HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-11-14 Special Town Meeting WarrantCOMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading
By virtue of this Warrant, I, on October 26 , 2016 notified and warned the inhabitants of the
Town of Reading, qualified to vote in Town elections and Town affairs, to meet at the place and
at the time specked 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
Waiter S. Parker Middle School, 45 Temple Street
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 November 14, 2016, the date
set for Special Town Meeting in this Warrant.
I also caused a posting of this Warrant to be published on the Town of Reading website on
October 26 ,2016.
Thomas B eeman . Constable
A true copy Attest:
Laura Gemme, Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, as.
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 Town elections and Town
affairs, to meet at the Reading Memorial High School Performing Arts Center, 62 Oakland
Road, in said Reading, on Monday, November 14, 2016, 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.
ARTICLE 1 To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, School
Committee, Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Finance Committee, Bylaw Committee,
Town Manager, Town Accountant and any other Town Official, Board or Committee.
Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 2 To choose all other necessary Town Officers and Boards or Committees
and determine what instructions shall be given Town Officers and Boards or Committees, and to
see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or
otherwise, for the purpose of funding Town Officers and Boards or Committees to carry out the
instructions given to them, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to amend the FY 2017-27 Capital
Improvements Program as provided for in Section 7.7 of the Reading Home Rule Charter and
as previously amended, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote take under Article 5 of the
January 13, 2003 Special Town Meeting, as amended by the vote taken under Article 10 of the
November 13, 2006 Subsequent Town Meeting, to raise and appropriate, transfer from available
funds, borrow or otherwise provide a sum of money for the purpose of making extraordinary
repairs and additions to the Reading Memorial High School at 62 Oakland Road, including the
costs of engineering and architectural fees, plans, documents, cost estimates, interest and
related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be
expended by and under the direction of the School Committee; and to authorize any agency of
the Town to file applications for grants, loans, exclusions, or other sources of additional funding
to be used to defray the cost of all or any part of the cost of the project; and to authorize the
School Committee to enter into all contracts and agreements as may be necessary to carry out
the purposes of this Article; or take any other action with respect thereto.
Board of Selectmen as a courtesy to the School Committee
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 November 14,
2016, 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 25' day of October , 2016.
SELECTMEN OF READING
ThIafiaa Freem n , Constable