HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - TM - 12/04/2017 Index of Articles— Special Town Meeting December 4, 2017
1. Amendements to Fiscal 2018 Operating Budget Adopted
2. Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Years Indefinitely postponed
3. Stabilization Funds Adopted
4. Allocation of Funds for One-Time Costs Adopted
5. Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 71, Section 71F Adopted
6. Capital Improvement Projects Adopted
7. Cohasset Town Hall Adopted
8. Authorization of Borrowing for Road Betterment projects for Adopted
Private Ways
9. Application of Bond Premium Adopted
10. Grant of Easements for a Solar Array Adopted
11. Drainage and Access Easement to Sandy Cove off Atlantic Avenue Adopted
12. Community Preservation— Sandy Beach Bathhouse Adopted
TOWN OF COHASSET
Special Town Meeting—December 4, 2017
At the Special Town Meeting held on Monday December 4, 2017 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, Carol L. St. Pierre at 6:30 p.m. were Elizabeth Anderson, Kelly
Grech, Debra Krupczak, Rebekah Mattey, Kenneth Warner and Lauren Walsh. Tellers Philip Faulkner,
Ansley Pearce, Peter Pearce and Susan Hobson Putziger were appointed and sworn in by the Moderator
Daniel Evans.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 7:11 p.m. and a quorum of 100 was present at that time. The
registered voters checked in on the voting list totaled 190. Precinct 1 - 112 voters and precinct 2 - 78.
Citizens recited the pledge of allegiance.
State Representative Joan Meschino was recognized at this time.
Voted unanimously to dispense with the reading of the call of the Meeting and Return of Service have
been examined by the Moderator and found to be in order.
Then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1: AMENDMENTS TO FISCAL 2018 OPERATING BUDGET
To see if the Town will vote to amend, modify, increase or decrease, or otherwise, to balance the Fiscal
Year 2018 Operating Budget as voted in Article 4 of the May 1, 2017 Annual Town Meeting, including
proposed revised appropriations and any additional sums the Town will vote to raise and appropriate,
borrow pursuant to any applicable statute, or transfer 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 current fiscal year, or to take any other action related thereto.
General Fund
Action Amount From To
Line Item Transfer $5,875.00 SSVoTech Debt Service
Line Item Transfer $11,167.00 SSVoTech Medicare Taxes
Supplemental $17,367.00 Free Cash Medicare Taxes
Appropriation
Supplemental $59,000.00 Free Cash Police Department
Appropriation
MOVED, that Seventy Six Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Seven Dollars ($76,367.00) be hereby
appropriated from available Free Cash in the Treasury of the Town, and that Seventeen Thousand Forty
Two Dollars ($17,042.00) be transferred between budget lines for the items set forth below, amending the
amounts appropriated by the Town pursuant to the 2017 Annual Town Meeting held on May 1, 2017,
which funds are to be expended by the Town Manager, to supplement certain departmental budgets and
appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 as follows:
Action Amount From To
Line Item Transfer $5,875.00 SSVoTech Debt Service
Line Item Transfer $11,167.00 SSVoTech Medicare Taxes
Supplemental $17,367.00 Free Cash Medicare Taxes
Appropriation
Supplemental $59,000.00 Free Cash Police Department
Appropriation
Motion adopted unanimously.
Article 2: UNPAID BILLS FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, and/or borrow,
pursuant to any applicable statute, a sum or sums of money, to be expended by the Town Manager, to pay
for unpaid bills of the Town, the Water Commission and/or Sewer Commission from previous fiscal
years, or to take any other action related thereto.
Department Vendor Amount Description
None At This Time
MOVED, that this article be indefinitely postponed.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Article 3: STABILIZATION FUNDS
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, and/or borrow
pursuant to any applicable statute, a sum of money to be deposited into the General Stabilization Fund,
the Capital Stabilization Fund, Special Education Stabilization Fund and the OPEB Trust Fund, or to take
any other action related thereto.
