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May 5, 2008 Annual Town Meeting | Littleton MA
FY09 Annual Town Meeting
Electric Light Operating Budget [Electric Light Commissioners]
Water Enterprise Fund Operating Budget [Water Commissioners]
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Enterprise Fund
Capital Exclusion Items - all approved by 5/10/08 Election ballot questions
Town Hall Roof Repairs: $96,000
Fire Protective Gear: $65,000
Shaker Lane School: $30,000
School Technology: $30,000
Capital Items from Available Funds - all approved
Police Cruisers – leases: $54,000
Police office trailer lease: $13,000
Fire Equipment Maintenance: $16,000
Fire Department Leased Vehicle: $6,000
Highway Equipment Maintenance: $15,000
Highway 1-Ton Dump Truck with Plow: $55,000
Highway Lawnmower: $25,000
Highway Sidewalk Plow: $45,000
Town Technology: $16,000
Long Lake Septic System: $15,000 - No action taken
Zoning Amendment: Aquifer and Water Resource District [Planning Board]
Zoning Amendment: Rezone Certain Parcels to Business District (B) [Voter Petition: Map U11, Parcel 4-3, Map U6, Parcels 4-1 and 4-2] - No action taken
Zoning Amendment: Rezone Certain Parcels to Business District (B) [Voter Petition: Map U5, Parcels 1, 2 & 2-1; Map U6, Parcels 2, 3, and 2-5] - No action taken
By-law Amendment: Junk & Debris [Voter Petition] - Not approved
Chapter 90 Road Improvements
By-law Amendment: 2/3rds Votes of Town Meeting - Not approved
By-law Amendment: Town Meeting Posting Requirements
By-law Amendment: Self-Service Stations
Agricultural Commission Membership
Accept MGL C. 39,§23D – Town Board Quorums at Adjudicatory Hearings
Road Acceptance: Whitetail Way
Road Acceptance: Manchester Drive and Norfolk Drive
Road Acceptance: Grist Mill Road
Road Acceptance: Surrey Road
Town Moderator Timothy Goddard called the meeting to order.
Consent Calendar: Motion made and seconded to approve the following articles with motions as proposed: Articles 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 26, 27, 28, and 29. Declared passed by a unanimous vote.
To choose all other necessary Town Officers and Committees.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the following Officers be chosen for the year 2008: Fence Viewers: William Farnsworth, Timothy Harrison Whitcomb, Joseph Knox; Field Drivers: Raymond C. O'Neil; Surveyor of Timber & Measurer of Wood Bark: Henry Parlee; Measurers and Weighers of Grain, Hay, Coal and Livestock: Arthur D. Keown, Janet Keown, Ralph McNiff.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to accept all printed reports of Town Officers and Committees as published in the 2007 Annual Town Report.
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 4 of the General Laws, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one (1) year, in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 17 of the General Laws, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow money and issue notes as set forth in Article 3 as printed in the warrant.
Finance Committee supports Article 3. Board of Selectmen supports Article 3.
Article 4 - Board of Selectmen/Finance Committee - FY 2009 Operating Budget
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds in the treasury or transfer from the Enterprise and Trust Funds, such sums of money to defray the expenses of the various departments of the Town and to fix the salary and compensation of all elected officials for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2008, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $28,950,079, transfer from Free Cash the sum of $629,976, transfer from Overlay Surplus the sum of $55,000, and transfer $29,000 from the following old article balances: $16,250.00 from11/5/07 STM Article 3, Minuteman Tech bill, $5,000.00 from 11/14/06 STM Article 11, Long Lake Septic Design, $5,878.51 from 2/11/00 STM Article 7, Jr/Sr HS Architect fees, $1,871.49 from 5/8/06 ATM Article 5, Salary adjustments, for a total of $29,664,055, to defray the expenses of the various departments of the Town and to fix the salary and compensation of all elected officials for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2008.
