The Cotuit Fire District Warrant is now posted.
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TO THE CLERK OF THE COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT, GREETING:
You are hereby required and directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Barnstable residing within the territory comprising the Cotuit Fire District qualified to vote in District elections and affairs to meet at the Fire Station, 64 High Street, Cotuit, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, between the hours of four o’clock and eight o’clock PM, then and there to vote for the following officers:
One member of the Prudential Committee, for three years
One member of the Board of Fire Commissioners, for three years
One member of the Board of Water Commissioners, for three years
Warning shall also be given to said inhabitants to meet on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at Freedom Hall, Main Street, Cotuit, at seven-thirty o’clock PM, when action will be taken on the following articles:
(All articles which are not followed by the words “by request of . . .” are inserted by the Prudential Committee.)
Article 1: To see if the District will vote to accept the reports of the officers and committees of the District as printed.
Article 2: To see if the District will vote to set the annual salaries of the elected officials as follows: Prudential Committee Members, Members of the Board of Fire Commissioners and Members of the Board of Water Commissioners: $1,250.00 each; Moderator: $250.00.
Article 3: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $130,000.00 for the expenses of the Financial Department.
Article 4: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $200,345.00 for the Barnstable County Retirement Assessment.
Article 5: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $30,000.00 to maintain the street lights of the District.
Article 6: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $13,400.00 for the maintenance of the Cotuit Library.
Article 7: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $410,000.00 for group insurance.
Article 8: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $25,000.00 for the maintenance and operation of Freedom Hall.
Article 9: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $6,808.00 for the purpose of reimbursing the Town of Barnstable for services provided by the offices of the tax collector and assessors to collect the taxes of the District
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Article 10: To see if the District will vote to adopt the provisions of Chapter 479 of the Acts of 2008 , AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LIABILITY TRUST FUNDS IN MUNICIPALITIES AND CERTAIN OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNITS.
Article 11: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $1,320,330.48 for the labor and salaries of the Fire Department; and to raise and appropriate $288,074.50 for the remaining expenses of the Fire Department, to be apportioned approximately as follows:
Maintenance, $58,300.00
Operating expenses, $229,774.50
for a total appropriation of $1,608,404.98
(Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners)
The Prudential Committee recommends the Article.
Article 12: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $9,500.00 to provide for the ambulance service
billing. (Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners)
The Prudential Committee recommends this article.
Article 13: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $38,500.00 to provide for the purchase of patient medical supplies and related equipment for the operation of the ambulance. (Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners)
The Prudential Committee recommends this Article
Article 14: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $9,700.00 to fund expenses associated with the initial hiring of New Call Firefighters.(Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners)
The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.
Article 15: To if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $25,000.00 to purchase and replace fourteen (14) portable radios. (Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners)
The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.
Article 16: To see if the District will vote to appropriate and transfer from available funds a sum of money to the current Fire Department operating budget to cover unforeseen emergency expenses which occurred during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. (Requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners)
The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.
Article 17: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate:
$26,000.00 for the Water Department for service connections
$291,550.00 for labor and salaries; and
$307,400.00 for the remaining expenses of the Water Department, to be apportioned approximately as follows:
$76,000.00 for maintenance;
$179,400.00 for operations; and
$52,000.00 for miscellaneous expenses
for a total appropriation of $624,950.00 and that the receipts and revenues of the Water Department be applied to these amounts. (Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners)
The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.
Article 18: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer and appropriate from available funds the sum of $50,000.00 for the meter replacement program. (Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners)
The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.
Article 19: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer and appropriate from available funds or borrow and appropriate the sum of $275,000.00 for road repair at the pumping stations. (Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners)
The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.
Article 20: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer and appropriate from available funds or borrow and appropriate the sum of $200,000.00 for a comprehensive security system replacement. (Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners)
The Prudential Committee recommends this Article.
Article 21: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $176,900.00 for notes and interest.
Article 22: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to hire a part time Assistant Treasurer commencing on or about July 1, 2011.
Article 23: To see if the District will raise and appropriate $25,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing, training, networking, licensing and any related costs of a new financial software program.
Article 24: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $45,000 for the purpose of water and mold remediation at Freedom Hall.
Article 25: To see if the District will vote to amend Article II, by adding “Section 6: All Committees/Boards of the District shall publish notice of all meetings, special and regular, in accordance with the Massachusetts open meeting law by posting on the District web site and by posting on any bulletin board designated by the Prudential Committee as an official place of posting.”
Article 26: To see if the District will vote to delete Article V, Section 6; Article VIII, Section 8; and Article IX, Section 7; and add to Article XI, a new section,
“Section 10: The Clerks of all Committees and Commissions, including any standing or Ad Hoc Committees, shall post the minutes of each meeting as kept in accordance with Chapter 39, Section 23B, of the Massachusetts General Laws, on the District web site upon approval of said minutes. A summary thereof may also be posted on any bulletin board designated by the Prudential Committee as an official place of posting.”
Article 27: To see if the District will vote to add to Article XI of the By-laws of the District, the following: “Article 11: The Prudential Committee, The Board of Fire Commissioners, and The Board of Water Commissioners may from time to time appoint a panel of citizens of the District to act as an ad hoc committee to study and advise on subjects of interest to the District.
Article 28: To see if the District will vote to add to Article XI, Section 6, and Article XI, Section 9, after the words “said appointments to be made each year at the time of the Annual Meeting,” the words “appointments are to be made each year at the time of the Annual Meeting” “or subsequent to the Annual Meeting should no District citizens volunteer before said Meeting.
Article 29: To see if the Cotuit District voters will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $17,500.00 for the purpose of painting “Santuit” on the water tower located off Newtown Road. (Submitted by Citizen Petition)
Article 30: To see if the District will vote to support petitioned legislation given below and to adopt the legislation upon approval by the Massachusetts General Court. Legislation under consideration by Massachusetts General Court. “Notwithstanding the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws chapter 32B, elected officials of the Cotuit Fire District who receive a salary or a stipend shall not be eligible for participation in the District’s contributory health and life insurance plan, as soon as applicable or at the end of their current term, whichever comes first. Elected official who receive a salary or a stipend and who elect to pay one hundred of the cost of the District health and life insurance benefit plan may be deemed eligible to so participate. (Submitted by Citizen Petition)
Article 31: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $25,000.00 for the Stabilization Fund as provided under Section 5B, Chapter 40, of the General Laws.
Article 32: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate $50,000.00 to the reserve fund as provided under Section 5C, Chapter 40 of the General Laws.
Article 33: To see if the District will vote to appropriate and transfer a sum of money from free cash in the Treasury toward the tax levy of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011.
Hereof fail not to make due return of this warrant and your doings thereon at said meeting.
Given under our hands this Twenty-Fifth day of April, 2011.
PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE
Amy M. Kates
Richard G. Barry
Laurie C. Hadley
A True Copy, attest:
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Charles W. Eager, Clerk
Cotuit Fire District