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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
1820
MA
N
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
HIR
1952
ANN
Printed by
THE MEMORIAL PRESS
1952
Plymouth, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1952
Selectmen
James T. Frazier, Chairman Term Expires 1953
David Burgess Avery
Term Expires 1953
Sumner A. Chapman, Jr.
Term Expires 1953
Herbert H. Lanman
Term Expires 1953
George A. White
Term Expires 1953
Norman W. Gray, Clerk
Term Expires 1953
Town Clerk
Herbert K. Bartlett Term Expires 1953
Lois M. Wood, Assistant Town Clerk (Resigned)
Ruth A. Holmes, Asst. Town Clerk Term Expires 1953
Town Treasurer
Herbert K. Bartlett
Term Expires 1953
Collector of Taxes
Harold W. Baker Term Expires 1953
Town Accountant
Cora B. Grady Term Expires 1953
Assessors of Taxes
Robert A. Carr, Chairman
Term Expires 1954
William H. Barrett Term Expires 1955
Carl W. Raymond Term Expires 1953
Superintendent of Schools Burr F. Jones (Deceased) Donald T. Welch
Overseers of Public Welfare
Margaret E. McLean, Chairman Term Expires 1953
John J. Magee Term Expires 1955
Gordon S. McCosh Term Expires 1953
Dexter M. Brooks Term Expires 1954
Paul L. LaForest
Term Expires 1955
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Water Commissioners
Edward R. Belcher, Chairman Term Expires 1955
Arthur Addyman
Term Expires 1954
Peter Billey
Term Expires 1954
Richard T. Eldridge
Term Expires 1953
Daniel F. Mulcahy
Term Expires 1953
School Committee
E. Harold Donovan (Deceased)
Ralph C. Weaver, Chairman Term Expires 1953
William H. Armstrong Term Expires 1953
Signe L. J. Borghesani Term Expires 1954
Robert A. Bowler Term Expires 1955
Spencer H. Brewster
Term Expires 1955
Joseph S. Contente
Term Expires 1953
Cemetery Commissioners and Burial Hill Committee
Arthur E. Blackmer, Chairman
Term Expires 1954
Richard T. Eldridge Term Expires 1955
John B. Finney Term Expires 1953
Agawam and Halfway Pond Herring Fisheries Committee
Emil C. Birnstein
Term Expires 1953
Frank O. Holman Term Expires 1953
Arthur W. Lovell
Term Expires 1953
Park Commissioners
John A. Siever, Chairman
Term Expires 1953
Edward J. E. Hand Term Expires 1955
Arthur Sirrico Term Expires 1954
Planning Board
James A. White, Chairman Term Expires 1955
Ellis W. Brewster
Term Expires 1953
A. Linwood Ellis Term Expires 1954
Walter H. Neaves Term Expires 1957
Amedeo V. Sgarzi
Term Expires 1956
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Board of Registrars
Joseph R. Stefani, Chairman Term Expires 1954
Robert L. Marvelli
Term Expires 1953
Walter R. Roberts
Term Expires 1955
Herbert K. Bartlett, Secretary
Term Expires 1953
Contributory Retirement Board
Andrew J. Carr, Chairman
Term Expires 1955
Cora B. Grady
Term Expires 1953
Leslie R. Gray
Term Expires 1953
Committee on Inland Fisheries
Frank L. Bailey
Term Expires 1953
George L. Gooding
Term Expires 1953
Howard M. Douglas
Term Expires 1953
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers
Harold A. Boyer
Term Expires 1953
Robert S. Davis
Term Expires 1953
William LaRocque Term Expires 1953
Committee on Town Forest
George L. Gooding
Term Expires 1954
John A. Kennedy Term Expires 1955
James A. White
Term Expires 1953
Constables
Russell P. Dearborn
Term Expires 1953
Robert M. Fogarty Term Expires 1953
Leo M. Murphy Term Expires 1953
Tree Warden
John A. Kennedy
Term Expires 1953
Public Safety Commission
Charles I. Bagnall, Chairman Term Expires 1953
Leslie W. MacLean Term Expires 1955
Frank A. Mitchell Term Expires 1954
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Advisory and Finance Committee
Lawrence Bongiovanni
Term Expires 1953
William H. Franks
Term Expires 1953
Alfred R. Meyer, Jr.
