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Littleton

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session. The new article would allow the board to refile the petition and make any changes necessary for considerat­ion in the next legislativ­e session.

Among the other items on the warrant:

: Authorize the treasurer to borrow $225,000 for a third ambulance for the Fire Department; $100,000 approved earlier this year would be used to lower the amount borrowed.

: Amend the wireless telecommun­ications tower and facilities bylaw to establish a process for approving small wireless facilities.

: Amend the dog bylaw to add provisions related to the control of dogs onand off-leash and nuisance dog waste and noise.

: Pay prior year bills.

: Amend the fiscal 2021 operating budget and raise and appropriat­e $19,088 and transfer $32,915 from various funds to defray expenses of various department­s.

: Authorize $800,791 in capital spending, including $321,659 from surplus fiscal 2020 snow and ice funds and $479,132 from the capital stabilizat­ion fund, for the following: $193,000 for a 2021 Mack roll-off truck for the Transfer Station; $159,791 for a traffic light at the intersecti­on of King Street and the high school entrance; and $448,000 for building envelope repairs at the Littleton Police Department.

: Transfer $50,000 from the receipts to the Public, Education and Government (PEG) Access and Cable Related Fund, including $40,000 to purchase and install audio and video equipment at the Reuben Hoar Library, and $10,000 to negotiate a new cable franchise license.

: Rescind a vote taken at the May 2018 Annual Town Meeting that authorized $68,550 from the Spectacle Pond Cell Tower Clean Lakes Fund for the Mill Pond dredging project (feasibilit­y study cost less than anticipate­d) and transfer the money back to the fund.

: Authorize the expenditur­e of $11,557 in premiums generated through the sale of bonds and bond anticipati­on notes to pay down the costs of the library constructi­on and Whitcomb Avenue well fields capital projects.

: Hear the report of the

Community Preservati­on Committee on the fiscal 2021 community preservati­on budget and appropriat­e $9,500 from the historic preservati­on reserve to rehabilita­te the 1912 Grange Fountain at the Depot in front of 3 Taylor St.

: Authorize the town to acquire 119 Tahattawan Road for open space, affordable housing and general municipal purposes, and raise and appropriat­e funds for the acquisitio­n and demolition of the existing house and other changes to restore the 23.67 acres to a natural setting.

: Amend the personnel bylaw and classifica­tion and compensati­on plan to add provisions defining holiday pay calculatio­n, compensati­on for employees who may need to work outside of their classifica­tion and amending pay schedules, along with changes to human resources and treasurer positions.

: Accept a number of roads within the Bennet Orchard, Chestnut Lane, Couper Farm Estates, Durkey Estates and Kaye Estates subdivisio­ns as public ways.

: Accept the donation of five Durkee Farm Estates parcels totaling 16 acres for open space, conservati­on and recreation purposes.

: Accept the donation of an 11.5-acre Kaye Estates parcel for municipal purposes.

Special Town Meeting begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at Alumni Field at Littleton Middle School, located at 55 Russell St. The rain date for the event is Sunday at 11 a.m.

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