TOWN OF SAUGUS
Essex, ss.
To the Constable of the Town of Saugus
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Town affairs for the Special Town Meeting at the Saugus Town Hall located at 298 Central Street on November 16, 2009 at 7:30 PM to hear and act on the following articles: viz;
Article 1. To hear and act on reports of Committees.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to pay for the purchase and installation of new boilers at the Belmonte Middle School, to determine whether this appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise, or to take any other action relative thereto. (Town Manager)
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to pay for the purchase and installation of new Unit Vents at the Belmonte Middle School, to determine whether this appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise, or to take any other action relative thereto. (Town Manager)
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote pursuant to MGL C. 71, s 16B and every other applicable authority to disapprove the budget for the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School for Fiscal Year 2010 which was adopted by the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School Committee on or about October 8, 2009 and that the Town take no action to increase the outstanding appropriation for the said School’s Budget, which was approved under Article 2 of the Annual Town Meeting of 2009 in the amount of $2,032,473.00. (Town Manager)
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $40,000.00 to fund the FY 2010 building Maintenance account. (Town Manager)
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to fund the FY2010 Public Building Electricity account. (Town Manager)
Article 7. To see if the Town meeting will adopt a new by law relative to the governing of town meeting. Said by law will be identified numerically as section 211.01 and titled “Resolutions – Purpose and Procedures.” Said by law will read as follows:
Purpose:
A resolution, although non-binding, allows the town meeting to indicate its desire on matters related to legislation.
Procedures:
The town meeting may at any annual or special town meeting adopt a resolution on any matters pertaining to previous, proposed or prospective legislation. Resolutions must be in writing and signed by a town meeting member.
A resolution may be proposed prior to deliberation and voting on any article or at the conclusion of deliberation and voting on any article. A resolution need not be placed on the warrant. A resolution may be adopted with a majority vote of record.
Format:
The town clerk shall make available a form at each town meeting that may be used to attach a resolution to or to write a resolution at the time of the meeting. Each resolution shall identify circumstances necessitating the resolution. Each circumstance shall begin with the word “Whereas.” After the listing of circumstances there shall be a statement of resolution that shall begin with the phrase: “Therefore be it resolved that the Saugus Town meeting (statement of resolution)”
(Peter Manoogian)
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town’s Zoning Map and Zoning By-law by rezoning Lots A-3 and A-2 on Assessors Plan 3011 (also shown as Lot 1, Block 12 Map H7) from B-1 neighborhood business and I-1 light industrial to R-4 residential multi-density. The property is located at 27 Chestnut Street. (Richard M. Magnan)
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