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Motion to amend to 100 percent defeated at 9:09 PM. Original motion passes by 2/3rds vote at 9:09 PM. Article 10 To see if the Town will vote to raise or transfer from available funds and appropriate the sum of $50,000,for the purpose of funding the Mashpee Library project"Preserving our Past:Digitization of the Mashpee Enterprise Newspaper", or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: The goal of this project is to digitize the content of the Mashpee Enterprise weekly newspaper from the beginning of its publication in 1994 to the present. Digitization of the content to a public online archive will preserve this valuable historic resource while making it easily accessible and searchable to those in the Mashpee community and beyond. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 10 by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 10 by a vote of 3-1-1. Motion made by Selectman Thomas O'Hara. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer the sum of $50,000 from revenue available for appropriation for the purpose of funding the Mashpee Library project "Preserving our Past: Digitization of the Mashpee Enterprise Newspaper". Motion passes at 9:10 PM. Article 11 To see if the Town will vote to adopt, by local option pursuant to G.L. c. 64N, §3, the additional 3%local sales tax on the sale or transfer of marijuana or marijuana products by a marijuana retailer operating within the Town, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article would adopt a 3% local sales tax on the sale or transfer of marijuana or marijuana products by a marijuana retailer operating within the Town. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 11 by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 11 by a vote of 5-0. Motion made by Selectman Carol Sherman. 14