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The Finance Committee is prepared to endorse such recommendations as the Planning Board may recommend to the Town as a result of the hearing.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue as Town or private ways any and all of the following ways, or portions thereof, all of which are shown on plan entitled, "Woodland Park, Wayland, Mass." dated September 3, 1914, E. Worthington, C. E., which plan is recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as filed Plan 543 :
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(1) The way designated on said plan as Algonquin Path, from the way designated as Maiden Lane to the boundary of the Metropolitan Aqueduct, being adjacent to lot No. 87 on said plan.
(2) The way designated on said plan as Hiawatha Path, from the way designated as Algonquin Path to the Metropolitan Aqueduct, being adjacent to lots Nos. 233 to 242 inclusive on said plan, and lots Nos. 201 to 205 inclusive on said plan.
(3) The way designated on said plan as Indian Road, from the way designated as Robin Hood Road to the Metropolitan Aqueduct adjacent to lots 478 on said plan and lots 459 to 463 inclusive on said plan.
(4) That part of the way designated on said plan as Indian Road leading from the Metropolitan Aqueduct to the Metro- politan Aqueduct, and being adjacent to lots Nos. 529 to 534 inclusive and lot No. 800 as shown on said plan.
(5) The way designated on said plan as Robin Hood Road, from the Metropolitan Aqueduct near the intersection of said Robin Hood Road with Indian Road to land of Millie Palmer, and being adjacent to lots Nos. 429 to 459 inclusive and lots 478 to 480 inclusive as shown on said plan.
(6) The way designated on said plan as Samoset Path, from Cedar Crest Road to Robin Hood Road, being adjacent to lots Nos. 818 and 819 and lots 453 and 454 as shown on said plan.
(7) The way designated as Puritan Path on said plan from Woodland Road adjacent to lots 621 to 626 inclusive and lots 536 to 538 inclusive as shown on said plan,
or take any action in regard to said Town or private ways, or do or act.
The Finance Committee is advised that at the time the Metropolitan Aqueduct was put through, the Woodland Park section a few years ago, a number of of streets were cut off and dead-ended by the con- struction of the aqueduct itself and a still larger num- ber of streets which had never been laid out, but which appeared only on development plans, were affected similarly. At that time, the Metropolitan Water Com- mission, the Town and various individuals affected passed papers by which the rights in a number of the ways were returned to the abutters.
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The Finance Committee has gone over the plans of Woodland Park and is satisfied that the request here made is merely confirming arrangements which have been made previously and which, in every case, would be for the benefit of the abutters and without injury to the Town or any others who might have any interest in the ways terminated.
The Finance Committee therefore recommends the approval of the article.
Article 27. To see what sum, if any the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to meet any of the appropriations made under the foregoing articles.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of such action as may be suggested by the Town Treasurer.
And you are required to serve this Warrant by posting copies thereof, attested by you, at the Town Hall, at each Post Office in Town, and at the Legion Hall, at Cochituate, seven days, at least, before the time of holding said election.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before March 3, 1947.
Given under our hands and seal this tenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven.
GERALD HENDERSON, JOHN W. LEAVITT, WILLIAM A. LOKER, Selectmen of the Town of Wayland.
A true copy, attest :
Constable of the Town of Wayland.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
At the Annual Town Meeting in 1946, the Town appro- priated for the Reserve Fund the sum of $2,000. During the past year, the major transfers were roughly as follows: Fire Dept. $452.26, Highway Dept. $942.61, Military Aid $220, Police Dept. $150 and miscellaneous small amounts $234.92. In addition to these sums, the Town found it necessary to appro- priate at the special meeting, October 9, the following amounts : Fire Dept. $900, Snow Removal $1,000, Insurance $500, Care of Town Clocks $850, Elections $100, Notices of Meetings $100. The Finance Committee continues to feel that, in order to properly operate the Town's business, involving expenditures of about $300,000, there is need for a Reserve Fund of from $7,000 to $8,000 a year. Its recommendations in this connec- tion appear under one of the articles.
The Special Water Committee has had a complete survey made by a competent firm of water engineers and have been following their recommendations with respect to locating an additional source of water at a point where the supply can be fed into the present system. At the time of writing this report they have not been successful in their efforts, and until they are so, they will not be ready to make a complete report to the Town on all the matters referred to them under the special article under which they were appointed.
