The 2007 Special Fall Town Meeting has concluded. Full results are below.
• Warrant for the 11/5/07 Town Meeting
• Warrant for the 11/28/07 Special Town Meeting
• Scheduled Town Meeting dates are: November 5, 7, 15, 19 and 28; December 3 and 5.
• The Finance Committee’s Report for Fall Town Meeting
• Town Meeting section of the Town web site, with additional information related to selected articles, lists of current Town Meeting members, past Town Meeting information and more.
• Stephanie O’Keeffe’s Town Meeting blog (Updated 11/28)
• ACTV Town Meeting rebroadcast schedule
• Town Meeting Tally Vote Database
• Full results from the Spring 2007 Annual Town Meeting and related Special Town Meetings.
Below is a summary of the recommendation process and final status of each article on the warrant for the 2007 Fall Special Town Meeting. For each article on the warrant, the Select Board and the Finance Committee vote on what to recommend to Town Meeting with respect to the article; the Planning Board and School Committee do the same for zoning-related and school-related articles, respectively. The results of each board's decision with respect to each article is shown in the table below.
Mouse over the votes and results for more info; Finance Committee votes link to the Finance Committee report to Town Meeting.
| Art. | Description | SB | FC | PB | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reports of Boards and Committees | 5-0 | 6-0 | N/A | 11/5/07 | passed |
| 2 | Transfer of Funds - Unpaid Bills | dismiss 5-0 | deferred until Town Meeting | N/A | 11/5/07 | passed |
| 3 | FY 08 Budget Amendments | A. 5-0 B. 4-0 | A. 7-0 B. 5-0 | N/A | 11/5/07 | passed |
| 4 | Property Tax Exemptions for Veterans' Organizations | 5-0 | 5-0 | N/A | 11/5/07 | passed |
| 5 | Capital - Mark's Meadow Portable Classrooms | 4-0-1 | 7-0 | N/A | 11/5/07 | passed |
| 6 | Dissolution of Senior Trust - Transfer of Funds | 4-0 | 5-0 | N/A | 11/5/07 | passed |
| 7 | CPA - Open Space | A. 4-1 B. 4-1 | deferred until Town Meeting | N/A | 11/5/07 | passed |
| 8 | CPA - Town Hall Historic Preservation | A. 4-0-1 B. 5-0 C. 4-0-1 | 6-0 | N/A | 11/7/07 | passed |
| 9 | Petition - Fair Trade (Friman) | 5-0 | no position | N/A | 11/7/07 | passed |
| 10 | R&D Overlay District | 5-0 | 7-0 | 7-0 | 11/7/07 | passed |
| 11 | Research & Industrial Uses | 5-0 | 7-0 | 7-0 | 11/15/07 | passed |
| 12 | Accessory Light Manufacturing | 5-0 | 7-0 | 7-0 | 11/15/07 | passed refer main56-107 121-33 |
| 13 | Technical/Professional Offices | dismiss 3-0 | pending PB vote | dismiss 7-0 | 11/19/07 | dismissed |
| 14 | Petition - Technical/Professional Offices (Coalition for Sustainable Neighborhoods) | dismiss 3-0 | deferred, article submitted too late | dismiss 7-0 | 11/19/07 | dismissed |
| 15 | Spring Street Rezoning and General Business Lodging Uses | A. 5-0 B. 3-2 | 7-0 | A. 7-0 B. 6-1 | 11/19/07 | A passed B-1 failed 100-54 B-2 passed |
| 16 | College/South East Street | 3-0-1 | 7-0 | 7-2 | 11/28/07 | passed 115-53 |
| 17 | Petition - College/South East Street (Coalition for Sustainable Neighborhoods) | conditional support 4-0 | deferred, article submitted too late | dismiss 6-3 | 11/28/07 | dismissed |
| 18 | Petition - 500-502 Sunderland Road (Bergstrom) | refer to PB 5-0 | deferred until Town Meeting | refer to PB 6-0 | 11/28/07 | referred to PB |
| 19 | Petition - Main/Dickinson/High Street (Coalition for Sustainable Neighborhoods) | refer to PB 5-0 | deferred, article submitted too late | refer to PB 7-0 | 11/28/07 | referred to PB |
| 20 | Petition - Waiver of Effluent Fees to UMASS (Kelley) | not recommend 3-2 | deferred, article submitted too late | N/A | 11/28/07 | failed |
| 1 * | Technical/Professional Offices | A 5-0 B 5-0 C 3-1-1 | recommend | 7-0 | 11/28/07 | A passed B passed C passed 138-26 |
* = Special-Special Town Meeting Article, 11/28/07
Comments
Great, to have all this in one place. Love the chart.
Thanks.
Posted by: Eva Schiffer | November 4, 2007 10:00 PM
Echo to Eva: This is a very helpful summary - for Town Meeting Members and the public at large - thanks!
Posted by: robert Kusner | November 5, 2007 07:34 AM