Monday, December 16, 7:00 pm
2nd Floor Town Hall
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
FRANKLIN, SS. TOWN OF GILL
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING: DECEMBER 16, 2024
To any of the Constables of the Town of Gill in the County of Franklin,
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Gill Town Hall in said town on Monday, the 16th day of December, in the year Two Thousand and Twenty Four (12/16/2024) at 7:00 PM then and there to act on the following articles.
Article 1: To see if the Town will vote to transfer $50,000.00 from the General Stabilization Fund or other available funds to add to the account previously established to hire an Owner’s Project Manager and a Designer to provide a feasibility study and schematic design of a new roof and other necessary or related improvements for the Gill Elementary School and for which feasibility study/schematic design the Town may be eligible for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA). The MSBA’s grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary program based on need, as determined by the MSBA, and any costs the Town incurs in connection with the feasibility study/schematic design in excess of any grant approved by and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the Town; or take any action relative thereto. (2/3 majority required)
Article 2: To see if the Town will vote, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 77 of the Acts of 2023, to rescind the vote taken under Article 6 of the June 12, 2023 Town Meeting creating an Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund and revoke the dedication of 100% of the opioid litigation settlement funds received by the Town to such fund pursuant to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40 Section 5B and Section 197 of said Chapter 77, with such funds to henceforth be placed in a Opioid Settlement Special Revenue Fund approved by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue’s Director of Accounts pursuant to said Chapter 77, and to be expended without further appropriation for all of the purposes allowed by law, including those outlined in applicable opioid litigation settlement documents; or take any action relative thereto. (2/3 majority vote required)
Article 3: To see if the Town will vote to transfer the entire balance of $3,455.06 plus any and all new receipts or interest accrued subsequent to the posting of this Warrant from the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund to the Opioid Settlement Special Revenue Fund; or take any action relative thereto. (2/3 majority vote required)
Article 4: (To be considered only if Article 2 and/or Article 3 are defeated or passed over.) To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $786.00 from the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund for the purpose of funding the Town’s share of regional opioid use prevention, treatment, and recovery programming projects for Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026; or take any action relative thereto. (2/3 majority vote required)
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Main Road; Post Office, Mount Hermon; The Gill Tavern, Main Road; and the Riverside Municipal Building, Route 2, in said Town fourteen days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting as foresaid.
Given under our hand this 25th day of November in the year Two Thousand Twenty Four.
Doreen J. Stevens
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Gill by posting up attested copies of the same at the Town Hall, Main Road; Post Office, Mount Hermon; The Gill Tavern, Main Road; and the Riverside Municipal Building, Route 2, fourteen days before the date hereof, as within directed.
___________________________________Constable of Gill Date: __________________________
Individuals who may need auxiliary aids for effective communication for this meeting should call the Gill Town Hall at (413) 863-9347 or MA Relay System at (800) 439-2370.
