New School & Indoor Recreational Facility Pass First Hurdles

Unofficial Results – Special Town Meeting – Monday, October 26
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1. School Building Project  – $43,229,373 PASSED
2. Oliver Lane Retaining Wall – $320,000 from Free Cash PASSED
3. Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Year – $10,701.69 Free Cash  PASSED
   1. Ride Rite Medi-Van, Inc. $1,406.25
   2.  Mark Abrahams $6,000.00
   3. Verizon $48.20
   4. Hopkinton Lumber $3.05
   5. Hopkinton Lumber $14.38
   6. Utilitronics $461.17
   7. Wheelabrator $2,768.64
4. FY 2016 Supplemental Appropriations – $1,044,346.38 from Free Cash PASSED
5. Transfer to General Stabilization Fund – $300,000 from Free Cash PASSED
6. Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund – $411,118  from Free Cas PASSED
7. Pay-As-You-Go Capital Expenses – All items except item i. PASSED together in one vote.
   1. Purchase Portable Radios – Police Chief – $49,500
   2. Replace Police Cruisers – Police Chief –  $78,000
   3. Replace Cardiac Monitor – Fire Chief – $28,099
   4. Purchase Public Safety Dispatch Equipment – Town Manager –  $16,250
   5. Upgrade to Roadway Light System to Energy Efficient LED Lighting – DPW – $175,000
   6. Cleanup Snow Dump located off Cedar Street  – DPW – $140,000
   7. Purchase Loader Mounted Snow Blower – DPW – $115,000
   8. Construct Elmwood Farm Parking Area  – Town Manager – $40,000
   9. Construct Expansion to Police Department Parking Lot  – Town Manager – $75,000 PASSED Yes 154 No 75
   10. Fruit Street Aquifer Analysis – DPW – $75,000
   11. Install Test Wells at Whitehall Property – DPW – $35,000
   12. Procure Sewer System Capacity and Business Analysis  – DPW – $140,000
8. Fruit Street Indoor Recreational Facility/Athletic Center -Construction – Appropriation Committee first made a motion for NO ACTION which FAILED Yes 74 No 164. Then the Parks & Recreation Commission made a motion to borrow $500,000.
   • An amendment was made by Ron Clark to use Free Cash rather than borrow the money via a debt exclusion. Amendment FAILED Yes 39 to No 172
   • Vote on the main motion for $500,000 Debt Exclusion PASSED Yes 154 No 67
9. Vehicle Purchase – Assessors Department – Motion for NO ACTION PASSED
10. Vendor Contract for Personal Property Services – Assessors Department – Motion for NO ACTION PASSED
11. Zoning Map Change – 79, 81, 83 Hayden Rowe Street – Property Owner’s Petition – Motion for NO ACTION PASSED

Both the New School Project and the Indoor Recreational Facility are debt exclusions and require a vote at Special Town Election on Monday, May 9. Stay tuned…