Amount Source of Funds Deposited into
$125,000 Free Cash General Stabilization Fund
$250,000 Free Cash Capital Stabilization Fund
$25,000 Free Cash Special Education Stabilization Fund
$250,000 Free Cash OPEB Trust Account
MOVED, that the following amounts be appropriated for the following purposes pursuant to the chart
below:
Amount Source of Funds Deposited into
$125,000 Free Cash General Stabilization Fund
$250,000 Free Cash Capital Stabilization Fund
$25,000 Free Cash Special Education Stabilization Fund
$250,000 Free Cash OPEB Trust Account
AND TO meet these appropriations, Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($650,000.00) be transferred
from available Free Cash in the Treasury of the Town.
Majority vote required. Motion adopted.
Article 4: ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR ONE-TIME COSTS
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, and/or borrow
pursuant to any applicable statute, a sum of money for funding one-time expenditures and projects, or to
take any other action related thereto.
Amount Source of Purpose
Funds
$6,700 Free Cash Additional Voting Machine, Town Clerk
$8,215 Free Cash Thermal Imaging Camera/Fire
$20,000 Free Cash Facilities Projects
$50,000 Free Cash Consulting for Cunningham Bridge Project
$100,000 Free Cash Road Improvement Projects
MOVED, that One Hundred Eighty Four Thousand Nine Hundred Fifteen Dollars ($184,915.00)be
appropriated to be spent by the Town Manager for the following General Fund purposes:
Amount Source of Purpose
Funds
$6,700 Free Cash Additional Voting Machine, Town Clerk
$8,215 Free Cash Thermal Imaging Camera/Fire
$20,000 Free Cash Facilities Projects
$50,000 1 Free Cash Consulting for Cunningham Bridge Project
$100,000 Free Cash Road Improvement Projects
AND TO meet this appropriation, One Hundred Eighty Four Thousand Nine Hundred Fifteen Dollars
($184,915.00)be appropriated from Free Cash in the Treasury of the Town.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Article 5: MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 71, SECTION 71F
To see if the Town will vote to accept Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 71, Section 71F, concerning
monies received by the School Committee as tuition payments for nonresident students and as state
reimbursements for students in foster care or to take any other action related thereto.
MOVED, that the provisions of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 71, Section 71F be accepted by the
Town.
Motion adopted unanimously.
ARTICLE 6: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, and/or borrow
pursuant to any applicable statute, a sum of money to fund various capital improvements, capital projects
and/or capital equipment for the various departments, boards, commissions and agencies of the Town, or
to take any other action related thereto.
Amount Purpose Department Source
$100,000 Cunningham Bridge DPW Capital Reserve
$50,000 Electronic Document IT Capital Reserve
Management Consulting
$225,000 Updating Water Department Water Water Retained Earnings
SCADA Systems
$155,000 Replace: Settler Tubes; Drain Water Water Retained Earnings
Valve Operator Filter#2; Raw
Water Pump #2. Rebuild High
Lift Pump Motor#5
MOVED, that Five Hundred Five Thousand Dollars ($530,000.00) be appropriated to be spent by the
Town Manager with the approval of the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of purchasing certain items
or services relating to capital or property, as set forth below:
Amount Purpose Department Source
$100,000 Cunningham Bridge DPW Capital Stabilization
$50,000 Electronic Document IT Capital Stabilization
Management Consulting
$225,000 Updating Water Department Water Water Retained Earnings
SCADA Systems
$155,000 Replace: Settler Tubes; Drain Water Water Retained Earnings
Valve Operator Filter#2; Raw
Water Pump #2. Rebuild High
Lift Pump Motor#5
AND TO meet this appropriation, One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) be
transferred from the Town's Capital Stabilization Fund, and Three Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars
($380,000.00)be transferred from the Retained Earnings of the Water Department.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Article 7: COHASSET TOWN HALL
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow pursuant to any applicable statute and/or
transfer from available funds, a sum or sums of money, to be expended for the creation of detailed
engineered design and construction plans and the conducting of a bidding process for the reconstruction
and addition to Town Hall, or to take any other action related thereto.
MOVED, that the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) be appropriated to be spent by
the Town Manager to continue work through the completion of schematic design for the Town Hall
project, and that the Treasurer of the Town, with approval by the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to
borrow $300,000 and issue bonds and notes of the Town therefor. Any premium received upon the sale of
any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of
issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in
accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the General Laws, thereby reducing the amount authorized to
be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount.
A 2/3's vote required. Motion adopted by the required 2/3's.
