HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-06-01 Special Town Meeting WarrantSPECIAL TOWN MEETING
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
June 1, 1982
Middlesex, ss.
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
Tuesday, June 1st, 1982, at eight thirty 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, Contributory 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 if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 59,
Section 5, Clause 17C in order to give some relief to surviving spouses, aged persons and
some minors from Real Estate taxes beginning with Fiscal Year 1982.
Board of Assessors
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article XXV of the By -Laws of
the Town by adding the following paragraph at the end thereof, or take any other action
with respect thereto:
"Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article XXV, the Board of
Selectmen shall authorize the employment of an otherwise qualified applicant for
municipal employment who has been rejected for employment by reason of a medical
examination where the Board of Selectmen determine that such rejection would be in
violation of applicable federal or state laws, executive orders or regulations. For the
purposes of this paragraph "other qualified applicant for municipal employment" shall
mean a person who, with reasonable accomodation, can perform the essential functions
of the job in question. Nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing or requiring
the employment of an applicant who is not otherwise qualified for the position applied
for."
Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 5. To see what sum the Town will borrow, or transfer from available funds,
or otherwise, and appropriate for Police and Fire Indemnification, or take any other action
with respect thereto.
Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend the by -laws of the Town of
Reading to establish a Municipal Data Processing Center, to appoint a Data Processing
Coordinator and to establish a Data Processing Advisory Board in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 41, Section 23D of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Board of Selectmen
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 June 1, 1982, 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 13th day of May, 1982.
Marvin M. Rosenthal
Maureen T. O'Brien
John W. Price
John H. Russell
Paul C. Dustin
SELECTMEN OF READING
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