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Explanation: This article is to fund the upgrade of the Fire/EMS reporting program, including replacement of hardware. Currently, the Town uses two separate programs for reporting; this new program will allow for both Fire and EMS reporting, and will be compliant with the Office of Emergency Medical Services reporting requirements. The Fire Department was notified in March that the current Fire incident reporting program would be discontinued, thus requiring the change to the new reporting program. Due to this need for a new Fire reporting program, as well as pending upgrade requirements and increased annual costs of the existing EMS program, it was determined that upgrading to one reporting program would be fiscally and operationally more beneficial to the Town. The Capital Improvement Committee held a special meeting and unanimously voted to approve the project. The $83,000 cost of the upgrade is distributed as follows, and all funding will be through the Ambulance Receipts account: $38,950 ImageTrend program—includes CAD integration and personnel training $33,000 Purchase of six (6) laptop/table computers for Fire vehicles $ 9,610 Purchase of computer mounts, antenna, installation and Windows licensing $ 1,440 Six months of Verizon wireless service to cover FY 2017 costs The Board of Selectmen recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 6-0. Motion made by Selectman John Cotton. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer the sum of $83,000 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation account to the FY 2017 Fire Capital account. Motion passes unanimously at 7:11 PM. Article 6 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $25,077.73 from the Cable Access Special Revenue fund to the Cable Access Receipts Reserved fund, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Town Accountant/Finance Director Explanation: The Department of Revenue has required municipalities to account for Cable Access funds in a Receipts Reserved account, beginning in FY 2017. This article will transfer the June 30, 2016 balance in the previous Cable Access fund to the new fund. The Board of Selectmen recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 6-0. Motion made by Selectman Andrew Gottlieb. 4