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The Finance Committee recommends article be indefinitely postponed Motion made by Selectman John Cahalane. Motion: I move to indefinitely postpone Article 2. Motion passes unanimously at 7:09 PM. Article 3 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from revenue available for appropriation the sum of $404,000 to fund the Firefighters Union Contract settlement effective July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article will fund a contract settlement for FY 2015, FY 2016 and FY 2017. The Board of Selectmen recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 4-0. Motion made by Selectman Thomas O'Hara. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer from revenue available for appropriation the sum of $404,000 to fund the Firefighters Union Contract settlement effective July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017. Motion passes unanimously at 7:09 PM. Article 4 To see if the Town will vote to create the position of Administrative Secretary within the Recreation Department/Kids Klub Enterprise, said position to be classified under the Clerical Union, SEIU 888, Grade IV, to be effective immediately, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: At the May 1, 2000 Annual Town Meeting, Article 11 authorized the transfer of various Kids Klub positions to the Town's salary schedule. The position of Administrative Secretary was inadvertently omitted. Approval of this article will rectify the situation. The Board of Selectmen recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 5-0. The Finance Committee recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 4-0. Motion made by Selectmen Carol Sherman. Motion: I move the Town vote to create the position of Administrative Secretary within the Recreation Department/Kids Klub Enterprise, said position to be classified under the Clerical Union, SEIU 888, Grade IV, to be effective immediately. Motion passes unanimously at 7:20 PM. Article 5 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer the sum of $83,000 from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation account to the FY 2017 Fire Capital account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Fire Department Explanation: This article is to fund the upgrade of the Fire/EMS reporting program, including replacement of hardware. Currently, the Town uses two separate programs for reporting; this new program will allow for both Fire and EMS reporting, and will be compliant with the Office of Emergency Medical Services reporting requirements. The Fire Department was notified in March that the current Fire incident reporting program would be discontinued, thus requiring the change to the new reporting program. Due to this need for a new Fire reporting program, as well as pending upgrade requirements and increased annual costs of the existing EMS program, it was determined that upgrading to one reporting program would be fiscally and operationally more beneficial to the Town. The Capital Improvement Committee held a special meeting and unanimously voted to approve the project. The $83,000 cost of the upgrade is distributed as follows, and all funding will be through the Ambulance Receipts account: CL