Special Town Meeting Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester County
To either of the Constables of the Town of OAKHAM in the county of Worcester,
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 Oakham Fire Station, Barre Road in said Oakham, on Monday October 25, 2021 at 7:00 p.m then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1: To see if the town will appropriate from available funds in the treasury the sum of
$379.74 to pay University Products, Inc. for a bill of a previous year or take any action
relative thereto.
(submitted by Town Clerk)
Article 2: To see if the Town will appropriate from available funds in the treasury the sum of
$179.81 to pay Stericycle for a bill of a prior year. The funding source requested is
Free Cash. (submitted by Board of Health).
Article 3: To see if the Town will vote to transfer $20,000 from Free Cash to the cutting
account of the Tree Warden or take any action relative thereto.
(submitted by the Tree Warden).
Article 4: To see if the Town will vote to transfer $2,000 from Free Cash to the Police Detail account of the
Tree warden or take any action thereto.
(submitted by the Tree Warden).
Article 5: To see if the town will vote to establish a new line item in the Treasurer’s budget to
to be used for depositing MLC fees collected and to transfer from available funds
the sum of $_________________to fund the new line item or take any action
relative thereto.
(submitted by Board of Selectmen)
Article 6: To see if the town will vote to establish a revolving account pursuant to MGL
Ch.44 Section 53E1/2 and Town by-law section #23 to receive fees from MLC
that are paid to the Treasurer beginning on July 1, 2022 or take any action relative
thereto. The account shall have a limit of $25,000.
(submitted by Board of Selectmen)
Article 7: To see if the town will vote to transfer from free cash the sum of $1,864.34 for a
New Optiplex 5090 small form Factor Dell computer including a new version of
Quickbooks and set up for the treasurer’s office or take any action relative
thereto.
(submitted by Board of Selectmen)
Article 8: To see if the town will vote to transfer from Free Cash the sum of $25,000 to the
FinCom Reserve Account or take any action relative thereto.
(submitted by FinCom)
Article 9: To see if the town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $2,500
for the purchase of a 20’ storage unit for the Town Hall and Sr. Center or take
any action relative thereto.
(submitted by Board of Selectmen and COA)
Article 10: To see if the town will vote to hire one full-time Police Officer and to fund this
position in the amount of $44,000 for salary plus benefits or take any action relative
thereto.
(submitted by Police Department)
Article 11: To see if the town will vote to reject the proposed construction of a 6-Acre, 100MW
Lithium-ion Battery storage facility in Oakham within a residential area on East Hill
Road East.
(submitted by voter petition)
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting the attested copies thereof at the
Oakham Town Hall and On the Town’s Website
In said town, Fourteen days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make sure due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to
The Town Clerk, at that time and place of meeting, as aforesaid. Given under our hands this
Eighth day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-one.
Selectmen
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Lucy Tessnau, Chairman
______________________________
Donald Haapakoski, Vice Chairman
______________________________
Bradford Taylor, Clerk
A True Copy, Attest:
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Constable Date