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May 16, 2024

MIDDLEBOROUGH GAS & ELECTRIC
INVITATION FOR BIDS

Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30, § 39M, the Middleborough Gas & Electric Department (“MGED”) seeks sealed bids for the provision of tree trimming and removal services around MGED’s electric distribution lines. MGED owns approximately 290 miles of pole line in its service territory, both transmission and distribution. The services shall be provided over a three-year period. The work shall include the furnishing of all vehicles, equipment, supplies, materials, supervision and labor, including all other incidental services necessary to perform the work as set forth in the specifications.

Sealed bids shall be submitted to the Middleborough Gas & Electric Department, 32 South Main Street, Middleborough, Massachusetts 02346, ATTN: Ali Golz , no later than 11 A.M., Thursday May 30, 2024. The bid documents may be obtained at the above address on/after May 16, 2024 or by contacting Ali Golz at bids@mged.com. Bids will be opened on May 30, 2024 at 11AM at the administration office located at 32 South Main Street, Middleboro MA 02346.

All prospective bidders must notify Ali Golz, Executive / Human Resources Analyst, Middleboro Gas & Electric Department, bids@mged.com, of your intention to submit bid by Thursday May 23, 2024

Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in the amount of five (5) percent of the value of the bid in the form of cash, bid bond, or certified bank made payable to the Middleborough Gas & Electric Department. Bid security will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders after the bid award. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond, each in the amount of 50% of the total estimated contract price and issued by a company authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of ninety (90) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after the deadline for the opening bids.

Wage rates for this project are subject to minimum wage rates per M.G.L., Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27G, inclusive as determined by the Director of Labor and Workforce Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and also to issuing Statements of Compliance, true and accurate payroll records and reports in connection with Prevailing Wage Laws.

Bidding and the award of a contract shall be conducted in full compliance with Chapter 30, Section 39M, of the Massachusetts General Laws, inclusive as last revised, with such award made to the lowest responsible and eligible bidder.
MGED reserves the right to reject any or all bids and waive minor irregularities and informalities in any or all bids, if deemed in the best interest of MGED to do so.

Middleborough Gas & Electric Department
Jacqueline Crowley, General Manager
Ken Stone, Assistant General Manager

TOWN OF LAKEVILLE
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

According to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 131, Section 40 of the Wetlands Protection Act, there will be a hearing on a Notice of Intent submitted by Thomas Long, for construction of an in-ground swimming pool with associated patio and grading within 100’ of a bordering vegetated wetland. The location of the project is 13 Brookstone Drive, Lakeville (Map 013 Block 001 Lot 014). The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 7:00p.m. at the Lakeville Police Station, 323 Bedford St., Lakeville.

Robert Bouchard, Chairman
Lakeville Conservation Commission

TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO, MA,
PLYMOUTH STREET WATER METER VAULT

The Town of Middleboro, MA, Department of Public Works, invites sealed bids for “Town of Middleboro Plymouth Street Water Meter Vault”, in accordance with the Contract Documents prepared by BETA GROUP, INC., 701 George Washington Highway, Lincoln, RI, 02865. Bids will be received at the Middleboro DPW, 65 Sachem Street, MA 02346 until 2:00 PM local time on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at which time and place, said Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on May 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM at 984 Plymouth Street. The work in this Contract includes the installation of a water meter vault, electric service, remote telemetry unit, and associated appurtenances. The Contractor shall begin work within 30 calendar days of receipt of a Notice to Proceed. This contract shall be completed within 160 days from the issuance of a Notice to Proceed. Contract Documents may be obtained electronically on or after May 15, 2024, by emailing requests for bid documents to Plymouth-Street-2024-Bids@BETA-inc.com. There will be no fee for Contract Documents. Bidders requesting Contract Documents shall provide a contact person with all relevant contact information. Direct written questions to Alan Gunnison, P.E., BETA Group, Inc., email: Plymouth-Street-2024-Bids@BETA-inc.com . Bid Security in the sum of five percent of the Total Bid is required. Minimum Wage Rates determined by the Department of Workforce Development apply to this project. Bids are subject to MGL Chapter 30, Section 39M as amended.

TOWN OF LAKEVILLE
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

According to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 131, Section 40 of the Wetlands Protection Act, there will be a hearing on a Notice of Intent submitted by JIJ Properties, Inc., for tree clearing and grading within 100’ of a bordering vegetated wetland. The location of the project is 37 Myricks Street, Lakeville (Map 005 Block 002 Lot 001 and Map 017 Block 004 Lot 003-1). The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 7:00p.m. at the Lakeville Police Station, 323 Bedford St., Lakeville.

