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k Friday,APri114,1995 � t Page Four B - - INt,ysttta�(ga1 • LEGAL. NOTICE ' 7. `, LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEG LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE. LEGAL NOTICE AIN�T��E Protection;and for said purpose and expenses incidental and related thereto the Article 23. TOWN OF MASHPEE Article 4. Town vote t appropriate and authorize the Treasurer with the approval p the Board the Board of Sel da art-tune position of Administrative Clerk of Selectmen to borrow$1,263,000 at one time or from time to time pursuant to To see if the Town.will vote to authorize To see if the Town will vote t create the pd to lication to the Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coord�en g,, Cha ter 44, 1 T t the Personnel Department,Grade 4,Step 1 f t $9,371 with sa d funds to pbe issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, further t raise land appropriate$500 designation n e the following described area,as shown on a titin m Annual Town Mating for nineteen hours weekly and to raise and appropriateel part-Time rY tip the Debt Issuance Account,and to authorize the Board of Health,acting through office,as an economic opportunity area(as shown on Mash lap m Town t, distributed as follows:$8,705 to the rsr}ptnriact on relating thereto.Account and$666 32,33,34 35 Map ea t the Medicare Account or rake any its Chairman,be authorized to apply for,accept and expend any state a federal Lots 2, 19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,3l Asacssna t grants or loans which may become available for this purpose,or take any other authorize pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 23A of the General Laws authorize the Selectmen to take such actions as,are necessa �h' .h i Barnstable,ss: Giretinga Submitted by Ilse Personnel Board action relating thereto, application consistent with the Council's requirements,or oto a0 To the Constables of the Town, Submitted by the Board of Health relating thereto. Y o Explanation: The Town's Personnel Department is directly impacted as other In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,you are hereby to departments ontnue to grow with additional personnel. Personnel needs cannot be Explanation: In 1993 D.E.P. classified unlined,municipal,landfills into four Submitted b notify and summon the inhabitants of the Town of Mashpee who are qualifi met with current staffing. The Personnel Department'n support staffinorder g Y la°BO Y Isfda categories based on available information. The four categories are Significant vote in the elections t meet at the Mashpee Middle School on Monde,the Y streamline operations. We must have an increase of hours n Supp Y Threat,potential Threat,No Present Threat and Inconclusive Data. The Mashpee Explanation: This article authorizes the Board of Selectmen to of May, at 7:30 m.for the following purposes: to achieve department oats and priorities and to improve greater efficiency,i.e., p Y P• 8 P P g policies continuing the annual review of landfill originally was categorized as a significant threat,however,after providing the State to designate the Town's Industrial Park as an Economic Make P�hca '1'` centralizing all documents,review of town p for economic development purposes. This designation enables busirle uy h, To act on the articles contained in the following Warrant. job descriptions and rating of town positions.This action will make the department D.E.P.with additional information,the landfill was reclassified as a Potential Threat. The D.E.P.initiated negotiations with Mashpee to arrange a landfill closure to locate or expand in the industrial park t apply for Massachusetts invutrt b more cost effective. aid schedule,as a result,the Town was'able to extend the life of the landfill to 1998. credits and local property tax incentives in order to create jobs e�; Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. However,the D.E.P.requires that the engineering work associated with the closure development for our community. This is a step in a multistage proce f be completed in advance. projects under this designation will require an additional vote of Town M � Article I. aPProvaL it Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. i To choose for a one-year term a burial agent,or take any other action seledir9 Article 5: Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends a A thereto. Article 14. approval To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a Submitted by the Board ofSelecbFn the sum of$8,074 to create a limited part-time Driver position under Appendix B of To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds y ' the Personnel Adtttinistration Plan at the Council on Aging,Grade 6,Step 1,with a sum of money to the Board of Selectmen Rewards Account,or take any other Article 24. .� 5 said funds to be distributed as follows: $7,500 to the COA Salary and Wage action relating thereto. Explanation: This is the only position elected at the Annual Town Meeting.All Account$574 to the Medicare Account,or take any other action relating thereto. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the care,custody,management ad other elected positions are included on the ballot of the Annual Election.'die Submitted by the Board of Selectmen of the portion of land described in this Article from the Board of Se �i incumbent is Leigh Potter. Submitted by the Council On Aging municipal use,including construction of a high school and related facilities Article 2. Explanation: This money is necessary to allow the Town to offer rewards for Board of Selectmen for such municipal use,and in addition for the u Explanation: The Council on Aging is seeking grant funding for a van to transport information leading to the conviction of vandals ro Town property. conveying a conservation restriction,and to authorize the Board of Sel seniors and disabled citizens to Town Meetings,shopping trips,doctor and hospital grant to the United Statesof America,acting by and through the Fish& To see if the Town will fix the salaries of the following elected officers as prodded appointments,special trips,rides to the Senior Center and volunteer opportunities, in Chapter 41,Section 108,of the General Laws for the period of July I i97�2o et:throughout Town.This driver position will be used to operate said van on an s Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. Service and its successors and permitted assigns a Conservation 3,on 3 perpetuity,under the provisions of MGL Chapter 184,Sections 31-33,on a , June 30,19%,and further to see if the Town will vote to raise and approptiate,and needed basis for routine and non-routine schedules. The position will operate an transfer and appropriate a sum of money to defray the Town's ex nses fdr the of that parcel of Town-owned land shown on a"Plan of band to be Acq°� Pear Y Y pe average of 14.5 hours per week and is necessary to help validate the grant request. Article 15. Town for School Purposes in Mashpee,Massachusetts,"dated Deceor e,5 ensuing fiscal year according to the following line item budget with the maximum _ amount to be appropriated as shown in the column entitled"Dept FY96 R pp and prepared by BSS Design,Inc.,which lies within the following thence wtsblt (See Omnibus Article),or take any other action relating thereto. P Recommendation: The Finance Committee does not recommend approval. To see if the Town will vote to expand,renovate,equip and furnish the Town Hall Beginning at the northestemmost comer of said parcel,thence wesar Article 6.. (Samuel Davis School)and all necessary access ways and for said purposes and for 500 feet along the southern sideline of the Nathan B.Ellis Highway(go� Submitted by the Board of Selectrrien expenses incidental and related thereto,the Town vote to raise and appropriate or 15 1) to a point, thence southerly in a straight line to a point an th n..««.a,,,. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel Administration Plan by deleting " borrow a sum of money,and if by borrowing,the Treasurer with the approval of the northerly sideline of a Commonwealth Electric Company power liar. Appendix A(Position Classifications)'and Appendix B (Salary Schedule)and Board of Selectmen be authorizedborrow at one to btime or from time to time,such easement lying 500 feet westerly of the center of the QuamnetRivi substituting a new Appendix A and Appendix B,copies of which are on file in the stun of money under and pursuant to Chapter 44,Section 7 of the General Laws,or thence westerly along the northerly sideline of said easement to th rt,m "rda`s`�"' aia6iMj+ office of the Town Clerk,and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available any other enabling authority,and to issue bonds or notes of the Town,or take any westerly boundary of the parcel,thence southerly,easterly andno*t i other action relating thereto. by the westerly southerly and easterly boundaries of said parcel to iii p ►,.,� � iiia« n«« funds a sum of money for the purpose of funding the salary changes indicated in �1 said new Appendix A and Appendix B,or take any other action relating thereto. of beginning, 319 AD ir.74M and by the Board of Selectmen and furthermore t authorize the Selectmen t enter into any agreements and e m inters, sfI9 .. ' it nss,,aom ,i'w'mm Submitted by the Personnel Board coo a any and all instruments s may be necessary on behalf of the town to effecta>C . uo,nao Explanation: The current Town Offices are located in the former Samuel Davis grant,or take any other action relating there[: Explanation: This article is based on the reclassification study of all P.A.P. School,a circa 1930s facility with a 1970s addition which was transferred to positions. The action on this article will promote both internal and extemal equity, Selectmen's control by the School Committee last year.This facility is badly in need Submitted by the Board ofSdatti and has been forwarded as a result of study and recommendation by the of renovations to maintain the integrity of the original structure,and T6wn Offices Massachusetts Municipal Consulting Group. are extremely cramped and working out of very poor conditions.This article seeks to Explanation: This article would authorize the Board of Selectmen to OT, fund the renovation of the existing building with additional office space added over Conservation Restriction to the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service uncertain ' Recommendation: The Finance Committee will make a recommendation at