The School Committee in its proposed budget as recom- mended by the Finance Committee, schedules increases in teach- ers' salaries which will work out at $400 minimum per teacher and will provide for higher maximums. The Finance Commit- tee, in making its recommendations with respect to appropria- tions for other departments has provided for increases in wages and salaries for most full time employees of the Town and for some of the elective offices. It has been guided in making its recommendations by the work performed, increases granted in recent years, the amount paid in other towns for similar work, and by its conclusion that the temporary bonus arrangements in force in previous years should be dropped this year.
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The mounting costs of our local government will have in- creased the tax rate this year to a figure which in the opinion of the Selectmen and the Finance Committee, makes it abso- lutely imperative that the assessments of the Town be complete- ly reviewed in order that many of the inequalities in the amount of assessment be corrected. With the increased burden of local government, it is all the more important that each piece of prop- erty pay its fair share of the tax burden. An article looking to the correction of this situation is included in the Warrant.
In 1947, the budget recommended of $270,000 exceeds that of 1946 by $20,000. The principal items of increase being as follows :
Police Dept.
$ 500
Fire Dept. (including equipment)
1,200
Health Dept.
500
Highway Dept.
5,500
Aid to Dependent Children
2,500
Old Age Assistance
1,000
Schools-Salaries
15,200
Schools-Other expenses
4,100
Vocational Tuition
800
Park Dept. (including equipment
2,700
Insurance
1,400
Cemetery Dept.
800
As against these increases, the only items which are off appre- ciatively from last year are :
Assessors' Maps
$5,000
Welfare-Temporary Aid
2,000
Temporary Bonus
3,500
For 1947, the articles as recommended total $27,300 with the principal items: Chapter 90 work $8,000; Police car and radio $2,000; Park land $15,000 and Cemetery land $800, as contrasted with an amount recommended last year of $22,800. The Finance Committee would like to be able to report to the Town that increases in the expenditures are temporary, but the real situation is exactly the reverse. The budget figures do not, to any extent, provide for major capital expenditures which are still facing the Town and for which provision will have to be made in the next few ears. In its report to the Town last year, the Finance Committee pointed out that post war needs includ- ed a Civic Center building in Cochituate, additional Chapter 90 highway construction, Town road reconstruction, Highway De-
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partment garage, additional land for Lakeview Cemetery, new pumps and additions to the water system, and improvements in the school buildings. Chapter 90 work was resumed last year and will have to be continued over a period of years before we can expect that the balance of the Chapter 90 roads will be rebuilt. Recommended in the articles is an appropriation for the Cemetery Department for this year, but all the rest of the work remains to be done in the years ahead, with preliminary figures for the Water Department indicating expenditures of $100,000 to $300,000 and for the School Department of $500,- 000 to $600,000.
Growth in population alone will not provide the additional revenue which will be needed to carry through any such pro- gram, and, therefore, it seems inevitable that the State will have to broaden the tax base to provide additional funds which can be distributed to the Towns, if the local tax rates, including that of Wayland, are not to become prohibitive and damaging to property ownership.
The Finance Committee's budget for the year 1947 is as follows :
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Finance Committee's Budget for 1947
1946 1946 Appropriated Expended
1946 Balance
1947 Recommended
GOVERNMENT
Moderator
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
Selectmen : Salaries
500.00
500.00
500.00
Expense
350.00
344.13
$ 5.87
400.00
Accountant & Secretary to
Board of Selectmen :
Salary
