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—— Town Meeting Night 1, Monday, April 9 ——-

7:30pm Town Meeting called to order. A quorum is present. The parkingi lot is full. If the gymnasium fills up, the Auditorium will be used for over-flow with Miranda Jones moderating.

Article 1. Recognize Citizens and Employees for Particular Service to the Town. Passed

Article 2. Pay Previous Fiscal Year Unpaid Bills. Passed over, 247-36

Article 3. Current Year Transfers. 

Anette Lewis proposes adding a line to current year transfers for water discharge system and to pay for it from waste water reserves.  The amendment failed 220-213. The vote on the main motion is 394-58

Petitioner of Article 4 proposes to switch the order of articles to move the Omnibus Budget ahead of Article 4. This requires a 2/3 vote to pass: 181 in favor, 409 opposed

Article 4. Elect Finance Committee. It is 8:13pm

9:01 Vote on main motion, 283-417 motion failed

Article 5. Establish and Fun an Audit and Review Committee. Motion as in warrant, but amounnt increased by 15%. 283-390 vote on the main motion, motion failed

Article 6: Reduce rate of CPA Property Tax Surcharge. Time now is 9:34pm. The vote on the article 213-403, the motion failed

Article 7: Establish Water Enterprise Fund. Voting on a motion to amend ;89-187 opposed. Now to main motion. Motion passes 164-119.

Meeting adjourned at 11:03pm

—— start here Town Meeting Night 2, Tuesday, April 10 ——-

Town Meeting is underway, starting with arguments under Article 8 at 7:30pm

Article 8: FY 2013 Omnibus Budget.

(note: thanks to the Wayland  Patch for this summary)

The Operating Budget and Capital Budget passed with the following amendments:

• Amendment (pg. 53 in the Warrant) passed 220 yes, 198 no to delete $1.3 million from line item 59, Insurance 32B.
• Amendment (pg. 47 in the Warrant) passed 211 yes, 197 no to adjust source of funding the operating budget to replace $3,500,334 from water revenue with $2,000,334 from water revenue and $1,500,000 from water surplus.

The total operating budget, as amended and approved, was $69,805,252.

Capital Budget passed with the following amendments:

• The capital budget motion presented by Bill Steinberg, a member of the Finance Committee, amended the funding sources presented in the Warrant to include $2,555,000 from borrowing (the extra $1.5 million was a change to borrow for the Wayland Middle School roof repairs instead of fund them through free cash); $535,000 from taxation; $220,000 from free cash; $1,110,000 from water surplus and $500,000 from water revenues. Only the borrowing and free cash amounts were different from those printed in the Warrant. Those amounts were further changed by the below amendments.
• Amendment (pg. 54 in the Warrant) passed 157 yes, 155 no to delete line item 13, Network Meter Reading System, requested at $700,000. That $700,000 was to be funded by water surplus, so the water surplus funding for the overal capital budget was adjusted to $410,000 to reflect the subtraction of the $700,000 line item deleted by amendment.
• Amendment (pg. 54 in the Warrant) to amend the motion under line item 19 to further explain the town's ability to borrow funds for the Wayland Middle School roof repairs and the relationship of that borrowing to any possible grant money received from the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

Total capital budget, as amended and approved, was $4,220,000.

—— start here Town Meeting Night 3, Wednesday, April 11 ——-

Article 9: Appropriate Funds to Study Teacher Compensation

Article 10: Amend Zoning Bylaw: Definition of Refuse Disposal District

Article 11: Resolution Designating River Road Parcel for Future DPW Facility

Article 12: Appropriate Funds for Construction Documents and bidding of New DPW Mainenance and Storage Facility

Article 13: Compensation for Town Clerk

Article 14: Approve Personnel Bylaw and Wage Classification Plan

Article 15: Sell or Trade Vehicles and Equipment

Article 16: Accept Gifts of Land

Article 17: Accept Law Allowing Increased Real Estate Tax Exemption Amounts

Article 18: Amend Section 19-8 of Town Code: Board of Assessors

Article 19: Amend Town Code Section 19: Require Tax Rate Hearing

Article 20: Set Aside Community Preservation Funds for Later Spending

Article 21: Appropriate CPA Funds and Other Funds for Due Diligence Efforts for Pre-Permitting and Potentila Sale of Town-Owned Land on Boston Post Road

Article 22: Appropriate CPA Funds for Affordable Housing Project on Stonebridge Road

Article 23: Create Stabilization Fund for Minuteman Regional Vocational-Technical High School

Article 24: Amend Zoning Bylaw: Establish Design Review Advisory Board and Designate Uses Subject to Review

Article 25: Amend Zoning Bylaw Sec 198-1102.1.2.1.4: Definition of Service Stations

Article 26: Amend Town Code 68-1: Traffic Calming

Article 27: Authorize Sale of Town-owned Land at 24 and 26 Lakeshore Drive

Article 28: Request Audit of School Fee-Based Programs Since FY2007

Article 29: Hear Reports

Article 30: Choose Town Officers

Article 31: Resolution in Support of Funding Electronic Voting through June 30, 2015