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Dighton Water District 192 Williams St. No. Dighton, Ma
02764 ANNUAL MEETING May
28, 2009 The
Annual Meeting of the Dighton Water District was held in the Cafeteria at the
Dighton Middle School on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 7:30 P.M. The Warrant for the meeting was posted
on May 20, 2009 at the Town Offices and the Post Offices in Dighton. District
Clerk, Carol Stevens, called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. and went as
follows: On
a motion made and seconded, the District voted to dispense with the reading
of the Warrant. ARTICLE I On
a motion made and seconded, Attorney William McKeon was nominated Moderator
for the evening. It was voted
unanimously and Attorney William McKeon proceeded with the meeting. ARTICLE II On
a motion made and seconded, the District voted unanimously to hear the
reports of the officers as written.
ARTICLE III On
a motion made and seconded the District voted to raise and Appropriate,
$14,649.60 to compensate officers as described under Article 3. ARTICLE IV On
a motion made and seconded the District voted unanimously to Bond the
Treasurer in accordance with Section 121, Chapter 41, of the General Laws,
$1,514.00. ARTICLE V On
a motion made and seconded the District voted unanimously to raise and
appropriate $603,305.78 for the redemption of District Bonds and Notes
becoming due in the year ending June 30, 2010 and to pay the interest on
District Debt. On a motion made
and seconded to transfer the sum of $400,000 from free cash to pay off an
existing FHA note dated 7/21/98 the motion was defeated with a hand count of
9 for and 23 against. ARTICLE VI On
a motion made and seconded, to raise and appropriate, $1,307,510 to defray
District charges and assessments for the year ending June 30, 2010 as
approved by the Commissioners of the District, James Ready of the Finance
Committee made a motion to amend to consider the budget by line item number,
motion was seconded. Joseph
Lawrence said, “The reason we’re making this motion is so you people
know where you’re money is going individual. They read a lump sum you’re not
going to know where it’s going except for that lump sum this way
they’ll have to explain where it’s going either that or you vote
for millions of dollars you don’t know.” Motion carried. With
the exception of lines #3, #15, and #22 all lines were passed as written
(copy of budget attached). Line #
3 was approved in the amount of $2,500, Line #15 was approved in the amount
of $10,000, Line#22 was approved in the amount of $300, Line
#19 was approved in the amount of $70,000. ARTICLE VII On
a motion made and seconded, the District voted unanimously to authorize the
Treasurer with the approval of the Commissioners to borrow from time to time
in anticipation of revenue for the year ending June 30, 2010 in accordance
with the General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and Acts in Amendment thereof,
and including in addition thereto, Chapter 849 of the Acts of 1969, as
amended, and to issue a note or notes therefor
payable within one year and to renew any notes as may be given for a period
of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, of the
General Laws. ARTICLE VIII On
a motion made and seconded, the District voted unanimously to raise and
appropriate $1,400.00 for a required D.E.P. Assessment. ARTICLE IX On
a motion made and seconded, the District voted unanimously to raise and
appropriate $1,000.00 for certified mailings. ARTICLE X On
a motion made and seconded, the District voted unanimously to raise and
appropriate $2,000.00 for a water awareness program. ARTICLE XI On
a motion made and seconded, the District voted unanimously to raise and
appropriate$5,000 to establish a revolving account into which shall be paid
fees collected by the Dighton Water District for service installations, said
monies to be expended from said revolving account by the Dighton Water
District, Board of Commissioners, the money is to be used to purchase
materials, contractual labor and equipment for the installation of water
services and repairs to said water services. Spending will be capped at $10,000.00. ARTICLE XII On
a motion made and seconded, the District voted unanimously to raise and
appropriate, $9,000.00 to the District’s reserve account, said monies
to be expended from said account by approval of the Dighton Water
District’s Finance Committee.
Spending shall be capped at $9,000.00. ARTICLE XIII Article
XIII was Defeated to transfer, one million dollars from free cash for the
purpose of distribution and drinking water sources. ARTICLE XIV On
motion made by Karen J. O’Connor and seconded, the District voted
unanimously to have all water district, special and annual meeting and,
elections, to be posted on Dighton cable channel 9,/
Dighton.com/Taunton daily Gazette, newspaper with all information pertaining
to such meeting, and election, (ex:date, time,
place with information of such, date to take out papers, date when due back
to clerk off, how many signatures are required. ARTICLE XV On
a motion made by Karen J. O’Connor and seconded, the District voted
unanimously to have Dighton water district warrants,/minutes
of the monthly meeting, and special/annual water district meeting minutes to
be posted on the Dighton water district website. ARTICLE XVI Attorney
William McKeon asked if there was any other business to come before the
meeting or any other motions. Attorney
William McKeon re-appointed, Susan Gustafson, Joseph Lawrence, James Ready,
Ron Smith and Robert Peixoto to continue serving on the Finance Committee. A
motion made and seconded, the meeting dissolved at 9:55 P.M. Respectfully
Submitted, Carol
Stevens District
Clerk Board
of Water Commissioners ____________________________
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