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Article 5 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer $17,419 from the Waterways Improvement Fund Account to the Waterways Maintenance Account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: The funds requested will be used to offset the cost of Waterway Assistants. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 5-0, 1 absent. Motion made by Selectman Thomas O'Hara. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer $17,419 from the Waterways Improvement Fund Account to the Waterways Maintenance Account. Motion passes unanimously at 7:16 PM. Article 6 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from available funds a sum of money, based on an actual representation of need, not to exceed $336,000 to the Fiscal Year 2013 School Operating Budget, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article is the result of an agreement reached between the Finance Committee and the School Committee that would stop prepayments of Special Education costs, and to ensure the School Department Budget would be placed in MUNIS, the Town's Municipal Finance Software Program, in accordance with the Town Charter, each year beginning with the FY14 budget. In return, funds not expended at the end of FY12 would be returned through an article at the October Town Meeting with the condition that need was proven and the overall budget did not exceed $19,089,326. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 4-1. The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 4-1, 1 absent. Motion made by Selectman Michael Richardson. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer from Revenue Available for Appropriation the sum of$ 336,000 to the FY2013 School Operating Budget. Motion passes by majority vote at 7:29 PM. 4