If you can’t make it to Town Meeting at the Abbot School, you can still watch it on WestfordCAT!
It will be live online at Westfordcat.org and on television for Westford’s cable subscribers (Comcast ch. 8,9 and 99 Verizon ch. 33, 34 and 35.)
For an overview of the Town Meeting from Moderator Ellen Harde, click here.
We’ll update this results table as the meeting progresses and we’ll also have a live blog right here on westfordcatnews.org
| Article | Title | Start Time | End Time | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accept Town Reports | 10:06 a.m. | 10:09 a.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 2 | Approve Unpaid Bills From Previous Fiscal Years | 10:10 a.m. | 10:11 a.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 3 | Approve Fiscal Year 2015 Supplemental Appropriations | 10:11 a.m. | 10:16 a.m. | Approved |
| 4 | Approve Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Transfers | 10:16 a.m. | 10:16 a.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 5 | Appropriate for Perchlorate Expenses | 10:17 a.m. | 10:19 a.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 6 | Approve Capital Appropriations | 10:20 a.m. | 10:53 a.m. | Approved |
| 7 | Appropriate Funding to Design and Construct a Combined Police and Fire Dispatch Center at the Police Training Room | 10:54 a.m. | 11:20 a.m. | Approved |
| 8 | Authorize the Transfer of a Parcel Located on Boston Road and Appropriate Funding to Design and Construct a New Center Fire Station on Boston Road | 11:20 a.m. | 12:40 p.m. | Approved, as amended |
| 9 | Authorize Clare Circle Improvements/Betterments | 1:44 p.m. | 1:46 p.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 10 | Authorize Transfer of Parcels Located at 12 North Main Street From The Tax Possession Sales Committee to the Board of Selectmen, Authorize the Disposition of the Parcels Under the Terms and Conditions Determined by the Board of Selctmen and Appropriate Funds for Environmental Insurance | 1:46 p.m./2:12 p.m. (post-table) | 2:10 p.m./2:24 p.m. (post-table) | Approved |
| 11 | Approve Community Preservation Committee Recommendations | 2:24 p.m. | 2:42 p.m. | Approved |
| 12 | Amend the Wage and Classification Plan (Deputy Fire Chief | 2:10 p.m. | 2:12 p.m. | Approved |
| 13 | Authorize Revolving Funds | 2:42 p.m. | 2:46 p.m. | Approved |
| 14 | Approve Fiscal Year 2016 Operating Budget | 2:46 p.m. | 3:16 p.m. | Approved with amendment |
| 15 | Appropriate Chapter 90 Local Transportation Funds for Roadway Maintenance | 10:10 a.m. | 10:11 a.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 16 | Appropriate Funds from Water Enterprise Other Post Employment Benefits Stabilization Fund | 3:16 p.m. | 3:16 p.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 17 | Accept MGL Ch. 73 S. 4 of the Acts of 1986 As Amended by Chapter 126 of the Acts of 1988 Related to Property Tax Exemption of 100% for the Blind, Elderly and Disabled Veterans | 10:10 a.m. | 10:11 a.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 18 | Accept the Provisions of MGL Chapter 40 Section 8J to Create a Disability Commission | 3:17 p.m. | 3:21 p.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 19 | Authorization Board of Selectmen to Initiate a Municipal Electricity Aggregation Program for Residents and Businesses | 3:21 p.m. | 3:27 p.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 20 | Authorize Board of Selectmen to Lease Former Landfill Site for a Solar Project | 3:27 p.m. | 4:04 p.m. | Dismissed, not unanimously. Resolution to revisit the issue |
| 21 | Accept the provisions of MGL Ch. 71 Sec. 71F to Establish a Revolving Fund for Tuition Payments from Non-Resident Students | 4:04 p.m. | 4:05 p.m. | Approved |
| 22 | Accept the provisions of MGL Ch. 200A S. 9A – Disposition of Abandoned Property Including Unclaimed Checks | 4:05 p.m. | 4:05 p.m. | Approved |
| 23 | Authorize Board of Selectmen to Accept Easements | 10:10 a.m. | 10:11 a.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 24 | Promotion and Support of Affordable Housing Initiatives | 4:06 p.m. | 4:26 p.m. | Defeated |
| 25 | More Openness and Transparency in Local Government | 4:26 p.m. | 4:27 p.m. | Dismissed unanimously |
| 26 | Accept Rome Drive Extension as Public Way | 10:10 a.m. | 10:11 a.m. | Approved unanimously |
| 27 | Authorize the Board of Selectmen to Dispose of the Former Graniteville Fire Substation Located at 54 Broadway | 4:28 p.m. | 4:30 p.m. | Approved |
| 28 | Transfer Custody of Six Parcels Containing Storm Water Facilities on Rome Drive, Gifford Drive, Tyngsborough Road, Randolph Circle, and Pine Tree Trail from the Tax Possession Sales committee to the Board of Selectmen | 4:30 p.m. | 4:32 p.m. | Approved unanimously |
