Election Results

Result of Special Town Election

August 28, 2012

Total Ballots Cast 1027

Yes	515
No	512
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QUESTION 1.  2½ LEVY LIMIT OVERRIDE

Shall the Town of Ashby be allowed to assess an additional $ 159,439.67 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of funding a supplemental appropriation for the North Middlesex Regional School District budget for the fiscal year beginning July first, two thousand and twelve?

Override Election, Tuesday, August 28th

Election, Tuesday, August 28, 2012, Noon to 7:30 pm
at Ashby Elementary School

Warrant

Ballot Question

QUESTION 1.  2½ LEVY LIMIT OVERRIDE

Shall the Town of Ashby be allowed to assess an additional $ 159,439.67 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of funding a supplemental appropriation for the North Middlesex Regional School District budget for the fiscal year beginning July first, two thousand and twelve?

Yes                                         No                  

The polls will be open at 12:00 noon and shall close at 7:30 PM.

 

Assessors Evaluation
of the Impact on Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes

TAX IMPACT of 2 1/2 Levi Limit Override 8/28/2012
Amount to be raised:		$          159,439.67
divided by the total town valuation:		$  282,400,824.00
equals a tax rate increase of:		$                       0.57	per $1,000
times the average residential valuation:		$          212,281.00
equals an average annual residential tax increase of:		$                   121.00
divided by the current average annual residential tax bill of:		$               3,486.00
equals a percentage increase of:		3.47%

Selectmen's Meeting Agenda for Aug 29th

SELECTMEN’S MEETING AGENDA
August 29, 2012
1. 7:00 p.m. - Selectmen Open Board of Selectmen’s Meeting
2. Selectmen Approve Minutes of July 20, August 1 and August 15, 2012
3. Selectmen Approve and Sign on Payroll Warrant W07P in the amount of
$44,260.26, Vendor Warrant W08B in the amount of $48,227.79 and
Vendor Warrant W08B-1 in the amount of $4,975.61
4. Request for Selectmen’s Approval and Chairman’s Signature on Montachusett
Regional Planning Commission DLTA Grant Amendment (Alan Pease)
5. Request for Selectmen to Award Fire Tanker Bid to Crimson Fire, Inc., d/b/a
Spartan ERV (Fire Chief)
6. Request for Selectmen’s Permission to Use the former Grange Hall (Debbie
Moylan)
7. Request for Selectmen’s Approval and Signatures on Chapter 90 Request
8. Request for Selectmen’s Appointment of Joe Casey, Pat McPhee and John
Pankosky as Cable Advisory Board Members
9. Request for Selectmen’s Approval and Signatures on a One Day Liquor
License for the Holmes-Curran-Bennett American Legion, Post 361 for a
Car Show at Allen Field on September 2nd (Rain Date 9/3/12)
10. Request for Selectmen to Call a Special Town Meeting
11. Request for Selectmen to Open the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting
12. Selectmen Discuss Possible Special Election Ballot Question and Whether
to Call a Special Election
13. Any Other Business Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chairman
14. Assistant to the Board of Selectmen’s Report
15. Public Comments (if any)
16. Adjourn

Override Election Information Sessions

Joan Landers, new North Middlesex School Superintendent, will be speaking at a community information session about the prop 2 1/2 overrride at the Ashby Public Library at 5:30pm 8/22/12. She will be available for Q&A. 

Ken Brown, Ashby School Committee member, will be available to answer questions about the prop 2 1/2 override at an information table at the Ashby Band Concert on Ashby Common 7:00 8/22/12

The election will be held Tuesday, August 28th from noon to 7:30pm at Ashby Elementary School. Absentee ballots are available from the Town Clerk until noon on Monday, Aug. 27th

Video of Selectmen's Meeting

The video of the 8/15 Selectmen's meeting is now online. We are aiming to provide this service on a regular basis.
http://ashbyma.gov/Selectmen/bos-video.html

