Town Meeting Results Day 2 (unofficial) – DPW Facility Passes

Documents:

• Annual Town Meeting Article Tracker (live document, updated frequently)
• Amendments

5. Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Years – RECONSIDERED and PASSED – $3,427.60 for Highway Dept, and $1,620 for Human Resources

8. Fiscal 2016 Operating Budget
   • An amendment by Ken Weismantel to reduce operating budget by $60,000 to eliminate the proposed Assistant Town Manager position. PASSED
   • FY16 Operating Budget – $72,388,886.06 PASSED

15. Department of Public Works Facility – $14.1 million PASSED
16. Fire Truck Replacement – $680,000 PASSED
17. Purchase of Dump Truck – $240,000 PASSED
18. Purchase of Water Utility Vehicle – $87,000 PASSED
19. Water Main Replacement – Cedar Street – $260,000 PASSED
20. Fruit Street Water Facility Engineering – Well Blending – $100,000 PASSED
21. Grove Street Water Facility – Engineering – $75,000 PASSED
22. Fruit Street Auxiliary Facility – Construction – Appropriation Committee Recommends No Action – Motion to No Action PASSED
23. Joint Information Technology – $200,000 PASSED
24. School Safety & Security – $200,000 PASSED
25. Joint Safety and Security Upgrades – $300,000
    • Appropriation Committee’s Motion for No Action FAILED
    • School Committee’s Alternate Motion for $103,471 PASSED
26. Fire Alarm Upgrades – Middle School – $170,000 PASSED
27. Roof Repairs – Hopkins and High Schools – $1,114,000
    • Amendment offered by Vascen Bogigian to instruct Selectmen and School Committee to seek all reasonable legal remedies for roof damage. PASSED
    • Main Motion for $1,114,000 PASSES 144 to 62
28. Resurfacing Basketball & Tennis Courts – $70,000 PASSED
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. Fruit Street Athletic Complex Building – Amended to Concession Area, Restrooms & Storage – $500,000
    9. Cemetery Records Preservation – $33,000
    10. Toll House Historic Site – $30,000
    11. Hopkins School Pavilion for Shade & Shelter $30,000
    12. Claflin Memorial Fountain $20,000
        • Motion 1: To vote items a, b, c, d, e, f, g, i, j, k, and l
          • Two amendments correcting typos and omissions PASSED
          • Amendment by Mary Arnaut to remove items f, g, and k. FAILED
          • Amendment by Richard Flannery to remove item b. FAILED
          • Amendment by Matt Zettek to add language regarding athletic fields and recreational purposes to item g. PASSED
          • Main Motion for items a, b, c, d, e, f, g, i, j, k, and l: PASSED
        • Motion 2: To vote item h – Fruit Street Athletic Complex HELD FOR TOMORROW

Town Meeting adjourned shortly after 11:00pm  and will reconvene Wednesday, May 6 at 7:00pm in the Middle School Auditorium.