Special Town Meeting Begins at 7:00pm @ HS Athletic Center

Hopkinton Special Town Meeting
Monday, October 26 at 7:00-11:00pm
High School Athletic Center – New Location!
Read the Special Town Meeting Warrant
Live Warrant Article Tracker Spreadsheet – Updated throughout the evening by Town Hall

There are 11 articles to vote on in the warrant. We expect Special Town Meeting will only last one evening and may finish before 11:00pm.

As usual Educate Hopkinton will be live tweeting from Special Town Meeting to let you know the results of each vote as it happens. Follow us @educate01748.

1. School Building Project  – $43 million
2. Oliver Lane Retaining Wall – $320,000
3. Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Year – Free Cash*
4. FY 2016 Supplemental Appropriations – Free Cash*
5. Transfer to General Stabilization Fund ≈ $300,000 – Free Cash*
6. Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund ≈ $411,118  – Free Cash*
7. Pay-As-You-Go Capital Expenses – Free Cash*
   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. Procure Sewer System Capacity and Business Analysis  – DPW – $140,000
   9. Fruit Street Aquifer Analysis – DPW – $75,000
   10. Install Test Wells at Whitehall Property – DPW – $35,000
   11. Construct Elmwood Farm Parking Area  – Town Manager – $40,000
   12. Construct Expansion to Police Department Parking Lot  – Town Manager – $75,000
8. Fruit Street Indoor Recreational Facility/Athletic Center -Construction $500,000
9. Vehicle Purchase – Assessors Department
10. Vendor Contract for Personal Property Services – Assessors Department – No Action is expected to be taken on this article
11. Zoning Map Change – 79, 81, 83 Hayden Rowe Street – Property Owner’s Petition – No Action is expected to be taken on this article

*FREE CASH – The State had not yet certified Hopkinton’s “Free Cash” amount by the May 2015 Annual Town Meeting, so these articles were held until now. Free Cash may be certified in time for the fall Town Meeting.