FALL TOWN MEETING WARRANT NORFOLK, ss. To either Constable in the Town of Norfolk, in said County: GREETINGS: You are required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to notify and warn the inhabitants of Norfolk, qualified to vote in Town affairs residing in Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 4, to meet on Tuesday, the 10th day of November, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at the King Philip Middle School, 18 King Street, Norfolk, MA 02056, for a Special Town Meeting, then and there to act on the following articles, viz: Article 1 Submitted by the Board of Selectmen To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from any available source of funds, a sum of money to be added to departmental budgets and appropriations for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2010; or take any other action relative thereto. Article 2 Submitted by the Board of Selectmen To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from any available source of funds, a sum of money to pay unpaid bills of a prior year pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 64; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 3 Submitted by the Town Clerk To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of MGL Chapter 41: Section 110A. Office hours on Saturday; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 4 Submitted by School Building Committee To see if the Town will vote to appropriate, borrow or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the School Building Committee for replacement of the elementary school located on Boardman Street, which school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an educational facility for the instruction of school children of at least 50 years, and for which the Town may be eligible for a school construction grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority ("MSBA"). The MSBA's grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary program based on need, as determined by the MSBA, and any project costs the Town incurs in excess of any grant approved by and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the Town. Any grant that Norfolk may receive from the MSBA for the Project shall not exceed the lesser of (1) 53.16 percent (%) of eligible, approved project costs, as determined by the MSBA, or (2) the total maximum grant amount determined by the MSBA; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 5 Submitted by Public Safety Building Committee To see if the Town will vote to appropriate, borrow or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Public Safety Building Committee for renovation, replacement or a combination of renovation and new construction of the Norfolk Public Safety Building, located at 117 Main Street; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 6 Submitted by Board of Selectmen To see if the Town will appropriate the amount of $200,000, subject to a Proposition 2 1/2 override, for purposes of funding the Town of Norfolk Road Maintenance Stabilization Fund; or take any other action relative thereto. Article 7 Submitted by the Board of Selectmen To see if the Town will vote to appoint any committee, or hear or act on the report of any committee or town officer, or instruct any committee or town officer; or take any other action relative thereto. Article 8 Submitted by the Board of Selectmen To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from any available source of funds, borrow or bond pursuant to any applicable statute to fund capital and other expense items; or take any other action relative thereto. (Capital Budget) ARTICLE 9 Submitted by the Council on Aging To see if the Town will vote to increase the gross receipts that seniors may have in the prior calendar year to be eligible to defer property taxes under G.L. c. 59 Section 5, Clause 41A from $40,000 to 100% of the amount established annually by the Commissioner of Revenue as the income limit for single seniors who are not heads of households to qualify for the "circuit breaker" state income tax credit for the preceding state tax year, with such increase to be effective for deferrals granted for taxes assessed for any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2009; or take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 10 Submitted by the Bylaw Committee To see if the Town will vote to amend the General Bylaw, Article IX SIGN REGULATIONS, Section 4. Signs that are allowed, by deleting subsection A. Temporary political signs in its' entirety and replacing it with a new subsection A as follows; or take any other action relative thereto. A. Temporary political signs concerning candidates for public office and ballot issues, unlimited in number and not exceeding eight (8) square feet in area per sign. Such signs shall be removed no later than two (2) days after the election or referendum; ARTICLE 11 Submitted by Department of Public Works To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds or borrow for the Department of Public Works Water Division the sum of $575,000.00 to fund pump testing and well construction at the Spruce Road Well site for the development of a replacement well; or take any other action relative thereto.