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Article 11 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from available funds $15,000 to the Sewer Commission Facilities Plan Account, and to reauthorize said account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Sewer Commission Explanation: In order to fund expenses involved in the preparation of the Town's Watershed Nitrogen Management Plan 1 Effluent Pipeline Preliminary Design project which are not covered by the Town's State Revolving Fund loan for the project, this article seeks to provide additional funds to the existing Facilities Plan Account approved under Article 10 at the October 1999 Annual Town Meeting, which is nearly exhausted. Approximately half of the proposed funds are intended to be used for public information efforts regarding the facilities plan, while it is anticipated that the remainder would be used to cover additional consultant expenses, as the Commission's prime consultant is operating on bid/contract prices set in 1999. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. Motion made by Selectman Michael Richardson. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer $15,o 0 o from Available Funds to the Sewer Commission Facilities Plan account, and further to reauthorize said account. Motion passes unanimously at 9:01.PM. Article 12 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from available funds $60,000 to the Sewer Commission Part-Time Contractor Expense Account to fund a part-time Sewer Commission Administrator position, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Sewer Commission Explanation: Mashpee has a Legal obligation to address the Nitrogen pollution of the Popponesset and East Waquoit estuaries, fresh water bodies, and our drinking water aquifer. The Sewer Commission has worked for many years to make sense out of evolving legal and technical issues to prepare a recommended solution for the town. At this point in time we are prepared to assemble this recommendation for review by the town and its citizens. We need professional help to assemble, without "conflict of interest", all of the technical information and engineering alternatives into a coherent plan. This plan will serve the residents of Mashpee while meeting mandated legal goals. To date much of the engineering recommendations have come from qualified companies that have a conflict of interest, since they will be bidders on any sewer work. To balance this the Sewer Commission is recommending engaging a qualified individual on a part time, contract basis, to coordinate the preparation of Mashpee's sewer plan without "conflict of interest" from qualified bidders.