HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-04-27 Special Town Meeting WarrantCOMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, as, Officers Return, Reading
By virtue of this Warrant, I, on March 25 , 2015 notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of
Reading, qualified to vole in Town elections and 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
Walter 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 April 27, 2015, 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
March 25 ,2015.
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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 elections and Town affairs, to meet at the
Reading Memorial High School Performing Arts Center, 62 Oakland Road, in said Reading, on
Monday, April 27, 2014, at eight 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 2015-25 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 what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available
funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of making extraordinary repairs, replacement
and/or new installation of field lighting systems, including the costs of consulting services, audits, plans,
documents, cost estimates, bidding services and all related expenses incidental thereto and necessary
in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the Town Manager; and
to see it the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen, Town Manager, or any other agency of the
Town, to apply for a grant or grants, to be used to defray the cost of all, or any part of, said field lighting
systems improvements; and to authorize the Town Manager to enter into any and 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
ARTICLE 6 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available
funds, or otherwise, and appropriate, to be added to this amount appropriated for modular classrooms
under Article 6 of the February 23, 2015 Special Town Meeting, for the purpose of purchasing and
placing modular classroom units at elementary schools, including the costs of consulting services,
audits, plans, documents, cost estimates, bidding services and all related expenses incidental thereto
and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the
School Committee and the Town Manager, and to see if the Town will authorize the School Committee,
Board of Selectmen, Town Manager, or any other agency of the Town, to apply for a grant or grants to
be used to defray the cost of all, or any part of, said Improvements; and to authorize the School
Committee and/or the Town Manager to enter into any and all contracts and agreements as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article.
Board of Selectmen as a courtesy to the School Committee
ARTICLE 6 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available
funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of making extraordinary repairs, replacement
and/or new installation of retaining walls at Reading Memorial High School, including the costs of
consulting services, audits, plans, documents, cost estimates, bidding services and all related
expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and
under the direction of the School Committee and the Town Manager; and to see if the Town will
authorize the School Committee, Board of Selectmen, Town Manager, or any other agency of the
Town, to apply for a grant or grants to be used to defray the cost of all, or any part of, said
improvements; and to authorize the School Committee and/or the Town Manager to enter into any and
all contracts and agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article.
Board of Selectmen as a courtesy to the School Committee
ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote, pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Reading General
Bylaws, to approve and authorize the Board of Selectmen to settle potential litigation involving the
Sutton Brook Disposal Area Superfund Site, involving the possible payment of a sum of more than Fifty
Thousand ($50,000) Dollars, or take any other action relating thereto.
Board of Selectmen
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 27, 2015, 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 24h day of March , 2015.
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