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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
7:00 P.M.
Swampscott Middle School
Swampscott, Massachusetts
Warrant Report
The Town of Swampscott
Town Warrant
March 2005
SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town that a special Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 29, 2005, beginning at 7:00 P.M. in the auditorium of the Swampscott Middle School on Greenwood Avenue, Swampscott.
March 9, 2005
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2005, 7:00 P.M.
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To the Town Meeting Members:
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~~~~~~~~~~~ Notice is hereby given in accordance with Article II, Section 2, of the Bylaws of the Town of Swampscott that a Special Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 29, 2005, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Swampscott Middle School on Greenwood Avenue.
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Moderator Martin C. Goldman, Esquire, will preside.
NOTES:
Please remember that it is your responsibility to be recorded as being present with the door checkers prior to entering the auditorium. Also, please remember the following:
1. You must wear (display) your Town Meeting identification badge at all times;
2. Remember to use the microphones when speaking on any issue so that your comments may be recorded on the official transcript of the meeting.
Russell Patten
Clerk of Swampscott
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to fund additional costs of the design and development of the new high school project at Essex Street, and ball fields and tennis courts at Forest Avenue in accordance with the plans and specifications dated January 19, 2005, and for costs incidental and related thereto, and that to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be authorized to borrow such funds under M.G.L. C.44, or any
other enabling authority; and that the Board of Selectmen and/or the School Committee to be authorized to apply for, contract for, receive and expend any federal, state or other aid available for the project, provided that the amount of the authorized borrowing shall be reduced by the amount of such aid received prior to the issuance of the bonds or notes under this vote and that the Board of Selectmen, School Committee and/or the Town Administrator be authorized to take any other action necessary to carry out this project, or taken any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the School Building Committee
Comment: Article 1 requires 2/3’s affirmative vote to adopt
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for additional costs of ball field lighting, kitchen equipment, storage buildings, bleachers, walkways to the bleachers, scoreboards, public address systems and other miscellaneous improvements as part of the Forest Avenue construction project (as set forth in plans and specifications dated January 19, 2005, and for costs incidental and related thereto, and that to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be authorized to borrow such funds under M.G.L.C.44, or any other enabling authority, and that the Board of Selectmen and/or the School Committee be authorized to apply for and/or contract for and/or receive and expend any federal, state or other aid available for the project, provided that the amount of the authorized borrowing shall be reduced by the amount of such aid received prior to the issuance of the bonds or notes under this vote and the Board of
Selectmen, School Committee and/or the Town Administrator be authorized to take any other actions necessary to carry out this project, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the School Building Committee
Comment: Article 2 requires 2/3’s affirmative vote to adopt
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,106,669.00 to fund the expansion of the new high school gymnasium and the construction of a senior center as part of the high school project at Essex Street in accordance with plans and specifications identified as Bid Alternate 1 on bid documents dated January 19, 2005, and for costs incidental and related thereto, as on file with the Town Clerk, and that to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer with the approval of the Board
of Selectmen be authorized to borrow such funds under M.G.L.C.44,or any other enabling authority, and that the Board of Selectmen and/or the School Committee be authorized to apply for and/or contract for and/or receive and expend any federal, state or other aid available for the project, provided that the amount of the authorized borrowing shall be reduced by the amount of such aid received prior to the issuance of the bonds or notes under this vote and that the Board of Selectmen, School Committee and/or the Town Administrator be authorized to take any other actions necessary to carry out this project, provided, however, that the appropriation and borrowing authorized under this article shall be contingent upon passage of a Proposition 21/2 debt exclusion referendum question in accordance with G.L. C.59, §21C(k); and provided further that no amounts may be borrowed under the authority of this vote until the Town has received written evidence that the
high school project has been placed upon The Commonwealth of Massachusetts School Building Authority Priority List, so called, or take any other action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the School Building Committee
Comment: Article 3 requires 2/3’s affirmative vote to adopt
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of funding the construction of additional improvements to the new high school project at Essex Street identified as Bid Alternates Nos. 2 through 8 on bid documents dated January 19, 2005, and for cost incidental and related thereto, as on file with the Town Clerk, and that to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be authorized to borrow such funds under M.G.L.C.44, and any other enabling authority, and that the Board of Selectmen and/or the School Committee be authorized to apply for and/or contract for and/or receive and expend any federal, state or other aid available for the project, provided that the amount of the authorized borrowing shall be reduced by the amount of such aid received prior to the issuance of the bonds or notes under this vote and that the Board of Selectmen, School Committee and/or the Town Administrator be authorized
to take any other action necessary to carry out this project; provided, however, that the appropriation and borrowing authorized under this article shall be contingent upon the vote under Article 3 becoming effective, or take any other action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the School Building Committee
Comment: Article 4 requires 2/3’s affirmative vote to adopt
ARTICLE 5.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $560,266 to improve the Town’s water system and for costs incidental and related thereto, and that to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is authorized to borrow $560,266 under MGL C. 44, or any other enabling authority; and the Board of Selectmen and/or the Board of Public Works be authorized to contract for and expend any federal, state or MWRA aid available for the project, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or the Town Administrator to
submit, on behalf of the Town, any and all applications deemed necessary for grants and/or reimbursements from The Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States under any state and/or federal programs to receive and accept such grants or reimbursement for this purpose, and/or any others in any way connected with the scope of this Article, provided that the amount of the authorized borrowing shall be reduced by the amount of such aid received prior to the issuance of bonds or notes under this vote and that the Board of Selectmen and/or the Town Administrator be authorized to take any other action necessary to carry out this project., or take any action relative thereto.
~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsored by the Director of Public Works
Comment: This article is a routine article in each Annual Town Meeting to appropriate these interest-free loan monies for use on town projects.~ The article is placed in the Special Town Meeting to coordinate~the timing~with the work on Essex Street associated with the high school project.
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