Articles Voted On
14, 18, 46, 48, 49, 50 and 51
Articles Postponed
Article 47 (Postponed by Allan Tosti, Chair, Finance Committee) until Wednesday, May 16, 2007.
Voting Results
ARTICLE 14 BYLAW AMENDMENT/GRAFFITI
VOTED: (QUORUM PRESENT)
That Title VIII Public Health and Safety be and hereby is Amended by adding a new Article 5 thereto entitled “Graffiti and Vandalism” to provide as follows
ARTICLE 5 Graffiti and Vandalism
Section 1 Purpose and Intent
Vandalism and the existence of graffiti within the Town are
considered a public and private nuisance. The purpose of this
bylaw is to protect public and private property from acts of
vandalism and defacement, which is specifically intended to
include the application of graffiti on such property. Vandalism
and graffiti affects the quality of life of residents, the rights and
values of property owners, and the entire Arlington community;
therefore, this bylaw shall be strictly enforced. For the purposes
of this bylaw, graffiti is intended to mean the intentional painting,
marking, scratching, etching, coloring, tagging, or other defacement
of any public or private property without the prior written consent
of the owner of such property.
Section 2` Prohibited Conduct
Whoever intentionally, willfully, maliciously, or wantonly destroys,
defaces, mars, injures or applies graffiti to the real or personal property of another including, but not limited to, any part of any public or private building, appurtenance to such building, or any monument, tablet, statue, or other object erected to mark a public place or to commemorate an historic event or figure, or any equipment, apparatus or fixture located on or comprising public property, or any fence, wall, post, traffic signaling device or pole, awning, or any other structure, shall, upon conviction, be punished by the maximum criminal fine allowed by state law, and in addition, shall forfeit to the property owner the reasonable cost of repairing, replacing, removing or obliterating such defacement, graffiti or act of vandalism. In addition such person shall be subject to a civil fine of
two hundred dollars ($200.00) which may be disposed in the first instance by the non-criminal disposition procedure provided in Title IX of the by laws.
Section 3 Enforcement
Upon determining that graffiti exists on any private or other non-Town owned property and that such graffiti can be viewed from a public place within the Town, the Chief of Police, or his designee, shall mail or deliver a notice to the owner of the property on which the graffiti exists advising the owner that the graffiti must be removed within three business days. In the case of graffiti on private property, the property owner shall, within three business days of delivery of the notice, either remove the graffiti or submit a written request to the Director of Public Works along with a release requesting the Town to enter the property and assist in removing the graffiti. Upon receipt of the property owner’s written request and release, the Director of Public Works, or his designee, shall determine whether
the Town can effectively assist in removal of the graffiti and if so, what procedures it can employ to facilitate such removal. If the Town assists in the removal of such graffiti, the Town shall charge the property owner a fee in the amount of the actual cost of removal or one hundred dollars, whichever is greater, and any amount forfeited to the property owner under Section 2 of this bylaw in excess of such amount shall be turned over to the Town and deposited in the General Fund. Failure to remove the graffiti or make such request within three business days shall subject such owner to the provisions of G. L. c. 40, s. 21D and Article 2 of Title IX Enforcement and Fees of these bylaws with a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) per day each and every day to be considered a separate offense. Any fee charged by the Town for the cost of graffiti removal under this section remaining unpaid after sixty days of notice of such charge shall be subject to the provisions
of G.L. c. 40, s. 58.
A true copy of the vote under
Article 14 of the Warrant for the
Annual Town Meeting of the
Town of Arlington at the session held
May 14, 2007.
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
ARTICLE 18 BYLAW AMENDMENT/DATA PROCESSING DEPARTMENT
VOTED: (QUORUM PRESENT)
That the Bylaws of the Town be and hereby are
amended as follows:
Article 5 Comptroller of Title I of the Bylaws
be and hereby is amended by deleting Section G
thereof, Custody of Equipment that provides as
follows:
‘He shall be in charge of all accounting and business
equipment owned by the Town other than equipment
used for educational or classroom purposes.”
and further voted:
“That Article 12 Section 1 Data Processing Department
be and hereby is deleted, which currently provides as
follows:
“That the Town, pursuant to Section 23D of Chapter 41
of the General Laws, hereby establishes a consolidated
town-wide Data Processing Department no later than
December 31, 1982; and to give the Comptroller and
Coordinator of Data Processing the management and
Jurisdiction over such department; and that the School
Committee and the Town Comptroller are authorized
And agree to transfer all funds allocated to the operation
of data processing in budgets under their jurisdiction to a consolidated data processing budget under the jurisdiction
of the Comptroller and Coordinator of Data Processing;
and that the Comptroller and Coordinator of Data
Processing shall have the authority to organize said Data
Processing Department by reallocating said data processing
funds and establishing positions whenever applicable; and
that the use of computer terminals by the School Department
for instructional purposes will be guaranteed as a priority
within the consolidated data processing department; and that
the sum of $36,000 be taken from available funds to educational usage; and that the Town Comptroller and Coordinator of Data Processing shall appoint a full-time Director of Data Processing
who shall have day-to-day responsibilities for the department.”
and in place thereof the following is inserted:
Article 12
Section 1 Consolidated Information Technology
Department
The Town, pursuant to Section 23D of Chapter 41
of the General Laws hereby establishes a consolidated
town-wide Information Systems and Technology
Department, which will be under the general supervision
of the Town Manager. The Director of the Information
Systems and Technology shall be appointed by the
Town Manager. The Director of Information Systems
and Technology shall see to the day-to-day responsibilities
of the department.”
