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Acceptance of Town Reports
FY 2015 Supplemental Appropriations
199 General Government; Hydrant Rental To be transferred to the Water Enterprise Fund $167,360
422 Highway; Lake Maspenock Weed Control $ 60,000
423 FY15 Snow and Ice Deficit $854,565.38
450 Water Enterprise Operating Budget $80,000
FY 2015 Budget Transfers – Consent Agenda – No Action – There are no budget transfers this year.
Tercentennial Funds – Consent Agenda – Action: The Town is moving $890.92 in between accounts.
Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Years – Transfer from free cash the sum of $5,047.60
Property Tax Exemption Increase
Set the Salary of Elected Officials – Town Clerk, $70,000
Fiscal 2016 Operating Budget – $72 million
FY 2016 Revolving Funds
Chapter 90 Highway Funds – $662,271
Transfer to General Stabilization Fund – $300,000
Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund – $411,118
Local Hotel Tax Amendment – amend its local room occupancy excise tax rate to 6%
Pay-As-You-Go Capital Expenses
Purchase of Portable Radios – Police Chief – $49,500
Replacement of Police Cruisers – Police Chief – $78,000
Replacement Cardiac Monitor – Fire Chief – $28,099
Purchase Public Safety Dispatch Equipment – Town Manager – $16,250
Upgrades to Roadway Light System to Energy Efficient LED Lighting – DPW – $175,000
Cleanup of Snow Dump – DPW – $140,000
Purchase of Loader Mounted Snow Blower – DPW – $115,000
Elmwood Farm Parking Area – Town Manager – $40,000
Expansion of Police Department Parking Lot – Town Manager – $75,000
Sewer System Capacity and Business Analysis – DPW – $140,000
Fruit Street Aquifer Analysis – DPW – $75,000
Whitehall Wells Test Wells Installation – DPW – $35,000
Department of Public Works Facility – $14.1 million
Town & School Building Survey Results 2012
Fire Truck Replacement – $680,000
Purchase of Dump Truck – $240,000
Purchase of Water Utility Vehicle – $87,000
Water Main Replacement – Cedar Street – $260,000
Fruit Street Water Facility Engineering – Well Blending – $100,000
Grove Street Water Facility – Engineering – $75,000
Fruit Street Auxiliary Facility – Construction – Appropriation Committee Recommends No Action
Joint Information Technology – $200,000
School Safety & Security – $200,000
Joint Safety and Security Upgrades – $300,000 – Appropriation Committee Recommends No Action
Fire Alarm Upgrades – Middle School – Approx. $170,000
Roof Repairs – Hopkins and High Schools – $1,114,000
Resurfacing Basketball & Tennis Courts – $70,000
Community Preservation Recommendations
Preservation of Town Records – $15,000
Acquisition of Rail Bed South of Granite St – $135,000
Trail Head Signage – $7,500
Sylvan Way Conservation Restriction & Endowment – $2,500
MacFarland Sanger House Historic Repairs – $50,000
Fruit Street Parking Engineering Study – $50,000
Access & Parking for Legacy Farms Engineering Study – $34,000
Cemetery Records Preservation – $33,000
Toll House Historic Site – $30,000
Hopkins School Pavilion for Shade & Shelter $30,000
Claflin Memorial Fountain $20,000
Fruit Street Athletic Complex Building – Amended to Concession Area, Restrooms & Storage – $500,000
Amend Open Space Mixed Use Overlay District to allow 180 more units, age restricted – Legacy Farms
Adjust boundary line between Downtown Business District & Residence A District off B Street
Amend Industrial B District to allow indoor recreation uses by right, and to adopt a definition of indoor recreation uses
Housekeeping article to move definition of Lots in Two or More Residential Districts – Consent Agenda – Action: Housekeeping item to clarify zoning.
Amend Downtown Business District to allow parking between principal buildings and the street by special permit
Amend Open Space and Landscape Preservation Development
Amend site plan review bylaw pertaining to site lighting
Housekeeping article on modifying Design Review Board Bylaw
Sign bylaw amendments
Housekeeping article to consolidate and coordinate special permit language
Adjust boundary line between Residence Lake Front District & Rural Business District Hayward Street – Citizen’s Petition by Property Owner, William C. Tetlow
Tax Collector Tax Authority – Consent Agenda – No Action
Secondhand Dealer Bylaw
Acquisition of Property at 135 Hayden Rowe Street – Irvine Site – 28.7 Acres – $1.8 million
Acquisition of Property at 147 Hayden Rowe Street – Todaro Site – 23.8 acres – $1.5 million
Gift of Easement – 85 West Main Street – to create exclusive right hand turn lane onto Lumber Street – Consent Agenda – Action: To accept a small easement to create an exclusive Eastbound right turn lane.
Acquisition of Easement – 91 West Main Street – to create exclusive right hand turn lane onto Lumber Street. – Consent Agenda – No Action
Acquisition of Property at 15 Claflin Avenue (to be used for a cemetery) – 3.5 acres – $310,000
Acquisition of Property at 102 Fruit Street – 43 acres -Purchase of the Pratt Estate for the purposes of open space, scouting and other municipal purposes. $2.5 million
Grant of Utility Easements – 98 Hayden Rowe Street – Consent Agenda – Action: Housekeeping item. For electricity to the Hopkinton Center for the Arts.
Gift of land – Legacy Farms Athletic Field – Consent Agenda – Action: To enact a condition of the Host Community Agreement .
Gift of land – Legacy Farms Municipal Parcel – Consent Agenda – Action: To enact a condition of the Host Community Agreement.
Gift of Property at 123 East Main Street – “Toll House” Historic Site – Pending CPC Funds Approval in Article 29.
Gift of Drainage Easement at 287 Hayden Rowe Street – Consent Agenda – Action: Housekeeping item. Drainage easement.
Street Acceptances – Consent Agenda – Action: The Town will accept seven roads as public ways; increased state revenue.
Ashland-Hopkinton Fire and Emergency Services District – Consent Agenda – No Action
Fruit Street Conceptual Master Plan
Trustees of the School Trust Fund in the Town of Hopkinton – Consent Agenda – Action: Appointing Michael Contino and Kathryn Tighe to the Committee.