Swansea Board of Selectmen

• Art. 1 Appropriate $25,000 by taxation as grant match for Hailes Hill Road culvert upgrade design Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 2 Appropriate $130,000 from free cash for a Highway Department skid steer and attachments Passed “Motion passes by a simple Majority. · 266-YES 238-No”
• Art. 3 Appropriate $20,000 by taxation for police speed control signage Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 4 Appropriate $15.9 million for town offices construction: $1.8M Capital Stabilization, $10.6M free cash, borrow up to $3.5M Passed “Motion passes by a 2/3’s Majority. · 408-YES 141-NO”
• Art. 5 Appropriate $200,000 by taxation for school security assessments, training and studies Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 6 Spend $30,000 of CPA reserves for Seekonk Land Conservation Trust monitoring of 1100 Bark Street restriction Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 7 Grant underground utility easement at 81 Main Street to Massachusetts Electric for $1 or less Passed “Motion carried by a 2/3’s Majority (voice vote).”
• Art. 8 Zoning: replace accessory apartment rules with accessory dwelling unit (ADU) rules Passed “Motion is carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 9 General bylaw: revise dog licensing deadlines and fees; no fee for owners 70 and older Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 10 General bylaw: replace Town Clerk fee schedule Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 11 General bylaw: make Tree Warden an appointed position (Board of Selectmen) Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 12 Accept Johemi Trail and Linda Way (Diamond Ledge) as public ways Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 13 Accept Buckingham Drive (Buckingham Estates) as a public way Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 14 Accept Kayleigh Court as a public way Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 15 Accept Keith Circle and Kyle Court as public ways Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”

Source: Town Clerk's certification of the October 28, 2024 Special Town Meeting.

• Art. 1 Hear the report of the Advisory & Finance Committee Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 2 Accept reports of Town Officers and Committees; waive reading Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 3 Confirm Moderator appointments of five members to the Advisory and Finance Committee through 2027 Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 4 Fix salaries of elected Town officers for FY2025 (e.g., Town Clerk $83,281; Treasurer $98,968) Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 5 FY2025 operating budget, line items 1-109: $46,328,124 by taxation plus $25,786 from Beach Receipts Reserved Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 6 Authorize Selectmen to accept and contract for state/county funds for roads, bikeways and waterways Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 7 Appropriate $8,965,076 by taxation for Town and employee insurance Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 8 Appropriate $60,500 by taxation for the annual audit Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 9 Appropriate $70,000 by taxation for tax title expenses Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 10 Set FY2025 spending limits for five revolving funds Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 11 Appropriate $2,333,520.81 for the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 12 FY2025 Community Preservation budget: admin expenses, reserves and Medeiros Farm debt service Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 13 Spend $45,000 of CPA reserves for Wildlands Trust monitoring of three conservation restrictions Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 14 Appropriate $200,000 by taxation for three police cruisers with equipment Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 15 Appropriate $42,000 by taxation for police bullet proof vests and related equipment Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 16 Appropriate $125,000 by taxation for turnout gear for volunteer firefighters Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 17 Appropriate $80,000 by taxation for a Fire Department Ford Expedition and equipment Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 18 Transfer $30,000 from free cash for paving at Fire Stations 1 and 2 Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 19 Transfer $110,000 from free cash for flood barriers at Old Providence Road Failed “Motion was defeated by a Majority.”
• Art. 20 Transfer $130,000 from free cash for a Highway Department skid steer Failed “Motion was defeated by a Majority.”
• Art. 21 Transfer $372,000 from free cash for a Highway Western Star truck with swap loader system Failed “Motion was defeated by a Majority.”
• Art. 22 Transfer $25,000 from free cash for e-Permitting software Passed “Motion was carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 23 Appropriate $250,000 by taxation for study and design of Gardner Neck Rd/Route 103 intersection improvements Failed “Motion was defeated. · YES – 170. NO – 175.”
• Art. 24 Transfer $52,500 from free cash to expand Vinnicum Cemetery Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 25 Transfer $2 million from free cash to renovate and restore the Gardner House at Swansea Memorial Park Failed “Motion is defeated. · YES-111. NO-227.”
• Art. 26 Transfer $85,000 from free cash to demolish the Gardner House and regrade at Swansea Memorial Park Passed “Motion passes. · YES-204. NO-92.”
• Art. 27 Appropriate $500,000 by taxation: $250,000 each to Stabilization and Capital Stabilization Funds Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 28 Appropriate $250,000 by taxation for the OPEB Liability Trust Fund Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 29 Appropriate $86,000 by taxation for the firefighters Length of Service Awards Program Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 30 Home rule petition to allow up to six more all-alcohol on-premises licenses in the Swansea Mall area Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 31 General bylaw: remove appointed board members who miss three straight or 25% of meetings Passed “Motion carried Unanimously.”
• Art. 32 General bylaw: let Treasurer, with Selectmen approval, sell tax-title land without further Town Meeting vote Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 33 General bylaw: rewrite dumping ban and add ban on discharging water onto public ways, with fines Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 34 General bylaw: replace rules on construction in public ways (driveway and excavation permits, surety, fines) Passed “Motion passes. · YES-134. NO-95.”
• Art. 35 Accept emergency access easement over 57 Main Street for Town Hall/library land, as gift or for $1 Passed “Motion carried by a 2/3’s declared Majority.”
• Art. 36 Accept High Hill Road and White Rock Lane as public ways Passed “Motion carried by a Majority.”
• Art. 37 Accept Keith Circle and Kyle Court as public ways Failed “Motion is defeated by a Majority.”
• Art. 38 Appropriate and borrow $21,600,000 for Phase 1A Route 6/Route 118 wastewater collection system Passed “Motion passes. · YES-241. NO-26.”
• Art. 39 Accept MGL c.44 §53F½ to establish Sewer Services enterprise fund from FY2025 Passed “Motion is carried Unanimously.”

Source: Town Clerk's certification of the May 20, 2024 Annual Town Meeting.