Town of Shirley - Shirley, MA

Holds were requested for the following line items:Line # Department/Account Name129 Chief Administrative Officer155 Computer Operations192 Public Buildings512 Board of Health Recycling514 Nashoba Board of Health611 LibraryThe moderator advised that we would vote first on the items that had not been held; then, afterdiscussing the held items, we would vote on those separately.David Swain moved that the Town vote to appropriate $10,405,957.21 for the General OperatingBudget of the Town for the period beginning July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 (Fiscal Year2013) to defray the operations and other necessary and proper charges, costs, and expenses of theboards, commissions, committees, officers, and departments of the Town, together with thepayment of debt service, for said Fiscal Year 2012, with each item considered to be a separateappropriation, all as set forth in the Warrant, such amounts to be provided by:$10,103,510.59 from Raise and Appropriate$ 230,035.82 to be appropriated from Free Cash$ 2,400.00 to be appropriated by a transfer from the Town’s Sale ofCemetery Lots Receipts Account$ 11,100.00 to be appropriated by a transfer from the Perpetual CareAccount$ 198.54 to be appropriated by a transfer from the School Bond PremiumReserve$ 7,000.00 to be appropriated by a transfer from the Dog Officer RevolvingFund$ 1,616.00 to be appropriated by a transfer from the Wetlands Filing FeeAccount$ 5,000.00 to be appropriated by a transfer from the Recreation BasketballRevolving Fund$ 3,500.00 to be appropriated by a transfer from the Recreation SoccerRevolving Fund$ 1,520.00 to be appropriated by a transfer from Recreation AdultPrograms Revolving Fund$ 1,720.00 to be appropriated by a transfer from Summer in ShirleyProgram Revolving Fund$ 6,000.00 to be appropriated by a transfer from the Benjamin HillSwimming Revolving Fund.$ 32,356.26 to be appropriated by a transfer from the Massachusetts SchoolBuilding Assistance Program Debt Reserve Account.and further, that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen, with the concurrence of theFinance Committee, to transfer funds among line items defined within the budget,provided that such transfers shall only occur within the last two months of the fiscal year,and the total transfer amount shall not be more than 1% of the total budget amount; andprovided further, that any such transfer shall require a majority vote of each of the Boardof Selectmen and the Finance Committee at a duly posted public meeting. Motionseconded by Kendra Dumont.62