Select Board Votes

In Favor-Opposed-Abstain

To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $210,000 from the following sources to the following Stabilization Funds, for the purposes hereafter specified:

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to expend up to the following amounts from the following Stabilization Funds, for the following purposes, or take any other action relative thereto. 

To see if the Town will vote to establish, pursuant to the authority granted under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 53E½, FY24 spending limits for the following revolving funds, to be expended in accordance with Article XLIV DEPARTMENTAL REVOLVING FUNDS, Section 5: Table of Authorized Revolving Funds, or take any other action relative thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds such sums of money as may be necessary to fund Town expenses for Fiscal Year 2024 (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024), or take any other action relative thereto.

(Budget attachment as Exhibit A)

To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as amended, for the Fiscal Year 2024 (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024), or take any other action relative thereto.

Salaries of the Elected Officials are included in the Department Appropriations submitted within Article 2.

                                                  PRIOR YEAR     REQUESTED         RECOMMENDED
                                                  SALARIES           SALARIES             SALARIES
                                                  7/01/22                   7/01/23           7/01/23
                                                  6/30/23                   6/30/24           6/30/24
Elective Town Officers
Moderator                                    $        500       $        500 $        500
Select Board (5)
Chairman                                     $     2,000        $     2,000 $     2,000
Members (4)                                $     1,500        $     1,500 $     1,500
Town Clerk                                   $   72,357        $   74,166 $   74,166
Assessors (3)
Chairman                                      $          0          $           0 $           0
Member (2)                                   $          0          $           0 $           0
Board of Health
Chairman                                       $   1000          $   1,000 $   1,000
Members (4)                                  $     800          $      800 $      800
Tree Warden                                  $         0          $          0 $          0
Cemetery Commissioners (3)      $         0          $          0 $          0
School Committee (7)                   $         0          $          0 $          0
Library Trustees  (6)                      $         0          $          0 $          0
Sewer Commissioners  (3)
Chairman                                        $   1,000        $   2,500 $   1,000
Member (2)                                     $      800        $    2,000 $      800
Planning Board (5)
Chairman                                        $   1,000        $   1,000 $   1,000
Members (4)                                   $      800        $      800 $      800
Finance Committee (5)                 $          0         $          0 $          0
Constables (2)                                $          0         $          0 $          0
Greater Lowell Technical HS (1)  $          0         $          0 $          0

To see if the Town will vote to transfer from free cash the following sums of money, for the following purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to be expended by the Select Board to operate the Ambulance Enterprise for Fiscal Year 2024 as follows: 

Salaries $ 511,081.00
Fringe Benefits $   47,741.44
Subtotal $ 558,822.44
Expenses $   81,600.00
Indirect Costs to the General Fund $   18,188.20
Subtotal $   99,788.20
TOTAL $  658,610.64
with $655,768 to be raised through Department Receipts, as follows:
Estimated Department Receipts $ 700,000.00
Estimated Surplus $       41,389

and that $47,741.44 and $18,188.20 be included in appropriations from the General Fund for fringe benefits and indirect costs respectively, as shown above, and to be allocated to the Ambulance Enterprise for funding, or take any other action relative thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to be expended by the Sewer Commission to operate the Sewer Enterprise for Fiscal Year 2024 as follows: 

That the following sums be appropriated:
Salaries & Stipends $    244,644
Expenses $ 1,470,679
Capital Outlay $    441,702
Debt & Interest Sewer Dept. $    125,321
Debt & Interest from Betterments $    895,518
Subtotal $ 3,177,864
Transfer Indirect Costs to General Fund $    194,350
Total $ 3,372,214
From the following funding sources:
Department receipts $ 1,451,526
Betterment Fund $    895,518
Retained Earnings $ 1,025,170
Total $ 3,372,214
or take any other action relative thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $158,612 from the PEG Fund to the general fund for the following purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.

