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Report of the
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
May 3RD, 2010
In accordance with the Warrant, the Special Town Meeting was held in the Stony Brook
Cafetorium on Monday, May 3RD, 2010.
The meeting was called to order at 7:15p.m. by the moderator, Stephen L. Doyle.
The tellers were David Lahive, David Quinn and Pat Galante. The checkers were June
Gallant, Nancy Berbrick, Elizabeth Hardy, Ann Golini, Joan Bernstein, Colette Williams, John
Unger and Maureen Steinnman.
A quorum was present.
The Town Clerk, Mildred A. Unger, read the Special Town Meeting Warrant and the return
of the Warrant. There being no objection, the Moderator dispensed with the reading of the
articles.
UNPAID BILLS
ARTICLE NO. 1: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds a
sum of money to pay bills incurred but unpaid during a previous fiscal year, as follows:
1. BWPO, Department of Radiology $39.00
2. Associated Alarm $45.00
Total $84.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Nine-Tenths Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 1 as printed in the
warrant and to transfer the sum of $84.00 from Free Cash for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
BUDGETARY TRANSFERS
ARTICLE NO. 2: To see if the Town will vote in the following manner to
appropriate from available funds and/or to transfer from surplus funds in some
departments the amounts needed to prevent deficits in other departments this fiscal year:
a. Transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from line item no. 4 (Assessors Wages) to line
item no. 2 (Selectmen Expenses) of article no. 3 of the 2009 Annual Town
Meeting,
b. Transfer the sum of $2,000.00 from line item no. 4 (Assessors Wages) to line
item no. 2 (Town Administrator/Seasonal Wages) of article no. 3 of the 2009
Annual Town Meeting,
c. Transfer the sum of $3,000.00 from line item no. 4 (Assessors Wages) and
$7,000.00 from line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Wages) and $15,150.00
from the Cable Franchise Fee account to line item no. 2 (Legal Expenses) of
article no. 3 of the 2009 Annual Town Meeting,
d. Transfer the sum of $1,806.00 from line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Wages)
to line item no. 4 (Debt Service) of article no. 3 of the 2009 Annual Town
Meeting,
e. Transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector
Wages) and $45,000.00 from line item no. 10 (Building Inspector/HDC Wages)
of the 2009 Annual Town Meeting to line item no. 4 (Fringe Benefits Expense) of
article no. 3 of the 2009 Annual Town Meeting,
f. Transfer the sum of $15,000.00 from Ambulance Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation account to line item no. 8 (Fire/Rescue Wages) of article no. 3 of
the 2009 Annual Town Meeting,
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g. Transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from Ambulance Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation account to line item no. 8 (Fire Expenses) of article no. 3 of the
2009 Annual Town Meeting,
h. Transfer the sum of $24,000.00 from line item no. 13 (Solid Waste Disposal) to
line item no. 13 (DPW Road Machinery Expense) of article no. 3 of the 2009
Annual Town Meeting,
i. Transfer the sum of $40,000.00 from line item no. 13 (Solid Waste Disposal) to
line item no. 13 (DPW Expenses) of article no. 3 of the 2009 Annual Town
Meeting,
j. Transfer the sum of $15,000.00 from Water Revenues to line item no. 14
(Water Staff Wages) of article no. 3 of the 2009 Annual Town Meeting,
k. Transfer the sum of $4,000.00 from line item no. 4 (Assessors Wages) and
$2,000.00 from line item no. 5 (Town Clerk Staff Wages) to line item no. 21
(Veteran’s Benefits Expenses) of article no. 3 of the 2009 Annual Town Meeting,
l. Transfer the sum of $23,000.00 from line item no. 17 (Council on Aging
Wages), $9,000.00 from line item 13 (Solid Waste Disposal), $6,250.00 from
line item no. 4 (Treasurer/Collector Wages) and $5,000.00 from line item no.
20 (General Liability Insurance) to Article no. 2 (Elementary School Operating
Budget) of the 2009 Annual Town Meeting,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 2 as printed in the
warrant and to transfer the sum of $247,206.00 for these purposes.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
PRIVATE ROAD ENGINEERING SERVICES / Hazel Lane Project
ARTICLE NO. 3: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the
sum of FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($5,000.00) DOLLARS to finance costs
associated with engineering services for a private road betterment for Hazel Lane and to
authorize the Town Administrator to solicit bids and/or proposals, enter into a contract or
contracts and expend said funds for this purpose, said expense to be recovered through
the betterment assessments against the abutters, or to take any other action relative
thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 3 as printed in the
warrant and to transfer the sum $5,000.00 from the Fund Balance Reserved for
Road Betterments account for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUNDING / Administration
ARTICLE NO. 4: To see if the Town will vote to act upon the recommendations of the
Community Preservation Committee; to appropriate from FY2010 revenues and/or from
previously reserved funds or to set aside for future use the amounts shown below; to
authorize the Town Administrator to enter into contracts for the award of grants to the
following agencies; to authorize the Community Preservation Committee, pursuant to the
provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 184, Sections 31 through 33, all as
follows:
Item: Category:
1. Administration and Operating Expenses:
a. Administration and Operating Expenses. To appropriate the sum of
$10,000.00 Dollars from the Fund’s Fiscal Year 2010 revenues for expenditure by
the Community Preservation Committee and the Town Administrator for the general
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administration and operating expenses related to carrying out the operations of the
Community Preservation Committee;
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Community Preservation Committee)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 4 as printed in the
warrant and to transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from Fund Balance Reserved for
Open Space for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION
ARTICLE NO. 5: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the
sum of FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($45,000.00) DOLLARS in order to
pay for the acquisition of a vehicle for the Fire Chief, and to authorize the Town
Administrator to solicit bids, enter into contracts, and expend these funds for this purpose,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 5 as printed in the
warrant, however that the appropriation be amended from the sum of
$45,000.00 to $40,000.00 and to transfer the sum of $40,000.00 from
Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation account for this purpose.
ACTION: ADOPTED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FY2009 OPERATIONAL DEFICIT
ARTICLE NO. 6: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Free Cash the sum
of EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE AND 00/100
($83,165.00) DOLLARS to be used to offset an operational deficit from Fiscal Year 2009
for the Brewster Elementary Schools, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 6 as printed in the
warrant.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / Sign Regulations
ARTICLE NO. 7: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Brewster
Zoning By-laws Article VI (Signs) by adding a new Section 179-20.3 entitled “A-frame signs
for any business”, as follows:
179-20.3 A-Frame signs for any business
A. One A-frame sign is permitted, not to exceed eight square feet in area on a side.
B. A-frame signs to be located within an historic district must receive approval from the
appropriate local or regional historic district commission.
C. A-frame signs must be located on the property of the business being advertised. A-
Frame signs may not be located within the road right of way.
D. Permits for A-frame signs run from June 1 to May 31 and must be renewed
annually.
or take any other action relative thereto
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(Two-Thirds Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of
Article No. 7.
ACTION: INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
OTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE NO. 8: To act upon any other business that may legally come before
this meeting.
(Board of Selectmen)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to dissolve the 2010 Special Town Meeting.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
The meeting was dissolved at 8:05pm.
A True Copy Attest:
Town Clerk