Article 8: AUTHORIZATION OF BORROWING FOR ROAD BETTERMENT PROJECTS FOR
PRIVATE WAYS
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, and/or borrow
pursuant to any applicable statute, a sum of money, to be expended by the Town Manager with approval
by the Board of Selectmen, to fund improvements to private ways, including but not limited to paving,
grading, sloping and drainage; or to take any other action related thereto.
MOVED, that the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) be appropriated to be spent by
the Town Manager, with the approval by the Board of Selectmen, for the funding of roadway betterment
projects on private ways in the Town of Cohasset, and that the Treasurer of the Town, with the approval
by the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow $500,000 and issue bonds and notes of the Town
therefor. Any premium received upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such
premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the
payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the General Laws,
thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount.
A 2/3'S vote required. Motion adopted unanimously.
Article 9: APPLICATION OF BOND PREMIUM
To see if the Town will vote to amend the following capital project borrowing authorization votes of the
Town:
2011 ATM Article 15
2013 ATM Article 7
2014 STM Article 11
2016 ATM Articles 10 and 15
2017 ATM Article 8
such amendment to provide that, in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the General Laws, the
premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes thereunder, less the costs of
preparing, issuing, and marketing such bonds or notes, may be applied to pay the costs of each project
financed by such bonds or notes and that the amount authorized to be borrowed for each such project shall
be reduced by the amount of any such premium so applied, or to take any other action related thereto.
MOVED, that the borrowing authorization votes for the following items: 2011 ATM Article 15; 2013
ATM Article 7; 2014 STM Article 11; 2016 ATM Articles 10 and 15; and 2017 ATM Article 8, be
hereby supplemented in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the Massachusetts General Laws, so
that the premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes thereunder, less the costs of
preparing, issuing, and marketing such bonds or notes, may be applied to pay the costs of each project
financed by such bonds or notes and that the amount authorized to be borrowed for each such project shall
be reduced by the amount of any such premium so applied.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Article 10: GRANT OF EASEMENTS FOR A SOLAR ARRAY
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant perpetual and/or temporary
easements for the benefit of the Town of Cohasset over and otherwise to dispose of a portion of or interest
in the Town-owned property located at 81 Cedar Street for the purposes of providing electricity and
telecommunications to and from such Town-owned property; or to take any other action related thereto.
MOVED, that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to grant an easement for the duration of the solar
array lease to National Grid for the benefit of the Town of Cohasset as necessary for the purposes of
providing electricity and telecommunications to and from Town-owned property located at 81 Cedar
Street.
A 2/3's vote required. Motion adopted unanimously.
Article It: DRAINAGE AND ACCESS EASEMENT TO SANDY COVE OFF ATLANTIC
AVENUE
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase and gift perpetual
easements and lesser interests over and under portions of the properties located off Atlantic Avenue in
Cohasset and listed below for drainage purposes, including but not limited to for the installation,
maintenance, repair, removal and operation of drains and outfalls together with rights of entry and access;
to see if the Town will vote to appropriate, borrow pursuant to any applicable statute or transfer from
available funds, a sum or sums of money for any of such purposes; or to take any other action related
thereto.
ADDRESS PARCEL ID SUPPOSED OWNER LCC No
123 Atlantic Avenue 174-29-018 123 Atlantic Ave Realty Trust 191803
123 Atlantic Ave
Cohasset, MA 02025
111 Atlantic Avenue 174-29-013 Ralph S. Dormitzer 162856
Jacqueline M. Dormitzer
I I I Atlantic Ave
Cohasset, MA 02025
99 Atlantic Avenue 174-29-004 15845 Westerly Terrace 173967
Jupiter, FL 33477
95 Atlantic Avenue 174-29-003 R. Michael Sceery 148977
Helene R. Sceery
95 Atlantic Avenue
Cohasset, MA 02025
91 Atlantic Avenue 174-29-001 Dewey, Et. Al. 134309
50 Craft Island Road
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
89 Atlantic Avenue 174-31-021E Anne W. Manchester 181913
& Eli Manchester, Jr.
Robert J. & Judith Ann Murray
David P. &Katherine M.
