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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-03-23-STM-Warrant TOWN WARRANT TOWN OF LEXINGTON SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to meet in Cary Memorial Hall, in said Town on the twenty-third day of March, 1998, at 8:30 P.M., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting members in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, as amended, and subject to the referendum provided by Section eight of said Chapter, as amended. ARTICLE 1 PORTABLE CLASSROOMS To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of portable classrooms for the School Department; determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the School Committee) FUNDS REQUESTED: $1,500,000 DESCRIPTION: This article requests funding for the purchase of 13 portable classrooms at the elementary and secondary school level. ARTICLE 2 SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION AND LABOR CONTRACT APPROVAL To see if the Town will make supplementary appropriations to fund cost items included in collective bargaining agreements; 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: $127,325 i 1 Nith X I v NAA,DI IC 4114 81811 86 3 DESCRIPTION: Supplemental funding of$127,325 is requested to fully fund a recent arbitration award by the Joint Labor Management Committee relating to the contract with Local 1491 International Association of Fire Fighters. Funding was set aside in anticipation of this award. The total required to fund the award is $354,481. Funds totaling $227,156 were appropriated in Fiscal Years 1995, 1996 and 1997 in anticipation of this award. And you are directed to serve this warrant fourteen days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-Laws of the Town. Hereof fail not and make due return on this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington this - o R d. of Febru °'b., 1998. /1" G:2(r< r\--cr ege_ ,, „ a 0:6 zeij/_):4 4/1t,beZ, /AD 1 } BOARD OF SELECTMEN A true copy, Attest: Cons e4f Lexington H7-1-1:1 N x f t ii, .. IC :1 Wd 81 83.4 4