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Sherborn 2012 Annual Town Meeting Results

All 34 article motions passed with the exception of Article 26 which dealt with the town adopting a policy to allow for recall elections.

 

Sherborn's 235th Annual Town Meeting was held Tuesday night in the Lindquist Commons auditorium at the Dover-Sherborn High School.

There were 34 articles on this year's warrant and all 34 were voted on Tuesday night, therefore, there will be no second night of Town Meeting necessary.

All article motions passed with the exception of Article 26 which deals with petitioning the General Court for a special act that would adopt the ability for the town to hold recall elections for elected officials in Sherborn.

The Advisory Board recommended favorable action on the article by a vote of 4-2.

Several townspeople spoke against approving the Advisory Board's recommendation. Many felt that the article was premature and needed to have more open discussions and hearings about the bylaw before moving forward with the recommendation of Advisory.

A citizens' petition, Article 34, also dealt with the issue of recall elections and a motion was passed to take no action in regard to passing a similar bylaw that would allow for such recall elections in the town.

Other article motions that were passed were in Article 8 which allowed for funds to be allocated to several departments in town including $52,000 to the Sherborn Library for improvements to help make the library compliant with the American's with Disabilities Act; $500,000 for renovations and preventative maintenance at Woodhaven; and $95,200 for repairs to the Pine Hill School's water tank and for asbestos removal underneath carpeting and on pipes in the ceiling of the school.

To see the town warrant in it's entirety click on the PDF above.

Here are the results of Town Meeting as follows:

Article Result

Article 1

Motion Passed (amended)
Article 2
Motion Passed

Article 3

Motion Passed (amended)
Article 4
Motion Passed

Article 5

(amended)

Line 1- Motion Passed

Line 2- Motion Passed

Line 3- Motion Passed

Line 4- Motion Passed

Line 5- Motion Passed

Line 6- Motion Passed

Line 7- Removed

Line 8- Motion Passed

Line 9- Motion Passed

Line 10- Motion Passed

Article 6
Motion Passed
Article 7

Line 1- Motion Passed

Line 2- Motion Passed

Line 3- Motion Passed

Line 4- Motion Passed

Article 8

Line 1- Motion Passed

Line 2- Motion Passed

Line 3- Motion Passed

Line 4- Motion Passed

Line 5- Motion Passed (no action taken)

Line 6- Motion Passed

Line 7- Motion Passed

Article 9
Motion Passed
Article 10
Motion Passed

Article 11

Motion Passed (amended)

Article 12

Motion Passed (amended)
Article 13
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 14
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 15
Motion Passed
Article 16
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 17
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 18
Motion Passed
Article 19
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 20
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 21
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 22
Motion Passed
Article 23
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 24
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 25
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 26
Motion Failed
Article 27
Motion Passed
Article 28
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 29
Motion Passed

Article 30

Motion Passed (amended)
Article 31
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 32
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 33
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Article 34
Motion Passed (no action taken)
Related Topics: Sherborn 2012 Annual Town Meeting and Sherborn Town Meeting 2012

Jim Murphy

8:39 am on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Despite your best intentions and deadline pressure, your article is misleading in several respects. First, as you correctly reported, the only Article that failed was Article 26, the Selectman's Proposal proposing the addition of a Recall provision in the Town's By-Laws. Secondly, there were three types of other Motions that technically "passed;" (a) those as written in the Warrant; (b) those that were amended at the Town Meeting by a citizen or by Advisory; and (c) those that Town Meeting voted to take "no action"; effectively tabling these items to the future.

By myy scorecard, the tabulation would more accurately read as follows:

Passed - Articles 2, 4, 6, 7, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9, 10, 15, 18, 22, 27, 29.
Passed as Amended - Articles 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, 30.
Motion to take No Action Passed - 8.5, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34
Failed - 26.

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