WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS BERKSHIRE SS.
TO: Rosemary E. Besancon, Constable of the Town of Egremont,
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Egremont qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the Mt. Everett High School Auditorium, in Sheffield Mass., on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 6:00 PM in the evening, and then and there to act on the following articles:
ARTICLE 1: To see if the town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $11,141.94, or any other amount, to cover the costs of an emergency repair to a broken water line, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 2: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $852.22, or any other amount, to cover the state mandated payment to the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 3: To see if the Town will vote to transfer to Veteran’s Expenses from available funds the sum of $5,916.39, or any other amount, to cover the state mandated payment for Veteran’s Services and Veteran’s Benefits, to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 4: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $4,920.00, or any other amount, to the Fire Department Accident Wages account to pay for an injured fireman’s wages for the balance of Fiscal Year 2009, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 5: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $807.84, or any other amount, to the Fire Department Accident Health Benefits account to pay for an injured fireman’s health benefits for the balance of the Fiscal Year 2009, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 6: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $4080.00, or any other amount, to reimburse the Reserve Fund for monies advanced to the Fire Department Accidents Wages Account , or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
And you are requested to warn said inhabitants of said meeting by posting copies of this Warrant in four or more public places in said Town, fourteen days at least, before the time of holding same.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon at or before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this 14th day of April, Two Thousand and Nine.
Board of Selectmen
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A TRUE COPY ATTEST: Bruce C. Turner, Chairman
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Rosemary E. Besancon, Thomas C. Haas, Vice-Chair
Constable, Town of Egremont
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DATE: ______________ Bruce S. Cumsky
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS BERKSHIRE SS.
TO: Rosemary E. Besancon, Constable of the Town of Egremont,
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Egremont qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the North Egremont Fire Station in North Egremont, on Tuesday, the 12th day of May, 2009, at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon, and then and there to bring their ballots to the election officers for the election of the following Town and District Officers:
One Moderator for one year,
One Town Clerk for one year,
One Selectman for three years,
One Library Trustee for three years,
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years,
One member of the Planning Board for five years,
One Tree Warden for one year,
One Assessor for three years,
One Water Commissioner for three years.
and to choose such other officers as towns are required by law or have a right to choose.
All of the above named officers will be voted upon an official ballot to be furnished at the polling place by the election officers. The following question shall also be voted upon the official ballot:
The polls will open at 10:00 A.M., and shall close at 7:00 P.M.
You are also required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Mount Everett Regional High School, Thomas A. Consolati Auditorium,
Sheffield MA., on Tuesday, the 5th day of May, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. and then and there to act upon the following articles.
ARTICLE 1: To hear the reports of any officers, committee or committees.
