2013-04-22 Annual Town Meeting Minutes

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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Reading Memorial High School April 22, 2013 Preforming Arts Center The Precincts listed below met at 7:00 PM to conduct the following business: Precinct 1 - With a Quorum present elected Thomas J Ryan as Precinct Chair and Sheila M Mulroy as Precinct Clerk. A vote was taken to elect Elizabeth Schneider and David A Zeek on a tie breaker vote from the April 2, 2013 election. A vote was taken to keep Thomas J Ryan as a Town Meeting member and to remove Marc Plnette. Precinct 2 - With a Quorum present elected Stephen L Crook as Precinct Chair and Denise Iozzo as Precinct Clerk. A vote was taken to elect Paul F McNeice and John A Sasso on a tie breaker vote from the April 2, 2013 election. A vote was taken to keep Christine Ford and George Snow as Town Meeting members; and to remove Walter Carroll, David Wayne Decker, Priscilla Ryan and William C Ryan. Precinct 3 - With a Quorum present elected Nancy M Graham as Precinct Chair and Jane Fiore as Precinct Clerk. A vote was taken to elect Fausto J Garcia and Paul J Sylvester on a tie breaker vote from the April 2, 2013 election. A vote was taken to keep Michael A Bertone, Norman W Blanchard, Rachelle Garcia, Lawrence A Hurley and Michael J McDade; and to remove John P Tuttle. Precinct 4 - With a Quorum present elected Glen M Hartzler as Precinct Chair and Mary Ellen O'Neill as Precinct Clerk. - Precinct 5 - With a Quorum present elected Angela Binda as Precinct Chair and Charles Adams as Precinct Clerk. A vote was taken to remove Megan Boissonneau from Town Meeting. Precinct 6 - With a Quorum present elected Robert Lynch as Precinct Chair and Donna Dudley as Precinct Clerk. A vote was taken to elect James Gordon McIntosh on a tie breaker vote from the April 2, 2013 election. A vote was taken to keep Donna L Dudley as a Town Meeting member and to remove Christopher R Campbell, Frank Kyle and Valarie Perry from Town Meeting. Precinct 7 - Did not have a Quorum present, therefore did not conduct business. Precinct 8 - With a Quorum present elected William C Brown as Precinct Chair. A vote was taken to elect Sean E Quinn on a tie breaker vote from the April 2, 2013 election. The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Alan E. Foulds, at 7:35 PM, there being a quorum present. The Invocation was given by Philip Pacino, Precinct 5 followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. God Bless America and America the Beautiful by the Reading Community Singers. The Warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, Laura Gemme, when on motion by James Bonazoli, Board of Selectmen, it was voted to dispense with further reading of the Warrant. ARTICLE 2: To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, Town Accountant, Treasurer - Collector, Board of Assessors, Director of Public Works, Town Clerk, Tree Warden, Board of Health, School Committee, Contributory Retirement Board, Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Finance Committee, Cemetery Trustees, Community Planning and Development Commission, Town Manager and any other Official, Board or Special Committee. Backaround: This article appears on the Warrant for all Town Meetings. At this Annual Town Meeting, the following report(s) are anticipated: Town of Reading Massachusetts 2013 State of the Town Report James Bonazoli, Chairman, Reading Board of Selectmen Mr. Moderator, Town Meeting members, Finance Committee, Board of Selectmen, Residents.