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MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
Andover, Massachusetts 475-6960
TOWN OF
ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS
ORATED
MO
SSACHUSETT .....
ANNUAL REPORT of the TOWN OFFICERS
For the Fiscal Year Ending
DECEMBER 31, 1960
TOWN OF
ANDOVER
MASSACHUSETTS
OF
NMOI ORPORATED MAY 6 ..... ....
ANDO
OVER
6. 1646.
MASS
IS
SACHUSETTS
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
For the Fiscal Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1960
INDEX
Page
ANIMAL INSPECTOR 91
ASSESSORS' REPORT 131
BOARD OF APPEALS 84
BOARD OF HEALTH 80
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE 69
BOARD OF RETIREMENT. 207
BONDS, REDEMPTION OF
(See Town Debt)
BUILDING INSPECTOR. 86
BY-LAW COMMITTEE 93
CEMETERY FUNDS 56
CENTRAL MERRIMACK VALLEY PLANNING DIST. REPORT 134
CIVIL DEFENSE 129
CONSERVATION COMMISSION 85
CORNELL FUND 120
DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION 78
DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS 135
DOG OFFICER. 126
FIRE DEPARTMENT 121
GRAVEL REMOVAL HEARINGS 83
HOUSING AUTHORITY REPORT
71
Balance Sheets 75
JURY LIST 94
LAND ACQUISITION COMMITTEE 92
MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
Library Statistics 68
Report of Librarian 61
Trustees' Report .. 117
MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT FUND. 206
MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS 133
PLANNING BOARD . 88
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
124
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
105
Employees 105
106
Bridges
108
Parks
108
Tree Department. 109
New Equipment. 110
Street Lighting 111
2
Highway
Page
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT-cont.
Water Pumping Report
Water System Summary 113
Water System .. 114
Sewerage System 116
RECREATION COMMITTEE 103
SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE REPORT 130
SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES 90
SPRING GROVE CEMETERY . 119
TAX COLLECTOR 126
Miscellaneous Collections
127
Summary of Tax Collector's Cash Account 128
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT 138
TOWN ACCOUNTS
Appropriations for 1960 139
Unpaid Taxes-December 31, 1960. 140
Receipts-Analysis of Revenue Account 140
Receipts-Analysis of Surplus Revenue
141
Receipts for 1960.
143
Expenditures for 1960
151
Balance Sheet.
197
Revenue Accounts
200
Municipal Indebtedness
202
Deferred Revenue 202
Trust Funds
204
TOWN CLERK
51
TOWN DEBT.
55
TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT 52
TOWN MEETINGS - Annual
10
Annual Adjourned
14
Special
46
TOWN OFFICERS.
4
TREASURER .
54
TRUST FUNDS
57
TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL
58
VETERANS' SERVICES 101
112
WIRE INSPECTOR'S REPORT 83
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Town Officers ELECTED AND APPOINTED
MODERATOR Charles G. Hatch
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Eugene A. Bernardin, Jr., Chairman
Term expires 1962
William Stewart, Secretary
Term expires 1962
Philip K. Allen
Term expires 1961
James D. Wilson
Russell G. Doyle
George H. Winslow, Clerk*
Irving O. Piper
TOWN MANAGER Thomas E. Duff
ASSESSORS
Archibald D. Maclaren, Jr., Chairman Bernard F. Magane Selby Groff
Term expires 1961 Term expires 1961 Term expires 1961
TOWN CLERK George H. Winslow* Irving O. Piper
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
James P. Christie
Term expires 1962
TREASURER
Anna M. Greeley
Term expires 1962
TOWN ACCOUNTANT George C. Napier
TOWN COUNSEL Fredric S. O'Brien
BOARD OF RETIREMENT
George C. Napier, Chairman
Edmond E. Hammond David L. Nicoll
Term expires 1961 Term expires 1963 Term expires 1962
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Arthur W. Cole, Dir. of Public Assistance Joseph Serio. Chairman Pauline Mayo Thayer S. Warshaw
Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961 Term expires 1963
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Term expires 1961
Term expires 1963
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Calvin E. Metcalf, Office Manager
Stanley Chlebowski, Supt. of Highways
Donald C. Bassett, Supt. of Sewer and Water Dept.
