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May 5th, 2008
In accordance with the Warrant, the Special Town Meeting was held in the Stony Brook Cafetorium,
Monday, May 5th, 2008.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30p.m. by the Moderator, Stephen L. Doyle.
The tellers were David Lahive, David Quinn, Sheila Gerhardt, and Patricia Galante. The checkers were
Elizabeth Hardy, June Gallant, Nancy Berbrick, Janet Norton, Ken Berbrick, Colette Williams,
Maureen Steinnman, and Joanne Hush. Gennaro Tursi, Chairman of the Board of Registrars was
present.
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. Galls $108.00
2. Falmouth Hospital $221.00
Total $329.00
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 $221.00 from Free Cash and $108.00 from the Ambulance
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation account 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 $250.00 from Line Item No. 6 (Town Hall Maintenance Expenses) to
Line Item No. 6 (Town Hall Maintenance Wages) of Article No. 5 of the 2007 Annual
Town Meeting.
b) Transfer the sum of $13,000.00 from Free Cash to Line Item No. 7 (Police Department
Expenses) of Article No. 5 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting.
c) Transfer the sum of $20,000.00 from Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation
account to Line Item No. 8 (Fire Department Wages) of Article No. 5 of the 2007 Annual
Town Meeting.
d) Transfer the sum of $30,000.00 from Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation
account to Line Item No. 8 (Fire Department Expenses) of Article No. 5 of the 2007
Annual Town Meeting.
e) Transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from Line Item No. 11 (Natural Resources and
Conservation Wages) to Line Item No. 11 (Natural Resources and Conservation Expenses)
of Article No. 5 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting.
f) Transfer the sum of $25,000.00 from Free Cash to Line Item No. 13 (Department of
Public Works Expenses) of Article No. 5 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting.
g) Transfer the sum of $3,000.00 from the Water Surplus account to Line Item No. 14
(Water Department Expenses) of Article No. 5 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting.
h) Transfer the sum of $25,000.00 from the Golf Receipts Reserved for Appropriation account
to Line Item No. 15 (Golf Department Expenses) of Article No. 5 of the 2007 Annual Town
Meeting.
i) Transfer the sum of $139,607.00 from Free Cash to the Elementary School
Department’s Operating budget of Article No. 4 of the 2007 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,
but that,
• item c (Fire Department Wages) be amended from the sum of $20,000.00 to
$10,000.00, and
• item d (Fire Department Expenses) be amended from the sum of $30,000.00 to
$20,000.00
and to transfer the total amended sum of $245,857.00 for these purposes.
ACTION: Adopted Unanimously
PRIVATE ROAD ENGINEERING SERVICES /
BEAVER ROAD & MUSKRAT LANE BETTERMENT PROJECT
ARTICLE NO. 3: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds from
the sum of SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND 00/100 ($7,500.00) DOLLARS to
finance costs associated with engineering services for a private road betterment for Beaver Road
and Muskrat 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 sums of:
• $620.00 from article no. 13 of the November 1998 Fall Yearly Town Meeting
warrant (Blueberry Pond Private Road Betterment project),
• $3,526.00 from article no. 4 of the May 2005 Annual Town Meeting warrant
(Kings Grant Private Road Betterment project)
• $3,354.00 from article no. 5 of the May 2005 Annual Town Meeting warrant
(Barons Way Private Road Betterment project)
for this purpose.
ACTION: Adopted Unanimously
PRIVATE ROAD ENGINEERING SERVICES /
OLD VALLEY ROAD BETTERMENT PROJECT
ARTICLE NO. 4: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the
sum of SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND 00/100 ($7,500.00) DOLLARS to
finance costs associated with engineering services for a private road betterment for Old Valley
Road 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. 4 as printed in the warrant
and to transfer the sums of $7,500.00 from article no. 5 (Barons Way Private Road
Betterment project) of the May 2005 Annual Town Meeting warrant for this purpose
ACTION: Adopted Unanimously
TOWN OFFICES HVAC REPLACEMENT PROJECT
ARTICLE NO. 5: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds a sum of
money to pay costs associated with the engineering, design, construction, renovation, appurtenances
and all other costs incidental and related thereto for the replacement and improvement of the heating
and ventilation systems at the Town Offices building, 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
and to transfer the sum of $380,000.00 from Free Cash for this purpose.
ACTION: Adopted
EDDY SCHOOL EXTERIOR TRIM REPLACEMENT PROJECT
ARTICLE NO. 6: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds a sum of
money to pay additional costs associated with the construction, renovation, appurtenances and all
other costs incidental and related thereto for the replacement and improvement of the exterior trim at
the Eddy Elementary School building, 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. 6 as printed in the warrant
and to transfer the sum of $40,000.00 from the Free Cash for this purpose.
ACTION: Adopted Unanimously
CAPTAINS GOLF COURSE HVAC PROJECT
ARTICLE NO. 7: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds a sum of
money to pay additional costs associated with the construction, renovation, appurtenances and all
other costs incidental and related thereto for the installation of a heating and ventilation system for
the Captains Golf Course Pavilion building, 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. 7 as printed in the warrant
and to transfer the sum of $40,000.00 from the Golf Receipts Reserved for Appropriation
account for this purpose.
ACTION: Adopted Unanimously
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUNDING
ARTICLE NO. 8: To see if the Town will vote to act upon the recommendations of the
Community Preservation Committee; to appropriate from the Community Preservation Fund to spend
during Fiscal Year 2008 or to hold for future expenditure the following sums from the Fund’s Fiscal
Year 2008 revenues; and to authorize the Town, acting through its Board of Selectmen and
Community Preservation Committee, to enter into contracts for the award of grants to the following
agencies; all as follows:
Item Category:
1. Historic Preservation:
a. Brewster Historical Society:
Higgins Farm Windmill Project $10,000.00
2. Open Space:
a. Stranahan Debt Service Expense $630,000.00
Grand-total $640,000.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Community Preservation Committee)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 8 as printed in the warrant
and to transfer the sums of $10,000.00 from the Fund Balance Reserved for Historic
Preservation and $630,000.00 from the Fund Balance Reserved for Open Space for these
purposes.
ACTION: Adopted Unanimously
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM / STONY BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ARTICLE NO. 9: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of FIFTY SIX
THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($56,000.00) DOLLARS for the installation of a Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative supported solar energy system on the Brewster Stony Brook School and to
fund such article, raise, transfer from available, or authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the
Board of Selectmen to borrow $56,000 under Chapter 44 of the Massachusetts General Laws, or to
take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required or Two-thirds (Citizens Petition)
Vote if Borrowing is Authorized)
MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 9 as printed in the warrant
and to transfer the sum of $56,000.00 from the Stabilization Fund for this purpose.
ACTION: Defeated Yes-120 No-213
SPECIAL LEGISLATION / ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
ARTICLE NO. 10: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to
petition the state legislature to enact special legislation as follows:
Section 1. In addition to the number of licenses authorized by Section 12 of Chapter 138 of
the General Laws, the town of Brewster may issue to a licensed common victualer or innholder
two, additional, year-round licenses for the service of all alcoholic beverages to be consumed
on the premises.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
and to provide that the legislature, in order to achieve the objective of this petitioned legislation, may
vary the form of this legislation in any manner it prefers, 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. 10 as printed in the warrant,
but that the words “a licensed common victular or innholder” be altered to read “licensed
common victulars or innholders.
ACTION: Adopted
OTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE NO. 11: 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 2008 Special Town Meeting.
A True Copy Attest:
Mildred A. Unger
Town Clerk