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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-09-22 Special Town Meeting Minutesyr SPECIAL TOWN MEETING (Seal) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS September 22,1994 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 in said Reading, on Thursday, September 22, 1994, 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, 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 Capital Improvement 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 vote to appropriate from available funds for highway projects in accordance with Chapter 90, Massachusetts General Laws, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three (3) public places in each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to September 22, 1994, 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 14 days (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 30th day of August, 1994. : A True Copy. Attest--. C.athe' ne A. Quimby Town Clerk Daniel A. Ensmmger, Chairman Willard J. Bu'rditt, Vice Chairman /ally . oyt, Secretary Camille W. Anthony Georg' V. Hines SELECTMEN OF READING Signature of Constable: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Retum, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on -S~`"''S`" 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 Special Town Meeting Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1 J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street St. Athanasius Church, 300 Haverhill Street Remax, 1213 Main Street Precinct 2 Cumberland Farms, 305 Salem Street Registry of Motor Vehicles, 275 Salem Street JoAnn's Variety, 143 Salem Street Precinct 3 Chuck's Variety Store, 245 Washington Street Reading Police Station, 67 Pleasant Street Wayside Bazaar, 107 Main Street Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Dragon Comer Store, 206 West Street Fire Station, 267 Woburn Street Precinct 5 B & M Railroad Station, High Street Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street Housing for the Elderly, 1 Frank D. Tanner Drive Precinct 6 Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Spence Farm Market Gardens, 40 West Street Meadowbrook Golf Club, 292 Grove Street Precinct 7 P & S Convenient Store, 287 Lowell Street Reading Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue Precinct 8 Arthur W. Coolidge, Jr. High School, 89 Birch Meadow Drive Birch Meadow School, Arthur B. Lord Drive Marshall's, 1342 Main Street The date of posting being not less than fourteen (14) days prior to September 22, 1994 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 September$ ' 1994. Constable SPECIAL TOWN MEETING First Business Session Reading Memorial High School September 22, 1994 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Paul C. Dustin, at 7:45 P.M., there being a quorum present. The Invocation was given by Town Clerk Catherine A. Quimby, followed by a,moment of silence in memory of Carl H. Amon, Jr. who served the community of Reading as a Town Meeting member from 1971 through 1989 and as a member of the Board of Cemetery Trustees from 1977 to 1994. This was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. ARTICLE 3 On motion of Daniel A. Ensminger it was voted to amend the Capital Improvement Program as provided for in Section 7-7 of the Reading Home Rule Charter and as previously amended. ARTICLE 4 On motion of Daniel A. Ensminger it was voted to appropriate from available funds for highway projects in accordance with Chapter 90, Massachusetts General Laws. ARTICLE 2 William C. Brown, Precinct 8, moved that the Finance Committee review any and all work order changes made in the construction of the Birch Meadow School, and to determine those required by unforeseen circumstances and those required to correct contractor or architect oversight of building codes, and report its findings to the Subsequent- T own Meeting of 1994. A standing vote resulted in the following: yes - 50; no - 63 and the motion did not carry. ARTICLE 2 James A. Keigley, Precinct 6, moved that the Town Clerk be instructed to provide to all candidates for elective office a notice in writing at the time of filing nomination papers that it is the judgment of Town Meeting that political yard signs in Reading are offensive and counterproductive.. Town Counsel H Thedore Cohen advised Moderator Paul C. Dustin that the motion was not appropriate and no action was taken. ARTICLE 2 On motion of Daniel A. Ensminger it was moved to lay Article 2 on the table. ARTICLE 1 On motion of Daniel A. Ensminger it was moved to lay Article 1 on the table. On motion of Daniel A. Ensminger, at 8:10 p.m. it was voted that this Special Town Meeting stand adjourned sine die. 145 Town Meeting rp_embers present. A true copy. A.ttesi:: - Catherine A. Quimby Town Clerk