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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Middlesex, SS.

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

To the Constable of the Town of Maynard, in said County,

GREETINGS:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the voters of said Maynard, to assemble IN FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, Three Tiger Drive in said Town, on Monday, May 19, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. then and there to act on the following articles:

The following action was taken:

At 7:00 p.m. on May 19, 2008, the Moderator, Jim Coleman called the Annual Town Meeting to order.

Two Hundred, nineteen (219) voters were in attendance.

Guests were acknowledged and admitted.

Motion made and seconded to waive the reading of the warrant in its entirety. Motion carried.

The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Mr. Paul Giunta

Recipients of the Annual Maynard Employee Recognition Award were:
Michael Abbondanzio (Department of Public Works)
Annmarie Chiasson (Recreation Department)
Gerald Collins (Board of Health)

Motion made and seconded to waive the reading of the warrant as a whole. Motion carried.

ARTICLE 1:                      TOWN REPORT ACCEPTANCE

To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers and Committees.
To do or act thereon:

The following action was taken:

Voted:  To receive the report of the Maynard Public Safety Building Committee as a
report of progress.

The Finance Committee made no recommendation.

ARTICLE 2:                      FY’09 SALARY ADMINISTRATION PLAN

To see if the Town under the authority of Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the Massachusetts General Laws, will vote to amend the Maynard Salary Administration Plan by deleting the present Section 19 entirely and substituting therefore a new Section 19 as printed in the warrant.
        
To do or act thereon.

SPONSORED BY:           Board of Selectmen              
APPROPRIATION:                  None

The following action was taken:

Voted:  To accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words,  “to do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

ARTICLE 3:      AUTHORIZE TREASURER TO BORROW IN ANTICIPATION OF TAXES
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2008 in accordance with the provision of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to issue a note or notes therefore, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:               Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:              None

The following action was taken:

Voted:  To accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words,  “to do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

ARTICLE 4:                              MAGIC
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from taxation the sum of $1,730 to fund the Town’s continuing participation in the Minuteman Advisory Group for Interlocal Coordination (MAGIC) for FY 2009;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:                   Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                          $1,730

The following action was taken:

Voted:  To accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words,  “to do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

ARTICLE 5:                      FY’09 OPERATING BUDGET
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or otherwise provide to meet the salaries and wages of Town Officers and employees, expenses, and outlays of the Town Departments, and other sundry and miscellaneous, but regular, expenditures necessary for the operation of the Town for Fiscal Year 2009 (July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009), said sums of money as listed in the column entitled “SELECTMEN RECOMMENDED BUDGET FY2009” and further, to accept and expend Federal and State Funds to offset certain salaries or expenses or outlays as listed below against specific line items; and to do or act thereon.

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SPONSORED BY:           Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                  $29,783,575.00

The following action was taken:
Voted:  That the Town meet the salaries and wages of Town Officers and employees, expenses, outlays of the Town Departments, and other sundry and miscellaneous but regular expenditures necessary for the operation of the Town for fiscal year 2009 (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009); further to accept and expend Federal Funds and State Funds to offset certain salaries, expenses or outlays as listed in the “FY09 Operating Budget” against specific line items under the column entitled “Selectmen Recommended FY2009: for a total operating budget of $29,783,575.00; and further to raise and appropriate from taxation the sum of $29,557,975.00, appropriate from Ambulance Receipts the sum of $185,600.00 and appropriate from Perpetual Care the sum of $40,000.00 for a total operating budget of $29,783,575.00.

The Finance Committee recommended.

ARTICLE 6:              FUND WATER QUALITY TESTING O.A.R.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from sewer enterprise fees the sum of $1,000 to fund water quality testing of the Assabet River by the Organization for the Assabet River in Fiscal Year 2009;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:                   Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                          $1,000
The following action was taken:

Voted:  To accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words,  “to do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

ARTICLE 7:              WATER ENTERPRISE BUDGET
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from water fees a sum of money to operate the Water Enterprise Budget as listed in the column entitled “BOS Recommended FY2009” as follows;
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To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                  $1,504,838.00


The following action was taken:

Voted:  That the Town meet the salaries and wages of Town Officers and employees, expenses, and outlays of the Water Enterprise System, and other sundry and miscellaneous but regular expenditures necessary for the operation of the system for fiscal year 2009 (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009) for a total budget of $1,312,919.00; and further to raise and appropriate from water fees the sum of $1,312,919.00.