Town the 1970s addition to preserve this historical resource while economically meeting of the new high school site which He along the Quashnet River and soup Meeting, the Town Office space needs for the next twenty years. including,a Commonwealth Electric power line easement. The Restricdoafl affect any of the land proposed t be used for school facilities,includii Recommendation: The Finance Committee does not recommend approval. expansion areas. It is proposed by the Selectmen in order to provide tkFJ Article 7. Article 16. Wildlife Service with a legal interest in a parcel of land,which is requindig they can begin formal operations of the proposed National Wildlife Re*,% To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate,borrow or transfer from land would continue to be owned and managed by the Town. sri«e s,,«, , the sum of$121,930 to the Firefighters Salary Account to fund four Firefi ter/EMT �+ � . available finds the stun of$438,527 ro complete road improvement projects under .,,..,.e,e.•, positions to be expended as follows: $99,247 to the Firefighters Salary Account, Chapter 90 of the General.Laws,or take any other action relating thereto. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. $21,107 to the Health Insurance Account,$1,440 to the Medicare Account,and $136 Group Insurance Account,or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Director of Public Works Article 25. Submitted by the Fire Chief Explanation: This article authorizes the use of State Grant funds for the next two- year Chapter 90 road improvement program. To see if the Town will vote to accept, pursuant to G.L. C.82,r ; Firefighter/EMTs This action will allow the Fire Chief to appoint foul additional relocation and alteration of the layout of Great Oak Road as a public way ail Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. on a plan entitled"Roadway Easement Plan of Land,Mashpee,Massad rY Recommendation: Th=Dvade Finance Committee recommends a royal. prepared by Bostwick Engineering,Inc.,dated June 15,1994 which laiftl PP have been filed n the office of the Town Clerk not later than sevenrl4Ysp a? Article 8. Article I7. date of the vote hereunder,and to authorize the Board of Selectmzn to rR' gift,purchase or eminent,domain taking any land necessary for the putpoststil To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant an way as so relocated and altered,and to raise and appropriate,transfer homaia To see if the Town will vote to create a Leisure Services Child Care Coordinator easement to Commonwealth Electric Company for the installation and maintenance funds or borrow a sum or sums for such purchase or taking and for constn d°6n position,Grade 4,Step 1 of the Personnel Administration Plan, to be funded of necessary poles and equipment on the Town-owned land located off reconstructing such public way,or take any other action rearing thereto. to.:die g s ,vice the Town of M shon Mashpee Assessors Ma 6 �o g isurekServ'ces 1 r [her action relatin MeetinghouseshownP 1.Lot 3,n order to bb ,: ,•,. 1::,cR�XA Y�$t1S5flynt.A{k�fF;r?fnY o therel0: .J . . ,, n fr.,r�3 . Marr,r; i 3S _ BOa�of,"', Pe 1FC U7Ogrrange.cot taloe•atiy flthet•aation relating• brrutted by the. 04 Submitted by the Leisure Services Director J a ri1'iu.r. ;f I+; p14R an.,This,aTtiF is nakssWAo.ortect,de&t;ts in the lynWolgOak s>• w,ssem.mas<,m.,, n..r<o,.,,u,r .. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Road which create encroachments onto private property. rrio➢f aa„o, Explanation:,This Article creates the Position of Child Cart Coordinator for the Explanatitisiarticle will allow Gommonwe�alth Electric the ability to'insrall` Leisure Services Dejtarttnent which is necessitated due to the increased program ty I(scommendlino late Finance Corntnittee recommends approval. Participation experienced by the Department:including Pre-School and After-School and maintain necessary equipment to house the Police firing range. Child Care,Summer Camps,and planned Before-School Child Care. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. ~ Article 26. e Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. Road, To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of High Saln Article 18: Matchewuttah Road,and Papnommett Road s public ways as shoton Plans Article 9. entitled"Compiled Road Taking Plan for Sachem Village Subdivision ytashpee, To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds Barnstable County,Massachusetts",dated January 25,1995 by the B t,Group, To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds with the sum aid fu dof �at33 to be apportionethe d as follows:sition ofPublic 3331to the Publiispatcher c Safety than seven days prior to the datout shall have een oftheed in the office of the vote hereunder and to mown Clter ei Board of the sum of$8,841 to create a 19 hour Circulation Assistant position,Grade 3,Ste Dispatcher Sala /Wa a Account,$5,277 to the Employee Medical Insurance Selectmen to acquire by gift,purchase or eminent domain takingany le ec ssary 1,of the Personnel Administration Plan with said funds to be distributed as follows Account, $34 t oche Group Insurance Account, and$425.33 to the Medicare for the purposes of such ways as so laid out,and to raise and a any 1anFcensfer $8,211 to the Library Salary and Wage Account,$630 to the Medicare Account,or, Account,or take any other action relating thereto. from available funds or borrow a sum or sums for such purchase or takii and for take any other action relating thereto. constructing or reconstructing said public ways,including costs therefor,al further Submitted b the Board of Lib Submitted by the Police Department to authorize the Board of Selectmen to assess betterments to the owners the land Y racy Trustees abutting the ways,or take any other action relating thereto. Explanation: The Library has not added a new position since 1988, Since that Explanation: The necessity for public safety dispatch center needs the additional position this spat her position d.daily aily sotly,the there is time,circulation and usage of the Library has increased from 34,976 circulation not an over reliance on utilizing part-time dispatch personnel to fill scheduling Submitted by the DPVIDirectr' transactions per year to 72,151 transactions in FY94;an increase of 106%. In the vacancies which would be best filled by full-time dispatch personnel having a higher Explanation: These roads'were petitioned and approved for taking at theDctober current year,FY95,circulation transactions will surpass 80,000 items. The Libra level of training,skill,and experience. Secondly,with the E-911 telephone system 1994 Town Meeting. PY1°" '"19°6 °oied> has delayed asking for additional staffing over the last several ears because of the scheduled'for int lementation sometime in the S Y p piing of 1995,it is important to have difficult funding situation facing the Town,even though increasing volume of a dispatcher supervisor to liaison between the dispatch center and the police Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends app rovah circulation would have justified the request The Library cannot continue t provide department sergeant and the fire department lieutenant. This liaison is important to the same level of services without additional staffing. Addin an additional Position ensure proper coordination of inter-department and inter-department police and fire will help the Library to continue to provide library and information services to its operations,and a smooth and lasting transition into the E-911 and computer aided Article 27. patrons while coping with an average growth rate of 14%per year. P police and fire departments. Moreover, the new ••• '" tie,aa _ r,« sof dispatch systems for the Recommendation: The Finance Committee does not recommend a P g highly approval. traininganes dproper r manaill gement enst the toof a hilice d hly techntanical comments by unications cat onlping to s and Street,comvide To see if pass ss Drive,Topsail Road,Shiwill vote to accept the ps Drrivout of ShiPs e intern Drive Clipper w«� n«r P P P Ships Wheel Drive, rr«x information system. In addition,the supervisory position will provide strong Davit Road,Porthole Drive,Ships Anchor Drive,and Shipwreck Drive,• Dn rroa« „rat 22 ail "alArticle 10, management controls which are needed for short and long term success of the E-911 ways as shown on plans entitled"Compiled Road Taking plan for Clipperas public p y Village Subdivision in Mshpee,Barnstable County,Massachusetts" dated Ship and computer aided dispatch systems. aced January To see if the Town will vote to raise.and appropriate or transfer from available funds Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. of the Tow25,1995 n Clethe rk,not later[than seven days prior to thyout pe date of thhave been e vo m the office and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift,purchase hereunder-, the sum of$30,758.64 to the DPW Salary/Wage Account to fund one Heavy domain taking any land necessary for the purposes of such ways as so laid out,natni Equipment Operator position to be expended as follows: $25,044 to the DPW t raise and appropriate,transfer from available funds or borrow a sum or Salary/Wage Account,$5,276.64 to the Health Insurance Account,$404 to the Medicare Account,and$34 Group Insurance Account,or take any outer action Article 19. such purchase or taking and for constructing or reconstructing said is j for relating there[. Public lira s To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds including costs therefor,and further to authorize the Board of Selectmen to assess a stun of money to the Capital Replacement Account,or take any other action relating betterments to the owners of the land abutting the ways,or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the DPW Director thereto- Submitted b the D Explanation: DPW is responsible for eight Town buildings, Town roads, Submitted by the Finance Committee Y P�'Director a Heritage Park,and Town beaches. In order to provide more capable service to the Explanation: These roads were petitioned and approved for taking at the October residents and property owners of Mashpee,we request to increase the staff level from 12 to 14,which was the number of staff present in 1988. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. 1994 Town Meeting. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval Recommendation: The Finance Committee does not recommend approval. Article 20. p ro nate and transfer$21,000 from the Cranberry Article 28. ; To set if the Town will vote to a p P and Maintenance Account,or Article 11. Bogs Reserved Receipts Account to the Bog operationTo see if.the Town will vote to grant to the Mashcce Water District a water ..