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TOWN OF ACUSHNET
WARRANT
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
MONDAY, May 24, 2010 AT 7:00 P.M.
THE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Bristol,
SS
To the
Constable of the Town of
Acushnet
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and
warn the inhabitants of the Town of Acushnet, who are
qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs, to meet
at the Acushnet Ford Middle School Auditorium in said
Acushnet, Monday, the twenty-fourth (24th) day of May,
at 7:00 P.M. in the evening then and there to act on the
following articles viz:
ARTICLE 1.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from
available funds a sum of money to line item
#0104423-529000 (Snow Removal, Emergency) to fund
expenses incurred in FY 2010, or to take any other
action relative thereto.
(Submitted by Board of Selectmen)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE 2.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available
funds a sum of money to line item #8230122/515000 (Sick
Time Buyback), or to take any other action relative
thereto. ($3,000.00)
(Submitted by the Board of Selectmen)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE 3.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from
available funds a sum of money for the purpose of
funding the GASB 45 Valuation or to take any other
action relative thereto. ($8,000.00)
(Submitted by the Board of Selectmen)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE
4.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available
funds a sum of money to purchase and install software on
the town hall’s network server that will automatically
perform nightly back-ups of town hall computer hard
drives or to take any other action relative thereto.
($2,294.00)
(Submitted by the Board of Selectmen)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE
5.
To see if the Town will vote to
transfer from available funds a sum of money for the
purpose of funding the contract for antivirus software
for the Town Offices or to take any other action
relative thereto. ($2,405.00)
(Submitted by the Board of Selectmen)
FINANCE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM
THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE 6.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from
available funds a sum of money for the purpose of
funding the installation of an alarm system in the Town
Hall or to take any other action relative thereto.
($6,400.00)
(Submitted by the Board of
Selectmen)
FINANCE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE 7.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the
Ambulance Reserve Receipt Account a sum of money for the
purpose of training five (5) members of the Acushnet
Fire and EMS Department “Fire/Rescue Division” as
Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic Level, or to take
any other action relative thereto.
($2,000.00)
(Submitted by the Fire/EMS
Department)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE 8.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the
Ambulance Reserve Receipt Account a sum of money to
replace one (1) EMS Primary Mobile Unit (ambulance based
laptop computer) or to take any other action relative
thereto.
($4,365.00)
(Submitted by the Fire/EMS
Department)
FINANCE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE 9.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the
Ambulance Reserve Receipt Account a sum of money to fund
staff salaries in the Acushnet Fire and EMS
Department through the remainder of the fiscal year or
to take any other action relative thereto.
($24,000.00)
(Submitted by the Fire/EMS Department)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
FLOOR)
ARTICLE 10.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from
available funds a sum of money to the FY 2010 reserve
fund line item #0101110/578000 or to take any other
action relative thereto.
(Submitted by the Finance Committee)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE
11.
To see if the Town will
vote to accept the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 71,
section 71F, creating a revolving fund for the purpose
of nonresident or foster care student tuitions,
effective upon approval, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Submitted by the School
Department)
FINANCE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE
12.
To see if the Town will
vote to transfer from available funds a sum of money for
the purpose of acquiring a new server to host the
Assessor Appraisal System or take any other action
relative thereto.
($5,000.00)
(Submitted by the Board of Assessors)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE:
13. To see if the
Town will vote to transfer from the Sewer Surplus
account a sum of $55,554.00 for the installation of an
automatic meter read system on the sewer user’s water
meters, or to take any other action relative thereto.
($55,554)
(Submitted
by the Department of Public Works)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE: 14.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the
Water Surplus account a sum of money to Water Department
line item #2704450-523000 (New Bedford Water Bills), or
to take any other action relative thereto.
(Submitted by the Department of Public
Works)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE: 15.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the
Water Surplus account a sum of $80,000.00 to finance the
exploration, drilling and testing of public water supply
wells, or to take any other action relative thereto.
