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To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $2,362.87
for Communications Center Radio System Replacement, as voted under Article
4 of the May 4, 1998 Special Town Meeting, to available funds, or act in
any manner relating thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 2
Board of Selectmen
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $13,300
for Surplus Equipment, as voted under Article 14 of the September 27, 1994
Special Town Meeting, to Proceeds from Sale of Town Land Account,
or act in any manner relating thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 3
Board of Selectmen
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $117
for Police Cruiser Replacement, as voted under Article 9 of the November
10, 1998 Special Town Meeting, to available funds, or act in any manner
relating thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 4
Board of Selectmen
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $41
for Fire Department Self-contained Breathing Apparatus, a voted under Article
11 of the November 10, 1998 Special Town Meeting, to Public Safety Mitigation
Grant Funds, or act in any manner relating thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 5
Board of Selectmen
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $137
for School Maintenance Consultant Services, as voted under Article 17 of
the 1994 Annual Town Meeting, to Proceeds from Sale of Town Land Account,
or act in any manner relating thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 6
Board of Public Works
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $126.45
for Center Bridge Road repairs, as voted under Article 57 of the 1988 Annual
Town Meeting, to the Stabilization Fund, or act in any manner relating
thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 7
Board of Public Works
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $262.14
for DPW Air Compressor replacement, as voted under Article 11 of the 1996
Annual Town Meeting, to Proceeds from Sale of Town Land Account, or act
in any manner relating thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 8
Board of Public Works
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $224.24
for DPW Underground Fuel Tank Removal, as voted under Article 29 of the
1993 Annual Town Meeting, to available funds, or act in any manner relating
thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 9
Board of Public Works
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $2,000
for DPW Heating Oil Tank Replacement, as voted under Article 10 of the
September 27, 1994 Special Town Meeting, to available funds, or act in
any manner relating thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 10
Board of Public Works
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $43.81
for DPW Building Repairs, as voted under Article 14 of the 1996 Annual
Town Meeting, to Proceeds from Sale of Town Land Account, or act in any
manner relating thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 11
Board of Public Works
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $766.94
for DPW Fire Alarm System, as voted under Article 21 of the 1990 Annual
Town Meeting, to the Stabilization Fund, or act in any manner relating
thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 12
Board of Public Works
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer $500 from the unexpended balance
for DPW Sidewalk Repairs, as voted under Article 9 of the September 27,
1994 Special Town Meeting, to Proceeds from Sale of Town Land Account,
or act in any manner relating thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 13
Board of Public Works
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $69.94
for DPW Recycling Program, as voted under Article 23 of the 1990 Annual
Town Meeting, to available funds, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 14
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $10,787.74
for DPW Mill Street Bridge Project, as voted under Article 6 of the September
16, 1996 Special Town Meeting, to available funds, or act in any manner
relating thereto. Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 15
Board of Selectmen
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will rescind the vote taken under Article 17 of the
1999 Annual Town Meeting authorizing the expenditure of $3,500 from Overlay
Reserve for police radios, or act in any manner relating thereto. Recommended.
Indefinitely postponed
ARTICLE 16
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will amend the vote taken under Article 4 of the
May 24, 1999 Annual Town Meeting and to raise and appropriate, take from
available funds, take from the Stabilization Fund, take from Overlay Reserve,
or take from the Water Enterprise Fund, such sums of money as may be necessary
to defray the expenses of the Town for the Fiscal Year July 1, 1999 through
June 30, 2000, or act in any manner relating thereto. (Finance Committee's
Recommendations will be available in the Town Clerk's Office prior to Town
Meeting).
Passed - Town budget set with cuts made by Board of Selectmen and
Finance Committee recommendations needed by failure of Proposition 2 1/2
overrides. Amendment included $30,000 to fund a Community Development Planner.
Town budget set at $7.29 million.
ARTICLE 17
Board of Selectmen
To see if the Town will authorize the Collective Bargaining Agreement
negotiated between the Board of Selectmen and AFSCME, Council 93, AFL-CIO,
Local 1817, D.P.W. Employees, for the Agreement period beginning July 1,
1999; and further, to raise and appropriate, take from available funds,
or take from the Stabilization Fund, a sum of money to be transferred to
DPW Salaries & Wages and/or Expenses and to transfer a sum of money
from Water Enterprise Available Funds to DPW- Water Division Salary &
Wages and/or Operating Expenses, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Recommendation from the floor.
