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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-09-24 Special Town Meeting WarrantTOWN 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 Town Warrant Special Town Meeting September 24, 1973 ARTICLE 7. To see what sums the Town will raise from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds or otherwise and appropriate for the salary and expense of the Executive Secretary, or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 8. To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds or otherwise and appropriate for expenses of the Board of Public Works including arch- itectural and engineering services, reconstruction of the fire dam- aged portion of the D. P. W. garage at 181 John Street and repairs to that garage, such sums to be spent by and under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will amend the By -Laws, Article XVI, Contracts, Section 6, by adding at the end-..thereof as follows: "This section and Section 5 shall not be applicable to purchase of textbooks by the School Department pursuant to Chapter 71, Sec- tion 48 of the General Laws or to the purchase of books and related materials for School Library and Public Library purposes unless the School Committee or the Board of Library Trustees deem it to be in the best interest or advantage to the Town ", or take any other action with respect thereto. School Committee and Board of Library Trustees ARTICLE 10. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for the purpose of the design and furnishing of a Fire De- tection System in the original section of the Reading Memorial High School, or what it will do in relation thereto. School Committee ARTICLE 11. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate Cor the purpose of reimbursing the Cemetery Department for stolen equipment; and for the design and installation of a burglar alarm system ; in the garage in Laurel Hill Cemetery, or take any other action with respect thereto. Cemetery Department ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission, on behalf of the Town, to enter into agreements with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, United States Department of the Interior for assistance under the Fed- eral Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, Sta. 897 (1964) as it may be amended, or take any other action relative thereto. Conservation Commission ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Con- servation Commission to acquire by purchase, or otherwise, for con- servation purposes, a certain parcel of land shown as Plat 125 Lot 2 in the records of the Town Assessors and containing 3.3 acres more or less, and see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for such ac- quisition, or take any other action with respect thereto. Conservation Commission ARTICLE 14. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the Conservation Fund under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 8C, to be expended under the direction of the Conservation Commission. Conservation Commission ARTICLE 15. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for updating the Conservation Plan and for preparation of a Wetlands Protection Map and amendment to the Zoning By -Law, or take any other action with respect thereto. Conservation Commission ARTICLE 16. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to the Conservation Fund under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 8C, or take any other action with respect thereto. Conservation Commission Town Warrant Special Town Meeting September 24, 19733 And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three public places in each precinct of the Town not less than seven days prior to September 24, 1973, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant and to publish this Warrant in the Reading Chronicle one day at least prior to said date. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your do- ings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for said meeting. Given under our hands this tenth day of September, 1973. A true copy. Attest: Fred C. Kenney, Jr. Edward P. Cameron Robert M. Graham Robert S. Cummings Constable Selectmen of Reading COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on September 17, 1973, notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time spe- cified by posting attested copies of this Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1. First National Stores, 275 Salem Street JoAnn's Variety Store, 143 Salem Street Fire Station, 67 Pleasant St. Precinct 2. Dragon Corner Store, 206 West Street Hanson's Service Station, 4 West Street Exxon Station, 83 Main Street Precinct 3. Masonic Building, 604 Main Street Municipal Building, 16 Lowell Street Community Center, 52 Sanborn Street B & M Railroad Station, High Street Precinct 4. Zitzow's Store, 287 Lowell Street Convenient Food Mart, 1349 Main Street Old Hose House, 1249 Main Street The date of posting being not less than seven days prior to Sept- ember 24, 1973, the date set for the meeting in this Warrant. I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of September 13, 1973, the same being more than seven days prior to the date of said meeting. Robert M. Graham Constable of Reading