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MAY 3, 2004
2004 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Article
No. Article Name Sponsor
1 UNPAID BILLS BOARD OF SELECTMEN
2 BUDGETARY TRANSFERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN
3 OPEIU, UNITS A & B, COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BOARD OF SELECTMEN
4 IAFF COLLECTIVE BARGAINGING
AGREEMENT BOARD OF SELECTMEN
5 TRIENNIAL REVALUATION OF REAL
ESTATE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
6 OTHER BUSINESS
2004 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
1 ANNUAL REPORT/CONSENT CALENDAR BOARD OF SELECTMEN
2 HERRING/ALEWIFE FISHERIES ALEWIFE COMMITTEE
3 CAPE COD VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL CAPE COD VOCATIONAL
SCHOOL OPERATING BUDGET TECHNICAL SCHOOL
COMMITTEE
4 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPERATING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BUDGETS COMMITTEE
5 TOWN OPERATING BUDGET BOARD OF SELECTMEN
6 NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOLS NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL
OPERATING BUDGET COMMITTEE
7 ASSESSMENT FORMULA FOR NAUSET NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL
REGIONAL SCHOOLS COMMITTEE
8 HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
9 LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
FUNDING REQUEST CITIZENS’ PETITION
10 HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION BOARD OF HEALTH AND
DAY PROGRAM WATER COMMISSION
11 BREWSTER TOWN BAND BOARD OF SELECTMEN
12 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BOARD OF SELECTMEN
13 NAUSET SCHOOL DISTRICT CAPITAL NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL
EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE
14 CAPTAINS GOLF COURSE
IRRIGATION SYSTEM PROJECT GOLF COMMISSION
15 RESCIND DEBT AUTHORIZATION BOARD OF SELECTMEN
16 CROSBY MANSION REVOLVING FUND BOARD OF SELECTMEN
17 FUNDING FOR FULL-TIME
FIRE INSPECTOR FIRE CHIEF
18 FUNDING FOR REGIONAL
DISPATCH SERVICE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
19 FIRE STATION LOCATION AND
RESPONSE TIME STUDY FIRE CHIEF
20 ACCEPTANCE OF STATE ENABLING
LEGISLATION/SPRINKLERS FIRE CHIEF
21 ACCEPTANCE OF STATE ENABLING
LEGISLATION/BENEFITS FIRE CHIEF
22 AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW PLANNING BOARD
23 AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW PLANNING BOARD
24 AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW PLANNING BOARD
25 AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW PLANNING BOARD
26 AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW PLANNING BOARD
27 AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW CITIZENS’ PETITION
28 GIFT OF LAND BOARD OF SELECTMEN
29 SALE OF TOWN-OWNED LAND BOARD OF SELECTMEN
30 AMENDMENT TO HUNTING POLICY CITIZENS’ PETITION
31 PENSION FUND BOARD OF SELECTMEN
32 STABILIZATION FUND BOARD OF SELECTMEN
33 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
MAY 3, 2004
Barnstable, ss
To: Roland W. Bassett
Constable of the Town of Brewster
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to
notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Brewster, qualified to vote in town
affairs, to meet at the Stony Brook Elementary School Cafetorium, on Monday the third
day of May, 2004 next, at 7:10 p.m. o’clock in the evening, then and there to act upon
the following articles.
UNPAID BILLS
ARTICLE NO. 1: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds
and appropriate a sum of money to pay the following bills unpaid during the previous
fiscal year:
1. Mobile Fire $324.45
2. Cape Cod Truck $102.70
3. W.B. Mason $ 13.30
4. U. S. Post Office $660.00
Total $1,100.45
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Nine-Tenths Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
BUDGETARY TRANSFERS
ARTICLE NO. 2: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds
and/or appropriate from surplus funds in some departments an amount of money to be
used in conjunction with funds appropriated under current fiscal year budgets during the
current fiscal year to pay shortfalls that would otherwise exist in the Fiscal Year 2003
budgets of other departments, as follows:
a) Transfer the sum of $50,000.00 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation Account to Line Item No. 26 (Fire/Rescue Department Wages) of
Article No. 5 of the 2003 Annual Town meeting.
