Hardwick Special Town Meeting: Article Adoptions and Police Vehicle Funding

[00:00:01] and uh turn it over to you yes thank you
[00:00:04] uh com with the Massachusetts town of
[00:00:06] Carter cor for special town meeting it
[00:00:09] is 6 p.m. County of Wester assessed to
[00:00:11] the town clerk and cons town of Harvick
[00:00:12] in the name of the Comm of Massachusetts
[00:00:13] You by required to notify and warn the
[00:00:16] inhabitants of the town of har qualified
[00:00:17] to vote in town Affairs to meet at my
[00:00:20] Richardson Building 307 Main Street
[00:00:21] Gilbertville on Thursday March 21 2024
[00:00:25] at 6 p.m. then and there to act on the
[00:00:26] following articles Mr volheim I move
[00:00:29] that dispense with the reading of the
[00:00:31] Articles second moved in second at to
[00:00:33] dispense with reading the Articles all
[00:00:35] in favor all opposed
[00:00:38] unanimous if we were please rise and do
[00:00:41] the Pledge of
[00:00:42] Allegiance ALG aliance to the flag of
[00:00:45] the United States of America and to the
[00:00:47] Republic for which it stands one nation
[00:00:50] under God indivisible with liy and
[00:00:55] Justice thank you folks okay so the one
[00:00:57] have been duly posted and our meeting is
[00:01:00] open so article number one is there a
[00:01:04] motion move the town adopt article one
[00:01:06] on special town meeting warrant of March
[00:01:10] 21st 2024 as written second mov in
[00:01:14] second if finance committee any
[00:01:19] recommendation
[00:01:21] okay any
[00:01:24] discussion all those in favor please let
[00:01:25] it be known I all those
[00:01:28] opposed sorry I didn't mean to make it
[00:01:31] so loud that
[00:01:32] time just keeping us away perfect
[00:01:36] article two I move the town adopt
[00:01:39] Article 2 on special town meeting
[00:01:41] warrant of March 21st 2024 as written
[00:01:44] second moved in seconded finance
[00:01:48] committee no okay any
[00:01:52] discussion all those in favor please let
[00:01:54] it be
[00:01:57] knownst arle number three
[00:02:05] we would like to make a motion on
[00:02:06] article
[00:02:07] three I move the town transfer the sum
[00:02:09] of $4
[00:02:11] 43,5 from free cash for the intention of
[00:02:14] article three on the March 21st 2024
[00:02:18] special town meeting War second mov in
[00:02:21] second for $435 52 from free cash
[00:02:24] finance committee we approve finance
[00:02:26] committee recommends approval
[00:02:28] discussion the then I'll call for oh
[00:02:32] sorry I had I had a question on the um
[00:02:34] on the cruiser thing yep how many
[00:02:36] full-time officers does the town have
[00:02:38] now I'm going to ask Lieutenant L to
[00:02:41] address the seven seven and how many
[00:02:43] police vehicles do we have now we have
[00:02:45] three police cruisers for the town of
[00:02:47] hardw and then you have two support
[00:02:49] vehicles on top of that town of new
[00:02:52] brain tree owns their own Vehicles
[00:02:53] they're separate than so we have five
[00:02:56] yes and we're getting rid of two to get
[00:02:58] one are they being traded in towards
[00:03:01] this one is and one is going to the
[00:03:03] highway
[00:03:05] department
[00:03:08] okay any other
[00:03:11] discussion and now I'll call for a vote
[00:03:13] all those that are in favor please let
[00:03:14] it be
[00:03:15] known all those are
[00:03:18] opposed
[00:03:21] unanimous Mr moderator I move that we
[00:03:23] dissolve this meeting second moving
[00:03:26] second is to dissolve all in favor
[00:03:28] please let it be known allos
[00:03:31] 603 thank you
[00:03:40] folks ask
[00:03:54] question I almost did
[00:03:57] my three times yeah
[00:04:28] that's
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