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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
May 3, 2004
In accordance with the Warrant, the Special Town Meeting was held in the Stonybrook
Elementary School Cafetorium, Monday, May 3, 2004.
The Meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by the Moderator, Stephen L. Doyle, The Tellers
were Kenneth Berbrick, Sheila Gerhardt, Ruth Hanlon, June Gallant, Philip Kerrivan, and Gloria
Bowen. The checkers were Elizabeth Hardy, Maureen Steinmann, Dorothy Leone, Ann Golini,
Nancy Berbrick, Mitzi Unger, John Unger, Jane Nixon, and John Nixon.
A quorum was present.
The Town Clerk, Joanna Krauss, read the Special Town Meeting Warrant and the return of the
Warrant. There being no objection, the Moderator dispensed with the reading of the articels.
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)
Motion: I move that the town vote to approve Article No. 1 as printed in the warrant
and transfer the sums of $441.00 from Free Cash and $660.00 from the Water
Revenue account for these purposes.
Action: Adopted Unanimously
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)
Motion: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 2 as printed in the warrant
and, however that the town amend the following items:
a) Fire Department –amend the transfer request from the sum of $50,000.00
to $60,000.00,
b) Fire Department – amend the transfer request from the sum of $20,000.00
to $10,000.00,
c) Fire Department - amend the transfer request from the sum of $35,000.00
to $7,000.00,
d) Water Department – amend to transfer the sum of $5,000.00 from Water
Surplus to Line Item No. 39 (Salaries & Wages) of article no, 5 of the 2003
Annual Town Meeting,
e) Legal Services – amend the transfer request from the sum of $5,000.00 to
$10,000.00 and transfer these monies from the Ambulance Receipts
Reserved for Appropriation account,
f) Natural Resources – as printed in the warrant,
g) Debt Service –as printed in the warrant,
h) Town Administrator – delete this transfer,
and to transfer the total sum of $94,900.00 for these purposes.
Action: Adopted Unanimously
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)
Motion: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 3 as printed in the warrant,
and to transfer the sum of $32,500.00 from the Free Cash for this purpose.
Action: Adopted Unanimously
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)
Motion: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 4 as printed in the warrant,
and to transfer the sum of $38,000.00 from the Free Cash for this purpose.
Action: Adopted Unanimously
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)
Motion: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 5 as printed in the warrant
and to transfer the sum of $22,000.00 from Free Cash for this purpose.
Action: Adopted Unanimously
OTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE NO. 6: To act upon any other business that may legally come before
this meeting.
Motion: I move that the town vote to dissolve the 2004 Special Town Meeting.
Action: Adopted
TRUE COPY ATTEST
JOANNA KRAUSS
TOWN CLERK