2017 Town Meeting votes at a glance

April 7, 2017
Article 1: Hear annual reports of town boards and committees N/A passed by unamimous vote
Article 2: Pay bill of prior fiscal year $5,345 4/5 vote required; passed
Article 3: Extend sunset dates $42,800 passed by unanimous vote
Article 4: Contract – Police Department employee wages $55,865 2/3 vote required; passed
Article 5: Town’s omnibus budget $24,081,612 passed by unanimous vote as amended
Article 6: Reserve fund, fiscal year 2018 $350,000 passed by unanimous vote
Article 7: Traffic engineering services $15,00 passed by majority vote
Article 8: Personnel study $25,000 passed by majority vote
Article 9: Departmental management audit  $15,000 passed by unanimous vote
Article 10: Solar-powered traffic signs $17,843 passed by majority vote
Article 11: Fire hose $11,000 passed by unanimous vote
Article 12: Seasonal mowing $15,000 passed by majority vote
Article 13: Contract – public works employee wages $17,178 passed by majority vote
Article 14: Full-time firefighter/EMT $58,573 passed by majority vote
Article 15: Council on Aging moveable carts $2,000 passed by majority vote
Article 16: Parks and Recreation boats $14,900 passed by majority vote
Article 17: Town planner $52,000 passed by majority vote
Article 18: Conservation Fund $20,000 passed by unanimous vote
Article 19: Capital Planning and Investment Fund  $40,000 passed by majority vote
Article 20: Capital Planning and Investment Committee debt payment $76,045 2/3 vote required; passed by unanimous vote
Article 21: Upgrade town’s fire alarm system $40,598 2/3 vote required; passed
Article 22: Fire ponds restoration $100,000 2/3 vote required; passed
Article 23: Purchase new heavy-duty dump truck $182,000 2/3 vote required; passed 
Article  24: Construction for Hapgood Library – ADA accessible back entrance and parking space $55,200 2/3 vote required; passed
Article 25: Design, engineering, and cost study for Hapgood Library ADA accessible front door and ADA compliance issues $20,000 2/3 vote required; passed
Article 26: Door locks for Bromfield School $84,000 2/3 vote required; passed
Article 27: Science lab at Bromfield $175,000 2/3 vote required; passed
Article 28: Bromfield middle school bathrooms renovation $20,000 2/3 vote required; passed by unanimous vote
Article 29: Middle school ramp study $30,000 2/3 vote required; passed
Article 30: Purchase new ambulance $268,500 passed by unanimous vote
Article 31: Purchase new ambulance stretcher $28,000 passed by unanimous vote
Article 32: Hildreth Elementary School feasibility study and design report N/A voted to hear report
Article 33: Preservation of historic town documents $24,752 passed by unanimous vote
Article 34: Conservation Fund $100,000 passed by unanimous vote
Article 35: Community Preservation Committee affordable-housing reserves $20,268 passed by unanimous vote
Article 36: Payment of debt on Town Hall renovation $50,838 passed by unanimous vote
Article 37: Community Preservation Committee administrative expenses $2,500 passed by unanimous vote
Article 38: Continuation of Bromfield stone wall renovation $80,000 passed by unanimous vote
Article 39: Revolving funds N/A passed by majority vote
Article 40: Revolving fund bylaw N/A passed by unanimous vote
Article 41: Municipal rental revolving account N/A passed bymajority vote
Article 42: Amend protective bylaw 125-30C land structure relations – height N/A failed
Article  43: Amend protective bylaw 125-56 – marijuana N/A failed
Article  44: Community Cable Access Committee membership N/A passed by majority vote
Article 45: Citizen petition – Resolution confirming the Town of Harvard as a community committed to equitable treatment for all N/A passed by majority vote as amended
Article 46: Creation of a public utility for the purpose of creating a municipal internet service provider N/A passed by majority vote
Article 47: Devens discussion N/A passed by majority vote
Article 48: Parks and Recreation director N/A no action
Article 49: Accept gifts of property N/A 2/3 vote required; passed by unanimous vote
Article 50: Accept state highway funds N/A passed by unanimous vote

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