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The following are the results from special Town Meeting, held Oct. 16, 2017.
Article 1 – Approve unpaid bills from previous fiscal year(s). –APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
Article 2 – Fiscal 2018 budget adjustments. — APPROVED
Article 3 – Fiscal 2018 budget transfers — APPROVED
Article 4 – Fiscal 2018 capital appropriation. — APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
Article 5 – Amend the wage and classification plan. –APPROVED
Article 6 – Amend revolving bylaw – Chapter 138.1 – This article pertained to the Recycling Commission’s revolving fund and the purchase and sale of composters and toters, as well as the cost of providing education about recycling. — APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
Article 7 – Reduce amount raised by taxes in fiscal 2018. This article took specific amounts from available funds and to direct the town’s assessors to reduce the net amount to be raised by taxation in the current fiscal year. — APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
Article 8 – Accept Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 59, Section 5(41C) to increase the property tax exemption amount for qualified residents. –APPROVED
Article 9 – Accept Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 33, Section 59, effect of military service on salary, seniority and leave allowances of public employees. — APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
Article 10 – Amend Chapter 124 to change the title from “Public Consumption of Marijuana” to “Marijuana,” and add a section to prohibit the sale of recreational marijuana. — APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
ZONING BYLAWS
Article 11 – Add a new Section 8.7 of the town’s zoning bylaw to prohibit the sale of recreational marijuana, amend Section 10.2 general definitions, and amend appendix A table of principal use regulations. — APPROVED BY SECRET BALLOT, 300 TO 62
Article 12 – Add a new Section 8.7 of the town’s zoning bylaw to create a temporary moratorium on recreational marijuana establishments and amend section 10.2 general definitions. — DISMISSED
Article 13 – Amend Section 9.4 site plan review, Section 10.2 general definitions and appendix A to include a limited site plan review for solar fields / large solar facilities. — APPROVED
Article 14 – Amend Section 3.1 to allow for multiple principal uses on a single lot and amend Section 10.2 definitions. — APPROVED
Article 15 – Transfer custody of a parcel on Acton Road from the Tax Possession Sales Committee to the Conservation Commission. — APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