ARTICLE 2: To see if the Town will raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds monies, or any other amounts, to defray charges and expenses to the Town, to set the salaries of elected officials, including salaries of certain Town officers and employees, debt and interest, and to provide for a reserve fund, all beginning July 1, 2009 for the ensuing twelve months.
VOTED SELECTBOARD FINANCE COMM.
2008-2009 2009-2010 2009-2010
1. OFFICIALS AND BOARDS $ 292,397.00 $ 284,686.00 $ 281,042.00
A. Accounting Officer Expense 500.00 500.00 500.00
B. Accounting Officer 13,000.00 13,260.00 13,000.00
C. Agricultural Commission(new) 0.00 500.00 500.00
D. Assessor’s Consulting 20,000.00 20,584.00 20,584.00
E Assessor’s Expense 4,575.00 4,000.00 4,000.00
F. Assessor #1 Salary 4,541.00 4,541.00 4,541.00
G. Assessor #2 Salary 4,541.00 4,541.00 4,541.00
H. Assessor #3 Salary 4,541.00 4,541.00 4,541.00
I. Board of Appeals Expense 160.00 100.00 100.00
J. Board of Health Expense 5,425.00 5,150.00 5,150.00
K. Board of Health Clerk wages 16,163.00 16,486.00 16,163.00
L. Bd. of Health Agent Wages 18,193.00 18,557.00 18,193.00
M. Bd. Of Health Food Inspector 650.00 650.00 650.00
N. Building Inspector Salary 23,117.00 23,579.00 23,117.00
O. Conservation Comm. Expense 500.00 500.00 500.00
P. Constable’s Salary 523.00 523.00 523.00
Q. Finance Committee Expense 700.00 500.00 500.00
R. Inspectors’ Expenses 2,700.00 2,700.00 2,700.00
S. Planning Board Expense 2,700.00 2,200.00 2,200.00
T. Planning Board Wages 270.00 270.00 270.00
U. Sel. Office Administrator 47,807.00 48,763.00 47,807.00
V. Selectmen Office Expense 11,920.00 11,895.00 11,895.00
W. Selectman #1 Salary 5,674.00 5,390.00 5,390.00
X. Selectman #2 Salary 5,159.00 4,901.00 4,901.00
Y. Selectman #3 Salary 5,159.00 4,901.00 4,901.00
Z. Town Clerk Expense 3,900.00 2,900.00 2,900.00
AA. Town Clerk Salary 8,053.00 8,053.00 8,053.00
BB. Town Hall Office Clerk 27,267.00 18,547.00 18,183.00
CC. Treasurer/Collector Expense 8,910.00 8,990.00 8,990.00
DD. Treasurer/Collector Salary 45,749.00 46,664.00 45,749.00
2. TOWN EXPENSES $ 171,034.81 $ 176,307.00 $ 175,762.00
A. Animal Control Officer 2,247.00 2,247.00 2,247.00
B. Animal Control Expenses 1,200.00 1,200.00 1,200.00
C. Audit 5,050.00 5,050.00 5,050.00
D. Berk Region Plan Comm (new) 852.22 856.00 856.00
E. Board of Registrars Salary 50.00 50.00 50.00
F. Compactor Operation 69,745.00 72,845.00 72,845.00
G. Compactor Operator Salary 18,473.00 18,842.00 18,473.00
VOTED SELECTBOARD FINANCE COMM.
2008-2009 2009-2010 2009-2010
H. Compactor Substitute Wages 4,051.00 4,132.00 4,051.00
I. Computer Expenses 28,110.00 28,444.00 28,444.00
J. Drug and Alcohol Tests 360.00 360.00 360.00
K. Egremont Newsletter 4,230.00 4,230.00 4,230.00
L. Election Wages 4,500.00 1,600.00 1,600.00
M. Group Purchasing 400.00 575.00 575.00
N. High Speed Internet 1,528.00 2,058.00 2,058.00
O. Historical Commission Expense 1,200.00 1,600.00 1,600.00
P. Inspector of Animals 500.00 500.00 500.00
Q. Legal Expenses 250.00 500.00 500.00
R. Legal Fees 7,000.00 7,000.00 7,000.00
S. Litigation (new) 0.00 5,000.00 5,000.00
T. Moderator 215.00 215.00 215.00
U. School Committee 1,842.00 1,842.00 1,842.00
V. School Crossing Guard 4,766.00 4,861.00 4,766.00
W. So. Berk. Chamber Commerce 206.00 250.00 250.00
X. Surplus Procurement 500.00 0.00 0.00
Y. Town Report 800.00 800.00 800.00
Z. Town Telephone 7,200.00 4,000.00 4,000.00
AA. Veteran’s Expenses (new) 4,759.59 7,000.00 7,000.00
BB. Zoning Bylaws 1,000.00 250.00 250.00
3. TOWN MAINTENANCE $ 144,012.00 $ 140,492.00 $ 139,032.00
A. Bldg Maint. General Exp. 12,800.00 11,200.00 11,200.00
B. Bldg Maint. Utility Exp. 39,211.00 39,211.00 39,211.00
C. Building Maintenance Wages 10,347.00 10,554.00 10,347.00
D. Maintenance Superintendent 39,398.00 40,186.00 39,398.00
E. Cemetery Maintenance 100.00 100.00 100.00
F. French Park Maintenance 3,626.00 3,626.00 3,626.00
G. French Park Overtime Wages 3,421.00 3,691.00 3,421.00
H. French Park Wages 9,760.00 9,955.00 9,760.00
I. Public Lighting 4,680.00 4,300.00 4,300.00
J. Building Improvements 5,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00
K. Tree Work 10,000.00 9,000.00 9,000.00
L. Tree Warden 5,669.00 5,669.00 5,669.00
4. HIGHWAYS $ 423,562.00 $ 425,161.00 $ 421,396.00
A. Const. & Maint. Wages 4,409.00 4,497.00 4,409.00
B. Construction & Maintenance 165,000.00 165,000.00 165,000.00
C. Personnel Member Foreman 36,763.00 37,498.00 36,763.00
VOTED SELECTBOARD FINANCE COMM.
