HomeMy WebLinkAboutAppendix C-1 2018-11-15 STM Warrant COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Town of Reading:
By virtue of this Warrant, I Thomas Freeman Jr on October 11 , 2018
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 Public Library, 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 November 15, 2018, 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
October 11 , 2018.
Constable Thomas Freeman Jr
A true copy Attest:
Laur Gemme, Town Clerk
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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 the Local Elections and Town
affairs, to meet at the Reading Memorial High School Performing Arts Center, 62 Oakland
Road, in said Reading, on Thursday November 15, 2018 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 Select Board, School Committee,
Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Finance Committee, Bylaw Committee, Town Manager,
Town Accountant and any other Town Official, Board or Committee.
Select Board
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 if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or otherwise
provide a sum or sums of money 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.
Select Board
ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to amend the FY 2019-29 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.
Select Board
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ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town's Operating Budget for
the Fiscal Year commencing July 1, 2018, as adopted under Article 17 of the 2018 Annual Town
Meeting; and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer from
available funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money to be added to the amounts
appropriated under said Article, as amended, for the operation of the Town and its government,
or take any other action with respect thereto.
Finance Committee
ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from
available funds or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money to pay bills remaining unpaid from
prior fiscal years for goods and services actually rendered to the Town, or take any other action
with respect thereto.
Select Board
ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to sell,
exchange, or dispose of, various items of Town tangible property, upon such terms and
conditions as it may determine, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Select Board
ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote to amend the votes taken under Article 6 of
the January 28, 2013 Special Town Meeting; Article 6 of the February 13, 2014 Special Town
Meeting; and Article 7 of the November 14, 2016 Subsequent Town Meeting to reduce the
amounts authorized to be borrowed for the Library project by such votes by $16,345 dollars, or
to take any other action with respect thereto.
Select Board
ARTICLE 8 To see if the Town will vote to amend the votes taken under Article 5 of
the January 13, 2003 Special Town Meeting; Article 10 of the November 13, 2006 Subsequent
Town Meeting and Article 3 of the November 14, 2016 Special Town Meeting to reduce the
amounts authorized to be borrowed for the Reading Memorial High School project by such
votes by $150,921 dollars, or to take any other action with respect thereto.
Select Board
ARTICLE 9 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from
available funds, borrow or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for the purpose of making
extraordinary repairs and/or replacement of sanitary sewer collection 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
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expended by and under the direction of the Town Manager; and to see if the Town will authorize
the Select Board, 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 sanitary sewer 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.
Select Board
ARTICLE 10 To see if the Town will vote to ratify and authorize the sale of a parcel of
land located on Brook Street, shown as Lot 122 on Assessor's Map 8 and described in a deed
recorded with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds at Book 31286 Page 172, in accordance
with the terms of a purchase and sale agreement entered into by Kara Meade and Daniel
Meade of Reading, Massachusetts, and the Town of Wakefield, Massachusetts and dated April
20, 2018, and subsequently amended by the aforementioned parties and the Town of Reading,
or take any other action with respect thereto.
Select Board
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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 November 15,
2018, 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 this25 th day of September , 2018.
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Thomas Freeman Jr , Constable
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