TOWN OF MERRIMAC BUDGET SUMMARY

TOWN OF MERRIMAC BUDGET SUMMARY REVENUE ESTIMATES EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES Adopted Departmental 4/24/17 Approved 10/16/17 Adopted Departmental 4/24/17 Approved 10/16/17 FY2017 FY2018 FY2018 FY2018 FY2017 FY2018 FY2018 FY2018 PROPERTY TAXES ARTICLE 1 OMNIBUS Tax Base $ 11,187,782 $ 11,726,560 $ 11,726,560 $ 11,726,560 2 1/2 % Increase $ 279,695 $ 293,164 $ 293,164 $ 293,164 Maturing Debt $ 422,238 $ 385,178 $ 385,178 $ 385,178 8.78% Est New Growth $ 200,198 $ 100,000 $ 150,000 $ 150,000 Interest Debt $ 95,317 $ 85,184 $ 85,184 $ 85,184 10.63% General Override $ 100,000 $ $ $ Gen Govt Unclassfied $ 916,967 $ 989,003 $ 989,003 $ 989,003 7.86% Unused Levy Capacity $ (41,115) $ $ $ (16,451) General Government $ 794,743 $ 834,464 $ 828,458 $ 828,458 5.00% SUBTOTAL $ 11,726,560 $ 12,119,724 $ 12,169,724 $ 12,153,273 Public Safety $ 1,757,937 $ 1,882,895 $ 1,857,217 $ 1,867,217 7.11% Health & Sanitation $ 95,567 $ 89,894 $ 89,894 $ 89,894 5.94% STATE PROVIDED FUNDS Highway $ 531,077 $ 562,449 $ 552,449 $ 552,449 5.91% Cherry Sheet/State Aid $ 924,270 $ 958,688 $ 958,688 $ 957,135 Public Assistance $ 341,463 $ 361,481 $ 355,293 $ 355,293 5.86% MSBA $ $ $ $ Education $ 8,527,797 $ 8,869,179 $ 8,869,179 $ 8,879,179 4.00% SUBTOTAL: STATE FUNDS $ 924,270 $ 958,688 $ 958,688 $ 957,135 Library $ 280,328 $ 287,289 $ 287,289 $ 287,289 2.48% Cemetery $ 50,097 $ 54,218 $ 54,218 $ 54,218 8.23% DEBT EXCLUSIONS New Library Construction $ 141,750 $ 134,400 $ 134,400 $ 134,400 SUBTOTAL $ 13,813,531 $ 14,401,233 $ 14,353,361 $ 14,373,361 4.25% Town Hall Renovations $ 167,275 $ 159,425 $ 159,425 $ 159,425 SUBTOTAL $ 309,025 $ 293,825 $ 293,825 $ 293,825 CHARGES/ABATEMENTS/OTHER AMOUNTS TO BE RAISED PROJECTED LOCAL RECEIPTS State & County $ 93,477 $ 93,477 $ 93,477 $ 97,694 Motor Vehicle Excise $ 868,000 $ 868,000 $ 900,000 $ 925,000 Tax Abatements $ 100,000 $ 100,000 $ 100,000 $ 100,000 Other Excise $ 500 $ 500 $ 500 $ 500 Library Offset $ 9,107 $ 9,107 $ 9,107 $ 9,359 Penalties & Interest $ 28,000 $ 28,000 $ 28,000 $ 21,000 Overlay Deficit $ $ $ $ In Lieu of Tax $ 10,000 $ 10,000 $ 10,000 $ 3,000 Snow & Ice Deficit $ $ $ $ Trash $ 130,000 $ 130,000 $ 130,000 $ 130,000 Other Deficits $ $ $ $ Ambulance $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 210,000 $ 205,000 Fees $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000 SUBTOTAL $ 202,584 $ 202,584 $ 202,584 $ 207,053 Rentals $ 97,000 $ 97,000 $ 97,000 $ 102,000 Cemetery $ 12,000 $ 12,000 $ 12,000 $ 17,000 Licenses & Permits $ 70,000 $ 70,000 $ 70,000 $ 60,000 Fines & Forfeitures $ 52,000 $ 52,000 $ 52,000 51,000 Investment Income $ 13,500 $ 13,500 $ 13,500 23,000 Misc Non Recurring $ 86,000 $ 86,000 $ 86,000 $ 86,000 Misc Recurring $ 15,500 $ 15,500 $ 15,500 $ 15,500 SUBTOTAL $ 1,632,500 $ 1,632,500 $ 1,674,500 1,689,000 CURRENT YEAR SPECIAL ARTICLES $ Special Articles $ 3,669,484 3,972,582 $ Transfer Articles $ 309,277 19,028 $ $ 3,972,582 $ 3,972,582 $ $ 19,028 $ 19,028 $ SUBTOTAL $ 3,978,761 $ 3,991,610 $ 3,991,610 $ 3,991,610 OTHER REVENUE Free Cash Approp $ 439,506 $ 798,737 $ 798,737 $ 798,737 Prior Year Bond Issues Water Privilege $ $ 100,000 $ 100,000 $ 100,000 Bond Authorization $ 15,416,364 $ 15,416,364 $ 916,364 Water Retained Earnings $ 225,000 $ 185,000 $ 185,000 $ 185,000 Other Revenue $ 321,877 $ 25,028 $ 25,028 $ 25,028 SUBTOTAL $ $ 15,416,364 $ 15,416,364 $ 916,364 Wastewater Retained Earnings $ $ 30,000 $ 30,000 $ 30,000 Bonded Capital $ $ 15,416,364 $ 15,416,364 $ 916,364 Water Enterprise $ 987,950 $ 1,008,097 $ 1,008,097 $ 1,008,097 Wastewater Enterprise $ 1,232,795 $ 1,181,929 $ 1,181,929 $ 1,181,929 Wastewater Capital $ 60,000 $ $ $ Cable Revenue $ 135,393 $ 151,579 $ 151,579 $ 150,000 SUBTOTAL $ 3,402,521 $ 18,896,734 $ 18,896,734 $ 4,395,155 BONDED ARTICLES TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENSE $ 17,994,876 $ 34,011,791 $ 33,963,919 $ 19,488,388 TOTAL ESTIMATED REVENUE $ 17,994,876 $ 33,901,471 $ 33,993,471 $ 19,488,388 SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) $ (0) $ (110,320) $ 29,552 $ 0 1 of 6

Town Vote Art. # Selectmen Recommendations Finance Committee Capital Planning 1 Yes 201 Yes 40 Yes 201 2 Yes 30 Yes 40 N/A 3 Yes 30 Yes 40 N/A 4 Yes 201 Yes 40 Yes 201 5 Yes 30 N/A N/A 6 No 12 N/A N/A 7 Yes 30 N/A N/A Town of Merrimac October 16, 2018 Special Town Meeting Articles for Consideration Description To raise and appropriate $500,000 to pay for the design and engineering of a new police station and authorize the borrowing. (2/3 Vote Required) To increase the amount raised and apropriated in Article 1 of the April 24, 2017 ATM in the amount of $20,000, and amend Line Item # 39, Police Salaries by $10,000 and Line Item # 60, EssexNorth Shore Tuition by $10,000. To increase the amount raised and apropriated in Article 3 of the April 24, 2017 ATM in the amount of $4,000, Water Department Salaries. To transfer $45,000 from Article 7 of the April 25, 2016 STM, Soundproofing Alternatives at Town Hall, to purchase and install air conditioning units in Sargent's Hall. To amend the Personal ByLaw Holiday, Bereavement and Health Insurance Policies. To amend the Zoning ByLaw Article 3, Basic Requirements for all Districts, prohibiting the sale of recreational marijuana. To amend the Noise ByLaw to define the appropriate licensing or permitting authority per the Attorney General's comments. 2 of 6

Town of Merrimac Warrant Articles Special Town Meeting, October 16, 2017 Article 1: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $500,000, or any other amount, to pay costs of engineering and design of a new police station, including the payment of all costs incidental and related thereto; to determine whether this amount shall be raised by taxation, transfer from available funds, borrowing or otherwise; and further, to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into all agreements and execute any and all instruments deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article, including contracts for periods in excess of three years; or take any other action relative thereto. Rationale: This article will appropriate and authorize the borrowing of the funds needed for the engineering and design of a new police station. The Public Safety Building Committee reviewed the surveys of over 400 residents and are making this recommendation based on the results. They feel at this time the most logical step is to complete the engineering and design so that residents will know exactly what is needed for the Police Station and the costs associated with the building. This borrowing will be done within the tax rate. by the Public Safety Building Committee. Requires 2/3 Vote Selectmen Recommendation: Yes 201 Finance Committee Recommendation: Yes 40 Capital Planning Recommendation: Yes 201 Article 2: To see if the Town will vote to increase the amount raised and appropriated in Article 1 of the April 24, 2017 Annual Town Meeting by the sum of $ 20,000 and amend the following lines: Line # 39, Police Department Salaries $ 10,000 Line # 60 EssexNorth Shore Tuition $ 10,000 ; or take any other action relative thereto. Rationale: This article will increase the amount raised and appropriated for the line items above to account for the contractual increases negotiated and for the tuition for EssexNorth Shore. Per the request of the Board of Selectmen. Selectmen Recommendation: Yes 30 Finance Committee Recommendation: Yes 40 Article 3: To see if the Town will vote to increase the amount raised and appropriated in Article 3 of the April 24, 2017 Annual Town Meeting by the sum of $ 4,000, Water Department Salaries, and that this amount ($4,000) be raised by departmental receipts; or take any other action relative thereto. Rationale: This article will increase the amount raised and appropriated for the Water Department Salaries to account for the contractual increases negotiated for the union contract. Per the request of the Board of Selectmen. 3 of 6

