Reminder, Town Meeting this Tuesday, the 25th at 7:00pm

In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Ashby, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the Elementary School Auditorium in said Ashby, Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. to act on the following articles:

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ARTICLES

Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $5,000.00 from the Town Accountant Salary account to the Clerical Wages account for the purpose of paying Accounting Clerk and Administrative Assistant to the Police Department wages, or take any action thereon.

Finance Committee action: √ Approved Disapproved No Action

Brief Explanation: There has been a staffing change in the accounting office resulting in fewer hours for the Town Accountant and a shared administrative position created in the Accounting Office and the Police Department.

Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $170.00 from Free Cash to the Prior Year Bills account for the purpose of paying for a prior year Emergency Management Services bill, or take any action thereon.

Finance Committee action: √ Approved Disapproved No Action

Brief Explanation: This article pays a bill dated before July 1, 2009.

Article 3. I move that the Town of Ashby appropriate the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) for a feasibility study for window and roof repairs at the Ashby Elementary School, located at 911 Main Street, Ashby, Massachusetts, said sum to be expended under the direction of the School Building Committee, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $50,000 shall be transferred from Free Cash; that the Town acknowledges that the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s (“MSBA”) grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary program based on need, as determined by the MSBA, and any costs the Town incurs in excess of any grant approved by and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the Town, or take any action thereon.

Finance Committee action: √ Approved Disapproved No Action

Brief Explanation: As of December 6, 2010 Ashby Elementary School has been invited into the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s Green Repair Program for a potential project involving windows, roofs and/or boilers: The school needs new windows and a roof replacement as soon as possible.