HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - TM - 05/17/1999Special Town Meeting -- May 17, 1999
At the Special Town Meeting held on Monday, May 17, 1999 at the Cohasset High School Sullivan Gymnasium the following articles were contained in the warrant and acted upon as follows.
Checkers sworn in by the Town Clerk, Marion L. Douglas at 7 p.m.. were Jacquelyn McGuire, Carol St. Pierre, Janice Rosano, Margaret Hernan, Kathleen Rhodes, Janet MacLure and Katherine
Lincoln. Tellers were appointed and sworn in by the Moderator, George L. Marlette, III.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. and a quorum of 100 was present at that time. The registered voters checked in on the voting list totaled 392.
Voted unanimously to dispense with the reading of the call of the Meeting and Return of Service having been examined by the Moderator and found to be in order
Moved that voting on the articles will be deferred until Monday, May 24, 1999 and that discussion only will be held at this session.
It was moved by Raymond Kasperowicz that this motion be voted by secret ballot. Motion for a secret ballot was defeated.
Main motion was adopted.
Discussion was held.
Moved to adjourn the meeting until Monday, May 24, 1999 at 7:30 p.m. Motion adopted unanimously at 9:50 p.m.
MONDAY EVENING MAY 24, 1999
Checkers sworn in by the Town Clerk, Marion L. Douglas at 7 p.m.. were Jacquelyn McGuire, Carol St. Pierre, Janice Rosano, Margaret Hernan, Kathleen Rhodes and Deborah Protulis. Tellers
were appointed by the Moderator. The Moderator called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. and a quorum of 100 was present at that time. The registered voters checked in on the voting
list totaled 179.
Article 1:
To see what action the Town will vote upon the reports of the various Town Officers as printed in the Annual Town Report for 1998.
MOVED: That the reports of the various Town Officers as printed in the Annual Report for 1998 be accepted, and filed with the permanent records of the Town.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Article 2:
To see what action the Town will vote to amend, modify, increase or decrease, or otherwise, to balance the Fiscal Year 2000 Operating Budget as voted in Article 3 of the March 27, 1999
Annual Town Meeting for the purpose of fixing the salaries and compensation of Elected Officers, and to see what sums the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from available funds
or otherwise, for the payment of the salaries and compensation, expenses, equipment and outlays, capital and otherwise, of the several Town Departments, for the ensuing fiscal year.
See Appendix A
Article 2:
Moved that Article 3 of the March 27, 1999 Annual Town Meeting be amended to read as follows:
That Nineteen Million Nine Hundred One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Nine ($19,901,259.00) Dollars be appropriated for the Fiscal Year 2000 Annual Town Budget to be allotted as follows:
Fifty Four Thousand Five Hundred Thirty ($54,530.00) Dollars for salaries of elected Town Officials consisting of the Town Clerk, $45,000.00; Clerk, Board of Registrars, $329.00; Moderator,
$1.00; Selectmen, Chairman, $1,500.00, Members (4) at $1,000.00 for a total of $4,000.00; Board of Assessors, Chairman, $1,300.00, Members (2) at $1,200.00, for a total of $2,400.00;
and the remaining Nineteen Million Eight Hundred Forty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty Nine ($19,846,729.00) Dollars for Personal Services, Expenses and Capital Outlays, Interest on
Maturing Debt and other charges for the various departments as recommended for purposes shown in Appendix A of the May 17, 1999 Special Town Meeting Warrant entitled “Budget Requiring
An Override of $380,000.00, Fiscal 2000”, a copy of which Appendix is incorporated here by reference, and to meet the appropriation, the following transfers are made:
$1,639,244.00 from Water Revenue
$ 60,000.00 from Pension Reserve
and the remaining balance of $18,202,015.00 is raised from taxation and other general revenues of the Town; and, further, that the acceptance of Appendix B of the 1999 Annual Town Meeting
Warrant referred to in Article 3 of the March 27, 1999 Annual Town Meeting remain as originally voted under Article 3.
Motion is adopted unanimously.
It was moved and seconded that the Special Town Meeting be dissolved at 7:37 p.m.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A True Record, Attest:
Marion L. Douglas
Town Clerk