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Dear Mashpee Voters: This document is the Finance Committee's report on the Warrant Articles enacted by the Board of Selectmen for the Town Meeting of October 19, 2020. The Finance Committee is comprised of seven volunteers appointed by the Town Moderator. As mandated by the Mashpee Charter, our purpose is to review all articles posed on the Town Meeting Warrant and provide recommendations, as well as the impact on the tax rate. Also required is that the Finance Committee provide written explanations of all articles on the warrant. The Warrant for the October Town Meeting includes twenty (20) articles. Over the past month, the Finance Committee has met with the Town Manager, various Department Heads, and other Town officials for guidance, clarification, and their expertise on all articles submitted. In the following report, under each article, we have explained and offered our recommendation. This year, the Finance Committee sees the following articles to which you should pay particular attention: • Article 1 will rescind the authority to issue any remaining unissued balances for five (5) previously authorized bonds and notes. These were authorized for capital projects that are completed without the full amount of bonds or notes being issued. The total amount of these unissued is $1,334,318.70. • Articles 6 through 9 will provide the funding from reserves available for appropriation to cover the increased salaries from four union contracts which concluded negotiations. These contracts were with the Administrator's Units A and B, and the Public Works Units A & B. These increases represent the cost of living increases for the first year of the approved three-year contracts. The total amount of these contracts comes to $134,418. • Articles 13 and 14 propose updates to Mashpee's Zoning Bylaws to improve the Town's stormwater management practices and review processes to bring them in line with its MS4 General Permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. • Article 17 will authorize the acquisition of several portions of various properties around Old Barnstable Road and the Mashpee Rotary which are necessary for the Route 151 Corridor Improvement Project. • Article 18 will authorize the use of funds for designing a wastewater and stormwater collection system for the Route 151 corridor. The construction of the designed system will be concurrent with the Route 151 Corridor Improvement Project in order to avoid having to tear up the newly constructed area during a future phase of the Wastewater Management Plan. Since all of the articles in the October Warrant have funding sources and do not seek to raise funds, approval of any/all of these articles will have no impact on the FY2021 tax rate. We suggest you take time, as the Legislative Branch of the Town government, to familiarize yourself with the Warrant articles prior to Town Meeting. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask any one of us on the Finance Committee before or during Town Meeting. You may contact us by phone at (508)539-1401 or through the Town of Mashpee website at www.mashpeema.gov, by clicking on Finance Committee under the Boards & Committees tab. I look forward to seeing you on Monday, October 19, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at Mashpee High School. Thank you, Jeff Jeffrey C Pettengill — Chairman A Gregory McKelvey— Vice -Chairman Darlene Furbush —Clerk Michael R Richardson John Miller Patrick Brady 1