Term Expires 1953
Antone Morgardo Term Expires 1953
Richmond W. Talbot
Term Expires 1953
Stanley Cheney
Term Expires 1954
Paul W. Bittinger
Term Expires 1954
Leo J. Ceccarelli
Term Expires 1954
Alton S. Cavicchi
Term Expires 1954
C. Harvey Moore
Term Expires 1954
Earle F. Burgess
Term Expires 1955
Robert S. Fellows
Term Expires 1955
Arrigo Guidoboni
Term Expires 1955
Eugene S. Holton
Term Expires 1955
Manuel L. Valente
Term Expires 1955
Housing Authority
Thomas F. Quinn, Chairman
Term Expires 1955
M. Herbert Craig
Term Expires 1954
Louis G. Giovanetti
Term Expires 1955
Lawrence Stiles
Term Expires 1956
Clifford C. Agnew
Term Expires 1957
Zoning Board of Appeals
William Brewster, Chairman
Term Expires 1953
Thomas F. Quinn, Clerk Term Expires 1955
Neil McIntosh Term Expires 1954
(Alternates)
Amedio Barufaldi
Term Expires 1953
Harry R. Talbot Term Expires 1954
Airport Commission
James T. Frazier, Chairman Term Expires 1955
Herbert H. Lanman
Term Expires 1955
Sumner A. Chapman, Jr. Term Expires 1954
George A. White Term Expires 1954
David B. Avery Term Expires 1953
Elio Barufaldi, Airport Manager Term Expires 1953
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Moth Superintendent: John A. Kennedy.
Chief of Fire Department: Everett B. Wood.
Chief of Police: Russell P. Dearborn.
Forest Fire Warden: Everett B. Wood.
Superintendent of Streets: Elmer C. Chandler.
Superintendent of Water Dept .: Theodore Brink.
Committee on Sewers: Selectmen.
Superintendent of Oak Grove and Vine Hills Ceme- teries: Howard L. Priestley.
Superintendent of Chiltonville Cemetery: Charles B. Howland.
Superintendent of Manomet Cemetery: Gordon S. McCosh.
Superintendent of Infirmary and Pound Keeper: Russell L. Dickson.
Town Counsel: Hugh R. Maraghy.
Town Engineer: Edward Chase.
Inspector of Animals: Frederick Bradley.
Inspector of Slaughtering: Frederick Bradley.
Inspectors of Plumbing: Andrew Rae, Frederic A. Bliss.
Dog Officer: Louis Cappella.
Sexton: Paul H. Ziegengeist.
Sealer of Weights and Measures: Harold E. Giles.
Surveyor of Wood and Bark: Harold E. Giles.
Collector of Water Rates: Harold W. Baker.
Harbor Master: Elmer P. Boutin.
Beach Committee: Selectmen.
Caretaker of Veterans' Graves: John W. Martin.
Veterans' Burial Agent: Frank A. Vancini.
Director of Veterans' Services: Thomas F. Quinn.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 22, 1952
Including Recommendations by the Advisory and Finance Committee
Your Town is a business organization; the voters of the Town are the managers of that business. As managers of the Town business the voters must recognize and meet the most serious management problems of any business which employs a large group of employees-namely, enlistment of the responsible interest of the Town Boards and Town em- ployees in achieving a balance between a fair and decent wage or salary and the ability of the taxpayer to meet Town expenditures. As managers of the Town the voters have believed, and undoubtedly always will believe in a high standard of wages and living conditions for its employees. Your Finance Committee seeks actively and continuously to make Town employment desirable and attractive to Town employees who are interested in rendering high quality public service to the Town's citizens and visitors alike. However, even in prosperous years, and nationally 1951 and 1952 are considered to be such, this is a difficult ideal to live up to because both the operating costs and the task of meeting such costs have increased tremendously. Ability to pay is not unlimited, nor is the prospect of continued prosperity guar- anteed. Industrially the Town approaches a very trying, unpredictable period. The woolen mills face shut-downs and serious unemployment. Much other employment and business prosperity. of the people of the Town is dependent upon con- tinued military spending, a situation both unpredictable and unhealthy. It is impossible to disregard. and we should not fail to heed, the fact that if Town expenditures are excessive, tax costs, together with other costs, discourage business from locating here, and continued high tax costs may discourage summer visitors from locating and building here.
Each increase of the tax rate of $1 costs Plymouth's largest industry $2.820.00. But the increased cost to that employer, or any other employer, does not stop there. Wage earners and salaried people alike who see their own tax bill increase feel that their standard of living has fallen, which it has, and look to their employer to maintain their standard
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of living. It is not long before an increased tax rate reflects itself in substantially increased hidden, indirect costs to industry.
Clear thinking forbids the conclusion that the size of the assessment upon the property of any employer is the full test of the real estate tax burden upon his business. The overall community burden from taxes ultimately, to a substantial degree, rests upon industry. An industry that can pass the increased cost on to the consumer need have no concern over such increase in costs. But today in Plymouth what industry is competitively situated so that it can pass on to the con- sumer its additional and increased costs?
Business is not alone in feeling the pinch of increased costs and absorbing the impact of high taxes. Each Town employee is faced with his own economic dilemma. His costs have increased and his savings and life insurance have de- creased in value through inflationary trends. The cost of maintaining his home, feeding, clothing and educating his family, have severely strained his pocketbook. His plight must not be disregarded, nor should the Town exploit the fact that the Town employee has steady fifty-two week employ- ment assured in times of prosperity and depression alike.
Deserving also of consideration is the unheralded and much abused taxpayer. There seems to be a general mis- conception that only property owners are taxpavers. Let no one fool himself with such an illusion. Admittedly, some few receive more from taxes than they pay in taxes, but what these few receive would be worth more, and return to them substantially more in goods and services, but for high taxes. The great majority pay many times more in taxes than they realize. A recent study indicates that those with an income of less than $1,000 pay on an average of twenty-three cents of every dollar of their income in total taxes. This increases rapidly so that the man earning $3500 pays thirty cents of every dollar in total taxes. None of us wants to see this tax burden increasing and if it is to increase further the voters are entitled to know, and should make it their business to know, the reason for the increase and just what the Town will receive in return for the tax money that is expended.
Following the practice of past years, we present herewith a summary of departmental expenditures for 1951, as itemized in Schedule B of the Town Accountant's report included in the Town Report:
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General Government
$94,853.02
4.0%
Protection of Persons and Property
213,529.77
8.9
Health and Sanitation
62,323.87
2.6
Highways
135,128.86
5.6
Charities
687,141.78
28.6
Veterans' Benefits
31,403.55
1.3
Schools
873,896.25
36.4
Libraries
24,751.29
1.0
Recreation
30,946.61
1.3
Unclassified
24,911.38
1.0
Water
118,716.74
4.9
Other Enterprises
1,219.31
1
Cemeteries
31,898.84
1.3
Town Debt and Interest
71,649.08
3.0
$2,402,370.35
100.0%
The following summary shows the transfers authorized by the Committee from the Reserve Account of $15,000, placed in their hands at the annual town meeting in 1951:
$15,000.00
Appropriation Transfers to:
Selectmen's Dept., Other Expenses
$150.00
Treasury Dept., Other Expenses
100.00
Engineering Dept., Other Expenses
21.43
Law Dept., Salaries
200.00
Town House Equipment
4.60
Police Dept., Salaries
75.00
Police Dept., Other Expenses
848.65
Dog Officer, Other Expenses
75.00
Public Sanitaries, Other Expenses
160.00
River Street Repairs
700.00
Traffic Lighting
150.00
Harbor Master, Other Expenses
65.00
Workmen's Comp. and Liab. Insurance
950.94
Misc. Account, Other Expenses
200.00
School Dept., Expenses of Instruction
700.00
School Dept., Fuel and Light
643.66
School Dept., Maint. of Bldgs. and Grounds
974.19
New Ground Water Supply Exploration
1,957.00
Total Transfers 7,975.47
Balance to Revenue
$7,024.53
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The following recapitulation indicates approximately what the tax rate for 1952 will be if the recommendations of the Committee are followed, if the funds from other sources than the tax levy are as estimated and if the valuation is approximately $29,000,000.
SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 7, less reductions as noted $1,860,574.25
Total of special articles 189,321.25
State and County assessments (net)
115,093.16
Overlay Deficits-1949 and 1951 6,242.22
Overlay for 1952 (estimate) 25,000.00
Total recommended expenditures
$2,196,230.88
Estimated Receipts $708,233.51
Excess and Deficiency
100,000.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
2,000.00
Parking Meter Receipts
165.00
Water Construction Loan
25,500.00
Total of funds from other sources than the tax levy 835,898.51
Net amount to be raised by taxation
$1,360,332.37
Poll Tax 1952
9,200.00
Total to be raised by real estate and personal property taxes $1,351,132.37 Based on a valuation of $29,000,000, this total will require a tax rate of approximately $46.40.