Passed
ARTICLE 18
Board of Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, take from available
funds or from the Stabilization Fund, the sum of $109.70 to be expended
by the Board of Selectmen to pay an FY99 outstanding bill to the Worcester
Telegram & Gazette for legal advertising, or act in any manner relating
thereto. Recommendation from the floor.
Passed
ARTICLE 19
Board of Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, take from available
funds, or from the Stabilization Fund the sum of $100 to be expended by
the Board of Selectmen to pay an FY99 outstanding bill to Dr. Raymond Sauls
for medical services, or act in any manner relating thereto. Recommendation
from the floor.
Passed
ARTICLE 20
Board of Selectmen
Finance Committee
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, take from available
funds or from Overlay Reserve, such sums of money to be transferred to
the Stabilization Fund, or act in any manner thereto. Recommendation
from the floor.
Passed - a total of $441,148.
ARTICLE 21
Board of Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, take from available
funds, take from Proceeds from Sale of Town Land, or borrow, the
sum of $27,500 to purchase a new police cruiser and to authorize the trade-in
or sale by public auction of one used police cruiser, or act in any manner
relating thereto. Recommendation from the floor.
Passed - Had originally been in budget but cut with override failure
and submitted as a warrant article.
ARTICLE 22
Board of Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, take from available
funds, or take from Proceeds from Sale of Town Land, the sum of $3,500
to purchase Police Radios, or act in any manner relating thereto. Recommendation
from the floor.
Indefinitely postponed
ARTICLE 23
Board of Public Works
To see if the Town will amend the vote taken under Article 10 of the
May 24, 1999 Annual Town Meeting and to take a sum of money from available
funds to be expended by the Board of Public Works for capital improvements
on local roads, said funds to be 100% reimbursed by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts under the relevant Acts of 1999 (Chapter 90), or act in any
manner relating thereto. Recommendation from the floor.
Indefinitely postponed
ARTICLE 24
Board of Public Works
Water Enterprise Fund
To see if the Town will vote to take $85,000 from Water Enterprise Available
Funds to be expended by the Board of Public Works for water system capital
improvements, or act in any manner relating thereto. Recommendation from
the floor.
Passed
ARTICLE 25
Board of Public Works
To see if the Town will vote to recommend to the Board of Selectmen
to expend from Prison Expansion Mitigation Capital Grant Funds the sum
of $36,496 to purchase one 1999 or newer one-ton truck with plow and sander
and to authorize the trade-in or sale by public auction of one (1) 1988
GMC pickup, or act in any manner relating thereto. Not Recommended.
Passed
ARTICLE 26
Board of Public Works
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $10,787.74
from the Mill Street Bridge Project, as voted under Article 6 of the September
16, 1996 Special Town Meeting, to DPW Highway Maintenance for the purpose
of repairing a culvert on Mill Street and other highway-related projects,
or act in any manner relating thereto. Not Recommended.
Indefinitely postponed (same money as addressed in article 14)
ARTICLE 27
Board of Library Trustees
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, take from available
funds, take from Overlay Reserve, borrow, or recommend to the Board of
Selectmen to expend from Prison Expansion Mitigation Capital Grant Funds,
the sum of $175,000 to augment funds previously voted by the Town in order
to complete the Town Library renovation and expansion project, or act in
any manner relating thereto. Recommendation from the floor.
Passed - Amendment on floor added borrowing to original motion
to take from Prison Expansion Mitigation funds a sum UP TO $175,000.
ARTICLE 28
Board of Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to recommend to the Board of Selectmen
to expend a sum of money from Prison Expansion Mitigation Capital Grant
Funds to renovate the Town Hall, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Recommendation from the floor.
Indefinitely postponed
ARTICLE 29
Board of Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following administrative bylaw, or act in any manner relating thereto:
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TEAM
a) There is established a Financial Management Team for the Town
of Lancaster. The Financial Management Team shall consist of the
Town Administrator, who shall serve as its Chairman, the Town Accountant,
Board of Assessors, Collector-Treasurer, and major department heads designated
by the Board of Selectmen. The Team shall meet on a regular
basis throughout the year.
b) The Financial Management Team, under the direction of the Town Administrator, shall coordinate the fiscal operations of the Town departments and compile comprehensive financial information to assist the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee in their decision-making. The Financial Management Team shall provide input into the Town's cash-flow analysis, including the scheduling of major purchases, issuance of new debt, and the impacts of future events on the town's financial condition. The Team shall also provide input in the preparation of the tax recapitulation sheet.
ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS
a) The Town Administrator, as the Chief Financial Officer, shall coordinate and manage the annual budget process for the Town and serve as the liaison between the Selectmen, Finance Committee, and other town policymaking bodies. He shall be responsible for soliciting technical and financial information from the Financial Management Team and communicate it to the Town's policymaking bodies.
b) No later than one hundred and twenty days prior to the date scheduled
for the annual town meeting in accordance with the bylaws, the Town Administrator
shall call a public meeting of the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee,
representatives of the regional school committees, Accountant, Assessors,
and Collector-Treasurer to review the financial condition of the Town,
revenue and expenditure forecasts and other relevant information in order
to develop a coordinated and balanced budget to be submitted to the town
meeting for approval.
c) At least ninety days prior to the annual town meeting, the Town
Administrator shall submit to the Board of Selectmen a detailed estimate
in writing of the probable expenditures of the Town government for the
ensuing fiscal year, stating the amount required to meet the interest and
maturing bonds and notes or other outstanding indebtedness of the Town,
and showing specifically the amount necessary to be provided for each fund
and department, together with a statement of the expenditures of the Town
for the same purposes in the preceding year and an estimate of the expenditures
for the current year. He shall also submit a statement showing all
revenues received by the Town in the preceding fiscal year together with
an estimate of the receipts of the current year and an estimate of the
amount of income from all sources of revenue exclusive of taxes on property
in the ensuing year. He shall report the probable amount required
to be levied and raised by taxation to defray all expenses and liabilities
of the Town together with an estimate of the tax rate necessary to raise
said amount. For the purposes of enabling the Town Administrator
to make up the annual estimates of expenditures, all boards, offices, and
committees of the Town shall, at least one hundred and twenty days prior
to the annual town meeting, furnish all information in their possession
and submit to him in writing a detailed estimate of the appropriations
required for the efficient and proper conduct of their respective departments
during the next fiscal year.
d) The Board of Selectmen shall consider the tentative budget submitted
by the Town Administrator and make such recommendations relative thereto
as they deem expedient and proper in the interests of the Town. On
or before the sixty-fifth day prior to the annual town meeting, the Board
of Selectmen shall transmit a copy of the budget, together with their recommendations
relative thereto, to each member of the Finance Committee.
Passed
ARTICLE 30
Board of Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 22
of the Acts of 1996 and join the Central Massachusetts Economic Development
Authority, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Passed
ARTICLE 31
Board of Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Massachusetts
General Law Chapter 48, sections 42, 43, and 44, establishing a Fire Department
under the control of a Fire Chief, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Passed - Vote for reconsideration failed
ARTICLE 32
Board of Selectmen
To see if the Town will vote to accept Hemlock Drive as a public way,
a roadway beginning at a point 330.25' southerly from the sideline of Fitch
Road at a concrete bound and generally described on a plan entitled "Balsam
Ridge in Lancaster, MA, prepared for Melanson Bros., Inc., Scale 1" = 40',
dated January 12, 1996, by Seltec Engineering, Inc. and recorded at the
Worcester Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 703, plan 19, a copy of which
is on file in the Town Clerks' office; and further, to authorize the Board
of Selectmen to accept any easements as a gift and to take any other action
they deem to be in the best interest of the Town, or act in any manner
relating thereto.
Passed
ARTICLE 33
Planning Board
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lancaster Zoning Bylaws by including a Temporary Moratorium on Telecommunications Facilities as follows, or act in any manner relating thereto:
No commercial wireless communications facility or personal wireless service facility, as defined in 47 U.S.C. §332(7), including but not limited to towers, satellite dishes over three feet in diameter and antennas, shall be placed, constructed or modified in the Town nor shall a permit be issued for such placement, construction or modification for a period of six months from the effective date of this provision. This by-law shall not apply to the placement, construction or modification of facilities by a federally licensed amateur radio operator protected under M.G.L. c. 40A, §3.
The term "commercial wireless telecommunications facility" shall include
any and all materials, equipment, storage structures, satellite dishes
over three (3) feet in diameter, towers, and antennas, other than customer
premises equipment, used by a telecommunications service provider to provide
telecommunications services, including, but not limited to, cellular telephone
services, personal communications and enhanced specialized mobile radio
service.
Passed