Annual Town Meeting
Address
The Council on Aging will offer complimentary van service to Town Meeting, for anyone without transportation or just uncomfortable driving after dark when the meeting is over. Please call the Senior Center at 978-772-8260 to reserve your ride.
Documents & Forms:
- Town Meeting Warrant
- Summary of Warrant Article Votes
- Budget & Capital
- Budget Book
- Citizens Petition Form
Summary of Articles:
*At the time of printing, there was no quorum of the Finance Committee
| Article | Description | FY23 Financial Impact | Select Board |
1 | Salaries of Elected Officials* | $16,192 | Recommends |
2 | Contract Funding: Firefighters* | $46,052 | Recommends |
3 | Contract Funding: Police Superior Officers* | $29,857 | Recommends |
4 | Contract Funding: Dept. of Public Works* | $60,253 | Recommends |
5 | 5 Year Contract Authorization Police Tasers | $13,950 | Recommends |
6 | FY ’23 Omnibus Budget | $16,962,924 | Recommends |
7 | FY ’23 ASRSD Assessment | $13,133,346 | Recommends |
8 | FY ’23 NVTHS Assessment | $1,010,957 | Recommends |
9 | Solid Waste Enterprise Fund | $570,540 | Recommends |
10 | Ambulance Enterprise Fund | $543,103 | Recommends |
11 | Sewer Enterprise Fund | $3,448,606 | Recommends |
12 | Water Enterprise Fund | $2,427,786 | Recommends |
13 | FY ’23 Capital Budget Requests to Borrow | $998,238 | Recommends |
14 | Debt Exclusion – Fire Engine Pumper | $805,000 | Recommends |
15 | FY ’23 Capital Budget Requests | $312,696 | Recommends |
16 | GASB-15/OPEB Fund | $300,000 | Recommends |
17 | First Year’s Interest-General Fund Borrowing | $61,900 | Recommends |
18 | Funding for Aquatic Weed Control – Ponds | $30,000 | Recommends |
19 | Matching Funding for Firefighters Grant | $2,376.19 | Recommends |
20 | Funding of Compensated Balance Reserve Fund | $63,837 | Recommends |
21 | Forward Funding of the Town’s Pension Assessment | $300,000 | Recommends |
22 | UDAG Replenishment | $65,000 | Recommends |
23 | Stabilization Fund | $1,919,090 | Recommends |
24 | Community Preservation Act | $1,083,698 | Recommends |
25 | CPC Fund FY ’23 Transfer of Funds | $20,000 | Recommends |
26 | CPC Fund – Pirone Park Playground | $400,000 | Recommends |
27 | CPC - Affordable Housing Trust | $60,000 | Recommends |
28 | CPC – Library Digitation of Records | $25,000 | Recommends |
29 | CPC – Flannagan Pond Public Access Feasibility Study | $25,000 | Recommends |
30 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment – Minimum Lot Size | n/a | Recommends |
31 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment – Definitions | n/a | Recommends |
Petition Article | Petition Article: 27 Harvard Rd. Rezoning | n/a | |
*Cost of these articles is included in Article 6 the Omnibus Budget
Key Deadlines:
- Friday, April 1, 2022, by 12pm: Deadline for all Warrant Articles
- Friday, April 1, 2022, by 12pm: Deadline for all Citizens Petitions to the Town Clerk
- Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 6pm: Select Board will review and approve the Annual Town Meeting Warrant
- Tuesday, April 5, 2022: Last day to register to vote at Town Meeting and at the Annual Town Election
- Friday, April 8, 2022: The Annual Town Meeting will be publicly posted and sent to the printer for printing and mailing
- Monday, April 25, 2022, 7pm: Annual Town Meeting will begin in the Auditorium of the Ayer Shirley Regional High School