Your Advisory and Finance Committee has this year made recommendations contemplated to assure the Town of a reasonable and adequate budget assuring Town employees of a decent standard of living without curtailing present serv- ices and without unreasonably increasing present tax costs.
Respectfully submitted, ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Robert M. Briggs, Chairman
Paul W. Bittinger
William H. Franks
Lawrence Bongiovanni
Warren R. Girard
Anthony Caramello
Alfred R. Meyer, Jr.
Andrew J. Carr C. Harvey Moore
Alton S. Cavicchi Antone Morgardo
Leo J. Ceccarelli Richmond W. Talbot
Stanley Cheney George S. Wild
Attested: Cora B. Grady, Secretary
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The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at 2:00 o'clock, P.M., who read the warrant.
Article Two:
Article two was taken up. Nominations were in order and Mr. Amedeo V. Sgarzi was nominated for the office of Moderator. The polls were open for the casting of ballots for Moderator. Mr. Sgarzi was declared elected by count of the ballots cast, and was duly sworn to office by the Town Clerk.
Mr. Sgarzi then proclaimed the necessary quorum of 400 present and proceeded with further consideration of Article 1 as follows: the following persons being elected to the offices where election was not required by ballot:
Sexton, Paul H. Ziegengeist; Pound Keeper, Russell L. Dickson; Committee on Inland Fisheries, Frank L. Bailey, George L. Gooding and William R. Wood; Surveyor of Wood and Bark, Harold E. Giles.
Article Three:
Mr. Robert M. Briggs reported for the Manomet Fire Station Committee, and it was voted: That the committee, appointed by the Moderator under Article 77 of the Annual Town Meeting in 1951, to study the feasibility of a fire station in Manomet, be continued for another year.
Mr. Reubin Winokur reported for the committee study- ing Union Health Departments and it was voted: That the committee appointed under Article 68 at the Town Meeting held on March 24. 1951, be instructed to further study the matter of a Union Health Department and report to the Town not later than December 1, 1952.
Mr. Howard P. Barnes, speaking for the Committee on Representative Town Government. which was authorized in March 1950 (Article 96). requested to have it recorded that a report was filed with the Town Clerk prior to December 1, 1951, as was instructed under Article 70 at the March, 1951, Annual Meeting.
The Moderator read the report of the committee ap- pointed under Article 87 of the warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of 1950. and continued in 1951. to make a study of the operation of the Public Welfare Department. It was voted: That the committee be discontinued. and that this report be accepted as final; to be placed on file by the Town Clerk.
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Article Four.
Voted: That the Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1953, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Mr. Robert M. Briggs moved and it was voted: That Article 94 be taken up ahead of Article 5, since action on this article would affect the motion under Article 5.
Article 94. To see if the Town will vote to reduce the regular hours of duty of the permanent members of the Fire Department to fifty-six (56) a week, as authorized by accept- ance by the Town of Section 58A of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, and make an appropriation therefor. (By Request)
The Committee recommends favorable action and an appro- priation of $8,538.75. This amount will allow for the employ- ment of four additional privates and the promotion of one private to captain as of April 1, 1952.
This action is recommended by the Personnel Board.
Voted: That the Town vote to reduce the regular hours of duty of the permanent members of the Fire Department to 56 hours a week, as authorized by acceptance by the Town of Section 58A of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, to be effective as soon as the necessary complement can be attained, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,237 for additional Fire Department Salaries.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Wage and Salary Classification By-Law as recommended by the Personnel Board.
Recommendations of the Personnel Board:
(a) To amend Schedule A of the Wage and Salary Classification by-law as follows:
1. Under the heading "Administrative and Clerical"
Change "Assistant to Board of Health" to "Assistant to Health Division."
2. Under the heading "Inspectional" Delete "Sanitary Inspector" and "Sealer" and add "Sanitary Inspector-Sealer."
3. Under the heading "Trades and Labor" Delete "Foreman-Equipment Operator" and add "Maintenance Man," "Truck Driver-Climber" and "Highway Foreman."
