Monday Night's Town Meeting Summary

Night one of Town Meeting: What Articles passed and which ones didn't.

All information (Town Warrants) can be found on the Town website for review.

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ARTICLE 1 - Choose Town Officers: Approved.

• "This article provides for the election of Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund, Trustees of the Acton Firefighter’s Relief Fund, Trustees of the Goodnow Fund and Trustees of the Citizens’ Library Association of West Acton and establishes the salaries of the Town’s elected officials."

ARTICLE 2 - Council On Aging Van Enterprise Budget: Approved.

• "Move that the Town appropriate $95,586 for the purpose of operating the Town of Acton Senior and Disabled Citizens Van service, and to raise such amount, $45,586 be raised from department receipts and $50,000 be raised from general revenues."

ARTICLE 6 - Transfer Station and Recycling Enterprise Budget: Approved.

• "Move that the Town appropriate $803,921 for the purpose of solid waste disposal and recycling, and to raise such amount, $803,921 be raised from department receipts." Motion carries unanimously.

ARTICLE 9 - Transportation Program: Approved.

• "To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, a sum of money to be expended by the Town Manager for the continuation of a town transportation program, or take any other action relative thereto."

ARTICLE 10 - Budget Transfer: Apporved.

• "To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds a sum of money to defray necessary expenses above the amount appropriated at the 2011 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action relative thereto."

ARTICLE 12 - Town Operating Budget: Approved.

• "To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, and/or appropriate from available funds, a sum of money to defray the necessary expenses of the departments, offices and boards of the Town, exclusive of the School budgets, or take any other action relative thereto."

ARTICLE 13 - Capital Improvements (Senior Center Design $140,000): Denied.

• "This appropriation request is submitted as voted by the Senior Center Building Committee. The funds will be used for schematic design, and a budget estimate for a new Senior Center. The facility will be between 16,000 and 17,000 square feet, and portions of the building may also be used by the larger community on evenings and weekends. The facility will be designed to allow for expansion at a later date to provide more community space. This plan builds upon the 2009 Senior Center Expansion Report which is available for viewing on the Town's website."

ARTICLE 14 - Capital Equipment, Vehicles and Infrastructure: Approved.

• One-Ton Truck:
  $ 51,000
  
  Sander/Dump Truck
  190,346
  
  Utility Truck
  42,000
  
  Towable Generator
  55,000
  
  Skid Steer (e.g. “Bobcat”)
  134,100
  
  Standby Generator at Senior Center
  75,000
  
  Goward Playground
  150,000
  
  F-350 Truck Replacement
  44,000
  
  Quarry Road Drainage
  189,000
  
  Portable Intersection Traffic Control System
  150,000
  
  Emergency Communication Equipment
  116,500
  
  Narrowbanding and Interoperability
  103,000
  
  Core Networking Equipment Replacement
  47,000
  
  Unified Network File Storage System Replacement
  79,100
  
  Town Hall Land Use Departments Renovations
  400,000
  
  Total
  $1,826,046