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March 21,2016Special Town Meeting#3(2016-3),cont... 9:05 p.m. Following electronic vote tallying,the Moderator declared Article 2 Adopted by more than the necessary two-thirds by a vote of: Yes No Abstain 152 2 4 9:06 p.m. Presented by Selectmen Joseph Pato. ARTICLE 3: PEG ACCESS AND CABLE RELATED FUND ACCEPTANCE MOTION: That this article be indefinitely postponed. 9:06 p.m. Following a voice vote,the Moderator declared Article 3 Unanimously Adopted. 9:07 p.m. Selectman Pato moved to dissolve Special Town Meeting#3.Motion Adopted. A true copy. Attest: Nathalie L.Rice RECORDS OF ELECTRONIC VOTING FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETINGS ARE SHOWN WITHIN THE VOTING RECORDS FOR THE 2016 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 21,2016 Annual Town Meeting(continued) Moderator Deborah Brown called the March 21,2016 session of the 2016 Annual Town Meeting back to order at 9:09 p.m. 9:09 p.m. Presented by Rita Goldberg,Pct.2,Cary Lecture Series. ARTICLE 3:APPOINTMENTS TO CARY LECTURE SERIES MOTION: That a committee of four be appointed by the Moderator to have the charge of the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E. Cary for the current year. 9:13 p.m. Ms.Goldberg moved the Committee's Report be received and placed on file. Unanimously Adopted.Ms.Goldberg reported on the lectures in the previous year,thanking all involved. 9:17 p.m. Selectman Joseph Pato moved Article 3.Motion Adopted. 9:17 p.m. Following a voice vote,the Moderator declared Article 3 Unanimously Adopted. 9:17 p.m. Selectman Pato moved to take up Article 27.Unanimously Adopted. 9:18 p.m. Presented by Selectman Suzanne Barry. ARTICLE 27: ESTABLISH QUALIFICATIONS FOR TAX DEFERRALS MOTION: That the maximum qualifying gross receipts amount for property tax deferrals under Clause 41A of Section 5 of Chapter 59 of the Massachusetts General Laws and Chapter 190 of the Acts of 2008 be raised to$70,000,beginning in fiscal year 2017. 9:19 p.m. Selectman Suzanne Barry moved Article 27 and presented a brief report. She asked the Moderator to recognize Vicki Blier,Pct.9,who presented a study committee's report on the benefits of tax deferrals and referenced a nine-page Assessor's brochure on the subject. 9:23 p.m. Ms.Barry reported the unanimous support of the Board of Selectmen. 9:23 p.m. Glenn Parker,Chair,Appropriation Committee,reported unanimous support of the Appropriation Committee. 9:25 p.m. Members questioned Ms.Blier about the administration of the tax deferral program. 9:32 p.m. David Kanter,Pct. 7,moved the question.Motion Adopted.