,639.00 $204,060.00 $204,060.00
33 RECYCLING EXPENSES $699.21 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
34 STREET LIGHTING EXPENSES $12,108.88 $12,760.00 $13,000.00 $13,000.00
35 BOARD OF HEALTH WAGES $97,923.25 $107,520.00 $111,343.00 $111,343.00
VISITING NURSE ASSOC. $5,716.48 $9,890.00 $10,890.00 $10,890.00
EXPENSES $6,840.28 $6,785.00 $7,245.00 $7,245.00
36 COUNCIL ON AGING WAGES $104,648.73 $108,641.00 $113,343.00 $113,343.00
EXPENSES $9,376.00 $9,155.00 $9,860.00 $9,860.00
37 OLD TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE $7,637.22 $9,000.00 $9,300.00 $9,300.00
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38 VETERANS' SERVICES
39 BREWSTER LADIES LIBRARY
40 BLLIBRARY MAINT ACCT
41 RECREATION WAGES
EXPENSES
42 GOLF WAGES
EXPENSES
43 HISTORIC DISTRICT WAGES
EXPENSES
ASSESSMENTS
44 MEMORIAL/VETERANS' DAY
45 OLD MILL SITES COMMITTEE
46 WATER COMMISSIONER'S
WAGES
WATER STAFF WAGES
OPERATING EXPENSES
EQUIPMENT EXPENSES
GRAND TOTAL
HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING
$23,637.62 $21,093.00 $26,371.00 $26,371.00
$225,663.65 $227,586.00 $249,924.00 $237,599.00
$19,561.35 $35,002.00 $43,260.00 $43,260.00
$66,091.80 $69,387.00 $70,986.00 $70,986.00
$25,541.38 $22,908.00 $26,908.00 $26,908.00
$407,889.87 $430,719.00 $445,482.00 $445,482.00
$272,554.07 $268,046.00 $271,625.00 $271,625.00
$5,131.52 $5,391.00 $5,525.00 $5,525.00
$977.55 $600.00 $925.00 $925.00
$3,000.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00
$1,300.00 $1,300.00 $1,300.00 $1,300.00
$3,123.98 $3,150.00 $3,275.00 $3,275.00
$2,200.00 $2,200.00 $2,200.00 $2,200.00
$362,259.57 $381,123.00 $403,310.00 $403,310.00
$122,513.92 $146,368.00 $143,084.00 $143,084.00
$5,457.52 $6,020.00 $6,720.00 $6,720.00
$10,562,321.11 $10,930,696.00 $10,976,090.00 $10,963,765.00
ARTICLE 9. 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 $ 4,590.00
2. Cape Cod Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, Inc. 4,500.00
3. Cape Cod Human Services, Inc. 6,792.00
4. Consumer Assistance Council, Inc. 800.00
5. Independence House, Inc. 2,326.00
6. Interfaith Council for the Homeless of Lower Cape Cod 2,000.00
7. Legal Services for Cape Cod and Islands, Inc. 3,350.00
8. Lower Cape Human Services -Division of So. Shore Mental Health 9,200.00
9. Lower Cape Outreach Council, Inc. 3,000.00
10. Nauset, Inc. 5,725.00
11. Sight Loss Services, Inc. of Cape Cod and Islands 600.00
12. Provincetown Aids Support Group 1,500.00
TOTAL $44,383.00
for a total of Forty-Four Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty-Three and 00/100 ($44, 383.00)
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.
