HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-04-15 Adjourned Annual Town Meeting MinutesADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Reading Memorial High School auditorium April 15, 1982
The meeting was convened at 9:41 P.M. by the Moderator, John W. Faria,
following adjournment of Special Town Meeting scheduled for 8:00 P.M..
ARTICLE 3. On motion of Carl H. Amon, Jr. it was voted to take Article 3 from
the table.
ARTICLE 3. On motion of Carl H. Amon,Jr. it was voted that:
that
WHEREAS the By -Laws of the Town of Reading provide in Article III, Section 7,
"The Finance Committee shall make a written recommendation on
all Articles that it has considered, and the Town Clerk shall mail
said written recommendations to each Town Meeting Member at
least seven (7) days prior to the first adjournment of the Annual
Town Meeting. The Committee's report shall also state the total
amount of appropriations recommended by it on the entire Warrant
and the approximate tax rate based on such recommendations. ":
and
WHEREAS the Report of the Finance Committee on the Annual Warrant for the
Town Meeting to be held on April 12, 1982 was received by Town Meeting Members on
April 3, 1982; and
WHEREAS the said Report of the Finance Committee did not state the total
amount of appropriations recommended by it on the entire Warrant and did not state
the approximate tax rate based on such recommendations; and
WHEREAS the said Report of the Finance Committee contained 32 Articles in
which the Report of the Finance Committee was "action pending "; and
WHEREAS the said Report of the Finance Comittee did not comply with the By-
Laws of the Town of Reading; and
WHEREAS it was impossible for a Town Meeting Member to review the proposed
expenditures under 32 Articles of the Warrant and therefore to act intelligently in
regard to said Articles; and
WHEREAS the Board of Selectmen have stated that the Annual Town Meeting
will be adjourned to June, 1982;
THEREFORE the Finance Committee be and they hereby are instructed to
deliver to each Town Meeting Member a written report on or before May 20, 1982
setting forth the action taken by the Finance Committee in regard to each Article
appearing on the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting originally held on April 12,
1982 regarding the expenditure of money, and said written report to include also the
total dollars of appropriations recommended by the Finance Committee for the entire
Warrant and the approximate tax rate based on such recommendations.
On motion of Marvin M. Rosenthal it was voted that this meeting stand
adjourned to meet in the Reading Memorial High School auditorium at 8:00 P.M. on
Tuesday, June 1, 1982.
Meeting adjourned at 9:59 P. M.
154 Town Meeting members were present.
A true copy. Attest:
Lawrence Drew
Town Clerk
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