THIS TEXT VERSION IS PROVIDED AS A COURTESY FOR THE SIGHT IMPAIRED AND IS NOT THE OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE TOWN WARRANT.

 

Town of Mansfield

 

Special Town Meeting

 

May 20, 2003

 

 

Article 1

 

      To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money between various departmental budget accounts to defray the expenses of the municipal government during the remainder of the Fiscal Year 2003 between the following accounts:

 

FROM TO AMOUNT

Reserve Fund Town Manager's Professional Technical $5,000.00

Fire Personal Services Selectmen Cable Renewal 10,000.00

Fire Capital Outlay GATRA Assessment 8,500.00

Accounting Expense Accounting Personal Services 210.00

Conservation Personal Services Town Manager Personal Services 1,292.00

Public Buildings Personal Services Treasurer Collector Personal Services 3,442.00

Highway Personal Services Treasurer Collector Expense 12,000.00

Ambulance Salary  Ambulance Expenses 10,000.00

Public Buildings Personal Services COA Personal Services 1,750.00

Police Personal Services Police Expense (Heat) 10,000.00

Police Personal Services Police Expense (Telephone) 2,000.00

Fire Expense Police Expense (Motor Fuel) 8,500.00

Police Personal Services Public Safety Dispatch Salaries Overtime 2,000.00

Assessors Personnel Services Assessors Expense 3,750.00

Fire Personal Services Building Inspector Personnel Services 9,500.00

Highway Personal Services Highway Expense 12,000.00

 

Or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:       Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 2

 

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the following accounts the sums of money shown below to pay the following unpaid prior year's bills:

 

ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT VENDOR AMOUNT

Public Buildings Personal Services DPW Public Buildings Robert Nemet $5,793.25

Overlay Surplus DPW Administration  Waste Management  24,725.00

Selectmen Expense Selectmen Legal McRoberts & Roberts $1,098.00

 

 

Or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:       Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 3

 

To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money between various departmental budget accounts to defray the expenses of the municipal government during the remainder of the Fiscal Year 2003 between the following accounts:

 

FROM TO AMOUNT

Overlay Surplus Employee Benefits/Health Insurance $98,000

Overlay Surplus Employee Benefits/Unemployment 45,000

Overlay Surplus Employee Benefits/Medicaid 9,000

 

or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:       Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 4

 

      To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to pay cable TV license attorney either from pre-paid fees or from the $200,000 in percentage revenue from AT&T subscriber funds, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:       Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 5

 

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow from available funds a sum of money to perform site plan work for a Skateboard Park, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 6

 

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow from available funds a sum of money to repair the HVAC system at the Library/COA and Police Station, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 7

 

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow from available funds the sum of $2,750 for restoration of the old Town Hall clock for installation at the new train station, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 8

 

To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $175,000 to defray the budget shortfall in the Winter Maintenance budget for FY 2003, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 9

 

To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $25,000 from the Water Division Personal Services to the Water Division Expenses, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

 

Article 10

 

To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $19,000 to defray the budget shortfall in the DPW Administration Division for FY2003, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 11

 

To see if the Town will vote to enter into a lease agreement for up to twenty (20) years with a telecommunications company for antenna space on the Oxford Water Tower, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 12

 

      To see if the Town will vote to delete the following language from the motion adopted under Article 48 of the April 7, 1986 Special Town Meeting, when it acted pursuant to section 7A of chapter 32B of the general laws:

 

      "pay a subsidiary or additional rate of (20%) Twenty percent on the premium for the present Contributory Health Insurance Plan, making a total of Eighty (80%) percent of the premium for the present Contributory Health Insurance, effective July 1, 1986, and transfer from available funds, the sum of Two hundred twenty-five thousand ($225,000) dollars for the purpose of the article, or take any action in relation thereto,"

 

and to allow the Town to comply with any laws or collective bargaining agreements which may apply as regards potential changes to the contribution rates, pass any vote, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 13

 

      To see if the Town will vote to delete the following language from the motion adopted under Article 8 of the October 14, 1986 Special Town Meeting, when it acted pursuant to section 9E of chapter 32B of the general laws:

 

      "pay a subsidiary or additional rate of thirty percent (30%) on the premium for the present Contributory Health Insurance Plan, making a total of eighty percent (80%), and to become effective January 1, 1987, or take any action in relation thereto,"

 

and to allow the Town to comply with any laws or collective bargaining agreements which may apply as regards potential changes to the contribution rates, pass any vote or take any action in relation thereto provided that the contribution percentages assessed to retirees shall be no higher than those paid by Town employees, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 14

 

      To see if the Town will vote to delete the following language from the motion adopted under Article 9 of the October 14, 1986 Special Town Meeting, when it acted pursuant to section 9D1/2 of chapter 32B of the general laws:

 

      "and pay a subsidiary or additional rate of thirty percent (30%) on the premium for the present Contributory Health Insurance Plan, making a total of eighty percent (80%), and to become effective January 1, 1987, or take any action in relation thereto,"

 

and to allow the Town to comply with any laws or collective bargaining agreements which may apply as regards potential changes to the contribution rates, pass any vote, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

Article 15

 

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow from available funds a sum of money as seed money for the Fair Housing Committee for the development of affordable housing, or take any action in relation thereto.

 

SPONSOR:      Board of Selectmen

   Vote:                      Yes ____        No      ____

 

 

 

Special Town Meeting      1      May 20, 2003