VETERANS' SERVICES
Francis P. Markey, Veterans' Service Agent
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Milton J. Meyers, Chairman
Term expires 1961
William A. Doherty, Secretary
Term expires 1961
John S. Sullivan
Term expires 1962
Reta V. Buchan
Term expires 1962
Robert B. McIntyre
Edward I. Erickson, Superintendent
VISUAL CONSULTANT William V. Emmons, O. D.
DENTAL HYGIENIST M. Augusta Breck
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN John J. McArdle, Jr., M. D.
ATTENDANCE OFFICER William F. Tammany
SCHOOL NURSES Ruth E. Westcott, R. N. Gertrude A. Stewart, R. N.
SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Charles G. Hatch, Chairman Frederick S. Allis, Jr. Edward P. Hall
John Sullivan, Secretary
WEST ANDOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Warren Lewis, Chairman
Benjamin O. Chase, Secretary
William R. Hill
William A. Doherty, ex officio
C. Lincoln Giles Arthur Peatman Ernest N. Hall Joseph L. Walsh
BOARD OF HEALTH
Robert A. Walsh, Chairman
Walter R. Vogt, Secretary
Michael A. Gravallese, M. D.
Alexander Thomson, Sanitary and Plumbing Inspector
Elizabeth C. Nadeau, R. M., Health Agent and Public Health Nurse
TOWN PHYSICIAN Charles A. Currier, M. D.
Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961 Term expires 1963
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS Ernest N. Hall
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Term expires 1963
INSPECTOR OF WIRES Alex. Ritchie, Jr.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Richard D. Lindsay, D. V. M.
CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR Lee E. Noyes
PLANNING BOARD
Harold T. King, Chairman
Term expires 1965
Virginia H. Hammond, Secretary
Term expires 1964
John N. Cole, II
Term expires 1962
James H. Eaton, III
Term expires 1961
Robert G. Goodwin
Term expires 1963
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Newton A. Jones Richard Wrigley, Deputy*>
George Campbell, Deputy
TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
Arthur Reynolds, Chairman
Term expires 1966
William N. Perry, Secretary
Term expires 1965
Leo F. Daley, Treasurer
Term expires 1964
Elinore L. Washburn
Term expires 1963
Edward I. Erickson
Term expires 1962
Joseph Serio
Term expires 1961
Cornelia H. Fitts
Term expires 1967
TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL
Rev. Frederick B. Noss
Rev. J. Edison Pike
Rev. Howard A. Andrews
Edmond E. Hammond
Term expires 1961
Fred W. Doyle
Term expires 1961
Harry Sellars
Term expires 1961
C. Carleton Kimball
Term expires 1961
Arthur W. Cole
Term expires 1961
TRUSTEES OF CORNELL FUND
Frederick E. Cheever, Treasurer
Term expires 1961
Irving J. Whitcomb
Term expires 1962
Arthur W. Cole
Term expires 1963
TRUSTEES OF SPRING GROVE CEMETERY
Frederick E. Cheever, Chairman
Term expires 1962
Albert E. Curtis, Secretary
Term expires 1961
William D. McIntyre
Term expires 1963
Malcolm E. Lundgren
Term expires 1962
Irving J. Whitcomb
Term expires 1961
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PLANNING BOARD OF APPEALS
Joseph A. McCarthy Frank L. Brigham Robert S. Zollner
Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961 Term expires 1963
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Walter F. McDonald
Eugene A. Zalla
Harry Sellars
George H. Winslow, Clerk*
Irving O. Piper
Term expires 1962 . Term expires 1961 Term expires 1963
RECREATION COMMITTEE
James D. Doherty, Chairman
Term expires 1964
Francis P. Markey, Secretary
Term expires 1964
Stephen S. Sorota
Term expires 1964
Durwood W. Moody
Term expires 1964
Walter Pearson
Term expires 1964
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Winthrop Newcomb, Chairman
Harold E. Lermond
William W. Rhoads, Secretary
Douglas N. Howe Edward F. Cregg
Phillips B. Marsden, Jr.
