It’s official, Fall Town Meeting will once again be held remotely.

The Select Board Monday voted unanimously that the annual meeting set for Oct. 19 be held on Zoom.

The warrant will include 11 articles including the approval of body cameras for the police department, additions to Dias Landing, and pay increases for town lifeguards.

The Select Board amended an article from the Department of Parks and Recreation to negotiate lease terms for soccer fields in town. 

Town officials expressed some concern with the specifics of the initial article since the agreements would be for “no longer than ten years.” 

Board members instead wanted terms on par with other lease negotiations. Other properties, such as the town-owned McBratney parcel on Slocum Road, were approved to be leased for 30 years. The warrant article was changed to have leasing be for no longer than 30 years rather than 10.

Town Meeting members will also be asked to approve $1,101,273 in capital plan spending. 

Money will go toward a multi-use digital mobile radio system ($69,772), a pickup truck replacement for the Department of Public Works ($35,001), and $400,000 for road repair and maintenance, among other needs.

Dartmouth Public Schools will also be requesting $150,000 from surplus revenue to replace furniture in various classrooms.

The Select Board voted unanimously to recommend the plan.

There is also one citizens’ petition proposed by a group including Select Board member John Haran which requests the town set aside $100,000 in free cash to use as a matching portion for future grants.

“It’s like buying a fire truck — you don’t buy a fire truck after the fire, you buy it before,” Haran said. “I think it’s a good thing for us, just in case.”

If the money is not used within a year, Haran said, it goes back into the general fund.

The Select Board recommended the article 3-2.

Vice Chair David Tatelbaum was against the proposal, saying that it was not necessary since “we have other ways” to secure grant funding.

“It just opens up a Pandora’s box,” Tatelbaum said. “Why do it?”

Board members also opposed the ratification of a collective bargaining agreement with the Dartmouth Town Employees Association, as negotiations remain ongoing. 

“My personal choice at this time is not to make any kind of recommendation on this article at all until the contract has been decided yea or nay,” Select Board Chair Shawn McDonald said.

If the contract is not settled before Town Meeting, McDonald said the article will be withdrawn from the warrant.

Fall Town Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Town Meeting members, elected by voters of each of Dartmouth’s nine precincts, are eligible to vote on items.

Members of the public will be able to observe proceedings on channel 18 in Dartmouth, via live stream on DCTV’s website at www.dartmouthtv.com, or on its YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/dartmouthcommunitymedia.

A copy of the Town Meeting warrant is available on the town website at town.dartmouth.ma.us.