HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-11-15 Adjourned Subsequent Town Meeting MinutesADJOURNED SUBSEQUENT TOWN MEETING
Reading Memorial High School
November 15, 1984
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, John W. Faria, at 7:30 P.M., there
being a quorum present.
The Invocation was given by the Rev. C. Barry Wood of the Old South United
Methodist Church, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
ARTICLES 17 & 18. On motion of Nils L. Nordberg it was voted to lay Articles 17 and
18 on the table.
ARTICLE 1. On motion of Nils L. Nordberg it was voted to take Article 1 from the
table.
ARTICLE 1. A verbal report presented by Nils L. Nordberg for the Municipal Space
Building Committee was accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 1. On motion of Nils L. Nordberg it was voted to lay Article 1 on the
table.
ARTICLE 2. On motion of Nils L. Nordberg it was voted take Article 2 from the
table.
ARTICLE 2. On motion of Nils L. Nordberg it was voted that the Municipal Space
Building Committee be, and hereby is, instructed to develop plans and cost estimates for
potential alternatives by which the administrative elements of the Department of Public
Works could be located within the proposed Town Hall /Old Library Complex.
66 voted in the affirmative
37 voted in the negative
ARTICLE 2. Nils L. Nordberg moved that the Municipal Space Building Committee
be, and hereby is, instructed to study the potential costs of alterations and improvements to
the former Public Library building which would be needed to bring the structure into
compliance with current codes and useable as a Town Hall Annex. This motion was voted in
the NEGATIVE.
36 voted in the affirmative
60 voted in the negative
ARTICLE 2. Nils L. Nordberg moved that the Municipal Space Building Committee
be, and hereby is, instructed to study the potential costs of alterations and improvements to
the former High School building now used as a Community Center, which would be necessary
to bring the structure into compliance with current codes and useable as a Town Hall Annex
and /or Community Center. This motion was voted in the NEGATIVE.
ARTICLE 2. On motion of Carl H. Amon, Jr. it was voted to instruct the Board of
Selectmen to postpone the Special Town Meeting they were planning in January to the first
week in February.
ARTICLE 2. Nils L. Nordberg moved that the instructional motion under Article 2 of
the Subsequent Town Meeting on December 1, 1983, which established the Municipal Space
Building Committee, be amended by adding at the end thereof as follows: "In the event of a
vacancy on the Committee of the member from the Board of Public Works and /or the
member from the School Committee, such vacancy may be filled by appointment of an
additional citizen member."
The meeting was adjourned for lack of a quorum, to meet at 7:30 P.M. on Monday,
November 19, 1984, in the Reading Memorial High School auditorium. (96 members present
at this time).
Meeting adjourned at 9:50 P. M.
116 Town Meeting members present.
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