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AGENDA09.08.2015
 Finance Committee Agenda
Bellingham Municipal Center
Tuesday September 8, 2015, 7:00 p.m.


  • FinCom Present:

  • FinCom Absent:

  • Meeting called to order:  7:00 p.m.

4.  Don DiMartino- GIS Capital, and various capital requests

        
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  • Chief Gentile- Asphalt at Fire Station, Ramp

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  • TM Article Review:
  • Article 7 : PUBLIC LIBRARY RENOVATION – YOUNG ADULT ROOM
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money and to determine how such appropriation shall be raised, whether by transfer of available funds, by taxation, by borrowing or otherwise, and if by borrowing to authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds or notes of the Town therefore for the purpose of funding the renovation at the Young Adult Room at the Bellingham Public Library; or act or do anything in relation thereto. (By:  Library Trustees)

  • Article 8: MACY SCHOOL DEMOLITION
To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for the purpose of paying all costs associated with the demolition of the Clara Macy Elementary School and to determine how said sum will be raised, whether by transfer of available funds, by taxation, by borrowing or otherwise and if by borrowing to authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds or notes of the Town therefore for the purpose of paying all associated costs with the demolition; or act or do anything in relation thereto. (By:  Board of Selectmen)

  • Article 9: PEARL STREET MILL DEMOLITION
To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for the purpose of paying all costs associated with the demolition of the Pearl Street Mill and to determine how said sum will be raised, whether by transfer of available funds, by taxation, by borrowing or otherwise and if by borrowing to authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds or notes of the Town therefore for the purpose of paying all associated costs with the demolition; or act or do anything in relation thereto. (By:  Board of Selectmen)

  • Article 10: POLICE STATION DEMOLITION
To see if the Town will vote to amend and expand the borrowing authorization under Article 10 of the Fall Town Meeting of 2013, which authorized the borrowing of a sum of funds to construct and furnish a new police station on Blackstone Street, to include costs relating to the demolition of the existing police station located at 8 Mechanic Street, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take any actions necessary to facilitate said amendment. (By:  Board of Selectmen)

  • ARTICLE 11. PINE GROVE AVENUE SEWER PUMP STATION EASEMENT
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for; and allow the Selectmen to accept gifts, purchase, take by eminent domain permanent drainage and temporary construction easement adjacent to Pine Grove Avenue for the construction of a sewer pumping station, and as shown on the plans titled “Easement Plan Pine Grove Avenue, Bellingham, MA” drafted by Survey and Mapping Consultants, and dated May 1, 2015, copies of which will be on file with the Town Clerk‟s Office 14 days before the Town Meeting; or act or do anything in relation thereto.
(By: DPW Director)

  • Article 12 : HAMPTON COURT, KENSINGTON COURT, LEEDS LANE, OXFORD COURT & WHITEHALL WAY ACCEPTANCE
To see if the Town will vote to accept as Public Ways the roads, easements and appurtenances thereto, and the Deed thereto, identified as Hampton Court (f.k.a. Meg Lane), Kensington Court (f.k.a. Wallis Road), Leeds Lane (f.k.a. Avery Way), Oxford Court (f.k.a. Winthrop Drive) and Whitehall Way (f.k.a. Pierce Crossing), being shown on a Plan entitled, "Pierce Estates Subdivision, Bellingham, Massachusetts issued for Definitive Subdivision," dated March 13, 2003, prepared by Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., endorsed by the Bellingham Planning Board on March 13, 2003, recorded with the Norfolk Registry of Deeds on May 21, 2003 as Plan No. 310 of 2003, Plan Book 508; as amended by that certain plan entitled: "Pierce Estates Subdivision, Bellingham, Massachusetts," dated April 24, 2003, prepared by Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., endorsed by the Bellingham Planning Board on April 24, 2003, recorded with said Registry of Deeds on May 21, 2003 as Plan No. 311 of 2003, Plan Book 508 (now known as Bellingham Estates), as further amended by Title Affidavit, dated August 19, 2004, recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 21445, Page 28, and as more particularly described in a Deed on file at the Office of the Town Clerk and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept the Deed thereto; or act or do anything related thereto.
(By:  Bellingham Estates Homeowners Association                        
Mark A. Kablack Esq., 176 East Main Street, Suite 3, Westborough, MA 01581)
  • ARTICLE 13.  KEOUGH SCHOOL RENOVATION
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of renovating the Keough Administration Building into the Alternative School currently located at the Primavera School; and to determine how funding shall be raised, whether by transfer of available funds, by taxation, by borrowing or otherwise, and if by borrowing to authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds or notes of the Town therefore for the purpose of funding said renovations; or act or do anything in relation thereto.
                                                        (By:  School Committee)

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  • CFO Update – Free Cash Certification as of June30, 2015 and estimate of Free Cash , date amount will be certified
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  • Bills- none
                

        Minutes:
                August 10, 2015 (Alexander Elliott )




Adjourned: