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Home My Public Portal About1994-06-20 Special Town Mtg Warrant WARRANT SPECIAL 'TOWN MEETING Tune 20 , 1994 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 Brewster Elementary School Cafetorium , on Monday the twentieth day of June , 1994 next , at 7 : 00 p . m . o ' clock in the evening , then and there to act upon the following articles : ARTICLE 1 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer / Collector , with the approval of the Board of Selectmen , to enter into compensating balance agreements , as permitted by Section 53F of Chapter 44 of the General Laws , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Town Treasurer / Collector ) ARTICLE 2 . To see if the Town will vote to accept a sum of money pursuant to Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1988 , as amended by Chapter 33 of the Acts of 1991 , as provided under the Chapter 90 local road and highway money from the 1994 - 1995 Transportation Bond Bill , said funds and their earned interest shall be expended to repair and resurface certain Town roads and their appurtenances under the direction of the Board of Selectmen , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) ARTICLE 3 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Four Thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 4 , 000 . 00 ) Dollars from the Water Betterment Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account and to add this sum to the initial amount appropriated under Article no . 2 ( Lee ' s Way Betterment ) , which was voted at the November , 1993 , Fall Yearly Town Meeting , in order to fund the total cost of construction for the water betterment on Lee Way , and to add this amount to the sum to be recovered through the assessment of betterments , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Water Commission ) ARTICLE 4 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of Five Thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 5 , 000 . 00 ) Dollars for the purpose of replacing regulatory signs at Town Landings and properties with new consolidated and coordinated signs of higher quality and durability to reduce visual obstruction and improve the appearance of these areas , and to authorize the Town Administrator to solicit bids , enter into contracts , dispose of surplus property and expend said funds for this purpose , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) STM 6/ 20/ 94 ARTICLE 5 . 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 , 1994 , between the Town of Brewster and the Service Employee ' s International Union , Local 254 , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) ARTICLE 6 . 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 , 1994 , 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 . ( Board of Selectmen ) ARTICLE 7 . 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 , 1994 , between the Town of Brewster and the Office and Professional Employee ' s International Union , Unit C , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) ARTICLE 8 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and / or transfer from available funds a sum of money to fund wage and salary adjustments , for eligible employees covered by the Personnel Bylaw and other non- union employees , effective July 1 , 1994 , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) ARTICLE 9 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate , and or transfer from available funds the sum of Two Thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 2 , 000 . 00 ) Dollars to pay for a portion of Brewster ' s expenses associated with our participation in the Nauset Youth Hockey Program , held at the Charles Moore Arena in Orleans , MA , and to authorize the Recreation Commission to enter into a contract or contracts with Nauset Youth Hockey in order to provide this services for residents of the Town of Brewster , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Recreation Commission ) ARTICLE 10 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase for municipal purposes a parcel of land , identified as Lot No . 10 on Map No . 26 of the Board of Assessor ' s Maps , to be used to provide access from Underpass Road to the existing Elementary School - property , where the Town is planning to construct a new elementary school building , and to raise and appropriate and / or transfer from available funds the sum of One Hundred Fifty Five Thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 155 , 000 . 00 ) Dollars for this purpose , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Elementary School Building Committee ) STM 6 / 20 / 94 ARTICLE 11 . To see if the Town will vote to accept the proposal of the Nauset Regional District Committee passed on May 18 , 1994 , to amend the agreement establishing the Nauset Regional School District ; a ) by providing that as of July 1 , 1995 , the Committee shall consist of eighteen elected members : five from Orleans , seven from Brewster ; and , three from Eastham and three from Wellfleet ; b ) by providing that the district will assume jurisdiction over all grades from kindergarten to grade twelve as of July 1 , 1994 , and that all existing Elementary schools within the district will be leased to the district for nominal consideration by the member towns to become district elementary schools ; c ) by providing that capital costs and operating costs for each elementary school shall be paid by the town in which it is located ; d ) by providing that capital costs and operating costs for schools other than elementary schools shall be apportioned on the basis of total enrollments in such other schools ; e ) by making technical changes incidental to the foregoing amendments . or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Nauset Regional School Committee ) ARTICLE 12 . To see if the Town will vote to approve the indebtedness to be authorized by the School Committee of the Nauset Regional School District at the Special Town Meeting in the amount of Five Hundred Eighty Two Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty 00 / 100 ( 8582 , 750 . 00 ) Dollars , for the purpose of preparing architectural and engineering plans for remodeling , reconstruction and making extraordinary repairs to the High School and for construction , originally equipping and furnishing an addition thereto , and to further raise and appropriate and / or transfer from available funds the sum of Nine Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty 00 / 100 ( 89 , 660 . 00 ) Dollars to pay interest on the sums of money borrowed by the Nauset Regional School District for this purpose , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Nauset Regional School Committee ) ARTICLE 13 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the May , 1988 Annual Town Meeting vote on Article No . 91 , which originally established the Elementary School Building Committee , to change the reference to the Committee ' s membership from the current language " a member of the Elementary School Committee " to " a member of the Brewster School Committee or it ' s designee " , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Elementary School Committee ) ARTICLE 14 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the May , 1988 Annual Town Meeting vote on Article No . 91 , which originally established the Elementary School Building Committee , to add two ( 2 ) additional members , to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Board of Selectmen ) STM 6 / 20 / 94 ARTICLE 15 . 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 . ( Board of Selectmen ) ARTICLE 16 . 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 meetings as �I aforesaid . Given under our hands and Seal of the Town of Brewster affixed this twenty- sixth day of May , 1994 . A true copy , ATTEST : Jo Mitchell , C airman Bruce/W . Anderson q R . C r stine Dur in Oitl! Ge g e n chard Lazar 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 June 20 , 1994 , by posting attested copies thereof , in six ( 6 ) public places in different parts of the Town , in accordance with the Town Bylaws , on the twenty- seventh day of May , 1994 . w oland W . Bassett , Constable