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Date: 5/5/2022
GRANVILLE — Voters in Granville will decide on 24 warrant articles at the annual Town Meeting at 7 p.m. on May 9 at the Granville Village School.
Article 1 is a vote on whether to accept and receive the reports of the various town boards and committees.
Article 2 is whether to accept the fiscal year 2023 (FY23) town budget as proposed by the various boards and committees. The total proposed budget amounts to $2,126,840: $841,136 for general government, $454,459 for public safety, $757,244 for public works, and $74,001 for culture, recreation and conservation.
Article 3 would spend $1,954,108.00 for the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District required local minimum contribution, which each of the three towns in the regional school district are required to do.
Article 4 would accept part of the $200,000 in debt incurred in FY22 by the regional school district for the Southwick Regional School east student parking lot paving.
Article 5 would spend $47,930 from the Ambulance Fees Collected Fund to fund the Town EMT Maintenance and Training Account, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
Article 6 would authorize the Select Board to apply, accept, and expend federal, state or private grants for uses for which each grant is specifically authorized.
Article 7 would spend Chapter 90 funds, transportation bond issues, or any available funds for highway work.
Article 8 would carry over the FY22 balances of several legal and fee accounts into FY23.
Articles 9 through 14 would spend money on debt service to pay off expenses voted at previous town meetings, such as roadwork or a new police cruiser.
Article 15 would spend $250,000 to purchase property to build a new highway garage.
Article 16 would spend $24,264 for Granville’s 5 percent share of the Assistance to Firefighters grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to purchase a fire apparatus.
Article 17 would spend $25,000 on the 911 communications link update between Granville’s emergency services and Northampton’s regional dispatch.
Article 18 would spend $25,000 for tree maintenance and cutting.
Article 19 would deposit $100,000 into the capital projects stabilization account.
Article 20 would use $35,000 of free cash — money left over from previous budget years — to lower the tax rate.
Article 21 would assign Community Preservation Fund receipts to four reserve accounts, with $2,410 each from FY23 revenues for the Historic Preservation Reserve, the Community Housing Reserve, and the Open Space Reserve, and $16,870 to the FY23 budgeted reserve. The article also appropriates $400 for administrative expenses.
Article 22 would spend $20,000 in Community Preservation money — $10,000 from the Historic Preservation Reserve and $10,000 from the Undesignated Reserve — to preserve, restore, and stabilize historic grave markers in the Main Road and Northwest cemeteries.
Article 23 would spend $12,500 from the Budgeted Reserve Account of the Community Preservation Fund to remove and dispose of floor tiles and adhesive mastic that contain asbestos in the basement floor of the Granville Public Library.
Article 24 would amend the Granville Zoning Bylaws by inserting a section titled “Accessory Agricultural Uses” as recommended by the Planning Board. The bylaw is intended to promote opportunities for Granville farmers to diversify their operations and work with other local businesses.