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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
INDEX OF ARTICLES AND
STATEMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS 

Article 1. Annual Town Election (Board of Selectman) - as voted by the electorate

Article 2. Rule of the Meeting (Town Manager) - so vote

Article 3. Town Reports (Advisory Finance Committee) - so vote

Article 4. Prior Year’s Bills (Town Coordinator) – Transfer $70.80 from Free Cash and $23,025.83 from Water Retained Earnings

Article 5. Facilities Study (Town Manager) – Transfer $100,000 from Free Cash

Article 6. Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Budgets (Advisory Finance Committee) - so vote

Article 7. Regularly Recurring Articles (Town Manager)

7A (Fire Department) - so vote

7B (Youth & Family Services) - so vote

7C (Board of Assessors) - so vote

7D (Finance Committee) - Raise & Appropriate(R&A) $300,000 and transfer $50,000 from Water Enterprise Retained Earnings, $50,000 from Sewer Enterprise Retained Earnings, and $20,000 from Country Club Enterprise Retained Earnings

7E (Recreation Department) – R&A $2,500

7F (Board of Health) - defeat

7G (Board of Health) – R&A $5,000

7H (Local Emergency Planning Committee) - so vote

7I (DPW) – so vote

Article 8. Capital Improvement Plan (Town Manager/Capital Expenditure Planning Committee)

8A (Fire Department) – Transfer $30,000 from Free Cash

8B (Police Department) - Transfer $119,595 from Free Cash

8C (Fire Department) – Transfer $70,000 from Free Cash and $120,000 from Ambulance Fees Account

8D (DPW) - Transfer $60,000 from Free Cash

Article 9. Improvements to the Country Club Golf Course (Country Club Operating Committee) – Transfer $53,000 from Country Club Enterprise Retained Earnings

Article 10. Water – Capital Equipment & Projects (DPW Manager)

10A – Transfer $50,000 from Water Enterprise Retained Earnings

10B – Borrow $900,000 under Water Enterprise Fund

10C – Transfer $60,000 from Water Enterprise Retained Earnings

10D – Transfer $30,000 from Water Enterprise Retained Earnings

10E - Transfer $70,000 from Water Enterprise Retained Earnings

10F - Borrow $600,000 under Water Enterprise Fund

Article 11. Sewer – Capital Equipment & Projects (DPW Manager)

11A - Transfer $55,000 from Sewer Enterprise Retained Earnings

11B - Transfer $50,000 from Sewer Enterprise Retained Earnings

11C - Transfer $30,000 from Sewer Enterprise Retained Earnings

11D - Borrow $1,600,000 under Sewer Enterprise Fund

11E – Transfer $43,001 from Sewer Enterprise Retained Earnings and $10,750 from Water Enterprise Retained Earnings

Article 12. Massachusetts School Building Authority (School Committee) – Transfer $175,000 from Free Cash

Article 13. Assessment of the Consolidation of Administrative Functions with City or Town (School Department) – Transfer $6,000 from Free Cash

Article 14. Amend Actions Taken at Previous Town Meetings Relative to Sewer Station Alarm System (DPW Manager) – Recommendation at Town Meeting

Article 15. Cemetery Development (DPW Manager) – Transfer $10,000 from Free Cash and $20,000 from Sale of Lots/Graves Account

Article 16. Local Option Meal Excise Tax Increase (Board of Selectmen) - defeat

Article 17. Dispose of Town Property (Board of Selectmen) – so vote

Article 18. Nathan Fisher House Rezoning (Planning Board) – so vote

Article 19. Bertis Adams Way Taking (Town Counsel) - so vote

Article 20. Brigham Street and Cottage Street Alteration (Town Counsel) – so vote

Article 21. Gable Ridge Road Taking (Town Counsel) – so vote

Article 22. Olde Connecticut Path Taking (Town Counsel) – so vote

Article 23. Union Street Abandonment (Town Counsel) – so vote

Article 24. Article 13 Bylaw Change (Town Manager) – no majority vote

Article 25. Article 12 Bylaw Amendment (Westborough Cultural Council) – so vote

Article 26. Establish a Post-Employment Benefit Trust Fund (Treasurer/Collector) – so vote

Article 27. Acceptance of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, §22F (Town Manager) - so vote

Article 28. Acceptance of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 59, §59A (Town Manager) - so vote

Article 29. Contaminated Property Redevelopment Incentive Bylaw (Town Manager) - so vote

Article 30. Zoning Bylaw Industrial D (ID) Overlay District Amendment (Planning Board) - so vote

Article 31. Senior Housing Overlay District (Planning Board) - so vote

Article 32. Mixed Use District Bylaw Amendment (Planning Board) - so vote

Article 33. Request for an Additional License for the Sale of All Alcoholic Beverages Not To Be Drunk on the Premises (Package Store License – Citizens’ Petition) – so vote