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Alfred W. Fuller, Chairman
Term expires 1962
Edmond E. Hammond, Secretary
Term expires 1963
Joseph F. Bacigalupo
Term expires 1961
Robert S. Zollner, Associate Member
Term expires 1962
Harold Rutter, Jr., Associate Member
Term expires 1961
Harry Sellars, Associate Member
Term expires 1963
COMMITTEE TO STUDY HOUSING COSTS TO TOWN
Henry M. Wolfson, Chairman
Arthur L. Harper, Secretary
Robert M. Henderson Arthur W. Ermer
William B. S. Leong, Vice-Chairman
COMMITTEE TO STUDY TOWN BY-LAWS
Robert S. Zollner, Chairman Term expires 1961 Alfred W. Fuller Term expires 1961 James St. Germain Term expires 1961
LAND ACQUISITION COMMITTEE
Harold Rafton, Chairman
Mary L. McCabe, Secretary
Robert Watters
James D. Doherty Henry L. Hilton John Hewitt
John N. Cole
NEW MATERIALS COMMITTEE
James D. Hamilton
William G. Perry
Arthur Peatman
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Walter C. Wilson Jr.
PERSONNEL ADVISORY BOARD
John C. Young, Chairman Henry W. Schereschewsky Kenneth C. Bevan P. Hayden Clark James St. Germain
Term expires 1962
Term expires 1961
Term expires 1962
Term expires 1961
Term expires 1963
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Albert R. Retelle, Chairman
Term expires 1963
Phebe Miner, Secretary
Term expires 1961
Ralph H. Goodno
Term expires 1962
Heinrich Rohrbach
Term expires 1963
William E. Greenwood
Term expires 1961
REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE
Fred S. Tarbox, Chairman John J. Shaughnessy
John S. Sullivan
DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Wallace M. Haselton, Chairman
Term expires 1964
Joseph B. Doherty, Secretary
Term expires 1964
Carl A. Steuernagel
Term expires 1963
Charles DeBelle
Term expires 1963
Harold Haller
Term expires 1961
James L. Dean
Term expires 1961
BUILDING CODE COMMITTEE
William Workman, Chairman
Bernard F. Magane, Secretary
George Haselton
William Perry
Joseph Sullivan C. Lincoln Giles Alex. Ritchie Archie Gunn
ANDOVER HOUSING AUTHORITY
Thomas P. Eldred. Chairman
Term expires 1961
Harold E. Coleman, Vice-Chairman
Term expires 1961
Thomas R. Wallace, Treasurer
Term expires 1964
George A. Noury, Asst. Treasurer
Term expires 1963
David MacDonald Jr., Asst. Sec'y.
