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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-11-10 Subsequent Town Meeting WarrantTown Meeting Warrant COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS or qt tic O 7iii� p 'sJ9' IHCORpbPPS SUBSEQUENT TOWN MEETING Middlesex, ss. November 10, 1980 To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 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 Reading Memorial High School 62 Oakland Road in said Reading, on Monday, November 10, 1980, at eight o'clock in the evening to act on the following articles: ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, Town Accountant, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Board of Assessors, Board of Public Works, Town Clerk, Tree Warden, Board of Health, School Committee, Con- tributory Retirement Board, Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Finance Committee, Cemetery Trustees, Planning Board, and any other Board or Special Committees. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 2. To choose all other necessary Town Officers and Special Committees and determine what instructions shall be given Town Officers and Special Committees. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 3. To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or by transfer from available funds or otherwise and appropriate to repair and replace the gutters, downspouts and related work on the Municipal Building, Library, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 4. To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds or otherwise and appropriate for the purpose of increasing the energy efficiency of its Municipal Buildings or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 5. To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds or otherwise and appropriate for the purpose of renovations and improvements to those buildings under the supervision of the Building Maintenance Department or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 6. To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds or otherwise and appropriate for the maintenance of the Prospect Street School or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 24 of the Annual Town Meeting held May 6, 1976, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Public Works ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 34 of the Annual Town Meeting held, March 18, 1974, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Public Works ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 52 of the Annual Town Meeting held May 8, 1975, or take any other ac- tion with respect thereto. Board of Public Works ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the payment during Fiscal Year 1981 of bills remaining unpaid for previous fiscal years for goods and services actually rendered to the Town, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Classification Plan of Article XXIV of the By -Laws of the Town of Reading by reclassifying the position of Executive Secretary under the Board of Selectmen from a Grade 11 to a Grade 12, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLFr12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Classification Plan of Article XXIV of the By -Laws of the Town of Reading by reclassifying the following positions under the Board of Selectmen: 2 Senior Clerks, Grade 3 to 2 Principal Clerks, Grade 4 1 Secretary, Grade 5 to 1 Administrative Secretary, Grade 6 or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article XXIV of the By- Laws of the Town, Schedule A, Classification Plan, Exempt Positions, B, Public Safety Class and Pay Grade, by deleting: "Police Chief * * Conforms to M.G.L. C 48 s 57G" and substituting in its place: "Police Chief 12" or take any other action with respect thereto. Personnel Board ARTICLE 14. To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or from the tax levy or transfer from available funds, or otherwise for the purpose of constructing a public parking lot on the Town -owned lot at Union and Middle Streets (formerly known as the Union Street School). Such funds are to be expended by and under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, who shall be empowered to establish parking regulations and security provisions as they deem appropriate; or take any other action with respect thereto. Planning Board ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into negotiations, but not sign final agreements, with the Massa- chusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( "T ") for the development of a com- muter parking facility and rail terminus at John Street on Town -owned land adjacent to the railroad right of way at the rear of the incinerator site and Reading Board of Public Works yard, such area extending between the service ditch to the East and the Boston Stove Company service track to the West. The negotiations shall give due consideration to maintenance, snow removal, security and purchase price issues and shall not be considered final until subsequent ratification of Town Meeting; or take any other action with respect thereto. Planning Board ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will amend the Zoning By -Laws to allow a canopy in the yard areas in Business and Industrial Zoning Districts to provide protection for drive -in facilities by adding paragraph 5.2.3.4.1, as follows: " 5.2.3.4.1: In Business and Industrial Districts, minimum yard requirements shall not apply to projecting canopies over drive -in facilities. A drive -in facility is one designed to allow customers to transact business or acquire goods or services at or near the customer's motor vehicle. By Petition Douglas J. Wade and Others ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the Parks, playgrounds and recreation from the Board of