WARRANT FOR FALL ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
TRANSACTION OF TOWN BUSINESS
TUESDAY, OCTOB ER 27, 2009 - 7:00 P.M.
To any Constable of the Town of
GREETINGS:
In
the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to
notify the Inhabitants of the Town of Northbridge, qualified to vote in Town
elections and Town affairs, to meet in the Northbridge Middle School Auditorium
on Linwood Avenue, in Whitinsville, in said Northbridge, Massachusetts, on
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 7:00 o'clock P.M., then and there to act on the
following articles:
ARTICLE 1: (Board
of Selectmen)
To
see if the Town will vote to amend the vote taken under Article 4 of the 2009
Spring Session of the Annual Town Meeting (May 5, 2009), appropriations and
transfers under the Omnibus Budget Article, and/or to transfer a sum or sums of
money from the undesignated fund balance (free cash) and/or the Health
Insurance Stabilization Fund to supplement appropriations under the omnibus budget
article; or take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 2: (Board of Selectmen)
To see if the Town will vote to
appropriate and transfer from the Retained Earnings Account of the Water
Enterprise Fund a sum not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for the
purpose of reducing Northbridge water system user charge increases resulting
from increases in water purchase rates payable by the Town to the Whitinsville
Water Company, whether by direct payment to the Whitinsville Water Company or
otherwise; or take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 3: (Board of Selectmen)
To
see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of G.L. c. 64L, §2(a) authorizing
the imposition of a local excise in the statutory amount of .75% on the sale of
restaurant meals originating within the town to take effect January 1, 2010; or
take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 4: (Board of Selectmen)
To
see if the Town will vote to accept nominations from the floor and elect one
(1) Advisory Trustee to the Arthur Fletcher Whitin Fund in accordance with the
provisions of Mr. Whitin's will which stipulates as follows: "…when a
vacancy occurs in the position of Second Advisory Trustee, a successor shall be
elected by a majority vote at a town meeting of the voters of Northbridge. Any person shall be eligible for this
position who has been a resident of Northbridge at least ten (10) years before
his election"; or take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 5: (Board
of Selectmen)
To
see if the Town will vote to authorize a charge for each written demand issued
by the Collector a fee not to exceed $30 to be added to and collected as part
of the tax, as authorized by Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 60, Section 15,
effective as of January 1, 2010; or take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 6: (Building,
Planning & Construction Committee)
To
see if the Town will vote, pursuant to MGL Chapter 40, section 5B, to establish
a Capital Construction and Equipment Stabilization Fund to be used to fund
design and construction costs of capital projects and purchases of capital
equipment; and further vote to transfer to said Fund the entire amount currently
held in the Capital Construction & Equipment Account (Receipts Reserved for
Gravel/Capital Account) created pursuant to the vote under Article 5 of the
warrant for the June 24, 1997 Special Town Meeting, and to terminate said
Capital Construction & Equipment Account (Receipts Reserved for
Gravel/Capital Account); or take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE
7: (Building, Planning &
Construction Committee)
To see if the
Town will vote to appropriate from the Capital Construction and Equipment Stabilization
Fund established by the vote under Article 7 of this Warrant the sum of $80,000,
to be expended under the direction of the Building, Planning and Construction
Committee, for the purpose of funding design service costs, including
engineering and architectural services, for a new Public Works facility; or
take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 8: (Board
of Assessors)
To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from the
Overlay Surplus Account a sum of money not to exceed $100,000 for Triennial
Revaluation analysis of properties of the Town of Northbridge in accordance
with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40 section 56 and Chapter 58 sections
1, 1A, and 3; or take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 9: (Planning
Board)
To
see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, Olivia Drive (Marino
Estates), as heretofore laid out by the Board of Selectmen, a copy of which
layout is on file with the Town Clerk, and further authorize the Board of
Selectmen, in the name and behalf of the Town, to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, gift or
otherwise, easements in said way for the
purpose for which public ways are used in Town; or take any other action relative
thereto.
ARTICLE 10: (Planning
Board)
To
see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, Prairie Street (Rocky Hill
Farm Estates), as heretofore laid out by the Board of Selectmen, a copy of
which layout is on file with the Town Clerk, and further authorize the Board of
Selectmen, in the name and behalf of the Town, to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, gift or
otherwise, easements in said way for the
purpose for which public ways are used in Town; or take any other action relative
thereto.
And
you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at
the Whitinsville Post Office, Town Clerk's Office, and Brian's Restaurant in
Linwood, all in Precinct 1; Office of Polyfoam Corp., and Gary's Variety in
Northbridge in Precinct 2; 1 Quikstop in said Whitinsville in Precinct 3; and
Northbridge Post Office, and Northbridge Center Congregational Church Bulletin
Board in Precinct 4; twenty-eight (28) days at least before the time and place
of meeting aforesaid.
WHEREOF FAIL NOT,
and make due return of the warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk
at the time and place of said meeting.
GIVEN under our hand this 28th day of September in the
year Two Thousand Nine.
SELECTMEN OF NORTHBRIDGE
Joseph
J. Montecalvo, Chairman
Thomas J. Melia Charles
Ampagoomian, Jr.
Daniel J. Nolan James R. Marzec