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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-03-23 Annual Town Meeting Minutes Annual Town Meeting March 20, 1972 199 ARTICLE XXIX Amendment Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended at any annual or special town meeting by a majority vote of the Town Meeting Members present and voting at said meeting, provided that an article or articles for that purpose have been inserted in the warrant for said meeting. The following amendments to the By-Laws were presented: ARTICLE II - Rule B. On motion of Neil H. Murray, as amended by Nathan C. White, it was voted to 'strike out Rule E and move up all Rule numbers by one. ( ARTICLE II - Section 4. On motion of Neil H. Murray it was voted that Section 4 be substituted by Section 2 of the present By-Laws. On motion of John H. Crooker -it was voted that this meeting stand adjourned until March 23, 1972, at 7:45 P. M. , to meet in the Memorial High School Auditorium. Meeting adjourned at 11:15 P. M. 192 Town Meeting Members were present. A true copy. Attest: rence Drew Town Clerk ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Reading Memorial High School Auditorium March 23, 1972 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Kenneth C. Latham, at 9;45 P. M. The invocation was given by Rev. C. C. Meeden, Interim Pastor of the First Baptist Church. ARTICLE 5. Amendments under Article VI. On motion of William H. Dia- mond it was voted to amend Section 1, Article VI, by including therein after Board of Assessors, the Library Trustees , Cemetery Trustees. On motion of Frank A. Smith, Jr. , it was voted to amend Section 4 of Article VTmhetor 9tEV bf o1n�0TfWn Board, Committee, Commission or Officer Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Town Counsel/oto prepare or approve all bonds, deeds, leases, obligations, and other legal instru- ments to which the Town is a party or in which any right or interest of the Town is involved; to conduct the prosecution or defense of claims, actions, and proceedings to which the Town is a party, and the prosecu- tion of actions or proceedings by or on behalf of any Town Officer, Board or Committee as such; to conduct the dense of any claim action or pro- ceeding brought against any Town Officer, Board Member or Committee Mem- ber or Commission Member as such when the Law Committee, having deter- mined that any right . . . . . . . . ARTICLE XI - Section 2. On motion of Charles Stratton it was voted to 1 amend this section to read as follows: Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Council to carry out pro- grams designed to meet problems of the aging in the Community. ARTICLE XIII - Section 2. On motion of Joan A. Kingston it was voted to amend this section to read as follows: Section 2. The Board of Selectmen shall have the printed Annual Town Report ready for distribution not later than February 21st of each year. ARTICLE XIII - Section 4. On motion of Robert I. Nordstrand it was voted to amend this section to read as follows: The Board of Assessors shall publish for general circulation its valuation lists for real estate for the year 1973, and every second year thereafter, if the Town Meeting appropriates funds for this purpose 200 Adjourned Annual Town Meeting March 23, 1972 The Board of Assessors shall establish reasonable fees for the sale of said lists. After the publication of the Lists for the year 1973, lists for subsequent years shall be printed in not less than the same quantity as the number sold of the preceding published valuation list. ARTICLE XIV - Section 2. It was voted to amend this section by eliminat- ing the last line as follows: "The application shall be accompanied by payment of a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) which bhall be non-refundable. " ARTICLE XIV - Section 7. It was voted to amend this section by eliminat- ing the word "Rubbish" in the third sentence ;thereof. ARTICLE SV. Section 4. It was voted to amend this section as follows: Section 4. SWEEPING LITTER INTO GUTTERS PROHIBITED. No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street og other public space within the Town any accumulation of litter or construction material from any building or lot or from any public =r�p or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter. ARTICLE XVI. Section 5. On motion of Nathan C. White it was voted to amend this section as follows: Section 5. The Town Boards and the Officers of the different Town Bepartments authorized to make contracts shall call for competitive bids on all labor (except professional services) or material to be fur- nished to the Town where the cost or estimated cost to the Town of said labor or material to be so furnished equals or exceeds the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) , except in cases of special emergency involv- ing the health or safety of the people or their property. Said calls for bids shall be advertised by publishing the same in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the Town, and by posting it in the Town Hall , such_:publication and posting to be at least one week before the time specified for the opening of said bids. The advertisement shall require each proposal tobe sealed and .properly designated, shall ' announce the place, date and hour at which the proposals will be opened, and shall reserve to the Town the right to reject any or all such bids. The bids as received shall be deposited in a box securely locked, and at the time and place named shall be opened in public and read in the presence of the Officer or a member of the Board or a representative of the Board, authorized by the Town to make the contract. No bids shall be received after the time advertised for opening said bids. On motion of Richard B. Webster it was voted that this meeting stand adjourned until Saturday, March 25, 1972, at 9:00 A. M. , to meet in the Memorial High School Auditorium. Meeting adjourned at 11:10 P. M. 186 Town Meeting Members were present. A true copy. Attest: f Law Townrence Drew-- Town Clerk ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING , Reading Memorial High School Auditorium March 25, 1972 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Kenneth C. Latham, at 9:00 A. M. The invocation was given by Rev. . J. Gary Campbell , of the Old South United Methodist Church. Discussion continued on motion presented by Carl H. Amon, Jr. , under Article 5 of the Annual Town Warrant.