Next to each article description below, see if it was approved or not as the meeting unfolds. Check back with Patch Tuesday for a more in depth look at some of the article discussions such as the Hillside School feasibility study, landfill solar panel project and the marijuana by-law amendment proposal.
Article 1: Appropriate for Modular Classrooms at Mitchell School - APPROVED
Article 2: Appropriate for Feasibility Study / Hillside School - APPROVED
Article 3: Amend the FY2014 Operating Budget - APPROVED
Article 4: Amend the FY2014 Sewer Enterprise Fund Budget - APPROVED
Finance Committee Minutes, Oct. 9, 2013
Article 5: Amend the FY2014 Water Enterprise Fund Budget - APPROVED
Finance Committee Minutes, Oct. 9, 2013
Article 6: Amend Zoning By-Law – Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic - APPROVED. Installation Overlay District - Needham Solar Energy Exploratory Committee (SEEC) Link to SEEC Resource & Work page
Article 7: Amend Zoning By-Law – Map Change to Large-Scale Ground -Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installation Overlay District - APPROVED
Article 8: Appropriate For Solar Facility Development Expenses - APPROVED
Presentation to the Board of Selectmen from the Solar Energy Exploratory Committee, Oct. 29, 2013
Article 9: Amend General By-Law Type and Length Of Contracts & Leases/Solar Facilities - APPROVED
Article 10: Authorize Lease of Land for Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installation - APPROVED
Article 11: Authorize Pilot for Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installation - APPROVED
Article 12: Authorize Lease of MBTA Property For Shared Use Recreation Trail - APPROVED. Link to Needham Rail Trail Information Page
Article 13: Appropriate Rail Trail Insurance - APPROVED. CPA Article page.
Article 14: Amend General By-Law – Public Consumption of Marijuana - APPROVED
Amendment to strike words "possess or consume marijuana" - APPROVED
Amendment to strike sentence "All...court." - APPROVED
Article 15: Amend General By-Law/Municipal Water Supply - APPROVED
Needham's DEP Water Management Act.
Article 16: Authorize Taking of Real Property - APPROVED
Map of Taking
Article 17: Home Rule Petition– Sale of All Alcoholic Beverages in Restaurants
with Fewer Than 100 Seats - APPROVED
Article 18: Appropriate for Ridge Hill Reservation Swamp Trail Boardwalk Construction - Withdrawn
Article 19: Rescind Debt Authorizations Finance Committee Minutes, Oct. 9, 2013
Article 20: Appropriate for General Fund Cash Capital - APPROVED
Article 21: Appropriate for DPW Garage Vehicle Service Lift - APPROVED
Article 22: Appropriate for Property Acquisition - APPROVED GIS Map of 66 Chestnut
Article 23: Appropriate to Athletic Facility Improvement Fund - APPROVED
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