Monday, June 9, 7:00 pm
2nd Floor Town Hall
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
FRANKLIN, SS. TOWN OF GILL
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING: MAY 5, 2025
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, 325 Main Road in said Town on Monday, the Fifth day of May, in the year Two Thousand and Twenty Five (05/05/2025) at 7:00 PM then and there to act on the following articles.
A motion to continue the meeting until Monday, June 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM at the Town Hall is anticipated at this point. The additional time will allow the Town to complete the budget process for Fiscal Year 2026.
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Article 4: To see if the Town will vote to fix the salaries or compensation of the several officers of the Town as follows, or take any action relative thereto.
Constable(s) – Each Posting
Moderator – Annual Town Meeting
Special Town Meeting, Each
Selectboard Chair
2nd & 3rd Member, Each
Board of Assessors Chair
2nd & 3rd Member, Each
Board of Health Chair
2nd & 3rd Member, Each
Town Clerk
Tax Collector
Additional As Sewer Fee Collector
Registrars – Three members, Each
Town Clerk, as Chair
Article 5: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation a sum or sums of money to provide a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for all appointed Town employees and certain elected officials, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 6: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation, transfer from available funds or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for the maintenance of the several departments of the Town (the “Omnibus budget”) for Fiscal Year 2026, and for other necessary charges, in accordance with the amounts recommended by the Selectboard, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 7: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation, transfer from available funds or otherwise provide $1,994,553.00 to provide $1,985,811.00 for its Fiscal Year 2026 operating assessment and $8,742.00 for its Fiscal Year 2026 debt service costs for the Gill-Montague Regional School District, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 8: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation, transfer from available funds or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money to add to the account to be used toward the costs associated with an appraisal of the real and personal property in the Town of Gill owned by FirstLight Power and an appraisal of the personal property in the Town of Gill owned by National Grid, New England Power Company, and NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 9: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation, transfer from available funds or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money to add to the Board of Assessors Revaluation Account (001-142-5801), or take any action relative thereto.
Article 10: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the PEG Access and Cable Related Fund (account 256) a sum or sums of money to add to the account (001-159-5846) previously established to provide for Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Access operations and other municipal cable-related expenses, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation, transfer from available funds or otherwise provide a sum or sums or money for the Other Post-Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 12: To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum or sums of money from unappropriated funds (Free Cash) or other available funds and place said amounts into one or more of the following stabilization funds: Capital Stabilization Fund, Education Stabilization Fund, Energy Stabilization Fund, Fire Department SCBA/Air Packs Stabilization Fund, and General Stabilization Fund, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 13: To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum or sums of money from unappropriated funds (Free Cash) or other available funds to be used to reduce the tax rate and stabilize the tax levy for Fiscal Year 2026, or take any action relative thereto.
And, you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Main Road; Post Office, Mt. Hermon; The Gill Tavern, Main Road; and Riverside Municipal Building, Route 2, in said Town seven 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 24th day of April in the year Two Thousand Twenty Five (04/24/2025).
