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Date: 9/2/2021
GRANBY – On Sept. 20, the town of Granby will host a Special Town Meeting. Town Administrator Chris Martin explained during an earlier Selectboard meeting that the Special Town Meeting was needed due to some financial obligations that had occurred following the Annual Town Meeting, which took place on July 25.
The following items will be voted on during the Special Town Meeting, which will take place at the Granby Junior-Senior High School at 7 p.m.
Article one
Article one asks town residents to vote to either raise or appropriate $18,679. This sum, as previously explained by Martin, is to pay for a student’s tuition to the Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. He said the student was taking a course not offered at the Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School in Palmer.
Article two
Article two asks residents to vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds or the stabilization fund, borrow or bond money in the amount of $5,000. The funds are to pay the Pioneer Valley Mosquito Control District for their services for FY22. During a July Selectboard meeting, Martin explained that he and others had been under the impression that such services, such as the identification of diseases such as West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis in mosquitoes, would be a one-time fee and had the potential to be re-evaluated at a later date. However, he said he was later told the annual cost of services was $5,000.
Article three
Article three asks residents to vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds or the stabilization fund, borrow or bond money in the amount of $18,761. Such funds will be used to increase the Town Assessors’ personal services budget. This article, Martin had explained during the same July Selectboard meeting, was due to the hiring of an employee by the office at a higher rate than was previously budgeted for.
Article four
Article four is the last item on the agenda for the Special Town Meeting and asks residents to vote to allow the Selectboard to instruct a local representative to file a recall petition/act in the Massachusetts General Court if needed. The article outlines what qualifies for an elected official in Granby to be recalled, the process in which the recall should take place and the actions to follow a recall election, should one need to take place. The recall bylaw previously came before the town for a vote at the Annual Town Meeting, but had been dropped from the discussion.
A full copy of the warrant can be found online at https://www.granby-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif4466/f/uploads/special_town_meeting_09-20-21.pdg