Town Warrant
Annual Town Meeting – Monday, April 7, 2008
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To
either of the Constables of the Town of Provincetown, Greetings:
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
Monday the Seventh day of April, A.D. 2008 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
2009 Operating Budget. To
see to if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from
available funds the sum of $19,498,565 to
fund operating budgets for the several Town departments for Fiscal Year 2009 in
accordance with Chapter 9, section 1 of the Provincetown Charter, as follows:
|
Budget Divisions |
FY 2008 |
FY 2009 |
% '08-'09 |
|
I. General
Government |
$1,167,934 |
$1,291,048 |
+10.5% |
|
II. Finance |
6,684,676 |
7,366,194 |
+10.2% |
|
|
3,496,446 |
3,941,801 |
+12.7% |
|
IV. Public Works |
2,493,666 |
2,288,797 |
-8.2% |
|
V. Public
Services |
861,524 |
809,790 |
-6.0% |
|
Sub-total, I-V |
$14,704,246 |
$15,697,630 |
+6.8% |
|
VI. Public Schools |
3,854,666 |
3,800,935 |
-1.0% |
|
Total, I-VI |
$18,558,912 |
$19,498,565 |
+5.1% |
or to take any other action relative
thereto.
[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article
2A. Residential curbside collection of solid
waste and recyclable materials. To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $153,000 to fund
the curbside collection of solid waste and recyclable materials for Town
residents, provided that this appropriation shall be contingent on the passage
of a Proposition 2 ½ override vote in accordance with General Laws Ch. 59
Section 21C(m); or to take any action relative thereto.
[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article
2B. Public
Safety and Services Positions. To see if the Town will vote
to raise and appropriate the sum of $63,594 to supplement the operating budget
of the Town for FY 2009 as voted under Article 2 of the 2008 Annual Town
Meeting as follows:
Increase
Budget Division No 2 by the amount of $4,925;
Increase
Budget Division No 3 by the amount of $19,525;
Increase
Budget Division No 5 by the amount of $39,144;
provided that this
supplemental appropriation shall be contingent on the passage of a Proposition
2 ½ override vote in accordance with General Laws Ch. 59 Section 21C(m)
provided further that the supplemental appropriation shall be used to fund a
level service budget for fiscal year 2009; or to take any action relative
thereto.
[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article
3. 3%
merit increase for Town Employees. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
the sum of $106,340 to supplement the operating budget of the Town for FY 2009
as voted under Article 2 of the 2008 Annual Town Meeting as follows:
Increase
Budget Division No 1 by the amount of $15,124;
Increase
Budget Division No 2 by the amount of $17,220;
Increase
Budget Division No 3 by the amount of $13,054;
Increase
Budget Division No 4 by the amount of $46,580;
Increase
Budget Division No 5 by the amount of $14,362;
provided that this
supplemental appropriation shall be contingent on the passage of a Proposition
2 ½ override vote in accordance with General Laws Ch. 59 Section 21C(m)
provided further that the supplemental appropriation shall be used to fund a 3
% salary increase for AFSCME employees and all full time non union personnel
for fiscal year 2009; or to take any action relative thereto.
[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article 4. FY 2009 Cape Cod Regional Technical
High School Assessment. To see to if
the Town will vote to accept the provisions of
[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article 5. FY 2009 Enterprise
Funds. To see to if the Town will vote
to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the following amounts
for enterprise funds of the Town of Provincetown for Fiscal Year 2009:
|
440
Wastewater Enterprise Fund |
FY 2008 |
FY 2009 |
08-09 % |
|
Enterprise Fund Costs |
$2,759,511 |
$2,181,730 |
|
|
General Fund Costs |
285,600 |
152,453 |
|
|
TOTAL COSTS |
$3,045,111 |
$2,334,183 |
-23.3% |
|
450 Water
Enterprise Fund |
FY 2008 |
FY 2009 |
08-09 % |
|
Enterprise Fund Costs |
$1,749,769 |
$1,502,885 |
|
|
General Fund Costs |
285,600 |
261,516 |
|
|
TOTAL COSTS |
$2,035,369 |
$1,764,401 |
-13.3% |
or to take any other action
relative thereto.
[Requested
by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article 6. FY 2009 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 2009 Capital Improvements Program
submitted in accordance with Chapter 9, section 2 of the Provincetown Charter,
provided that the appropriation shall be contingent on the passage of a
Proposition 2 and ½ capital outlay exclusion by the voters of the Town in
accordance with General Laws Ch. 59, sec. 21C(m); as follows:
or take any other action
relative thereto.
