QUESTION ONE:

Shall the Town of Topsfield be allowed to assess an additional $191,539 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of funding the Town’s assessment for the Masconomet Regional School District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011?

QUESTION TWO:

Shall the Town of Topsfield be allowed to assess an additional $145,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of funding the purchase and equipping of a Dump/Plow/Sander/Wing Truck for the Highway Department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011?

QUESTION THREE:

Shall the Town vote to petition the General Court to enact special legislation
as set forth below? The General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Board of Selectmen approves amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court. The Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to approve amendments, which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition as described below:

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR HEALTH INSURANCE IN THE TOWN OF TOPSFIELD

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1
Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 32B and chapter 150E of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the town of Topsfield is authorized at the discretion of the Board of Selectmen, without bargaining under said chapters 150E or 32B concerning the decision or the impact thereof, to: negotiate and purchase group insurance policies for employees, retirees and their dependents; alter current and future group insurance plan design features including but not limited to co-payments,
deductibles, and tiered provider network co-payments; and participate
in or join a state program providing group insurance policies including those provided by the Group Insurance Commission (“GIC”) or another similar program without being subject to collective bargaining as defined in chapter 150E.
SECTION 2
The provisions of this act shall not affect the town’s obligations under any collective bargaining agreements( s) between the town and any unions in effect on the effective date of this act during the respective current terms of any such collective bargaining agreements, while such agreements are in effect.
SECTION 3
This action shall take effect upon its passage.