THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, OCTObEr 21, 2022 Page 5 Special Town Meeting Monday Night T he warrant features an article to create a “Supplemental Student Support Reserve Fund” and a nonbinding resolution to oppose expansion of WIN Waste’s ash landfi ll The most important fi nancial article on the warrant for next Monday night’s (Oct. 24) Special Town Meeting is a measure that would create a “Supplemental Student Support Reserve Fund.” which will aid the School Department in reaching students whose education was adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. But another article on the warrant – a nonbinding resolution that opposes future expansion of the ash landfi ll near the WIN Waste Innovations trash-to-energy incinerator on Route 107 – is expected to draw more intense debate. The Special Town Meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. in the second-fl oor auditorium at Town Hall. Selectmen, by a 3-2 margin, voted last month to support a Host Community Agreement (HCA) with WIN Waste Innovations that would extend the ash landfi ll 20 more years But the amended HCA which selectmen supported at their Sept. 20 meeting includes substantial changes – including a provision that the Town of Saugus receive free tipping fees for waste disposal over the life of the agreement. The town currently pays about $900,000 in annual tipping fees to WIN Waste Innovations.But the annual savings to the town could be considerably more if the agreement receives the required backing of the state Department of Environmental Affairs (DEP), the Board of Health and Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree. Regardless, of the vote by selectmen on a proposed deal with WIN, DEP offi cials have already said current state environmental regulations do not allow expansion of the ash landfi ll. The resolution to ban expansion of WIN’s ash landfi ll is the latest of several symbolic votes Town Meeting has taken on the issue over the years. The student stabilization fund initiated by the Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree reads as follows: “To see if the Saugus Town Meeting will, vote under the authority provided by MassachuASKS | SEE PAGE 5 setts General Law Chapter 40 Section 5B, to create a targeted stabilization fund known as the Supplemental Student Support Reserve Fund and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for deposit into such fund for the following purpose(s): To develop and provide enrichment programs outside of the school day, including summer school, evening school, and before and after school programs not currently existing in the school budget. To deliver at home tutoring for students who have been identified as needing one on one support from a qualifi ed educator. To procure and administer norm referenced student assessments to identify individual student defi ciencies in mathematics and reading. To develop and implement parent/guardian communication and training programs that will help facilitate student learning and success. To supplement existing ESL / ELL learners including, but not limited to, materials and properly credentialed staff to support these learners. To ensure access to technology for students who have been identifi ed as not having such at home. To develop and implement extended day programs for students as needed. To develop any program deemed appropriate and proven effective with the goal of bringing about student academic and social recovery from two years of remote learning. “In order for the Saugus Public Schools to access these funds the Superintendent and School Committee must submit a detailed plan to the Saugus Finance Committee who will determine that such plans are supplementing current educational programming and not supplanting it.” A resolution initiated by four of the fi ve Precinct 10 Town Meeting members would be the latest in a series of various votes by Town Meeting and previous Boards of Selectmen opposing expansion of the ash landfi ll. “It is Therefore Resolved that the Representatives in Town Meeting, here assembled, convey our opposition to any further extension of the WIN ash landfi ll located on Route 107 and urge our state delegation to oppose any eff ort to modify the law or regulations relative to the Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, (ACEC),” states the resolution. “This resolution will be sent to the entire delegation for Saugus as well as the DEP Commissioner.” The Saugus Retirement Board submitted these three articles for the Special Town Meeting; –Acceptance of Legislation/ Increase of Survivor Benefi ts – To see if the Town of Saugus will voted to accept the provisions of Section 29 and 30 of Chapter 176 of the Acts of 2011 to accept an increase to the minimum monthly allowance for a member survivor allowance from $250 to $500. –Acceptance of Legislation/ Increase of Survivors Benefi ts – To see if the Town of Saugus will vote to accept the provisions of Section 28 of Chapter 131 of the Acts of 2010 to increase the benefi t paid to survivors from $6,000 to $12,000 annually. – Acceptance of Legislation/Increase of COLA Base – To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2010 to increase the maximum base on which the cost-of-living is calculated for retirees of the Retirement System from $14,000 to $18,000. 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