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Article 15: To see if the Town will vote to expand, Article 18: To see if the Town will vote to raise and renovate, equip and furnish the Town Hall (Samuel appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Davis School) and all necessary access ways and for $35,069.33 to create the position of Public Safety Dis- said purposes and for expenses incidental and related patcher Supervisor, with said funds to be apportioned thereto, the Town vote to raise and appropriate or bor- as follows: $29,333 to the Public Safety Dispatcher row a sum of money, and if by borrowing, the Trea- Salary/Wage Account, $5,277 to the Employee Med- surer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be ical Insurance Account, $34 to the Group Insurance authorized to borrow at one time or from time to time, Account, and $425.33 to the Medicare Account, or such sum of money under and pursuant to Chapter 44, take any other action relating thereto. Section 7 of the General Laws, or any other enabling Submitted by the Police Department authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town, or take any other action relating thereto. Explanation: The necessity for creating this position Submitted by the Board of Selectmen is two-fold. Firstly, the public safety dispatch center needs the additional dispatcher position daily so there Explanation: The current Town Offices are located in is not an over reliance on utilizing part-time dispatch the former Samuel Davis School, a circa 1930s facili- personnel to fill scheduling vacancies which would be ty with a 1970s addition which was transferred to best filled by full-time dispatch personnel having a Selectmen's control by the School Committee last higher level of training, skill, and experience. Second- year. This facility is badly in need of renovations to ly, with the E-911 telephone system scheduled for maintain the integrity of the original structure, and implementation sometime in the Spring of 1995, it is Town Offices are extremely cramped and working out important to have a dispatcher supervisor to liaison of very poor conditions. This article seeks to fund the between the dispatch center and the police department renovation of the existing building with additional sergeant and the fire department lieutenant. This liai- office space added over the 1970s addition to preserve son is important to ensure proper coordination of inter- this historical resource while economically meeting department and inter-department police and fire oper- the Town Office space needs for the next twenty years. ations, and a smooth and lasting transition into the E- Recommendation: The Finance Committee does not 911 and computer aided dispatch systems for the recommend approval. police and fire departments. Moreover, the new super- visor's position will assist the police and fire depart- Article 16: To see if the Town will vote to raise and ments by helping to provide training and proper man- appropriate, borrow or transfer from available funds agement of a highly technical communications and the sum of $438,527 to complete road improvement information system. In addition, the supervisory posi- ' projects under Chapter 90 of the General Laws,or take tion will provide strong management controls which any other action relating thereto. are needed for short and long term success of the E- Submitted by the Director of Public Works 911 and computer aided dispatch systems. Explanation: This article authorizes the use of State Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- Grant funds for the next two-year Chapter 90 road mends approval. improvement program. Article 19: To see if the Town will vote to raise and Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to the Capital Replacement Account, or take mends approval. any other action relating thereto. L Article 17: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant an easement to Com- Submitted by the Finance Committee monwealth Electric Company for the installation and Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- maintenance of necessary poles and equipment on the mends approval. Town-owned land located off Meetinghouse Road and shown on Mashpee Assessors Map 61, Lot 3, in order Article 20: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate to service the Town of Mashpee Police firing range, or or transfer$21,000 from the Cranberry Bogs Reserved take any other action relating thereto. Receipts Account to the Bog Operation and Mainte- nance Account, or take any other action relating there- Submitted by the Board of Selectmen to. Explanation: This article will allow Commonwealth Submitted by the Conservation Commission Electric the ability to install and maintain necessary equipment to house the Police firing range. Explanation: These monies would pay for the bog attendant's salary, the costs of analyzing and permit- Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- ting restoration of a cattail-choked section of the mends approval. Quashnet River, the costs of studying the impacts of diking off the main section of the Quashnet Bog from �! 65