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March 29, 2021 Adjourned Session of the 2021 Annual Town Meeting, cont'd... 8:28 p.m. Ms. Barry moved Article 12(n), reported the unanimous support of the Board and gave a brief report 8:29 p.m. The Capital Expenditures and Appropriation Committees were unanimous in support. 8:29 p.m. Members posed questions; Town Manager, James Malloy and DPW Superintendent, David Pinsonneault responded. 8:45 p.m. Following remote electronic vote tallying, the Moderator declared Article 12(n) Adopted on a vote of: Yes No Abstain 185 0 2 8:46 p.m. The Moderator declared the Meeting open under Article 12(o), Parking System. 8:46 p.m. Ms. Barry moved Article 12(o). 8:46 p.m. Mr. Malloy made a short presentation. 8:51 p.m. Ms. Barry reported the unanimous support of the Board. 8:51 p.m. The Capital Expenditures and Appropriation Committees were unanimous in support. 8:54 p.m. Mr. Malloy answered questions from members. 9:13 p.m. David Kanter, Pct. 7, called the question. 9:15 p.m. Following remote electronic vote tallying, the Moderator declared the Motion to call the Question Adopted on a vote of: Yes No Abstain 119 51 16 9:21 p.m. Following remote electronic vote tallying, the Moderator declared Article 12(o) Adopted on a vote of: Yes No Abstain 160 18 9 9:21 p.m. Presented by Jill Hai, member, Select Board. ARTICLE 16: APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES CAPITAL PROJECTS MOTION: That the following amounts be appropriated for the following capital improvements to public facilities and that each amount be raised as follows: g) Center Recreation Complex Bathrooms and Maintenance Building Renovation - $915,000 for costs to renovate the Center Recreation Complex bathrooms and maintenance building, and all incidental costs related thereto, and that to meet this appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board, is authorized to borrow $915,000 under M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 7, or any other enabling authority. Any premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 20, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount; h) Space Needs for School Year 2021-22 - $300,000 for interior building space mining at the Diamond Middle School to accommodate new intensive learning programming, and all incidental costs related thereto, and that to meet this appropriation $300,000 be appropriated from the General Fund unreserved fund balance; 9:21 p.m. The Moderator declared the Meeting open under Article 16(g), Center Recreation Complex Bathrooms and Maintenance Building Renovation. 9:21 p.m. Ms. Hai moved the question and asked the Moderator to recognize Lisa Rhodes, Chair, Recreation Committee for the presentation. Ms. Rhodes described the project and reported the unanimous support of the Committee. 9:28 p.m. Charles Lamb, Chair, Capital Expenditures Committee, reported the unanimous support of the Committee for Article 16(g) and 16(h). 9:28 p.m. Alan Levine, member, Appropriation Committee, reported the support of the Committee (7-0), for both sections (g) and (h).