The Finance Committee recommended.


ARTICLE 8:                      PERPETUAL CARE FUND
To see if the Town will vote to continue to accept funds from sundry persons and the interest generated thereby, to be invested to perpetually care for the lots and surroundings at Glenwood Cemetery.

To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:                      Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                             None

The following action was taken:

Voted:  To accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words,  “to do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

ARTICLE 9:              SEWER ENTERPRISE BUDGET
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from sewer fees a sum of money to operate the Sewer Enterprise Budget as listed in the column entitled “BOS Recommended FY2009” as follows;
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To do or act thereon.

SPONSORED BY:                   Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                          $1,650,133.00


The following action was taken:

Voted:  That the Town meet the salaries and wages of Town Officers and employees, expenses, and outlays of the Sewer Enterprise System, and other sundry and miscellaneous but regular expenditures necessary for the operation of the system for fiscal year 2009 (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009) for a total budget of $1,366,194.00; and further to raise and appropriate from sewer fees the sum of $1,366,194.00.

The Finance Committee recommended.

ARTICLE 10:     REAUTHORIZE REVOLVING FUNDS
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the continued use of one or more revolving funds under MGL, Chapter 44, Section 53E1/2, as amended, by Municipal Agencies, Boards, Departments or Officers as follows:

Fire Department:  For the purpose of repairing Municipal Fire Alarm Equipment – receipts totaling no more than $15,000 in Fiscal Year 2009 from Alarm Systems Fees, said funds to be expended by the Fire Chief.
Recreation Department:  For the purpose of hiring one or more part-time instructors and to provide for their salaries and expenses, receipts totaling no more than $18,000 in Fiscal Year 2009 from Recreation User Fees, said funds to be expended by the Recreation Commission.
Conservation Commission:  For the purpose of administering the consultant fee provision of Maynard’s Wetland Protection By-law, receipts totaling no more than $15,000 in Fiscal Year 2009 from Wetlands By-law Consultant Fees, said funds to be expended by the Conservation Commission.
Planning Board:  For the purpose of fees and expenses associated with Site Plan Review, Special Permit and Subdivision Applications, and Zoning Bylaw and Subdivision Regulation revisions; receipts totaling no more than $20,000 in Fiscal Year 2009 from Site Plan Review, Special Permit and Subdivision Application fees; said funds to be expended by the Planning Board.
Town Clerk:  For the purpose of purchasing materials and administration of licensing of dogs under the Dog Owner’s Responsibility By-law receipts totaling no more than $1,800 in Fiscal Year 2009, said funds to be expended by the Town Clerk.
Board of Health
Compost: to purchase and advertise for the sale of compost bins, utilizing revenue from sale of bins, receipts totaling no more than $4,000 in Fiscal Year 2009, said funds to be expended by the Board of Health.
MRIP: The Board of Health on the behalf of the Town of Maynard shall utilize revenue from a State MRIP Grant (Municipal Recycling Incentive Program) receipts totaling no more than $20,000 and funds to be expended by the Board of Health and for the purpose of paying for disposal of household hazardous products, tires and electronics collected at town drop-off at the Highway Garage, utilizing revenue from fees charged for disposal, receipts totaling no more than $14,000 and said funds to be expended by the Board of Health.
Licensing Fees: for the purpose of paying for inspections of food establishments in the Town of Maynard utilizing revenues from licensing fees paid by food establishments, receipts totaling no more than $10,000 and said funds to be expended by the Board of Health.
Recycled Materials: The Board of Health, on behalf of the Town of Maynard, shall utilize revenue received from recycled materials processed totaling no more than $30,000.  Said monies to be used to offset increases in costs to operate the trash program, to promote recycling and to cover associated costs including part time staff.
Council on Aging:  For the purpose of operating the Council on Aging’s van service, receipts totaling no more than $7,000 in Fiscal Year 2009 from van rider user fees, said funds to be expended by the Council on Aging;
        
To do or act thereon.

