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Selectmen – April 11, 2018 Page 2 of 6 All four Selectmen supported the motion as written.  Article 29: Appropriate for Prior Years’ Unpaid Bills There are no prior year bills. All four Selectmen supported indefinite postponement.  Article 30: Amend FY2018 Operating, Enterprise, and CPA Budgets Ms. Kosnoff recommended three Operating budget adjustments and one Water Enterprise Fund budget adjustment. # 2120……………. Non-Contributory Retirement: Adjust from $14,620 to $14,650. This item is related to the COLA increase that was voted at Annual Town Meeting 2017; one retiree was not accounted for and the total needs to be amended. # 7100……………. Land Use Personal Service: Adjust from $1,868,974 to $1,854,974. # 7100……………. Land Use Expenses: Adjust from $495,738 to $552,238 These two items are related to the Hartwell North zoning project. The Land Use department is requesting funds for Phase 2, which includes a fiscal impact analysis; a financing plan; zoning and design consulting services; and a legal review. Grant funding will cover some Phase 2 expenses but Ms. Kosnoff asked that the Selectmen approve the remaining $42,530 from the General Fund/Free Cash. # 8400……………. Finance Personal Services: Adjust from $1,394,395 to $1,349,395 # 8400……………. Finance Expenses: Adjust from $485,630 to $530,630 Ms. Kosnoff asked that an even swap of $45,000 be made between Personal Services and Expenses. An expense for contracted services was incurred due to the long-term Town Accountant vacancy. Ms. Barry recused herself on Article 30 because her mother is a retiree of the Town. Mr. Lucente, Mr. Pato, and Ms. Hai supported the motion as written.  Article 31: Appropriate for Authorized Capital Projects Ms. Kosnoff stated there are no requests for additional funding for existing Capital projects and the article can be indefinitely postponed. All four Selectmen agreed with this action. Annual Town Meeting 2018 the Planning Board intends to make a presentation, explaining why it supports passage of Article 42. If the article fails to garner a 2/3 majority vote, the article could not come back for consideration for two years unless it receives a positive vote from the Planning Board. Mr. Pato said he would normally choose to refer the matter back to the Planning Board but he is not sure, without additional support resources, that the Planning Board would be able to move forward the article forward in time for the fall 2018 Special Town Meeting. Mr. Pato noted that