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| ARTICLE 61: | APPROPRIATE FOR RESERVOIR STREET PUMP STATION INTERCEPTOR CONSTRUCTION |
MOVED that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $450,000 to rehabilitate the Reservoir Street pump station interceptor, to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and to meet this appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is authorized to borrow up to $450,000 for a period of up to thirty years under M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 7.
Article 61 Explanation: A closed circuit television inspection has identified a serious problem in the wastewater interceptor that runs from Highland Circle to the Reservoir Street Pumping Station. The inspection reveals that there is approximately 700 feet of collapsing sewer pipe in addition to 400+ feet of cracked pipe. This pipe is constantly under surcharging conditions which triggers infiltration further collapsing the adjacent piping.
This project along with the West Street Force Main and the West Street
Interceptor are the current highest priorities of the Sewer division given
the potential risk that current conditions pose to health and safety. Consequently,
sewer rehabilitation design funds voted at the 1997 Annual Town Meeting
for Area 20 (Webster St./Bradford St./Manning St./Brookline St./Lindbergh
Ave.) have been redirected for design of this project. (This proposal has
prompted a request for funding in FY2000 of a new $150,000 for Area 20
design.) The $450,000 cost of this project is a preliminary, pre-design
estimate. It is anticipated that bids will be in hand when this request
comes before the 1998 Annual Town Meeting for approval.
Town Meeting Actions (5/18/98 9:17 pm - 9:30 pm)
| ARTICLE 62: | APPROPRIATE FOR RTS TRANSFER TRAILERS |
MOVED that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $40,000 for the purchase of a solid waste transfer trailer,
to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and to meet this appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is authorized to borrow up to $40,000 for a period of up to five years under M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 7.
Article 62 Explanation: The second cycle of replacement for
the three main solid waste transfer trailers was initiated with the FY97
budget. The second trailer was funded in the FY98 budget and the third
trailer is proposed here. The least damaged trailers are being retained
to supplement the recycling expansion requirements. The retained trailers
will be used to haul the less handled, non-compacted & lighter recyclables.
The future trailer replacements, which are now scheduled on a 3 to 4 year
rotation schedule. The older recycling trailers will be used for trade-in
against new replacement trailers. It is anticipated that the total life
of the trailers will be 6 to 8 years.
Town Meeting Actions (5/18/98 9:31 pm - 9:34 pm )
| ARTICLE 63: | APPROPRIATE FOR STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS |
MOVED that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $30,000 for storm drain improvements, to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen and raised from the tax levy.
Article 63 Explanation: Notwithstanding the fact that it is
recommended that a storm drain master plan be developed before new storm
drain projects are undertaken, there is an improvement project that should
be considered before the plan is completed. The project involves the installation
of additional storm drains on Grove Street, opposite Pine Hill Road. The
need for this project is prompted by the identification of deficiencies
in the street drainage following the construction of Pine Hill Road.
Town Meeting Actions
| ARTICLE 64: | APPROPRIATE FOR TOWNWIDE TELEPHONE SYSTEM |
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300,000 to upgrade the Town's Telephone System, to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and to meet this appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is authorized to borrow up to $300,000 for a period of up to five years, under M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 7; or take any other action relative thereto.
INSERTED BY: Board of Selectmen
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT: Article be Adopted
Article 64 Explanation: The Town's current phone
system hardware is eleven years old. It is undersized, inefficient and
has adverse impacts on productivity and customer relations. Many of the
features that are commonly in use in public and private organizations are
not available on this system due to its age. In addition, two separate
agreements with Bell Atlantic for Centrex Service, one with the School
Department and one with General Government, expire on January 1, 1999.
Given these conditions, the Town is conducting an assessment of departmental
phone needs to be followed by the design of a system to meet these needs.
The figure quoted above is preliminary.
| ARTICLE 65: | APPROPRIATE FOR COMPUTER UPGRADE - POLICE / FIRE STATION |
MOVED that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $60,000 to upgrade the Public Safety Computer System, to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and to meet this appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is authorized to borrow up to $60,000 for a period of up to 5 years, under M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 7.
Article 65 Explanation: The IBM AS400 computer located at
the Police Department is the platform for a variety of databases that are
critical to public safety dispatching and record-keeping. The system was
acquired in 1993 and is now operating at 79 percent of system storage.
At best, it is projected that the remaining 21 percent of storage will
be sufficient to carry the system until July, 1998. Remaining capacity
will be consumed by anticipated operating system and software application
upgrades, and the activation of the fire incident reporting system. If
the system is not upgraded, it will require the elimination of data that
is important to the efficient delivery of public safety services. An upgrade
will quadruple current main memory and disk storage and should provide
adequate capacity for another five years.
Town Meeting Actions (5/18/98 9:59 pm - 10:04 pm)
| ARTICLE 66: | APPROPRIATE FOR POLICE RADIO SYSTEM |
MOVED that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $90,000 for replacement of the police radio system, to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and to meet this appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is authorized to borrow up to $90,000 for a period of up to ten years under M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 7.
Article 66 Explanation: The Police radio communications infrastructure
consists of antennas, repeaters/receivers, transmitters and a comparator.
While the equipment is not malfunctioning, given its age (20 years), the
difficulty in obtaining replacement parts and the critical role it plays
in facilitating the delivery of public safety services, it is prudent to
replace this equipment in Fiscal Year 1999.
Town Meeting Actions (5/18/98 10:04 pm - 10:10 pm)
| ARTICLE 67: | APPROPRIATE FOR FIRE ENGINE REPLACEMENT |
MOVED that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300,000 to replace Fire Engine 2, to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and to meet this appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is authorized to borrow up to $300,000 for a period of up to 15 years under M.G.L., Chapter 44, Section 7.