Results of the Special Town Meeting Aug. 14, 2012

RESULTS OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
August 14, 2012

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ARTICLES

Article 1. The motion was made and seconded to raise and appropriate, $159,439.67 for the
operating budget of the North Middlesex Regional School District, in addition to the sum voted under the
May 5, 2012 Annual Town Meeting, Article 11 for said operating budget, provided that no funds shall be
expended unless the Town has first voted at an election to exempt this expenditure from the provisions of
Proposition 2½, so called, and further provided that the Town of Pepperell and/or the Town of Townsend
also votes to approve and fund its proportional share of such additional appropriations.
VOTE: Yea 87   Nay 32

Article 2. The motion was made and seconded to amend the vote taken under the May 5, 2012
Annual Town Meeting, Article 10 for the operation of the Recycling Center and Transfer Station by
specifying the funding sources for the appropriation therefore, the sum of $31,814 to be appropriated as
follows: Recycling Center revenues: $29,310 and Retained earnings: $2,504 for the ensuing fiscal year,
FY2013, beginning July 1, 2012 and ending June 30, 2013.
VOTE: Passed

Agenda for Selectmen's Meeting Aug. 15th

SELECTMEN’S MEETING AGENDA
August 15, 2012
1. 7:00 p.m. - Selectmen Open Board of Selectmen’s Meeting
2. Selectmen Approve Minutes of July 2 and August 3, 2012
3. Selectmen Approve and Sign on Payroll Warrant W05P in the amount of
$__________, and Vendor Warrant W06B in the amount of
$____________
4. Request for Selectmen’s Approval and Signatures on CDBG FY10 Agreement
for Housing Rehab/Septic Program Participant Ashby Case #12 (MRPC)
5. Request for Selectmen’s Approval and Signatures on CDBG FY10 Agreement
for Housing Rehab/Septic Program Participant Ashby Case #13 (MRPC)
6. Request for Selectmen’s Approval and Signatures on Agreement for
Paramedic Intercept Services (Fire Chief/EMS Director Bill Seymour, Jr.)
7. Request for Selectmen’s Approval and Signatures on State PrimaryWarrant
(4) (Town Clerk)
8. Request for Selectmen’s Vote on Final Municipal Aggregation Plan
9. Request for Selectmen’s Approval and Signatures on Highway Union Contract
10. Request for Selectmen’s Acceptance of the Resignation of Jessica Johnson as
Accounting Clerk and Administrative Assistant to the Police Department
11. Request for Selectmen to form a Cable Advisory Board for November
Cable License Renewal and Appeal to Citizens for Potential Members
12. Any Other Business Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chairman
13. Assistant to the Board of Selectmen’s Report
14. Public Comments (if any)
15. Adjourn

Special Town Meeting, August 14th at 7:00 pm

Below are the articles to be voted on. Link to the official warrant


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, August 14, 2012 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 raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or
borrow $159,439.67 for the operating budget of the North Middlesex Regional School District, in
addition to the sum voted under the May 5, 2012 Annual Town Meeting, Article 11 for said
operating budget, provided that no funds shall be expended and no bonds shall be issued unless
the Town has first voted at an election to exempt this expenditure from the provisions of
Proposition 2., so called, and further provided that the Town of Pepperell and/or the Town of
Townsend also votes to approve and fund its proportional share of such additional appropriations,
or act in relation thereto.
Finance Committee action:   Approved
Brief Explanation: This article represents the additional monies requested by North Middlesex Regional School District over and above the proportional new growth and tax levy monies as voted at the May 5, 2012 Annual Town Meeting under Article 11. One other town will be required to vote the budget at the same level.

Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote taken under the May 5, 2012 Annual
Town Meeting, Article 10 for the operation of the Recycling Center and Transfer Station by
specifying the funding sources for the appropriation therefore, the sum of $31,814 to be
appropriated as follows: Recycling Center revenues: $29,310 and Retained earnings: $2,504 for
the ensuing fiscal year, FY2013, beginning July 1, 2012 and ending June 30, 2013, or take any
action thereon.
Finance Committee action:   Approved
Brief Explanation: Under the May 5th2012 ATM $31,814 was appropriated, but the motion failed to
identify the source of revenue. This article properly identifies the recycle and retained earnings as the
source of revenue for this appropriation.

Last Day to Register to Vote for Override Election

The Last Day to Register to Vote for the August 28th Election is August 8th. The Clerk's Office Will be Open 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. on the Wednesday, August 8th.