Special Town Meeting Wednesday 7 p.m.

Initial Draft Talking Points
12/9/2009
Ted - ARTICLE 1: I move that the town appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the amount of $70,600 to pay for Technical School expenses.
• 4 additional students going to Tech
• Last year we had 2 students at Tech.
• We are transporting the Tech kids to the school.
• Last year we were able to share a bus for part of the way with Charlemont. This
year it works out to be about the same to transport them directly to the school.
Dave - ARTICLE 2: I move that the town appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the amount of $7,000 to pay for Tax Title expenses.
• 3 land only parcels are ready to go to auction.
• Outstanding tax on these properties is about $18,913.
• Assessed value of the properties is $133,900.
• The-important point is that.we need to sell these parcels in order to get them back on the tax rolls.
Dave - ARTICLE 3: I move that the town appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the amount of $5,000 to pay for Legal expenses.
Tom - ARTICLE 4: I move that the town appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the amount of $3,500 to pay for Election expenses.
• There are 3 elections in this fiscal year.
• Costs will include paying a constable and police officers, feeding the volunteer election workers and programming of the voting machine.
Ted - ARTICLE 5: I move that the town transfer-from Police Fuel the amount of $3,400 to pay for Police Department expenses.
Tom — ARTICLE 5 (6): I move that the town appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the amount of $1,989 to pay for Fire Department expenses.
• This is the matching grant from the state which the select board agreed to support if Del paid for it initially out of the fire department budget.
Ted - ARTICLE 6 (7): I move that the town transfer from Assessor Clerk Expenses the amount of $1,500 to pay for Municipal Clerk Assistant expenses.
• This money is to pay the balance needed for the municipal clerk assistant line item.
• This position is now one that supports the assessors in addition to the town administrator, town clerk and collector.'