BUDGET COST CENTER
Town Reports/Town Meeting 7,000 7,000 5,000
Moderator 100 100 100
Selectmen - Salaries & Wages 124,791 136,001 152,810
Selectmen - Elected Wages 0 0 0
Selectmen - Operating Expenses 17,634 14,100 17,600
Selectmen Total 142,425 150,101 170,410
Finance Committee - Wages 0 0 0
Finance Committee - Expenses 165 1,000 500
9 Finance Committee Total 165 1,000 500
Town Accountant - Salaries & Wages 95,728 113,615 123,865
Town Accountant - Expenses 7,934 7,000 7,000
Town Accountant - Audit Expense 31,750 22,450 22,450
Town Accountant Total 135,412 143,065 153,315
127,610 135,828 143,775
Board of Assessors - Expenses 3,933 6,700 6,673
Board of Assessors Total 131,543 142,528 150,448
Treasurer Salaries & Wages 98,332 109,547 123,154
Treasurer Expenses 24,231 6,800 7,800
Treasurer Tax Title Expenses 4,082 12,000 12,000
Treasurer Total 126,645 128,347 142,954
Collector Salaries & Wages 54,094 63,960 67,219
Collector Expenses 10,500 13,800 13,800
Collector Total 64,594 77,760 81,019
Town Counsel - Total Expenses 146,565 100,000 100,000
25 IT Salaries & Wages 0 64,500 64,500
IT Expenses 0 68,850 72,350
IT Total 0 133,350 136,850
Town Clerk - Salaries & Wages 56,790 57,636 61,660
Town Clerk – Expenses 1,196 1,500 1,500
Town Clerk Total 57,986 59,136 63,160
Elections & Registration –Salaries/ Wages 4,959 0 0
Elections & Registration - Expenses 8,477 8,200 9,700
Elections & Registration Total 13,436 8,200 9,700
14,209 15,683 15,683
Conservation Commission Expenses 20 1,726 1,000
Conservation Commission Total 14,229 17,409 16,683
Planning Board Salaries & Wages 36,528 40,957 42,110
Planning Board Expenses 752 1,225 1,175
Planning Board Total 37,280 42,182 43,285
Board of Appeals Salaries & Wages 5,253 5,638 5,638
Board of Appeals Expenses 1,714 1,200 1,200
Board of Appeals Total 6,967 6,838 6,838
Public Buildings - Salaries & Wages 22,253 39,538 42,282
Public Buildings – Expenses 312,500 232,300 229,556
Public Buildings Total 334,753 271,838 271,838
Central Communications 76,256 60,000 60,000
47 MAGIC Funding 1,600 1,600 1,600
TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT 1,296,956 1,350,453 1,413,700
Percent Increase Over Prior Year 25.61% 4.12% 4.68%
Police Department - Salaries & Wages 1,059,339 1,113,434 1,192,368
Police Department – Expenses 72,752 96,528 86,408
50 Police Department Total 1,132,091 1,209,962 1,278,776
Crossing Guard 10,000 10,000
Fire Department - Salaries & Wages 428,868 438,510 438,522
Fire Department – Expenses 38,043 41,471 41,470
Fire Department Total 466,911 479,981 479,992
Building Commissioner – Salaries/Wages 78,802 87,748 92,311
Building Commissioner -Expenses 1,950 5,480 3,380
Inspectional Services Total 80,752 93,228 95,691
58 Communications Dept -Salaries/Wages 229,652 243,125 253,269
Communications Dept - Expenses 19,293 19,602 18,402
Communications Department Total 248,945 262,727 271,671
Emergency Management Agency 1,000 1,000 1,000
TOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY 1,929,699 2,056,898 2,137,130
Percent Increase Over Prior Year 3.97% 6.59% 3.90%
Nashoba Valley Technical School 426,573 597,964 565,875
Nashoba Valley Technical School Total 426,573 597,964 565,875
Littleton School Department 13,058,998 13,610,489 14,520,000
Littleton School Department Total 13,058,998 13,610,489 14,520,000
EDUCATION TOTAL 13,485,571 14,208,453 15,085,875
Percent Increase Over Prior Year 6.59% 5.36% 6.18%
Street Lights 0 30,070 30,070
DPW - Highway Division – Salaries/Wages 626,497 715,338 715,338
DPW - Highway Division - Expenses 422,710 439,022 462,700
DPW - Highway Division Total 1,049,207 1,154,360 1,178,038
DPW - Wastewater Management 71,978 46,200 50,000
DPW - Roadway Repairs/Improvements 275,000 480,000
Cemetery Division - Salaries & Wages 92,114 97,112 104,372
Cemetery Division – Expenses 26,769 27,700 25,025
Cemetery Division Total 118,883 124,812 129,397
Snow Removal - Salaries & Wages 60,965 64,393 64,393
Snow Removal – Expenses 142,310 61,472 81,472
Snow Removal Total 203,275 125,865 145,865
B&M Crossing Assessment 2,806 2,806 2,806
TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES 1,446,149 1,759,113 2,016,176
Percent Increase Over Prior Year 3.49% 21.64% 14.61%
Board of Health - Salary & Wages 22,604 25,922 26,540
Board of Health – Expenses 1,235 1,235 1,235
Board of Health - Nashoba Health District 21,027 20,415 21,650
Board of Health Nashoba Nursing Service 8,182 7,944 8,250
Board of Health - Eliot Clinic 3,780 3,780 3,780
Board of Health Total 56,828 59,296 61,455
Animal Inspector - Salary & Wages 1,300 1,300 1,300
Animal Inspector – Expenses 0 0 0
Animal Inspector Total 1,300 1,300 1,300
Council on Aging - Salary & Wages 50,375 51,513 55,432
Council on Aging – Expenses 14,943 16,389 13,416
Council on Aging Total 65,318 67,902 68,848
Veterans' Services - Salary & Wages 5,000 5,000 5,000
Veterans' Services – Expenses 635 750 750
Veterans' Services – Benefits 6,080 12,000 12,000
94 Veterans' Services Total 11,715 17,750 17,750
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES TOTAL 135,161 146,248 149,353
Percent Increase Over Prior Year 5.68% 8.20% 2.12%
Library - Salary & Wages 320,656 339,797 351,119
Library - Expenses 62,100 65,700 64,800
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium 26,011 27,138 28,552