Article 67 Explanation: The current Engine #2 is a 22 year
old pumper. It serves as a backup piece to Engine #1 and Engine #3 housed
at the Chestnut Street Station, and Engine #4 housed at the Heights. Engine
#2 is showing increasing signs of wear as evidenced by the amounts paid
for extraordinary maintenance in FY 96 ($5,220) and FY97 ($8,421). Purchase
of a replacement for Engine #2 will relegate Engine #3, a 10 year old pumper,
as the backup unit. It is anticipated that delivery would occur six to
twelve months after ordering the vehicle. Consequently, this project would
have no impact on FY99 debt service.
Town Meeting Actions (5/18/98 10:11 pm - 10:30 pm)
| ARTICLE 68: | APPROPRIATE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIO EQUIPMENT |
MOVED that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $31,000 for replacement of the Emergency Management Radio Equipment, to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and raised from the tax levy.
Article 68 Explanation: The radio system used by the Office
of Emergency Management is barely operable and subject to frequent breakdowns.
In addition to supporting Emergency Management, it is also used by the
School Department to communicate to School Bus Drivers while they operate
their buses. The system is fifteen years old.
Town Meeting Actions (5/18/98 10:32 pm - 10:36 pm)
| ARTICLE 69: | APPROPRIATE FOR A REPLACEMENT OF FIRE CHIEF'S VEHICLE |
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $28,000 to replace the Fire Chief vehicle; to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and raised from the tax levy; or take any other action relative thereto.
INSERTED BY: Board of Selectmen
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT: Article Not Be Adopted
Article 69 Explanation: The current inspection vehicle, a
1989 Crown Victoria has 148,000 miles on it. This proposal would trade
this vehicle in, replace it with the current vehicle of the Deputy Chief
of Operations (a 1991 Crown Victoria), relegate the current Chief's car
(a 1994 Crown Victoria) to the Deputy Chief, and assign the new vehicle
to the Chief.
Town Meeting Actions
| ARTICLE 70: | APPROPRIATE FOR ROSEMARY POOL MAINTENANCE |
MOVED that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000 for maintenance to Rosemary Pool, to be spent under the direction of the Park and Recreation Commission, and raised from the tax levy.
Article 70 Explanation: The funding in this Article is for
the sandblasting of Rosemary Pool. The sandblasting of the steel; sheet
piling is normally done every 5 - 8 years. Exterior sandblasting was last
done in 1986; interior in 1989. After the pool is examined this spring
the funding will be used to sandblast the area most in need.
Town Meeting Actions
| ARTICLE 71: | APPROPRIATE FOR REPAIRS TO FIELDS, FENCES AND BUILDINGS |
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $25,000 for maintenance to fields, fences, and buildings, to be spent under the direction of the Park and Recreation Commission, and raised from the tax levy; or take any other action relative thereto.
INSERTED BY: Board of Selectmen
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT: Article Not be Adopted
Article 71 Explanation: Through the work of the Buildings
and Grounds Study Committee and the Open Space Master Plan Committee, safety
and accessibility issues have been noted at parks under the jurisdiction
of the Commission and the Board of Selectmen. In FY96, $21,000 was appropriated
for backstop repairs at Cricket and Walker-Gordon; boundary fencing at
Cricket, Walker-Gordon, and DeFazio; and carpentry and repainting of the
Cricket Building. Remaining work includes: rehabilitating Cricket diamond,
Perry diamond, Avery diamond, Dwight diamond; watering systems at Claxton
and Walker-Gordon; accessible paths to playground equipment at Claxton
and DeFazio; accessibility repairs at Rosemary Pool bathhouse; and, re-paving
basketball court at Perry Park.
Town Meeting Actions
| ARTICLE 72: | APPROPRIATE FOR A COMPUTER UPGRADE - ASSESSORS |
MOVED that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $35,000 for a computer upgrade for the Assessors, to be spent under the direction of the Board of Assessors and raised from the tax levy.
Article 72 Explanation: The file server and terminals that
support the Assessor's Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) system are
six years old. The developer of the CAMA system software is developing
upgrades of the software that will require graphic user interface capabilities
which are not a component of the current system. The new system will be
easier to use than the current system, which will facilitate staff training
and customer service.
Town Meeting Actions (5/18/98 10:36 pm - 10:41 pm)
| ARTICLE 73: | RESCIND BOND AUTHORIZATION |
MOVED that the Town vote to rescind a part of certain authorizations to borrow funds, which were approved in prior years, where the purposes of the borrowing have been completed, and/or it was unnecessary to borrow the amount approved:
| Article 53, 1994 ATM (DPW Equipment) |
$76
|
| Article 30, 1995 ATM (Newman) |
$536
|
| Article 6 , 1995 STM (High School Boilers) |
$370
|
| Article 44, 1995 ATM (Fire Dept. Radio Equipment) |
$13,000
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| Article 41, 1996 ATM (DPW Equipment) |
$50
|
Article 73 Explanation: The above noted projects have been
completed. It is necessary for Town Meeting to rescind the balances of
the bond authorization so that these authorizations can be removed from
the Town's financial records.
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| ARTICLE 74: | APPROPRIATE FOR NEW DEBT SERVICE |
MOVED that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $57,875 from the tax levy for the payment of interest on debt in fiscal year 1999 for capital projects approved at the 1998 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 74 Explanation: This Article is to fund the first year's general fund debt service for those Capital Articles (40-72) approved by Town Meeting. The amount will be amended, if necessary, based on those Articles approved by Town Meeting. Debt Service for the Town's Enterprise Funds (Articles 25-27) is found in those Articles.
Town Meeting Actions (5/18/98 10:41 - pm 10:44 pm)