(Human Services Committee)
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MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 9 as printed in the warrant and to raise
and appropriate the sum of $44,383.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
VISITOR'S CENTER/BREWSTERBQOK, MAP GUIDE, ADVERTISING AND WEBSITE
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and/or transfer from
available funds, the sum of Twenty Thousand and 00/100 ($20, 000.00) Dollars to assist with the
annual publication of the Brewster Book and Map Guide, as well as the monthly publication of
Brewster advertising and Website, which advertises the Town's attractions, amenities, and
services; to provide funds for the operation of the Brewster Visitor's Center; to enable the
Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade to appropriately advertise Brewster in order to
increase room tax revenue to the town; to promote the Town golf course, or to take any other
action relative thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 10; however, that the requested amount
of $20,000.00 be amended to $18,450.00 and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of
$18,450.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
ARTICLE 11. 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 the following capital acquisitions and
expenditures to be undertaken during Fiscal Year 1999 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, the proceeds from any such disposition to be applied
toward the cost of acquiring said equipment or service as the case maybe:
RAISE AND TRANSFER FROM
/TEM DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATE AVAILABLE FUNDS
1. Department of Public Works
a. Fields Top Dressing Equipment $ 9,750.00
b. Road Maintenance/Drainage $ 60,000.00
c. Roll-Off Trash Container $ 7,000.00
2. Board of Selectmen
a. Town Hall Renovation Project $ 40,000.00
b. Old Town Hall Roof $ 40,000.00
c. Cemetery Construction $ 58,000.00
3. Alewife Committee
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a. Stone Wall Repair $ 10,000.00
4. Police Department
a. Computer System Upgrade $ 20,000.00
b. Defibrillator Equipment $ 12,000.00
5. Water Deparhnent
a. Pick-Up Truck Replacement $ 18,000.00
b. Motorized Sweeper Equipment $ 2,600.00
c. Construction Account $ 80,000.00
6. Eddv Elementary School Department
a. Crossing Light Signalization $ 8,000.00
7. Stony Brook Elementary School Department
a. Gymnasium Floor Replacement $ 22,500.00
8. Fire Department
a. Pick-Up Truck Replacement $ 30,000.00
b. Rescue Billing $ 17,000.00
c. Breathing Apparatus Equipment $ 14,000.00
d. Ladder Truck Lease/Purchase Payment $ 14,000.00
e. Dive and Technical Rescue Team $ 5,000.00
f. Reserve Ambulance Program $ 1,000.00
g. Rescue Equipment $ 7,500.00
9. Board of Health
a. Hazardous Waste Collection Day $ 8,000.00
TOTAL $283,250.00 $201,100.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 11; however, that Item no.2b (Old
Town Hall Roof) be amended from $40,000.00 to $20,000.00, Item no. Sa (Pickup Truck
Replacement) be amended from $18,000.00 to $0.00; AND Item no. 6a(Crossing Light
Signalization) be amended from $8,000.00 to $0.00; and in order to appropriate this amended
total sum of $408,350.00 that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $255,250.00 and
transfer the sums of $82,600.00 from the Water Revenue Account and $70,500.00 from the
Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriations Account for these purposes.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
COUNTY RETIREMENT LEGISLATION/FIRE
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to adopt Section 1 of Chapter
171 of the Acts of 1995, which will provide a credit to call-firefighters with full-time service
pension rights, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 12 as printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
NAUSET FUNDING ASSESSMENT
ARTICLE 13 . To see if the Town will vote to amend Section IV, Paragraph E of
the Nauset Regional School District Agreement to read, "Operating expenses of each fiscal year
shall be apportioned to member towns on the basis of their respective enrollments in the regional
district schools, publicly-funded charter schools and public schools of choice, on October 1 of
the preceding fiscal year", or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Nauset Regional School Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 13 as printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
NAUSET ASSESSMENT PAYMENT SCHEDULE
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section IV, Paragraph F of
the Nauset Regional School District Agreement to read, "Each member town shall pay its
proportionate share of the capital and operating expenses to the regional school district in each
fiscal year in four equal installments on or about the first days of September, December, March,
and June, such schedule to be set by mutual agreement of the Boards o Selectmen of the member
towns and the School Committee. I mutual agreement cannot be reached, the payments shall be
due on the arst days of those months. ", or to take any other action relative thereto.
Nauset Regional School Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 14 as printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
CONTRIBUTIONS TO NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
ARTICLE 1 S. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the authorization provided
under Article No. 12 and No. 13 of the November 17, 1997 Fall Yearly Town Meeting Warrant,
relative to the allocation of the member town's required contributions to the Nauset Regional
School District, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of article no 15.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE
NAUSET HIGH SCHOOL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and/or
transfer from available funds, the sum of One Hundred and Fifty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred
and Eighty-Two and 00/100 ($158, 882.00) Dollars to install or replace doors, seating, and
athletic equipment at Nauset High School, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Nauset Regional School Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 16 as printed in the warrant and to
raise and appropriate the sum of $158,882.00 for this purpose.
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 16; however, that the sum of
$158,882.00 be amended to $58,410.00, and that the Town raise and appropriate this amended
sum of $58,410.00 for the purpose of replacing auditorium seating and class lab stools at Nauset
Regional High School.
ACTION: AMENDED MAIN MOTION ADOPTED
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to adjourn this meeting.
ACTION: ADOPTED
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:22 p.m.
MEETING RECONVENED on May 11, 1998 at 7:03 p.m.
RECESSED the Annual Town Meeting in order to open the Special Town Meeting at 7:03 p.m.
RECONVENED the Annual Town Meeting at 7:58 p.m.