Robert Bouchard, Chairman
Lakeville Conservation Commission

TOWN OF LAKEVILLE
PLANNING BOARD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The LAKEVILLE PLANNING BOARD will hold a public hearing pursuant to the Town of Lakeville Code Bylaws and M.G.L. ch. 40A §5 on THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM. at the Lakeville Police Station Meeting Room, 323 Bedford Street. The purpose of the public hearing is to provide interested parties with an opportunity to comment on a proposed amendment to the Town of Lakeville Code Bylaws by deleting in its entirety Chapter 270, § 270-7.5 Mixed Use Development District regulations and to amend the following Sections of the Town Code Bylaws by deleting Chapter 270, §270-3.1, Zoning districts, Chapter 270, §270-3.2, Location of districts, and to amend the Zoning Map by removing the Mixed-Use Development District.

A draft of the proposed amendment to the Zoning Bylaw may be viewed at the Lakeville Town Clerk’s office in Town Hall, 346 Bedford Street, Lakeville, MA 02347 by appointment only. Amendments are also available for review on the Planning Board page of the Town website.

Planning Board Members
Michele MacEachern, Chair
John Cabral, Vice-Chair
David Lodge
Jack Lynch
Daniel Wilga

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Town of Lakeville 
Annual Town Meeting
Monday, June 10, 2024
 
To any of the Constables of the TOWN OF LAKEVILLE,
 
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet in the
 
APPONEQUET REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
100 HOWLAND ROAD, LAKEVILLE, MA
On Monday, June 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM, then and there to act on the following articles:
 
ARTICLE 1: To see if the Town will vote to determine the salaries of all elected officers and to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses for the fiscal period July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 inclusive, said sums to be allocated in accordance with the budget document to be presented at Town Meeting, and to make appropriation, or take any other action relative thereto.
Proposed by Select Board
 
ARTICLE 2: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds such sums of money as may be necessary to operate the Park Department for the fiscal period July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, inclusive, and to make appropriation, or take any other action relative thereto.
Proposed by Select Board
 
ARTICLE 3: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds such sums of money as may be necessary to operate the Landfill/Transfer Station for the fiscal period July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, inclusive, and to make appropriation, or take any other action relative thereto.
Proposed by Select Board
 
ARTICLE 4: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, borrow or otherwise provide a sum of money for capital improvements and equipment shown below and all costs incidental or related thereto, and to authorize Town Officials to take such action and execute all documents as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this vote, or take any action relative thereto.
Line Department Item Amount Funding Source

1 Police Cruiser replacements w/ equipment                                         $182,000.00                         Free Cash
2 Fire Ladder Truck lease payment w/ equipment                                  $175,000.00                         Free Cash
3 Public Works Roadway Improvements                                                  $250,000.00                         Free Cash
4 Public Works Bud Permit Material Removal                                            $25,000.00                         Free Cash
5 Public Works 1 Ton Dump truck w/equipment                                        $95,000.00                         Free Cash
6 Public Works Pave DPW Lot & Install Drainage                                       $85,000.00                         Free Cash
7 Public Works Relocate Radio Repeater & equipment                              $25,000.00                          Free Cash 
8 Transfer Station Roll-off Truck w/equipment                                        $260,000.00                         $95,000 Free Cash     $165,000 Landfill Retained Earnings
9 Parks North Fields Water/Electric                                                          $15,000.00                        Park Retained Earnings
TOTAL                                                                                                 $1,112,000.00
 
Proposed by Select Board
ARTICLE 5: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds, a sum of money for the purpose of adding to the Stabilization Fund pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 40, Section 5B, or take any action relative thereto.
Proposed by Select Board 
 
ARTICLE 6: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds, a sum of money for the purpose of adding to the Other Post Employment Benefits Trust (OPEB), or take any action relative thereto.
Proposed by Select Board 
 
ARTICLE 7: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate or reserve from the Community Preservation Fund annual revenues in the amounts recommended by the Community Preservation Committee for committee administrative expenses, community preservation projects and other expenses in Fiscal Year 2025, as shown below, with each item to be considered a separate appropriation, or take any other action relative thereto.
 
