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TOWN OF HOPKINTON
OFFICE OF
TOWN CLERK
18 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748
Phone: (508) 497-9710 Fax: (508) 497-9702
Ann M. Click, Town Clerk
C.M.C., C.M.M.C.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
TOWN OF HOPKINTON
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009
The Special Town Meeting convened at 7:05 P.M. on Monday, December 14, 2009 at the Middle
School Auditorium. The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Dr. Bruce Karlin. A quorum was
present. The counters were assigned under the direction of Muriel Kramer, Deputy Moderator. The
Moderator gave the directives on the rules of the meeting and the bounds of the hall. Ann M. Click,
Town Clerk, read the call and return of the warrant.
ARTICLE 1. Voted: that the Town transfer the sum of $48,000.00 from Budget Line Item No.
1072, Wages, in Department No. 152, Personnel Committee; $25,505.00 from Budget Line Item No.
185, County Retirement, in Department No. 910, Employee Benefits; $8,658.00 from Budget Line Item
No. 0050, Building Admin. Coordinator, in Department No. 249, Inspectional Services; $13,415.50 from
Budget Line Item No. 0804, Admin. Coordinator, in Department No. 249, Inspectional Services;
$22,964.50 from Budget Line Item No. 0814, Admin. Assistant, in Department No. 510, Board of
Health; and $1,751.00 from Budget Line Item No. 0842, DPW Office Manager, in Department No. 499,
Department of Public Works, all as voted pursuant to Article 4 of the Annual Town Meeting of May,
2009, to increase the following Budget Line Items of the Town Budget, also as voted pursuant to said
Article 4, in the following amounts:
Department Dept. # Account # Amount
Selectmen 122 0002 737.00
Town Manager 129 0007 4,373.00
Accounting 135 0031 2,107.00
Assessor 141 0181 2,531.00
Treasurer/Collector 145 0191 2,214.00
Town Clerk 161 0193 1,879.00
Election /Registration 162 0292 128.00
Conservation 171 0471 1,159.00
Planning 175 0293 2,180.00
Zoning 176 0142 323.00
Police 210 0275 5,794.00
Fire 220 0357 3,275.00
Sealer 244 0056 44.00
Inspectional Services 249 0339 2,145.00
Dog Officer 292 0063 324.00
Facilities 411 0899 2,379.00
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Highway 421 0361 463.00
Waste 433 0752 105.00
DPW Admin. 499 0990 5,545.00
Health 510 0438 1,838.00
COA 541 0118 2,544.00
Veterans 543 0060 74.00
Library 610 0058 4,337.00
Parks/Recreation 630 0112 471.00
Other General Government 199 0677 26,536.00
Planning Board 175 0040 3,439.50
Planning Board 175 0302 626.50
Town Hall 192 0803 42,723.00
Total $120,294.00
Capital Improvement Committee voted in favor of the Town Hall renovation aspect
of this article.