LEASE OF LAND FOR THE BREWSTER WHITECAPS FIELD
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article No. 19 (Lease of
Land for the Brewster Whitecaps Field) of the November 20, 1995 Fall Yearly Town Meeting
Warrant to allow for the proposed field to be located on land within Parcel No. 80 of Map No. 26
of the Board of Assessor's maps (said land being located on School Department property in
between the current Stony Brook and the Eddy Elementary Schools), or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of Article 17.
ACTION: ADOPTED TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE
TRIENNIAL REVALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty-One Thousand and 00/100 ($21,000.00) Dollars
to perform the triennial revaluation of real and personal property in the Town of Brewster, and to
authorize the Board of Assessors 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.
(Board of Assessors)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 18 as printed in the warrant and to
transfer the sum of $21,000.00 from overlay surplus for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to direct the Board of Selectmen to
appoint a Conservation Commission consisting of seven members, as allowed under Section 8C
of Chapter 40 of the Massachusetts General Laws, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Conservation Commission)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 19 as printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BYLAW
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to adopt Chapter 138, Section 12B,
regarding the prohibition of alcoholic beverages being served in adult entertainment areas, 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 indefinitely postpone Article 20.
ACTION: DEFEATED TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE
ACTION: MAIN MOTION ADOPTED
FUNDING OF TOWN PLANNER
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Code of the Town of
Brewster so that the Planning Department by-law, to be designated as Section 5-5 of Article V of
Chapter 5, will read hereafter as follows:
The Planning Department shall be charged with the responsibility of managing
the town's planning functions, as defined by the Board of Selectmen after
receiving advice from the various town boards, committees, commissions,
councils, and town officers. The Planning Department shall also perform
such functions and responsibilities as required by law, special act, general laws,
or vote of the town.
and furthermore to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenry-
Five Thousand and 00/100 ($25, DDD. 00) Dollars for this purpose, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 21 as printed in the warrant and to raise
and appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: DEFEATED YES 190 NO 218
RESIDENTIAL SEPTIC SYSTEM LOAN PROGRAM
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Two
Hundred Thousand and 00/100 ($200, 000.00) Dollars for the purpose of making loans to
residents of the Town for repairing, replacing and/or upgrading residential septic systems
pursuant to agreements between the Board of Health and residential property owners, including
all costs incidental and related thereto, and to determine whether this appropriation shall be
raised by borrowing or otherwise, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Health)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 22 as printed in the warrant and to raise
and appropriate the sum of $200,00.00 for the purpose of making loans to residents of the Town
for repairing, replacing and/or upgrading residential septic systems pursuant to agreements
between the Board of Health and residential property owner, including the payment of all costs
incidental and related thereto, and that to meet this appropriation, the Town Treasurer, with the
approval of the board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to borrow not in excess of that sum,
under and pursuant to Chapter 111, Section 127B '/2 if the Massachusetts General Laws, or any
other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, and to enter into any
and all agreements with the Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust in connection
therewith.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
LAKES AND PONDS MONITORING PROGRAM
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds the sum of Fifteen Hundred and 00/100 ($1,500.00) Dollars for an
evaluation and monitoring program for Long Pond in cooperation with the Town of Harwich and
to authorize the Department of Natural Resources to solicit bids, enter into contracts, and to
expend said funds; furthermore, to authorize the Department of Natural Resources to apply for
and accept grant proceeds 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 $1,500.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
EVALUATION OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty Thousand and 00/100 ($20, 000.00) Dollars for
the purpose of investigating and making recommendations for the purchase of real estate, said
funds will be used to obtain various professional, legal, appraisal and engineering services under
the direction and authority of the Board of Selectmen, 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 and to raise
and appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell
the real estate within the Brewster Commerce Park, which is identified on Parcel No. 41 of Map
No. 46 of the Board of Assessor's Map, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
- MOTION: I move that the Town vote to amend Article 25 to adopt this article as anon-binding
Resolution to determine if the Town wishes the Board of Selectmen to pursue this concept,
limited to the ten business lots currently developed.
ACTION: DEFEATED
PLEASANT BAY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the Pleasant Bay Resource
Management Plan developed under the guidance of the Steering Committee and the Technical
Advisory Committee established in accord with the Intermunicipal Agreement adopted by the
Annual Town Meeting of May 1, 1995 under Article No. 23 and to enter into a successful
intermunicipal agreement with the Towns of Chatham, Harwich and Orleans, said agreement to
establish a permanent Pleasant Bay Alliance, with one representative from each Town appointed
by the Board of Selectmen, and an at large representative to be appointed by the Commission,
from a list of nominees recommended by the Board of Directors of the Friends of Pleasant Bay,
Inc., and to create a permanent Technical Resource Committee, with representatives from each
town to be nominated by the Steering Committee and appointed by the respective 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.