b) Transfer the sum of $20,000.00 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation Account to Line Item No. 26 (Fire/Rescue Department Expenses /
maintenance and medical) of Article No. 5 of the 2003 Annual Town Meeting.
c) Transfer the sum of $35,000.00 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation Account to Line Item No. Line Item No. 26 (Fire/Rescue
Department Expenses / Engine No. 233 & 234) of Article No. 5 of the 2003 Annual
Town Meeting.
d) Transfer the sum of $5,000.00 from Line Item No. 39 (Water Department
Salaries & Wages) the to Line Item No. 39 (Water Department Equipment
Expenses) of Article No. 5 of the 2003 Annual Town Meeting.
e) Transfer the sum of $5,000.00 from Line Item No. 7 (Assessor Wages) to Line
Item No. 9 (Legal Expenses) of Article No. 5 of the 2003 Annual Town Meeting.
f) Transfer the sum of $2,000.00 from Line Item No. 8 (Treasurer/Collector
Wages) the to Line Item No. 28 (Natural Resources and Conservation Wages) of
Article No. 5 of the 2003 Annual Town Meeting.
g) Transfer the sum of $900.00 from the to Line Item No. 8 (Treasurer/Collector
Wages) to Line Item No. 19 (Debt Service) of Article No. 5 of the 2003 Annual
Town Meeting.
h) Transfer the sum of $3,000.00 from the to Line Item No. 8 (Treasurer/Collector
Wages) to Line Item No. 4 (Administrator Wages) of Article No. 5 of the 2003
Annual Town Meeting.
or to take any action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
OPEIU, UNITS A & B, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
ARTICLE NO. 3: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds a sum of money to be used to meet the terms and
conditions of the proposed collective bargaining agreement, effective July 1, 2003,
between the Town of Brewster and the Office and Professional Employee’s International
Union, Units A & B, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
IAFF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
ARTICLE NO. 4: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds a sum of money to be used to meet the terms and
conditions of the proposed collective bargaining agreement, effective July 1, 2003,
between the Town of Brewster and the International Association of Firefighters, or to
take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
TRIENNIAL REVALUATION OF REAL PROPERTY
ARTICLE 5: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum
of TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($22,000.00) DOLLARS for the
purposes of performing the interim year updates services of real property 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, or to take any other action relative
thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
OTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE NO. 6: To act upon any other business that may legally come before
this meeting.
Given under our hand and Seal of the Town of Brewster affixed this ninth
day of March, 2004.
John C. Mitchell, Chairman
Peter G. Norton, Vice-Chairman
Dyanne M. Cooney, Clerk
James W. Foley
Robert B. Hirschman
I, Roland W. Bassett, duly qualified Constable for the Town of Brewster, hereby certify
that I served the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting of May 3, 2004 by posting
attested copies thereof, in the following locations in the Town on the day of
, 2004.
Brewster Town Offices
Brewster Farms
Brewster Ladies Library
Brewster Pizza House
The Brewster Store
Millstone Liquors
U. S. Post Office
Roland W. Bassett, Constable
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MAY 3, 2004
Barnstable, ss
To: Roland W. Bassett
Constable for the Town of Brewster
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby
directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Brewster, qualified to vote in
Town affairs, to meet at the Stony Brook Elementary School Cafetorium, on Monday, the
third day of May, 2004 next, at 7:00 p.m. o’clock in the evening, then and there to act
upon the following articles.
ANNUAL REPORT/CONSENT CALENDAR
ARTICLE NO. 1: To act upon the Annual Town Report of the Board of
Selectmen, Town Officers and other Special Committees, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
HERRING/ALEWIFE FISHERIES
ARTICLE NO. 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.
