HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-09-21 Special Town Meeting MinutesAdjourned Special Town Meeting September 18, 1989
Quorum count was requested by Charles C. Catalfamo, Precinct
#8, Town Meeting member.
Moderator, Paul C. Dustin, announced that this meeting stand
adjourned to meet at 7:30 P.M. on Thursday, September 21, 1989,
in the Reading Memorial High School Auditorium.
Meeting adjourned at 10:50 P.M.
99 Town Meeting members were present.
A true copy. Attest: (1 _ ,
Doris M. Fantasia
Town Clerk
ADJOURNED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Reading Memorial High School
September 21, 1989
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Paul C.
Dustin, at 8:01 P.M. , there being a quorum present.
The Invocation was given by the Reverend Arthur C. Flynn of
St. Agnes Church, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag.
ARTICLE 12 On motion of Willard J. Burditt, it was
voted that the Town amend the appropriations made for line items
60 -71 of the Fiscal Year 1990 Municipal Budget by amending the
votes taken under Article 26 of the Warrant for the Annual Town
Meeting of April 10, 1989 as follows:
Lines 60 -
71
Line Item
61
- decrease $186,775 appropriation
by
$2,800 to
$183,975
Line Item
64 -
decrease $5,350 appropriation by
$500
to $4,850
Line Item
65 -
decrease $1,766,240 appropriation
by
$15,000 to
$1,751,240
Line Item
66
- decrease $83,030 appropriation
by
$1,000 to
$82,030.
ARTICLE 12 On motion of Willard J. Burditt, it as voted
that the Town amend the appropriations made for line items 98 -104
of the Fiscal Year 1990 Municipal Budget by amending the votes
taken under Article 26 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting
of April 10, 1989 as follows:
Lines 98 - 104
Line Item 98 - decrease $1,408,266 appropriation by $180,415 to
$1,227,851
Line Item 99 - increase $1,652,897 appropriation by $4,500 to
$1,657,397
Line Item 102 - decrease $169,034 appropriation by $3,000 to
$166,034*
*Change the Source of the $166,034 appropriation to Cemetery Be-
quest Income in the amount of $61,000; Sale of Cemetery Lots in
the amount of $30,000; with the remainder from Property Taxes,
State Aid and Non - Property Tax Local Receipts.
ARTICLE 12 On motion of Willard J. Burditt, it was voted that
the Town amend the appropriations made for line items 109 -110 of
the Fiscal Year 1990 Municipal Budget by amending the votes
taken under Article 26 Of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meet-
ing of April 10, 1989 as follows:
Lines 109 - 110
Line Item 109 - decrease $15,245,229 appropriation by $218,800 to
$15,026,429.
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ARTICLE 12 On motion of Willard J. Burditt, it was voted that
the Town amend the appropriations made for line items 114 and
117 of the Fiscal Year 1990 Municipal Budget by amending the
votes taken under Article 26 of the Warrant for the Annual Town
Meeting of April 10, 1989 as follows:
Lines 114 - 117
Line Item 114 - decrease $1,790,006 appropriation by $300 to
$1,789,706
Line Item 117 - change the source of the $1,901,181 appropriation
to Certified Free Cash in the amount of $844,000, with the
remainder from Property Taxes, State Aid, and Non - Property Tax
Local Receipts.
ARTICLE 12 On motion of Willard J. Burditt, it was voted
that the Town amend the appropriations made for line items 120-
128 of the Fiscal Year 1990 Municipal Budget by amending the
votes taken under Article 26 of the Warrant for the Annual Town
Meeting of April 10, 1989 as follows:
Lines 120 - 128
Line Item 121 - decrease $809,577 appropriation by $1,000 to
$808,577
Line Item 125 - decrease $209,341 appropriation by $1,450 to
$207,891.
ARTICLE 12. Moderator, Paul C. Dustin, asked for any business
under reconsideration of Article 12, line items #1 - #71, however,
none appeared.
ARTICLE 2. On motion of Russell T. Graham, Article
2 was taken from the table.
ARTICLE 2. On motion of Robert R. Lynch, Town Meet-
ing Member from Precinct #6, it was voted to instruct By -Law Com-
mittee to bring to Spring Town Meeting a Warrant Article amending
Section XXXIII (33) of the Town By -Laws, or as the same may be
recodified so as to require that any fees or fines set by the
Selectmen or any other Board, Committee, or Commission be ap-
proved by a majority vote of Town Meeting.
59 voted in the affirmative
44 voted in the negative
1 abstention
On a point of personal privilege, Philip B. Pacino, Town
Meeting member from Precinct #4, asked for a sense from the Town
Meeting membership if a Trash Collection Fee should be imposed
for FY 7/1/90 to 6/30/91. Moderator, Paul C. Dustin, announced
that the membership body indicated opposition by a show of
hands.
On a point of personal privilege, Maria Silvaggi, Town Meet-
ing member from Precinct #8, requested a sense from Town Meeting
membership on a Proposition 2 1/2 override. Moderator, Paul C.
Dustin, announced that the membership body indicated a tie by a
show of hands.
ARTICLE 2. On motion of Nils L. Nordberg, it was voted
that each Town Office, Officer, Board, Committee or Commission
which administers any schedule of fees, fines, or charges, or
which has authorized any fee, fine or charge, shall provide to
the By -Law Committee, not later that December 15, 1989, a copy of
any such schedule of fees, fines or charges.
ARTICLE 2. Daniel A. Ensminger, Town Meeting Member,
Precinct #7, withdrew his Instructional Motion that the Moderator
appoint a study committee consisting of 6 to 10 Town Meeting Mem-
bers, geographically distributed and not members of Town Boards,
Commissions, or Committees, and a member of the By -law Committee,
for the purpose of making recommendations to the Moderator and
Town Meeting for a more expeditious conduct of Town Meeting
proceedings. Said Committee shall deliver a Report of Progress
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at the Subsequent Town Meeting of 1989, and a final report in
conjunction with any necessary warrant articles for consideration
by the Annual Town Meeting of 1990.
Said Instructional Motion was withdrawn with the an-
nouncement from Gerald A. Fiore, Town Meeting Member, Precinct
#3, and George A. Theophanus, Town Meeting Member, Precinct #4,
that the Rules Committee will report to the November Town Meeting
as to the conduct of Town Meeting proceedings.
ARTICLE 2. Robert A. Brown, Town Meeting Member,
Precinct #8, moved to instruct the Selectmen to devise a Trash
Collection User Fee System and to present this System as a Report
of Progress at the Fall 1989, Town Meeting.
This motion was voted in the negative.
ARTICLE 2. William C. Brown, Town Meeting Member, Precinct
#8, moved that the Reading Light Department provide Town Meeting
Members with the following information at the Subsequent Town
Meeting, November 1989:
1 . The assessed value of it's property in the Town of Read-
ing.
2. The total value of the entire system.
3. The residential rates of Reading Municipal Light, Boston
Edison, Massachusetts Electric.
This motion was voted in the negative.
Russell T. Graham responded to Victor R. Carlson, Town Meet-
ing Member, Precinct #3, that there would be a Report of Progress
re: Homart, Land Fill, at the November Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 2. On motion of Russell T. Graham, it was voted to
table Article 2.
On motion of Russell T. Graham, it was voted that this Spe-
cial Town Meeting stand adjourned sine die.
Meeting adjourned 9:51 P.M.
97 Town Meeting members present.
A true copy. Attest:
Doris M. Fantasia
Town Clerk