HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-03-06 Local Election WarrantCOMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading:
By virtue of this Warrant, I, on February 28, 2012 notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading,
qualified to vote on Town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of
this Town Meeting Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading:
Precinct 1 J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street
Precinct 2 Reading Police Station, 15 Union Street
Precinct 3 Reading Municipal Light Department, 230 Ash Street
Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue
Precinct 5 Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue
Precinct 6 Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue
Precinct 7 Birch Meadow School, 27 Arthur B Lord Drive
Precinct 8 Wood End School, 85 Sunset Rock Lane
Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street
The date of posting being not less than fourteen (14) days prior to April 23 2012, the date set for
Town Meeting in this Warrant.
I also caused a posting of this Warrant to be published on the Town of Reading website on February 29 ,
2012.
A true copy Attest:
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Laura Gemme, Town Clerk
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Alan Ulrich, Constable
TOWN WARRANT
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To any 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 Auditorium, 62 Oakland Road, in said Reading, on Monday, , 2012, at
seven -thirty o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and
determined exclusively by Town Meeting Members in accordance with the provisions of the Reading Home
Rule Charter
Middlesex, ss.
To any 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 the Local Elections and Town affairs, to meet in the
following place designated for the eight precincts in said Town, namely:
Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
Reading Memorial High School, Hawkes Field House, Oakland Road
TUESDAY, the SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, A.D., 2012
from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM to act on the following Articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1 To elect by ballot the following Town Officers:
A Moderator for one year;
One member of the Board of Selectmen for three years;
One member of the Board of Assessors for three years;
Two members of the Board of Library Trustees for three years;
One member of the Municipal Light Board for three years;
Two members of the School Committee for three years; and
Sixty Eight Town Meeting Members shall be elected to represent each of the following precincts:
Precinct 1
Eight members for three years;
Precinct 2
Eight members for three years;
One member two years;
Precinct 3
Eight members for three years;
Two members two years;
Precinct 4
Eight members for three years;
Precinct 5
Eight members for three years;
Precinct 6
Eight members for three years;
One member two years;
Precinct 7
Eight members for three years; and
Precinct 8
Eight members for three years.
To vote on the following two questions:
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Question 1:
Shall the Town of Reading approve the amendments to Article 4 of the Reading Home Rule Charter,
proposed by the November 8, 2010 Subsequent Town Meeting, which are summarized below:
Article 4 — Appointed Boards and Committees
Section 4 -10 (a) This section will be deleted to eliminate the Land Bank Committee.
Section 4 -10 (b) This section is relettered as Section 4 -10 (a).
Section 4 -10 (c) This section is relettered as Section 4 -10 (b).
Yes No
Question 2:
Shall the Town of Reading approve the amendments to Article 2 of the Reading Home Rule Charter,
proposed by the November 8, 2010 Subsequent Town Meeting, which are summarized below:
Article 2 — Representative Town Meeting
Section 2 -15: Referendum Procedure This amendment clarifies the process for filing a
referendum petition to submit an affirmative vote of the Town Meeting to the voters in the form of a
ballot question, and establishes the form of the petition to be circulated for signatures. The
amendment requires that the ballot question be set forth at the top of each petition form and be
identical to the ballot question that will appear on the official ballot. Circulators may make additional
copies of the petition form but each copy must be an exact duplicate. The petition form must have
language advising voters that it may not be altered in any way, and that no extraneous markings may
appear on the petition form or the signatures on that petition form may be invalidated. Extraneous
markings do not include signatures and addresses. The petition form must also include language
advising that only the signatures of registered voters will be valid, that the petition form should not be
signed more than once, and that they may authorize another person to write their name and address
on the petition form if they are physically unable to do so. The back of each petition form shall instruct
voters to read the signer information on the front before signing. In addition to certifying signatures,
the amendment authorizes the Board of Registrar of Voters to examine the petition forms for
alterations and extraneous markings.
In addition, the separate paragraphs of Section 2 -15 have been given lettered subsections.
Yes No
and to meet at the Reading Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road, in said Reading on
MONDAY, the TWENTY -FIFTH DAY OF APRIL A.D., 2011
at seven -thirty o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following Articles are to be acted upon and
determined exclusively by Town Meeting Members in accordance with the provisions of the Reading Home
Rule Charter.
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and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least one (1) public place in
each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to April 23 , 2012, or providing in a
manner such as electronic submission, holding for pickup or mailing, an attested copy of said Warrant to each
Town Meeting Member.
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 2,Em day of February , 2012.
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Alan Ulrich, Constable
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Richard W. Schubert
James Bonazoli
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