Term expires 1965
James W. Franklin, Dir. of Urban Renewal
James E. Manning, Exec. Director
PATRIOTIC HOLIDAY COMMITTEE
Louise Wolfenden
Term expires 1962
Irving J. Whitcomb
Term expires 1962
Joseph L. Monan
Term expires 1962
Donald MacNeil
Term expires 1962
Francis P. Markey
Term expires 1962
FIRE DEPARTMENT Henry L. Hilton, Chief and Forest Warden
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
David L. Nicoll, Chief Richard Hoyer, Dog Officer* Martin T. Caughey, Dog Officer CONSTABLES
George B. Brown Thomas P. Eldred
Term expires 1961 Term expires 1961
TOWN OF ANDOVER Population 1960 Census-15878 Registered Voters 1960-9801
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS INCLUDING ANDOVER Senators
John F. Kennedy, Boston Leverett Saltonstall, Dover
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Edith Nourse Rogers, 444 Andover St., Lowell * F. Bradford Morse, 466 Beacon St., Lowell
FIFTH COUNCILLOR DISTRICT Augustus P. Means, County Road, Essex
FOURTH ESSEX SENATORIAL DISTRICT James P. Rurak, 34 Margin Street, Haverhill
FIFTH ESSEX REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Frank S. Giles, Jr., 827 Riverside Drive, Methuen William Longworth, 25 Stevens Street, Methuen Arthur Williams, 127 Haverhill Street, Andover
ESSEX COUNTY COMMISSIONERS C. F. Nelson Pratt, Saugus Edward H. Cahill, Lynn Louis P. Scanlon, Lawrence
SELECTIVE SERVICE BOARD
Joseph A. Horan, Chairman, 200 Chandler Road, Andover
Thomas E. Cargill, Sr., Secretary, Boxford
Martin J. Lawlor, Jr., North Andover
Thomas W. Fallon, 58 Maple Avenue, Andover
James Deyermond, 5 Temple Place, Andover
Salvatore Basile, 15 Chandler Road, Andover Govt. Appeal Agent
*Resigned or Retired
** Deceased
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Annual Town Meeting
MARCH 7, 1960
Agreeably to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen, January 18, 1960, the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover, quali- fied to vote in Elections and Town Affairs, met and assem- bled at the designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six, viz: The Central Fire Station in Precinct One; the Square and Compass Hall in Precinct Two; the Sacred Heart School, Balmoral Street, Shawsheen Village, in Precinct Three, the Andover Grange Hall in Precinct Four; the Fire Station, Ballardvale, in Precinct Five; and the Peabody House, Phillips Street, in Precinct Six, in said Andover, on
MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1960
at 7:00 o'clock A. M. to act upon the following articles : Essex, SS. Andover, March 7, 1960
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the constables of the Town of Andover, have noti- fied the inhabitants of said town, to meet at the time and places and for the purposes stated in said warrant, by posting a true and attested copy of the same, on the Town House, on each Schoolhouse, and in no less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said warrants have been posted and published seven days.
George B. Brown, Constable
ARTICLE 1. Election of Officers
Took up Article 1 and proceeded to vote for Town Offi- cers. The ballot boxes were found to be empty and regis- tered 0000. The polls were opened at seven o'clock A. M. and closed at seven o'clock P. M. The total number of ballots cast was 4818 -- viz:
Precinct 1 - 1166 Precinct 2 - 698 Precinct 3 - 826 Precinct 4 - 803 Precinct 5 - 341 Precinct 6 - 984
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PRECINCTS
2 3 4 5 6 1
MODERATOR - FOR ONE YEAR
1003
604 706 706 298 896
Charles G. Hatch
163
94 120
97
43 88
Blanks
4213 605
SELECTMAN - ONE FOR THREE YEARS
631
420 454 586 242 356
Russell G. Doyle
2689
126
42 108
94
31 194
Frank Michel
595
393
225 246 116
62
428
Donald G. Thompson
1470
16
11
18
7
6
6
Blanks
64
SCHOOL COMMITTEE - ONE FOR THREE YEARS
531
386 448 388 132 289
Robert B. McIntyre
2174
143
79
89 155 155 116
Joseph Serio
737
485
224 278 241
51 562
Robert S. Zollner
1841
7
9
11
19
3
17
Blanks
66
ANDOVER HOUSING AUTHORITY - ONE FOR FIVE YEARS
283
159 429 259
98 231
Winston C. Briggs
1459
812
500 334 450 220 657
David MacDonald Jr.
2973
71
39
63
94
23
96
Blanks
386
QUESTION -- "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and sixty, entitled 'An Act placing the offices and posi- tions of employees of the department of public works and the cemetery department of the town of Andover under the civil service laws', be accepted?"
333
292 221 254 127 294 YES
1521
751
356 556 508 204 625
NO
3000
82
50
49 41 10 65
Blanks
297
All the foregoing officers and question were voted for on one ballot and the check lists were used.
REPORT OF CLERK, PRECINCT 1
Andover, March 7, 1960
Polls opened at 7:00 A. M. Warden in charge, Harold R. Barcroft. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 1169. Number of ballots received 1831. Num- ber of ballots returned, 647. Number of ballots cast 1166.
