HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-04-25 Special Town Meeting MinutesCOMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading:
By virtue of this Warrant, I, on April 10, 2002 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 Registry of Motor Vehicles, 275 Salem Street
Precinct 3 Reading Police Station, 15 Union Street
Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue
Precinct 5 Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street
Precinct 6 Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue
Precinct 7 Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue
Precinct 8 Home Goods, 1342 Main Street
The date of posting being not less than fourteen (14) days prior to April 25, 2002,
the date set for the Special Town Meeting in this Warrant.
I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be published in the Reading
Chronicle in the issue of April 11, 2002.
Daniel W. Halloran, Constable
A true copy. Attest:
Aileen A. Shaw, Assistant Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
(Seal)
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 Auditorium, 62 Oakland
Road, on Thursday, April 25, 2002, 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, 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, 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 to 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 2002-FY 2011
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 amend the vote of the Town taken
under Article 7 of the Subsequent Town Meeting held on November 13, 2001, pursuant
to which the Town voted, among other things, to borrow the sum of $450,000 for the
purpose of developing one or more schematic designs for making extraordinary repairs
and/or additions to the Reading Memorial High School at 62 Oakland Road, including
the costs of engineering and architectural fees, plans, documents, cost estimates, and
related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to
be expended under the direction of the School Building Committee, or take any other
action with respect thereto.
School Building Committee
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and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least
one (1) public place in each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to
April 25, 2002, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant
in a newspaper published in the Town, or by mailing an attested copy of said Warrant to
each Town Meeting Member at least fourteen (14) days prior to the time of holding said
meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to
the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this 9th day of April, 2002.
George . Hine,$,~Chairman
Camille W. Anthony, Vice Chairman
Matthew Cummings, Secretaryr
Richard W. Schubert
Gail F. Wood
SELECTMEN OF READING
Daniel W. Halloran, Constable
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