SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Monday, November 13, 2006
7:00 P.M.
Temple Israel
Street837 Humphrey Street
Swampscott, Massachusetts
Warrant Report
The Town of Swampscott
Town Warrant
November 2006
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town that a Special Town Meeting will be held on Monday, November 13, 2006, beginning at 7:00 P.M. in the former Temple Israel building located at 837 Humphrey Street, Swampscott.
November 13, 2006
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2006, 7:00 P.M.
To the Town Meeting Members:
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Article II, Section 2, of the Bylaws of the Town of CitySwampscott that a Special Town Meeting will be held on Monday, November 13, 2006, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the former placePlaceTypeTemple PlaceNameIsrael building located at addressStreet837 Humphrey Street.
Moderator Martin C. Goldman, Esquire, will preside.
NOTES:
Please remember that it is your responsibility to be recorded as being present with the door checkers prior to entering the auditorium. Also, please remember the following:
1. You must wear (display) your Town Meeting identification badge at all times;
2. Remember to use the microphones when speaking on any issue so that your comments may be recorded on the official transcript of the meeting.
Russell Patten
Clerk of Swampscott
ARTICLE 1.To hear and act on the reports of Town Officials, Boards and Committees.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen
Comment:This routine Article appears every year to allow Town groups to make reports.
ARTICLE 2.To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the funds necessary (see Appendix A), by borrowing or otherwise, to implement the collective bargaining agreements between the Board of Selectmen and the various unions under the Board of Selectmen for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen
Comment:The purpose of this Article is to fund the collective bargaining agreements.
ARTICLE 3.To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money, by borrowing or otherwise to the account of unpaid bills for the purpose of setting all bills contracted prior to July 1, 2006, and remaining unpaid at the time of the closing of the Town’s books for the year ending June 30, 2006, according to the records of the Town Accountant, or take any action relative thereto (see Appendix B).
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen
Comment: The purpose of this Article is to provide funding for payment of bills incurred during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 but not paid during said fiscal year.
eWiz (Technology - Outside Services) $1,592.26
This Article requires 9/10 affirmative vote to adopt
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a General By-Law and/or to authorize the Board of Selectmen to seek special legislation authorizing the use of a photographic traffic monitoring system, also referred to as a so-called “automated red light enforcement” system, which will record digital images, or images on other types of media, of vehicles proceeding through red lights at intersections where monitoring equipment is installed and authorizing the Swampscott Police Department to take enforcement action against the owners or lessees of vehicles who the Swampscott Police Department
determine, based upon the images captured by the traffic monitoring system, proceeded through red lights; said bylaw or special legislation will also address various issues relative to implementation of said traffic monitoring system, including the specific processes for enforcement of violations and maintaining and using data collected by the photographic monitoring system, or take any other action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Red Light Camera Committee
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Job Classification and Salary Plan of the Personnel Board Bylaws, as it relates to those positions not covered by collective bargaining agreements, as follows:
Reclassify “Town Planner” from M7 to M6
Create S1 (stipend) position of “Purchasing Agent” $6,500
Delete M6 “PlaceNameplaceAssistant PlaceTypeBuilding Inspector”
Create S1 (stipend) position of “Local Building Inspector” $20,700
Or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Personnel Board
Comment: This article will modify the Personnel Board Bylaws as specified above. No appropriation is required.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $525,000, originally borrowed for the purposes described in Appendix C hereto, which amounts are no longer needed to complete the projects for which they were initially borrowed, to pay costs associated with the construction of a new high school, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Building Committee.
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