Appropriations: Reserves:
From FY2025 estimated revenues for Community Administrative Expenses $8,250
From FY2025 estimated revenues for Historic Resources Reserve $27,500
From FY2025 estimated revenues for Community Housing Reserve $27,500
From FY2025 estimated revenues for Open Space/Recreation Reserve $27,500
From FY2025 estimated revenues for Budgeted Reserve $184,250
 
 
Proposed by Community Preservation Committee 
 
ARTICLE 8:  To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds in the Community Preservation Fund the following amount for a project as recommended by the Community Preservation Committee, including anything incidental or related thereto, or take any action relative thereto.
 
Line Department Project Amount Funding
Source
1 Facilities Historic Town Hall Door Replacement $6,950.00 Historic Resources Reserve
                       TOTAL$6,950.00
 
 
Proposed by Community Preservation Committee
 
ARTICLE 9:  To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds in the Community Preservation Fund the following amount for a project as recommended by the Community Preservation Committee, including anything incidental or related thereto, or take any action relative thereto.
 
Line Department Project Amount Funding
Source
1 Historic Commission Cupola Repairs for the Historic Museum $20,000.00 Historic Resources Reserve
                       TOTAL$20,000.00
 
 
Proposed by Community Preservation Committee 
 
ARTICLE 10:  To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds, $655,000.00 for design development costs and related expenses for the construction of a new fire station and anything incidental or related thereto; or take any action relative thereto.
 
Proposed by Fire Station Building Committee

ARTICLE 11 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Lakeville Code Bylaws by deleting in its entirety Chapter 270, § 270-7.5 Mixed Use Development District regulations and to amend the following Sections of the Town Code Bylaws with deletions noted in strikethrough.

Chapter 270, §270-3.1, Zoning districts, H. Mixed use Development District (Overlay),
Chapter 270, §270-3.2, Location of districts, G. Mixed Use Development District (Lakeville Hospital). Refer to § 270-7.5A for district designation. and renumber accordingly, and to amend the Zoning Map by removing the Mixed-Use Development District consisting of:

The land shown as Lot 1 on Assessor’s Map 60 (with the balance shown on Assessor’s Map 62), and more specifically described as follows:

The land with the buildings thereon situated in Lakeville, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the westerly side of Main Street (Route 105) comprising about seventy-three (73) acres of land, more or less, and now or formerly known as the Lakeville State Hospital and formerly known as Lakeville State Sanatorium and bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at the most northerly corner of the premises to be described at land now or formerly of Richmond Family Trust and on the southerly sideline of Rhode Island Road;
Thence S 34 ° 56’ 40” E, a distance of 1005.56 feet by land of said Richmond Family Trust and by land now or formerly of Stillman K. Leonard to a point;
Thence N 88° 54’ 05” E, a distance of 294.36 feet by land of said Leonard to a point on the westerly sideline of Main Street (Route 105);
Thence the following eight courses by the westerly and northerly sidelines of Main Street:
Southerly on a curve to the right with a radius of 1970.00 feet for an arc distance of 111.70 feet to a Massachusetts Highway Bound;
S 13° 16’ 05” W, a distance of 116.78 feet to a Massachusetts Highway Bound;
Southerly on a curve to the right with a radius of 1970.00 feet for an arc distance of 243.55 feet to Massachusetts Highway Bound;
S 20° 21’ 05” W, a distance of 71.44 feet to a Massachusetts Highway Bound;
Southerly on a curve to the right with a radius of 1000.00 feet for an arc distance of 458.37 feet to a Massachusetts Highway Bound;
S 46° 36’ 50” W, a distance of 241.93 feet to a Massachusetts Highway Bound;
S 46° 59’ 20” W, a distance of 512.93 feet to a Massachusetts Highway Bound;
S 46° 08’ 49” W, a distance of 6.17 feet to a point at land now or formerly of Bruce A. Benoit;
Thence N 43° 04’ 23” W, a distance of 2634.80 feet by various owners as shown on the aforementioned plan to a point on the southerly sideline of Rhode Island Road;
Thence the following six courses by the southerly sideline of Rhode Island Road:
N 68° 16’ 47” E, a distance of 78.74 feet to a concrete bound;
Easterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 2238.25 feet for an arc distance of 678.64 feet to a concrete bound;
N 85° 39’ 07” E, a distance of 202.14 feet to a concrete bound;
Easterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 1560.18 feet for an arc distance of 353.92 feet to a concrete bound;
Easterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 838.52 feet for an arc distance of 609.30 feet to a concrete bound;
Easterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 1564.50 feet for an arc distance of 12.89 feet to the point of beginning.

