SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MINUTES
November 9th, 2026
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Moderator James McRae, having met the quorum requirement of 35 registered voters. The following action was taken by the 46 voters present:
ARTICLE 1: VOTED unanimously to rescind the action taken under Article 22 of the May 2026 Annual Town Meeting, which voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($87,257) to fund the FY2026 snow and ice deficit.
ARTICLE 2: VOTED unanimously to raise and appropriate Eighty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($87,257) to Stabilization.
ARTICLE 3: VOTED unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $3113.13 from CDBG for the purpose of paying prior year bills.
ARTICLE 4: Unanimously PASSED OVER borrowing, subject to the passage of a Proposition 2 ½ debt exclusion override, to pay for the annual share of the Franklin Technical School building project, determined through the district assessment formula?
ARTICLE 5: VOTED unanimously to adopt the bylaw entitled “Designation of Handicapped Spaces.”
Designation of Handicapped Spaces
A. It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle in a parking space reserved and designated for use by vehicles of handicapped persons, whether located on public or private ways or properties, unless authorized to do so by the terms of this section or the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Spaces designated for handicap parking are to be used ONLY by vehicles displaying handicap license plates, or a state issued handicap placard. Spaces designated as handicap parking are reserved at all times.
B. A fine of $200 shall be imposed for the unauthorized parking of a motor vehicle in a space reserved and designated for use by vehicles of handicapped persons, pursuant to the authority of MGL c. 40, § 21.
C. The Police Department and all members thereof assigned to traffic duty are hereby authorized to remove and tow away, or have removed and towed away by commercial towing service, at the sole expense of the owner of said motor vehicle, any motor vehicle left unattended or parked in a parking space reserved and designated for use by a vehicle of a handicapped person, unless said vehicle shall be designated as a vehicle of a handicapped person. Motor vehicles so towed away shall be stored in a safe place and restored to the owner or operator thereof upon payment by the owner or operator of the expenses incurred in said removal and storage.
The meeting was dissolved at 7:19 p.m.
A True record of the action taken. Attest:
John Paganetti
Town Clerk