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r The Finance Committee can make no recommendations until cost figures are available . It also should be noted that this will require a Proposition 2 1/2 Override when the de-termination of required funding is made because the Water Commissioner 's or Water District can ' t fund this expenditure. Water Commissioners are developing cost estimates to be available a Town Meeting to seek the purchase of bottled water for those residents whose well water has been contaminated. Currently, the state is pro- viding this bottled water but maintains it has the legal right to assess to the Town. the cost -of this water in the future. Article 1 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sun of money to purchase, install and secure servicing for a filter to remove contaminants from the water suplying building 14 at Summerwood as required by the Department of Environ- mental QualityEngineering, : ` -""' }s �. Motion to raise and appropriate $70,.000, ,, , ,,motion c-a ri i es contingent 'o 2ji e. . . 0 . 00990 . 0000 * 000 PeMo Ballot ll . . . . . :The Finan�uestiop e Committee foes not recommend this Article based on a letter of June 23p 1987, from Hobert P. Fagen, Deputy Regional Environmental Engineer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts DEQE t the Board of Water Commissioners, Town Hall, Mashpee, which states "The Department is of the opinion that water treatment by point of use granular activated carbon is not acceptable for consumptive purpose" and "Be advised, however , that upon submittal by a registered pro- fessional engineer skilled in water treatment and after site specific pilot plant - demonstration, t-he Department will cons-ider a proposal for such treatment for non-consumptive use. "We would reconsider our- recommendations on a proposal for consumptive use.. The funding for this will be the responsibility of the Water Commissioners and/oar Water District of the Town of Mashpee. This article is linked to a Proposition 2 1/2 override question on tomorrow' s Special Election ballot (question 17) . As much as $70, o00 will be_ requested for water filtration units by the Board of Water Commissioners. Article 16 To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 2. 7 .1 of the bylaws by deleting the words nprorided that at the 1960 election members of the Planning Board shall be eectedr one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years, subsequent annual 9