T O W N R E P O R T 2007 L U N E N B U R G - Town of Lunenburg

Meeting adjourned at 8:10P.M.*********************************************************************************************************************************************************DECEMBER 5, 2007 - SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANTA quorum was declared and the meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. in the Lunenburg High School Auditorium.The meeting pledged allegiance to the United States Flag, the Moderator introduced Kerry Speidel, our new CAFO,ground rules were spelled out, noted that the meeting was duly called and action on article 1 commenced.ARTICLE 1. (1) To see if the Town will vote to approve whatever action is needed to amend the FY2008 Budget which was voted at theMay Annual Town Meeting in order to redistribute, supplement and allocate fund’s to equitably, responsibly, fairly, and legallyaccommodate changes made in the conduct of the Treasurer’s Tax Collector’s and Town Clerk’s Functions and Offices by the ChiefAdministrative and Finance Officer Daniel Keyes after the FY2008 Budget was voted, any such approval to accommodate the full timeemployment of a duly elected Town Clerk. Submitted by petition. Board of Selectmen & Finance Committee recommend disapproval.ARTICLE 1 was DEFEATED.ARTICLE 2. (2) To see if the Town will vote to amend the FY2008 Budget to accommodate actions approved under the foregoingArticle. Submitted by petition. Board of Selectmen & Finance Committee recommendation @ Town Meeting. ARTICLE 2 wasPassed Over.ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds all sums of money necessary to amend the amounts votedfor the Town’s FY’08 Budget, under Article 14 of the May 5, 2007 Annual Town Meeting Warrant; or take any other action relativethereto. Board of Selectmen & Finance Committee recommend approval. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate from Free Cashthe sum of $66,152. transfer to line #22 CAFO’s Salary $30,000, transfer to line #13 Reserve Fund $40,000 and transferfrom line #81 Monty Tech Assessment $3,848 to amend the amounts voted for the Town’s FY’08 Budget, under Article14 of the May 5, 2007 Annual Town Meeting.ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds the sum of $350,000 to the Smart Growth Zoning IncentiveStabilization Fund; or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen & Finance Committee recommend approval. VOTEDUNANIMOUSLY.ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, or borrow the sum of $34,649.00 for the FY08Capital Plan expenditures and to purchase for the Police Department a marked cruiser; or take any other action relative thereto. Boardof Selectmen & Finance Committee recommend approval. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate from Free Cash the sum of$34,649.00.ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow up to $322,432 fromtime to time, in anticipation of revenue reimbursement from MGL Chapter 90; or take any other action relative thereto. Board ofSelectmen & Finance Committee recommend approval. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation to allowfor a special act to read substantially as follows: An act relative to betterment assessments in the Town of Lunenburg and anIntermunicipal Agreement between the Town of Lunenburg and the Lunenburg Water District of Lunenburg for the property known asMeadow Woods Mobile Home Park, and shown on Assessors Map 065 as Lot 330. Board of Selectmen (Mr. Bowen recused himself) &Finance Committee recommend approval.SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, or any language to the contrary contained inthe vote of the town referred to below, the Town of Lunenburg may levy betterment assessments in connection with the engineering,permitting and construction of drinking water improvements at the Meadow Woods Mobile Home Park in said town, such improvementshaving been authorized by a vote of said town passed May 6, 2006. Such assessments may be levied by said town without regard towhether such improvements are constructed directly by said town or by another governmental unit pursuant to an intermunicipalagreement. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the provisions of sections 42G to 42K of chapter 40 of the General Laws andchapter 80 of the General Laws relative to the apportionment, division, reassessment and collection of assessments, and to interest,shall apply to assessments levied pursuant to this act.SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the board of assessors of the Town ofLunenburg may, and at the request of the owner of the land assessed shall, apportion all betterment assessments or unpaid balances