Reuben Hoar Library Total 408,767 432,635 444,471
Recreation Committee - Salary & Wages 73,537 76,875 76,875
Recreation Committee - Expenses 2,963 2,963 2,963
Recreation Committee Total 76,500 79,838 79,838
DPW Park Maintenance - Expenses 21,422 26,960
DPW Park Maintenance Total 21,422 26,960
Historical Commission - Salary & Wages 0 0 0
Historical Commission - Expenses 700 1,500 700
Historical Commission Total 700 1,500 700
Memorial Day - Expenses 500 500 500
108 Patriots Day - Expenses 50 50 50
TOTAL CULTURE & RECREATION 486,517 535,945 552,519
Percent Increase Over Prior Year 0.21% 10.16% 3.09%
Gasoline Expense 88,851 100,000 100,000
Insurance Expense 278,834 316,250 316,250
F.I.C.A. (Medicare) 160,269 161,120 170,000
Longevity 0 11,650 13,900
Unemployment Premium Payment 0 50,000 50,000
Group Health & Life Insurance Premiums 1,936,997 2,335,628 2,110,000
County Retirement 901,436 927,440 1,020,666
TOTAL FRINGE BENEFITS 2,998,702 3,485,838 3,364,566
TOTAL FIXED COSTS 3,366,387 3,902,088 3,780,816
Percent Increase Over Prior Year 3.68% 15.91% -3.11%
Reserve Fund 150,000 150,000 150,000
TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET 22,296,440 24,109,198 25,285,569
Percent Increase Over Prior Year 6.33% 8.13% 4.88%
Short Term Interest Total 375,104 626,802 211,000
Long Term Debt Total 3,736,695 3,571,280 4,167,486
DEBT SERVICE TOTAL 4,111,799 4,198,082 4,378,486
Percent Increase Over Prior Year 5.34% 2.10% 4.30%
TOTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATED 26,408,239 28,307,280 29,664,055
Percent Increase Over Prior Year 6.18% 7.19% 4.79%
Finance Committee supports Article 4.
Board of Selectmen supports Article 4.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and/or transfer from available funds, a sum or sums of money, for electricity to be used for street lighting, and that the sum and income from the sale of electricity to private consumer and/or the electricity supplied to municipal buildings and from sales of appliances and jobbings during the current fiscal year, be appropriated for the Municipal Light Plant, the whole to be expended by the Manager of the Municipal Light Plant under the direction and control of the Electric Light Board for expenses of the plant for the fiscal year, as defined in Chapter 164, Section 57 of the General Laws, including out-of-state travel, and if said sum and said income shall exceed as the Electric Light Board may determine, it shall be transferred to the Construction Fund or other so designated account of said plant and appropriated for such additions thereto as may be authorized by the Electric Light Board and the balance of said excess shall be returned to the Town Treasurer, or take any other action relative thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Electric Light Commissioners that the Town vote that the income from the sale of electricity to private consumer and/or the electricity supplied to municipal buildings and from sales of appliances and jobbings during the current fiscal year, be appropriated for the Municipal Light Plant, the whole to be expended by the Manager of the Municipal Light Plant under the direction and control of the Electric Light Board for expenses of the plant for the fiscal year, as defined in Chapter 164, Section 57 of the General Laws, including out-of-state travel, and if said sum and said income shall exceed as the Electric Light Board may determine, it shall be transferred to the Construction Fund or other so designated account of said plant and appropriated for such additions thereto as may be authorized by the Electric Light Board and the balance of said excess shall be returned to the Town Treasurer.
Finance Committee supports Article 5. Board of Electric Light Commissioners supports Article 5. Board of Selectmen supports Article 5.
Article 6 - Board of Water Commissioners - Water Enterprise Fund Operating Budget
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $1,839,637, or any other sum or sums of money from the Water Enterprise Fund to finance the operation of the Water Department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008 (detail below), or take any other action relative thereto.
$1,739,637
$1,839,637
Total Costs $1,839,637
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to appropriate $1,839,637 from the Water Enterprise Fund to finance the operation of the Water Department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008.
Finance Committee supports Article 6. Board of Water Commissioners supports Article 6.Board of Selectmen supports Article 6.
Article 7 - Board of Selectmen - Emergency Medical Services Enterprise Fund
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $271,086, or any other sum or sums of money, from the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Enterprise Fund to finance the operation of the EMS Department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008 (detail below), or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Total Costs Appropriated for General Fund
Total Costs $305,000
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to appropriate $271,086 from the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Enterprise Fund to finance the operation of the EMS Department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008.