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Police officer on duty, Roy Russell. Voted to count bal- lots at 7:00 A. M.
Thomas A. Farragher, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK, PRECINCT 2
Andover, March 7, 1960
Polls opened at 7:00 A. M. £ Warden in charge, Fernand J. Lussier. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 698. Number of ballots received 1341. Num- ber of ballots returned 643. Number of ballots case 698. Police officer on duty, Calvin C. Deyermond. Voted to
count ballots at 9:00 A. M.
Joseph E. O'Brien, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK, PRECINCT 3
Andover, March 7, 1960
Polls opened at 7:00 A. M. Warden in charge, A. Norman Warhurst. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 826. Number of ballots received 1650. Num- ber of ballots returned 824. Number of ballots cast 826. Police officer on duty, Duncan Cairnie. Voted to count ballots at 9:45 A. M.
Alan F. Dunlop, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK, PRECINCT 4 Andover, March 7, 1960
Polls opened at 7:00 A. M. Warden in charge, James D. Doherty. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 P. M. £ Ballot box registered when polls closed 803. Number of ballots received 1332. Num- ber of ballots returned 534. Number of ballots cast 803. Police officer on duty, Jacob Jacobson. Voted to count ballots at 8:15 A. M.
Russell C. MacLeish, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK, PRECINCT 5
Andover, March 7, 1960
Polls opened at 7:00 A. M. Warden in charge, Eugene A. Zalla. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 341. Number of ballots received 706. Num- ber of ballots returned 339. Number of ballots cast 341. Police officer on duty, Robert Aumais. Voted to count ballots at 10:45 A. M.
James L. Butler, Clerk
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REPORT OF CLERK, PRECINCT 6
Andover, March 7, 1960
Polls opened at 7:00 A. M. Warden in charge, Charles E. Platt. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 984. Number of ballots received 1785. Num- ber of ballots returned 819. Number of ballots cast 966 plus 18 absentee ballots (total 984). Police officer on duty, James Lynch. Voted to count ballots at 8:15 A. M.
Edward A. Doyle, Clerk
After final action of ARTICLE ONE, the said meeting was adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the Gen- eral Laws to Saturday, March 12, 1960, at 1:30 o'clock P. M., at the Memorial Auditorium.
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Adjourned Town Meeting
MARCH 12, 1960
The check lists were used at the entrance and showed 881 voters admitted to the meeting.
The meeting was called to order by Charles G. Hatch, Moderator, at 1:30 P. M.
Unanimous consent was voted to admit ten persons, in- cluding Thomas E. Duff, Town Manager.
Opening prayer was offered by Rev. Donald J. Ryder.
Salute to the flag was led by Selectman James D. Wilson.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant and Service of the Constable.
Voted that the Moderator refer to articles by number and subject matter without the Moderator reading the article and the person moving an Article refer to it by number.
ARTICLE 1. To elect a Moderator for one year, one Sel- ectman for three years, one member of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Andover Housing Authori- ty for five years, and any other town officers required by law to be elected by ballot, and any question that may legally be added to the ballot.
All the above candidates and question to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 7:00 o'clock A.M. to 7:00 o'clock P.M.
The Town Clerk announced the results of election of March 7, 1960 and declared Charles G. Hatch elected as Moderator for the ensuing year and that he had previously been sworn to the faithful performance of the duties of that office.
The Moderator then declared the other successful candi- dates elected to their respective offices.
Russell G. Doyle, Selectman for three years.
Robert B. McIntyre, School Committee for three years.
David MacDonald, Jr., Andover Housing Authority for five years.
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"Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and sixty, entitled 'An Act placing the offices and positions of employees of the department of public works and the cemetery department of the town of Andover under the civil service laws', be accepted?" The vote YES, 1521 -- NO, 3000.
ARTICLE 2. To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED Arthur W. Cole be elected Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years.
ARTICLE 3. To establish the salary of elected TOWN OFFICERS for the ensuing year .
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED that the sala- ries of the elected Town Officers for the ensuing year be established at: (each item being voted on separately) :
Board of Selectmen
Chairman
$500.00
per annum
Four Members
400.00 each per annum
Moderator
25.00
per meeting
ARTICLE 4. To determine what sums of money shall be ap- propriated for the 1960 Town Budget as submitted by the Town Manager and reviewed by the Finance Committee in their report.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and ap- propriate the following sums of money :
Moderator
$ 75.00
Finance Committee
Expense
100.00
Selectmen
Salaries & Wages
3,084.00
Expense 600.00
Town Manager
Town Manager's Salary 10,000.00 Other Salaries&Wages 4,875.00
Expense 3,300.00
Town Counsel
Retainer Fee
2,500.00
Special Cases
1,500.00
Town Accountant
Salaries & Wages
12,739.00
Expense 1,150.00
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Treasurer
Salaries & Wages Expense
$9,560.00 1,673.00
Tax Collector
Salaries & Wages
9,763.00
Expense
3,346.00
Assessors
Salaries & Wages
16,671.00
Expense 4,350.00
Town Clerk
Salaries & Wages
9,229.00
Expense
750.00
Elections & Registrations
Salaries & Wages Expense
8,046.00
4,375.00
Municipal Buildings
Salaries & Wages
5,920.00
Expense (includes
9,650.00
1959 bill of $24. for Christmas decorations )
Planning Board
Salaries & Wages
2,909.00
Expense
5,050.00
(Took up Art. 43 out of order-article defeated)
Police
Salaries & Wages
144,092.00
Expense
16,800.00
Purchase of New )
4,600.00
Cruisers )
Fire
Salaries & Wages
161,774.00
Expense
22,300.00
Purchase of Chief's) Car )
2,000.00
Building Inspector
Salaries & Wages
4,880.00
Expense
730.00
Board of Appeals
Salaries & Wages
500.00
Expense
400.00
Inspector of Wires
Salaries & Wages
1,669.00
Expense
490.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures
Salaries & Wages
1,200.00
Expense
300.00
Civil Defense
Salaries & Wages
500.00
Expense
2,000.00
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Tree Department
Moth Department
Salaries & Wages Expense
1,600.00
Dutch Elm Department
Salaries & Wages
9,304.00
Expense
2,775.00
Dog Officer
Salaries & Wages
600.00
Fees
400.00
Health Department
Salaries & Wages
6,551.00
Expense
3,530.00
Milk & Health Inspectors
Salaries & Wages
1,100.00
Expense
150.00
Plumbing Inspector
Salaries & Wages
2,000.00
Expense
200.00
Animal Inspector
Salary
500.00
Public Dump
Salaries & Wages
3,514.00
Expense
2,000.00
Public Works Department:
Administration and )
Salaries & Wages
28,945.00
Office Expense )
Expense
3,450.00
Highway
Salaries & Wages
62,006.00
Expense 40,400.00
Street Lighting
30,000.00
Snow Removal and
)
Salaries & Wages
18,626.00
Sanding
)
Expense 16,874.00 Purchase of Snow Plow 1,500.00
Sidewalk Construction
Salaries & Wages
6,203.00
Expense
3,797.00
Highway Improvements
Salaries & Wages
2,068.00
Expense
2,932.00
Sewer
Salaries & Wages
11,578.00
Expense 7,700.00
Salaries & Wages
65,997.00
Expense
73,750.00
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Water
Salaries & Wages Expense
$13,025.00 1,250.00
4,652.00
Trucks & Garage ) Maintenance
Welfare
Salaries & Wages
$10,544.00
Expense 31,000.00
Salaries & Wages
4,894.00
Expense 353.00
Welfare Payments
86,547.00
(Less interest on Trust Funds ($2,500.00)
Veterans' Services
Salaries & Wages
9,196.00
Expense 1,675.00
Veterans' Benefits 30,000.00
Schools
Salaries & Wages 1,036,134.00
Expense 258,234.00
Vocational Education 2,470.00
Salaries & Wages 57,040.00
Expense
22,322.00
Less Dog License
returns & invest- ment income ($5,950.00)
Recreation:
Parks
Salaries & Wages
10,744.00
Expense 1,850.00
Recreation
Salaries & Wages
14,450.00
Expense 5,695.00
Patriotic Holidays
1,680.00
Pensions and Benefits:
Board of Retirement
Salaries & Wages
2,250.00
Expense
620.00
Pension Payments
48,536.00
Blue Cross & Group ) 24,000.00
Life Ins. )
Unclassified:
Town Reports
1,900.00
Veterans' Quarters
2,880.00
Blanket Insurance
39,500.00
Damage to Persons & Property
500.00
Postage Meter Machine
1,950.00
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Libraries
Industrial Devel. Commission
$1,000.00
Cemeteries :
Spring Grove Cemetery
Salaries & Wages
20,655.00
Expense 3,400.00
Less Int. on Perpetual Care Funds ($3,917.)