SPONSORED BY:                           Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                                  None

The following action was taken:

Voted:  that the Town accept the article as printed in the warrant except that the number “$15,000.00” under the “Conservation Commission” heading be changed to $25,000.00, the number “$20,000.00” under the  “Planning Board” heading be changed to “$30,000.00”, and the number “$7,000.00” under the “Council on Aging” heading be changed to “$15,000.00” and further to delete the words “the consultant fee provision of” and replace “By-Laws Consultant Fee” with “By-Law Filing Fee” under the “Conservation Commission” heading.

The Finance Committee recommended.

ARTICLE 11:     WATER ENTERPRISE STABILIZATION FUND
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from Water Enterprise Fees the sum of $100,000.00 to the Water Enterprise Stabilization Fund;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:                   Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                          $100,000.00

The following action was taken:

Voted:  Yes 183, No 17 (133 needed for a 2/3 vote) that the Town accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words, “To do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

This article was voted by a secret ballot as required by Town By-Law.

ARTICLE 12:             FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE FUND
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from taxation the sum of $150,000.00 to provide for any extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures of the various Town Departments, by a vote of the Finance Committee out of the Reserve Fund, as provided by M.G. L. Chapter 40, Section 6;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:             Finance Committee
APPROPRIATION:                    $150,000.00

The following action was taken:

Voted:  To accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words,  “to do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended

ARTICLE 13:     SEWER ENTERPRISE STABILIZATION FUND
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from Sewer Enterprise Fees the sum of $50,000.00 to the Sewer Enterprise Stabilization Fund.

To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:                   Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                          $50,000.00

The following action was taken:

Voted:  Yes 182, No 12 (129 needed for a 2/3 vote) that the Town accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words,  “to do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

This article was voted by a secret ballot as required by Town By-Law.

ARTICLE 14:     MUNICIPAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND
To see if the Town will vote to accept Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 44, Section 55C paragraphs (a) through (j) inclusive; establishing a Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:                   Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                          None
FINCOM RECOMMENDATION:  None

The following action was taken:

Voted:  To accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words,  “to do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee made no recommendation.

ARTICLE 15:     COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND RESERVE
APPROPRIATION FISCAL YEAR 2009

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate or reserve from FY2009 Community Preservation Fund annual revenues in the amounts recommended by the Community Preservation Committee (CPC), with each item to be considered a separate appropriation:

Appropriations:
From FY2009 estimated revenues for Committee Administrative and Operating Expenses
$12,000
Reserves:
From FY2009 estimated revenues for Historic Preservation
34,600
From FY2009 estimated revenues for Open Space  
34,600
From FY2009 estimated revenues for Community Housing
34,600
From FY2009 estimated revenues for Budgeted Reserve  
224,900

To do or act thereon.

SPONSORED BY:  Community Preservation Committee
APPROPRIATION:  $340,700

The following action was taken:

Voted: Yes 175, No 29 that the Town accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words, “To do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

This article was voted by a secret ballot as required by Town Bylaw.

ARTICLE 16:     FUND DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION            (SCADA) SYSTEM
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from water enterprise fees the sum of $95,000 to design and implement a SCADA system for the Maynard water distribution system;

To do or act thereon.

SPONSORED BY:                   Department of Public Works
APPROPRIATION:                          $95,000

The following action was taken:

Voted:  Yes 173, No 20 that the Town accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words, “To do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

This article was voted by a secret ballot as required by Town Bylaw.


ARTICLE 17:     FUND FILTER MEDIA CHANGE – OLD MARLBOROUGH WELL
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from water enterprise fees the sum of $65,000 to perform a filter media change for the Old Marlborough Well of the Maynard Water Distribution System;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           Department of Public Works
APPROPRIATION:                  $65,000


The following action was taken:

Voted:  Yes 183, No 16 that the Town accept the article as printed in the warrant except the words, “To do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

This article was voted by a secret ballot as required by Town Bylaw.

ARTICLE 18:     FUND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, Local 1947, I.A.F.F. AFL/CIO
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or otherwise fund the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Town of Maynard and the Fire Fighter’s Union, Local 1947, I.A.F.F. AFL/CIO, such agreement to be effective July 1st, 2008;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           Board of Selectmen              
APPROPRIATION:                  Unknown


The following action was taken:

Motion made and seconded that Article 18 be withdrawn and no action be taken.