Finance Committee supports Article 7. Board of Selectmen supports Article 7.
Article 8 - Board of Selectmen/Finance Committee - Capital Exclusion Items
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and/or transfer from available funds, and or borrow a sum or sums of money, to be expended by the respective Departments or Officers indicated, for the capital projects and purchases itemized and described below; each such amount to be provided contingent upon successful passage of a capital exclusion referendum pertaining thereto on a Town Ballot, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Town Hall Roof Repairs: $96,000 to be expended by the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of repairing the Town Hall roof.
Fire Protective Gear: $65,000 to be expended by the Fire Department for the purpose of replacing and updating personal protective gear for the Fire Department.
Shaker Lane School: $30,000 to be expended by the School Committee for the purpose of replacing univent HVAC units at the Shaker Lane School.
School Technology: $30,000 to be expended by the School Committee for the purpose of purchasing new and replacement computer systems with printers and accessories for various school departments.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the following sums of money to be expended by the respective Departments or Officers indicated, for the capital projects and purchases itemized and described below; provided, however, that each such appropriation shall take effect only if the Town votes to exempt from the limitation on total taxes imposed by Chapter 59, Section 21C of the General Laws (Proposition 2 ½) the amounts required to fund such appropriation:
Finance Committee supports Article 8. Board of Selectmen supports Article 8.
Article 9 - Board of Selectmen/Finance Committee - Capital Items from Available Funds
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and/or transfer from available funds, and or borrow a sum or sums of money, to be expended by the respective Departments or Officers indicated, for the capital projects and purchases itemized and described, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Police Cruisers - leases: $54,000 to be expended by the Police Department for the purpose of leasing four (4) police cruisers. Said payment will cover the second year's payments of three-year leases for two vehicles, and the first year's payments of three-year leases for two additional vehicles.
Police office trailer lease: $13,000 to be expended by the Police Department for the purpose of leasing an office trailer for the Police Department. Said payment will cover the second year’s payment of a three-year lease.
Fire Equipment Maintenance: $16,000 to be expended by the Fire Department for the purpose of major equipment repairs and upkeep.
Fire Department Leased Vehicle: $6,000 to be expended by the Fire Department to lease a vehicle for Fire Department. Said payment will cover the second year’s payment of a five-year lease.
Highway Equipment Maintenance: $15,000 to be expended by the Highway Department for the purpose of major equipment repairs and upkeep.
Highway 1-Ton Dump Truck with Plow: $55,000 to be expended by the Highway Department for the purpose of purchasing a new 1 ton 4x4 vehicle with plow as a replacement for an existing vehicle.
Highway Lawnmower: $25,000 to be expended by the Highway Department for the purpose of purchasing a new Front Deck Lawnmower as a replacement for the existing 1989 John Deere.
Highway Sidewalk Plow: $45,000 to be expended by the Highway Department for the purpose of leasing a new sidewalk plow as a replacement for the existing 1973 Bombardier. Said payment will cover the first year’s payment of a three-year lease.
Town Technology: $16,000 to be expended by the Information Technology Department for the purpose of purchasing new and replacement computer systems and accessories for various Town Departments, including a replacement server and network router.
Long Lake Septic System: $15,000 to be expended by the Park & Recreation Commission for the purpose of installing a septic system at Long Lake.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the total sum of $245,000 for Items A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I in Article 9 as printed in the warrant.
Finance Committee supports Article 9, Items A-I. Board of Selectmen supports Article 9, Items A-I.
Article 10 - Planning Board - Zoning Amendment: Aquifer and Water Resource District
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town Code, to modify the “Aquifer and Water Resource District” bylaw, section 173-63 Design and operation guidelines. Subsection D. Drainage by deleting the word “all” from the first sentence; or take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Planning Board that the Town vote to amend the Town Code, to modify the “Aquifer and Water Resource District” bylaw, section 173-63 Design and operation guidelines. Subsection D. precisely as set forth in Article 10 as printed in the warrant.
Planning Board supports Article 10. Board of Selectmen has no position on Article 10.
Article 11 - Voters’ Petition - Zoning Amendment: Rezone Certain Parcels to Business District
To see if the Town will vote to re-zone the following parcels located in the Town of Littleton to Business District (B): Map U11, Parcel 4-3, Map U6, Parcels 4-1 and 4-2; or to take any other action in relation thereto. [Note: withdrawn by petitioners, 4/8/08]
Planning Board does not have a report and recommendation under MGL C.40A,§5. Board of Selectmen has no position on Article 11.
Town Meeting took no affirmative action on Article 11.
Article 12 - Voters’ Petition - Zoning Amendment: Rezone Certain Parcels to Business District
To see if the Town will vote to re-zone the following parcels located in the Town of Littleton to Business: Map U5, Parcels 1, 2 & 2-1; Map U6, Parcels 2, 3, and 2-5; or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Planning Board does not have a report and recommendation under MGL C.40A,§5. Board of Selectmen has no position on Article 12.