2008-2009 2009-2010 2009-2010
D. Personnel Member B 35,446.00 35,025.00 34,338.00
E. Personnel Member C 34,338.00 33,946.00 33,280.00
F. Superintendent Salary 54,459.00 55,585.00 54,459.00
G. Snow & Ice Removal 70,000.00 70,000.00 70,000.00
H. Snow & Ice Removal Wages 23,147.00 23,610.00 23,147.00
5. LIBRARY $ 25,546.00 $ 26,080.00 $ 25,746.00
A. Expenses 8,000.00 8,200.00 8,200.00
B. Librarian’s Salary 16,696.00 17,030.00 16,696.00
C. Library Substitute Wages 850.00 850.00 850.00
6. POLICE $ 287,688.00 $ 289,179.00 $ 287,776.00
B. Chief Expenses 2,700.00 2,700.00 2,700.00
C. Chief Salary 57,476.00 58,626.00 57,476.00
D. Collective Bargaining 182,213.00 182,301.00 182,301.00
E. Department Expenses 10,899.00 10,899.00 10,899.00
H. Police Wages-Secretary 12,688.00 12,941.00 12,688.00
I. Vehicle Expenses 21,712.00 21,712.00 21,712.00
7. FIRE AND EMERGENCY $ 78,325.00 $ 78,079.00 $ 78,079.00
A. Dispatch Facilities 7,625.00 7,854.00 7,854.00
B. Emergency Management 3,000.00 2,525.00 2,525.00
C. Emergency Management Wages 2,500.00 2,500.00 2,500.00
D. Fire Department Expense 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00
E. Draft Hydrants 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00
F. Firefighters Stipend 22,000.00 22,000.00 22,000.00
G. Forest Fires 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
H. Street Number 911 200.00 200.00 200.00
I. Alert-Now Rapid Notification 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00
J. So Berk Reg Emergency Planning 500.00 500.00 500.00
8. DEBT AND INTEREST $ 85,187.00 $ 79,260.00 $ 79,260.00
A. Interest Short Term Debt 1.00 1.00 1.00
B. Loan Consolidation 43,011.00 0.00 0.00
C. Fire Truck Loan 42,175.00 42,175.00 42,175.00
D. Loader Loan 0.00 37,084.00 37,084.00
VOTED SELECTBOARD FINANCE COMM.
2008-2009 2009-2010 2009-2010
9. HUMAN SERVICES $ 21,583.00 $ 21,183.00 $ 21,183.00
A. Brien Center/Mental Health 958.00 958.00 958.00
B. Berk South Community Center 1,000.00 500.00 500.00
C. Community Health Programs 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
D. Berk. Comm. Action Council 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
E. Construct, Inc. 400.00 400.00 400.00
F. Council on Aging 1,900.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
G. Eagle Fund 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
H. Egremont Garden Club 200.00 200.00 200.00
I. Elizabeth Freeman Center 500.00 500.00 500.00
J. Fairview Hospital 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00
K. Housatonic Valley Assoc 250.00 250.00 250.00
L. Hospice of So. Berkshire 750.00 750.00 750.00
M. Lee VNA 4,200.00 4,200.00 4,200.00
N. Railroad Street Youth Project 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00
O. So. Berk. Elderly Transport 5,025.00 5,025.00 5,025.00
P. So. Berk. Literacy Network 400.00 400.00 400.00
10. INSURANCE $ 343,391.00 $ 363,401.00 $ 363,401.00
A. Health/Dental 145,000.00 153,555.00 153,555.00
B. Pension 95,481.00 104,563.00 104,563.00
C. Property & Casualty 88,560.00 90,000.00 90,000.00
D. Social Security/Medicare 10,150.00 11,000.00 11,000.00
E. Unemployment 4,200.00 4,283.00 4,283.00
11. RESERVE FUND $ 25,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 25,000.00
TOTAL LINE ITEM BUDGET $1,897,725.81 $1,908,828.00 $1,897,677.00
Voted SELECTBOARD FINANCE COMM.
