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March 4, 2013
Warrant Committee
March 4, 2013
Thirty third meeting

Present:        J. Wilson, D. Turner, K. Sorgi, G. Noonan, T. Hays, C. Cahill, F. Kelly, R. Hallisey, C. Tougias, J. Nkwah, R. Boehler

Absent:         N. Bourque, K. Chase, J. Creedon, S. Genega

Reserve Fund:           $404, 628.65
Set Aside (Police)              $125,000.00
Set Aside (131 Eliot)   $ 73,278.00
                                $206,350.65

  • Chair Wilson called the meeting to order at 7:31 pm in the Carol Blute Conference room.  
  • Chair Wilson recognized Jim Quaglia, Superintendent of Blue Hills Regional High School, David Poule, Business Manager of Blue Hills Regional High School and Festus Joyce the Town of Milton’s representative for Blue Hills Regional High School for the FY 2014 budget presentation and creation of a Stabilization Fund for Blue Hills Regional High School.
  • Chair Wilson thanked Mr. Qualia, Mr. Poule and Mr. Joyce for their presentation of the FY 2014 budget and for explaining the benefits of BHR creating a Stabilization Fund.
  • On a motion made by Member Turner and seconded by Member Hallisey the Warrant Committee voted $842,454 for the Blue Hills Regional High School FY 2014 Budget. 10/0/1
  • Chair Wilson recognized Tom Hurley, Chair of the Board of Selectmen and Annemarie Fagan, Interim Town Administrator to discuss various articles regarding Boards and Committees.
  • On a motion made by Member Hays and seconded by Member Cahill the Warrant Committee voted 11/0/0 to recommend that the town vote to amend Chapter 6B, Section 2 of the General Bylaws, by deleting the word “eight” and inserting in its place the word “nine”, by deleting the words “Director of Facilities/Milton Public Schools” and “Wire Inspector” and inserting in their place the words “Consolidated Facilities Director: and “Manager of Street/Traffic Lights and Special DPW/Engineering Projects”, and by inserting the words “One resident of the Town of Milton, appointed by the Board of Selectmen” so that Section 2 shall read:
“The Traffic Commission shall be composed of nine members as follows:

Chief of the Police Department
Chief of the Fire Department
Director of Public Works/Town Engineer
Consolidated Facilities Director
Manager of Street/Traffic Lights and Special DPW/Engineering Projects
Safety Officer, Police Department
Town Planner
Assistant Town Engineer
One resident of the Town of Milton, appointed by the Board of Selectmen, for a term of one (1) year”;

  • On a motion made by Member Genega and seconded by Member Turner the Warrant Committee voted 11/0/0 to recommend that the Town vote to amend Chapter 4, Section 17.1 of the General Bylaws, by deleting the words “seven (7)” and inserting in their place the words “eight (8)”, and by adding the words “Consolidated Facilities Director” after the words “the Town Accountant”, so that said Section 17.1 shall read:
“The Board of Selectmen shall establish and appoint a committee of eight (8) persons to be known as the Capital Improvement Planning Committee.  Said committee shall be composed of one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Warrant Committee, one member of the Planning Board, one member of the School Committee, the Town Accountant, the Consolidated Facilities Director, and two (2) members of the community at large.  Members shall serve for a one year term beginning on the fifteenth day of August in the year of appointment.  The Committee shall choose its own officers”;

  • On a motion made by Member Tougias and seconded by Member Cahill the Warrant Committee voted 11/0/0 to recommend that the Town vote to discharge the Senior Center Building Committee, established by vote of the 1998 Annual Town Meeting under Article 37, The Information Technology Committee, established by vote of the 1978 Annual Town Meeting under Article 50 and the Recreational Facilities Committee, established by vote of the 1977 Annual Town Meeting under Article 38.
  • On a motion made by Member Hays and seconded by Member Boehler the Warrant Committee voted 10/0/1 to recommend that the Town vote to accept the provisions of Section 34 of Chapter 176 of the Acts of 2011 which state; Said section 20 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out subdivision (6) and inserting in place thereof the following subdivision:- (6)  Retirement Board Members Compensation. – The elected and appointed members of a city, town, county, regional, district or authority retirement board upon the acceptance of the appropriate legislative body shall receive a stipend; provided, however, that the stipend shall not be less than $3,000 per year and not more than $4,500 per year; provided, further, that the stipend shall be paid from funds under the control of the board as shall be determined by the commission; and provided, further, that an ex-officio member of a city, town, county, district or authority retirement board upon the acceptance of the appropriate legislative body shall receive a stipend of not more than $4,500 per year in the aggregate for services rendered in the active administration of the retirement system.
  • On a motion made by Member Hays and seconded by Member Tougias the Warrant Committee voted 11/0/0 to recommend that the town vote to appropriate $0 for design of improvements to M. Joseph Manning Park and East Milton Square.
  • On a motion made by Member Tougias and seconded by Member Hallisey the Warrant Committee voted 11/0/0 to recommend that the Town vote to appropriate $100,000 for the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2013 for the purpose set forth in this article and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $100,000 be appropriated funds certified by the Department of Revenue as free cash; and that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to accept and expend in addition to the foregoing appropriation one or more grants or gifts from any other public or private funding source.
  • On a motion made by Member Turner and seconded by Member Cahill the Warrant Committee voted 11/0/0 to recommend that the town vote $0 appropriation for development of a housing production plan.
  • On a motion made by Member Hallisey and seconded by Member Genega the Warrant Committee voted 10/1/0 That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000,000 for payment of legally obligated medical expenses incurred by certain Town of Milton public safety personnel resulting from injuries sustained in the line of duty and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $1,000,000 be appropriated from funds certified by the Department of Revenue as free cash.
  • On a motion made by Member Hays and seconded by Member Kelly the Warrant Committee voted 11/0/0 that the town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire for cemetery purposes a parcel of land located off Pleasant Street and Deer Run Lane in Milton, MA, containing approximately eighty-five thousand five hundred ninety-three (85,593) square feet and shown as Parcel A on a plan of land entitled “Definitive Subdivision Residential Lane Deer Run Lane Milton, Ma.,” Prepared by DeCelle Burke & Associates, Inc., which plan is recorded with the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 40 of 2011 in Plan Book 607, and that the Town vote no appropriation under this article.  Said parcel is shown on the Town of Milton Assessors’ Maps as Map I, Block 32, Lot 3. The acquisition of such property shall be funded through a donation made to the Town of Milton in the amount of $175,000 specifically donated for the purpose of the purchase of said property.
  • On a motion made by Member Cahill and seconded by Member Hays the Warrant Committee voted 11/0/0 that the Town vote to establish a Fire Space Needs Committee, and that the Town vote no appropriation under this article.
  • On a motion made by Member Hallisey and seconded by Member Genega the Warrant Committee voted that the town vote $0 appropriation from the Stabilization Fund for the purpose of funding departmental budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013.
  • On a motion made by Member Genega and seconded by Member Turner the Warrant Committee voted That the Town appropriate the sum of $180,000 for the Reserve Fund for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures for the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2012, in addition to the appropriation voted by the 2012 Annual Town Meeting under Article 31; and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $180,000 be appropriated from funds certified by the Department of Revenue as free cash.
  • On a motion made by Member Genega and seconded by Member Hallisey the Warrant Committee voted unanimously to adjourn at 9:58. 11/0/0
Reserve Fund:           $404, 628.65
Set Aside (Police)              $125,000.00
Set Aside (131 Eliot)   $ 73,278.00
                        $206,350.65

Respectfully submitted,
Tricia Cahill, Warrant Committee Clerk