Annual Town Meeting 5/2/05
Brief synopsis of the actions of Town Meeting last night
Article 1:~~~~~~Passed ~unanimously
Article 2: ~~~~~Passed ~unanimously
Article 3: ~~~~~Passed ~unanimously
Article 4: ~~~~~Passed ~unanimously
Article 5: ~~~~~Passed ~by declared majority at lower dollar amount of $20,000
Article 6:~~~~~~Passed ~unanimously with the addition of the option to buy a new cab and chassis or a used Highway Truck.
Article 7:~~~~~~Passed ~unanimously to transfer from available funds $8000 to fund planning phase of sidewalk/pathway from Salt Box to Senior Housing.
Article 8:~~~~~~Voted to pass over
Article 9:~~~~~~Passed ~unanimously after an amendment to clear up a typo in Nashoba budget. ~~The result is a $92 dollar increase in line301-5691 to 8,778,189; the Nashoba bottom line total to $9,027,841; the amount in the article to $15,336,682; and the amount in part a. $429761.
Article 10:~~~~~Passed ~unanimously
Article 11:~~~~~Passed ~majority in favor: ~to accept the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 41, Section 100G 1/4 which will require the Town to contribute up to $5000 towards the funeral expenses of any Bolton firefighter or police officer killed in the line of duty.
Article 12:~~~~~Passed ~unanimously
Article 13: ~~~~Voted to pass over
Article 14:~~~~~Passed ~Yes – 87; ~No -- 56: ~Article 14 as printed in the warrant, with the following sentence at the end of the article: ~
Enforcement will be done in accordance with Step Enforcement Policy Against Alleged Violations of the Wetlands Protection Act and other-Local By-laws under the jurisdiction of the Bolton Conservation Commission, dated May 2, 2005.
Article 15:~~~~~Passed ~unanimously
Article 16:~~~~~Passed ~Majority in favor: ~Article as printed in the warrant, except changing the underlined word “their” to “the”.
Article 17:~~~~~Defeated: ~Yes – 61 ~~No -- 73 ~with figure lowed to $7,000
Article 18:~~~~~Passed ~unanimously: Town voted to accept the provisions of Chapter 491~ of the Acts of 2004~ to allow the Town to establish a Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Article 19:~~~~~Passed ~unanimously
Article 20:~~~~~Passed ~majority in favor
Article 21:~~~~~Passed ~unanimously
Article 22:~~~~~Passed ~unanimously
Article 23:~~~~~Passed ~majority in favor
Article 24: (Citizen petition): ~~Defeated ~~~~~~Y – 36 ~~No -- 65
Article 25: (Citizen petition): ~Motion to postpone indefinitely ~~~Y – 56 ~~~~No -- 43
Article 26: (Citizen petition): ~Motion to postpone indefinitely ~~~Y – 57 ~~~~No -- 44
Article 27:~~~~~Passed ~unanimously: ~~See you at the polls, Monday, May 9 from Noon to 8pm.
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