(Pleasant Bay Steering Committee and the
Technical Advisory Committee)
MOTION: I move that the Pleasant Bay Resource Management Plan be accepted and adopted
and further that the Intermunicipal Agreement be extended and a Representative be appointed to
the steering committee and that the sum of $10,000.00 be raised and appropriated for this
purpose.
ACTION: DEFEATED
TOWN MEETING RULES AND PROCEDURES
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Code of the Town of
Brewster to create a new bylaw which will be identified as Section 48-9 of Article VI of Chapter
48, as follows:
The Town of Brewster shall adopt the publication which is called "Town
Meeting Time" as its guide for the operation of town meetings.
f or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Town Moderator)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve Article 27 as printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
PRIVATE ROAD BETTERMENT/HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to
undertake a series of temporary road repairs in accordance with Article No. 17 of the 1996
Annual Town Meeting to the following roads:
Pine Bluff Road
Brook Trail Road
Deer Meadow Lane
Beachwood Drive
Trout Pond Lane
Driftwood Lane
Surrey Lane
High Point Drive
Meadow Glen Lane
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and furthermore, to authorize the Board of Selectmen to proceed with the reconstruction of these
ways after it has been determined that the provisions of Article 17 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 a sum of money, 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.
(Citizens Petition)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 28 as printed and to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to undertake a series of temporary road repairs in accordance with the
provisions of the vote of the Town taken under Article 17 of the 1996 Annual Town Meeting
(Temporary Road Repairs By-law) to the following private roads:
Pine Bluff Road
Brook Trail Road
Deer Meadow Lane
Beachwood Drive
Trout Pond Lane
Driftwood Lane
Surrey Lane
High Point Drive
Meadow Glen Lane
And there is hereby appropriated the sum of $244,500.00 to be expended at the direction of the
Board of selectmen, to pay for the costs of making repairs to the aforesaid private roads,
including the payment of engineering expenses and all other costs incidental and related thereto,
and that to meet such appropriation, the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is
hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $119,104.55 under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section
7, or any other enabling authority, and issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, and to transfer
the sums $3,727.95 from Article 30 of the 1990 Annual Town Meeting (Drake Road),
$15,167.50 from Article 44 of the 1991 Annual Town Meeting (Hillbourne Terrace), and
$100,000.00 from the Road Betterment Reserved for Appropriation Account, and that in
connection with the payment of the first year's principal and interest expenses in connection with
money borrowed thereunder, there is hereby raised and appropriated the sum of $6,500.00 which
sum shall be recovered through betterment assessments against abutters of the aforesaid private
roads in accordance with the provisions of the vote of the Town taken under Article 17 of the
1996 Annual Town Meeting (Temporary Road Repairs By-law), provided, however, that the
Highlands Property Owners Association, Inc.'s vote requesting the Town to undertake these
temporary road repairs.
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to amend Article 28 to exclude the following ways from
this private road betterment:
Surrey Lane
Deer Meadow Lane
Trout Pond Lane
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And to amend the Total appropriation from the sum of $244,500.00 to $202,500.00 and further
that the borrowing authorization be amended from the sum of $119,104.55 to $77,104.55.
ACTION: AMENDMENT DEFEATED
ACTION: MAIN MOTION ADOPTED YES 247 NO 37
TOWN CODE BOOK EXPENSE
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds a sum of money for publication expenses associated with the
printing of various amendments to the Brewster Town Code and to authorize the Town Clerk 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.
(Town Clerk)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 29 as printed in the warrant and to raise
and appropriate the sum of $1,650.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED
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JUICE BAR OPERATIONAL COSTS
ARTICLE 30. 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. DD) Dollars to
finance operational costs relative to the operation of the juice bar for Brewster students in the
Nauset Regional School District and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract
with the Nauset Together We Can Prevention Council, Inc. and expend such funds for this
purpose, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizens Petition)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 30 as printed in the warrant and to raise
and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED
ADOPTION OF BYLAW/CAPITAL EXPENSE BALLOT QUESTION
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following By Law:
Any amount of money to be appropriated, borrowed and/or bonded
in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), excepting the Town's
Operating Budget, lawfully incurred debt and any valid contract obligation,
which is voted in Town Meeting shall not become valid unless ratified by a
majority of the voters, by ballot, in a subsequent Town Election. The
effective date of this By Law shall be the first day of fiscal year Nineteen
Hundred and Ninety Nine (1999).
