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To establish an initial working capital for the Mashpee Transfer Station enterprise fund, an amount equal to $900,000 will be raised and appropriated in the fiscal year 2013 General Fund operating budget and allocated to the Mashpee Transfer Station enterprise fund. The purpose of this enterprise fund is to operate the solid waste disposal and recycling operations and facilities operated by or on the behalf of the Town of Mashpee, Or take any other action related thereto. Submitted by Petition Explanation: For FY 2011, the Town budget was approximately $912,000 for Transfer Station operations. This was the cost, net reimbursements of about $405,000 from the sale of approximately 4,500 annual transfer station passes at $90 per pass and reimbursements from commercial waste haulers that service the Town. The purpose of forming an enterprise fund would be to 1) cap the amount of general tax revenue that is expended on solid waste disposal services by the Town, 2)provide transparency regarding the actual cost of providing waste disposal services to the users who are paying for the services, 3), align the Town's cost of providing solid waste disposal services with those who use the service, and 4), eliminate the current practice of assessing property owner's for solid waste disposal fees to a commercial hauler who services their property and also paying solid waste disposal fees as part of their property taxes. Finance Committee recommends definitely postponing Article 30 7-0. Motion made by Don Meyers. Motion: I move that Article 31 be indefinitely postponed. Motion to indefinitely postpone Article 31 passes at 8:53 PM. Article 32 To see if the Town will vote to Oppose the continued operation of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS) until all safety improvements recommended by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as a result of lessons learned from the failures of similarly designed reactors in Fukushima, Japan have been fully implemented; and requests the NRC to immediately suspend all further action on the application of the Entergy Corporation for renewal of its license to operate PNPS until such full implementation has been accomplished. or take any other action related thereto. Submitted by Petition Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 4-0, 1 absent. Finance Committee voted to take no position by a vote of 4-1, 2 absent. Motion made by Peter White. 34