(Majority Vote Required) (Alewife Committee)
CAPE COD VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL OPERATING BUDGET
ARTICLE NO. 3: 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, 2005, as follows:
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED
ITEM DEPARTMENT FY2003 FY2004 FY2005
1. CAPE COD TECH. ASSESSMENT $634,860.00 $766,482.00 $769,359.00
TOTAL ASSESSMENT $634,860.00 $766,482.00 $769,359.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Cape Cod Vocational Technical School Committee)
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OPERATING BUDGETS
ARTICLE NO. 4: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds a sum of money to defray the Elementary Schools’ charges
and expenses, for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2005, as follows:
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED
ITEM DEPARTMENT _FY2003 FY2004 FY2005
1. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUDGET $4,680,500.00 $5,309,190.00 $5,365,119.00
TOTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $4,680,500 $5,309,190.00 $5,365,119.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Elementary School Committee)
TOWN OPERATING BUDGET
ARTICLE NO. 5: 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 furthermore, to fix the salary and compensation of all elected officials of the Town
as provided in Section No. 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended, for the
Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2005, as follows:
SELECTMEN
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED
DEPARTMENT FY2003 FY2004 FY2005
1 MODERATOR WAGES 300.00 300.00 300.00
2 SELECTMEN'S WAGES 4,769.21 5,250.00 5,250.00
STAFF WAGES 39,863.64 41,591.00 43,286.00
EDUCATIONAL REIMB 424.00 1,200.00 1,000.00
EXPENSES 20,427.62 22,250.00 22,520.00
3 ASSESSMENTS 22,977.96 23,129.00 23,427.00
4 ADMINISTRATOR WAGES 196,527.82 220,130.00 215,432.00
EXPENSES 8,022.87 7,900.00 7,460.00
5 FINCOM EXPENSES 461.78 1,000.00 1,000.00
RESERVE FUND 26,262.00 100,000.00 85,000.00
6 ACCOUNTANT WAGES 99,054.41 102,795.00 112,993.00
AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS 17,625.00 23,500.00 24,500.00
EXPENSES 5,736.01 7,320.00 6,410.00
7 ASSESSOR WAGES 125,006.79 131,460.00 122,635.00
EXPENSES 19,021.28 14,495.00 15,950.00
8 TREAS/COLL WAGES 164,896.32 172,767.00 147,577.00
EXPENSES 25,224.76 23,250.00 25,100.00
9 LEGAL EXPENSES 84,886.82 89,000.00 84,000.00
10 TOWN CLERK'S WAGES 48,298.76 50,587.00 50,737.00
CLERK STAFF WAGES 43,361.14 28,844.00 28,436.00
EXPENSES 3,479.26 4,400.00 4,350.00
11 ELECTION WAGES 11,586.61 8,500.00 12,500.00
EXPENSES 8,881.74 3,870.00 4,920.00
12 REGISTRAR WAGES 1,555.58 3,400.00 3,400.00
EXPENSES 2,902.29 1,900.00 1,900.00
13 PLANNING/APPEALS WAGES 29,028.12 29,856.00 30,480.00
PLANNING/APPEALS EXPENSES 1,969.90 2,125.00 2,075.00
14 VEHICLE POOL MAINT 1,879.32 5,200.00 4,000.00
15 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
WAGES 53,767.04 56,154.00 58,199.00
EXPENSES 26,283.79 23,690.00 34,913.00
16 TOWN HALL MAINT WAGES 51,796.54 54,594.00 56,591.00
EXPENSES 39,408.22 42,425.00 40,000.00
COA BLDG EXPENSES 9,324.02 14,800.00 11,025.00
SELECTMEN
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED
DEPARTMENT FY2003 FY2004 FY2005
17 TOWN REPORT EXPENSES 6,661.04 8,500.00 7,300.00
18 DRUMMER BOY EXPENSES 698.08 740.00 700.00
19 DEBT SERVICE 2,841,130.12 2,703,296.00 2,543,919.00
20 FRINGE BENEFITS 1,454,863.16 1,635,461.00 1,809,092.00
21 RETIREMENT/PENSION 665,524.14 780,182.00 865,258.00
22 UNCLASSIFIED 123,687.36 126,117.00 108,160.00
23 LIABILITY INSURANCE 270,285.50 271,104.00 313,150.00
24 CONSTABLE 250.00 250.00 250.00
25 POLICE WAGES 1,278,483.49 1,366,928.00 1,425,400.00
EXPENSES 176,256.62 161,084.00 161,579.00
26 FIRE/RESCUE WAGES 1,049,214.68 948,019.00 966,748.00
EXPENSES 74,506.80 82,000.00 81,100.00
RESCUE EXPENSES 50,699.85 62,500.00 60,500.00
STATION EXPENSES 45,423.89 48,100.00 53,000.00
27 BLDG INSPECTOR/HDC WAGES 227,506.97 252,907.00 247,734.00
BUILDING/HDC EXPENSES 8,214.55 3,647.00 4,800.00
28 NATURAL RESOURCES AND
CONSERVATION WAGES 152,678.56 152,220.00 157,873.00
EXPENSES 22,433.20 19,350.00 26,650.00
PROPAGATION 5,854.33 6,000.00 6,000.00
29 DOG OFFICER EXPENSES 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00
30 ALEWIVE COMM. WAGES 1,850.00 1,830.00 1,830.00