Public Works to the Recreation Committee, who shall then be known as the Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Com- missioners in the Town of Reading, this transfer to become effective on July 1, 1981. By Petition Marvin M. Rosenthal and Others. ARTICLE 18. To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or by trans- fer from available funds or otherwise and appropriate to hire consultants and other experts for the purpose of combating pollution and chemical problems emanating from the City of Woburn, such consultants or experts services to include participation, if necessary, in Court proceedings relating to this matter, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to establish a reserve fund to provide funds for automobile property damage claim costs not covered by the Town's Motor Vehicle Property Damage Insurance whether by reason of the policy deductible, or otherwise, and to see what sum the Town will transfer from the Casualty Insurance Appropriation and appropriate to this reserve fund, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition and -or approve the filing of a petition to the General Court for a special act or for leave of the General Court, pursuant to General Laws Chapter 45 and Articles 49 and 97 of the Articles of Amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution, authorizing the Town to transfer the care, custody and control of the following described land from the Board of Public Works, acting as Board of Park Commissioners, to the Board of Selectmen and authorizing that said land may be used as the site for a fire station and -or for other non -park and non - conservation municipal purposes, or take any other action with respect thereto. The land is that land on the easterly side of Main Street in Reading conveyed to the Town by deed of Mahlon E. Brande and Clara G. Brande dated June 29,1920 recorded in the Middlesex County South Registry of Deeds in Book 4366, Page 253 bounded and described as follows: Beginning at an iron pipe on the easterly side of said Main Street at land now or formerly of J.E. Daley, thence the boundary line runs northerly by said Main Street, One Hundred Forty -Eight (148) feet to land now or formerly of Bent; thence easterly by land of said Bent, One Hundred Sixty (160) feet, more or less, to a passageway shown on the plan hereinafter referred to; thence southerly, southwesterly and southerly on said passageway to land now or formerly of J.S. Temple; thence southwesterly by land of said Temple, Seventy and Nine One Hundredths (70.09) feet to land now or formerly of said Daley; thence westerly by land of said Daley, One Hundred Nineteen and Sixty -Eight Hundredths (119.68) feet to said Main Street and the point of beginning. Together with the right -of -way over said passageway to and from Salem Street, in common with others entitled thereto. Said premises are shown on a Plan of Lots in Reading, Massachusetts belonging to Galen A. Parker, dated May 1913 by Clarence E. Carter, C.E. recorded at said deeds. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Cemetery Trustees to sell or change or otherwise dispose of, upon such terms and con- ditions as they may determine, one 1964 Ford tractor with backhoe and front end loader and to see what sum the Town will raise from transfer from available funds, or otherwise and appropriate for the purchase of one new tractor with a hydraulic backhoe and front end loader, said tractor to be used by the Board of Cemetery Trustees, or take any action with respect thereto. Board of Cemetery Trustees ARTICLE 22. 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 the purpose of making improvements to the water system, including the engineering services construction and reconstruction and remodeling of the water treatment plant and pumping stations, the installation of pipes, fittings, equipment and related facilities, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 23. 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 the purpose of controlling gypsy moth including the purchase of pesticide and enter into a contract for aerial helicopter spray, such sum to be expended by and under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Public Works ARTICLE 24. 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 the purpose of improving, constructing and reconstructing Town public ways in accordance with Chapter 570 of the Acts of 1980, such sums to be spent by and under the direction of the Board of Public Works and in such locations as the Board of Public Works may deem advisable, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Public Works ARTICLE 25. 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 the purpose of improving, constructing and reconstructing Town public ways in accordance with Chapter 329 of the Acts of 1980, such sums to be spent by and under the direction of the Board of Public Works and in such locations as the Board of Public Works may deem advisable, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Public Works ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a five year Capital Outlay Plan as provided for in Article III, Section 11 of the By -Laws of the Town, or take any other action with respect thereto. Finance Committee And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three (3) public places in each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to November 10, 1980, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant in a newspaper published in the Town or by mailing an attested copy of said warrant to each Town Meeting Member at least fourteen (14) days prior to the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for said meeting. Given under our hands this 2nd day of October, 1980 Maureen T. O'Brien Marvin M. Rosenthal John W. Price Selectmen of Reading