Your presence is needed at the Town Hall Monday at 7 p.m. for a
	special town meeting that won't take very long.

	You're needed to help make a quorum -- a group of voters large
	enough to allow the moderator to call the meeting to order. Nothing
	can happen until a quorum is present.

	The 10-article warrant shouldn't arouse controversy, but action on
	the articles is essential.

	The first four articles would take a total of $3230 from the capital
	stabilization fund to pay bills from prior years. Explanations will
	be given for the town's failure to pay the bills on time.  In each
	case, a 9/10 vote is required and you can expect the moderator to
	ask for a unanimous voice vote rather than have to take a hand count
	on each item.

	Article 5 would take $5349 (all amounts given here are rounded to
	the nearest dollar) from capital stabilization to replenish the
	library's Sibley Fund for replacing the library's furnace. A 2/3
	vote is required to take money out of capital stabilization.

	Article 6 asks for $3794 from capital stabilization to allow the
	fire department to buy equipment for town fire trucks. The article
	includes an itemized list of proposed purchases. Again, a 2/3 vote
	is required.

	Articles 7 and 8 would amend the zoning bylaws to correct editing
	errors in the bylaw amendments voted at the May 2007 annual town
	meeting.  Presumably, since these are bylaw amendments, a 2/3 vote
	will be needed.

	Article 9 asks the town to accept the gift for conservation purposes
	of land near Laurel Lake, to be purchased by the open space
	committee with funds raised by private donations.  The conservation
	committee would be charged with caring for the land.

	Finally, Article 10 asks the town to accept the layout of Hettie
	Belle Lane and Garage Road (the road to the town garage and transfer
	station). This would fulfill an agreement the town made with Pat
	Johnson, the daughter of the late Fred Lincoln, who had promised
	before his death to donate land for a new school.

	A simple majority is needed to pass the last two articles.

	The capital stabilization fund currently holds $69,000. Total of the
	money articles is $8,579.  If all pass the fund will stand at
	$56,627. Any appropriations must come from capitalization at this
	point in the town's fiscal year, because the Department of Revenue
	has not yet certified the town's surplus revenues ("free cash") from
	the financial year that ended June 30.

	For the first time in years, a fully-staffed finance committee will
	be able to make its recommendations on financial articles in
	response to the moderator's inquiry.