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PMO POtmCJlttKBTlS^ We Can DoBetterOn... State Funding for Our Schools Homeowners Insurance Income TaxRoll Back | Vote for Change VoteWillCrockeron November7th. www.ElectWillCrocker.com Paid for hy the Committee to Elect Will Crocker. SO Birchill Koad .Centerville. MA 02632 — I ' '¦- * Know the Market. Know the Town. Only in W$t parnstable patriot 4 Ocean Street, Hyannis, MA 02601 • 508/771-1427 • Fax 508/790-3997 E-mail: info@barnstablepatriot.com • www.barnstablepatriot.com wwm CO^J?I°«O% ¦ « ¦ • Learn How to Make a Sd&Sfi^ Leam How To: Classic Bow. J H^f f l i ^ ^B M I W k • Decorate a Mantle • All Demos Are Free -** ¦ " ¦iTS, ^gsa-*iB^ .Customizea Wreath H ^S rCover, ^ » 1 H * *"•«•« ' S SS S S X Rainor Shine Saturc/aii , Nov. Hth, WSQ-h'.OQYWi much more. Light Refreshments Served ' 380 West Main St., Hyannis, MA » 508-775-8703 * www.countrygarden.com » Mon-Sat 8-5pm, Sunday 9-4 Council to consider new tax provisions The town council will con- sider adopting two new tax provisions, one that will help some personal property tax payers, and another to start sending tax bills on new con- struction earlier. TownManager John Klimm is asking the council to stop sendingpersonal property tax bills to those with less than $10,000 in taxable property. Finance Director Mark Milne said the administra- tion of these bills, some 3,400 of them between residential andpersonal properties,takes a significant amount of time for not much reward. This year's 3,422 bills represented $65,280, for an average bill of $19.07. The money forgone here would not be lost to the town, but redistributed amongall of the other classes of taxpayers and would represent far less than a penny on the tax rate. The other provision of state law would move the tax bill- ing cycle for new commercial property to the fiscal year and also would eliminate the need for the issuance of a cer- tificate of occupancy before a bill could be sent. Milne said this simply moves new tax- able property onto the tax roll sooner. The council will take these up in two weeks. Crocker's BASIC proposal at town council this week OstervilleTownCouncilorJim Crocker's BASIC, Barnstable Active Safety Information for Child awareness ordinance, was set for a public hearing at thisweek'stown council meet- ing. A vote was expected. The new ordinance would requirethe posting of publicly- availableinformationregarding traffic , environmental and sex offenderconcernsnearfacilities providing services to children. Thp ordinance wnuld alsn prohibit Level 2 and 3 classi- fied sex offenders from living within 1,500 feet of such fa- cilities. This provision would not remove people from their current quarters if within the boundaries,but would prevent sexoffendersfrom movinginto the area in e future. If approved this week, the ordinance would go into effect 90 days from adoption. Planning for snow and ice Theannualpreliminaryfund- ing for the town's snow and ice removal program will be reviewed at a public hearing at the town council's Nov. 16 meeting. The initial amount for this unpredictable need has re- mained at $122,750 for well more than a decade. This seed moneyisenough to gettheball rollingin preparation for what winter has in store. Snow and ice removal is the one town service for which the town can deficit-spend , making up the balance in the following fiscal year. The relatively low amount budgeted is not expected to cover the entire season, but town finance planners don't believe it makes sense to tie up funds that may be needed elsewhere in the event the worst doesn't happen. Last year, Old Man Winter was kind to Barnstable, or at least treated the town with an average dollop of the white stuff. The town spent $674,000 in snow and ice removal last year, less than half of 2005's blizzard year, which came in at $1.5 million. Expenditures for preceding years were as follows: FY06, $674,079; FY05, $1,506,811;. FY04, $684,228;FY03,$835,604; FY02,$196,711;FY01,$209,189; FYOO,$344,584;FY99, $656,097; FY98, 108,226; FY97, $380,145; FY96,$1,130,160;FY95,$139,362; and FY94, $801,485. DSII dstill@barnstablepatriot.com ATTHE COUNCIL S$t* $$&' M^ Jrf^ ^Ux ^^ mm^ k -3CTr 30 -^Cr -^Ct 1g&% ??*X ^X 7*V ^^ 7*\ 7^ Ci y *$ k . Today we will see mostly sunny skies with a high temper- Tuesday 52 41 0.00" \j k ature of 44°, humidity of 70% and an overnight low of 33°. How high do thunderstorms Wednesday 55 40 0.00" "1 * ^^ The record high temperature for today is 68° set in 1967. reach? Thursday 53 41 0.00" The record low is 22° set in 1964. Saturday, skies will Friday 49 34 0 00" remain mostly sunny with a high temperature of 47°, humidity of An8Wer: Most reach heights of Saturday 61 47 1.11" 65% and an overnight low of 30°. Expect mostly sunny skies to mors than 20,000 fset Sunday 53 44 0.00" continue Sunday with a high temperature of 49°. Skies will remain Monday 57 43 0.00" mostly sunny Monday morning and afternoon with partly cloudy r -^ ' ' ' " "" " ^ m • precipitai^ includes snow convened to ramtaii skies in t he ev ening , high temperature of 48° . \^^ ccm&*w a t hmr.c mn Day Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Nov. 3. 1989 - Cold weather pre- Barnstable Harbor Friday 6:15 a.m. 4:34 p.m. 3:20 p.m. 3:47 a.m. vailed in the central United States. Day High Low High Low Saturday 6:16 a.m. 4:33 p.m. 3:47 p.m. 5:06 a.m. Six cities in Texas , Minnesota and 11/3 8:51 am 2:56 am 9:20 pm 3:27 pm Sunday 6:18 a.m. 4:31 p.m. 4:19p.m. 6:27 a.m. Michigan reported record low tern- 11/4 9:41 am 3:47 am 10:14pm 4:21 pm Monday 6:19 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:58 p.m. 7:49 a.m. peratures for the date. The low of 7 n/5 10:31 am 4:37 am 11:07 pm 5:13 pm Tuesday 6:20 a.m. 4:29 p.m. 5:46 p.m. 9:06 a.m. above zero at Marquette , Mich, was n/6 11:19am 5:26 am 11:58 pm 6:03 pm Wednesday 6:21 a.m. 4:28 p.m. 6:44 p.m. 10:14a.m. their coldest reading of record for so 11/7 12:08 pm 6:15am None 6:54 pm Thursday 6:22 a.m. 4:27 p.m. 7:49 p.m. 11:10a.m. early in the season. 11/8 12:50 am 7:04 am 12:58 pm 7:44 pm 11/9 1:42 am 7:55 am 1:49 pm 8:36 pm £ Full /^ Last £^ New ^ First Nov. 4, 1927 - A great Vermont tlood Hyannis Port & 11/5 U 11/12 WW 11/20 fe J 11/28 occurred. Tropical rains deluged the j . ^. ^ y^ . T^IS v^ Green Mountain area of Vermont , 11/3 9:43 am 2:57 am 10;12 3:28 causing the worst flood in the history m 10:33 am 3:48 am n m All forecasts , data and graphics of the state. Torrential rams , up to 15 11/5 11:23 am 4:38 am 11:5g 5:14pm pro vided by Accessweather.com, Inc. inches in the higher elevations, sent 11/6 12 11pm 527 am None ' 604 pm © 2006. All rights reserved. streams on a rampage , devastating 11/7 12: ' 50 am 6:16am 1:00 pm 6:55 pm the Winooski Valley. 11/8 1;42 am 7;05 am 1:50 pm y.45 pm 11/9 2:34 am 7:56 am 2:41 pm 8:37 pm