(b) To amend Exhibit B of the Wage and Salary Classification by-law by the substitution of the following, minima and maxima to be effective as of January 1, 1952:
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ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Ref. to
Proposed Salary or Wage
Appendix Classification
Minimum
Maximum
Assessors' Clerk
$1.849.00
$2,313.00
Assessors' Typist-Clerk
1,596.00
1,997.00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Cemetery Superintendent
2,888.00
3,610.00
Cemetery Foreman
2,293.00
2,871.00
Cemetery Clerk
1,630.00
2,038.00
Truck Driver-Laborer
1.105
1.205
Gravedigger
1.105
1.205
Laborer
1.055
1.155
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Sanitary Inspector-Sealer
2,813.00
3,529.00
Asst. to Health Division
2,293.00
2,871.00
Caretaker of Dump
2,266.00
2,949.00
Truck Driver-Laborer
1.105
1.205
Laborer
1.055
1.155
LIBRARY
Librarian
2,888.00
3,610.00
1
Branch Librarian, Loring
1,728.00
2,176.00
Children's Librarian
2,160.00
2,703.00
2 Cataloger
1,296.00
1,621.00
1
General Assistant, Loring
1,156.00
1,447.00
General Assistant, Circulation
1,889.00
2,363.00
General Assistant, Records
1,889.00
2,363.00
3 General Assistant
1,750.00
2,189.00
PARK DEPARTMENT
Park Superintendent
3,176.00
3,970.00
4
Recreation Supervisor
2,271.00
2,844.00
4
Recreation Instructor
1,676.00
2,097.00
4
Caretaker (without concession)
2,100.00
2,626.00
Truck Driver-Laborer
1.105
1.205
Repair Man
1.105
1.205
Laborer
1.055
1.155
TAX COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Stenographer-Clerk
1,723.00
2,156.00
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
5 Stenographer-Clerk
1,723.00
2,156.00
WELFARE DEPARTMENT - PUBLIC WELFARE
Welfare Agent
3,754.00
4,691.00
Secretary of Public Welfare Board S
6
Dispensing Clerk
2,028.00
2,536.00
6 Sr. Clerk and Stenographer
2,028.00
2,536.00
6 Social Worker
2,559.00
3,206.00
WELFARE DEPARTMENT - O.A.A., A.D.C., D.A.
6 Social Worker
2,700.00
3,206.00
6 Sr. Clerk and Stenographer
2,460.00
2,536.00
6 Jr. Clerk and Stenographer
2,100.00
2,189.00
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Ref. to
Proposed Salary or Wage
Appendix
Classification
Minimum
Maximum
Water Superintendent
4,043.00
5,054.00
Water Foreman
3,375.00
4,235.00
Assistant Foreman
3,070.00
3,846.00
7
Chief Engineer
2,567.00
3,214.00
Assistant Engineer
2,418.00
3,018.00
Registrar, Office Supervisor
2,322.00
2,906.00
Water Clerk
1,554.00
1,943.00
Temp. Const. Foreman
1.205
1.305
Meter Man
1.155
1.255
Maint .- Constr. Man
1.155
1.255
Laborer
1.055
1.155
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Highway Superintendent
4,043.00
5,054.00
Highway Clerk
1,926.00
2,409.00
Highway Foreman
2,686.00
3,367.00
Mechanic
2,911.00
3,646.00
8
District Foreman
2,293.00
2,871.00
Assistant Foreman
1.155
1.255
Equipment Operator
1.155
1.255
Maintenance Man
1.155
1.255
Truck Driver-Laborer
1.105
1.205
Laborer
1.055
1.155
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief of Police
4,620.00
5,775.00
Police Sergeant
3,069.00
3,848.00
Patrolman
2,772.00
3,472.00
Police Clerk
2,293.00
2,871.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Chief
4,620.00
5,775.00
Forest Warden S
Deputy Chief
1
3,650.00
4,587.00
Clerk to Forest Warden S
3,359.00
4,217.00
Machinist-Fireman
3,359.00
4,217.00
Fire Captain
3,069.00
3,848.00
Fireman
2,772.00
3,472.00
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Town Accountant
Sec. of Finance Committee
3,754.00
4,691.00
Sec. of Retirement System
1,849.00
2,313.00
INSECT PEST CONTROL AND TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENTS Supt. of Tree Warden's and Insect Pest Control Departments 3,176.00 3,970.00
