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345 <br />TOWN OF MASHPEE <br />ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT <br />May 3, 1976 <br />THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS <br />One Moderator for one year (unexpired term) <br />One Selectman for three years <br />One member of the Board of Assessors for three years <br />One Planning Board member for five years <br />One Library Trustee for three years <br />One School Committee member for three years <br />One Board of Health member for three years <br />One Finance Committee member for two years (unexpired term) <br />Two Finance Committee,members for three years. <br />The polls will be open at 10:00 o'clock a.m, and will be closed at 8:00 o'clock <br />p.m. <br />Acting Moderator Kevin D. O'Connell called the meeting to order at 7:25 p.m. <br />There were 198 voters present, constituting a quorum. <br />Tellers were: Grace Maddox, Eleanor Thaxton and Mary Potter. <br />Article 1. To choose all necessary Town Officials who are not elected under <br />the Australian Ballot System. <br />Burial Agent <br />Herring Warden <br />ACTION: Burial Agent, Oliver Pocknett and Herring Warden, Warren Hicks. <br />Motion moved and seconded to accept above nomination. Vote carried. <br />Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Town Officers' Reports <br />or take any other action thereon. <br />ACTION: Motion moved and seconded to accept the Town Reports. Vote carried. <br />Article 3• To see if the Town will hear and act upon the reports of any <br />committee,for any purpose the Town may deem advisable. <br />ACTION: No reports, no action. <br />Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with <br />the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of <br />the revenue of the financial year beginning July 1, 1976 in accordance with the <br />provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to issue a note or notes as <br />may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with General Laws, <br />Chapter 44, Section 17. Submitted by the Treasurer. <br />Recommended by Finance Committee. <br />ACTION: Motion moved and seconded to accept Article 4 as read. Unanimous vote. <br />Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or take from <br />available funds the sum of $2,800.00 to put the town payroll on Automated Payroll <br />Services. Submitted by the Treasurer. <br />1 <br />Recommended by Finance Committee. <br />Barnstable, SS: <br />Greetings: <br />To the Constable.of <br />the Town of Mashpee <br />, <br />In the name of <br />the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, <br />you are <br />hereby directed to <br />notify and summons <br />the inhabitants of the <br />Town of Mashpee, who <br />are qualified to vote <br />in the elections, to <br />meet at Queen of All <br />Saints Church, Great <br />Neck Road, Mashpee, <br />on Monday, the 3rd <br />of May, 1976, at seven <br />o'clock p.m. for the <br />following purposes: <br />To act on the <br />Articles contained in <br />the Warrant. To meet <br />at the Town Hall the <br />..following Saturday, <br />May 8, 1976, to bring <br />in their votes for the election of the <br />following officers: <br />One Moderator for one year (unexpired term) <br />One Selectman for three years <br />One member of the Board of Assessors for three years <br />One Planning Board member for five years <br />One Library Trustee for three years <br />One School Committee member for three years <br />One Board of Health member for three years <br />One Finance Committee member for two years (unexpired term) <br />Two Finance Committee,members for three years. <br />The polls will be open at 10:00 o'clock a.m, and will be closed at 8:00 o'clock <br />p.m. <br />Acting Moderator Kevin D. O'Connell called the meeting to order at 7:25 p.m. <br />There were 198 voters present, constituting a quorum. <br />Tellers were: Grace Maddox, Eleanor Thaxton and Mary Potter. <br />Article 1. To choose all necessary Town Officials who are not elected under <br />the Australian Ballot System. <br />Burial Agent <br />Herring Warden <br />ACTION: Burial Agent, Oliver Pocknett and Herring Warden, Warren Hicks. <br />Motion moved and seconded to accept above nomination. Vote carried. <br />Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Town Officers' Reports <br />or take any other action thereon. <br />ACTION: Motion moved and seconded to accept the Town Reports. Vote carried. <br />Article 3• To see if the Town will hear and act upon the reports of any <br />committee,for any purpose the Town may deem advisable. <br />ACTION: No reports, no action. <br />Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with <br />the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of <br />the revenue of the financial year beginning July 1, 1976 in accordance with the <br />provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to issue a note or notes as <br />may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with General Laws, <br />Chapter 44, Section 17. Submitted by the Treasurer. <br />Recommended by Finance Committee. <br />ACTION: Motion moved and seconded to accept Article 4 as read. Unanimous vote. <br />Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or take from <br />available funds the sum of $2,800.00 to put the town payroll on Automated Payroll <br />Services. Submitted by the Treasurer. <br />1 <br />Recommended by Finance Committee. <br />