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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES-NOVEMBER 26, 2007 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING-OFFICIAL-2007 TOWN REPORT pf,VAORT egti O p .'1. ....." D "4 �9SSHCHU5 ES.y TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER SPECIAL TOWN MEETING -NOVEMBER 26, 2007 TOWN CLERK MINUTES The Special Town Meeting for the Town of North Andover convened at 7:09PM by Town Moderator Charles A. Salisbury. Checklists were used and 244 registered voters were checked in. Upon motion of James M. Xenakis, duly seconded it was unanimously voted to dispense with the reading of the warrant, and with the reading of the constable's return of service of that warrant and further that the Moderator not be required to read articles of the warrant verbatim, but be allowed to refer to articles by number and by subject matter. The meeting dissolved at 9:15PM by unanimous vote. Article 1. Prior Years Unpaid Bills. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED to authorize payment of the following bills of prior years from current year's appropriations: Prior Year Invoices Fiscal Year 2007 Vendor Amount Department Eagle Tribune 343.98 343.98 Town Clerk MX Consulting 399.00 399.00 MIS Freeman Fuel 2,022.09 Rockys Hardware 59.62 Classic Wine 107.20 People's Linen Service 92.07 US Foodservice 269.17 Town of N Andover-Water 950.36 3,500.51 Stevens Estate CDW Government 508.95 Community Theraputic/Spec Ed 302.39 Copilabs 160.50 Devereux Ma /Spec Ed 890.27 Deutch Williams Brook 1,567.50 Editorial Projects 1,736.60 HealthMaster 100.00 Houghton Mifflin 509.85 National CEU/Spec Ed 199.00 National Geographic 56.16 Pearson Education 122.72 R&H Theatricals 3,249.82 Scholastic 250.00 St.Vincent's/Spec Ed 760.00 1 TransCanada 4,408.21 Xerox 3,333.93 18,155.90 School Dept Trans Canada 2,195.55 2,195.55 Water Dept Trans Canada 436.60 436.60 Sewer Dept Total Prior Year Invoices 25,031.54 Board of Selectmen Article 2. Amend Zoning Bylaw Section 8.9-Wireless Service Facilities. VOTED to amend the Zoning Bylaw Section 8.9 Wireless Service Facilities to add the following: Section D (14)— Temporary Moratorium— To establish a temporary moratorium on issuing, modifying or renewing any special permits for wireless communications facilities, including towers, antennas and related equipment, used for transmitting or receiving telecommunications signals within the Town with the following provisions: For so long as this moratorium remains in effect, no wireless communications facility or structure appurtenant or accessory to a wireless communication facility shall be constructed, nor shall any building permit, special permits, variance or site plan approval decision for any such facility be issued in the Town of North Andover, nor shall any Town board, department or official accept or approve any application (or plans) for any building permit, special permit, variance or site plan approval decision for any such facility. The provisions of this temporary moratorium shall expire upon the adoption by Town Meeting of any amendment(s) to this bylaw presented by the Wireless Bylaw Committee at the next 2008 Annual Town Meeting and the approval of any such amendment(s) by the Massachusetts Attorney General. Petition of Steven R. Tryder and others VOTE: YES 124 NO 94 ARTICLE 2 DEFEATED—LACK OF NEEDED TWO-THIRD VOTE Article 3. Acceptance of MGL Chapter 138, Section 12, 14th Paragraph — Sale of Liqueurs and Cordials. UNANIMOUSLLY VOTED to accept the provisions of the 14th Paragraph of MGL Chapter 138, Section 12 (Alcoholic Liquors - Licenses authorizing sale of beverages to be drunk on premises), which reads as follows: "In any city or town which votes to accept the provisions of this paragraph, a common victualler, who holds a license under this section to sell wines and malt beverages may, upon written approval, also sell liqueurs and cordials pursuant to said license, subject, however, to all other licensing provisions of this chapter." 2 Board of Selectmen Article 4. Petition General Court - Special Act - Change in Liquor Quota-All Alcoholic Beverages for Package Stores -350 Winthrop Avenue 0342 Winthrop Avenue for 911 purposes) — Wine & Beer at the Andovers. VOTED TO petition the Legislature to allow the North Andover Licensing Authority to override the provisions of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 138 Section 17 (Number of licenses quotas; licenses for wine and malt beverages per population unit; additional licenses; estimates of increased population; decrease in quota due to loss in population; determination of population of city or town.) for the increase in the number of All Alcoholic Beverages Licenses for Package Stores by one (1) for Wine & Beer at the Andovers, LLC; Petition of Stephen M. Mancuso and others VOTE YES 136 NO 42 A TRUE COPY ATTEST: JOYCE A. BRADSHAW, TOWN CLERK 3