SPECIAL ARTICLES 2008-2009 2009-2010 2009-2010
Previous 2009 Special Articles $1,803,629.36 $1,591,482.26 $1,562,282.26
School Minimum Net spending 933,358.00 1,268,083.00 1,268,083.00
School Additional Operating 362,890.00
School Capital Costs 153,238.00 160,543.26 160,543.26
Water Lines Repair/Replacement/Equip 0.00 20,000.00 20,000.00
Cemeteries 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
Loader 100,000.00
Building Painting 105,000.00
Town Hall Tree Removal 5,420.00
Legal Bill of a previous year 200.00
Animal Control Mileage previous year 204.02
Town Hall Assessment 20,000.00
Police Cruiser 27,000.00
Water Dpt bills previous year 3,728.78
Fire Accident wages paid 7,480.00
Fire Accident wages to be paid 25,840.00 35,360.00 35,360.00
Fire Accident benefits to be paid 7,270.56 9,696.00 9,696.00
Stabilization Fund 50,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00
Fire Proof File Cabinets 2,700.00 2,700.00
Fire Truck Tires 6,000.00 6,000.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Program 2,900.00 2,900.00
Prospect Lake 5,000.00 5,000.00
Annex Demolition 20,200.00 0.00
Police Station 0.00 0.00
Zero-Turn Mower 9,000.00
Boom Mower 25,000.00 25,000.00
Total Budget $3,701,355.17 $3,500,310.26 $3,459,959.26
ARTICLE 3: To see if the town will vote pursuant to M.G.L. c 71, §16B, as amended, to amend Section 4 (e) of the SBRSD Regional Agreement as follows:
“For Fiscal Year 2010, each member town’s share of the total operating and transportation budget of the District (“Assessment”) shall be the amount determined as follows: the district treasurer shall calculate each member town’s share of the District’s total operating and transportation budget using the alternative assessment method as set forth in the amendment to the SBRSD Regional Agreement voted in May of 2001 and shall then multiply such share by fifty percent (50%) (the “Alternative Method Portion”). The district treasurer shall then calculate each member town’s share of the District’s total operating and transportation budget using the Statutory Method and shall then multiply such share by fifty percent (50%) (the “Statutory Method Portion”). The district treasurer shall then calculate each member town’s actual Assessment for Fiscal Year 2010 by adding the Alternative Method Portion to the Statutory Method Portion.
For Fiscal Year 2011, each member town’s share of the total operating and transportation budget of the District shall be the amount determined as follows: the district treasurer shall calculate each member town’s share of the District’s total operating and transportation budget using the alternative assessment method as set forth in the amendment to the SBRSD Regional Agreement voted in May of 2001 and shall then multiply such share by twenty-five percent (25%) (the “2011 Alternative Method Portion”). The district treasurer shall then calculate each member town’s share of the District’s total operating and transportation budget using the Statutory Method and shall then multiply such share by seventy-five percent (75%) (the “2011 Statutory Method Portion”). The district treasurer shall then calculate each member town’s actual Assessment for Fiscal Year 2011 by adding the 2011 Alternative Method Portion to the 2011 Statutory Method Portion.”, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 4: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer the sum of $1,268,083.00, or any other amount, to fund the FY 2010 Operating and Transportation budgets of the Southern Berkshire Regional School District, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 5: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of $1,234,462.00, or any other amount, to fund the FY 2010 Operating and Transportation budgets for the Southern Berkshire Regional School District Budget, or take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval if Articles 3 & 4 don’t pass.)
ARTICLE 6: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of $160,543.26, or any other amount, to fund the FY 2010 Capital budget for the Southern Berkshire Regional School District Budget, or take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 7: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the following amounts, or any other amounts, to be expended under the direction of the Water Commissioners in order to operate and fund the Egremont Water Department:
SELECTBOARD FINANCE COMM.
2008-2009 2009-2010 2009-2010
A. Debt Service-Princ./Int. $75,000.00 $74,000.00 $74,000.00
B. Operating Expenses 218660000 18,000.00 18,000.00
C. Wages/Salaries 62,000.00 63,400.00 62,000.00
D. Utilities 14,000.00 14,500.00 14,500.00
E. Office Expense 1,250.00 1,200.00 1,200.00
F. Insurance 20,000.00 21,000.00 21,000.00
G. Audit 2,450.00 2,450.00 2,450.00
Total $193,300.00 $194,550.00 $193,150.00
and that the necessary funds be raised from Water Department Revenues; or take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval of $193,150.00.)
