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Fall Town Meeting Results

Thank you to everyone who attended town meeting tonight.
 
The results are as follows:
 
Articles:
 
12. Citizens' Petition: Amend General Bylaws (Municipal ALPR Ban) passed 167 yes, No 92
 
13. Citizens' Petition: Amend Zoning Bylaws (Private ALPR Ban) Passed over
 
1. Prior Year Bills 
Transfer $1,407.48 to pay prior year unpaid bills. Passed by unanimous vote
 
2. Free Cash Transfer to Capital Stabilization Fund
Transfer $4,000,000 from certified cash to the Capital Stabilization Fund. Passed majority vote. Passed - unanimously
 
3. Free Cash Transfer to General Stabilization Fund
Transfer $100,000 from certified free cash to the General Stabilization Fund. Passed -unanimously
 
4. Free Cash Transfer to Special Education Stabilization Fund
Transfer $64,000 from certified free cash to the Special Education Stabilization Fund. Passed-unanimously
 
5. Free Cash Transfer: Various Projects
Appropriate $103,533 from Certified Free Cash for the following capital items: radio communication equipment, housing production plan, senior center fire panel replacement.
Passed-unanimously
 
6. Sewer Retained Earnings Transfer - Purchase of Sewer Capacity
Transfer $1,075,000 from Certified Sewer Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings for the purpose of purchasing 150,000 gallons-per-day of sewer capacity from the Town of Franklin. Passed - majority vote
 
7. Repurpose Monetary Articles: Library Projects
Transfer $23,106.64 from the funds authorized under prior town meeting articles which are no longer needed: library story room ventilation, library ventilation, library HVAC repairs. Passed  - unanimously 
 
8. Expand Scope of CPA Funded Project: Trail Development
To see if the Town will vote to amend the scope and purpose of the Medway Link Trail project. Use the balance, $17,496.78, to include all town trail improvement and development projects. Passed-unanimously
 
9. Amend Zoning Bylaws: Nonconforming Uses and Structures
To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning bylaw (Nonconforming Uses and Structures). Passed by 2/3 vote 
 
10. Amend Zoning Bylaws: Trail Signs
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw. Amend language. Pass unanimously
 
11. Amend Zoning Bylaws: Housekeeping
Amend Zoning bylaws - car wash and parking frontage language. Pass 2/3 majority
 
14. Raise and Appropriate: Debt Service and Assessor's Revaluation Account
Raise and appropriate $1,040,000 with $1,000,000 to suppplement the fiscal year 2027 debt service budget and $40,000 to supplement the assesor' revaluation account. Passed simple majority vote