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Town of North Andover
Annual Town Meeting Warrant
May 11, 2010
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ESSEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of North Andover:
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in compliance with Chapter 39
of the General Laws, as amended, and our North Andover Town Bylaws and requirements of the
Town Charter, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of North
Andover who are qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the North Andover High School,
430 Osgood Street Tuesday May 11, 2010, at 7:00 PM then and there to act upon the following
articles:
Article A. Reports of Special Committees. To see if the Town will vote to hear the reports
of any appointed special committees;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article B. Reports of Receipts and Expenditures. To see if the Town will vote to accept
the reports of receipts and expenditures as presented by the Selectmen in the 2009 Annual Town
Report;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article C. Authorization of the Town Manager or Superintendent of Schools Regarding
Contracts in Excess of Three Years. To see if the Town will vote in accordance with the
provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30B, Section 12(b), to authorize the Town
Manager or the Superintendent of Schools to solicit and award contracts, except personnel
contracts, for terms exceeding three years, including any renewal, extension or option, provided
in each instance the longer term is determined to be in the best interest of the Town by vote of
the Board of Selectmen or the School Committee, as appropriate;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
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Article D. Authorization to Accept Grants of Easements. To see if the Town will vote to
authorize the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee to accept grants of easements for
access, water, drainage, sewer, roadway and utility purposes on terms and conditions the Board
and Committee deem in the best interest of the Town;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article E. Authorization to Grant Easements. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee to grant easements for access, water,
drainage, sewer, roadway and utility purposes on terms and conditions the Board and Committee
deem in the best interest of the Town;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article F. Compensation of Elected Officials. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary
and compensation of the elected officers of the Town, as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41
of the Massachusetts General Laws;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article G. Amend General Fund Appropriation For Fiscal Year 2010. To see if the Town
will vote to amend the General Fund Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2010 as voted under Article
13 of the 2009 Annual Town Meeting;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article H. Amend Water Enterprise Fund Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2010. To see if
the Town will vote to amend the vote taken on Article 18 Water Enterprise Fund Appropriation -
Fiscal Year 2010 at the 2009 Annual Town Meeting;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article I. Amend Sewer Enterprise Fund Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2010. To see if
the Town will vote to amend the vote taken on Article 19 Water Enterprise Fund Appropriation -
Fiscal Year 2010 at the 2009 Annual Town Meeting;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
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Article J. Amend Stevens Estate at Osgood Hill Enterprise Fund Appropriation for Fiscal
Year 2010. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote taken on Article 20 Stevens Estate
at Osgood Hill Enterprise Fund Appropriation - Fiscal Year 2010 at the 2009 Annual Town
Meeting;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article K. Prior Years Unpaid Bills. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate,
transfer from available funds or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for the purpose of
paying unpaid bills of prior years of the Town listed below;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article L. Amend Capital Improvement Plan Appropriations from Prior Years. To see
if the Town will vote to amend prior Capital Improvement Plan Appropriation for prior Fiscal
Years as voted below:
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article M. General Fund Appropriation Fiscal Year 2011. To see if the Town will vote to
raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds or otherwise provide a sum or sums of
money for the purpose of funding the General Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2010
and ending June 30, 2011;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article N. Water Enterprise Fund Appropriation-Fiscal Year 2011. To see if the Town
will vote to appropriate from Water Enterprise Fund Revenues, transfer from available funds or
otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for the purpose of funding the Water Enterprise Fund
for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2011;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article O. Sewer Enterprise Fund Appropriation-Fiscal Year 2011. To see if the Town will
vote to appropriate from Sewer Enterprise Fund Revenues, transfer from available funds or
otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for the purpose of funding the Sewer Enterprise Fund
for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2011;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
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Article P. Stevens Estate at Osgood Hill Enterprise Fund Appropriation -Fiscal Year
2011. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Stevens Estate at Osgood Hill
Enterprise Fund Revenues, transfer from available funds or otherwise provide a sum or sums of
money for the purpose of funding the Stevens Estate at Osgood Hill Enterprise Fund for the
Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2011;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article Q. Capital Improvement Plan Appropriation Fiscal Year 2011. To see if the
Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or borrow under the
provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 44, the sums of money necessary to fund
the Town Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Year 2011 as detailed below:
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article R. Establishment of Revolving Funds. To see if the town will vote to authorize the
following revolving funds for certain Town departments under Massachusetts General Laws,
Chapter 44, Section 53E '/z for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2010;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
Article S. Report of the Community Preservation Committee and Appropriation From the
Community Preservation Fund. To receive the report of the Community Preservation
Committee and to see if the Town will vote to raise, borrow and/or appropriate from the
Community Preservation Fund, in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General
Laws Chapter 44B, a sum of money to be spent under the direction of the Community
Preservation Committee;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Community Preservation Committee
Article T. Continuation of MGL Chapter 59 Section 5K — Senior Work Program —
Fundin2 to $18,000. To see if the Town will vote to continue the provisions of Massachusetts
General Law, Chapter 59 Section 5K which establishes a program to allow persons over the age
of 60 to volunteer 100 hours per year to provide services to the Town to reduce their real estate
property tax provided, however, that any rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of
Selectmen to implement this program establish an amount to be allocated under this program not
to exceed $18,000;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Council on Aging
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Article U. Omnibus Street Acceptance. To see if the Town will vote to accept the
following streets as public ways, as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with Massachusetts
General Law, Chapter 82;
Or to take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen
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