List of Articles with Details and Links

Documents:

• Read the Full 2015 Town Warrant
• Annual Town Meeting Article Tracker (live document, updated frequently)

1. Acceptance of Town Reports
2. 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
3. FY 2015 Budget Transfers – Consent Agenda – No Action – There are no budget transfers this year.
4. Tercentennial Funds – Consent Agenda – Action: The Town is moving $890.92 in between accounts.
5. Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Years – Transfer from free cash the sum of $5,047.60
6. Property Tax Exemption Increase
7. Set the Salary of Elected Officials – Town Clerk, $70,000
8. Fiscal 2016 Operating Budget – $72 million
   • FY16 Operating Budget Narrative
   • FY16 Town Financial Model & Comprehensive Budget Recommendation
   • FY16 Comprehensive Budget Town Manager Transmittal Letter
9. FY 2016 Revolving Funds
10. Chapter 90 Highway Funds – $662,271
11. Transfer to General Stabilization Fund – $300,000
12. Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund – $411,118
13. Local Hotel Tax Amendment – amend its local room occupancy excise tax rate to 6%
14. Pay-As-You-Go Capital Expenses
    1. Purchase of Portable Radios – Police Chief – $49,500
    2. Replacement of Police Cruisers – Police Chief –  $78,000
    3. Replacement Cardiac Monitor – Fire Chief – $28,099
    4. Purchase Public Safety Dispatch Equipment – Town Manager –  $16,250
    5. Upgrades to Roadway Light System to Energy Efficient LED Lighting – DPW – $175,000
    6. Cleanup of Snow Dump – DPW – $140,000
    7. Purchase of Loader Mounted Snow Blower – DPW – $115,000
    8. Elmwood Farm Parking Area – Town Manager – $40,000
    9. Expansion of Police Department Parking Lot – Town Manager – $75,000
    10. Sewer System Capacity and Business Analysis – DPW – $140,000
    11. Fruit Street Aquifer Analysis – DPW – $75,000
    12. Whitehall Wells Test Wells Installation – DPW – $35,000
15. Department of Public Works Facility – $14.1 million
    Town & School Building Survey Results 2012
16. Fire Truck Replacement – $680,000
17. Purchase of Dump Truck – $240,000
18. Purchase of Water Utility Vehicle – $87,000
19. Water Main Replacement – Cedar Street – $260,000
20. Fruit Street Water Facility Engineering – Well Blending – $100,000
21. Grove Street Water Facility – Engineering – $75,000
22. Fruit Street Auxiliary Facility – Construction – Appropriation Committee Recommends No Action
23. Joint Information Technology – $200,000
24. School Safety & Security – $200,000
25. Joint Safety and Security Upgrades – $300,000 – Appropriation Committee Recommends No Action
26. Fire Alarm Upgrades – Middle School – Approx. $170,000
27. Roof Repairs – Hopkins and High Schools – $1,114,000
28. Resurfacing Basketball & Tennis Courts – $70,000
29. Community Preservation Recommendations
    1. Preservation of Town Records – $15,000
    2. Acquisition of Rail Bed South of Granite St – $135,000
    3. Trail Head Signage – $7,500
    4. Sylvan Way Conservation Restriction & Endowment – $2,500
    5. MacFarland Sanger House Historic Repairs – $50,000
    6. Fruit Street Parking Engineering Study – $50,000
    7. Access & Parking for Legacy Farms Engineering Study – $34,000
    8. Cemetery Records Preservation – $33,000
    9. Toll House Historic Site – $30,000
    10. Hopkins School Pavilion for Shade & Shelter $30,000
    11. Claflin Memorial Fountain $20,000
    12. Fruit Street Athletic Complex Building – Amended to Concession Area, Restrooms & Storage – $500,000
30. Amend Open Space Mixed Use Overlay District to allow 180 more units, age restricted – Legacy Farms
31. Adjust boundary line between Downtown Business District & Residence A District off B Street
32. Amend Industrial B District to allow indoor recreation uses by right, and to adopt a definition of indoor recreation uses
33. Housekeeping article to move definition of Lots in Two or More Residential Districts – Consent Agenda – Action: Housekeeping item to clarify zoning.
34. Amend Downtown Business District to allow parking between principal buildings and the street by special permit
35. Amend Open Space and Landscape Preservation Development
36. Amend site plan review bylaw pertaining to site lighting
37. Housekeeping article on modifying Design Review Board Bylaw
38. Sign bylaw amendments
39. Housekeeping article to consolidate and coordinate special permit language
40. Adjust boundary line between Residence Lake Front District & Rural Business District Hayward Street – Citizen’s Petition by Property Owner, William C. Tetlow
41. Tax Collector Tax Authority – Consent Agenda – No Action
42. Secondhand Dealer Bylaw
43. Acquisition of Property at 135 Hayden Rowe Street – Irvine Site – 28.7 Acres – $1.8 million
    • FAQs from the Elementary School Building Committee
    • Read more about the site’s selection as the preferred Center School solution
44. Acquisition of Property at 147 Hayden Rowe Street – Todaro Site – 23.8 acres – $1.5 million
45. 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.
46. Acquisition of Easement – 91 West Main Street – to create exclusive right hand turn lane onto Lumber Street. – Consent Agenda – No Action
47. Acquisition of Property at 15 Claflin Avenue (to be used for a cemetery) – 3.5 acres – $310,000
48. 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
49. Grant of Utility Easements – 98 Hayden Rowe Street – Consent Agenda – Action: Housekeeping item. For electricity to the Hopkinton Center for the Arts.
50. Gift of land – Legacy Farms Athletic Field – Consent Agenda – Action: To enact a condition of the Host Community Agreement.
51. Gift of land – Legacy Farms Municipal Parcel – Consent Agenda – Action: To enact a condition of the Host Community Agreement.
52. Gift of Property at 123 East Main Street – “Toll House” Historic Site – Pending CPC Funds Approval in Article 29.
53. Gift of Drainage Easement at 287 Hayden Rowe Street – Consent Agenda – Action: Housekeeping item. Drainage easement.
54. Street Acceptances – Consent Agenda – Action: The Town will accept seven roads as public ways; increased state revenue.
55. Ashland-Hopkinton Fire and Emergency Services District – Consent Agenda – No Action
56. Fruit Street Conceptual Master Plan
57. Trustees of the School Trust Fund in the Town of Hopkinton – Consent Agenda – Action: Appointing Michael Contino and Kathryn Tighe to the Committee.