HomeMy Public PortalAbout2002-05-06 Special Town Mtg Warrant SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
MAY 6, 2002
Barnstable, ss
T0 : 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 sixth day of May, 2002 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 the sum of TWO THOUSAND AND 00/ 100 ($2,000. 00) DOLLARSto
pay unpaid bills from a previous fiscal year, as follows :
1 . Charles McKendree $2,000 . 00
2 . Devine Products 961 . 00
Grand-total $21961 . 00
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 2002 budgets of other departments, as follows :
a) Transfer the sum of $ 16,000 . 00 from the Golf Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation Account to Line Item No . 39 of Article No . 7 (Golf
Department Expenses) of the 2001 Annual Town Meeting .
b) Transfer the sum of $ 10,000 . 00 from Line Item No . 31 (DPW Snow & Ice)
of Article No . 7 of the 2001 Annual Town Meeting to Line
Item No . 7 of Article No. 7 ( Board of Assessors Expenses) of the 2001
Annual Town Meeting .
c) Transfer the sum of $5,000 .00 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation Account to Line Item No. 26 of Article No . 7 (Fire
Department Expenses) of the 2001 Annual Town Meeting .
d) Transfer the sum of $2,000 .00 from Line Item No . 31 ( DPW Snow & Ice)
of Article No . 7 of the 2001 Annual Town Meeting to Line Item No . 38 of
Article No . 7 ( Recreation Department Expenses) of the 2001 Annual Town
Meeting .
e) Transfer the sum of $2,500 .00 from Line Item No. 31 (DPW Wages) of
Article No. 7 of the 2001 Annual Town Meeting to Line Item No . 28 of
Article No. 7 (Natural Resources and Conservation Wages) of the 2001
Annual Town Meeting .
f) Transfer the sum of $3,000 . 00 from Line Item No. 31 ( DPW Snow & Ice)
of Article No . 7 of the 2001 Annual Town Meeting to Line Item No. 9 of
Article No. 7 (Legal Expenses) of the 2001 Annual Town Meeting ,
or to take any other action relative thereto . -
( Majority Vote Required) ( Board of Selectmen)
WATER STANDPIPESECURITYFENCING PROJECT
ARTICLE NO, 3: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available
funds the additional sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND AND 00/100
($15,000. 00) DOLLARSto Article No . 11 , Item No. 2h, of the May 1 , 2000
Annual Town Meeting (Capital Expenditures, Fence Installation Project), or to
take any other action relative thereto .
( Majority Vote Required ) (Water Commission)
STONYBROOKELEMENTARYSCHOOL BUILDING REPAIRS
ARTICLE NO, 4: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available
funds a sum of money for various architectural, design, engineering, renovation
and construction expenses to make a series of extraordinary repairs to the Stony
Brook Elementary School building and site, and to authorize the Brewster School
Department 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) (Elementary School Committee)
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET
ARTICLE NO. 5: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available
funds the sum of FOURTEEN THOUSAND FIVEHUNDREDAND 00/100
($14,500. 00) DOLLARSfor the following items:
a . Ladder Truck Repairs $ 12,000 . 00
b . Hazardous Materials $ 2 ,500 . 00
Total $ 14,500 . 00
and to authorize the Fire Chief to solicit bids and/or proposals, enter into a
contract or contracts and expend said funds for these purposes, or to take any
other action relative thereto.
( Majority Vote Required) (Fire Chief)
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STREET SWEEPER REPLACEMENT/ DPW
ARTICLE NO. 6: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available
funds the sum of NINETY-SIX THOUSANDAND 00/100 ($96' 000,00)
DOLLARSfor the purpose of funding the purchase of a replacement street
sweeper for the Department of Public Works and to authorize the Town
Administrator to sell, trade, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of, in the best
interests of the Town, old equipment deemed available, the proceeds from any
disposition to be applied towards the cost of acquiring the new equipment and to
_ provide authorization 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)
ANYOTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE NO. 7: To act upon 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
/ zF day of March, 2002.
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P ter G . Norton, Chairman
Gregory A Levasseur, Vice-Chairman
Robert B. Hirschman,/Clerk
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I. Roland W. Bassett, duly qualifi Constable for the Town of
Brewster, hereby certify that I served the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting
of May 7, 2001 by posting attested copies thereof, in the following locations in
the Town on the 13 day of March, 2002.
Brewster Town Offices
Brewster Farm Market
Brewster Ladies Library
Brewster Pizza House
The Brewster Store
Millstone Liquors
U . S. Post Office .
Roland W. Bassett, Constable