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Home My Public Portal About2000-05-01 Special Town Mtg Warrant TOWN MEETING WARRANT MAY 19 2000 P_ n ARTICLE NO. ARTICLE NAME SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 1 UNPAID BILLS 2 2 BUDGETARY TRANSFERS 2 3 REPAIR AND RESURFACE TOWN ROADS UNDER THE CHAPTER 90 PROGRAM 2 4 AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE FOR WEIGHTS & MEASURES FEES 3 5 FIREWORKS DISPLAY PROGRAM 4 6 COUNCIL ON AGING/ OLD TOWN HALL BUILDING HVAC ENGINEERING EXPENSE 4 GOLF ENTERPRISE FUND 4 8 STONY BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CEILING REPAIR 4 9 ANY OTHER BUSINESS 4 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 1 ANNUAL REPORT 6 2 HERRING FISHERIES 6 3 COMPOST BIN GRANT REVOLVING FUND 6 4 CAPE COD VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL OPERATING BUDGET 7 5 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OPERATING BUDGET 7 6 TOWN OPERATING BUDGET 7 7 NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOLS OPERATING BUDGET 9 8 ASSESSMENT FORMULA FOR NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOLS 9 9 HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING 9 10 VISITOR'S CENTER, BREWSTER BOOK, BEACH GUIDE, ADVERTISING AND WEBSITE 10 11 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 10 12 PART-TIME CLERICAL POSITION WAGES 11 13 FIRE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL DETAIL ACCOUNT 12 14 SKATEBOARD PARK INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT 12 15 SEIU COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 12 16 OPEIU, UNITS A & B. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 12 17 IAFF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 12 1S IBPO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 13 19 NON-UNION PERSONNEL WAGE FUNDING 13 20 TRIENNIAL REVALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY 13 21 AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW FOR RESTAURANTS 13 22 AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW FOR CLUSTER PLANS 13 23 AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW FOR ACCESSORY USE 14 24 AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE TO RESCIND LOTTERY BYLAW 15 25 AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE TO REVISE THE LOTTERY BYLAW 15 26 AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW BYLAW 15 27 ACCEPTANCE OF STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION 16 28 REPEAL SPECIAL LEGISLATION AND ADOPT RECALL BYLAW UNDER TOWN CODE 17 29 COMMONWEALTH ELECTRIC UTILITY EASEMENT 18 30 UNDERPASS ROAD DRAINAGE EASEMENT 19 31 OPEN SPACE LAND ACQUISITION PROJECT 19 32 OPEN SPACE LAND ACQUISITION PROJECT 19 33 FUNDING FOR THE EVALUATION OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE 19 34 AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE FOR THE TEMPORARY ROAD REPAIR BYLAW 20 35 AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW TO CORRECT REFERENCE NUMBER 22 36 WHITECAPS FUNDING 22 37 STABILIZATION FUND 22 38 ANY OTHER BUSINESS 23 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MAY 1 , 2000 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 first day of May, 2000 next, at 7 : 10 p . m . o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles . UNPAID BILLS ARTICLE 1 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds 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) BUDGETARY TRANSFERS ARTICLE 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 2000 budgets of other departments , or to take any other action relative thereto . (Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen) REPAIR AND RESURFACE TOWN ROADS UNDER THE CHAPTER 90 PROGRAM ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds the following sums of money as provided under Chapter 90 of the Massachusetts General Laws for local roads and highways , said funds shall be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen: 1 , Chapter 53 of the Acts of 1999 $82 ,221 . 34 2 . Chapter 127 of the Acts of 1999 $82 ,221 . 34 Total $ 1647442 . 68 or to take any other action relative thereto . (Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen) 2 AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE FOR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FEES ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to change the fees charged by the sealer of weights and measures by repealing Section 20-2 of Article II of Chapter 20 of the Code of the Town of Brewster, Massachusetts and by substituting therefor, but with the same Code designation, the following general by-law: ARTICLE II Sealer of Weights and Measures Fees ss 20-2 . Enumeration of fees. Current Proposed Tyne Fees Fees Scales (hounds) : Over 10, 000 [$ 50 . 