This government meeting is brought to you by Eastworks. Good evening. I'm Robert Floyd, your town moderator, and I'm here with Scott, our town administrator. And I hope we're the only two individuals out on a cold night like this. I'm here to read the articles for
upcoming town meeting, Saturday, December 6, 10:00, William North School. I look forward to seeing you there. So, we have 13 articles. Article one, transfer for health insurance. to see if the town will vote
to transfer 327,185 to the group health active employees account 01-914-5170 said some is be taken from the following named accounts or take any other action relative there too stabilization
operating account 82-200-5698 the amount $150,000 Stabilization Capital 82-200-5700-4125,000 Stabilization Ambulance 82-200-5698-00002,185 and General Highway wages 01-422-5115
$50,000. This is going to be a fun one to read. Article two, amendment to finance committee bylaw to see if the town will vote to amend section 35 of the town's general bylaws as follows with addition shown in bold and deleted text shown as
stricken through or take any other action relative there too. 351 committee established. There shall be a finance committee for the town consisting of five voters of the town who shall perform the duties
set forth in the following sections of this article and be governed by the provisions thereof. The committee shall be crossed through, elected, added, appointed as provided in 35-2 of this
article. Finance committee member may serve as leazison to other committees, boards, commissions and our ad hoc committees as needed to maintain communication and coordination between those bodies and the finance committee.
Finance committee members may serve on appointed committees, commissions, boards, or ad hoc committees with voting rights unless otherwise stipulated in the town's bylaws.
352 membership and vacancies. Then add as of the effective date of this bylaw amendment upon strike through adoption of this bylaw add expiration of each current finance committee members elected term of office. End of ad.
Beginning of striketh through. There shall be elected by the voters. End of striketh through. Beginning of ad. Finance committee members shall be appointed by the town moderator. in a VAD. Two members of the striketh through finance committee in a striketh through
to serve for a term of one year. Two members to serve for a term of two years and one member to serve for a term of three years beginning of striketh through at each annual election end of striketh through. Thereafter beginning striketh through there shall be an
election of end of striketh through finance committee striketh through member or members ad shall be appointed end of ad for terms it looks better in print for terms of
three years to succeed the members whose terms may expire that year or to fill the balance of a term where a vacancy has occurred. B strike through. If after such election there are one or more vacancies of the finance committee, the
select board shall in writing appoint a person or persons to fill such vacancies in the strike through any person strike through. So the word appointed to add to the finance committee in a VAD shall be a registered voter of the town
beginning striketh through and shall perform these duties of the office until the next annual election or until another is qualified in a striketh through 35-4 annual town report amended May 9,
2023 annual town meeting by article 31 beginning of striketh through the select board before the annual town meeting shall at the expense of the town make available the annual town report for the use of the residents. The Anna report
will include the report from the finance committee of its activities and recommendations made available in print and online in a striketh through and this is ad. The finance committee shall submit a written report of its activities and any recommendations
relative to financial matters for inclusion into the town's annual report in the VAD. We continue. There's another section here. 35-5 duties and responsibilities ABCD. They're all new and added. Review
expenditures and commitments of each town department committee or commission on a regular basis and identify significant variance for the select board's attention. B. hold quarterly meetings with the select board, treasurer, collector, town accountant,
and a town administrator to review the town's financial obligations, revenues, and budget status. C. Review departmental budget submissions, hold meetings with the select board, and make recommendations in preparing the annual
budget for approval at the annual town meeting. D. The finance committee shall have control over the town's finance committee reserve fund which provides for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures as defined by mass general
law chapter 40 subchapter 6. Section 2035-6 prohibition from serving as an elected official. This is an ad. No member of the finance committee shall be eligible to hold elected office for any position
within the town of Southampton's bylaws in the VAD. Article three, repeal personnel policy and procedure board. The sea of the town will vote to repeal the town's personnel bylaw. As said bylaw was amended by town
meeting on May 16, 1988 and as it may have been further amended from time to time or take [clears throat] any other action relative there too. Article four update personal policy and
procedure board. This see the town will vote to amend chapter 61 of the town's general bylaw as follows with addition shown in bold and deleted text shown is stricken through or take any other action relative there too. Section 61-1,
policies and procedures on file. Adoption of personnel rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. The town personnel the town's personnel policies and procedures are contained in a manual titled Town of Southampton,
Massachusetts, personnel policies and procedures and wage and salary administration program, which is on file in the office of the town clerk. This is an ad. In so far as the personnel policies and procedures in existence as
of December 6, 2025 reference the personal policies and procedure board or PPPB. All authority conferred on that PPPB under the personnel policies and procedures is transferred to the select board.
The select board is authorized to adopt and amend personnel rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for all town departments and positions excluding employees of the school department. End of
article five, unpaid accounts from prior fiscal years. to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or otherwise provide a sum of money for the payment of unpaid bills of previous years incurred by the department's board and offices of the town of Southampton
or take any other action relative there too. It's going to be four columns. Year, title, vendor amount. The year is all fiscal 25. Title legal fees sit all and sit all $1,575.
Assessor services tie and bond $1,125. Sharps program sharps program $238.17. Environmental monitoring tai and bond $2,950. Police training team1 network $700.
Environmental monitoring tie and bond $5,750. Article six, transfer for funding for fiscal 26 retain earnings to water enterprise line. This even the town will vote to transfer the sum of $60,279
from water retain earnings line to the water enterprise fund line to offset a deficit as result of change orders for work done as part of a hazard mitigation project waterline relocation project in
fiscal 2022 or to take any other action relative there too. The amount is $60,279 from the water retain earnings to the water enterprise fund. your reason. Change your orders.