($80,000)
(Submitted by the Department of
Public Works)
FINANCE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE: 16.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the
Sewer Surplus account a sum of money to Sewer Department
line item #6004440-529200 (Sewer Pumping New Bedford),
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Submitted
by the Department of Public Works)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE: 17.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from
available funds a sum of money to implement a boot
allowance for those employees covered by the
following Union contract: Department of Public
Works Public Employees Local Union 1249, Term of
Contract form July 1, 2009 to through June 30, 2010, or
to take any other action relative thereto. ($1,200.00)
Department of Public
Works
a.
Highway
Department #0104422 line item #519200 (clothing
allowance) $800.00
b.
Water Department 2704450
line item #519200 (clothing allowance)$200.00
c.
Sewer Department 6004440
line item #519200 (clothing allowance)$200.00
(Submitted by the Department of
Public Works)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE: 18
To see if the Town will vote to petition the
General Court for special legislation exempting
employees of the Department of Public Works from the
Civil Service Law, as set forth below; provided,
however, that the General Court may make clerical or
editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the
Board of Selectmen approves amendments to the bill
before enactment by the General Court which are within
the scope of the general public objectives of the
petition, or to take any other action relative thereto.
An Act Exempting Employees of the Department of Public
Works in the Town of Acushnet from the Civil
Service Law
SECTION 1.
Employees of the
department of public works in the town of
Acushnet
shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws.
SECTION 2. The provisions of section 1
shall not impair the civil service status of incumbent
employees of said department in the town on the
effective date of this act.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect
upon its passage.
(Submitted by the
Department of Public Works)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION
FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE: 19.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the
Sewer Surplus account a sum of $4,500.00 for inspection,
cleaning and maintenance of the sanitary sewer system,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
($4,500)
(Submitted by the
Department of Public Works)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE: 20.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer and
appropriate from the Community Preservation Fund a sum
of money for the preservation and/or restoration of
historic records and the implementation of a new
archival records management system pursuant to the
Community Preservation Program or to take any other
action relative thereto
(Submitted by the Town
Clerk)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE: 21.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer and
appropriate a sum of money for the hiring and payment of
an historical consultant for the research and
documentation of the Long Plain area, especially the
Long Plain Museum site, as to how best to preserve and
protect its historical site, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Submitted by Community Preservation
Committee)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE 22.
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate
$15,000.00 for the purpose of the development of a land
management plan (including a natural resource inventory
and assessment) and a passive recreational access plan
for Town-owned conservation and municipal lands along
the Acushnet River estuary as well as land pending
acquisition for conservation and passive public
recreational use, and to meet said appropriation, to
transfer funds from the Community Preservation Fund, or
borrow said funds under G.L. c.44, §11, or any other
enabling authority, and to authorize the Treasurer, with
the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to issue any
bonds or notes therefor, and to authorize the Board of
Selectmen, or its designee to file on behalf of the Town
of Acushnet any and all applications for funds in any
way connected with the scope of this article, including
but not limited to an application to the Massachusetts
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’
Buzzards Bay Watershed Municipal Minigrant Program, and
to authorize the Board of Selectmen, or its designee to
enter into all agreements and execute any and all
instruments, as may be necessary on behalf of the Town
of Acushnet to affect said purpose; or to take any other
thereon.
(Submitted by the Community Preservation
Committee)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM
THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE 23.
To see if the Town will
vote to transfer from available funds a sum of money for
the payment of an unpaid Department of Public Works bill
of a prior year in accordance with Chapter 44, Section
64 of the General Laws, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
(Submitted by the Department of
Public Works)
FINANCE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will
vote to transfer from available funds an amount for the
purpose of contributing to a Stabilization Fund in
accordance with the provisions of General Laws Chapter
40, Section 5B or take any other action relative
thereto. (Submitted by the Finance Committee)
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
(RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FLOOR)
You are hereby directed to serve this
warrant by posting attested copies thereof fifteen (15)
days at the least before the time of said meeting as
directed by the Board of Selectmen.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant
with your doings thereon at the time and place of said
meeting.
Given under our hands this
26th day of April,
2010.
________________________
Leslie Dakin, Jr., Chairman
_________________________
David E. Wojnar, Member
_________________________
Kevin Gaspar, Sr., Member
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
A True Copy Attest:
This 7th
day of May,
2010
_________________________
Rebekah Tomlinson
Constable of Acushnet
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