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,900.00
Expense
170.00
168.07
1.93
170.00
Treasurer :
Salary
800.00
800.00
900.00
Expense
300.00
From "Reserve"
8.10
308.10
400.00
Tax Title Sales Acc't
350.00
350.00
400.00
Collector : Salary
2,000.00
From "Reserve"
9.90
2,009.90
2,200.00
Expense
500.00
381.09
118.91
500.00
Assessors :
Salary
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
Expense
475.00
464.60
10.40
500.00
Assessors' Maps: (Town Atlas)
6,000.00
6,000.00
1,000.00
Clerk of Boards: Salary
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,500.00
Town Clerk : Salary
200.00
200.00
400.00
Expense
300.00
271.68
28.32
300.00
Planning Board: Expense
1,200.00
861.33
338.67
1,200.00
Finance Committee : Expense
30.00
28.82
1.18
30.00
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1946 Appropriated 900.00
1946 Expended 697.48
1946 Balance
1947 Recommended 900.00
Town Counsel & Legal Claims Elections : Officers
384.00
From "Reserve"
9.00
From "Town Meeting" 10/9
75.00
468.00
132.00
Expense
200.00
From "Reserve"
34.25
From "Town Meeting" 10/9
25.00
259.25
125.00
Registrars : Salaries :
Registration Listing
100.00
100.00
100.00
320.00
320.00
400.00
Transportation
75.00
75.00
75.00
Clerical Work
100.00
100.00
150.00
Supplies
300.00
From "Reserve"
6.85
306.85
375.00
Town Hall : Maintenance, Repairs & Equipment
2,000.00
1,996.64
3.36
2,000.00
PROTECTION
Police Dept. : Salary-Chief
2,000.00
2,000.00
400.00
400.00
300.00
Transportation-Chief Expense From "Reserve" Expense (including salaries )
800.00
150.00
763.95
186.05
3,400.00
Fire Dept. : Expense (including salaries) 2,800.00 From "Reserve" 480.65
795700
202.52
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From "Town Meeting" 10/9 From "Cash Refund" New Equipment : Tires-Bal. 1/1/46
900.00 4.00
4,184.65
3,500.00
399.40
314.08
85.32
Pump & Flood lights
1,100.00
1,083.11
16.89
Hose Miscellaneous
400.00
Forest Fire Truck-Repairs
200.00
Wire Replacement
200.00
Cochituate Station-Repairs
150.00
150.00
500.00
Building Inspection : Salaries Expense
200.00
197.75
2.25
200.00
Zoning Board of Appeals: Expense
25.00
19.40
5.60
25.00
Private Work Town Work
1,000.00
997.30
2.70
1,300.00
Tree Warden: Expense ( Includes wages )
600.00
569.75
30.25
600.00
Pruning & First Aid Work at Private Contract
400.00
400.00
400.00
Planting Trees
200.00
200.00
200.00
Sealer : Salary
125.00
125.00
125.00
Expense
50.00
40.80
9.20
50.00
HEALTH
Health Dept .: Board-Salaries
175.00
175.00
175.00
Appropriation
1,200.00
465.63
734.37
1,700.00
Milk Inspection
25.00
25.00
25.00
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Moth Dept .: Expense (Includes wages)
500.00
500.00
500.00
300.00
300.00
900.00
Anti-toxin Test Medical Inspection of Schools School Dental Clinic District & School Nurse : Salary
1946 Appropriated 50.00
1946 Expended 50.00
1946 1947 Balance Recommended
50.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
1,000.00
999.73
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1,300.00
1,900.00
1,900.00
2,100.00
Transportation
400.00
400.00
500.00
Expense
75.00
66.95
8.05
75.00
125.00
125.00
150.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
HIGHWAYS
Highway Dept. : (Includes salaries & wages) From "Reserve" From "Cash Refund"
19,000.00
942.61
5.29
19,947.90
25,000.00
Snow Removal
From "Town Meeting" 10/9
1,000.00
9,482.35
17.65
3,500.00
Care of Town Dumps : Expense
200.00
188.28
11.72
300.00
Rental
50.00
47.57
2.43
Road Machinery Account
1,500.00
1,499.05
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Art. 9
New Equipment : Bal. 1/1/46 Appropriation
2,088.50
3,000.00
2,080.55
3,007.95
2,500.00
Highway Lighting
5,650.00
5,538.22
111.78
5,800.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
From "State & County"
1,000.00
From "Town"
1,999.92
2,999.89
.03
1,000.00
2.425 00
8,500.00
Inspection of Animals Garbage Collection
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Chapter 90 Construction-Sec. II From "Town" From "State" From "County"
8,000.00 16,000.00
8,000.00 23,807.05 8,192.95
Art. 7
WELFARE Public Welfare Board : Salaries-Board
300.00
300.00
300.00
Agent
1,542.00
1,542.00
1,755.00
Visitor
1,385.00
1,385.00
1,545.00
Transportation
400.00
395.20
4.80
500.00
Expense (Rents, etc.)