The Finance Committee made no recommendation

ARTICLE 19:     FUND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, AFSCME LOCAL 1703
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or otherwise fund the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Town of Maynard and the Clerical Union, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1703, such agreement to be effective July 1st, 2008;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           Board of Selectmen              
APPROPRIATION:                  Unknown


The following action was taken:

Motion made and seconded that Article 19 be withdrawn and no action be taken.

The Finance Committee made no recommendation.

ARTICLE 20:     FUND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, LOCAL 356A and 356B, UNIT A and B, I.B.P.O.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or otherwise fund the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Town of Maynard and the Police Officer’s Union, LOCAL 356A and 356B, UNIT A and B, I.B.P.O., such agreement to be effective July 1st, 2008;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           Board of Selectmen              
APPROPRIATION:                  Unknown

The following action was taken:

Motion made and seconded that Article 20 be withdrawn and no action be taken.

The Finance Committee made no recommendation.

ARTICLE 21:     CITIZENS PETITION FOR RENOVATION and UPGRADE OF PLAYING FIELDS
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or otherwise provide the sum appropriate to fund the designing and constructing of a new Artificial Turf multi purpose field, new goal posts, resurface track, and install irrigation at the baseball field at Alumni Field; and upgrade the field and install an irrigation system at the Fowler Middle School Field; and install an irrigation system at the Green Meadow Field
and that the School Committee and/or Superintendent of Schools is authorized to take any other action necessary to carry out this project, including but not limited to, executing and implementing any and all contracts, agreements or other documents reasonably related to carrying out this project; and
further that to meet this appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is authorized to borrow $1 million under Chapter 44 of the Massachusetts General Laws or any other enabling authority; and
provided however this vote shall not take effect until the Town votes to exempt from the limitation on total taxes imposed by M.G.L. c.59, §21C (Proposition 2 1/2) amounts required to pay the principal of and interest on the borrowing authorized under this article, or to do or act thereon.

SPONSORED BY:           Citizen’s Petition              
APPROPRIATION:                  $1,000,000.00

The following action was taken:

Voted: This article was DEFEATED.

The Finance Committee did not recommend.

This article was voted by a secret ballot as required by Town Bylaw.

Motion made and seconded to dissolve the May 19, 2008 Annual Town Meeting at 10:03 p.m.




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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

MIDDLESEX, SS.

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

To the Constable of the Town of Maynard, in said County,

GREETINGS:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the voters of said Maynard, to assemble IN FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, THREE TIGER DRIVE IN SAID town, on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 7:00 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles:

The following action was taken:

At 7:23 p.m on May 20, 2008, The Moderator, Jim Coleman callled the Special Town Meeting to order.

A quorum of 118 voters were in attendance.

Motion made and seconded to waive the reading of the warrant in its entirety. Motion carried.



ARTICLE 1:                      RESCIND OLD BOND AUTHORIZATION
To see if the Town will vote to reduce the bond authorizations by rescinding the following corresponding amounts:



Purpose
Date of
Town
Meeting
Vote


Article
Number


Amount
Rescinded
Assabet Rail Trail
5/18/98
22
$67,500
Rail Trail
10/28/2002
5
$500,000
Assabet River Study
5/17/2005
20
$80,000
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                  NONE

The following action was taken:

Voted:  To accept the article as written in the warrant except for the words, “To do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.
ARTICLE 2:      AMEND ZONING BY-LAWS - “PARKING STANDARDS WITHIN THE DOD”
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaws by amending Section 6F.7 “PARKING STANDARDS WITHIN THE DOD” by:
Deleting Section 6F.7.1 in its entirety; and
Adding the following as Section 6F.7.1:
1.      First Floor Rehabilitation Credit: The rehabilitation of the 1st floor of any pre-existing (prior to the adoption of the DOD on May 22nd, 2007) structure whose previous and proposed new use are non-residential is exempt from minimum parking space requirements.  The expansion of the 1st floor of said structure by less than 500 square feet (s.f.) of gross floor area (g.f.a.) is also exempt from minimum parking requirements.  For expansions greater than or equal to 500 s.f. of g.f.a., parking must be provided for said expansion by using the total expansion size, minus 500 s.f. g.f.a., and the schedule of uses as identified in Table 6F-1.
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           The Planning Board      
APPROPRIATION:          None

The following action was taken:

Voted:  Yes 94, No 11 (70 needed for a 2/3 vote) to accept the article as written in the warrant except for the words, “To do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee took no action.