Article 7, transfer for conservation commission. received. The town will vote to transfer an amount totaling $19,4668 from the land use coordinator account 01-125-8115 to the conservation agent account
01-171-5115 or taken any other action relative there too. Article eight, transfer for health agent. The city of the town will vote to transfer an amount totaling $5,97.70 from the land use coordinator account
01-125-8115 to the health director agent account 01-510-5113 or take any other action relative there too. Moving right along here. Article nine, transfer of funds from prior year
encumbrance to street lighting. received the town will vote to transfer an amount totaling $12,000 from prior year encumbrance 01-950-5905-50 to the street lighting account 01-424-52000-50 as listed below or take any other action
relative there to amount 12,000 from prior year incumbrance to street lighting account reason ever source invoices. Article 10, fee acquisition of property at Rattle Hill Road rear to see if the
town will vote to authorize the select board a to acquire by purchase gift or eminent domain a few simple interest in 40 acres of land more or less located at Rattle Hill Road rear Southampton tax 12
lot 10 and being the premises described in a deed recorded with the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds in book 1509, page 614 to be under the care, custody, and control of the
Conservation Commission pursuant to the provisions of chapter 40, section 8C, as it may hereafter be amended for conservation and passive recreation purposes subject to the protection of article 97 of the amendments to the
Massachusetts Constitution. B. to raise and appropriate borrow transfer from available funds including the community preservation act fund the amount of $50,000 for the purpose of funding said acquisition and cost
incidental or related thereto provided however that said monies shall not be expended unless the town receives the amount of $50,000 from Kestrel land trust or other sources for reimbursement of said purchase price
D to authorize the select board to grant a conservation restriction on said parcel in compliance with general laws chapter 44B section 12A and D to authorize the select board to enter into
all agreements and execute any and all instruments on behalf of the town as may be necessary appropriate to carry out the purpose of this article or take any other action relative there too. Article 11,
fee acquisition of property at former road. and see if the town will vote to authorize the select board a to acquire by purchase gift for remnant domain a fee simple interest in 27 acres of land more or less located at former road
Southampton being all or a portion of tax map 27 lot 30 sorry lot 23 3 acres and all or a portion of tax map 27 lot 3 24 acres as approximately shown on a
sketch plan on file with the town clerk to be under the care custody and control of the conservation commission pursuant to the provisions of chapter 40 section 8C as it may thereafter be amended for conservation and passes recreation
purposes subject to the protections of article 97 of the amendments to the Massachusetts constitution B to transfer the amount of 426 $6,900 from the community preserv P
preservation act fund open space account remainder of available balance and the undesated account for the purpose of funding set of acquisitions and costs incidental or related thereto provided however that such funds shall not be
expended unless the town is approved for a local acquisition for a natural diversity land grant from the Massachusetts Division of conservation services and or any other s such sources for reimbursement of all or a percentage
of the cost of set property. C to authorize a select board and for the conservation commission to apply for, accept, and expend any funds that may provided by the Commonwealth or other public or private sourcees
to defay all or a portion of the cost of said acquisition, including but not limited to grants and or reimbursement programs. in any way connected with the scope of this article. Which grants and or funds so received shall be used to
repay all or a portion of the sums transferred from the community preservation act fund here. D to authorize the select board to grant a conservation restriction on said parcel in compliance with general laws chapter
44B section 12A and E to authorize the select board to enter into all agreements and execute any and all instruments on behalf of the town as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article or take any
other action relative there too. Article 12, park P A grant funding for Conan improvements. The city of the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $150,000 from the community preservation act undesated fund account for the cost of
installing a walking path and spray pad within Kona Park. The land described indeed of William sorry Willard F. Holland and Dorothy P. Howland book 1296 page 37 of the Hampshire County Registry
of Deeds constituting a gift to the town from the Harold W. and Dorothy P. conitut fund and tend to be used solely for park purposes or playground purposes or other recreational purposes in accordance with a vote accepting the
gift passed at the town meeting held February 9th, 1959 and any cost incidental or related thereto provided however that no funds shall be expended until the town has received a grant commitment in the
amount of $99,000. under the park grant program 30M sorry 301 CMR5 applied for by the town administrator Scottbeck as designated as Kona Park Improvements
Park number six by the divisions of conservation services reimbursement grant which funds shall be returned to the community preservation act undesated fund or take any other action relative there And the last one,
article 13, receive the uh purchase of Glendale Road property. The see the town will vote to authorize the select board a to acquire by purchase gift reminant domain a fee simple interest in 2.39 acres of land more or less located at
Glendale Road Southampton tax map 19 lot 11A and being the premise is described in a deed recorded with the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds in book 13211 page 336 to be under the care custody
and control of the conservation commission pursuant to the provisions of chapter 40 section 8C as it may hereafter be amended for conservation and passive recreation purposes subject to the protections of article 97 of the
amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution. B to raise and appropriate borrow and transfer from available funds including the community preservation act fund the amount of $50,000 for the purpose of funding said
acquisition and cost incidental or related thereto provided however that said money shall not be expended unless the conservation commission contributes the amount of $35,000 from the Hazel Young Memorial Account
and or the Conet wildlife account or other such sources to pay the balance of the purchase price. C to authorize the select board to grant a conservation restriction on said parcel in compliance with general laws
chapter 44B sections 12A and D to authorize the select board to enter into all agreements and execute any and all instruments on behalf of the town as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purpose of this article or take any
other action relative there too. Well, the action that we want from you is to attend the special town meeting Saturday, December 10th, 10 o'clock, William Wheeling North School. And I promise I'll get you home by lunch. Maybe a late lunch, but you'll be home
by lunch. Thank you.