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Selectmen – April 23, 2018 Page 2 of 7 residents care deeply about. Ms. Barry asked Mr. Pinsonneault, Public Works Director, to extend the Board’s congratulations to Mr. Beaudoin. 2018 Annual Town Meeting Article Positions and Presenters  Revised motion, Article 16i Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager for Finance said the entire amount of $1.1M no longer needs to be bonded since unexpended funds from completed projects can be applied, leaving $73,479 still to be borrowed. This re-allocation has been reviewed and approved by Bond Counsel. Ms. Kosnoff noted that, as a result of the Municipal Modernization Act, unexpended funds can now be regularly used to pay down debt service. Staff would like to discuss and propose a policy to this effect so that such reallocations would only require Selectmen approval in the future. David Kanter, Capital Expenditures Committee member, noted there has been an informal rule that the source of unexpended funds should match the category to which it will be reallocated. Ms. Kosnoff said the unexpended funds are from a variety of General Fund Town and School projects. Staff felt that it would be easier to track if all the funds were reallocated to a single purpose. All Board members remained supportive of 16i with the revised motion. Ms. Barry reviewed the Annual Town Meeting articles to be addressed that night: Article 16— Appropriate for Municipal Capital Projects and Equipment sub-items that were not under the Consent Agenda (b, c, e, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q); Article 20—Appropriate for Public Facilities Capital Projects sub-item (a, d, f, g); Article 19—School Capital Projects; Article 25—Rescind Prior Borrowing Authorizations; Article 29—Appropriate for Prior Years’ Unpaid Bills; Article 30—Amend FY2018 Operating, Enterprise, and CPA Budgets; Article 31—Appropriate for Authorized Capital Improvements. Mr. Pato voted against approval of Article 20f, saying he agreed with the two finance committees’ analysis. Mr. Pato believes the Community Center Expansion should be discussed by Town Meeting but the request goes beyond what should be done, given the addition of Visitors Center project and the overall pressures on the Capital Plan. Mr. Pato would like a public/private partnership funding model to be established before more funds are expended on design. Ms. Hai also voted against recommending Article 20f, saying her objection lies in both the reasons stated by the finance committee and the lack of clarity of what should be done with the Pelham campus. She advocated for a re-establishment of a citizen-driven group to flesh out a more precise and less expensive plan before coming back to Town Meeting for design funds. Ms. Barry said two articles will be brought up for reconsideration: Article 21—Appropriate to Reimburse Resident for Sewer Back-up; and Article 42—Amend Zoning Bylaw for Special Permit. She asked the Board members if they were in favor of reconsideration.