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2009 Town Meeting Update
Meeting Operation / Schedule
Concord's 2009 Annual Town Meeting began on Monday, April 27 and continued on Tuesday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 29. All business was concluded on April 29. Here are the final results of all 3 sessions.
Attendance
There were 361 registered voters in attendance on April 27th; 539 in attendance on April 28th; and 482 in attendance on April 29th. Over the course of the 3 nights, there were 802 individuals who attended one or more sessions of the Annual Town Meeting (un-duplicated count).
Article | Date | Subject | Result |
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1 | April 27, 2009 | Choose Town Officers | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
2 | April 27, 2009 | Hear Reports and Consent Calendar | Passed by Declared Unanimous Vote |
3 | April 27, 2009 | Meeting Procedure (Rule of the Meeting governing requirements on motions and amendments made under articles concerned with expenditures) | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
4 | April 27, 2009 | Secret Ballot Voting Procedure (minimum of 100 voters required). Since this vote failed, a Majority Vote will be required in order to have a secret ballot on any counted votes. | Failed to Pass on a Show of Hands |
5 | April 27, 2009 | Ratify Personnel Board's Classification Actions | Passed under Article 2 Consent Calendar |
6 | April 27, 2009 | Personnel Bylaw Amendment-Employment Status Definitions | Passed by Declared Unanimous Vote |
7 | April 27, 2009 | Personnel Board Classification and Compensation Plan for Regular-Status Positions | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
8 | April 27, 2009 | Town Budget ($32,073,010) | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
9 | April 27, 2009 | Public School Budget ($27,699,200) | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
10 | April 27, 2009 | Regional School Budgets: Concord-Carlisle Regional High School Budget ($13,982,175) Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District Assessment ($637,601) | Both Motions Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
11 | April 27, 2009 | Concord Public School Renovations ( 600-000-from borrowing-included in Town Manager's Capital Budget) | Passed by Declared Two-Thirds Majority Vote |
12 | April 27, 2009 | Concord-Carlisle Regional School District Improvements ($750,000) | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
13 | April 27, 2009 | Appropriation from Free Cash to Stabilization Fund | No Motion Made |
14 | April 27, 2009 | Free Cash Use ($1 040-000-from Free Cash to reduce the FY2010 Tax Levy) | Passed by Declared Unanimous Vote |
15 | April 27, 2009 | Unpaid Bills | No Motion Made |
16 | April 27, 2009 | Property Tax Exemption | Passed under Article 2 Consent Calendar |
17 | April 27, 2009 | Tax Deferral Income Limits Using State Circuit Breaker Criteria | Passed by Declared Unanimous Vote |
18 | April 27, 2009 | Clause 17D Tax Exemption Cost of Living Adjustment | Passed by Declared Unanimous Vote |
19 | April 27, 2009 | Clause 41C Tax Exemption Cost of Living Adjustment | Passed by Declared Unanimous Vote |
20 | April 27, 2009 | Light Plant Deployment of Smart Grid (as amended) | Passed by Counted Two-Thirds Majority Vote (200 voting in favor and 55 opposed) |
21 | April 27, 2009 | Light Plant Payment in Lieu of Taxes ($355,000) | Passed under Article 2 Consent Calendar |
22 | April 27, 2009 | Light Plant Expenditures | Passed under Article 2 Consent Calendar |
23 | April 27, 2009 | Road Repair Revolving Fund Expenditures (not to exceed $120,000) | Passed under Article 2 Consent Calendar |
24 | April 27, 2009 | Solid Waste Disposal Fund Expenditures | Passed under Article 2 Consent Calendar |
25 | April 28, 2009 | Sewer System Expenditures | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
26 | April 27, 2009 | Sewer Improvement Fund Expenditures | Passed Under Article 2 Consent Calendar |
