Last nights North Andover Town Meeting 2014 was a historic event. Thanks to Town Moderator Mark DiSalvo, North Andover is the first in the nation to allow voters to ask questions at the town meeting via the internet.
For the first time, Mark allowed registered voters who were not at the meeting to email their questions to the towns website and have their question posed to town meeting participants. Andrea O’Donnell of North Andover was the first person in the nation to pose a question via email at the town meeting!
Some articles that were approved at the 2014 North Andover town meeting:
Fiscal Year Budget
A total budget of $84.5 million for the 2015 fiscal year starting July 1, 2014. This includes many improvements to the North Andover Public Schools, such as free all day kindergarten, and the continuation of the facilities master plan.
New Central Fire Station at Chickering Road and Prescott Street
Building a new Central Fire Station at Chickering Road and Prescott Street with a budget of $5,940,000
Medical marijuana treatment facilities overlay district
Should a medical marijuana treatment facility open up on North Andover, the zoning requirements for its location are in the area of Holt Rd and Clark St.
Mobile Food Vendors Regulation
An amendment was made on a new regulation that does not allow mobile food vendors from doing business on High and Main Streets. This amendment was approved to permit mobile food vendors that were licensed before May 21, 2013, to operate on High and Main streets. Pipe Dreams Cupcakes is now allowed to operate her business on these streets since she was licensed before May 21st.
A Resolution to support passage of a constitutional amendment providing that only human beings have constitutional rights.
Approval to instruct our senators and congressional representatives to support a constitutional amendment to clarify that corporations and other entities created by law do not have the same rights as human beings.
