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DESCRIPTION: The Fire Department has been experiencing recurring problems with its radio communications system in certain parts of the Town that have resulted in temporary losses of communications. A team composed of representatives from the Fire Department, Police Department, MIS, Dispatching and the Town's radio consultant are recommending the following upgrades to the radio system to stabilize the system and bring it to acceptable standards of reliability by making the following improvements: 1) the addition of two radio repeaters; 2) converting the repeater at the Dispatch Center to a transmitter; 3) installation of fiber optic communications lines to those portions of the system that are connected via leased copper phone lines; and 4)replace and upgrade two repeaters that are incompatible with the overall communications system. Some portion of the improvements may also include the Police radio system where fire and police share common radio sites. ARTICLE 4 AMEND FY2012 OPERATING AND ENTERPRISE FUND BUDGETS To see if the Town will vote to make supplementary appropriations, to be used in conjunction with money appropriated under Articles 4 and 5 of the warrant for the 2011 Annual Town Meeting,to be used during the current fiscal year, or make any other adjustments to the current fiscal year budgets and appropriations that may be necessary; 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 Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED: unknown at press time DESCRIPTION: This is an article to permit adjustments to current fiscal year(FY2012) appropriations of the general fund and enterprise fund budgets. ARTICLE 5 ESTABLISH AND APPROPRIATE TO SPECIFIED STABILIZATION FUNDS To see if the Town will vote to create and/or appropriate sums of money to Stabilization Funds in accordance with Section 5B of Chapter 40 of the Massachusetts General Laws for the purposes of: (a) Section 131 Zoning By-Law, (b)Traffic Mitigation, (c)Transportation Demand Management, (d) School Bus Transportation, (e) Special Education, (f) Center Improvement District; (g)Debt Service, (h)Transportation Management Overlay District(TMO-1) and(i)Avalon Bay School Enrollment Mitigation Fund; 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 Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED: unknown at press time DESCRIPTION: This article proposes to establish and/or fund Stabilization Funds for specific purposes. Money in those funds may be invested and the interest may then become a part of the particular fund. The use of these funds may be appropriated for the specific designated purpose by a two-thirds vote of Town Meeting.