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I Y Motion made b Anthony Cocuzzo. The Board of Selectmen recommends defeat of this Motion: I move the Town vote to accept the layout as article by a vote of 5-0. public ways of Snead Drive, Miller Circle, Nelson Circle, Hogan Drive, Great Hay Road, Player Circle, The Finance Committee recommended 6-0 to and Palmer Road as shown on a plan entitled defeat the article. "Easement Taking and Layout Plan at Snead Drive, Miller Circle,Nelson Circle, Hogan Drive, Great Hay Motion made by Richard Bailey: I move to see if Road, Player Circle, and Palmer Road in Mashpee, the Town will transfer and appropriated $450,000 Massachusetts (Barnstable County)", dated March 12, from the stabilization fund to the School Committee to 2008 and prepared by Eagle Surveying, Inc., which offset budget reductions. layout shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk,not later than seven days prior to the date of the Amended motion made by Richard Bailey: I move vote hereunder and to authorize the Board of to see if the Town will transfer and appropriate Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent $295,000 from the stabilization fund to the School domain taking any land necessary for the purposes of Committee to offset budget reductions. j such ways as so laid out, and to appropriate $264,172 to the Quashnet Valley Estates Roadways Account and Motion made to extend Town Meeting until to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the 10:30PM made at 10:03PM. Board of Selectmen, to borrow at one time, or from time to time,under and pursuant to Chapter 44 Section Motion to extend Town Meeting until 10:30 PM 7 or 8 or any other enabling authority for such pur- passes at 10:03 PM. chase or taking and layout including costs of con- structing such ways and legal financing and other Motion defeated 135 to 132 at 10:28 PM. costs incidental and related thereto; and further autho- rize the Board of Selectmen to assess betterments to Motion made to adjourn Town Meeting at 10:28 the owners of the land abutting the ways. PM Motion passes unanimously at 9:22 PM. Town Meeting adjourned at 10:28 PM. Article 21 To see if the Town will appropriate$450,000 from the stabilization fund to the school committee to offset budget reductions. Submitted by Petition Explanation: The school committee's budget had a zero percent increase in FY10, which required the elimination of 21 school positions. A 2%reduction in r� FY 11 creates a budget gap $1,600,000 that will require further elimination of school positions and + will result in reduced programs for Mashpee students. The town has nearly $5,000,000 in so-called "rainy ' day" funds, including $1,807,815 in free cash and $3,104,025 in the stabilization fund. In addition, the town expects to earn $2,000,000 in new revenues in FY 11 from the sale of town-owned land. These funds can replace the $450,000 requested by the school committee 57