EXPENSES 626.36 1,000.00 1,000.00
31 DPW WAGES 604,250.03 641,915.00 651,012.00
ROAD MACHINERY 21,510.15 43,400.00 28,700.00
SNOW & ICE CONTROL 160,000.00 65,000.00 65,000.00
INSECT/PEST CONTROL 1,072.00 1,100.00 1,205.00
EXPENSES 149,349.04 194,183.00 193,319.00
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL 302,565.71 308,380.00 298,600.00
32 RECYCLING EXPENSES 154.55 0.00 0.00
33 STREETLIGHTING 5,354.97 6,800.00 6,800.00
34 BOARD OF HEALTH WAGES 121,159.03 128,354.00 130,290.00
VISITING NURSE ASSOC. 15,804.03 14,400.00 16,075.00
EXPENSES 5,538.84 7,200.00 6,700.00
35 COUNCIL ON AGING WAGES 125,022.12 130,317.00 130,375.00
EXPENSES 10,975.12 12,966.00 14,200.00
36 OLD MILL SITE COMM. 3,630.99 3,700.00 4,325.00
37 VETERANS SERVICES 10,332.48 12,500.00 6,000.00
38 LADIES LIBRARY 386,216.00 389,379.00 401,329.00
39 WATER COMM. WAGES 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00
WATER STAFF WAGES 472,928.90 502,206.00 516,731.00
OPERATING EXPENSES 195,976.89 227,233.00 237,571.00
EQUIPMENT EXPENSES 9,083.82 6,915.00 8,580.00
40 RECREATION WAGES 79,635.51 86,438.00 85,388.00
EXPENSES 28,273.55 27,609.00 25,609.00
41 GOLF DEPT WAGES 934,302.35 1,002,488.00 1,020,478.00
EXPENSES 626,975.72 620,045.00 643,761.00
42 MEMORIAL/VETERANS DAY EXP. 1,400.00 1,400.00 1,400.00
GRAND TOTAL 13,935,571.12 14,395,045.00 14,635,057.00 0.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOLS OPERATING BUDGET
ARTICLE NO. 6: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds a sum of money to defray the Nauset Regional School’s
charges and expenses for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2005, as follows:
EXPENDED APPROPRIATED REQUESTED
ITEM DEPARTMENT FY2003 FY2004 FY2005
1. NAUSET ASSESSMENT $6,322,951.00 $7,401,600.00 $7,868,163.00
TOTAL ASSESSMENT $6,322,951.00 $7,401,600.00 $7,868,163.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Nauset Regional School Committee)
ASSESSMENT FORMULA FOR NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOLS
ARTICLE NO. 7: To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of the
Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 71, Section 16B and to reallocate the sum of the
member towns’ contributions to the Nauset Regional School District in accordance with
the Regional Agreement rather than the Education Reform Formula, so-called, or to take
any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Nauset Regional School Committee)
HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING
ARTICLE NO. 8: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds the sum of FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY-THREE AND 00/100 ($59,783.00) DOLLARS for the following
organizations and in the following respective amounts:
1. Cape Aids Resource Exchange and Services (CARES) $2,500.00
2. Cape Cod Child Development Program, Inc. $5,020.00
3. Cape Cod Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, Inc. $4,500.00
4. Consumers Assistance Council, Inc. $500.00
5. Gosnold $4,500.00
6. Independence House, Inc. $3,700.00
7. Interfaith Council for the Homeless of Lower Cape Cod $3,288.00
8. Legal Services for Cape Cod & Islands, Inc. $3,800.00
9. Lower Cape Outreach Council, Inc. $6,400.00
10. Nauset, Inc. $6,425.00
11. Sight Loss Services, Inc. of Cape Cod & Islands $650.00
12. South Shore Mental Health – Bayview Associates $3,000.00
13. The Salvation Army $3,000.00
14. Nauset Together We Can Prevention Council, Inc. $5,000.00
15. Elder Services of Cape Cod “Meals on Wheels” $7,500.00
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GRAND TOTAL $59,783.00
and to authorize the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Health, and the School
Committee, as appropriate, to enter into contracts with these organizations in order to
provide desired social services for residents of Brewster, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Human Services Committee)
LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION FUNDING REQUEST
ARTICLE NO. 9: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and/or transfer
from available funds, the sum of TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND AND 00/100
($22,000.00) DOLLARS, to be expended under the direction of the Board of
Selectmen to help defray costs associated with the annual publication and distribution of
