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Home My Public Portal About2003-05-05 Annual Town Mtg ReportReport of the SPECIAL TOWN MEETING May 5,2003 In accordance with the Warrant, the Special Town Meeting was held in the Stonybrook Elementary School Cafetorium, Monday, May 5, 2003. The Meeting was called to order at 8:15 p.m. by the Moderator, Stephen L. Doyle. The tellers were, Ann Golini, Nancy Berbrick,Elizabeth Hardy, Dorothy Leone, Germaine Cummins, Jane Nixon, Maureen Steinmann, and Mitzi Unger. The Counters were, June Gallant, Ken Berbrick, Sheila Gerhardt, Ruth Hanlon, Terry Mannix, Claire Dodd. A quorum was present. The Town Clerk, Joanna Krauss, read the Special Town Warrant and the return of the Warrant. There being no objection, the Moderator dispensed with the reading of all the articles. UNPAID BILLS ARTICLE NO. 1: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of a sum of money to pay unpaid bills from a previous fiscal year, or to take any other action relative thereto. (Nine-Tenths Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen) MOTION: I move that the town vote to indefinitely postpone consideration of Article No. 1. ACTION: ADOPTED 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 2002 budgets of other departments, as follows: a) Transfer the sum of $4,000.00 from Line Item No.10 (Town Clerk Staff Wages) to Line Item No. 28 (Natural Resources Wages), both of Article No. 7 of the 2002 Annual Town Meeting. b) Transfer the sum of $185.00 from Line Item No.10 (Town Clerk Staff Wages) to Line Item No. 10 (Town Clerk’s Wages), both of Article No. 7 of the 2002 Annual Town Meeting. c) Transfer the sum of $28,000.00 from Line Item No.23 (General Liability Insurance) to Line Item No. 20 (Fringe Benefits/Unemployment), both of Article No. 7 of the 2002 Annual Town Meeting. d) Transfer the sum of $95,000.00 from the Free Cash account to Line Item No. 31 (Snow & Ice Control) of Article No. 7 of the 2002 Annual Town Meeting. e) Transfer the sum of $90,000.00 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation account to Line Item No. 26 (Fire/Rescue Department Wages) of Article No. 7 of the 2002 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 total sum of $217,185.00 for these purposes. ACTION: ADOPTED PRIVATE ROAD BETTERMENT ENGINEERING FOR COMMONS WAY ARTICLE NO. 3: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of SEVEN THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($7,000.00) DOLLARS to finance costs associated with engineering services for a private road betterment for Commons Way 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 of $7,000.00 from the Road Betterment Fund for this purpose. ACTION: ADOPTED PRIVATE ROAD BETTERMENT ENGINEERING FOR MEETINGHOUSE VILLAGE ARTICLE NO. 4: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of SEVEN THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($7,000.00) DOLLARS to finance costs associated with engineering services for a private road betterment for Meetinghouse Village 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 sum of $7,000.00 from the Road Betterment Fund for this purpose. ACTION: ADOPTED BREWSTER BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ARTICLE NO. 5: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of SIX THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($6,000.00) DOLLARS to finance various costs associated with the celebration of Brewster’s Bicentennial 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 $6,000.00 from Free Cash for this purpose. ACTION: ADOPTED GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM ENGINEERING SERVICES ARTICLE NO. 6: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Golf Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account the sum of TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($27,000.00) DOLLARS to finance costs associated with contracting for professional services for the design, engineering and bidding of a replacement irrigation system for a portion of the Captains Golf Course 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) (Golf Commission) MOTION: I move that the town vote to approve article no. 6 as printed in the warrant and transfer the sum of $27,000.00 from the Golf Receipts Reserved for Appropriation account for this purpose. ACTION: ADOPTED UTILITY EASEMENTS FOR WATER TOWER PROPERTY ARTICLE NO. 7: To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant utility easements to Verizon New England, Inc. (formerly known as New England Telephone and Telegraph Company) and Commonwealth Electric Company, a Massachusetts corporation and electric company d/b/a NSTAR Electric over and under the town’s property located on the West side of Yankee Drive, shown on Brewster Assessor’s Map 26 as Lot 111 (the existing site of the Water Standpipes) for purposes of installing and maintaining the necessary poles, cables, wires, conduits, equipment and facilities for providing electric and telephone utility services to the property, 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. ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY AMBULANCE BILLING SERVICES ARTICLE NO. 8: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account the sum of SIXTEEN THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($16,000.00) DOLLARS to finance costs associated with contracting for professional services for the ambulance billing services 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. 8 as printed in the warrant and transfer the sum of $16,000.00 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation account for this purpose. ACTION: ADOPTED ANY OTHER BUSINESS ARTICLE NO. 9: To act upon any other business that may legally come before this meeting. MOTION: I move that the town vote to adjourn the 2003 Special Town Meeting. ACTION: ADOPTED A TRUE COPY ATTEST Joanna Krauss Town Clerk