This article was voted by a secret ballot as required by Town Bylaw.
ARTICLE 3:              APPROPRIATION TO STABILIZATION FUND
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from free cash the sum of $25,000 to the Stabilization Fund;
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                  $25,000

The following action was taken:
Voted:  Yes 107, No 2 (73 needed for a 2/3 vote) to accept the article as written in the warrant except for the words, “To do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

This article was voted by a secret ballot as required by Town Bylaw.
ARTICLE 4:      AMEND ZONING BYLAW - CHANGING SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTING AUTHORITY FROM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO PLANNING BOARD FOR FAST FOOD
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaws by changing the following portion of Section 2.3 TABLE OF USES:
Residential
Business
Industrial
Apartments
Open Space
PRINCIPAL USES
S-1
S-2
GR
B
CB
HC/I
I
GA
HRA
O
Business Uses
Fast food restaurants
N
N
N
SP-P
SP-P
N
N
N
N
N
Amend the Zoning Bylaws by deleting Section 5.2.C.
Amend the Zoning Bylaws by adding the following as Section 5.3.E:
        E.      Fast Food Restaurants
Amend the Zoning Bylaws by deleting Section 5A.2.B.
Amend the Zoning Bylaws by adding the following as Section 5A.3.C:
        C.      Fast Food Restaurants
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           The Planning Board      
APPROPRIATION:                  None

The following action was taken:
Voted:  Yes 94, No 14 (72 needed for a 2/3 vote) to accept the article as written in the warrant except for the words, “To do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee took no action

This article was voted by a secret ballot as required by Town Bylaw.

ARTICLE 5:              APPROPRIATION OF CHAPTER 90 FUNDS
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $209,479 for maintaining, repairing, improving and constructing public ways and the purchase of roadway equipment under the provisions of the M.G.L., Chapter 90, said sum to be reimbursed to the Town of Maynard at a rate of 100%; to do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:             Department of Public Works
APPROPRIATION:                    $209,479

The following action was taken:

Voted:  To accept the article as written in the warrant except for the words, “To do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee recommended.

ARTICLE 6:              AMEND ZONING BY-LAWS – “GENERAL DEFINITIONS”
To see if the Town will vote to Amend the “GENERAL DEFINITIONS” section by moving the definitions of ‘Building Story” and “Affordable Unit” from Section 6.F.3 and inserting them alphabetically in the general Definitions section in the Zoning By-laws; and
Amend the definition of “BUILDINGS / STRUCTURE HEIGHT” under “General Definitions” as follows:
BUILDINGS / STRUCTURE HEIGHT The vertical distance of the highest point of the roof beam in the case of a flat roof and of the mean level of the highest gable of a sloping roof as measured from the mean finished grade at all elevations of a building. Chimneys, ventilators, antennae, skylights, tanks, bulkheads, elevator equipment or solar panels shall not be considered part of the height of the building if such projections do not extend more than (5) five feet above the specific height limit.
And amend the Zoning Bylaws by deleting the wording in Section 6F.3 “DEFINITIONS’ in its entirety and replacing it with the following “There is no Section 6.F.3.”.
To do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           The Planning Board      
APPROPRIATION:                  None

The following action was taken:

Voted:  Yes 93, No 13 (71 needed for a 2/3 vote) to accept the article as written in the warrant except for the words, “To do or act thereon”.

The Finance Committee took no action.

This article was voted by a secret ballot as required by Town Bylaw.

ARTICLE 7:              SNOW AND ICE
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from free cash the sum of $83,900.00 to the FY2008 Snow and Ice Expense Account; to do or act thereon.
SPONSORED BY:           Board of Selectmen
APPROPRIATION:                  $83,900.00

The following action was taken:

Voted:  Y