November 16, 2004 Special Town Meeting Index of Warrant Articles
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NOVEMBER 16, 2004 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING INDEX OF WARRANT ARTICLES 1. Approval of unpaid bills. (Selectmen) 2. Approval of collective bargaining agreements. (Human Resources Board) 3. FY2005 Budget Amendments. (Selectmen) 4. Amendment to Town By-Laws - - establish a new By-Law creating the Information Technology Department. (Selectmen) 5. Amendment to Town By-Laws - - removing fee schedules of certain departments. (Town Counsel) 6. Amendment to Article 8.17 of the Town By-Laws – Focused Residence Picketing. (Selectmen) 7. Amendment to Town By-Laws - - establish Article 7.12 – Undergrounding Utilities. (Underground Wires Committee) 8. Amendment to Article 8.16 of the Town By-Laws – Recycling Waste Materials - - require all Brookline residents to recycle. (Solid Waste Advisory Committee) 9. Amendment to Article 3.8 of the Town By-Laws – Building Department - - new section requiring the Building Department to provide homeowners with an information bulletin on the Home Improvement Contractor Law (HICL). (Petition of Scott Gladstone) 10. Amendment to Article 5.6 of the Town By-Laws – Preservation Commission and Historic Districts - - creation of the Graffam-McKay Local Historic District. (Preservation Commission) 11. Authorize a Land Lease at the Walnut Hills Cemetery for a Telecommunications Antenna. (Police Chief and Fire Chief) 12. Discontinuance of a Portion of Reservoir Road. (Department of Public Works) 13. Acceptance of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A - - establish an elected Planning Board. (Petition of Gary Jones) 14. Legislation to Offer Incentives to the Owners of Two- and Three-Family Dwellings to Rent Units to Low- or Moderate-Income Households. (Petition of Linda Dean and Martin Rosenthal) 15. Legislation to Establish a Public Safety Injured on Duty (IOD) Medical Expenses Trust Fund. (Finance Department) 16. Amendment to Section 4.07 of the Zoning By-Law – Table of Use Regulations - - amend Principal Use 6. (Department of Planning and Community Development) 17. Amendment to Section 4.07 of the Zoning By-Law – Table of Use Regulations - - amend Principal Use 33A. (Department of Planning and Community Development) 18. Amendments to Section 4.08 of the Zoning By-Law – Affordable Housing - - required affordable units. (Department of Planning and Community Development) 19. Amendment to the Zoning By-Law - - Establishment of a New Section 3.03 – Interim Planning Overlay District. (Department of Planning and Community Development) 20. Amendments to the Zoning By-Law with Respect to the Zoning Map. (Petition of Richard Benka) 21. Resolution Supporting the Overhaul of the Two-Hour Parking Ban, with Targeted and Codified Priorities. (Petition of Martin Rosenthal) 22. Resolution to Encourage Parents and Caregivers of Children to Refrain from the Use of Corporal Punishment. (Petition of Ronald Goldman) 23. Dedication of a Memorial Sign at Thorndike and Harvard Streets in Memory of Maxwell Adler. (Veterans Services) 24. To Name the Playground Now Known as Coolidge Park the Judge Sumner Z. Kaplan Playground and Park. (Petition of Thomas Robinson) 25. Reports of Town Officers and Committees. (Selectmen) 1-1 __________ ARTICLE 1 ______________ FIRST ARTICLE To see if the Town will, in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 64, authorize the payment of one or more of the bills of the previous years, which may be legally unenforceable due to the insufficiency of the appropriations therefore, and appropriate from available funds, a sum or sums of money therefore, or act on anything relative thereto. ________________ __________________________________ SELECTMEN’S RECOMMENDATION State statutes provide that unpaid bills from previous fiscal years may not be paid from the current year’s appropriations without the specific approval of Town Meeting. There are three unpaid bills from two departments totaling $2,092.10. The bills come from the Town Clerk’s Office ($1,502.10) and the Human Resources Department ($590). The Board of Selectmen recommends FAVORABLE ACTION, by a vote of 4-0 taken on September 28, 2004, on vote offered by the Advisory Committee. ROLL CALL VOTE: Favorable Action Allen Geller Hoy Merrill -------------- ____________________________________________ ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S RECOMMENDATION BACKGROUND When, for various reasons, bills for goods or services provided to the town in a given fiscal year are not paid before the books for that fiscal year are closed, payment from the budget in a following fiscal year requires a vote of approval by Town Meeting. A four- fifth’s vote is needed at an Annual Town Meeting and a nine-tenth’s vote is needed at a Special Town Meeting such as this. These requirements are quite stringent although as a practical matter, approval of unpaid bills from a prior fiscal year is almost always passed unanimously or nearly so. At this Town Meeting, approval is being sought for the payment of three bills from FY 2004. 