To receive, hear, and act upon the reports of the Select Board, Finance Committee, Redevelopment Board, School Committee and other committees, commissions, and boards heretofore appointed, or dissolve any inactive committees; and take any action related thereto.

To choose and appoint all the usual Town Officers not hereinbefore mentioned, in such manner as the Town may determine; or take any action related thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to amend Title I Article 1 Section 10(C) of the Town Bylaws to permit voice votes as "yes and no" or "yea and nay" at the discretion of the Moderator; or take any action related thereto.

BYLAW AMENDMENT / ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ELECTRIFICATION REVOLVING FUND

To see if the Town will vote to amend Title 1, Article 22 of the Town Bylaws by adding a new section to establish and authorize a revolving fund to utilize monies received through state, federal and utility energy efficiency and electrification rebates, incentives and tax credits to fund future energy efficiency, renewable energy and electrification projects, as provided for under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, section 53E1/2; or take any action related thereto.

To see if the Town will vote to amend Title VIII, Article 2 of the Town Bylaws to make changes as required under Chapter 213 of the Acts of 2024 (“Ollie’s Law”) and for the Bylaw’s clarity and effectiveness; or take any action related thereto.

BYLAW AMENDMENT / OBSERVANCE OF TOWN EMPLOYEE HOLIDAYS 

To see if the Town will vote to amend Title I, Article 6, Section 16 of the Town’s Bylaws to define and clarify the observance of employee holidays, including, but not limited to, when holidays fall upon a weekend day; or take any action related thereto. 

Inserted at the request of the Director of Human Resources

BYLAW AMENDMENT / POET LAUREATE OF ARLINGTON

To see if the Town will vote to amend Title II, Article 11 of the Town Bylaws to: (1) change its selection criteria so that it is not required that a person be a resident of Arlington to be considered for appointment as Poet Laureate and if appointed, need not remain an Arlington resident during their term as Poet Laureate; and (2) formally establish that screening committee also provides the necessary support to the selected Poet Laureate at the beginning and throughout their term; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Poet Laureate Screening Committee

BYLAW AMENDMENT / ARLINGTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION INVENTORY

To see if the Town will vote to amend Title VI, Article 6 of the Town Bylaws to create a process for homeowners to remove their home from the Town’s Historic Structures Inventory; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Lois Kaznicki and ten registered voters

BYLAW AMENDMENT / EXPANDING TOWN COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY TO ALL RESIDENTS

To see if the Town will vote to amend Title I, Article I, Section 9(B) (4) of the Town Bylaws to revise the eligibility requirements for town committees and commissions in the bylaws to include all town residents, regardless of voter status or age; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Joshua Solomon and ten registered voters

HOME RULE LEGISLATION / ARLINGTON REDEVELOPMENT BOARD AS THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON BOARD OF SURVEY

To see if the Town will vote to authorize and request the Select Board to file Home Rule Legislation to update the Town Manager Act to reflect the Arlington Redevelopment Board as the Board of Survey as established pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2009; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Arlington Redevelopment Board

HOME RULE LEGISLATION / REAL ESTATE TRANSFER

To see if the Town will vote to authorize and request the Select Board to file Home Rule Legislation or other Special Legislation which would permit the Town to impose a real estate transfer fee or tax for the purposes of acquiring, creating, preserving, rehabilitating, restoring and supporting affordable housing in the Town; said fee or tax to be levied on the buyer, seller, or both on the purchase price of qualifying real estate, the proceeds of which are to be deposited in an Arlington Affordable Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to Section 55C of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; to set forth the rate, the qualifications for applicable transfers, and exemptions of and to such a tax or fee; and to authorize the procedures and requirements necessary for the collection of such fee; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Director of Planning and Community Development

HOME RULE LEGISLATION / TO AMEND THE SENIOR CITIZEN PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION  

To see if the Town will vote to authorize and request the Select Board to request the Legislation or Senate and House of Representatives in General Court or other Special Legislation to amend Chapter 285 of the Acts of 2020 “An Act Authorizing the Town of Arlington To Establish A Means Tested Senior Citizen Property Tax Exemption” by inserting the following language at the end of Section 3“; or funded by an appropriation or transfer from existing funds while not exceeding 1 per cent of the municipality’s tax levy.”; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Board of Assessors

HOME RULE LEGISLATION / PACKAGE STORE LICENSES

To see if the Town will vote to authorize and request the Select Board to file Home Rule Legislation which would permit the placing on the 2026 Annual Town Election ballot a question to authorize the Select Board to increase the current number of all-alcohol “package store” licenses (all-alcohol beverages for consumption off the premises) from the current number of 6; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

HOME RULE LEGISLATION / RODENTICIDE 

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to re-file Home Rule Legislation to regulate and/or ban the use of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides by pesticide applicators within the Town of Arlington; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Elaine Crowder and ten registered voters

HOME RULE LEGISLATION / RANKED CHOICE VOTING

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to file Home Rule Legislation to elect Town offices by Ranked Choice Voting; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Greg Dennis and ten registered voters

HOME RULE LEGISLATION / WILLIAM PILLERI

To see if the Town will vote to request and authorize the Select Board to file Home Rule Legislation so as to enable William Pilleri, a resident of the Town, to be eligible for appointment as a firefighter in the Town of Arlington notwithstanding the fact that he has attained the age of 32; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of William Pilleri and ten registered voters

ACCEPTANCE OF LEGISLATION / CLAUSE 22I of M.G.L. Chapter 59, §5

To see if the Town of Arlington will accept the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 22I, as created by Chapter 178 of the Acts of 2024, commonly referred to as the "HERO Act", which authorizes an annual increase in the amount of the exemption to veterans granted under General Laws Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 22, Clause 22A, Clause 22B, Clause 22C, Clause 22E and Clause 22F by the percentage increase in the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the previous year as determined by the Commissioner of Revenue, to be effective for applicable exemptions granted for any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2025; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager and Veterans' Service Director

ACCEPTANCE OF LEGISLATION / CHAPTER 399 OF THE ACTS OF 2024

To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 399 of the Acts of 2024, or any other applicable laws, to permit the installation, operation, and maintenance of school bus violation detection monitoring systems on school buses; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the School Committee

ENDORSEMENT OF CDBG APPLICATION

To see if the Town will vote to endorse the application for Federal Fiscal Year 2026 prepared by the Town Manager and Select Board under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (PL 93-383) as amended; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted by the Select Board and at the request of the Town Manager

REVOLVING FUNDS

To see if the Town will vote to reauthorize revolving funds established under various previous votes of the Town, to hear or receive a report concerning the receipts and expenditures of same, to establish new revolving funds, to appropriate sums of money to fund all revolving funds and determine how the money shall be raised or expended; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

REVOLVING FUND / 17 IRVING STREET

To see if the Town will vote to establish a revolving fund under MGL Ch. 40, sec.3, to hear or receive a report concerning the receipts and expenditures of same, to establish new revolving funds, to appropriate sums of money to fund same revolving fund and determine how the money shall be raised or expended; or take any action related thereto.

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 2: Definitions, Section 5.4.2.B.(6) Large Additions, Section 5.4.2.B.(7) Garages, Section 5.10.2 Accessory Dwelling Units, and Section 6.1.4 Parking, of the Zoning Bylaw, to revise the requirements for permitting accessory dwelling units as-of-right or by special permit; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 6.1.5 Parking Reductions in Business, Industrial, and Multi-Family Residential Zones, of the Zoning Bylaw, to adjust the requirements for Transportation Demand Management plans and methods; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / DELETE INLAND WETLAND OVERLAY DISTRICT

To see if the Town will vote to delete Sections 4.1.2(2) and 5.8, Inland Wetland District, of the Zoning Bylaw, and adjust the numbering of subsequent sections; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / DEFINITION OF LOT COVERAGE

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 2: Definitions, of the Zoning Bylaw, to add a new definition, Lot Coverage; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 6.1.10.A of the Zoning Bylaw, to amend and clarify standards for the location of parking in Residential districts; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / SCREENING AND BUFFER REQUIREMENTS

To see if the Town will vote to remove duplicate material by combining Section 5.3.7 and 5.3.21 of the Zoning Bylaw into Section 5.3.7 and thus deleting Section 5.3.21, revise Section 5.3.7 for clarity, move a subsection to Section 5.3.13, and amend a reference in Section 5.6.2; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / REDEVELOPMENT BOARD JURISDICTION

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 3.4.2 of the Zoning Bylaw, to revise the special permit and environmental design review applicability for certain properties abutting the Minuteman Bikeway; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / REZONE B1 PARCELS

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.5 Business Districts, of the Zoning Bylaw, to rezone certain parcels in the B1 Neighborhood Office Business District to B2A Major Business District; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / ZONING MAP ADOPTION FOR B1 REZONING

To see if the Town will vote to adopt changes to the Zoning Map that would rezone certain parcels in the B1 Neighborhood Office Business District to B2A Major Business District; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 4.2 of the Zoning Bylaw, to reflect changes to the Zoning Map adopted by previous Town Meeting action; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / ZONING MAP ADOPTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION

To see if the Town will vote to adopt changes to the Zoning Map, as amended by previous Town Meeting action; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Redevelopment Board

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / NO NET LOSS OF COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR LOCAL BUSINESS

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw in Section 5.5.2.B, to set a required minimum floor area percentage for permitted non-residential principal uses in mixed use developments; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Kristin Anderson and 10 registered voters

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / MULTI-FAMILY PARKING REDUCTION

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 6 of the Zoning Bylaw to provide additional options for reducing parking requirements in multi-family residential developments and add a definition and standards for cargo bicycle parking; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Vincent Baudoin and 10 registered voters

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / USE REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw Section 2 Definitions and Section 5 District Regulations to allow additional business uses in residential districts; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Andrew S. Greenspon and 10 registered voters

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / 17 PALMER STREET TO THE MBTA NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT

Inserted at the request of John E. Heraty and 10 registered voters

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / TWO-FAMILY CONSTRUCTION ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN R0 AND R1 RESIDENTIAL ZONES

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.4 of the Zoning Bylaw by amending definitions and expanding allowable residential uses in R0 Large Lot Single-Family District and R1 Single-Family District; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of David Levy and 10 registered voters

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERLAY DISTRICT

To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Bylaw to create an Affordable Housing Overlay District so that housing meeting certain requirements with respect to affordability may be constructed as of right (including, without limitation, amendments to Sections 2 and 5 of the Zoning Bylaw to adopt such Affordable Housing Overlay District and amendments to Sections 4.1.2 and 4.2 of the Zoning Bylaw to add reference to such Affordable Housing Overlay District}; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Sanjay Newton and 10 registered voters

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / AMENDMENT OF ZONING MAP TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERLAY DISTRICT

To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Map to include and reflect an Affordable Housing Overlay District, if such a District is approved by the Town at its 2025 Annual Town Meeting; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Sanjay Newton and 10 registered voters

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / PUBLIC SHADE TREES

To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 6.3.4 of the Zoning Bylaw, which requires developers to plant a street tree every 25' in front of the property, to add provisions to increase the likelihood of survival of trees by requiring Tree Warden approval of chosen trees, more specific maintenance requirements, regular reports to DPCD on the health of trees planted, and planting on the private property if there is no suitable place in the public way (except for exceptional circumstances); or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Susan Stamps and 10 registered voters

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERLAY DISTRICT

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw to establish an affordable housing overlay district to allow multi-family affordable housing as-of-right in any district except Industrial or Open Space; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of John L. Worden III and 10 registered voters

APPROPRIATION / PEG ACCESS BUDGET

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate or transfer a sum or sums of money for the support of public, educational, and/or governmental (“PEG”) access cable television services, said sum or sums to be provided for by the cable franchise agreements and cable licensing fees, detailed in an operational cost, building expenses, and capital expense budget, and expended under the direction of the Town Manager; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

ENDORSEMENT OF PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT EXPENDITURES

To see if the Town will vote to endorse the Parking Benefit District operating and capital expenditures for Fiscal Year 2025 prepared by the Town Manager and the Select Board consistent with the Town Bylaws; or take any action related thereto. 

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

POSITIONS RECLASSIFICATION

To see if the Town will vote to make additions, deletions and/or modifications to the Classification and Pay Plan, appropriate a sum of money to fund same, if necessary, determine how the money will be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager and the Director of Human Resources

AMENDMENTS TO FY25 BUDGETS 

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and/or transfer funds between the FY2025 budget and appropriations and the long-term stabilization fund or other available funds as previously voted upon by the 2024 Annual Town Meeting; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

APPROPRIATION / TOWN BUDGETS

To see if the Town will vote to make appropriations to defray Town obligations, liabilities, outlay and expenses and especially for or relating to all or any of the boards, departments, purposes and matters hereinafter mentioned, and to provide for the disposal of motor vehicles and other personal property belonging to the Town, determine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto: Finance Committee, Select Board, Town Manager, Human Resources, Comptroller, Information Technology, Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Assessors, Legal and Workers’ Compensation, Town Clerk, Registrars, Planning and Community Development, Redevelopment Board, Parking, Zoning Board of Appeals, Public Works, Facilities, Cemeteries, Community Safety, School Department, Libraries, Human Services, Insurance, Non-Contributory Pensions, Contributory Pensions, Elections, Town Debt and Interest, Reserve Fund, and/or any other Town Departments, Boards, Commissions or Committees, Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund, Recreation Enterprise Fund, Council on Aging Transportation Enterprise Fund, Veterans’ Memorial Rink Enterprise Fund, and Youth Services Enterprise Fund.

Inserted by the Select Board and at the request of the Town Manager

CAPITAL BUDGET

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to defray the expense of purchasing, leasing, or bonding of capital equipment, infrastructure, buildings or other projects of the Town or to acquire real property for municipal purposes; to appropriate a sum of money to fund previously incurred or future Town debt, to acquire land for said projects where necessary by purchase, eminent domain taking or otherwise, determine how the money shall be raised including the possibility of borrowing any or all of the same, or the transfer of funds from any previous appropriation, determine how such money shall be expended, or take any action related thereto.

Inserted by the Select Board and at the Request of the Town Manager and the Capital Planning Committee

RESCIND PRIOR BORROWING AUTHORIZATIONS

To see if the Town will vote to rescind the authority to borrow, from prior years authorizations, the amounts remaining with regard to any numbered prior Annual and/or Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Treasurer

APPROPRIATION / TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money received by the Town from the Commonwealth Transportation Infrastructure Fund to address the impact of transportation network services on municipal roads, bridges and other transportation infrastructure or any other public purpose substantially related to the operation of transportation network services in the Town including, but not limited to, the Complete Streets Program, accepted by Town Meeting on May 4, 2015, established in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 90I, Section 1 and other programs that support alternative modes of transportation; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

APPROPRIATION / FINANCING OF CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF SEWERS AND SEWERAGE FACILITIES

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of financing the construction or reconstruction of sewers and sewerage facilities for inflow/infiltration reduction or system rehabilitation, including costs incidental and related thereto, and to determine how the appropriation shall be raised or expended, including the possibility of borrowing all or some of same; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works

APPROPRIATION / FINANCING OF CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF WATER MAINS AND WATER FACILITIES

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of financing the construction or reconstruction of water mains and water facilities, including costs incidental and related thereto, and to determine how the appropriation shall be raised and expended, including the possibility of borrowing all or some of same; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works

APPROPRIATION / MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AND OUT OF DISTRICT VOCATIONAL PLACEMENTS

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of paying the Town’s apportioned share of the operating and maintenance costs, including capital costs, tuition, and all of Arlington's other obligations under the Minuteman Regional School District Agreement for the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical High School, as well as paying the tuition for all other out of district vocational education placements, determine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto.  

Inserted at the request of Minuteman Regional Vocational School District Committee

APPROPRIATION / COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of various committees, commissions, and boards of the Town, determine how the money shall be raised; provided that any funds appropriated hereunder shall remain under the jurisdiction of said entities until expended at their direction, unless otherwise appropriated by the Town Meeting; the entities included hereunder, without limitation, are: Arlington Historical Commission, Arlington Recycling Committee, Avon Place Historic District Commission, Beautification Committee, Broadway Historic District Commission, Central Street Historic District Commission, Mt. Gilboa/Crescent Hill Historic District Commission, Jason/Gray Historic District Commission, Pleasant Street Historic District Commission, Russell Historic District Commission, Conservation Commission, Capital Planning Committee, Commission on Disability, Human Resources Board, Public Memorial Committee, Human Rights Commission, Arlington Committee on Tourism and Economic Development, Envision Arlington, Transportation Advisory Committee, Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture, Open Space Committee, and any other Town Committee or Commission; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

APPROPRIATION / TOWN CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the following celebrations and memorials, determine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto:

Memorial Day Observation and the Patriots’ Day Celebration
Display of American Flags on Massachusetts Avenue
Placing of American Flags on the Graves of Veterans
Town Day Celebration
Veterans’ Day Parade
250th Anniversary Celebration

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

APPROPRIATION / MISCELLANEOUS

To see if the Town will vote the following: Legal Defense – To appropriate a sum of money to replenish the Legal Defense Fund established under Article 13, Section 5 of Title 1 of the Town Bylaws, Indemnification of Medical Costs, to appropriate a sum of money in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 100B of the General Laws, to indemnify certain retired Police Officers and Firefighters for all reasonable medical and surgical expenses which they incurred, determine how the money will be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

APPROPRIATION / WATER BODIES FUND

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to the Town’s Water Bodies Fund for the maintenance, treatment, and oversight of all the Town’s water bodies, said sum to be raised by the general tax and expended under the direction of the Town Manager, who will also report to Town Meeting on the status of the fund; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Envision Arlington Standing Committee and its Spy Pond and Reservoir Task Groups, and the Arlington Conservation Commission

APPROPRIATION / COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND

To see if the Town will vote to make appropriations from the Community Preservation Fund for eligible community preservation projects; for community preservation reserve accounts for historic preservation, open space and recreation, and affordable housing; for Community Preservation Act Committee administrative expenses or other eligible expenses; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Community Preservation Committee

APPROPRIATION / HARRY BARBER COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the Harry Barber Community Service Program for the Council on Aging, to determine how the money will be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Council on Aging

APPROPRIATION / PENSION ADJUSTMENT FOR FORMER TWENTY-FIVE YEAR/ ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY EMPLOYEES

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to implement the provisions of Chapter 32 of Massachusetts General Laws Section 90A, 90C, 90D and 90E, pursuant to which the Town pays up to fifty percent of the maximum salary as set forth in the Compensation and Pay Plan for the position formerly held by retired employees with twenty-five or more years of service to the Town and those employees who retired under an Accidental Disability; provided, however, that no one who retires after May 1, 2010 shall be eligible under this vote unless they qualify for at least a fifty percent pension, without this vote upon their retirement; this adjustment to be paid to those who qualify and administered in accordance with prior practice and understanding relating to the retirement allowance of said retirees; determine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Contributory Retirement Board

APPROPRIATION / PRIVATE WAY REPAIRS REVOLVING FUND 

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money into the Private Ways Repairs Revolving Fund; determine how much should be appropriated into such revolving fund; or take any action related thereto. 

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

APPROPRIATION / ARLINGTON COMMUNITY MEDIA 

To see if the Town will vote to make an appropriation for a sum or sums of money for the purpose of a direct financial payment to Arlington Community Media, Inc., with any necessary contract, for its educational and/or governmental access cable television services, said sum or sums to be in addition to the sums provided for by the cable franchise agreements and cable licensing fees, and determine how the money shall be raided [sic] and expended, including the possibility of borrowing all or some of same; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Nancy Flynn-Barvick and ten registered voters

APPROPRIATION / IDENTIFICATION OF HISTORIC RAILROAD TRACKS

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of designing, making, and installing suitable signage for the short section of the Lexington and West Cambridge railroad tracks in front of the Jefferson Cutter House in Arlington Center. Said project to be under the direction of the Arlington Historical Commission; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of John Worden III and ten registered voters

APPROPRIATION / MASTER PLAN UPDATE

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $50,000 to update the Master Plan as endorsed by Town Meeting on May 11, 2015; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Director of Planning and Community Development

LOCAL OPTION TAXES  

To see if the Town will vote to accept any local option taxes or other revenue raising options, which are made available to cities and towns through enactments of the legislature, by state regulation or court action; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Finance Committee

APPROPRIATION / OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (OPEB) TRUST FUND

To see if the Town will vote to accept into the Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust Fund, established by Chapter 161 of the Acts of 2005, an appropriation of funds and/or the transfer of additional monies that the Town may deem advisable from other sources in order to administer and fund its OPEB obligations and administrative costs as described in said Chapter 161 of the Acts of 2005; determine how the monies shall be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto.  

Inserted at the request of the Finance Committee

TRANSFER OF FUNDS / CEMETERY

To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money to the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement of Town cemeteries, said sum shall be taken from the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery "Sale of Lots and Graves" and/or "Perpetual Care Funds"; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Finance Committee

APPROPRIATION / OVERLAY RESERVE

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from previous years overlay reserve surplus accounts, determine to what purpose this appropriation shall be made; or take any action related thereto.  

Inserted at the request of the Finance Committee

APPROPRIATION / LONG TERM STABILIZATION FUND

To see if the Town will make an appropriation to the Long-Term Stabilization Fund in accordance with the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B, as amended, or other appropriate provisions of law, determine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto.  

Inserted at the request of the Finance Committee

USE OF FREE CASH

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the taking of a sum of money voted for appropriations heretofore made at the Town Meeting under the Warrant and not voted to be borrowed from available funds in the Treasury, and authorize the Assessors to use free cash in the Treasury to that amount in the determination of the tax rate for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2024; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Finance Committee

APPROPRIATION / FISCAL STABILITY STABILIZATION FUND

To see if the Town will make an appropriation to or from the Fiscal Stability Stabilization Fund created under Article 65 of the 2005 Annual Town Meeting or any other enabling action of Town Meeting in accordance with the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B, as amended, or other appropriate provisions of law, determine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto.  

Inserted at the request of the Finance Committee

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING  

To see if the Town will vote to fund any fiscal items in the event that any are contained in collective bargaining agreements between the Town and the following named collective bargaining units, and to fund for non-union, M Schedule, and elected officials’ salaries or fringe benefits, determine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action related thereto:

A. Service Employees International Union;
B. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees;
C. Robbins Library Professional Association;
D. Arlington Police Patrol Officers’ Association;
E. Arlington Ranking Officers’ Association;
F. Arlington International Association of Firefighters; and
G. Management and Non-Union Employees
H. Full-time elected officials

Inserted at the request of the Town Manager

To see if the Town will vote to give the Contributory Retirement Board authority to increase the maximum base on which the cost - of - living increase is calculated for retirees of the Arlington Retirement System from $15,000 to $16,000; in accordance with Section 103(j) of Chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws.  

Inserted at the request of the Contributory Retirement Board

RESOLUTION / DEVELOPMENT OF FOX BRANCH LIBRARY

To see if the Town will vote to adopt a resolution affirming a commitment to investigate opportunities to redevelop the Fox Branch Library; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Library Director

RESOLUTION / BANNING BROKER FEES

To see if the Town will vote to ban broker fees; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Guillermo Hamlin and ten registered voters

RESOLUTION / BANNING HOME EQUITY THEFT

To see if the Town will vote to accept and customize recent state action in banning home equity theft; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of Guillermo Hamlin and ten registered voters

RESOLUTION / ZERO WASTE PLAN

To see if the Town will vote to resolve to support the development of a Zero Waste Plan for the Town of Arlington; or take any action related thereto.

Inserted at the request of the Zero Waste Arlington Committee