ARTICLE 8: To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the Water Department from available funds and/or raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000.00, or any other amount, to pay for water line repairs and replacement and/or equipment for the Water Plant, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 9: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and or transfer from available funds the following amounts, or any other amounts, for capital purchases for Fiscal Year 2010:
Fire Proof File Cabinets $2,700.00 (Selectmen’s Office)
Fire Truck Tires $6,000.00 (Fire Department)
Motor Vehicle Excise Program $2,900.00 (Tax Collector)
$11,600.00
or take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 10: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of $5,000.00, or any other amount, to pay to the Friends of Prospect Lake to help with the costs of weed control at Prospect Lake, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 11: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and/or transfer from available funds, and/or borrow, and/or accept grants in the sum of $500,000.00, or any other amount, to construct a Police Station, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee does not recommend approval at this time.)
ARTICLE 12: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of $20,200.00, or any other amount, to deconstruct the so-called Annex Building, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee does not recommend approval.)
ARTICLE 13: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and/or transfer from available funds, the sum of $9,000.00, or any other amount, to purchase a new zero-turn mower for the Buildings and Grounds Department, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee will make its recommendation at the meeting.)
ARTICLE 14: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and/or transfer from available funds, the sum of $25,000.00, or any other amount, to purchase a new boom mower for the Highway Department, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 15: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and or transfer from available funds, the sum of $35,360.00, or any other amount, to a Fire Department Accident Wages account to cover the wages of a Fireman injured in the line of duty, or to take any other action relative thereto. (This amount of money is being fully reimbursed by the Police & Firefighters Accident & Disability insurance.)
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 16: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and or transfer from available funds, the sum of $9,696.00, or any other amount, to the Fire Department Accident Health Benefits account to cover the health insurance premiums of a Fireman injured in the line of duty, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 17: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Cemetery Sale of Lots account the sum of $2,000.00, or any other amount, for repair and maintenance projects at town cemeteries, or to take any other action relative there to.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 18: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from certified Free Cash the sum of $25,000.00, or any other amount, to the Stabilization Fund, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 19: To see if the Town will vote to accept funds being provided by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, to pay for such costs as allowed by appropriate legislation in
connection with the maintenance, repair, and construction of Town ways and bridges, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 20: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the use of revolving funds for the following programs and purposes:
a. French Park ($2,000.00)
b. Home Composting Bins ($500.00)
c. Zoning Board of Appeals ($1,000.00)
d. Dog Fund ($1,000.00)
e. Inspector Wages ($15,000.00) (exceptions: Building Inspector and Health Inspector)
which revolving funds together shall not exceed the sum of $19,500.00, which shall be under the control of the Town Treasurer, which shall be accounted for separately and to which shall be credited only the departmental receipts received in connection with the programs supported by each revolving fund; further to authorize the Town Treasurer to expend from such funds in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 53E1/2 as amended by Section 72 and 73 of the Acts of 1994 of the Massachusetts General Laws, provided however that said expenditures for all revolving funds shall not exceed the receipts for such funds, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Finance Committee recommends approval.)
ARTICLE 21: To see if the Town will adopt the following resolution:
RESOLVED: All Town of Egremont property tax payers have the same right to speak at the Town’s Annual Meeting and all other town meetings as those who are registered to vote in the Town of Egremont, subject to the right of the Egremont Town Moderator to maintain order at Town Meetings.
(Submitted by Citizens Petition.)
(Finance Committee makes no recommendation.)
ARTICLE 22: To see if the following section shall be added to General Bylaw 1 of the Town of Egremont, or any other action taken with respect to the subject matter thereof:
Section 10: With respect to nonregistered voters, and in accordance with past practice, the Moderator shall decide (either in general or on a case-by-case basis, or both) in his discretion which persons, if any, may speak at Town Meeting and the restrictions and limitations thereon.
(Submitted by Citizens Petition.)
(Finance Committee makes no recommendation.)
ARTICLE 23: RESOLVED that the Selectboard is hereby urged to seek reimbursement of the costs incurred by the Town (including any increase in the Town’s insurance costs) in defending legal actions against the Town brought by nonresident voters seeking the “right” to speak at Town Meetings; and the Moderator is hereby urged not to permit to speak at Town Meeting any such nonregistered voter unless and until such person has reimbursed the Town for such costs.
