FRANKLIN SS

To either of the Constables in the Town of Deerfield, in the County of Franklin,

GREETING:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the
inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to meet at seven oclock
in the evening on Monday, April 24, 2017 in the Frontier Regional School Auditorium on 113
North Main Street in the Village of South Deerfield, then and there to act upon the following
articles:

ARTICLE 1 To see if the Town will hear the reports of the Selectboard, the Deerfield School
Committee, and all other Town officers, boards, committees, and commissions or
take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 2 To see if the Town will vote to establish the salaries and compensations of all
elected officers of the Town, or take any action relative thereto.

OFFICIAL REQUESTED RECOMMENDED

Moderator, Annual Town Meeting $ 300.00 $ 300.00
Moderator, Special Town Meeting $ 50.00 $ 50.00
Selectboard, Chair $ 6,000.00 $ 6,000.00
Selectboard, Associate Members $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00
Assessors, Chair $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00
Assessors, Associate Members $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00
School Committee, Chair $ 150.00 $ 150.00
School Committee, Assoc. Members $ 100.00 $ 100.00
Elector, Oliver Smith Will $ 20.00 $ 20.00

ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to acknowledge gifts made in appreciation of
services rendered and deposited by the Treasurer in the General Funds of the
Town, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the interest of $1,050.00 earned for the
preceding year from the Dickinson Library Trust fund to the Tilton Library, and
to Frontier Regional School for Library use, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Deerfield General Bylaws,
Chapter 20: Finances, to add a new 20-3 entitled Departmental Revolving
Funds to establish and authorize revolving funds for use by certain town
departments, boards, committees, agencies or officers under G.L. c. 44 53E 1/2,
and further to authorize the expenditure of revolving funds, or take any action
relative thereto.

ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to take from Free Cash the sum of $22,500.00 to pay
for the balance of funding for the recently-negotiated police department
collective bargaining agreement, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will adopt a new Classification-Compensation Plan per 35-
37 of the by-laws.

ARTICLE 8 To see if the Town will amend Chapter 35 Personnel, of the by-laws by adding
a new 35-43 - Longevity Pay.

ARTICLE 9 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available
funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for general municipal
purposes and services. Such amounts are designated under Requests in the
Omnibus Budget as shown in the Report of the Finance Committee for Fiscal
Year 2018 and may be decreased but not increased, or take any action relative
thereto.
ARTICLE 10 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available
funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for Other Post-Employment
Benefits Liability Trust Fund, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 11 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available
funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for Fiscal Year 2018
operation and maintenance of the Towns Wastewater Treatment Plants and
sewer lines, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 12 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available
funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for the proposed operating
budget for South County Emergency Medical Services (SCEMS) Enterprise
Fund, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 13 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available
funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for Capital Projects, or take
any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will vote to establish a Capital Expenditure Stabilization
Fund, pursuant to MGL. Ch. 40, section 5B, for the purpose of reserving funds
for capital expenditures, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available
funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums to the Capital Expenditure
Stabilization Fund, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 16 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from Free Cash
or other available funds, a sum or sums of money to fund a Fiscal Year 2017
shortfall related to Snow and Ice Removal Expenses, or take any action relative
thereto.

ARTICLE 17 To see if the Town will act on the recommendations of the Community
Preservation Committee on the Fiscal Year 2018 Community Preservation Fund
budget with each item to be considered a separate appropriation, or take any
action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 18 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available
funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for the tuition and
transportation expenses of students to the Smith Vocational and Agricultural
High School for the 2017-18 school year, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 19 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available
funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for the Finance Committee
Reserve Fund of the Town in accordance with G.L. c. 406 for the Fiscal Year
beginning July 1, 2017, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 20 To see if the town will vote to change the use of the property located at Map 15,
Parcel 159 from highway department facilities and recreational department
facilities, as so specified in Article 16 of the 2003 Annual Town meeting, to be
general municipal purposes and which land is more fully described in a deed to
the Town of Deerfield in Book 4507, Page 122, at the Franklin County Registry
of Deeds, or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 21 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectboard to lease a parcel of town-
owned property, for a period not to exceed 30 (thirty) years, for the purposes of
providing housing for emergency medical services, or take any action relative
thereto.

ARTICLE 22 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectboard to accept a gift of real
property namely that which is located at 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield,
including 0.550 acres, more or less from the Congregational Church of South
Deerfield, and to enter into any agreement related to the receipt of the gift as they
determine in the best interest of the town, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 23 To see if the Town will vote to petition the General Court for special legislation,
as set forth below, correcting an advertising mistake in the sale of real property;
provided, however, that the General Court may make clerical or editorial changes
of form only to the bill, unless the Selectboard approves amendments to the bill
before enactment by the General Court which are within the scope of the general
public objectives of the petition;

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court

assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.L. c. 30B, the Town of

Deerfield acting by and through its Selectboard may convey a certain parcel of
land to New England Natural Bakers. Said parcel is shown as Lot 2 on a plan
entitled Plan of Land in Deerfield, Massachusetts dated September 30, 2016, a
copy of which is on file with the Town Clerk, in accordance with that certain
purchase and sale agreement by and between the Town of Deerfield and New
England Natural Bakers dated, March 11, 2015 as amended.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage, or take any action
relative thereto.

ARTICLE 24 To see if the Town, in accordance with G.L c. 30B 12(b) will vote to authorize
the Selectboard to negotiate and enter into contracts with vendors as they deem
necessary or beneficial, for a term of no more than five (5) years, provided the
total contract value does not exceed $10,000.00, or take any action relative
thereto.

ARTICLE 25 To see if the Town, in accordance with G.L c. 30B 12(b) will vote to authorize
the Board of Assessors to negotiate and enter into contracts with vendors as they
deem necessary or beneficial, for a term of no more than five (5) years, or take
any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 26 To see if the Town will vote to correct the layout and acceptance of Merrigan
Way which was approved in Article 30, of Annual Town Meeting, April 29,
2015, in accordance with the plan dated September 30, 2016 by Harold L. Eaton
and Associates, Inc. and which is on file with the Town Clerk, or take any action
relative thereto.

ARTICLE 27 To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 57A of Chapter 59 of the General
Laws of Massachusetts, as amended, to allow for a single request for payment for
any real or personal property tax bill of $100 or less, or take any action relative
thereto.

ARTICLE 28 To see if the Town will amend the Bylaws by striking Chapter 39 - Purchasing,
or take any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 29 To see if the Town will amend Chapter 69 Building Construction, of the Town
of Deerfield General Bylaws as follows:

A. Delete the following sections 69-1, 69-2, 69-3, 69-4 and 69-5.
- B. Delete section 69-6 and replace it and re-number it as follows:
69-1 Building Permit Requirements - An application for a building permit shall
comply with the current version of the Massachusetts State Building Code.
C. Delete section 69-7 and replace it and re-number it as follows:
69-2 Building Permit Fees - The Selectboard shall set all building, wiring,
plumbing and heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) permit fees.
D. Section 69-8 shall be re-numbered to Section 69-3
E. Section 69-9 shall be re-numbered to 69-4
F. Section 69-10 shall be r-enumbered to Section 69-5, or take any action relative
thereto.
ARTICLE 30 To see if the town will amend the bylaws of the Town of Deerfield, to make
certain changes to Chapter 10, Article VI - Capital Improvements Plan
Committee, as proposed by the Capital Improvements Plan Committee, or take
any action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 31 To see if the town will adopt the following resolution: Whereas access to health
care has become one of the biggest political issues of the day and is of great
concern to ourselves and our neighbors; and

Whereas: The U.S. remains one of the few countries that does not provide
universal publicly funded health care; and

Whereas: the cost of health care keeps increasing thereby creating a burden and a
concern to us all; and

Whereas: the number on people who do not have affordable access to quality
health care increases, the health of our communities decreases, and

Whereas: the cost of health insurance increases and the policies include up-front
costs of co-pays and deductibles that are a burden for employers and employees.

Whereas: in particular, the money spent by Cities and Towns to cover their
employees is a large cost to both the employer and the employees; and

Whereas: these funds could be better spent by Towns to improve the overall
quality of life, and by employees to increase wages and salaries and other
benefits; and

Whereas: Massachusetts has been a leader in providing coverage for quality

health care for its people; and

Whereas: there is an alternative means of providing health care for all that also
provides better coverage, without co-pays and deductibles, and includes medical,
dental and preventative care.

That this bill is the Improved Medicare for All, House Bill #2987 Senate Bill
#619

Therefore, be it Resolved: That the Town of Deerfield endorses the House and
Senate Bill, Improved Medicare for All, (S619; H2987) and will communicate
its support to the State Representative and State Senator.

ARTICLE 32 To see if the Town will vote any instruction to its officers, boards, committees,
commissioners, or take any action relative thereto.

The meeting will then adjourn to meet in the polling places at the MEETING ROOM at the TOWN
OFFICES, 8 Conway Street in the Village of South Deerfield on MONDAY, the 1st day of May,
2017, next at 10:00 oclock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following article:

To choose all necessary Town Officers, including:

One (1) Moderator for a term of three (3) years

One (1) Selectboard member for a term of three (3) years
One (1) Assessor for a term of three (3) years
One (1) Frontier Regional School Committee member for a term of three
(3) years
One (1) Deerfield School Committee member for a term of three (3) years
One (1) Elector Under the Oliver Smith Will for a term of one (1) year
Two (2) Planning Board members for a term of three (3) years
Three (3) Tilton Library Trustees for a term of three (3) years

And upon closure of the polls, to dissolve.

And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at five (5)
public places in said Town, fourteen (14) days at least before the holding of said meeting.

Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doing thereon, to the Town Clerk,
at the time and place of said meeting.

Given under our hands this Fifth day of April in the year Two Thousand Seventeen.

_______________________________
Carolyn Shores Ness

_______________________________
Henry Komosa

_______________________________
Trevor McDaniel
Selectboard of the Town of Deerfield

A true copy.

Attest:

_______________________________
Barbara J. Hancock, Town Clerk

___________ _______, 2017

FRANKLIN, SS: ___________ _______, 2017

Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Deerfield
by posting up attested copies of the same at: Deerfield Convenience Store, Deerfield Spirit Shop,
South Deerfield Post Office, Old Deerfield Post Office and the Deerfield Town Offices fourteen
(14) days before April 24, 2017, as directed.

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Constable of Deerfield