Special Town Meeting
From the Norfolk Board of Selectmen, warrant for the Special Town Meeting to be held on Tuesday, January 31, 2006.
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, January 31, 2006, at 7:30 p.m. at the King Philip Middle School, 18 King Street, Norfolk, Massachusetts 02056, for a Special Town Meeting, then and there to act on the following articles, viz:ARTICLE 1 Submitted by the Community Preservation Committee To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to acquire by purchase pursuant to a right of first refusal arising under M.G.L. Chapter 61, Section 8 that portion of the Weeber Property, so-called, consisting of the 11.23-acre parcel off Churchill Road shown on Assessors Map 16, Block 34, as lot 228, and a second parcel containing 17.5 acres off Chicatabut Road being the northerly portion of the parcel shown on Assessors Map 16, Block 34, as Lot 141, such land to be acquired for such purposes, and held in the care, custody and control of such board or department, as the Town may specify for purposes consistent with the Community Preservation Act and in connection therewith, to appropriate the sum of $446,000 from the Community Preservation Fund established under G.L. C. 44B to pay the cost of such acquisition and for all other costs incidental and related thereto, or to appropriate all or a portion of such necessary funds by transfer from funds previously appropriated to other accounts, or by borrowing, or to take any other action relative thereto.
ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATION: The Advisory Board voted to recommend approval of this proposal to purchase the Weeber property as recommended by the Community Preservation Committee. The vote was not unanimous and reflects the Board's concern that the Community Preservation funds be used judiciously and not as a reaction to a proposed development. It should be noted that this project ranked as a "medium" priority in the Community Preservation Committee's ranking of potential purchases of land in town.
ARTICLE 2 Submitted by the Board of Selectmen To see if the Town will vote to transfer from any available source of funds a sum of money for the Town Clerk, Selectmen's Office and Advisory Committee to defray costs associated with this Special Town Meeting; or take any other action relative thereto.
ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATION: The Advisory Board recommends approval of this article.
ARTICLE 3 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, 2006; or take any other action relative thereto.
ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATION: The Advisory Board will make its recommendation at the Special Town Meeting. Hereof, fail not, but make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, on or before the hour of said meeting. Given under our hands and seal of the Town of Norfolk on the 9th day of January, 2006, A.D.
NORFOLK BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Ramesh H. Advani, Chairman
James C. Lehan, Clerk
Jonathan P. Smith, Member
A true copy, attest: Town of Norfolk Norfolk, ss
By virtue of this Warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Norfolk aforesaid to meet at the time and place and for the purposes specified in said Warrant, by posting true and attested copies thereof in the Town Hall, and in at least one public place in each of the four precincts, not less than fourteen (14) days at least before the date of said meeting.
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Constable
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Date
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