Selectmen Recommendation: Yes 30 Finance Committee Recommendation: Yes 40 Article 4: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Article 7 of the April 25, 2016 Special Town Meeting, Soundproofing Alternatives at Town Hall, a sum of money in the amount of $45,000 to be used for the purchase and installation of air conditioning units in Sargent s Hall; or take any other action relative thereto. Rationale: This article will use the excess funds from the soundproofing article to pay for the costs of purchasing and installation of air conditioning units in the Sargent s Hall. This will allow the use of the hall on a year round basis. Per the request of the Cable Television Department. Selectmen Recommendation: Yes 201 Finance Committee Recommendation: Yes 40 Capital Planning Recommendation: Yes 201 Article 5: To see if the Town will amend the Town Personnel ByLaw by replacing the existing Holiday and Bereavement Policies with the text reprinted below; or take any other action relative thereto. Holiday Policy Fulltime employees shall be granted leave with pay on the days designated by law for observance of the following holidays: New Year s Day Veterans Day Martin Luther King Day ½ Day before Thanksgiving Day President s Day Thanksgiving Day Patriot s Day Day after Thanksgiving Memorial Day ½ day before Christmas ½ Day before Independence Day Christmas Independence Day Day after Christmas Labor Day ½ Day Day before New Year s Columbus Day Permanent Part Time Employees shall be granted leave with pay on a prorated basis for all holidays that fall on a day that said employee would have otherwise worked but for the holiday. Bereavement Leave Policy Employees shall be granted leave of absence with pay in the event of death in the immediate family. Such leave shall extend from the time the employee receives notification of the death to the first work day following the day of the funeral, or memorial service, not exceeding a period of five (5) days. Immediate family shall consist of father, mother, spouse or significant other, child, stepchild, fatherinlaw, motherinlaw, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren or other relative living in the household. Employees shall be granted a three (3) days leave of absence with pay in the event of the death of a brother, sister, brotherinlaw, sisterinlaw, grandparents, grandchildren, aunt, uncle, nephew or niece. 4 of 6

Health Insurance The Town offers three separate health plans to full time and permanent part time employees, HMO Blue, Blue Care Elect and BC/BS VIP 2000. The Town contributes 45% of the cost of the premium 55% of the cost of the premium for the HMO products and 50% of the cost of the premium for the BCEP on behalf of the employees. Details and coverage options are available at the office of the Finance Director. Rationale: These changes will amend the Personnel ByLaw to match the benefits awarded in the union contracts and make some typographical corrections. These are being recommended to ensure all employees are treated equally. by the Finance Director. Selectmen Recommendation: Yes 30 Article 6: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Merrimac Zoning Bylaw ARTICLE 3 BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DISTRICTS, Section 3.1 Prohibited Uses by the addition of a subsection 3.1.1. to read The operation of all types of nonmedical marijuana establishments as defined in GL c94g sec 1, including marijuana cultivators, independent testing laboratory, marijuana product manufacturers, marijuana retailers or any other type of licensed marijuana related businesses within the Town of Merrimac ; or take any other action relative thereto. Rationale: This amendment to the Zoning Bylaws prohibits the sale of recreational marijuana in all zoning districts within the town. This gives Merrimac voters an opportunity to decide if they want to take the second step recommended by KP Law, Merrimac s Town Counsel, to prohibit nonmedical marijuana sales and other activity as a follow up to the town wide vote of June 26, 2017. Per the request of the Planning Board. Requires 2/3 Vote Selectmen Recommendation: No 12 Article 7: To see if the Town will vote to amend the General ByLaws, Article XII, Section 15, Regulation of Certain Types of Activities, Noise, subsections B and C, by deleting the language noted in strikethrough below and by adding the language noted in bold and underlined to Subsections B and C of the Bylaw: B. It shall be unlawful for any Corporation, Limited Liability Company, Sole Proprietor, or for any Entity for Commercial or for Profit to operate or cause to be operated any type of construction machinery powered by any internal combustion or diesel engine including but not limited to; heavy earthmoving equipment, materials handling equipment, logging and land clearing equipment, pumps, generators, and air compressors; during certain hours of the day as set forth in Section D of this ByLaw, unless specifically authorized by a license or permit issued by the appropriate licensing or permitting authority Planning Board, Building Inspector, Board of Selectmen and/or the Department of Public Works in accordance with the licensure or permitting requirements set forth by state law or the Town s Bylaws. 5 of 6

C. It shall be unlawful for any Corporation, Limited Liability Company, Sole Proprietor, or for any Entity for Commercial or for Profit to operate or cause to be operated any type of electrically powered equipment associated with construction activity including but not limited to; airactuated nailing guns, circular saws, drills and the like, that are utilized for the purpose of building or assembling construction materials, during certain hours of the day, as set forth in Section D of this Bylaw, unless specifically authorized by a permit or license issued by the appropriate licensing or permitting authority Planning Board, Building Inspector, Board of Selectmen and/or the Department of Public Works in accordance with the licensure or permitting requirements set forth by state law or the Town s Bylaws. or take any other action relative thereto. Rationale: This amendment to the General Bylaws amends the Noise Bylaw to specifically define the appropriate licensing or permitting authority, per the Attorney General s comments. Per the request of the DPW Director. Selectmen Recommendation: Yes 30 6 of 6