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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-12-09 Board of Selectmen Supplemental Materials OLD BUSINESS: Preparation for December 9, 2002 Special Town Meeting. The Board of Selectmen gave recommendations on the following articles for December 9, 2002 Special Town Meeting. Article 1: Appropriate from Free Cash to Fixed Expenses, Unemployment Expenses: To see if the Town will vote to appropriated from Free Cash, an additional $75,000 to Fixed Expenses, Unemployment Expenses, for current fiscal year; or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 1. Vote approved 5-0. Article 2: Appropriate from Free Cash to Public Works, Expenses: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Free Cash, an additional $40,000 to Public Works, Expenses for the current fiscal year. (Street Light Expenses); or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 2. Vote approved 5-0. Article 3: Appropriate from Free Cash to General Government Expenses: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Free Cash, an additional $20,000 to General Government, Expenses for the current fiscal year (Veteran's benefits); or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 3. Vote approved 5-0. Article 4: Appropriate from Free Cash to Public Safety, Personnel: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Free Cash, an additional $10,000 to Public Safety, Personnel for the current fiscal year(Communications Officer's contract); or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 4. Vote approved 5-0. Article 5: Appropriate from Overlay Surplus to Fixed Expenses, Liability Insurance: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Overlay Surplus, an additional $93,000 to Fixed Expenses, Liability Insurance, for the current fiscal year; or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 5. Vote approved 5-0. Article 6: Appropriate from Free Cash and Overlay Surplus to Reserve Fund: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Free Cash, $172,000 and from Overlay Surplus an additional $158,000 to General Government, Finance Committee Reserve Fund for the current fiscal year. (potential snow& ice and special education deficits); or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 6. Vote approved 5-0. Article 7: Transfer from Salary Reserve to Personnel Line Items: To see if the Town will vote to transfer $470,450 from General Government Salary Reserve to the following Fiscal Year 2003 budget line items: General Government Personnel: $135,044 Public Safety Personnel: $264,548 Public Works Personnel: $ 70,858 Or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 7. Vote approved 5-0. Article 8: Appropriate from Overlay Surplus to General Government Expenses: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Overlay Surplus, an additional $62,756.38 to General Government Expenses (Assessors Expenses) for the current fiscal year; or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 8. Vote approved 5-0. Article 9: Borrowing Authorization —Johnson Circle Sanitary Sewer Pumping Station (Sewer Enterprise Fund): To see if the Town will vote to authorize the treasurer/collector, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow under the provisions of Chapter 44 of the Massachusetts General Laws or any other authority an amount of$90,000 to be spend under the direction of the Town Manager for the purpose of providing additional funding for the replacement of the Johnson Circle Sanitary Sewer Pumping Station; or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 9. Vote approved 5-0. Article 10: Prior Year 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 from prior years of the Town, a total of$3,732.79; or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 10. Vote approved 5-0. Article 11: Amend Town Chapter 41 — Personnel: To see if the Town will vote to rescind in its entirety Chapter 41 of the Town By-Laws, Personnel as originally adopted at the July 1957 Town Meeting and revised by Town Meeting actions through 2002. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 11. After discussion, James Xenakis withdrew the MOTION, for further review and to vote on this at the December 5, 2002 meeting. Article 12: Amend Zoning By-Law Section 10.4 Variances and Appeals: To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 10.4.2 of the Town of North Andover Zoning By-law by replacing the words "seventy-five (75) days"with "one-hundred (100) days"to allow the Zoning Board of Appeals one-hundred (100) days to made a decision on a variance or appeal after the date of the petition being filed with the town Clerk in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws 40A, Section 15; or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 12. Vote approved 5-0. Article 13: Amend Zoning By-Law—Section 6.6 B Temporary Signs: To see if the Town will vote to amend the durational limitations on the political sign bylaw of the Town of North Andover Zoning By-law by deleting section 6.6B (a)5(e) which states that such signs "shall be erected no sooner than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the election and shall be removed within three (3) days after the election,"; or take any other action relative thereto. Wendy Wakeman made a MOTION, seconded by Susan Haltmaier, to recommend favorable action on Article 13. Vote approved 5-0. Article 14: Acquisition of Land — English Circle: To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain approximately 1,842 square feet of land being shown as Parcel "X" on a plan of land entitled "Subdivision Plan, English Circle in North Andover, Mass., drawn for Gene L. English, Scale 1"=40', dated August 1989, revised September 1989, Merrimack Engineering Services", which said plan is recorded with Essex North District Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 11878 and to award no damages for said eminent domain taking; or take any other action relative thereto. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend favorable action on Article 14. Vote approved 5-0. Article 15: Land Acquisition —Great Pond Road Adjacent to Water Treatment Plant (Water Enterprise Fund): To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain approximately 53,250 square feet of land adjacent to the North Andover Water Treatment Plant located on Great Pond Road and more fully described on a plan on file with the Town Clerk's Office labeled "Site Plan, Figure 1, North Andover Water Treatment Plant prepared by Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc. dated October 2001, and to award damages in an amount not to exceed $30,000 for said eminent domain taking and, furthermore, said $30,000 be raised and appropriated from the Water Enterprise Fund; or take any other action relative thereto. Wendy Wakeman made a MOTION, seconded by Donald Stewart, to recommend unfavorable action on Article 15. Vote approved 5-0. Article 16: Petition to State Legislature— Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverage License to Adult Entertainment Businesses: To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town's representatives to the General Court to file a Home Rule Petition to prohibit the Town of North Andover from issuing any alcoholic beverage license for any premises or establishment at which adult entertainment is conducted or occurs; or take any action relative thereto. Wendy Wakeman made a MOTION, seconded by Donald Stewart, to recommend unfavorable action on Article 16. Vote approved 5-0. After a lengthy discussion on setting fees, the Board of Selectmen felt that Article 17 should be brought forward to the people of the Town on a non-binding public opinion advisory question on a municipal ballot. This Article 17 will still go before Special Town Meeting on December 9, 2002 for the people to decide. Article 17: Acceptance of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 22F—Setting of License Fees and Service Charges: To see if the Town will vote to adopt Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40, Section 22F, "License Fees—Service Charges"; or take any other action relative thereto. Petition of Michele L. Nadeau and others. James Xenakis made a MOTION, seconded by Wendy Wakeman, to recommend unfavorable action on Article 17. Vote approved 4-1. Susan Haltmaier voted nay. Wendy Wakeman made a MOTION, seconded by Donald Stewart, to place an article on the March 4, 2003 ballot; an informational non-binding question regarding the implementation or acceptance of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40, Section 22F. Vote approved 4-1. Susan Haltmaier voted nay.