Town Meeting Results Day 1 (unofficial)

CONSENT AGENDA – PASSED:

• 3. FY 2016 Budget Transfers – NO ACTION
• 5. Property Tax Exemption Increase PASSED
• 26. School Building & Grounds Storage Facility – Design & Feasibility $25,000 – NO ACTION
• 45. Gift of land – Hilltop Road – NO ACTION
• 52. Trustees of the School Trust Fund in the Town of Hopkinton – to appoint Jeanne Bernardin (7 Kimball Road) as a Trustee PASSED

REPORTS:

1. Acceptance of Town Reports – PASSED

FINANCIAL – FISCAL YEAR 2016:

2. FY 2016 Supplemental Appropriations – $200,000 FY16 Snow and Ice Deficit, and $31,500 for Sewer Enterprise Fund – PASSED
3. FY 2016 Budget Transfers – NO ACTION in Consent Agenda
4. Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Years $3,142.25 – PASSED

FINANCIAL – FISCAL YEAR 2017:

5. Property Tax Exemption Increase – PASSED in Consent Agenda
6. Personal Property Tax Bill Threshold – PASSED
7. Set the Salary of Elected Officials – Town Clerk $65,630 – PASSED

51. Town Clerk – to change the position of Town Clerk from elected to appointed (hired). FAILED

8. Fiscal 2017 Operating Budget $75,982,132.38, which is a +2.46% Tax Impact (net of new growth) PASSED
   • Motion by Ron Shamus to divide the article so that line 422 (including Lake Weeds) is voted separately. PASSES YES-100 to NO-65
   • Revote of Motion by Ron Shamus to divide the article so that line 422 (only Lake Weeds) is voted separately. FAILS YES-76 to NO-94
   • Main Motion Operating Budget PASSED
9. FY 2017 Revolving Funds. PASSED
10. Chapter 90 Highway Funds – $651,957 PASSED
11. Transfer to General Stabilization Fund – $300,000 PASSED
12. Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund – $612,647 PASSED

CAPITAL EXPENSES AND PROJECTS:

13. Pay-As-You-Go Capital Expenses PASSED
    • Highway F-350 Pickup $60,000 DPW
    • Fire Apparatus/Vehicles $46,394
    • IT Equipment Replacement $100,000
    • Replacement of Police Cruisers $74,000
    • Systemwide School Security Upgrades (FY17 Upgrade intrusion alarm systems at Elmwood and High School) $100,000
    • Hopkins School Boiler Replacement (Replace boiler #2 at Hopkins – town received insurance proceeds $42,088 in FY16) $55,000
    • Middle School Water Heater Replacement (Replace water heater installed in 1996) $33,000
    • High School Athletic Center Scoreboard Replacement $25,000
    • Systemwide School Technology Upgrades (FY17 New student information system & wiring upgrades) $100,000
    • School Dept. – Replacement of Tractor $81,000
    • Middle School and High School Bleacher Upgrades and Repairs $85,000
14. Weed Control at Lake Maspenock – NO ACTION
15. Sidewalk Master Plan Phase II – $136,000 – PASSED
16. Transfer Funds to Purchase Fire Vehicle and Equipment – $500,000 PASSED
17. Transfer Funds to Purchase Fire Vehicle – $125,000 PASSED
18. Transfer Funds to Reequip/Reconfigure Fire Vehicle and Equipment – $55,000 PASSED
19. Purchase of Dump Truck $200,000 DPW PASSED
20. Grove Street Water Tank Replacement $1,530,000 from DPW Water Enterprise Fund PASSED
21. Water Main Replacement – Hayden Rowe Street $260,000 from DPW Water Enterprise Fund PASSED
22. Water Source of Supply $1,000,000 from DPW Water Enterprise Fund PASSED
23. Biological Filtration Wells #4 & #5 $50,000 from DPW Water Enterprise Fund PASSED
24. Middle School Auditorium Upgrades (Install air conditioning, repaint stage floor, replace curtains, stage rigging, control console, & light board) $167,000 PASSED
25. School Bus Parking Lot (Construct gravel parking lot for buses at the proposed new elementary school – results in estimated annual positive impact of $111K ) $320,000 – A motion for No Action FAILED. An alternate motion will be considered as the first Agenda item for Tuesday’s Town Meeting.
26. School Building & Grounds Storage Facility – Design & Feasibility $25,000 – NO ACTION – Consent Agenda
27. Artificial Turf Field with Lights – Design & Feasibility $100,000 – NO ACTION
28. Signage for Historical Sites – $15,000
29. Transfer Funds for New Capital Projects – NO ACTION
30. Cemetery Roadway Opening – access to the Claflin St from Mt Auburn Cemetery – $2,500 PASSED

There was some discussion of article 31 (CPC Funding Projects), but it was not ultimately voted. The meeting adjourned at 11:06 PM.