HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-02-13 Special Town Meeting WarrantCOMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading:
By virtue of this Warrant, I, John Segalla on January 30, 2014 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 February 13, 2014 the date set for
the Town Meeting in this Warrant.
I also caused a posting of this Warrant to be published on the Town of Reading website on
January 30, 2014 .
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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 Hawkes Field House, 62 Oakland Road, in said Reading, on
Thursday, February 13, 2014, 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, Town Accountant,
Treasurer -Collector, Board of Assessors, Director of Public Works, Town Clerk, Tree Warden, Board of
Health, School Committee, Contributory Retirement Board, Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board,
Finance Committee, Cemetery Trustees, Community Planning & Development Commission,
Conservation Commission, Town' Manager and any other Board or Special Committee.
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, and to see what
sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for
the purpose of funding Town Officers and Special 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 2014 - FY 2023, Capital
Improvements Program as provided for in Section 7-7 of the Reading Home Rule Charter, or take any
other action with respect thereto.
Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, or
exchange, or dispose of, upon such terms and conditions as they may determine, various items of
Town tangible property, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to amend one or more of the votes taken under
Article 11 of the April 22, 2013 Annual Town Meeting relating to the Fiscal Year 2014 Municipal Budget,
and amended under Article 11 of the November 12, 2013 Subsequent Town Meeting and see what sum
the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate as the
result of any such amended votes for the operation of the Town and its government, or take any other
action with respect thereto.
Finance Committee
ARTICLE 6 To see what additional sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from
available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of renovating and expanding the Reading
Public Library located at 64 Middlesex Avenue, including the costs of consulting services, audits, plans,
documents, cost estimates, bidding services, moving, temporary relocation, and all related expenses
incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the
direction of the Board of Library Trustees and the Town Manager, and to see if the Town will authorize
the Board of Library Trustees, 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 Board of Library Trustees 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. These funds will be
additional to the $14.9 million previously approved by vote of Town Meeting on January 28, 2013 and a
majority of the voters at a local election on April 2, 2013,
or take any other action with respect thereto.
Board of Library Trustees
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 February 13, 2014, 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 29"' day of January, 2014.
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