Town Meeting took no affirmative action on Article 12.
Article 13 - Voters’ Petition -By-law Amendment: Junk & Debris
To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-laws for the Town of Littleton by adding:
Chapter 116, Junk & Debris.
116-1. No owner of private property shall keep in the public view, on any lot, in any residential district any substantial amount of junk & debris for more than areasonable amount of time.
116-2. Definitions
116.2.1 Junk & Debris includes but is not limited to the collection of paper, trash, rags, plastics, batteries, tires, scrap metal, scrap construction materials, appliances, mattresses, machinery, machinery parts, vehicle parts, trash furniture, or other items not defined as a structure in accordance with the Massachusetts building Code and the Zoning by-laws, which is not in active use for any purpose authorized in a residential district.
116.2.2 Public View shall refer to junk and debris visible from either (i) any property line at six (6) feet or less above ground level, or (ii) by any immediately direct abutter from any place within that immediately direct abutter’s residence.
116.2.3 Substantial Amount shall mean a quantity of material that occupies more than 375 cubic feet in the aggregate on any lot or a quantity of materials of repetitive quantity more than two (2).
116.2.4 Reasonable amount of time shall be thirty (30) days.
116.2.4 Hearing shall mean a proceeding before the Town Administrator for the purpose of either: appealing the decision of the enforcement officer; or to request an extension of time for the purpose of compliance. Said extension of time may only be granted in instances where an inventory of items is documented to the satisfaction of the enforcement officer and submitted to the Town Administrator along with a progress schedule clearly defining a timetable for compliance. Any action by the enforcing officer shall be suspended until such time a decision is issued by the Town Administrator.
116.3 Conditions existing as of the date of this enactment this chapter which meet the definition of substantial amount of junk & debris must be brought into compliance within ninety (90) days of the date of the approval of this By-law.
116.4 Action under this Chapter shall not bar any separate action initiated by any other Town Board, Committee, or Department under the provisions of this By-law or by regulation.
116.5 Any Town employee(s) so designated for this work (“enforcement officer”) by the Town Administrator shall enforce this By-law. The first notice of violation issued by the enforcement officer shall be a written warning. The owner shall then have thirty (30) days within which to remedy and cure the violation or to formally request in writing a hearing before the Town Administrator. If after thirty (30) days the violation has not been remedied or a hearing has not been requested before the Town Administrator, the enforcement officer may issue subsequent written notices of violation with fines of not more than one hundred ($100) for each offence. Each day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offence until deemed remedied by the enforcement officer. Any future action taken within a 12 month period after remedy of the violation under this section shall be deemed a continuing violation.
116.6 Any citizen against whom a notice of violation is issued under this By-law shall have the right for a hearing before the Town Administrator and following said hearing, the Town Administrator shall within a reasonable period of time thereafter, issue a decision. From the date that such a hearing request is received by the Town Administrator until the date that a decision is issued, all the deadlines stated in section 116.5 shall be temporarily stayed.
116.6 The provisions of this by-law shall not apply to properties Assessed as agricultural or horticultural land pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 61A.
Motion offered by petitioners: Moved and seconded that the Town vote to amend the General By-laws for the Town of Littleton by adding Chapter 116, Junk & Debris, as printed in the warrant, with the following amendments: From Section 116.2.1, Junk & Debris, strike the word, “machinery”; From Section 116.2.2, Public View, strike the wording “either (i)” and “or (ii) by any immediate direct abutter from any place within that immediate abutter’s residence”; From Section 116.2.3, Substantial Amount, change “375 cubic feet” to “1,000 cubic feet” and strike the wording “or a quantity of materials repetitive in quantity more than (2)”
Board of Selectmen does not support Article 13.
Article 14 - Board of Selectmen - Community Preservation Act
To see if the Town will act on the report of the Community Preservation Committee on the fiscal year 2009 community preservation budget and to appropriate or reserve for later appropriation a sum or sums of money from Community Preservation Fund annual revenues or available funds for the administrative expenses of the Community Preservation Committee, the payment of debt service, the undertaking of community preservation projects and all other necessary and proper expenses for the year, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Community Preservation Committee that the Town vote to appropriate or reserve from Community Preservation Fund annual revenues the amounts recommended by the Community Preservation Committee for committee administrative expenses, community preservation projects and other expenses in Fiscal Year 2009, with each item to be considered a separate appropriation: Open Space Reserve, $20,000; Historic Resources Reserve, $20,000; Community Housing Reserve, $20,000; administrative expenses, $5,000; and budgeted reserve, $135,000.
Community Preservation Committee supports Article 14.