The above described premises contain 73.3 acres more or less, or take any other action thereto.
Sponsored by the Planning Board

ARTICLE 12: To see if the Town will vote to amend Article II, Select Board, Section 15-7, Limitation of Office of the Town’s General Bylaws by the addition of the following shown in highlighted/underlined:

“No person shall hold at one time the office of Select Board and the office of Assessor or Planning Board, in the Town of Lakeville; or take any action relative thereto.
Petition Article

You are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy hereof seven (7) days at least before the day appointed for the Annual Town Meeting at the following places: Town Office Building, Nemasket Week, Baldies Pizzeria, Fat Cousins, the Clark Shores Association Bulletin Board, Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville Senior Center, and Assawompset Elementary School.

Hereof fail not and make return of the warrant with your doings hereon at the time and place of said meeting.

Given under our hands this 6th day of May, 2024.

Lorraine Carboni, Chair A true copy, Attest:
Evagelia Fabian Constable
Brian Day Lakeville, MA May 2024
Maureen Candito
Brynna Donahue
Lakeville Select Board

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Town of Lakeville 
Special Town Meeting
Monday, June 10, 2024
 
To any of the Constables of the TOWN OF LAKEVILLE,
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet in the
 
APPONEQUET REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
100 HOWLAND ROAD, LAKEVILLE, MA
On Monday, June 10, 2024 at 6:30 PM, then and there to act on the following articles:
 
ARTICLE 1:       To see if the town will vote to transfer from the unused balances of the capital projects identified below the sum of $54,000.00 and to transfer $25,000.00 from Overlay Surplus for the capital projects stated below and anything incidental or related thereto, or take and other action in relation thereto.
 
Unused Capital Projects balances (to close/transfer):
Department                                                                           Project/Purpose                                                       Town Meeting                                                          Amount
Select Board                                                                           Financial Software                                           ATM 06/2016, Article 26                                                  $1,495.49
Select Board                                                                           Town Hall / Fire Station Feasibility Study          ATM 05/2021, Article 4                                                      $500.00
Facilities Demo                                                                       John Paun Building                                           ATM 05/2022, Article 4                                                 $22,700.00
Facilities                                                                                Guard Shack/Clear Pond                                   ATM 05/2022, Article 4                                                          $1.00
Police                                                                                     Cruisers replacement                                       ATM 05/2021, Article 4                                                      $328.10
Police                                                                                     Cruisers replacement                                        ATM 05/2022, Article 4                                                   $3,000.99
Police                                                                                     Boat Motor replacement                                    STM 11/2023, Article 3                                                  $1,492.48
Fire                                                                                        Permitting Software                                          STM 11/2020, Article 3                                                 $10,000.00
Fire                                                                                        Command Vehicle                                             STM 05/2022, Article 3                                                   $1,100.06
Fire                                                                                        Thermal Imaging                                               STM 05/2023, Article 2                                                      $670.00
Public Works                                                                           Air Compressor                                                 STM 05/2022, Article 3                                                   $2,864.28
Public Works                                                                           Front End Loader                                              ATM 05/2022, Article 4                                                   $9,000.00
Public Works                                                                           4x4 Pickup Truck                                               ATM 05/2023, Article 4                                                     $692.60
Parks                                                                                      Demo Haunted House                                        ATM 05/2021, Article 4                                                      $155.00
                                                                                                                                                                                                               TOTAL (close/transfer)$54,000.00
 
 
Proposed by Select Board
And Transfer the Unused Funds to the Following FY2024 Capital Projects:
Line                                    Department                                                                Item Amount
1                                 Police Tasers replacement                                                     $15,000.00
2                             Animal Control Truck replacement, w/ equipment                     $39,000.00
3                             Public Works Riding & Zero Turn Mowers, w/equipment              $25,000.00
                                                                                                                      Total $79,000.00
 
Or take any other action relative thereto.
Proposed by Select Board
 
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy hereof fourteen (14) days at least before the day appointed for the Special Town Meeting at the following places:  Town Office Building, Nemasket Week, Baldies Pizzeria, Fat Cousins, the Clark Shores Association Bulletin Board, Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville Senior Center, and Assawompset Elementary School.  
 
Hereof fail not and make return of the warrant with your doings hereon at the time and place of said meeting.
 
Given under our hands this 6th day of May, 2024. 
                                                                                         
Lorraine Carboni, Chair                                                   A true copy, Attest: 
Evagelia Fabian                                                              Constable 
Brian Day                                                                        Lakeville, MA  May 2024
Maureen Candito
Brynna Donahue
Lakeville Select Board

 

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