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
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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.
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