Passed by: Voice Vote Unanimous (12-14-2009)
ARTICLE 2. Voted: that the Town raise and appropriate $12,357,795 for the purpose of
financing the design, development, construction, reconstruction, extension and upgrade of sewers,
sewage systems, intermunicipal connections and sewage treatment and disposal facilities, including
pumping stations and force mains, and all related systems, appurtenances, facilities, the acquisition of all
necessary easements and interests in land, and the replacement of water pipes and other services and
utilities, including, without limitation, all costs thereof as defined in Section 1 of Chapter 29C of the
General Laws, said sum to be spent under the direction of the Town Manager; and, to meet this
appropriation or any portion thereof, to transfer a sum of $1,385,000, said sum constituting the unspent
balance of the appropriation voted pursuant to Article 30 of the 1996 Annual Town Meeting, a sum of
$2,927,000, said sum constituting the unspent balance of the appropriation voted pursuant to Article 12
of the 2006 Annual Town Meeting and a sum of $4,499,295, said sum constituting the unspent balance of
the appropriation voted pursuant to Article 19 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting; and further, to meet
this appropriation, to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to
borrow $3,546,500 and issue bonds or notes therefor under Chapter 44 of the General Laws and/or
Chapter 29C of the General Laws or any other enabling authority; that such bonds or notes shall be
general obligations of the Town unless the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen,
determines that they should be issued as limited obligations and may be secured by local system revenues
as defined in Section 1 of Chapter 29C; that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of
Selectmen, is authorized to borrow all or a portion of such amount from the Massachusetts Water
Pollution Abatement Trust established pursuant to Chapter 29C; and, in connection therewith, to enter
into a loan agreement and/or security agreement with the Trust and otherwise to contract with the Trust
and the Department of Environmental Protection with respect to such loan and for any federal or state aid
available for the project or for the financing thereof; that the Board of Selectmen is authorized to enter
into a project regulatory agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection, to expend all funds
available for the project and to take any other action necessary to carry out the project; and that the Board
of Selectmen is authorized to apply for and accept any grants and loans that may be available for the
purposes specified herein, including, but not limited to, Federal Stimulus Funds and the Massachusetts
Opportunity Relocation and Expansion (MORE) Jobs program; provided, however, that the full amount
authorized herein, less any grants, gifts or other sums received in connection with the purposes of this
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authorization, shall be assessed as betterments on properties within the area to be served by facilities
funded hereby; and provided further that no expenditures made in fulfillment of the Town’s obligations
under the 2001 Intermunicipal Agreement for Wastewater Collection, Treatment and Disposal, executed
by and between the Towns of Hopkinton and Milford, shall be authorized pursuant to this Article until
the Town has received written notification from the Commonwealth that it has been awarded a grant
from the MORE Jobs program or another grant program, and that no contract to implement the plans and
specifications submitted by the Town to the Department of Environmental Protection as Contract
CWSRF-2942 shall be awarded until the Town has received written authorization of Water Pollution
Abatement Trust financing therefor.
Capital Improvement Committee voted in favor of this article Article 2.
A Motion to End Debate Passed by: Declared 2/3 Majority
Passed by: Yes 256 No 67 (12-14-2009)
ARTICLE 3. Voted: that no action be taken on Article 3.
Passed by: Voice Vote Unanimous (12-14-2009)
ARTICLE 4. Voted: that the Town amend the Zoning Bylaws of the Town of
Hopkinton as follows:
1. Insert in alphabetical order a definition of “Building Trade Shop” in Article I General
Provisions, § 210-4, Definitions, as follows:
BUILDING TRADE SHOP -- An establishment for use by the practitioner of a building trade,
such as a carpenter, welder, plumber, electrician, builder, mason, or similar occupation.
2. Insert in Article VIIIA, Industrial B (IB) District, a new item (9) in § 210-37.8.A as follows:
(9) Building trade shop.
Passed by: Voice Vote Unanimous (12-14-2009)
ARTICLE 5. Voted: that the Town amend the Zoning Bylaws of the Town of Hopkinton, Article
XVIB, Subdivision Phasing, by deleting “July 1, 2010” in §210-105.6.B and inserting therefore “July 1,
2013”.
Passed by: Voice Vote Unanimous (12-14-2009)
ARTICLE 6. Voted: that the Town amend the General Bylaws of the Town of Hopkinton,
Chapter 160, Scenic Roads, by deleting the definition of “Cutting or Removal of Trees” in § 160-1
definitions, and inserting therefor a new definition of “Cutting or Removal of Trees” as follows:
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CUTTING OR REMOVAL OF TREES - The removal of one or more trees, trimming of
major branches, cutting of roots, but not the trimming or cutting of trees which the Tree
Warden has certified in writing are dead, or the trimming or cutting of dead branches.
Passed by: Voice Vote (12-14-2009)
ARTICLE 7. Voted: that the Town amend the General Bylaws of the Town of
Hopkinton, Chapter 172, Stormwater Management and Erosion Control, by
deleting subsection B of § 172-1 in its entirety.
Passed by: Voice Vote Unanimous (12-14-2009)
Motion to dissolve the Special Town Meeting Warrant.
Passed by: Voice Vote Unanimous (12-14-2009)
The meeting adjourned at 8:35 P.M..
A True Copy ATTEST:
Ann M. Click
Town Clerk