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to raise and appropriate or transfer from funds avail- lowing borrowing authorizations: able for appropriation a sum of money to the Ashers $21,250 Fire Pumper Rehab Art#6 ATM 10/7/96 Height Development Account and to raise said appro- $10,000 Land Acquisition Art#35 ATM 5/5/97 priation the Treasurer with the approval of the Board $60,000 Land Acquisition Art#36 ATM 5/5/97 of Selectmen be authorized to borrow at one time, or Motion passes 9:02PM from time to time, a sum of money under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7 or 8 or any other enabling Article 19: To see if the Town will vote to raise and authority and to issue bonds and notes of the Town appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of therefor, and further, to see if the Town will vote to 1 $28,300 to the Trash Expense Account or take any raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds other action relating thereto. a sum of money to the Ashers Heights Road Account I1� Submitted by Board of Health to provide interest and debt issuance expenses,or take ') any other action relating thereto. Explanation: The Board of Health in June 1997 Submitted by Petition solicited bids for the operation of the transfer sta- tion/recycling and landfill operations. The Board of Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- ',� Health budgeted $262,500 for Fiscal Year 1998. The mends approval. only bid received came in at $290,800. The present contract therefore would end on May 23, 1998. The Motion to be made by Petitioner. $28,300 requested would extend the contract to the Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and end of Fiscal Year 1998 which is June 30, 1998. transfer from revenue available for appropriation Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- $5,000, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the preparation of a plan or mends approval. plans laying out and defining the roadways within Motion to be made by Ken Marsters. the Ashers Heights Development. '4 Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and Motion passes 9.05PM unanimously. transfer$28,300 from revenue available for appro- Article 22: To see if the Town will accept the provi- -'€ priation to the Trash Expense Account. sions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 41, Motion passes 9:03PM unanimously. Section 108L, as amended, providing a career incen- Article 20: To see if the Town will vote to appropri- tive program offering base salary increases to regular ate and transfer$20,000 from the Quinaquisset Bridge full-time police officers as a reward for furthering their Account to the Quinaquisset Road Account or take education in the field of law enforcement. any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Petition `i Submitted by Department of Public Works Recommendation: The Finance Committee does not Explanation: This article seeks to transfer funds set recommend approval. ? ' aside at a previous town meeting for the repair of the Motion to be made by Petitioner. j Quinaquisset Bridge. The bridge will be repaired with Motion asses to allow Matthew Clancy, 100% of the cost paid by the State. The funds previ- ously reserved for the bridge will be used to make nec- essary repairs to Quinaquisset Road to augment the Motion passes unanimously 9:22PM. bridge repairs. Article 23: To see if the Town will agree to end the Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- relationship with Barnstable County in regards to the mends approval. Barnstable County Sheriff's Department, Motion to be made by Nancy Caffyn. Communications Division, serving as the Primary Public Safety Answering Point(P.S.A.P.)for the Town Motion: I move the Town vote to transfer $20,000 of Mashpee's Emergency 9-1-1, and that this Primary from the Quinaquisset Bridge Account to the p,S.A.P., along with all necessary equipment,be trans Quinaquisset Road Account. ferred to the Town of Mashpee's Public Safety Motion passes 9:04PM. Communication Center,located at the Mashpee Police Station at no expense to the taxpayers of the Town of y Article 21: To see if the Town will vote to authorize Mashpee, in accordance with the written agreement and empower the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan between the Town of Mashpee and the Barnstable laying out and defining the Ashers Heights County Sheriff's Department. Development and to accomplish said purpose and for Submitted by Petition expenses incidental and related thereto, the Town vote 92