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Time to Get Ready for Town Meeting
With town meeting approaching, it is time to start learning about the various articles to be presented so we can all make informed decisions.
As part of the response to Dan DePompei’s call for a semi-annual state of the town update, the selectmen are holding pre-town meeting discussions on various articles. Below is a list of all the articles for town meeting referenced from the minutes of the Feb 26 selectmen’s meeting.
There are three key meetings for review of the articles. Last week, FINCOM and both school committee’s reviewed the Strategic Financial Report and discussed articles 3,10,19,22 & 23. SudburyTV should have a replay of this available soon and the town manager said the report would be available on the town's website.
On April 9th, the selectmen will review Zoning Articles 25 – 30 and CPA Articles 31 – 37. On April 23rd, the BOS will review Articles 16 – 21 & 24. In addition, the citizen petitioners for Articles 39 - 43 have been invited to present.
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The format for all meetings is a brief 3 – 5 minute overview of each article by the proponent followed by public Q&A. The start time both evenings is 8PM.
In addition, on April 9th, the Selectmen are scheduled to discuss the renewal of the town counsels contract. This discussion appears to have been prompted by FINCOM Member Bob Stein questioning the procedure the BOS used to hire town counsel.
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Also slated for April 9th is the discussion around scheduling the special election for the two additional selectmen now that 3-5 overwhelmingly passed, again.
Town Warrant Articles:
- #1 - Hear Reports
- #2 - FY12 Budget Adjustments
- #3 - Stabilization Fund
- #4 - FY14 Budget
- #5 - FY14 Capital Budget
- #6 - FY14 Transfer Station Enterprise Fund Budget
- #7 - FY14 Pool Enterprise Fund Budget
- #8 - FY14 Recreation Field Maintenance Enterprise Fund Budget
- #9 - Unpaid Bills
- #10 - Special Act – Use of Local Meals Tax Revenue
- #11 - Chapter 90 Highway Funding
- #12 - Real Estate Exemption
- #13 - Accept CH. 59, s.55N – Veterans’ Property Tax Work-Off Abatement
- #14 - Town/School Revolving Funds
- #15 - Fire Department Ambulance Purchase
- #16 - Construct Police Headquarters
- #17 - Fairbank Community Center Complex – Master Plan
- #18 - Fairbank Community Center Roof Project
- #19 - Town Center Traffic Improvements
- #20 - PILOT Agreement – Solar Project at Landfill
- #21 - PILOT Agreement – Solar Project at L-SRHS
- #22 – Amend Town of Sudbury Bylaws, Art. XXV Capital Planning Bylaw Amendment
- #23 – Amend Town of Sudbury Bylaws, Art. XXV, Capital Planning Bylaw Amendment to include L-S
- #24 – Energy Improvement Program – ESCO
- #25 – Amend Zoning Bylaw, Art. IX – sec. 5336 (d) and 5435, to increase the maximum allowable number of one-bedroom units in Sr. Residential Developments and Incentive Senior Developments – Refer to Planning Board
- #26 - Amend Zoning Bylaw, Art. IX, sec. 6330, Site Plan procedures to change the voting requirement from unanimous to majority – Refer to Planning Board
- #27 - Amend Zoning Bylaw, Art. IX, Replace Board of Selectmen Site Plan authority with Planning Board – Refer to Planning Board
- #28 - Amend Zoning Bylaw, Art. IX, sec. 2326, Accessory Structures (sheds) – Refer to Planning Board
- #29 - Amend Zoning Bylaw Art. IX – Section 4500 – Wastewater Facilities Bylaw – Deletion - Refer to Planning Board
- #30 - Amend Zoning Bylaw – Art. IX – Temporary Moratorium on Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers - Refer to Planning Board
- #31 - Community Preservation Fund – Amend Art. 38 of the 2006 ATM – Carding Mill Pond/Stearns Mill Pond Invasive Weed Removal
- #32 - Community Preservation Fund – Town-Wide Walkways
- #33 - Community Preservation Fund – Amend Art. 27 of the 2004 ATM – Revolutionary War Cemetery
- #34 - Community Preservation Fund - Sudbury Housing Trust 10% Allocation
- #35 - Community Preservation Fund – Historic Projects
- #36 - Community Preservation Fund – Town Center Landscaping Restoration
- #37 - Community Preservation Fund – L-SRHS Softball Field and Davis/Featherland Field Design
- #38 - Community Preservation Fund - General Budget and Appropriations
- #39 – Amend Town Bylaws – Art. V – Public Safety – Discharge of Firearms
- #40 – Amend Town Bylaws, Art. II, The Government of Town Meeting
- #41 – Amend Town Bylaws, Art. III, Town Affairs
- #42 - Amend Town Bylaws, Art. III, s. 10 Town Affairs
- #43 - Amend Town Bylaws, Art. IV, Finance Committee
