2012 Town Meeting: Looking at Saturday and Monday
We provide a look back at what happened on Saturday as well as what's left on Monday night at 7 p.m.
Here's the overview of the Westford 2012 Annual Town Meeting on Saturday.
The meeting was adjourned halfway though and will continue on Monday night at 7 p.m.
For more, check out our live blog of Saturday night, as well as video of the meeting on Westford CAT and the meeting's documents on the town website.
| # | Purpose | Result | Time |
| 1. | Acceptance of Town Reports | Approved unanimously | 10:08 to 10:11 a.m. |
| 2. | FY '12 Supplemental Appropriations | Approved unanimously | 10:13 a.m. |
| 3. | FY '12 Budget Transfers | Dismissed unanimously | 10:14 a.m. |
| 4. | Unpaid Bills from Previous Years | Dismissed unanimously | 10:14 a.m. |
| 5. | Authorization to Accept Settlements | Approved with amendment, not unanimously | 10:26 to 10:37 a.m. |
| 6. | Perchlorate Stablization Fund | Approved unanimously | 10:38 to 10:40 a.m. |
| 7. | FY '12 Capital Appropriations for Water Department | Approved unanimously | 10:40 to 10:43 a.m. |
| 8. | Testing, Repairing and Replacing Water Meters | Approved unanimously | 10:43 to 10:44 a.m. |
| 9. | Community Preservation Committee Recommendations | Approved, not unanimously | 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. |
| 10. | Operating Budget | Approved unanimously | 11:15 a.m. to 12:12 p.m, 1:11 to 2:26 p.m. |
| 11. | Property Tax Exemption increase for Disabled Vets, Blind, Elderly, Widowed | Moved to Consent Agenda | 2:27 p.m. |
| 12. | Revolving Funds | Approved unanimously | 2:28 p.m. |
| 13. | Chapter 90 Funds |
Kept on Consent Agenda |
2:28 p.m. |
| 14. |
$5,000 for Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Parking Study | Dismissed unanimously (identical to Article 15) | 2:28 to 2:30 p.m. |
| 15. |
$5,000 for Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Parking Study | Approved, 150-134 |
2:31 to 4:07 p.m. |
| 16. | Transfer of the Vose Parcel from the Tax Possession Sale Committee to the Parks and Rec Committee | Dismissed unanimously (identical to Article 17) | 4:08 p.m. |
| 17. | Transfer of the Vose Parcel from the Tax Possession Sale Committee to the Parks and Rec Committee | Not approved, 119-122 (2/3rd vote required) | 4:20 to 5:10 p.m. |
| 18. | Cease all planning or development of public parking in Residental Zoning Parts of town within one mile of Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. | Not approved, 136-146 | 4:08 to 4:19 p.m. (taken out of order) |
- There are two resolutions relating to the Fall 2012 Special Town Meeting that passed: a motion prohibiting Board of Selectmen from eliminating recycling programs and/or instituting a trash fee. (debate occurred between Article 3/4 and 5) that will be voted upon then, and a request to provide a plan to break even more quickly on the Ambulance Enterprise fund, currently expected to break even by FY '19 (during Article 10)
