Annual Town
Meeting
To
either of the Constables of the Town of
In the name of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the Charter and By-laws of said
Town, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town qualified
by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at Provincetown Town Hall on Wednesday,
the Fourth day of April, A.D. 2007 at 6:00 o'clock in the evening, then and
there to act on the following articles, to wit:
Article
1. To Hear Town
Reports. To see if the Town will vote to hear the reports of the Town Officials
and Committees and to act thereon.
[Requested
by the Board of Selectmen]
Article 2.
FY 2008 Operating Budget. To see to if the Town will vote to
raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $18,705,911
to
fund operating budgets for the several Town departments for Fiscal Year 2008 in
accordance with Chapter 9, section 1 of the Provincetown Charter, as follows:
|
Budget
Divisions |
FY 2007 |
FY 2008 |
% '07-'08 |
|
I. General Government |
$1,123,525 |
$1,167,934 |
+4.0% |
|
II. Finance |
6,541,802 |
6,831,676 |
+4.4% |
|
III. Public Safety |
3,159,386 |
3,496,446 |
+10.7% |
|
IV. Public
Works |
2,101,620 |
2,493,666 |
+18.7% |
|
V. Public Services |
752,541 |
861,524 |
+14.5% |
|
Sub-total,
I-V |
$13,678,875 |
$14,851,246 |
+8.6% |
|
VI. Public
Schools |
4,293,893 |
3,854,666 |
-10.2% |
|
Total, I-VI |
$17,972,768 |
$18,705,911 |
+4.1% |
or to take any
other action relative thereto.
[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article
3. Resolution: Provincetown Schools Pre-K to
Grade 12. To see if the Town will vote to approve a resolution
concerning the Provincetown Public Schools Pre-K to Grade 12 status as follows:
Whereas: It is recognized that the
configuration of the Provincetown Public Schools is within the control of the
Provincetown School Committee, but whereas the Town and its citizens also
recognize that the school system is a crucial and integral component of the
viability of the community, therefore the Provincetown School Committee moves
that the Town vote to affirm its desire that the Provincetown Public Schools
remain open and continue functioning as a Pre-K to Grade12 system; or to take any other action relative thereto.
[Requested by the School Committee]
Article 4. FY 2008
[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article
5. FY 2008
|
440
Wastewater |
FY 2007 |
FY 2008 |
07-08 % |
|
|
$2,291,570 |
$2,759,511 |
|
|
General Fund Costs |
285,600 |
285,600 |
|
|
TOTAL COSTS |
$2,577,170 |
$3,045,111 |
18.16% |
|
450
Water |
FY 2007 |
FY 2008 |
07-08 % |
|
|
$1,827,567 |
$1,749,769 |
|
|
General Fund Costs |
285,600 |
285,600 |
|
|
TOTAL COSTS |
$2,113,167 |
$2,035,369 |
-3.68% |
or to take any
other action relative thereto.
[Requested
by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article 6. FY 2008 Capital
Improvements Program. To see if the Town
will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow, or transfer from available funds
the following sums to defray the costs of the Fiscal Year 2008 Capital
Improvements Program submitted in accordance with Chapter 9, section 2 of the
Provincetown Charter as follows:
1. Police
Fleet Replacement Program: $55,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town
Manager and the Chief of Police for two police cruisers, and costs related
thereto;
2. Parking
Department Equipment:
$33,400 to be expended under the direction
of the Town Manager and the Chief of Police for parking lot fee computers and
ticket spitters for the Parking Department, and costs related thereto;
3. Community
Center Alarm: $9,500
to be expended under the direction of the
Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for an alarm system for the
Community Center, and costs related thereto;
4.
DPW Fleet Replacement Plan: $182,500 to be expended under
the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for a
replacement yard packer and dump truck, and costs related thereto;
5.
6. DPW
Hydraulic Sander:
$18,000 to be expended under the direction
of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for a hydraulic sander for
the Department of Public Works, and costs related thereto;
7. DPW
Sign Machine:
$50,000 to be expended under the direction
of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for sign machine for the
Department of Public Works, and costs related thereto;
8. DPW
Transfer Station Equipment:
$60,000 to be expended under the direction
of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for transfer station
equipment, and costs related thereto;
9. Stormwater Master Plan Improvements: $150,000 to be expended under the direction of
the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for stormwater master plan
improvements, and costs related thereto;
10.
DEP Water Management Permit/New Source
Development:
$250,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the
Director of Public Works for DEP Water Management Act permitting and new source
development, and for costs incidental and related thereto;
11.