27 | April 27, 2009 | Water System Expenditures | Passed Under Article 2 Consent Calendar |
28 | April 28, 2009 | Beede Swim and Fitness Center Enterprise Fund-FY2010 Budget | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
29 | April 28, 2009 | 2009 Road Program ( 700-000-from borrowing) | Passed by Declared Unanimous Vote |
30 | April 28, 2009 | Consider Funding Our Public Works Projects Publicly (by petition) | Failed to Pass |
31 | April 28, 2009 | Sidewalk Extensions-New Construction ( 250-000-from borrowing) | Passed by Declared Two-Thirds Majority Vote |
32 | April 28, 2009 | Traffic Signalization and Intersection Improvements-Thoreau Street and Sudbury Road ( 150-000-from borrowing) | Passed by Counted Two-Thirds Majority Vote (306 voting in favor and 124 opposed) |
33 | April 28, 2009 | Cambridge Turnpike Design-Roadway and Drainage Improvements ($300,000) | Passed by Declared Two-Thirds Majority Vote |
34 | April 28, 2009 | Community Preservation Committee Appropriation Recommendations ($1,352,892.54) | Passed by Declared Two-Thirds Majority Vote |
35 | April 28, 2009 | Authorization of Long-Term Lease of Former Emerson High School Building | Passed by Declared Overwhelming Majority Vote |
36 | April 28, 2009 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment-Non-Conforming Uses and Structures | Passed by Declared Two-Thirds Majority Vote |
37 | April 29, 2009 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment-Flexible Development | No Motion Made |
38 | April 29, 2009 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment-West Concord Interim Planning Overlay District (WC-IPOD) | Passed by Declared Two-Thirds Majority Vote |
39 | April 29, 2009 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment-Site Plan Review | Passed by Declared Two-Thirds Majority Vote |
40 | April 29, 2009 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment-Residential Compound | Passed by Declared Two-Thirds Majority Vote |
41 | April 29, 2009 | Wastewater Planning CapaTown Study ($142,000) | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
42 | April 29, 2009 | Septic Betterment Loan Program ($2 000-000-from borrowing from the Water Pollution Abatement Trust) | Passed by Declared Unanimous Vote |
43 | April 29, 2009 | Wetlands Bylaw (as amended) | Passed by Counted Majority Vote (227 voting in favor and 192 opposed) |
44 | April 29, 2009 | Zoning Bylaw Amendment-Wetlands Conservancy District | Passed by Declared Two-Thirds Majority Vote |
45 | April 29, 2009 | Station 1 Police/Fire Renovations ( 900-000-from borrowing) | Passed by Declared Unanimous Vote |
46 | April 29, 2009 | Fire Engine for Station 2 ($450,000) | Passed by Declared Two-Thirds Majority Vote |
47 | April 29, 2009 | Amendment to Sign Bylaw (by petition) | No Motion Made |
48 | April 29, 2009 | Bill to Impose an Excise on the Use of Plastic Carryout Bags in Certain Stores (by petition) | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
49 | April 29, 2009 | Expand the Massachusetts Bottle Bill to Include Non-Carbonated Beverage Containers (by petition) | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
50 | April 29, 2009 | Acceptance of Property by Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure (12B Nutmeadow Crossing) | No Motion Made |
51 | April 27, 2009 | Grant of Access Easement to Concord Housing Authority for Access to Bedford Street Property | Passed Under Article 2 Consent Calendar |
52 | April 29, 2009 | Heywood Meadow Land Use Change | No Motion Made |
53 | April 29, 2009 | Written Demand-Tax Collector Fee | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |
54 | April 29, 2009 | Marijuana Bylaw | No Motion Made |
55 | April 29, 2009 | Amendment to Non-Criminal Disposition of Violations of Town Bylaws-Appendix A | No Motion Made |
56 | April 29, 2009 | Town of Concord Public Awareness Campaign for Mass. State Anti-Idling Law-Ch. 90, §16A (by petition) | No Motion Made |
57 | April 29, 2009 | Debt Rescission | Passed by Declared Majority Vote |