To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 33 of the Town Code, Personnel, by deleting Schedule A thereof and replacing it with the following Schedule A and Schedule B:
hourly $8.64 $8.95 $9.26 $9.59 $9.91 $10.27 $10.63
$18,040.32 $18,687.60 $19,334.88 $20,023.92 $20,692.08 $21,443.76 $22,195.44
10.75 11.13 11.53 11.93 12.35 12.78 13.23
22,446.00 23,239.44 24,074.64 24,909.84 25,786.80 26,684.64 27,624.24
13.51 13.99 14.48 15.00 15.51 16.06 16.61
28,208.88 29,211.12 30,234.24 31,320.00 32,384.88 33,533.28 34,681.68
15.55 16.09 16.64 17.24 17.84 18.47 19.12
32,468.40 33,595.92 34,744.32 35,997.12 37,249.92 38,565.36 39,922.56
16.33 16.88 17.47 18.10 18.74 19.38 20.06
34,097.04 35,245.44 36,477.36 37,792.80 39,129.12 40,465.44 41,885.28
17.14 17.74 18.35 18.99 19.67 20.35 21.06
35,788.32 37,041.12 38,314.80 39,651.12 41,070.96 42,490.80 43,973.28
17.99 18.63 19.28 19.95 20.64 21.38 22.11
37,563.12 38,899.44 40,256.64 41,655.60 43,096.32 44,641.44 46,165.68
18.90 19.55 20.25 20.95 21.67 22.44 23.23
39,463.20 40,820.40 42,282.00 43,743.60 45,246.96 46,854.72 48,504.24
19.84 20.53 21.24 21.99 22.76 23.57 24.39
41,425.92 42,866.64 44,349.12 45,915.12 47,522.88 49,214.16 50,926.32
20.83 21.56 22.31 23.09 23.91 24.74 25.62
43,493.04 45,017.28 46,583.28 48,211.92 49,924.08 51,657.12 53,494.56
26.04 26.96 27.89 28.86 29.89 30.92 32.01
54,371.52 56,292.48 58,234.32 60,259.68 62,410.32 64,560.96 66,836.88
32.55 33.69 34.88 36.08 37.34 38.67 40.02
67,964.40 70,344.72 72,829.44 75,335.04 77,965.92 80,742.96 83,561.76
37.44 38.75 40.10 41.50 42.95 44.45 46.01
78,174.72 80,910.00 83,728.80 86,652.00 89,679.60 92,811.60 96,068.88
COA Dispatcher $10.00 per hour
COA Wan Driver $15.00 per hour
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to amend Chapter 33 of the Town Code by deleting Schedule A thereof and replacing it with text precisely as set forth in Article 15 as printed in the warrant.
Personnel Board supports Article 15. Board of Selectmen supports Article 15. Finance Committee supports Article 15.
Article 16 - Board of Selectmen - Revolving Funds
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the following Fiscal Year 2009 Revolving Funds, in accordance with Chapter 44, section 53E½ of the General Laws, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Cemetery Lots: to allow receipts from the sale of lots and grave opening fees to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $10,000 annually, to be expended for associated administrative costs, under the direction of the Cemetery Commission, with the prior year’s fund balance to be available for expenditure;
Fire Safety Act Compliance: to allow receipts from Fire Safety Act fees and fine to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $3,000 annually, to be expended for associated administrative costs, under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, with the prior year’s fund balance to be available for expenditure;
Community Education: to allow receipts from community education fees to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $80,000 annually, to be expended for wages and associated administrative costs, under the direction of the Park & Recreation Commission, with the prior year’s fund balance to be available for expenditure; and
Spectacle Pond Cell Tower: to allow receipts from the Spectacle Pond Cell Tower rent to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $40,000 annually, to be expended for debt service for the Clean Lakes program, under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, with the prior year’s fund balance to be available for expenditure.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to authorize Fiscal Year 2009 Revolving Funds, in accordance with Chapter 44, section 53E½ of the General Laws, as set forth in Paragraphs (1) through (11) of Article 16 as printed in the warrant.
Finance Committee supports Article 16. Board of Selectmen supports Article 16.
Article 17 - Board of Selectmen - Chapter 90 Road Improvements
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to appropriate funds available from the Massachusetts Highway Department in the amount of $275,193 for authorized road improvements and other projects provided for under Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
Finance Committee supports Article 17. Board of Selectmen supports Article 17.
Article 18 - Board of Selectmen - Compensating Balance Agreement
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to enter into a Compensating Balance Agreement(s) for FY 2009, pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 53F of the General Laws, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to authorize the Treasurer to enter into a Compensating Balance Agreement(s) for FY 2009, pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 53F of the General Laws.
Finance Committee supports Article 18. Board of Selectmen supports Article 18.
Article 19 - Board of Selectmen - Senior Work Program
To see if the Town will vote to request the Board of Assessors to commit $46,000, or any other sum or sums of money, from the FY 2009 Overlay Account for Abatements to fund the Senior Citizen Tax Work-off Abatement Program, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to request the Board of Assessors to commit $46,000 from the FY 2009 Overlay Account for Abatements to fund the Senior Citizen Tax Work-off Abatement Program.
Finance Committee supports Article 19. Board of Selectmen supports Article 19. Council on Aging supports Article 19.