15. Legislation to Establish a Public Safety Injured on Duty (IOD) Medical Expenses Trust Fund. (Finance Department) 16. Amendment to Section 4.07 of the Zoning By-Law – Table of Use Regulations - - amend Principal Use 6. (Department of Planning and Community Development) 17. Amendment to Section 4.07 of the Zoning By-Law – Table of Use Regulations - - amend Principal Use 33A. (Department of Planning and Community Development) 18. Amendments to Section 4.08 of the Zoning By-Law – Affordable Housing - - required affordable units. (Department of Planning and Community Development) 19. Amendment to the Zoning By-Law - - Establishment of a New Section 3.03 – Interim Planning Overlay District. (Department of Planning and Community Development) 20. Amendments to the Zoning By-Law with Respect to the Zoning Map. (Petition of Richard Benka) 21. Resolution Supporting the Overhaul of the Two-Hour Parking Ban, with Targeted and Codified Priorities. (Petition of Martin Rosenthal) 22. Resolution to Encourage Parents and Caregivers of Children to Refrain from the Use of Corporal Punishment. (Petition of Ronald Goldman) 23. Dedication of a Memorial Sign at Thorndike and Harvard Streets in Memory of Maxwell Adler. (Veterans Services) 24. To Name the Playground Now Known as Coolidge Park the Judge Sumner Z. Kaplan Playground and Park. (Petition of Thomas Robinson) 25. Reports of Town Officers and Committees. (Selectmen) 1-2 DISCUSSION One of the bills was from University Products, Inc. of Holyoke, MA for supplies provided to the Town Clerk's office in the amount of $1502.10. The purchase order authorizing payment had been closed prematurely, preventing timely payment of this invoice. The other two bills, for $295.00 each, totaling $590.00, were from David Wilson Associates, the recruitment advertising agent utilized by the Human Resources Department, for advertising two vacant positions with Boston.com. These bills were not received until September, too late to be paid from the FY 2004 budget. The Advisory Committee has determined that these bills all represent legitimate obligations of the town for goods or services provided for which payment has not yet been made. RECOMMENDATION By a vote of 16-1, the Advisory Committee recommends FAVORABLE ACTION on the following vote: VOTED: To authorize payment of the following unpaid bill from a prior fiscal year and appropriate and transfer $1,502.10 from the FY2005 Town Clerk budget for: University Products, Inc. $1,502.10 By a vote of 17-0, the Advisory Committee recommends FAVORABLE ACTION on the following vote: VOTED: To authorize payment of the following unpaid bill from a prior fiscal year and appropriate and transfer $590.00 from the FY2005 Human Resources budget for: David Wilson Associates $590.00 XXX 2-1 __________ ARTICLE 2 _________________ SECOND ARTICLE To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, a sum or sums of money to fund the FY2004 and/or FY2005 cost items in collective bargaining agreements between the Town and various employee unions; fund wage and salary increases for employees not included in the collective bargaining agreements; and amend the Classification and Pay Plans of the Town; or act on anything relative thereto. ________________ To: Board of Selectmen From: John Dunlap, Director of Human Resources Date: September 17, 2004 Re: Article Two - Collective Bargaining – AFSCME Local 1358 School Traffic Supervisors The Town has completed negotiations with the School Traffic Supervisors, AFSCME Local 1358. The Union has ratified this contract. This agreement is for a three-year contract commencing on July 1, 2004 and ending on June 30, 2007. Currently this bargaining unit represents nine full-time employees and fourteen part-time employees. General Wage Increase This agreement includes the same general wage increase as the main AFSCME contract, which follows: July 1, 2004 2% July 1, 2005 3% January 1, 2006 1% July 1, 2006 2% January 1, 2007 1% Longevity This agreement includes a $25.00 increase in longevity increments in the second and third year of the contract for eligible full-time employees. The total cost of this increase over the three-year period is estimated to be $675. The revised longevity schedule for the third year of the contract will be: Ten years but less than fifteen: $165 Fifteen years but less than twenty: $195 Twenty years but less than thirty: $225 Thirty or more years: $300 2-2 Uniform Allowance This agreement includes a $50.00 increase in the uniform allowance in both the first and second year of the agreement. This increase applies only to full- time employees. The total cost for this increase over the three-year period is estimated to be $3,139. A complete copy of this Collective Bargaining Agreement and this Memorandum of Agreement is available in the Human Resources Office. The total appropriation requested to fund this agreement in Fiscal Year 2005 is $8,994. The three-year roll-out cost of this agreement is $76,698. __________________________________ SELECTMEN’S RECOMMENDATION As detailed in the Human Resources Director’s memo, the Town has reached an agreement on a contract with the School Traffic Supervisors, AFSCME Local 1358.