1973-09-24 Special Town Meeting Warrant

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TOWN WARRANT (Seal) TOWN OF READING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the Memorial High School, 62 Oak- land Road, in said Reading on Monday, September 24, 1973, at eight o'clock in the evening to act on the following articles: ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $21000,000 for the enlargement of the municipal electric lighting plant by the construction of a substation and facilities ap- purtenent thereto and determine whether such appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise, or take any other action relative thereto. Municipal Light Department ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen, upon the written request of the Municipal Board, on be- half of the Town, to acquire a certain parcel of land situated on Main Street, known as Route 28 in Reading, containing 9.4 acres, more or less, as shown on a plan filed in the office of the Town Clerk en- titled "Plan of Land in Reading, Massachusetts, prepared for Reading Municipal Light Department" Scale 1 equals 80' and dated January 11, 1973, by Dana F. Perkins and Sons, Inc., Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Reading - Lowell, Massachusetts, and to take said land, or any part thereof, in fee or ruts of easement therein by eminent domain under Chapter 79 of the General Laws, as amended, or acquire the fee in said land or any pa t thereof by purchase or otherwise, and to make entry for the purposeAconstruction before all claims for damages by reason thereof shall have been finally adjusted or determined, and to author- ize the transfer of the care, custody, management and control of such land to the Municipal Light Board, and to authorize the Municipal Light Board to lease or grant easements in such land to carry out the purposes of acquisition, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for such purpose, or take any other action with respect thereto. Municipal Light Board ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will amend the By -Laws, Article XXI (Public Conduct) by adding a new Section 6 or take any other ac- tion in relation thereto: Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages Section 6. No person shall consume any alcoholic beverages as defined in Chapter 138 of the Gen- eral Laws while on, in or upon any public way, parking lot, or any public place not duly licensed for such purposes, including consump- tion while in or upon any motor venicle on such way, lot or place. All alcoholic beverages being used in violation of this by -law shall be seized and safely held until final adjudication of the charges against the person or persons arrested or summoned before the Court, at which time they shall be returned to the person entitled to lawful possession. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 40, Section 8G, which permits cities and towns to enter into agreements for mutual police aid programs. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 5. To see what sum the town will raise and appropriateu for Traffic Control - Schools, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or exchange or otherwise dispose of, upon such terms as they may determine, a 1960 11 ton truck now in the Forestry Department, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for purchase of a new truck with protective screen and for rebuilding of an existing dump body for transfer to the new truck, or take any other ac- tion with respect thereto. Forestry Department