Greaney
William W. Park
89 Atlantic Avenue
Cohasset, MA 02025
87 Atlantic Avenue F4-31-021A David P. &Katherine M. 177505
Greaney
87 Atlantic Avenue
Cohasset, MA 02066
85 Atlantic Avenue 174-31-021C William W. Park 181912
85 Atlantic Avenue
Cohasset, MA 02025
MOVED, that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to acquire by purchase and/or gift perpetual
easements and lesser interests over and under portions of the properties located off Atlantic Avenue in
Cohasset and listed below for drainage purposes, including but not limited to for the installation,
maintenance, repair, removal and operation of drains and outfalls together with rights of entry and access.
PARCEL LCC
ADDRESS ID SUPPOSED OWNER No
123 Atlantic Avenue 174-29-018 123 Atlantic Ave Realty Trust 191803
123 Atlantic Ave
Cohasset, MA 02025
111 Atlantic Avenue F4-29-013 Ralph S. Dormitzer 162856
Jacqueline M. Dormitzer
I I I Atlantic Ave
Cohasset, MA 02025
99 Atlantic Avenue F4-29-004 15845 Westerly Terrace 173967
Jupiter, FL 33477
95 Atlantic Avenue F4-29-003 R. Michael Sceery 148977
Helene R. Sceery
95 Atlantic Avenue
Cohasset, MA 02025
91 Atlantic Avenue F4-29-001 Dewey, et. al. 134309
50 Craft Island Road
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
89 Atlantic Avenue 174-31- Anne W. Manchester& Eli Manchester, Jr.
021E Robert J. & Judith Ann Murray 181913
David P. &Katherine M. Greaney
William W. Park
89 Atlantic Avenue
Cohasset, MA 02025
87 Atlantic Avenue 174-31- David P. &Katherine M. Greaney 177505
021A 87 Atlantic Avenue
Cohasset, MA 02066
85 Atlantic Avenue 174-31- William W. Park 181912
021C 85 Atlantic Avenue
Cohasset, MA 02025
Motion adopted unanimously.
Article 12: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
To see if the Town will vote to hear and act on recommendations by the Community Preservation
Committee for Fiscal Year 2018 pursuant to Chapter 44B of the General Laws, also known as the
Community Preservation Act: to implement such recommendations by appropriating and/or reserving a
sum or sums of money from the Community Preservation Fund established pursuant to such Act for the
acquisition, creation, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of land for recreational use; upon the
recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee, to amend any votes previously adopted by
Town Meeting on prior recommendations of the Community Preservation Committee; to authorize the
Board of Selectmen with the approval of the Community Preservation Committee, to acquire by purchase,
gift or eminent domain such real property interests in the name of or enforceable by the Town, or to
authorize the conveyance of such real property interests, enforceable by third parties, as may be required
by the Community Preservation Act, acting by and through the Board of Selectmen or such other Town
board as the Board of Selectmen may designate, including real property interests in the form of permanent
affordable housing restrictions, historical preservation restrictions and conservation restrictions that will
meet the requirements of Chapter 184 of the General Laws, as may be necessary or proper to carry out the
foregoing; or to take any other action related thereto.
MOVED, that the recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee be heard and acted upon
and accepted; that Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00)be appropriated for the restoration
of the Sandy Beach bathhouse and that to meet such appropriation, Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)
be transferred from the Open Space/Recreation Sub-account and Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($200,000.00) be transferred from the general revenue available in the Community Preservation Fund for
the restoration of the Sandy Beach bathhouse; that after June 30, 2019, any residual unexpended portions
of this sum shall not be further expended and shall be proportionately restored to the Open
Space/Recreation Sub-account (20 percent) and the Community Preservation Fund (80 percent); that the
Town, acting by and through the Board of Selectmen or such other Town board or commission as the
Board of Selectmen may designate, be authorized to acquire by purchase or gift in the name of or
enforceable by the Town and to grant to a nonprofit organization, charitable corporation or foundation,
such land, real property interests and perpetual conservation restrictions that will meet the requirements of
Chapter 184 of the General Laws; and that the Town, acting by and through the Board of Selectmen, be
authorized to execute, deliver, grant and accept such deeds, restrictions, instruments and agreements as it
deems necessary, appropriate or in the best interests of the Town to effectuate such acquisition.
Motion adopted unanimously.
It was moved and seconded that this Special Town Meeting be dissolved at 8:41 p.m.
A True Record, ATTEST:
Carol L. St. Pierre
Town Clerk