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizens Petition)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 31 as printed in the warrant.
ACTION: DEFEATED
ADOPTION OF BYLAW/USER FEE
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following By Law:
1. No public user fee, license fee or permit fee which is authorized by
law or By Law to be set by any town official or board shall be valid
or collectible if it increased from the previous year by an amount
greater than two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) unless such increase
is approved by a vote of Town Meeting.
2. Any said user fee, license fee or permit fee which is authorized by law
or By Law to be set by any Town official or board which is not in effect
as of the date of this By Law shall initially be established by a vote of
Town Meeting.
3. If any provision of this By Law is held to be invalid such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions which can be given effect without
the invalid provisions, and to this end the provisions are declared
severable.
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizens Petition)
MOTION: I move that Article 32, Adoption of Bylaw/LJser Fee, as printed in the Warrant, be
adopted.
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to amend Article 32 to eliminate Golf user Fees from this
bylaw.
ACTION: AMENDMENT ADOPTED
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of Article 32.
ACTION: ADOPTED TO INDEFITELY POSTPONE
ADOPTION OF BYLAW/ARTICLE PLACEMENT ON TOWN MEETING WARRANTS
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town of Brewster will vote to amend the Code of the
Town of Brewster by adding the following as Chapter 48, Article VI, Section 48-10, as follows:
The Town will address the placement of articles on the Town Meeting Warrant by
Lottery on the Town Meeting floor. All articles shall be placed in a "fish bowl" or
other suitable container to be drawn randomly by the Town Moderator, each article to be
considered according to its sequence in the drawing process,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizens Petition)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 33 as printed in the warrant.
ACTION: DEFEATED
PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to direct the Board of Selectmen to
place the following question on the ballot for a special election:
"Shall the Town of Brewster be required to reduce the amount of real estate
and personal property taxes to be assessed for the fiscal year beginning
July first, nineteen hundred and ninety-nine by an amount equal to $2,000,000.00?
Yes
or to take any other action relative thereto.
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(Citizens Petition)
MO- TION: To see if the Town will vote to approve Article 34 as printed in the warrant, except
that the amount shall be changed from $2,000,000.00 to $250,000.00.
MO_ TION: I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of Article 34.
ACTION: ADOPTED TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE
RACIAL DIVERSITY SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS
ARTICLE 3S. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following resolution:
Whereas, according to official school district reports for 1996-97 filed
with the Massachusetts Department of Education (Ed Reform System
Staff Report October 1, 1997), the Nauset Regional School District
employees 132 teachers of whom only one is a teacher of color;
Whereas, according to official school district reports for 1996-97 filed
with the Massachusetts Department of Education (Ed Reform System
Staff Report October 1, 1997), the Town of Brewster employs
forty-seven teachers, of whom only one is a teacher of color;
Whereas, the Equal Opportunity and Discrimination policy of the
Nauset Regional School District, adopted on March 20, 1996, states:
"The school districts will continue to develop a system of positive
steps to recruit, retain, and promote a qualified staff that reflects
the cultural diversity in the community, and in the society at large."
Whereas, it is important that children experience racial and ethnic
diversity in their public school teachers, so they may learn to live
effectively in amulti-cultural, democratic society;
Therefore, the citizens of Brewster request that the Superintendent
of the Nauset Regional School District, the Nauset Regional School
Committee, the Brewster School Committee, and the Principals of
Nauset High School, Nauset Middle School, Eddy Elementary
School, and the Stony Brook Elementary School, be proactive and
assertive in their recruitment and hiring of qualified teachers of color.
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Citizen's Petition)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 35 as printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED
REAL ESTATE EASEMENT
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to convey, for no consideration, to
Peter and Carol Trull an easement over a portion of the Town land adjacent to the Belmont Park
housing development, to require the recording of a plan to show the location of the easement area
and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to determine the easement's location, to permit Peter
and Carol Trull to install and maintain a private well, pump, and water lines, or to take any other
action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 36 as printed in the warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED
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)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 37 as printed in the warrant and to
transfer the sum of $150,000.00 from Free Cash for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE 38. To act on any other business that may legally come before this
meeting.
MOTION: I move the Town vote to adjourn this meeting.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
MEETING ADJOURNED at 10:55 p.m.
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
Joan K. Cole
Town Clerk
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