NEW SALEM — All four articles passed unanimously at New Salem’s special town meeting on Monday.
Two of the articles on the warrant pertained to municipal bills from a prior year.
One asked if voters wish to transfer $2,658.79 from free cash for a Fire Department bill, while another asked for permission to transfer $747.44 from free cash to pay a Swift River School transportation expense.
Another article asked if voters agreed to rescind authorized but unissued debt for projects that have been finished. The amounts are $200,000 from the Septic Trust Fund, $21,023.02, from the 2002 Fiscal Year Capital Plan, and $7,000 from Fiscal Year 2010 for a highway truck.
Adoption of the final article allows the proposed enclosed exterior elevator addition on the New Academy Building. The town holds an architectural facade easement with Joan G. Abboud on the building. Jean Derderian, chairwoman of New Salem Historical Commission, previously explained the easement is an agreement reached when the Abboud family purchased the building from the town. The parties agreed the Abbouds would not change the building’s exterior without written permission of the New Salem Selectboard and the review and approval of the New Salem Historical Commission.