Town of Brookfield - Special Town Meeting

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Date & Time: Monday, November 23, 2009
7:00 PM-8:00 PM
Suggested Audiences: Elders, Adult, College
Location:
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Banquet Room
6 Central Street
Brookfield, MA 01506
Description: THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
November 23, 2009


WORCESTER, SS:

TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF BROOKFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER

GREETINGS:

IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED TO NOTIFY AND WARN THE INHABITANTS OF SAID TOWN, QUALIFIED TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS AND IN TOWN AFFAIRS, TO MEET AT THE TO MEET AT THE BROOKFIELD TOWN HALL, Banquet Room, 6 CENTRAL STREET, BROOKFIELD, MA ON MONDAY, November 23, 2009 AT 7:00 P.M. TO ACT ON THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES:

ARTICLE 1: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money to be used for the Highway Department Used Truck Account, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 2: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money for the Highway Department Part-Time Salary Account, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 3: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money for the Highway Department’s Overtime Account, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 4: To see if the Town will vote pursuant to General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6N, and the Town’s General By-Laws, Chapter XII, Section 4, to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money to repair private ways as may be determined by the Selectmen, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 5: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money to be used for the purchase of Private Way signs, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 6: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money to be used to pay $6.00 to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, a late bill of the Assessors from Fiscal Year 2009, or take any action relative thereto. (Sponsored by the Assessors)

ARTICLE 7: To see if the Town will vote to amend the by-laws of the Town by inserting the following new section as,

Chapter XI, Section 6: Public Consumption or Use of Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol
a) No person, whether in or upon a motor vehicle, conveyance, or on foot, shall display, burn, smoke, ingest, or otherwise use or consume Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol (as defined in G.L. c 94C, §1, as amended) while in or upon an area owned by or under the control of the Town of Brookfield, including but not limited to any street, sidewalk, public way, foot way, passageway, stairs, bridge, park, playground, cemetery, or parking lot; or in or upon any place to which the public has the right of access as invitees or licensees.
b) Any Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol that is seized in violation of this By-law shall be seized, held, and disposed of in accordance with G.L. c. 94C §47A.
c) Whoever is found in violation of this By-Law, when requested by an official authorized to enforce this By-Law, shall state his or her true name and address to said official. Any individual who refuses to comply with this section may be subject to a warrantless arrest.
d) This By-Law may be enforced through any lawful means in law or in equity including, but not limited to, enforcement by criminal indictment or complaint pursuant to G.L. c. 40 §21, or by non-criminal disposition pursuant to G.L. c. 40 §21D, by the Board of Selectmen, or their duly authorized agents, or any police officer.
e) The fine for a violation of this By-Law shall be Three Hundred Dollars ($300) for each offense.
f) In case any section, paragraph or part of this by-law is for any reason declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court, every other section, paragraph and part shall continue in full force and effect.

or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 8: To see if the Town will vote to amend the by-laws of the Town by inserting the following new section as:
Chapter XI Section 7: Public Consumption of Alcoholic Beverage
“No person shall publicly consume any alcoholic beverage in any Town Park, Cemetery, the Town Common, or on any public way in the Town of Brookfield. Any person violating this By-Law, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for each offense;
or take any other action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 9: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money to purchase a new police cruiser and further to trade in or sell the 2002 Crown Victoria police cruiser, or take any action relative thereto. (Sponsored by the Police Department) (Request to transfer from the Fleet Stabilization Account)

ARTICLE 10: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a lease upon such terms and conditions that the Selectmen deem to be in the interests of the Town for the lease of premises for the use as the Town’s interim police station; or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 11: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money for the fire department asset repair/replacement account, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 12: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money to be used in the Town Hall for computer security, etc., or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 13: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money to be used to cover the Fiscal 2009 budget deficit, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 14: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer or borrow a sum of money to be used to cover the Fiscal 2010 budget deficit, or take any action relative thereto.

NO OTHER ARTICLES – 14 total.

And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof, at the Town Hall and Post Office in said Town, fourteen days at least before the time of the holding of said meeting.

Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of the meeting, as aforesaid. Given under our hands this Fifth (5th) day of November, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine.

Respectfully Submitted,
SELECTMEN OF BROOKFIELD

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Rudy Heller, Chairman

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James W. Allen, Vice Chairman

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Peter S. O’Connell, Clerk

A True Copy, Attest:

_____________________
Constable of Brookfield

Worcester, SS:
Brookfield, Massachusetts

Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Brookfield by posting up attested copies of same at the U.S. Post Office on _____day, November ___, 2009 at _________ a.m./p.m. and at the Brookfield Town Hall at ______ a.m./p.m. on the same day.

Fourteen days before the date of the meeting, as within directed.

_______________________
Constable of Brookfield

TRUE COPY ATTEST:
____________________________
LINDA M. LINCOLN, CMMC
More Information: E-mail: dneylon@brookfieldma.us
Phone: 508-867-2930x10
Entered by: Donna L. Neylon

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Created: October 22, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Last Modified: November 12, 2009 at 8:50 AM

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