2021-11-08-STM#1-min-as Amended June 2022

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November 8,2021 Special Town Meeting#1(2021-1),cont. CONSENT AGENDA The Moderator explained that the Consent Agenda included only those articles which had the unanimous support of the Select Board,the Capital Expenditures Committee,and the Appropriation Committee.The Consent Agenda included the following Articles and subsections:Articles 2,6(a,b, and c), 8,and 11. The Moderator noted that there would not be presentations nor debate on those Articles,but questions would be permitted. She further noted that an Article could be removed from the Consent Agenda at the request of ten(10)Members of Town Meeting. 7:54 p.m. Ms.Hai,Select Board Chair,moved all motions on the Consent Agenda. The Moderator read the title of each item. ARTICLE 2:APPROPRIATE FOR PRIOR YEARS'UNPAID BILLS To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills rendered to the Town for prior years;to determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,or by any combination of these methods;or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Select Board) FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time DESCRIPTION: This is an annual article to request funds to pay bills after the close of the fiscal year in which the goods were received or the services performed and for which no money was encumbered. MOTION: Ms.Hai moves that this article be indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 6:APPROPRIATE FOR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION PROJECTS To see if the Town will vote to hear and act on the report of the Community Preservation Committee and,pursuant to the recommendations of the Community Preservation Committee,to appropriate from the Community Preservation Fund for the acquisition,creation and preservation of open space;for the acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic resources; for the acquisition, creation,preservation,rehabilitation and restoration of land for recreational use; for the acquisition, creation,preservation and support of community housing; and for the rehabilitation or restoration of open space and community housing that is acquired or created with moneys from the Community Preservation Fund;to appropriate funds for such projects and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, or from estimated Community Preservation Act surcharges and the state match for the current fiscal year,from the Undesignated Fund Balance of the Community Preservation Fund, by transfer from other available funds, including enterprise funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods;or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Select Board at the request of the Community Preservation Committee) FUNDS REQUESTED: a. Park and Playground Improvements- Sutherland Park- Supplemental-$75,000 b. Parker Meadow Accessible Trail Construction- Supplemental-$235,750 c. Old Reservoir Bathhouse Construction-Unknown at press time DESCRIPTION: This article requests that Community Preservation funds and other funds, as necessary,be appropriated for the projects recommended by the Community Preservation Committee. Articles 6a. and 6b. are requesting additional funding for projects appropriated at the 2020 Annual Town Meeting. The original appropriation for Sutherland Park was $95,000 and the original appropriation for Parker Meadow Accessible Trail Construction was$551,026. The purpose of Article 6c is to modify the scope of the Old Reservoir Bath House Renovation project that was appropriated under Article 14G of the 2019 Annual Town Meeting. The revised scope will include construction of