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Warrant Committee
December 7, 2011
Seventeenth Meeting
Present: E. Innes, J. Wilson, D. Turner, M. Zullas, C. Cahill, N. Bourque, S. Genega, M. Mitchell, R. Hallisey, C. Tougias, H. Bell
Absent: K. Chase, T. Hays, J. Ahonen, J. Folcarelli
Reserve Fund: $244,105
Set Aside $50,000
$194,105
- Chair Innes called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m. in the Carol Blute Conference room.
- Chair Innes began the meeting by presenting the first five boiler plate articles for the Annual Town Meeting in May.
- On a motion made by Member Mitchell and seconded by Member Turner the Warrant Committee voted 10/0/0 that the Town hear and act upon the report of the Town Accountant and other Town Officers and Committees.
- On a motion made by Member Mitchell and seconded by Member Bell the Warrant Committee voted 10/0/0 that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17.
- On a motion made by Member Mitchell and seconded by Member Tougias the Warrant Committee voted 10/0/0 that the Town vote Yes to authorize the Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use.
- On a motion made by Member Mitchell and seconded by Member Wilson the Warrant Committee voted 10/0/0 that the Town vote Yes to authorize the Town Treasurer to enter into compensating balance agreements during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 53F; and to act on anything relating thereto.
- On a motion made by Member Mitchell and seconded by Member Genega the Warrant Committee voted 10/0/0 that the Town vote Yes to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five citizens to consider such proceedings of the Legislature and State Boards and Commissions as may affect the interest of the Town, and confer as they may think expedient with the Selectmen in regard to the employment of counsel to represent the Town in any such proceedings; the members of such committee to hold office until the final adjournment of the next Annual Town Meeting and until the appointment of any succeeding committee authorized at such meeting.
- Chair Innes spoke regarding the Special Town Meeting warrant, that it was almost completed to be passed to the next stage of getting it ready for the printer, pending any last minute changes.
- In regards to FY 2013 Budgets, all budgets but one were into the committee, and that should be to the committee shortly.
- Chair Innes asked that each of the subcommittee chairs begin scheduling time with the department heads so they can begin to present budgets to the rest of the committee.
- The next meeting of the Warrant Committee will be Wednesday December 14, 2011.
- On a motion made by Member Bell and seconded by Member Turner the Warrant Committee voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 8:46pm.
Reserve Fund: $244,105
Set Aside $50,000
$194,105
Respectfully submitted,
Tricia Cahill, Warrant Committee Clerk
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