the Brewster Book and Beach 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 Information Center;
and, under a contract with and at the direction of the Board of Selectmen, to enable the
Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade United to appropriately advertise Brewster in
order to increase room tax and beach pass revenue for the Town, promote the Town’s
golf course, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Citizens’ Petition)
HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY PROGRAM
ARTICLE NO. 10: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the water
revenue account the sum of EIGHT THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($8,000.00)
DOLLARS to finance costs associated with the hazardous waste collection day program
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, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Health & Water Commission)
BREWSTER TOWN BAND FUNDING
ARTICLE NO. 11: To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of
Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Brewster Town Band in order to obtain
instrumental performances for the Town, to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from
available funds the sum of ONE THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($1,000.00) DOLLARS,
and to authorize the Town Administrator to solicit bids and/or proposals, enter into a
contract or contracts, accept grant proceeds and expend said funds for this purpose, or
to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
ARTICLE NO. 12: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer
from available funds and/or borrow a sum of money for the purpose of funding the
following capital acquisitions and expenditures to be undertaken during Fiscal Year 2005
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 services as the case may be:
TRANSFER
FROM
AVAILABLE
ITEM DEPARTMENT FUNDS
1. Board of Selectmen
a. Assessing Software Program $10,000.00
b. Fuel Facility Maintenance/Repair $9,000.00
2. Fire Department
a. Rescue Billing Services $ 35,000.00
b. Rescue Equipment $ 7,500.00
c. Rescue Tool Equipment $ 10,000.00
d. Hose Replacement $ 10,000.00
e. Computer Equipment $ 25,000.00
f. Facility Repair Project $100,000.00
3. Department of Public Works
a. Landfill Post Closure Consulting
Services $ 20,000.00
b. Rehabilitate Fuel Management
System and Tank Monitors $ 10,000.00
4. Golf Department
a. Rac-O-Vacs (Replacements – 2 units) $ 60,000.00
b. Fairway Over Seeding Project $ 18,000.00
c. Cold Storage Building Addition $ 80,000.00
5. Police Department
a. Patrol Vehicles $ 63,000.00
6. Building Department
a. Inspection Vehicle Replacement $ 22,000.00
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Grand-total $ 479,500.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
NAUSET SCHOOL DISTRICT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
ARTICLE NO. 13: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds the sum of TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND 0NE HUNDRED
TWENTY-TWO AND 00/100 ($22,122.00) DOLLARS, Brewster’s share of capital
improvements to the Nauset Regional High School, for the following purposes and in the
following amounts:
A. Nauset High School:
• Repair Track Facility $45,000.00
Brewster’s Enrollment Share X 49.16%
Brewster’s Appropriation Request $22,122.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Nauset Regional School Committee)
CAPTAINS GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM PROJECT
ARTICLE NO. 14: To see if the town will appropriate, by borrowing, taxation,
transfer from available funds and/or otherwise, a sum of money to pay costs associated
with the replacement and upgrade of a portion of the irrigation system at the Captains
Golf Course and all other costs incidental and related thereto, and to authorize the Town
Administrator to solicit bids and or proposals, enter into a contract or contracts, accept
grant proceeds and expend said funds for this purpose or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Two-Thirds Vote Required) (Golf Commission)
RESCIND DEBT AUTHORIZATION
ARTICLE NO. 15: To see if the town will vote to rescind the authorization to
issue debt in the amount of TWO-HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/1000
($200,000.00) DOLLARS under Article no. 29 of the 2002 Annual Town Meeting, said
article allowed for the acquisition of real estate located on parcel no. 41 of map no. 46 of
the Board of Assessors’ maps, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
CROSBY MANSION REVOLVING FUND
ARTICLE NO. 16: To see if the town will vote to vote to authorize the creation
of a departmental revolving fund for the Crosby Mansion and cottages, to be referred to
as the “Crosby Mansion Revolving Fund” under section 53E1/2 of Chapter 44 of the
Massachusetts General Laws, to be administered by the Crosby Mansion Committee, said
fund will be credited with all fees and charges received during Fiscal Year 2005 and will
be utilized to pay salaries, expenses and contracted services required to operate the
mansion and cottages, the fund may spend up to $50,000.00 in revolving fund revenues
for the program in FY2005, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
FUNDING FOR FULL-TIME FIRE INSPECTOR
ARTICLE NO. 17: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds the sum of SEVENTY THOUSAND AND 00/100
($70,000.00) DOLLARS in order to hire a full-time fire inspector, but to condition
raising and appropriating this sum upon the Town voting at a Regular or Special Town
election to exempt this sum of money from the limitations of Proposition 2 ½, so called,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Fire Chief)
FUNDING FOR REGIONAL DISPATCH SERVICE
ARTICLE NO. 18: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds the sum of EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
AND 00/100 ($86,500.00) DOLLARS in order to contract with Barnstable County to
provide regional emergency/public safety dispatching services and to acquire related
equipment to accommodate this service, but to condition raising and appropriating some
or all of this money upon the Town voting at a Regular or Special Town Election to
exempt that amount from the limitations of Proposition 2 ½, so called, or to take any
other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
FIRE STATION LOCATION AND RESPONSE TIME STUDY
ARTICLE NO. 19: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Ambulance
Receipt Reserved for Appropriation Account the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND AND
00/100 ($20,000.00) DOLLARS to finance costs associated with contracting for
professional services to perform a fire station location and response time study and to
authorize the Fire Chief 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.
(Majority Vote Required) (Fire Chief)
ACCEPTANCE OF STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION / SPRINKLERS
ARTICLE NO. 20: To see if the Town will vote to accept Massachusetts General
Laws Chapter 148, Section 26G (requiring sprinkler system installation in new
construction exceeding 7500 square feet), as amended now and hereafter, or to take
any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Fire Chief)
ACCEPTANCE OF STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION / BENEFITS
ARTICLE NO. 21: To see if the Town will vote to accept Massachusetts General
Laws Chapter 32, Section 89B (affording benefits to the spouse, children, and
dependents of a firefighter killed in the line of duty), as amended now and hereafter, or
to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Fire Chief)
AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW
ARTICLE NO. 22: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Code of the Town
of Brewster, Chapter 179, also known as the Zoning Bylaws, Article X, Administration
and Enforcement, Section 179-51, Special Permits, to add a sentence at the end of
Paragraph A, eliminating the need to obtain a special permit under Section 179-51 when
a Special Permit is already required from the Planning Board as Special Permit Granting
Authority under Article XII (Corridor Overlay Protection District) or Section 179-40.1 of
Article IX (Personal Wireless Services and Communication Facilities Bylaw) so that
Section 179-51A which now reads:
“A. Certain uses, structures or conditions are designated as permitted on
special permit in §179-11, Table of Use Regulations, and elsewhere in this
chapter. Upon application duly made to the Board of Appeals or other
designated Special Permit Granting Authority (SPGA), in appropriate cases
and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, such special permits
and no others may be granted.”
