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Dighton Water District 192 Williams St. No. Dighton, Ma
02764 ANNUAL MEETING May
27, 2010 The
Annual Meeting of the Dighton Water District was held in the Cafeteria at the
Dighton Middle School on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 7:00 P.M. The Warrant for the meeting was posted on
May 19, 2010 at the Town Offices and the Post Offices in Dighton. District
Clerk, Carol Stevens, called the meeting to order at 7:06 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 John Blake was nominated Moderator for
the evening. It was voted with a hand
count 8 in favor 5 opposed, Attorney John Blake 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,
972.60 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, $1,560.00. ARTICLE V On
a motion made and seconded the District voted unanimously to raise and appropriate
$576,636.50 for the redemption of District Bonds and Notes becoming due in
the year ending June 30, 2011 and to pay the interest on District Debt. ARTICLE VI On
a motion made and seconded, to raise and appropriate, $1,321,645 to defray
District charges and assessments for the year ending June 30, 2011 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. Motion carried. After
going through every article line by line the total remained the same. 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, 2011 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 $1,460.00 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 $2,500.00 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 On
a motion made and seconded, the District voted unanimously to raise and
appropriate, $1,500.00 to have an appraisal done on the Dighton Water
District property located at 527 Somerset Ave., Dighton, MA ARTICLE XIV On
motion made and seconded, the District voted to unanimously to table Article
14. ARTICLE XV A
motion was made and seconded to transfer $14,000 from free cash to pay the
final invoice for the rehabilitation of the Elm St. and Williams St.
tanks. Chairman of the Board of
Commissioners, Sue Medeiros made a motion to amend the Article to read vote
to raise and appropriate $14,000 Commissioner, Paul Pacheco seconded the motion. After a discussion was held Sue Medeiros
made a motion to withdraw the amendment, Paul Pacheco withdrew his
second. On the original motion the
District voted unanimously to transfer $14,000 from free cash to pay the
final invoice for the rehabilitation of the Elm St. and Williams St. tanks. Attorney
John Blake asked if there was any other business to come before the meeting
or any other motions. James
Ready made a motion to dissolve.
Motion died for lack of a second. Nancy
Goulart made a motion to accept the report of the
officers as presented, Sue Medeiros seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. Nancy
Goulart asked for an update on defining the
District. A brief discussion was held. Attorney
John Blake re-appointed Charles Roderigues to
continue serving on the Finance Committee.
Joseph Lawrence and James Ready made it known they did not want to
serve. A
motion made and seconded, the meeting dissolved at 8:25 P.M. Respectfully
Submitted, Carol
Stevens District
Clerk Board
of Water Commissioners ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ |