[Town Meeting] Proposed amendment - Article 52

[Ron Spangler]

This "housekeeping" amendment would strike the current item (4) in the 
FinComm vote and add new items (4) and (5).  The full vote (as amended) 
follows.

Ron Spangler
Pct. 15
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VOTED:	That the Town Meeting supports the prime recommendation of the 
School Facilities Working Group which includes the following actions:

(1)	Letters of interest for the Thompson and Stratton Elementary Schools 
be submitted to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) prior 
to June 30, 2007,
(2)	That since it is likely that it will be 3 to 5 years until the MSBA 
provides funding for the Thompson School that such amounts of monies be 
spent on the school to ensure that the facility meets the basic needs of 
the students and faculty using the facility.  This includes $120,000 in 
the Capital Budget for fiscal 2008,
(3)	That since it is likely that it will be 15 to 20 years until the 
MSBA provides funding for the Stratton School that the Town appropriate 
approximately $150,000 per year over the next 10 years in the Capital 
Budget to upgrade the facility over that period.
(4)	That the School Facilities Working Group shall continue to discharge 
its duties, as laid out in the unanimous vote of the 2006 Annual Town 
Meeting under its Article 65, fully and completely, including, but not 
limited to, revising plans and reporting to the Thompson and Stratton 
communities, and to Town Meeting, annually until construction has 
commenced on the seventh elementary school.
(5)	That the School Facilities Working Group’s membership shall be 
redefined as: the Superintendent, the Town Treasurer, the Town Manager 
or his/her designee, the Director of Planning, the chair of the 
Permanent Town Building Committee or his/her designee, the chair of the 
School Committee or his/her designee, the chair of the Board of 
Selectmen or his/her designee, the chair of the Finance Committee or 
his/her designee, the chair of the Capital Planning Committee or his/her 
designee, and Town Meeting Members representing the Thompson and 
Stratton school districts.