Article 35 is a citizen petition submitted by David Carrier that seeks to require the Board of Public Works to grade private ways that are open to the public four times per year. Currently, the town's practice is to grade such ways once or twice per year. While the petition has enough signatures to appear on the warrant, Town Counsel Robert Galin warned that the article is "defective" because it does not include a request for an appropriation.

Moderator Jim Fitzgerald explained that even if the town votes to approve the article, the lack of a funding source means no work can legally be performed. We could vote on this at town meeting and approve it, but nothing could happen because there's no money to go with it, Fitzgerald noted. The Moderator suggested that the vote might still serve as a signal of public intent for future budgeting cycles.

Motion: No motion yet; preview of upcoming meeting.

Vote: No Vote