TOWN OF DOVER
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WARRANT
for the
ANNUAL TOWN
MEETING
Monday, May 3,
2004
7:30 P.M.
Dover-Sherborn Regional School
Lindquist Commons
and
TOWN ELECTIONS
Monday, May 17, 2004
7:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Dover Town House
WARRANT COMMITTEE OPEN HEARING
Monday, March 29, 2004 at 7:30
PM
Dover Town House
Norfolk, ss.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Dover in said County,
Greetings;
In the
name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and
warn the inhabitants of the Town of Dover, qualified as the Constitution
requires to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the Lindquist Commons
Building at the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School in said Town on Monday, the
3rd day of May, 2004, at
seven-thirty o'clock in the evening then and there to act on the following
articles, to wit:
Article 1. (Selectmen) To hear and act on the various
reports of the various committees:
(a) As contained in the printed 2003 Annual
Report;
(b) Any other reports submitted to the voters by
the Town Committees.
Article 2. (Assessors)
To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 4 of Chapter 73
of the Acts of 1986 as amended by Chapter 126 of the Acts of 1988, in order to
allow an additional real estate tax exemption of up to 100 percent in Fiscal
Year 2005 for those who qualify for an exemption under clauses 17D, 22, 22A,
22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 37A, 41C, 42 or 43 of Section 5, Chapter 59 of the
Massachusetts General Laws; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 3. (Selectmen)
To see if the Town will set the salaries for its elected officials for
the ensuing fiscal year, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 4. (Selectmen)
To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for salaries and
expenditures by departments, officers, boards, and committees of the Town for
the ensuing fiscal year; to determine whether the money shall be included in
the tax levy, transferred from available funds, or provided by any combination
of these methods; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 5. (Selectmen)
To see what sums the Town will raise and appropriate for the various
capital purposes listed below; to determine whether the money shall be included
in the tax levy, transferred from available funds, borrowed, or provided by any
combination of these methods; or take any other action relative thereto:
1. Highway Department
Utility truck M-1
Ten foot seven yard sander H-3
2. Library
Audiovisual shelving for adult area
Tables and chairs for adult area
3. Park and Recreation Department
Tractor
Caryl Park Tennis Court Renovation
Whiting Road Facility fire
alarm system
4. Police Department
Patrol
Vehicles (2)
Firearms (22)
5. Selectmen
Police Station: Dispatch &
Stairway VCT Flooring Replacement
Town House: Painting outside
trim and gutters
Caryl School Building:
Maintenance
6. Town
Clerk
Laser Fiche Imaging System
Article 6. (Selectmen) To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate, or appropriate by transfer from available funds for the purpose of funding an unemployment compensation fund as authorized by Chapter 40, Section 5E, of the Massachusetts General Laws; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 7. (Selectmen)
To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate, or appropriate by
transfer from available funds to provide for the payment of accumulated sick
leave to retired police officers as authorized by Chapter 375 of the Acts of
1984; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 8. (Selectmen) To see what sum the Town will vote
to raise and appropriate, or appropriate by transfer from available funds or
borrow, or any combination of these methods, for highway construction,
reconstruction and other improvements under the authority of the Massachusetts
General Laws as funded by various state budgets; and to authorize the Selectmen
to enter into contracts, apply for, and accept, expend and borrow in
anticipation of state aid for such projects; or take any other action relative
thereto.
Article 9.
(Selectmen) To see if the Town will vote pursuant to the Massachusetts
General Laws Chapter 44, Section 53E 1/2, to authorize the use of revolving
fund accounts for the following boards or departments, and that unless
otherwise amended by Town Meeting, such accounts shall not exceed the amounts
provided as set forth in this Warrant Article for fiscal year 2005:
Building
Department
a. Gas Inspector $ 4,000
b.
Plumbing Inspector $14,800
c.
Wiring Inspector $20,000
Board of
Health
a. Perk & Deep Hole inspection
and permitting $40,000
b. Septic inspection and
permitting $40,000
c. Well inspection and
permitting $15,000
d. Swimming Pool inspection and
permitting $10,000
Dover
School Committee
a. School Instrumental Music $30,000
Building
Maintenance $ 5,000
and further, that the fees received in connection with these programs be credited to the respective accounts and that the respective board or department be authorized to make expenditures from these accounts in accordance with the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 53E 1/2; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 10.
(Personnel Board) To see if the
Town will vote to raise and appropriate, appropriate by transfer from available
funds or borrow, or any combination of these methods, for a pay and
classification study; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11. (Dover School Building Committee) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, appropriate by transfer of available funds or borrow, or any combination of these methods, additional funds to complete the Chickering School building project; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 12. (Board
of Selectmen) To see if the Town will
accept Hamlins Crossing as accepted public way, as laid out by the Board of
Selectmen, all as shown on plans on file in the Office of the Town Clerk; or
take any other action relative thereto.
Article 13. (Board
of Selectmen) To see if the Town will
vote to raise and appropriate, appropriate by transfer from available funds, or
borrow, or any combination of these methods, a sum of money for a study of
future uses of the Caryl School Building and/or site; or take any other action
relative thereto.
