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List of Articles with Details and Links
Documents:
- 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.