will be revised to read:
“A. Certain uses, structures or conditions are designated as permitted on
special permit in §179-11, Table of Use Regulations, and elsewhere in this
chapter. Upon application duly made to the Board of Appeals or other
designated Special Permit Granting Authority (SPGA), in appropriate cases
and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, such special permits
and no others may be granted. If a Special Permit is also required from
the Planning Board acting as SPGA under Article XII, Corridor Overlay
Protection District, or Section 179-40.1 of Article IX (Personal Wireless
Services and Communication Facilities Bylaw, the applicant will not be
required to also obtain a Special Permit from the Board of Appeals under
this Section 179-51 and the Planning Board, acting as SPGA, will apply the
provisions of this Section 179-51 in those cases, as appropriate, so that all
requested relief can be addressed in a single proceeding.”
or take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-Thirds Vote Required) (Planning Board)
AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW
ARTICLE NO. 23: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Code of the Town
of Brewster, Chapter 179, also known as the Zoning Bylaws, Article X, Administration
and Enforcement, Section 179-49, Violations and Penalties, to add a sentence relative to
progressive penalty provisions, so that the provision which currently reads:
“Any person, trust or other enterprise who violates or refuses to comply with any
of the provisions of this chapter, any of the conditions under which a permit is
issued or any decision rendered by the Board of Appeals may be fined by the
Inspector of Buildings a sum of up to three hundred ($300.00) dollars for each
offense, unless otherwise noted in this chapter. Any Zoning Bylaw of the Town of
Brewster enforceable by the Inspector of Buildings or his designee may, as an
alternative to initiating criminal proceedings, be enforced by the Inspector of
Buildings or his designee by the method provided in M.G.L. c. 40, §21D.”
will be revised to read, as follows:
“Any person, trust or other enterprise who violates or refuses to comply with any
of the provisions of this chapter, any of the conditions under which a permit is
issued or any decision rendered by the Board of Appeals may be fined by the
Inspector of Buildings a sum of up to three hundred ($300.00) dollars for each
offense, unless otherwise noted in this chapter.
Failure to respond to a properly issued citation within twenty-one (21) days will
make the person, trust or other enterprise not in compliance with the pertinent
Zoning Bylaw, unless afforded protection under Article VIII of this chapter, and
subject to the following penalty:
(a) First offense: warning.
(b) Second offense: fine of one hundred ($100.) dollars
(c) Third offense: fine of two hundred ($200.) dollars
(d) Fourth and subsequent: fine of three hundred ($300.00) dollars
Any Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Brewster enforceable by the Inspector of
Buildings or his designee may, as an alternative to initiating criminal proceedings,
be enforced by the Inspector of Buildings or his designee by the method provided
in MGL c. 40, §21D.”
or take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-Thirds Vote Required) (Planning Board)
AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW
ARTICLE NO. 24: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Code of the Town
of Brewster, Chapter 179, also known as the Zoning Bylaws, Article IV, “Use
Regulations,” Section 179-11, Table 1, to limit the special permit requirement for
commercial stables, kennels or veterinary hospitals to parcels consisting of at least
120,000, but no more than five (5) acres, so that Subsection 179-11, Agriculture, ¶6
would read, as follows:
PW
R-R R-L R-M C-H V-B I MRD SCF
(6) Commercial stable, kennel or veterinary S S S S S
hospital in which all animals are
completely enclosed in pens or other
structures on a parcel of land
containing at least 120,000 square feet
but not greater than five acres. On
parcels consisting of more than five
acres, these uses are permitted as of
right per the provisions of General
Laws, Chapter 40A, §3.
