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Article 12 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Cemetery Reserve Receipt Account $4,,300 to the Cemetery Maintenance Account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Cemetery Commission Explanation: This article proposes to use funds received from the sale of plots at the cemeteries for operating expenses related to their maintenance. Currently, one half of the funds received from sales are deposited into the Cemetery Reserve Receipt Account, an account set up specifically for the collection of fees for maintenance. A similar transfer was approved at the December 9, 2002 Special Town Meeting for FY03 operating expenses. Recommendation,: The Finance Committee recommends approval. Motion made by David Leveille, Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer $3,000 from the Cemetery Reserved Receipt Account to the Cemetery Maintenance Account. Motion passes unanimously at 9:15, p.m. Article 13 To see if the Town will vote to petition the General Court for special legislation to reclassify the Animal Control Officer as a Group 4 member of the Barnstable County Retirement System, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Police Chief Explanation: As a part of the negotiations to settle the collective bargaining agreement between the Town and the MLDC Administrator's Unit, the Board of Selectmen has agreed to sponsor an article to shift the Animal Control Officer into Group 4 of the retirement system. This is the group which includes law enforcement officers. Motion made by Kenneth Marsters. Motion: I move Article 13 be voted as printed in the warrant, with the exception of the phrase, "or take any other action relating thereto". Motion passes unanimously at 9:1.6 p.m. Article 14 To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for enactment of the legislation set forth 16