(Submitted by Citizen’s Petition.)
(Finance Committee makes no recommendation.)
ARTICLE 24: Section 4 of Bylaw 1 of the Town of Egremont is amended by changing the phrase “The presence of sixty (60) voters at a Town Meeting for the transaction of business shall constitute a quorum” to read “The presence of one hundred (100) voters shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a Town Meeting”.
(Finance Committee makes no recommendation.)
ARTICLE 25: To see if the Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Egremont shall be amended as follows, or in some different manner related to the subject matter of the following:
(1) The following subsection c is added to section 4.1.1.3:
c. Used and structures for wireless telecommunications services authorized by the Board of Selectmen by special permit in accordance with the provisions of this Bylaw. Any such use or structure that is not the principal use or structure on a lot or parcel shall be deemed an accessory use or accessory structure on such lot or parcel regardless of the nature of the principal use or principal structure on such lot or parcel.
(2) Sections 3.1.13b, 3.2.4, 5.2 and 5.3 and all subsections of each thereof are deleted in their entirety.
(3) The following words are deleted from section 4.1.1.3b: “other than those provided for in Section 5.2 and 5.2 of this Bylaw”.
(4) Note 2 to section 4.1.2 is amended by adding the following after the word “antennae”: “,monopoles, towers or other structures supporting antennae, other communications or utility structures or equipment”.
(Submitted by Citizen’s Petition.)
(Finance Committee makes no recommendation.)
ARTICLE 26: To see if the Town will vote to adopt a Common Driveway bylaw as follows:
General Requirements and Restrictions:
A. Permits. Any abutting property owner(s) desiring to gain access to a way by means of a common driveway that serves no more than four (4) dwelling
units may do only in accordance with the provisions of a permit issued by
the Board of Selectmen.
B. Number of units accessed. A common driveway shall provide access to no
more than four (4) dwelling units.
C. Frontage. Frontage on a common driveway may not be used to satisfy zoning
frontage requirements. Each lot passed by the common driveway shall have
access on a way acceptable to the Planning Board.
D. Design Requirements. Design requirements for common driveways shall in the opinion of the Board of Selectmen and the Highway Superintendent,
assure adequate safety and access for emergency vehicles.
E. Origin of driveway. A common driveway must originate on approved frontage and must observe a twenty-foot setback from the side line between the lot
of origin and a lot not served by the common driveway.
F. Minimum width. The traveled way shall have a minimum width of fourteen (14) feet.
G. Easements. The application for a common driveway must be accompanied by
a declaration of covenants, easements and restrictions for the use and
maintenance of said common driveways.
H. The sale of lots and/or erection of buildings is prohibited until such
time as the common driveway has been constructed in accordance with the permit approval plan and until the Board of Selectmen have written
verification that all covenants, easements and restrictions have been
recorded in the Southern Berkshire Registry of Deeds.
(Submitted by Citizen’s Petition.)
(Finance Committee makes no recommendation.)
ARTICLE 27: To see if the Town will raise and/or appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 or any other amount for the purchase of supplies such as blankets, cots, non-perishable foods bottled water and basic necessities with which to stock an emergency shelter(s)in Egremont in the event of a natural or man made disaster.
(Submitted by Citizen’s Petition.)
(Finance Committee recommends approval subject to suitable storage.)
ARTICLE 28: Will the Town discontinue Nicholson Road from the easternmost common boundary of Catamount Development Corporation (assessors Parcel 008.0-0000-0689.0) and Hakim (Assessors Parcel 008.0-0000-0718.0) to the State Line, or act on anything relevant thereto?
(Submitted by Citizen’s Petition.)
(Finance Committee will make a recommendation at the meeting.)
ARTICLE 29: To see if the Town will authorize the appointment of any committee or committees and give them or any other officer of the Town any instructions, authority, or indemnity.
And you are requested to warn said meeting by posting copies of this Warrant in four or more public places in said Town, fourteen days at least, before the time of holding same.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon at or before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this 14th day of April, Two Thousand and nine.
Selectmen:
Bruce C. Turner, Chairman
Thomas C. Haas, Vice-Chairman
Bruce S. Cumsky
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
Rosemary E. Besancon
DATE: Constable, Town of Egremont