DPW Water - North Truro Air Force Base
Wells Upgrade:
$50,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director
of Public Works for upgrading the wells at the former North Truro Air Force
Base, and for costs incidental and related thereto;
or to take any
other action relative thereto.
[Requested
by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article
7. FY 2008 Revolving
Accounts. To see if the Town
will vote to continue for FY 2008 the following revolving accounts established
pursuant to MGL C.44,§53E˝:
(1) Preservation of Town Hall Auditorium:
to allow receipts from the rental and custodial fees charged for the public use
of Town Hall Auditorium to be segregated into a special account; and with funds
therefrom, up to a limit of $20,000 annually, to be expended for the repair,
updating and refurbishing of the Town Hall Auditorium under the direction of
the Town Manager and Board of Selectmen;
(2) Shellfish Grants: to allow
receipts from Shellfish Grants to be segregated into a special account; and
with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $2,500 annually, to be expended under
the direction of the Shellfish Warden and the Board of Selectmen for the
purpose of shellfish seeding, cultivation on public shellfish areas;
or to take any
other action relative thereto.
[Requested
by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article 8. Cape Cod Greenhead
Fly Control District Assessment. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
or transfer from available funds the sum of $938.75 for Greenhead
Fly Control as authorized by Section 24, Chapter 252 of the General Laws; and
authorize the Town Treasurer to pay said appropriation into the State Treasury,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article 9. Community Preservation Budget for FY 2008. To
see if the Town will vote to hear
and act on the report of the Community Preservation Committee on the Fiscal
Year 2008 Community Preservation Budget, to appropriate or reserve from FY 2008 Community Preservation Fund annual revenues
the following amounts totaling $562,488, as recommended by the Community
Preservation Committee, with each item considered a
separate appropriation:
1. Reserves:
A.
$241,437 for Community Housing;
B.
$26,730 for Historic Resources;
2. Appropriations:
A.
$83,201 for open space debt service from open space funds and open space
reserve;
B.
$28,000 for community housing debt service from community housing funds;
C.
$17,635 of historic resources funds to create a secure, climate controlled
archive storage area in the Provincetown Library basement for the Heritage
collection;
D.
$20,000 of historic resources funds to restore the historic clock on
E.
$145,485 of community housing funds for the Provincetown Housing Office.
3. Borrowing
A.
$732,000 for twelve (12) community housing units proposed for
B. to reduce from $1,900,000 to $900,000 the total amount
authorized to be borrowed under Article 2 of the April 4, 2005 Special Town
Meeting for the Cape End Manor Care Campus Site, so-called, in accordance with
the land exchange between the Town of Provincetown, the New England Deaconess
Association, and the Bishop of Fall River effected on December 18, 2006;
or to take any other action relative thereto.
[Requested
by the Community Preservation Committee]
Article 10. Amendments to
Personnel By-law/Classification and Compensation Plan. To see if the Town
will vote as follows:
1.
Schedule
A: to amend Schedule A, "Permanent Full and Part-time
Non-Union Positions," of the Classification and Compensation Plan of the
Town, effective
|
|
Actual FY 2006 |
Proposed FY 2008 |
|
||
|
Grade |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Position
Title |
|
21 |
86,672 |
101,444 |
91,006 |
106,517 |
Town
Manager [exempt – MGL C.41,§108N] |
|
20 |
73,451 |
88,016 |
77,124 |
92,417 |
Chief
of Police [exempt – MGL C.41,§108O] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
of Public Works |
|
19 |
69,623 |
83,429 |
73,105 |
87,601 |
no
positions assigned |
|
18 |
65,993 |
79,080 |
69,293 |
83,034 |
no
positions assigned |
|
17 |
62,552 |
72,493 |
65,680 |
76,118 |
Director
of Municipal Finance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Police
Staff Sergeant |
|
16 |
59,291 |
71,050 |
62,256 |
74,602 |
no
positions assigned |
|
15 |
56,200 |
65,132 |
59,009 |
68,388 |
Assistant
Town Manager |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Building
Commissioner |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deputy
Director of Public Works |
|
14 |
53,019 |
63,533 |
55,670 |
66,710 |
Health
Agent |
|
13 |
50,019 |
57,968 |
52,520 |
60,866 |
Health
Inspector/Conservation Agent |
|
12 |
47,188 |
56,545 |
49,547 |
59,372 |
Human
Services/Council on Aging Director |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information
Services Director |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Library
Director |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal
Assessor |
|
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