Article 20 - Board of Selectmen -By-law Amendment: 2/3rds Votes of Town Meeting
To see if the Town will vote, pursuant to Chapter 39, section 15 of the General Laws, to amend the Town Code by deleting therefrom §18-6, Manner of authorizing indebtedness, which currently reads as follows:
Whenever a 2/3 vote is required by law to authorize the Town to incur indebtedness, the manner of voting shall be by ballot, and a checklist of the voters of the Town shall be used.
§18-6, Two-thirds votes of Town Meeting. On all matters to come before an Annual or Special Town Meeting requiring a two-thirds vote by statute, a count need not be taken unless the vote so declared is immediately questioned by seven or more registered voters.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to amend the Town Code by deleting therefrom § 18-6, Manner of authorizing indebtedness, and by inserting in place thereof the text precisely as set forth in Article 20 as printed in the warrant.
Board of Selectmen supports Article 20.
Article 21 -Board of Selectmen - By-law Amendment: Town Meeting Posting Requirements
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town Code by deleting §41-2, Posting of warrant, which currently reads as follows:
Every Town Meeting shall be called by posting attested copies of the warrant calling the same in six public places (the Town Hall, three meeting houses and post offices of the Town) at least seven days before the day appointed for said meeting
§41-2, Posting of warrant. Every Town Meeting shall be called by posting attested copies of the warrant calling the same in eight public places, as determined by the Board of Selectmen, at least seven days before the annual town meeting and at least fourteen days before any special town meeting.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to amend the Town Code by deleting therefrom §41-2, Posting of warrant, and inserting in place thereof the text precisely as set forth in Article 21 as printed in the warrant.
Board of Selectmen supports Article 21.
Article 22 - Board of Selectmen - By-law Amendment: Self-Service Stations
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town Code relative to Self-Service Stations by deleting §102-2, General restriction, which currently reads as follows:
No person owning or operating a gasoline filling station shall allow the pumping of gasoline for retail sales without an attendant employed by the station present to hold the gas nozzle while the gasoline is pumped into the tank of the vehicle, unless such gasoline filling station shall also provide automotive repair service on the premises
And further, by deleting §1-4.B(k) providing for the fine imposed for violating §102-2, and by renumbering the remaining provisions in §1-4 accordingly, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to amend the Town Code by deleting therefrom §102-2, General restriction, and deleting §1-4.B(k) providing for the fine imposed for violating §102-2, and by renumbering the remaining provisions in §1-4 accordingly.
Article 23 - Board of Selectmen - Agricultural Commission Membership
To see if the Town will vote to amend its vote under Article 14 of the May 8, 2006 Annual Town Meeting, which established the Agricultural Commission, by deleting the second sentence of the second paragraph thereof, which currently reads as follows:
The Commission will consist of a minimum of: - four members whose prime source of income is derived from farming or agricultural-based enterprises in Littleton and another three who are interested in farming . . .
The Commission will consist of four members who shall be or have been engaged in farming or related agricultural industries and another three members who are interested in farming . . . .
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to amend the Town Code by deleting therefrom §8-10.A and inserting in place thereof the text precisely as set forth in Article 23 as printed in the warrant.
Board of Selectmen supports Article 23. Agricultural Commission supports Article 23.Conservation Commission supports Article 23.
Article 24 - Board of Selectmen - Accept MGL C. 39,§23D – Town Board Quorums at Adjudicatory Hearings
To see if the Town will vote to accept, for all boards, committees, or commissions holding adjudicatory hearings in the Town, the provisions of MGL C.39,§23D, which provide that a member of a board, committee, or commission holding an adjudicatory hearing shall not be disqualified from voting solely due to that member’s absence; the board member is absent from a single session of an adjudicatory hearing; there is an available recording or transcription of the hearing at which a member is absent; the absent member reviews the evidence submitted at the missed hearing, including the recording or transcript, and files a certification to said effect, and the member certifies that he or she has examined all evidence received at the missed session; provided further, however that such acceptance shall be applicable to all adjudicatory hearings opened on or after the effective date of the vote taken hereafter; or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to accept for all boards, committees, or commissioners holding adjudicatory hearings in the Town, the provisions of MGL c.39, §23D.
Board of Selectmen supports Article 24. Planning Board supports Article 24. Conservation Commission supports Article 24.
Article 25 - Board of Selectmen - Trench Permits
To see if the Town of Littleton will vote, pursuant to Chapter 82A, section 2 of the General Laws, to authorize the Board of Selectmen to designate the Board or Officer to issue permits allowing the creation of a trench as that term is defined by section 4 of said Chapter 82A and 520 CMR 14.00, or take any action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to designate the Board or Officer to issue permits allowing the creation of a trench as that term is defined by Chapter 82A, section 4 of the General Laws and 520 CMR 14.00.