Article 14. (Board of Selectmen) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a lease agreement with one or more wireless communications providers for wireless communication facilities and related equipment for a period of time not to exceed twenty (20) years at the Towns Highway Garage site on 2 Dedham Street; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 15. (Board of Selectmen) To see if the Town will vote to rescind the Highway Garage borrowing authorization under Article 15 of the Warrant for the 1997 Annual Town Meeting; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 16. (Dover-Sherborn Regional School Committee) To see if the Town will vote to approve the indebtedness authorized by the Regional District School Committee of the Dover-Sherborn Regional School District for the purpose of completing the Regional School Building project; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 17. (Citizens Petition) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen, upon the petition received from Jacqueline Hassman of 1 Burnham Road; Barbara Allen and Randolph Robinson of 2 Burnham Road; Ronald and Faith Frisch of 3 Burnham Road; Robert and Judy Davis of 4 Burnham Road; Marion Santoro of 5 Burnham Road, and Benjamin and Lisa Proctor of 6 Burnham Road, all citizens of the Town of Dover, to: (1) discontinue Burnham Road as a town way pursuant to Chapter 82, Section 21 of the Massachusetts General Laws and (2) take such action as required by Chapter 82, Section 24 of the Massachusetts General Laws; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 18. (Citizens Petition) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen, upon the petition received from Merle J. Simonsma of 16 Tisdale Drive; Sheri Amara, of 23 Tisdale Drive; Peter Summers of 19 Tisdale Drive (and over 20 others), all citizens of the Town of Dover to: accept Tisdale Drive as an accepted public way; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 19. (Assessors) To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate, appropriate by transfer from available funds, or borrow, or any combination of these methods, for a revaluation of all property to be conducted under the supervision of the Board of Assessors; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 20.
(Warrant Committee) To see if the Town will appropriate pursuant to
Chapter 40, Section 6 of the Massachusetts General Laws, a sum not to exceed 5%
of the tax levy of the 2003-2004 fiscal year to be a Reserve Fund, from which
transfers are voted by the Warrant Committee from time to time and transferred
as provided by statute, and determine whether the money shall be provided by
the tax levy, by transfer from available funds including the Reserve Fund
Overlay Surplus, or by any combination of these methods; or take any other action
relative thereto.
Article 21. (Warrant Committee) To see what sum the Town
will raise and appropriate, or appropriate by transfer from available funds to
pay any unpaid bills rendered to the Town for prior years; or take any other
action relative thereto.
Article 22. (Warrant Committee) To see if the Town will
make supplemental appropriations to be used in conjunction with money
appropriated under Article 4 of the Warrant for the 2003 Annual Town Meeting,
to be expended during the current fiscal year, or make any other adjustments to
the Fiscal Year 2005 budget that may be necessary, and determine whether the
money shall be provided by transfer from available funds; or take any other
action relative thereto.
Article 23. (Warrant Committee) To see if the Town will
vote to transfer from Free Cash in the Treasury an amount to meet the
appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year and will authorize the Board of
Assessors to use the same to reduce the tax rate; or take any other action
relative thereto.
Article 24. (Selectmen) To see what sum the Town will vote
to raise and appropriate or appropriate by transfer from available funds for
the purpose of supplementing the Town of Dover Stabilization Fund in accordance
with Chapter 40, Section 5B of the
Massachusetts General Laws; or take any other action
relative thereto.
And in the name of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby further required to notify and
warn the inhabitants of the Town of Dover, qualified as aforesaid,
to assemble at the Town House in said Monday, the 17th
of May, 2004 at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the
following article, to wit:
Article 25. To
choose by ballot the following Town Offices:
Moderator....................................................................
. one year
One
member of the Board of Selectman......................
. three years
One
member of the Board of Assessors.......................
. three years
Two
members of the Dover School Committee.
.....
. three years
One
member of the Dover/Sherborn
Regional School Committee........................
.
.
three years
Two
members of the Board of Library Trustees
............ three years
One
member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners
three years
Three members of the Trustees Larrabee & Whiting
Estates . .five years
Three Constables .. three years
One member of the Planning Board.................................. five years
One member of the Planning Board . two years
(to fill an unexpired term)
One member of the Board of Health.................................. three years
Two members of the Park &
Recreation Commission...... three years
For these purposes the polls will be open at seven o'clock
in the forenoon and will close at eight o'clock in the evening.
And you
are directed to serve this warrant by (1) posting attested copies thereof on
each of the bulletin boards erected in the Town House, at the Post Office, and
in no less than three other Public places where bills and notices are usually
posted; and (2) mailing a copy thereof to or leaving same at the residence of
every registered voter fourteen days at least before the time of holding said
Meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of the Warrant with
your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time of the Meeting.
Given
under our hands this 26th day of February 2004.
___________________________________
Tobe
Deutschmann, Jr., Chairman
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Kathleen
W. Weld, Clerk
____________________________________
Charles
H. Helliwell, Jr., Member
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Carl E. Sheridan, Constable
A true copy attest: