Annual Town Meeting May 8th, 2024

To hear the reports of Town Officers or Committees.

To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds and appropriate a sum of money to meet the State's share of the cost for Town roadway maintenance and repair, such amount to be reimbursed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as State Highway Aid (Fiscal Year 2025 Chapter 90 Apportionment); or act thereon. Sponsored by the DPW Director, Finance Director and Town Manager

To see if the Town will vote pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, §53E½ to establish a new revolving fund, to be known as the Emergency Address Funding Account; and further, to amend the Oxford General By-Laws CHAPTER SEVENTY­THREE, Revolving Funds accordingly as shown in the document on file in the Office of the Town Clerk; and further establish the Fiscal Year 2025 spending limit as follows, or act thereon: Emergency Address Funding Account: Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) Sponsored by the Fire Chief and Town Manager

To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation or transfer from available funds and appropriate a sum of money to the Stabilization Fund, for Fiscal Year 2025; or act thereon. Sponsored by the Finance Director and Town Manager

To determine what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate from the PEG Access and Cable Related Fund, established by a vote of the 2020 Annual Town Meeting, Article 13, as authorized by Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, §53F 3/4, as amended, to fund PEG access programming, as well as certain other municipal cable related expenses for Fiscal Year 2025; or act thereon. Sponsored by the Finance Director and Town Manager

To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation or transfer from available funds or borrow and authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to issue a note or notes and/or bond or bonds and appropriate a sum of money for the Capital Outlay Program for Fiscal Year 2025, including any incidental and related expenses; or act thereon. Sponsored by the Finance Director and Town Manager

To see if the Town will vote to increase the Gross Receipts limits and Whole Estate limits to the maximum allowable limits for the property tax exemption granted to eligible senior citizens under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 41C, by adjusting the following factors in accordance with said statute: 3) increasing the amounts contained in subclause (B) of said first sentence of said statute whenever they appear in said subclause with respect to gross receipts from all sources that such eligible person had, in the preceding year, from $13,000 to $20,000, or if married, combined gross receipts with their spouse from $15,000 dollars to $30,000; and 4) increasing the amounts contained in subclause (C) of said first sentence of said statute whenever they appear in said subclause with respect to the whole estate, real and personal, of such eligible person from $28,000 dollars to $40,000 or if married, from $30,000 to $55,000, provided that real property occupied as their domicile shall not be included in computing the whole estate except for any portion of said property which produces income and exceeds two dwelling units; said adjustments to be effective for exemptions granted for any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2024; or act thereon. Sponsored by the Principal Assessor, Finance Director and Town Manager

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town's general By-Laws, Chapter 32, Street and Sidewalks, Section 3 by deleting the language contained therein in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following new text; or act thereon: Whenever the Department of Public Works is about to construct or resurface any street or way, the Department will, before beginning the work, give reasonable notice of such intention to other departments and corporations affected thereby and to all abutting owners. After such notice has been given no department, corporation, or person shall for a period of three years break up or disturb the surface of said street or way within the area so constructed or resurfaced except in the case of reasonable necessity as determined by Superintendent of Streets. In the event an excavation is permitted during the three-year moratorium, the contractor shall conduct the work and restoration as directed by the Superintendent of Streets. In such circumstances, the Superintendent of Streets may require curb-to-curb restoration and that the permanent patch be treated by a process that will ensure that the patch is integrated into the existing bituminous surface. The restoration work shall be warrantied and maintained by the contractor for a period of either not less than the remainder of the in-place moratorium, or two years after the completion of the work, whichever is longer. Sponsored by the DPW Director and Town Manager