Article 26 - Board of Selectmen - Road Acceptance: Whitetail Way
To see if the Town will vote to accept, as a Town way, the layout by the Board of Selectmen of the private way known as “Whitetail Way”, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain the land, rights, and easements therein for drainage, utility, or other purposes, all as shown on a plan entitled, “Whitetail Way-Definitive Subdivision of land in Littleton, Mass. Prepared for Tidan Corporation” dated July 1994 by David E. Ross Associates, Inc. and recorded at the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as Plan No.314 of 1995, said street having been constructed to the satisfaction of the Planning Board and to name said street “Whitetail Way” or take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to accept, as a Town Way, and acquire the land, rights and easements therein by gift, purchase or eminent domain, the layout by the Board of Selectmen of the private way known as “Whitetail Way,” and to name said street “Whitetail Way” all as described in Article 26 as printed in the warrant.
Board of Selectmen supports Article 26. Planning Board supports Article 26.
Article 27 - Board of Selectmen - Road Acceptance: Manchester Drive and Norfolk Drive
To see if the Town will vote to accept, as Town ways, the layout by the Board of Selectmen of the private way known as “Manchester Drive,” and the layout by the Board of Selectmen of the private way known as “Norfolk Drive,” more particularly described as:
MANCHESTER DRIVE: Forty feet in width, from the Southerly side line of Norfolk Drive, a distance of one thousand two hundred and fifty feet, more or less in a southerly and easterly direction to the easterly side line of Tulip Road, this being a portion of the road as shown on a plan entitled “Map B of Long lake, Town of Littleton,” recorded with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 362 as plan number 27;
NORFOLK DRIVE: Forty feet in width, from the southerly side of Shaker Lane, a distance of three hundred and twenty feet, more or less, in a southeasterly and easterly direction to the westerly side line of lot 3967, this being a portion of the road, all as shown on a plan entitled “Map B of Long Lake, Town of Littleton,” recorded with the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 362 as plan number 27; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen, for Manchester Drive and/or Norfolk Drive, to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain, the land, rights and easements therein, and further to authorize the Board of Selectmen to proceed with the reconstruction of said way or ways, and to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, and/or borrow a sum or sums of money to fund the total costs of said acquisition, engineering, construction, and other expenses incidental thereto and that betterments will be assessed; or take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to accept, as Town ways, and acquire the lands, rights and easements therein by gift, purchase or eminent domain, the layout by the Board of Selectmen of the private ways known as “Manchester Drive,” and “Norfolk Drive,” as those ways are described in Article 27 as printed in the warrant; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen, to proceed with the reconstruction of said way or ways, and to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, and/or borrow a sum or sums of money to fund the total costs of said acquisition, engineering, construction, and other expenses incidental thereto and that betterments will be assessed.
Board of Selectmen supports Article 27. Planning Board supports Article 27.
Article 28 - Board of Selectmen - Road Acceptance: Grist Mill Road
To see if the Town will vote to accept, as a Town way, the layout by the Board of Selectmen of the private way known as “Grist Mill Road,” 50 feet in width, from the northerly sideline of Great Road (Route 2A/110), a distance of approximately 3,793 feet to the portion of Grist Mill Road previously accepted; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain, the land, rights and easements therein for drainage, utility, or other purposes, all as shown on a plan entitled: “As-Built Plan of Apple D’Or Subdivision – Littleton, Mass” dated April 12, 2004, as last revised February 14, 2007 said street having been constructed to the satisfaction of the Planning Board, and to name said street “Grist Mill Road;” or take any other action in relation thereto.
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to accept, as a Town way, and acquire the land, rights and easements therein for drainage, utility or other purposes by gift, purchase or eminent domain, the layout by the Board of Selectmen of the private way known as “Grist Mill Road,” and to name said street “Grist Mill Road” all as described in Article 28 as printed in the warrant.
Board of Selectmen supports Article 28. Planning Board supports Article 28.
Article 29 - Board of Selectmen - Road Acceptance: Surrey Road
To see if the Town will vote to accept, as a Town way, the layout by the Board of Selectmen of the private way known as “Surrey Road,” 50 feet in width, from the westerly sideline of Grist Mill Road, a distance of approximately 2,150 feet; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain, the land, rights and easements therein for drainage, utility, or other purposes, all as shown on a plan entitled: “As-Built Plan of Apple D’Or Subdivision – Littleton, Mass,” dated April 12, 2004, as last revised February 14, 2007, said street having been constructed to the satisfaction of the Planning Board; and to name said street “Surrey Road;” or to take any other action in relation thereto
Motion: Moved and seconded by the Board of Selectmen that the Town vote to accept, as a Town way, and acquire the land, rights and easements therein for drainage, utility or other purposes by gift, purchase or eminent domain, the layout by the Board of Selectmen of the private way known as “Surrey Road,” and to name said street “Surrey Road” all as described in Article 29 as printed in the warrant.
Board of Selectmen supports Article 29. Planning Board supports Article 29.
Annual Town Meeting dissolved at 9:30 PM on Tuesday, May 6, 2008.