At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Shutesbury qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, held at the Shutesbury Elementary School, 23 West Pelham RD on the twenty-fifth day of October in the year two thousand and eleven, in the presence of a quorum the following business was conducted.
The meeting was opened at 7:20 PM by Town Moderator Penelope Kim:
Article 1. A motion was made and seconded to appropriate the sum of $1,400,000 for the designing, constructing, originally equipping, furnishing of the new Shutesbury library and to meet such appropriation by authorizing the Treasurer, with approval of the Selectboard, to borrow up to such sum under G.L Chapter 44, section 7 (3) or any other enabling authority, provided however, that no amounts shall be borrowed or expended hereunder unless and until the Town votes at an election to exempt from the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 59 Section 21C(k), of the Proposition 2 1⁄2, so-called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds or notes therefore. (A 2/3 vote was required for passage.) By paper ballot: YES: 268 NO: 134 Vote passed.
Article 2. A motion was made and seconded to create a special unpaid committee to be known as a regional school district planning committee, to consist of three members, including one member of the school committee, to be appointed by the moderator. Regional school district planning committees from any one or more towns may join together to form a regional school district planning board or boards. Such regional school district planning board shall organize forthwith upon its formation by the election of a chairman and secretary-treasurer.
Passed unanimously.
Article 3. A motion was made and seconded to transfer up to $45,000 from Free Cash for a new 120/208V, 3 phase, 100kW, propane fired Generator for the elementary school. A motion was made, seconded and passed to add the words “or used” after new in the motion above.
Vote passed.
Article 4. (Considered between articles 1 and 2.) A motion was made and seconded to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take all necessary and appropriate action to establish and to maintain, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 164 of the General Laws as amended from time to time and in accordance with the rules, regulations and orders of the Department of Public Utilities and the Department of Telecommunications & Cable as implemented from time to time, a municipal lighting plant and to acquire such property and /or such rights to use or share in the use of property owned by others as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for such municipal lighting plant to provide energy-related services utilizing power demand monitoring and related technologies which are available primarily in concert with advanced telecommunications systems (commonly described as “smart grid”), to operate facilities necessary for the distribution and/or operation of a telecommunications system and to operate a community television system or to take any other action relative thereto. (A 2/3 vote was required for passage.)
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