Maturing Debt & Interest
Maturing Debt 250,000.00
Interest-Maturing) 73,325.00
Debt )
Interest-Temp.Loans 2,500.00
Bond Issue Exp. 1,625.00
TOTAL TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION FOR BUDGET $2,971,529.00
SPECIAL ARTICLES (All to be taken from available funds except bond issues in Arts. 14 & 48)
ARTICLE 5
Sidewalk Plow $ 6,990.00
ARTICLE 6
Power Sweeper
12,500.00
(plus trade-in of one old sweeper )
ARTICLE 7
3 trucks plus turn-
10,175.73 in of old trucks
and use balance of
$5,324.27 in D.P.W. machinery acct.
ARTICLE 10
Storm sewer drain-
11,000.00 age- Eng!g.survey & Master Plan
ARTICLE 11
Construct drain from
4,000.00 Municipal Parking Lot to School or Central Streets
ARTICLE 13
Chapter 90 (plus 33,000.00
$11,000 trans. from
Article 12)
Trunk Sewer
26,000.00
ARTICLE 14
($234,000.00 to be
raised by bond issue)
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ARTICLE 15
Eng'g. Studies for $ 7,000.00 Town Utilities
Pipe for crossing 35,000.00
Route 495
Haggetts Pond water
51,000.00
level and Water
Main Extension
ARTICLE 24
Preliminary plans
12,000.00
for new Elem. School
in West Andover
ARTICLE 26
Land Acquisition 25,000.00
Purchase Youmans 1,478.33
ARTICLE 28
Land-Greenwood Rd.
ARTICLE 44
Land at Haggetts 10,000.00
Pond for increas- ing water storage
ARTICLE 48
Storm Drainage- 25,000.00 Rogers Brook ($170,000.00 to be raised by bond issue)
ARTICLE 53
Establish boundaries £ 2,000.00 of existing ways used publicly
$272,144.06
Total Special Articles to be taken from available funds
Total Special Articles to be bonded-Arts. 14 and 48
404,000.00
GRAND TOTAL SPECIAL ARTICLES
$676,144.06
Total Budget to be raised by taxation
2,971,529.00
GRAND TOTAL BUDGET AND SPECIAL ARTICLES
$3,647,673.06
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Manager to purchase a sidewalk plow and raise and appropriate the sum of $6,990.00 therefor.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer $6,990.00 from available funds under Article 5.
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ARTICLE 16
ARTICLE 17
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Manager to purchase a power sweeper and raise and appropriate the sum of $12,500.00 therefor, and allow the trade-in price of one old sweeper to be used as part pay- ment.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer the sum of $12,500.00 from available funds under Article 6.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Manager to purchase one dump truck, one platform body truck, and one pick-up truck and raise and appropri- ate the sum of $15,500.00 therefor, the price allowed for trade-in of a 1951 Studebaker pick up and 1948 Dodge plat- form body and a 1947 Mack to be used as part payment.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds the sum of $10,175.73 under Article 7 to- gether with balance of $5,324.27 in the Department of Pub- lic Works machinery account to be used to defray part of cost of dump truck.
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