Truck Driver-Climber
1.105
1.205
Truck Driver-Laborer
1.105
1.205
Climber
1.105
1.205
Laborer
1.055
1.155
7
5 Accounting Clerk
Captain and Drillmaster
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MAINTENANCE
Ref. to
Proposed Salary or Wage
Appendix Classification
Minimum
Maximum
Custodian, Town Hall
2,591.00
3,243.00
9 Custodian, Town House
Caretaker of Public Sanitary S
2,266.00
2,949.00
Asst. Custodian, Town Hall
2,266.00
2,949.00
4 Caretaker, Wharf Public Sanitary
2,266.00
2,949.00
Janitor, Old High School
2,100.00
2,626.00
4 Matron, Wharf Public Sanitary
1,767.00
2,210.00
MISCELLANEOUS
Executive Secretary, Board of Selectmen Harbor Master
2,559.00
3,206.00
10 Building Inspector
2,940.00
3,691.00
APPENDIX
1. Part-time position.
2. Part-time position. The present incumbent also fills the position of Branch Librarian, Manomet, which salary is not included here.
3. The service under this classification is provided by part-time employees. The proposed salary shown is based on a full-time position.
4. The service under this classification is rendered in the summer only. The proposed salary shown is based on a full-time position.
5. Clerical work for the Retirement System is not included in the proposed salary shown.
6. Salary range applicable from April 1, with hours of work increased from 361/2 to 40 hours per week. O.A.A., A.D.C., D.A. minima are mandatory under the Civil Service Welfare Compensation Plan. The following salary range applicable Jan. 1-Apr. 1, based on a 361/2-hour week:
Dispensing Clerk $1,849-$2,313
Sr. Clerk and Stenographer 1,849- 2,313
Social Worker 2,334- 2,924
Jr. Clerk and Stenographer 1,596- 1,997
7. Maintenance is provided in addition to the salary shown.
8. The proposed salary shown is based on a full-time position.
9. The present incumbent also fills the position of Sexton, which salary is not included here.
10. Full-time position beginning 1952.
Mr. Robert M. Briggs moved: That the Town amend Schedule A and Exhibit B of the Wage and Salary By-Law as recommended in the printed report of the Advisory and Finance Committee.
2,911.00
3,646.00
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Mr. John A. Armstrong moved to amend: That the salaries of Police Patrolmen be as follows:
Minimum $2,911 Maximum $3,646
and that the salaries of Police Sergeants be as follows: Minimum $3,222 Maximum $4,040
The vote was taken by ballot; 254 voting in the affirma- tive and 268 voting in the negative, the motion to amend was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article 6. To see what action the Town will take with regard to fixing the salaries of elected town officers.
The Committee recommends that the salaries of elected town officers be set, as of January 1, 1952, as follows:
Chairman of Selectmen $800.00
Other Selectmen (each) 400.00
Chairman of Assessors 3,858.75
Other Assessors (each)
3,349.50
Town Clerk
2,577.75
Town Treasurer
2,577.75
Collector of Taxes
4,011.00
Voted: That the salaries of elected Town officers be set, as of January 1, 1952, as follows:
Chairman of Selectmen
$800.00
Other Selectmen (each) 400.00
Chairman of Assessors
3,858.75
Other Assessors (each)
3,349.50
Town Treasurer
2,577.75
Town Clerk
2,577.75
Tax Collector
4,011.00
Article 7. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town and for other purposes and to raise sums of money as the Town shall deem expedient.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT - 4.6% of total
Item No.
Expended In 1951
Requested In 1952
Recommended for 1952
Legislative:
1
$87.92
$100.00
Personnel Board Expenses $100.00
2
743.65
2,000.00
Printing & Publishing By-Laws 2,000.00
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Item No.
Expended In 1951
Requested In 1952
Recommended for 1952
Selectmen:
3
7,132.00
7,187.00
Salaries
7,187.00
4
1,545.00
2,145.00
Other Expenses
2,045.00
Town Accountant:
5
5,404.00
5,820.00
Salaries
5,820.00
6
491.53
500.00
Other Expenses Town Treasurer:
500.00
7
4,250.50
4.694.00
Salaries
4,571.25
8
7.50
46.00
Tax Title Expenses
46.00
9
1,121.89
1,044.50
Other Expenses
1,044.00
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