�, take any other action relating thereto• distribution easement over the Mashpee-owned land shown on Assessors Map 73 To see if the Town will vote to approve the annual regional school district budget for Submitted by the Conservation Commission Lot 33,in order to connect to the water line on Route 151,or take any other action the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School District for the fiscal year beginning rearing there[ ..�. July 1,1995,n the amount of$5,898,230 and further,to see if the Town ll vote These monies would pay for the bog atendant's salary,the costs of to raise and appropriate$476,130 to meet its share of the cost of Operation and rise m restoration of a cattaiI choked section of the Quashnet Submitted by the Water District Pe Explanation: anrerrance of the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School District for the fiscal analyzing and Pe gin the impacts of diking off the main section of the the costs of studying reve eta[ion of banks on the Explanation: The Water District is requesting this easement to allow the year beginning July 1,1995,or take any other action relating thereto. River, from an adjacent wetland system, g connection of the Quashnet Valley sub-division to Route 151. This connection will r. Quashnet Bog desi for a new water control structure at the head yyypw the District to"loop"the water distribution system within the development. Article 3. ' Submitted by the Treasurer/Tax Collector Quashnet River and ter(as i leaves gin Quits River(as it leaves Johns Pond). Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. Explanation: Mashpee's share of the Regional Technical High School budget is of the Q The Finance Committee recommends approval. $476,130. There are 55 students from Mashpee at the Regional Technical High Recommendation- Article 29. Recommendation- vote hear the report of the Capital Improvement Coiisrnittee and to see if the Town will School.vote t raise and appropriate,borrow or transfer from available funds in the treasury To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen pursuant t MGL a sum of money to various department Capital Expense ( P Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. Article 21 hr 515.000 from the Cranberry 40 §4A t enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the Town of Sandwich for Requests),or take any other action relating thereto. Accounts See Capital Pp will vote t appropriate and trans To see if the Town Account to the Conservation Lands Maintenance and �reciprocal use of Animal Control Officers between each two o such terms and Submitted by Board of Selectmen Article I2. Reserved Receipts other action relating there[. other conditions s the Board deems to be in the best interest of the Town,or take any r�r Bog Rese m Account,or take any other action reatrn there[. Improvement Submitted by the Conservation Commission g To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds Submitted by the Board of Selectmen directionthe used for our tnterpre Tours Program, • � tom tw«,,,,�„ the sum of$15,000 ro the Waterways Improvement Account to be expended under mon' would be - dredgingand other watetwapf Selectmen for ys improvement mPurposes Mashpee,ort take ane other n o These ilization of tint area°f on Mashpee[raiRiver work and resource where emergency Explanation: Passage of this Article would utilize the services of each Town's projects pe y for rev ger ' e bihzati Animal Control Officer as an Assistant Animal Control Officer in order that each action relating thereto, far revegetan done and for bank edging vis rva. Lands. Town may provide the other with mutual aid coverage for Priority Code 1 Animal Harbormaster work on COr- itete ends approval. Control Calls when the resident Animal Control Officer s on vacation of other leave itted by the Explanation: Due to normal sedimentation,the reviously dred ed channlls nRecommendation• Time Finance Corrin o� of absence. previously g Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. Waquoit and Popponesset Bays will need dredging son. To do that,the permits that have expired need to be renewed,and that will require professional engineering 22- appor transfer from available funds _ _ Articlewin to raise a Acce take any other action relating Article 30. vola Rcommendarion:The Fu,anee Committee will,nake a recommendation at Town a�i m�new no�Stabilize TTosee if the Town de of the Town of Mvote to shpee by deleting tplterp15,Article III,Sectirate on 15-7 twenty-five fthe Meeting- ' there[- Submitted by the Ftrtazmce Conariirttce ,mss($0,25)per mile of travel..:'and inserting in its place,"...the rate of thirty Article 13. tee re tmmends approval. cents($030)per mile of travel.",or take any other action relating thereto. Emil To see if the Town will vote to provide for design. n; The Finance committee Submitted by the Treasu11 rer/Tax Collector and an_ P gin,construction,construction Recommnida� of ishnees Path sanitary yllandfill s required by the of remediation alternatives the closure Er and capping Department of Envirotu„ental r • r