Section 2 Functions.
The functions of the Information Systems and Technology
Department shall be considered as falling into three broad
categories: (i) Town and School hardware, networking, telecommunications and software infrastructure support;
(ii) Town and School Administrative Applications,
Implementation, Training and Support; and (iii) School
Academic Applications Implementation, Training
and Support. The first two categories shall be under the management of the Town Manager, and the third category
shall be under the management of the Superintendent of
Schools.
A true copy of the vote under
Article 18 of the Warrant for the
Annual Town Meeting of the
Town of Arlington at the session held
May 14, 2007.
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
ARTICLE 46 RESCIND AUTHORITY TO BORROW
VOTED: (UNANIMOUSLY)
No Action
A true copy of the vote under
Article 46 of the Warrant for the
Annual Town Meeting of the
Town of Arlington at the session held
May 14, 2007.
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
ARTICLE 48 APPROPRIATION/TOWN CELEBRATIONS, ETC.
VOTED: (UNANIMOUSLY) (QUORUM PRESENT)
The sum of $10,667 be and hereby is appropriated for the following celebrations and memorials in the amounts indicated:
A. Veterans’ Day Parade, Memorial Day Observation and the Patriots’ Day Celebration. - $5,667
B. 2006 Town Day Celebration - $0
C. Display of American Flags on Massachusetts Avenue - $0
D. Placing of American Flags on the Graves of Veterans - $5,000
Said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Town Manager
A true copy of the vote under
Article 48 of the Warrant for the
Annual Town Meeting of the
Town of Arlington at the session held
May 14, 2007.
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
ARTICLE 49 APPROPRIATION/COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
VOTED: (QUORUM PRESENT)
That the sum of $16,560 be and hereby is appropriated to be expended by the following commissions, committees, and boards in the amounts indicated:
A. Arlington Historical Commission – $2,160
B. Historic District Commissions – $5,100
(Avon Place Historic District Commission, Broadway Historic District Commission, Central Street Historic District commission, Jason/gray Historic District Commission, Russell Historic District Commission, Pleasant Street Historic District Commission, Mount Gilboa/Crescent Hill Historic District Commission) (16-1)
C. Capital Planning Committee – $0
D. Commission on Disability – $0
E. Recycling Committee – $1,800
F. Human Rights Commission – $7,500 (15-2)
Said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the various commissions, committees and boards.
A true copy of the vote under
Article 49 of the Warrant for the
Annual Town Meeting of the
Town of Arlington at the session held
May 14, 2007.
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
ARTICLE 50 APPROPRIATION/MISCELLANEOUS
VOTED: (QUORUM PRESENT)
The sum of $14,055 be and hereby is appropriated for the
following purposes:
A. Legal Defense - To appropriate a sum of money to replenish the Legal Defense Fund established under Article 13 of Title I of the Town By-Laws - $0
B. Out-Of-State Travel - To appropriate a sum of money for expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth and as described in the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager - $3,000
C. Indemnification of Medical Costs – $11,055
(To indemnify certain retired Police Officers and Firefighters for all reasonable medical and surgical expenses which they incurred during 2006 that are the proximate result of the disability for which they were retired; and to defray the expenses of the Medical Panel required by law; provided, however, that no incurred expenses shall be considered for indemnification thereunder except only those such as are excess over covered benefits of any plan of Hospital, Surgical or other coverage which the retiree has or had available to him, either directly or through a member of his immediate family, which benefits shall be considered primary, and which must be disclosed by such plan, or by the physician, hospital
or other medical personnel or facility with or without the consent of the retiree.)
Said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Town Manager.
A true copy of the vote under
Article 50 of the Warrant for the
Annual Town Meeting of the
Town of Arlington at the session held
May 14, 2007.
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
ARTICLE 51 APPROPRIATION/GEORGE STREET SIDEWALK
VOTED: (QUORUM PRESENT)
That the Town Meeting supports the purchase or otherwise acquiring a portion of George Street adjacent to the Dallin School for the purpose of installing a sidewalk to enhance the pedestrian safety in this area.
A true copy of the vote under
Article 51 of the Warrant for the
Annual Town Meeting of the
Town of Arlington at the session held
May 14, 2007.
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
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