00] $ 100 . 00/$ 75. 00 5, 000 to 10,000 [$ 30 . 00] $ 75 . 00/$50. 00 1 , 000 to 5 ,000 [$ 20 . 00] Delete 100 to 5 ,000 $ 25 . 00/$30 .00 100 to 1 ,000 [$ 10 . 00] Delete Over 10 , but less than 100 [$ 5. 001 $ 25 . 00/$20 .00 10 or less [$ 5 . 001 $ 25 . 00/$20. 00 Weights (each) : ---- $ 5 .00/$ 3 . 00 Avoirdupois [$ 1 . 001 Delete Metric [$ 1 . 00] Delete Apothecary [$ 1 . 00] Delete Troy [$ 1 . 001 Delete Liquid Measures (inches): Inlet '/ or less, oil and grease [$ 5.001 $ 15 . 00/$ 10. 00 Inlet / to 1 , gasoline pump [$ 8. 00] $ 25 . 00/$20. 00 Inlet more than 1 $ 40. 00/$30. 00 Vehicle tank pump [$ 15 . 00] $ 40 . 00/$30. 00 Vehicle tank, gravity [$ 20 . 00] $ 40 . 00/$ 30 . 00 Bulk storage [$ 40 .00] $ 50 . 00/$30 . 00 Bulk with prover supplied [$ 20 . 00] $ 5 . 00/$ 5 . 00 Pumps, each stop $ 5 . 00/$ 5 . 00 Liquid Tanks ---- $ 3 . 00/$ 3 . 00 Other: Taxi meter [$ 6. 001 $ 25 . 00/$20. 00 Odometer/Hubometer [$ 6.00] $ 35 . 00/$20. 00 Fabric Measure [$ 4.00] $ 15 . 00/$ 10 .00 Leather measure [$ 4.00] $ 100. 00/$ 75 . 00 All other measures [$ 1 .00] $ 15 . 00/$ 10 .00 Yardstick $ 15 . 00/$ 10 .00 Tapes ---- $ 15 . 00/$ 10 . 00 Wire Rope Cordage - - - $ 15 . 00/$ 10 . 00 Milk Jars Gross - - - - $ 15 . 00/$ 10 . 00 Dry Measures - - - - $ 50 . 00/$30 . 00 Re-inspection - - - - $ 50 . 00 each The above referenced proposed fee schedule is grouped on the basis whereby the first three devices will be charged at the first rate. If there are four or more units the second rate will apply. or to take any other action relative thereto . (Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen) 3 FIREWORKS DISPLAY ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of ONE-THOUSAND AND 00/I00(.$I, 000. 00) DOLLARS to participate with the towns of Orleans and Eastham in funding the costs associated with the 4th of July fireworks display, which is held annually in the Town of Orleans, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to solicit bids , enter into contracts, accept gifts and expend these funds for this project, or to take any other action relative thereto. (-Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen) COA / OLD TOWN HALL BUILDING HVAC ENGINEERING EXPENSE ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Administrator to develop a plan and specifications for the installation of a new heating and/or cooling system in the COA/Old Town Hall Building and to transfer from available funds a sum of money, and to authorize the Town Administrator to solicit bids or proposals, enter into contracts and expend said funds for this purpose, or to take any other action relative thereto . (Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen) GOLF ENTERPRISE FUND ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to terminate and close its Golf Enterprise Fund, to transfer into Town's general fund and the golf receipts reserved for appropriations account all funds in this account at the time it is closed, to delay the effect of this vote until June 30, 2000 or the effective date of the special legislation enabling the Town to terminate its Golf Enterprise Fund, whichever is later, or to take any other action relative thereto . (Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen) STONY BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CEILING REPAIR ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Superintendent to develop a plan and specifications for the installation of a new ceiling system in the Stony Brook Elementary School and, for this purpose, to transfer from available funds a sum of money, and to authorize the School Superintendent to solicit bids or proposals , enter into contracts and expend said funds for this purpose, or to take any other action relative thereto . (Majority Vote Required) (School Committee) ANY OTHER BUSINESS ARTICLE 9. 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. 4 Given under our hands and Seal of the Town of Brewster affixed this Fourteenth day of March, 2000 . St ven W. dredge, Chairman C' Jo Mitchell, Vice-Chairma /I7iel,7`i /S, Robert B. Hirschman Gregoryn /Lye�vaasssseur Peter G. Norton 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 1 , 2000 by posting attested copies thereof, in the following locations in the Town on the e{ li day of Ar 2000 . �l Brewster Town Hall Brewster Farm Market Brewster Ladies Library The Brewster Store The Candy Store Millstone Liquors U. S . Post Office 11P 0 Roland W. Bassett, Constable 5