Article 1: Hear Annual Reports of Town Boards and Committees
Passed by unanimous vote (majority required)
Article 2: Close Out Previously Approved Debt Service
Amount: None
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 3: Extend the Sunset Date of Funds to Rebuild the Bromfield Stone Wall
Amount: Whatever remains of the $55,000 already appropriated
Passed by unanimous vote (majority required)
Article 4: Extend Sunset Date of Funds to Digitize Town Documents
Amount: $20,000
Passed by unanimous vote (majority required)
Article 5: Approve the Town’s Omnibus Budget
Amount: $22,677,209
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 6: Freshen the Town’s Reserve Fund for Fiscal 2016
Amount: $350,000
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 7: Hire Firm to Audit the Department of Public Works
Amount: $10,000
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 8: Outfit New Police Hire
Amount: $3,000
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 9: Finish Up Roadside Tree Maintenance
Amount: $20,000
Passed by majority vote as amended, as required
Article 10: Hire a Town Planner for Another Year
Amount: $60,000
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 11: Data System Upgrade (Water System)
Amount: $10,058
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 12: Hire a Part-Time COA Outreach Worker
Amount: $20,000
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 13: Purchase Municipal Permitting Software
Amount: $15,000
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 14: Fund the Capital Planning and Investment Fund
Amount: $40,000
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 15: Pay Principal and Interest on CPIC Debt
Amount: $161,889
Passed by unanimous vote (two-thirds vote required)
Article 16: Upgrade Police Radios
Amount: $85,000
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 17: Replace a Wooden Section of the Town Dock
Amount: $18,000
Passed by two-thirds votes, as required
Article 18: Purchase New Heavy-Duty Dump Truck
Amount: $175,000
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 19: Purchase a Fuel Dispensing System for the Town’s Fuel Depot
Amount: $19,000
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 20: Renovate and Repair the Bathrooms at the Elementary School
Amount: $30,000
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 21: Purchase a New VOIP Phone System for the School Department
Amount: $100,000
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 22: Pay for Hildreth House Accessibility, Safety, and Site Improvements
Amount: $1,360,000 (up to $1.24 million of which can be excluded debt)
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 23: Install a New Air-Exchange System in Bromfield Science Labs
Amount: $315,000
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 24: Fire Department Tanker Truck
Amount: $350,000
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 25: Fire Department Pumper Truck
Amount: $515,000
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 26: Community Preservation Committee Report
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 27: Community Preservation Funds—Transfers
Amount: $26,100
Passed by unanimous vote as amended (majority required)
Article 28: Add to the Harvard Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Amount: $26,100
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 29: Continue Efforts to Control Invasive Plants on Conservation Land
Amount: $26,100
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 30: Upgrade the Harvard Park Cross-Country Trail
Amount: $75,000
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 31: Fund Community Preservation Administrative Expenses
Amount: $2,500
Passed by unanimous vote (majority required)
Article 32: Reauthorize Existing Revolving Funds
Passed by unanimous vote (majority required)
Article 33: Establish an Applicant Fee Revolving Fund
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 34: Establish a Tax Title Revolving Fund
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 35: Establish a Revolving Fund for Cable-Related Income
Passed by unanimous vote (majority required)
Article 36: Approve Employment Contract for the DPW Director
Passed by unanimous vote (majority required)
Article 37: Ratify and Fund Police Union Contract
Passed by unanimous vote (majority required)
Article 38: Amend Historic District Bylaw
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 39: Amend Bare Hill Pond Bylaw to Allow Harbormaster to Fine Violators
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Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 40: Grant St. Benedict Center a Nonexclusive Utility Easement
Passed by unanimous vote (two-thirds required)
Article 41: Allow Nonresident Employees to Fill Personnel Board Seats
Passed by majority vote, as required
Article 42: Amend Town’s Zoning Map
Passed by unanimous vote (two-thirds required)
Article 43: Amend Protective Bylaw—Adult Entertainment
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 44: Amend Protective Bylaw Definitions
Passed by two-thirds vote, as required
Article 45: Amend Zoning Bylaw to Add Mitigation Measures for Commercial Driveways
Passed as amended by two-thirds vote as required
Article 46: Acquire Willard Conservation Land
Article 47: Acquire Lawton Conservation Land
Amount: $1 each
Both passed by two-thirds votes, as required
Article 48: Expand the Town Center Sewer District
Amount: To be determined; no impact to taxpayers
Withdrawn
Article 49: Accept Gifts of Property
Withdrawn
Article 50: Accept State Highway Funds
Amount: To be determined
Passed by unanimous vote (majority required)
—Compiled by Joan Eliyesil and John Osborn