To see if the Town will vote a sum of money to be appropriated or reserved from estimated annual revenues of the Community Preservation Fund for the Fiscal Year 2024, with each item to be considered a separate appropriation, for the payment of administrative expenses of the Community Preservation Committee, debt service, community preservation projects, and all other necessary and proper expenses, as follows:

Description Amount Fund Category
Lake Massapoag Weed Control $     3,500 Open Space and Rec
Flint Pond Weed Control (1-time Sonar) $   25,000 Open Space and Rec
Winslow Waterfall Grant Match $ 200,000 Open Space and Rec
Sherburne Rd Open Space and 
Recreation Amenities $800,000 Fund Balance
Winslow Waterfall Grant Match $  50,000 FY24 Receipts
AARP Livable Communities Grant Match $  25,000 FY24 Receipts
Lake Mascuppic Weed Treatment $   7,000 FY24 Receipts
Administrative Expenses, 5% allowance $  50,000 FY24 Receipts
Debt Service First Parish yr 3 of 10 $244,875 FY24 Receipts
Debt Service Old Town Hall yr 6 of 10 $  75,774 FY24 Receipts
Debt Service Old Town Hall yr 6 of 10 $118,926 Historic Preservation
Total CPC Appropriations above $1,600,075
Deposits to Reserve Accounts:
Reserve for Historic Preservation $100,000
Reserve for Affordable Housing $100,000
Reserve for Open Space/Recreation $100,000

or take any other action relative thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to file a petition within the General Court for special legislation, substantially as set forth below, authorizing the Town of Tyngsborough to appoint the Town Clerk’s position; to authorize the General Court to make clerical and editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Select Board approves amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court; and to authorize the Select Board to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of the aforesaid petition, or take any action relative thereto. 

An Act authorizing the Town of Tyngsborough to appoint a Town Clerk

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. As of the effective date of this act, the elected incumbent town clerk shall continue to serve in such elected position for the term for which she was elected. The town clerk shall, during this period, be subject to the call of the appointing authority for the position as set forth in the Tyngsborough Town Manager Special Act. Upon the expiration of such elected term, the elected office shall be abolished; provided, however, that the elected incumbent holding office as of the effective date

of this act shall become the first appointed clerk under this Act. If the elected incumbent removes from office prior to the expiration of the elected term, the elected position shall thereupon be abolished and such office filled in accordance with appointing procedures as set forth in the Tyngsborough Town Manager Special Act.

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 3, Districts, of the Town’s Zoning Bylaw, by adding a new subsection shown below, or take any other action relative thereto.

3.4 Split Zoned Lots.

Where a district boundary line divides any lot, existing at the time the boundary line is adopted, between the Business 3 zoning district and the Industrial 1 zoning district, and the lot frontage is located in the Business 3 district, the Use and Dimensional regulations of the Business 3 district may be extended, to a new, uniform and equidistant district boundary line from the existing district boundary line into not more than 25% of the lot area situated in the Industrial 1 District. See illustrated examples 1 and 2.

Such special permit shall require mandatory findings by the Planning Board in accordance with Section 2.7 F of this By-law, with respect to the boundary extension proposed; the extension of the Business 3 Use and Dimensional regulations into the Industrial 1 district may be expanded to not more than 50% of the lot area of the Industrial 1 district subject to approval of a special permit by the Planning Board.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OeUeHPos4Jdc3gF1nO67qWn-SFOGIt_S/view

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To see if the Town will vote to approve payment on the following bills which were incurred during a previous fiscal year (FY22):

To see if the Town will vote a sum of money not to exceed $1,500,000 to be appropriated or reserved from estimated annual revenues or existing undesignated funds of the Community Preservation Fund for the Fiscal Year 2024, for the following community preservation project:
Relocate original Winslow School onto a new foundation, remove the additions, lower the existing hill by approximately four feet.

This project preserves some of the historical integrity of the school and allows the option to add open space/recreation amenities to the site in the future. When additional funding is available in the future, the original school has potential to be renovated or added onto and used for municipal uses. Photo of original school shown below.