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Town of Mashpee Explanation: This article is necessary to pay Fiscal year 1997 bills received after the close of the fiscal Special Town Meeting Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends The meeting was called to order at 7:38 PM- approval. 392 voters present Quorum - 100 Motion to be made by Curtis Frye. Acknowledgment of George Costa. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and Acknowledgment of Jane D. Labute. transfer $1,084.02 from the Department of Public Barnstable, ss: Greetings Works Snow and Ice Account to various unpaid bill accounts to be distributed by the Town Accountant. To the Constables of the Town, Motion passes unanimous 7:43 p.m. In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and summon the Article 3 inhabitants of the Town of Mashpee who are qualified To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and trans- to vote in the elections to meet at the Quashnet School fer from available funds, $32,400 to the Police on Monday, the 4th day of May, 1998 at 7:30 p.m. for Department Dispatcher Salary / Wage Account, or the following purposes: take any other action relating thereto. To act on the articles contained in the following Submitted by Police Department Warrant. Explanation: The monies requested in this article are Article I needed to fund unanticipated and unforeseen shortfalls To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and trans- due to the retirement of one dispatcher and the extra- fer from the Medical Insurance Account, $9,600 to be ordinary use of sick leave by other dispatchers due to distributed as follows: $8,000 to the Medicare illness. Account and $1,600 to the Group Insurance Account, Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends or take any other action relating thereto. approval. Submitted b the Treasurer Y Motion to be made by Kenneth Marsters. , Explanation: The amount for Medicare is due to the Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and increase in payroll, and the group insurance is due to transfer$32,400 from the Department of Public Works the increase in participants. Snow and Ice Account to the Police Dispatchers Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends Salary/Wage Account. approval. Motion passes. 7:46 p.m. Motion to be made by George Costa. Article 4 Motion: I move Article 1 be voted as printed in the To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and trans- warrant, with the exception of the phrase, "or take any fer from available funds, $39,134 to the Police other action relating thereto." Computer Technology Account, or take any other Motion passes unanimous 7:40 p.m. action relating thereto. Article 2 Submitted by the Police Department To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and trans- Explanation: The monies requested will serve as fer from available funds$1,084.02 to pay previous fis- matching funds for a federal grant awarded to the cal year unpaid bills as follows: police department in the amount of $97,199. The grant, under COPS MORE 96, will allow the police Mashpee Public Schools Parent/ department to significantly upgrade its technology in Teacher Organization $ 27.83 three key areas. First, there will be a full upgrade of Bell Atlantic $ 48.60 the dated network computer system, a system that is Colonial Gas Company $ 407.47 the core components of the police department's ability Cape Cod Rehabilitation $ 132.54 to process and store many thousands of documents Falmouth Hospital $ 460.00 each year that serve as the required reference for the Upper Cape Ophthalmology $ 7.58 police response to calls for service and criminal inves- or take any other action relating thereto. tigations. Secondly, we would fully upgrade our in- car computer program, installing terminals in all Submitted by the Town Accountant marked cruisers and providing department investiga- 43