All Representative Town Meeting members and inhabitants of the Town of Westport are hereby notified that a meeting of the town meeting members will be held at Town Hall, 110 Myrtle Ave., on Monday, May 7; Tuesday, May 8; and, if necessary, Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. for the following purposes:
1. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the estimate and recommendation of the Board of Finance, to adopt a budget for the Town of Westport for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and to make such specific appropriations as appear advisable.
2. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance, to adopt a budget for the Town Railroad Parking Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and to make such specific appropriations as appear advisable.
3. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance, to adopt a budget for the Town Sewer Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and to make such specific appropriations as appear advisable.
4. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance, to adopt a budget for the Wakeman Town Farm Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and to make such specific appropriations as appear advisable.
5. To take such action as the meeting may determine to require that property taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, shall be due and payable in four quarterly installments, and to designate the dates of the first days of July, October, January, and April as the dates upon which such installments shall be due and payable, and that all taxes in an amount of $100 or less shall be due and payable in a single installment on the first day of July.
6. To take such action as the meeting may determine to require that the motor vehicle tax shall be due and payable in a single installment.
The following items will also be considered as time permits:
7. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance, to approve a request by the Parks & Recreation Director for an appropriation of $55,000 to the Boating Capital Account for repairs to the Ned Dimes Marina.
8. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance, to approve a request of the Parks & Recreation Director for an appropriation of $425,000 from the Capital & Nonrecurring Expenditure Fund (C&NEF) Fund Balance to the Capital & Nonrecurring Expenditure Fund (C&NEF) Account, Dock Improvements, for improvements to the Ned Dimes Marina.
9. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Historic District Commission, to amend Chapter 38-24 of the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Westport by adding the property and building(s) located at 42 Compo Road North as a historic property. (Second reading. Full text available at the Town Clerk Office)
10. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the recommendation of the Conservation Director in accordance with Section 2-57(b) of the Town Code, to amend Section 2-55, Land Use Fees-Schedule, to the extent it relates to fees for land use applications reviewed by the Conservation Commission and the Conservation Department. (First reading. Full Schedule of Fees available in the Conservation Department).
11. To take such action as the meeting may determine, to amend Section 6-1 of the Code of Ordinances, “Permitted Hours for Sunday Sales”, by increasing the hours during which the sale of alcoholic beverages by restaurants may take place. (First reading, Full text available in the Town Clerks Office.)
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Hadley C. Rose, Moderator
This is to certify that I mailed a copy of the above notice, properly prepaid, to each Representative Town Meeting member on Monday, April 30, 2012, and that I caused a copy of said notice to be published in the Westport News in its edition of Friday, April 27, 2012.
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Patricia H. Strauss, Town Clerk