or take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-Thirds Vote Required) (Planning Board)
AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW
ARTICLE NO. 25: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Code of the Town
of Brewster, Chapter 179, also known as the Zoning Bylaws, Article IX, “Special
Regulations,” Section 179-40.1, “Communication Towers”, by repealing 179.40.1.5.1 C.3
and D.2
which presently read:
~ 179-40.1.5.1
.
C. 3. Application and Issuance of a Special Permit by the Special Permit
Granting Authority;
D. 2. Application and Issuance of a Special Permit by the Special Permit Granting
Authority in accordance with Section 40.1.6.3 hereunder;
And to add the following as the new 179.40.1.5.1 C.3:
~ 179-40.1.5.1
Application and Issuance of a Special Permit by the Special Permit Granting
Authority in accordance with Sections 40.1.7 and 40.1.8, and in accordance with
Section 40.1.12.0 Rules and Regulations hereunder;
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-thirds Vote Required) (Planning Board)
AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW
ARTICLE NO. 26: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Code of the Town
of Brewster, Chapter 179, also known as the Zoning Bylaws, Article VI, “Signs”, Section
179-20.5, “Regulations for Specific Types of Signs”, subsection (E), Temporary Signs”
subsection (3), “Window Signs”.
Which presently reads:
(3) Window Signs, Window signs are permitted as long as the total area of all signs
does not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of all window area on which the signs
appear. (No permit required).
by adding the following as its second sentence:
Illuminated window signs are not permitted.
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-thirds Vote Required) (Planning Board)
AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW
ARTICLE NO. 27: To see if the Town will vote plan to subdivide. Request to
extend CH Zone line through RM Zone, making parcel all CH zoned. 563 Long Pond
Road, Plan Book 270, Page 92, L1 Area = 43,988, or to take any other action relative
thereto.
(Two-Thirds Vote Required) (Citizens’ Petition)
GIFT OF LAND
ARTICLE NO. 28: To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift of real property
as shown on the Board of Assessors’ Map No. 32, Lot No. 2-5 and to place the same
under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Selectmen, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Two-thirds Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
SALE OF TOWN-OWNED LAND
ARTICLE NO. 29: To see if the Town will vote to provide authorization to the
Board of Selectmen to sell by public bid or auction the town’s interest in a portion of the
real estate shown on Map no. 52, Parcel no. 25-2, said sale shall not exceed a total of
5,000 square feet, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
AMENDMENT TO HUNTING POLICY
ARTICLE NO. 30: To see if the Town will vote to prohibit hunting and trapping
of animals on land within the boundaries of the Town of Brewster, or to take any other
action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Citizens’ Petition)
PENSION FUND
ARTICLE NO. 31: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
transfer from available funds a sum of money to add to the Pension Fund, or to take any
other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
STABILIZATION FUND
ARTICLE NO. 32: 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.
(Two-Thirds Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE NO. 33: To act on any other business that may legally come before
this meeting.
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town
Clerk at the time and place of said meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hand and Seal of the Town of Brewster affixed this ninth day of
March, 2004.
John C. Mitchell, Chairman
Peter G. Norton, Vice-Chairman
Dyanne M. Cooney, Clerk
James W. Foley
Robert B. Hirschman
I, Roland W. Bassett, duly qualified Constable for the Town of Brewster,
hereby certify that I served the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of May 3, 2004 by
posting attested copies thereof, in the following locations in the Town on the ____ day
of 2004.
Brewster Town Offices
Brewster Farms
Brewster Ladies Library
Brewster Pizza House
The Brewster Store
Millstone Liquors
U. S. Post Office.
Roland W. Bassett, Constable