[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town
Manager]
Article 7. FY 2009 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 2009 Capital Improvements Program
submitted in accordance with Chapter 9, section 2 of the Provincetown Charter,
provided that the appropriation shall be contingent on the passage of a
Proposition 2 and ½ capital outlay exclusion by the voters of the Town in
accordance with General Laws Ch. 59, sec. 21C(m); as follows:
or take any other action
relative thereto.
[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town
Manager]
Article 8. FY 2009 Revolving Accounts. To see if the Town will vote to continue for FY
2009 the following revolving accounts established pursuant to
(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 9. 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 10. Software Licenses. To see if the Town will vote
to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $75,000 to be
expended under the direction of the Town Manager and MIS director for the
purpose of updating software licenses for the town, or to take any other action
relative thereto.
[Requested by the
Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article 11. Community Preservation Budget for FY 2009. To see if the Town will
vote to hear and act on the report of
the Community Preservation Committee on the Fiscal Year 2009 Community
Preservation Budget, to appropriate or reserve from
FY 2009 Community Preservation Fund annual revenues the following amounts
totaling $652,191 , as recommended by the Community Preservation
Committee, with each item considered a separate
appropriation:
1. Reserves:
A. $ 0 for Open Space
B.
$ 265,700 for Community Housing;
C.
$ 26,389 for Historic Resources;
2. Appropriations:
A.
$66,927.50 for open space debt service from open space estimated annual
revenues and open space reserves;
B.
$167,416 for community housing debt service from community housing
funds;
C. $50,000 of community
housing funds for the Provincetown Housing Office Housing Specialist.
D. $50,000 of
historic resources funds to fund in part the Provincetown Library Façade
Restoration Phase I, Main Gable and Lantern;
E. $50,000 of
historic resources funds to fund the installation of eleven new first floor
windows in historic style, reconstruction of the first floor exterior wall and
façade, shingled to replicate the existing historic exterior of the Days
Lumberyard Building at the Fine Arts Work Center.
F. $25,760 of
historic resources funds to fund the restoration of 2 doors and 6 original
windows, new cedar shingle roof, conversion to a handicapped bathroom of The
Lodge of the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum;
or to take any other action
relative thereto.
[Requested by the Community Preservation Committee]
Article 12. 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 July 1, 2008, as follows:
|
|
Actual
FY 2008 |
Proposed
FY 2009 |
|
||
|
Grade |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Position Title |
|
21 |
91,006 |
106,517 |
93,736 |
109,712 |
Town
Manager [exempt – |
|
20 |
77,124 |
92,417 |
79,417 |
95,189 |
Chief of
Police [exempt – |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
of Public Works |
|
19 |
73,105 |
87,601 |
75,297 |
90,228 |
no
positions assigned |
|
18 |
69,293 |
83,034 |
71,371 |
85,525 |
no
positions assigned |
|
17 |
65,680 |
76,118 |
67,650 |
78,401 |
Director
of Municipal Finance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Police
Staff Sergeant |
|
16 |
62,256 |
74,602 |
64,123 |
76,841 |
no
positions assigned |
|
15 |
59,009 |
68,388 |
60,780 |
70,440 |
Assistant
Town Manager |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Building
Commissioner |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deputy
Director of Public Works |
|
14 |
55,670 |
66,710 |
57,340 |
68,711 |
Health
Agent |
|
13 |
52,520 |
60,866 |
54,096 |
62,692 |
Health
Inspector/Conservation Agent |
|
12 |
49,547 |
59,372 |
51,034 |
61,153 |
Human
Services/Council on Aging Director |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information
Services Director |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Library
Director |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal
Assessor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Town
Accountant |
|
11 |
47,187 |
56,543 |
48,603 |
58,240 |
Collector |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Treasurer |
|
10 |
44,940 |
53,852 |
46,288 |
55,468 |
Deputy
Town Accountant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recreation
Director |
|
9 |
42,800 |
51,287 |
44,084 |
52,825 |
Local
Building Inspector |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parking
Administrator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative
Director of Tourism |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Town
Clerk |
|
8 |
40,377 |
48,384 |
41,588 |
49,836 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Library
Operations Director |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Permit
Coordinator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Town
Manager's Secretary/Employee Benefits Coordinator |
|
7 |
38,093 |
45,646 |
39,236 |
47,015 |
Electrical/Deputy
Building Inspector |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing
Agent |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MIS
Technician |
|
6 |
37,013 |
44,354 |
38,124 |
45,685 |
Secretary
to the Board of Selectmen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Secretary
to the Chief of Police |
2. Schedule B: to amend Schedule
B,” “Fire Department Positions,” effective July 1, 2008, as requested by the
Board of Fire Engineers, as follows:
Annual Stipends for Reimbursement of Expenses
Position Current Proposed