100.00
100.00
100.00
Temporary Aid: Appropriation
12,000.00
7,257.61
4,742.39
10,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children : Appropriation
4,500.00
3,985.01
514.99
7,000.00
Federal Grants :
Maintenance
Bal. 1/1/46
221.35
Received 1946
1,189.53
1,013.21
397.67
Administration
Bal. 1/1/46
69.85
Received 1946
109.81
179.66
Old Age Assistance :
Appropriation
35,000.00
From "Refunds"
83.70
33,409.35
1,674.35
36,000.00
Federal Grants : Maintenance
Bal. 1/1/46
325.24
5720000
Received 1946
18,685.24
18,853.55
156.93
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1946
1946 Appropriated Expended 88.67 648.44
1946 1947 Balance Recommended
425.02
312.09
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS State and Military Aid : State Aid Military Aid
1,000.00
540.00
460.00
200.00
From "Reserve"
220.00
420.00
World War II Allowance
1,500.00
65.00
1,435.00
Soldiers' Relief : Agent-Salary
150.00
150.00
Expense
100.00
52.20
47.80
Maintenance
1,000.00
From "Refund"
45.00
577.61
467.39
Veterans' Benefits : Agent-Salary
150.00
Expense
100.00
Maintenance
4,000.00
EDUCATION
Schools-General Control :
Superintendent-Salary
2,437.50
2,437.50
3,100.00
Other Expense
2,021.25
1,675.00
346.25
1,950.00
Instruction :
Teachers-Salaries
54,100.00
52,875.75
1,224.25
67,920.00
Textbooks & Supplies
3,400.00
From "Refunds"
8.87
3,408.85
.02
4,600.00
61,828
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Administration Bal. 1/1/46 Received 1946
Operation of School Plant : Custodians' Salaries & Substitutes Fuel & Miscellaneous Buildings & Equipment : Maintenance & Outlays
5,550.00
5,450.40
99.60
6,320.00
4,800.00
4,800.00
5,600.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
Auxiliary Agencies : Transportation
8,100.00
7,972.00
128.00
8,500.00
Health and Physical Education
650.00
650.00
1,500.00
Libraries
300.00
From "Refunds"
1.80
301.66
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300.00
Sundries
100.00
99.27
.73
100.00
Schools-Special Accounts :
School Bldgs., Grounds & General
Repairs : Bal. 1/1/46
5,766.21
From "Refunds"
50.00
4,584.02
1,232.19
Center Elementary School Bldg.
Addition : Bal. 1/1/46
6,500.00
6,500.00
School Halls Rental Acc't
75.00
23.50
51.50
75.00
Vocational Tuition
1,500.00
1,058.02
441.98
2,300.00
High School Flag Pole Fund :
Bal. 1/1/46
44.00
44.00
Gifts from Donation Fund Income :
Bal. 1/1/46
6.50
Receipts 1946
9.92
16.42
Library & Reading Room: Appropriation
4,300.00
From "Dog Licenses"
795.83
5,070.39
25.44
4,600.00
32,29500
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Library Fund Income : Bal. 1/1/46
Received 1946
948.51
146.64
Library Building :
Heating & Insulation Bal. 1/1/46
4,771.51
3,406.39
1,365.12
General Repairs
Bal. 1/1/46
1,800.00
189.69
1,610.31
Roof Repairs
3,500.00
595.16
2,904.84
RECREATION
Park Commission : Expense
1,500.00
1,498.77
1.23
3,000.00
New Mowing Equipment
1,200.00
Lifeguard-Dudley Pond
300.00
300.00
300.00
Baldwin's Pond
300.00
300.00
300.00
High School Athletic Field- Grading, etc.
8,000.00
5,552.60
2,447.40
UNCLASSIFIED
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
1,999.79
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Memorial Day :
400.00
From "Reserve"
10.03
410.03
450.00
Town Clocks
150.00
700.00
840.00
10.00
150.00
Town Reports
650.00
From "Reserve"
100.07
750.07
850.00
Surety Bonds
450.00
382.50
67.50
450.00
700,00
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1946 Appropriated 45.09 1,050.06
1946 Expended
1946 1947 Balance Recommended
From "Town Meeting" 10/9
Insurance
2,500.00
From "Reserve" From "Refunds"
28.33
44.52
From "Town Meeting" 10/9
500.00
3,020.52
52.33
3,900.00
Notices of Meetings
From "Town Meeting" 10/9
100.00
98.00
2.00
100.00
Legion Post Quarters : Rent
600.00
600.00
600.00
.64
Honor Rolls : Bal. 1/1/46 Expense
100.00
31.50
69.14
50.00
Temporary Bonus
3,500.00
2,907.99
592.01
Committee on Rehabilitation : Bal. 1/1/46
176.42
16.49
159.93
Cochituate Civic Bldg .: Bal. 1/1/46
1,500.00
557.98
942.02
Welfare Claims for 1939 and Prior Years : Bal. 1/1/46
500.00
500.00
Purchase of Land in Riverview Terrace :
Bal. 1/1/46
1,412.27
98.94
1,313.33
Purchase of "Heater Pieces" of Real Estate
300.00
19.51
280.49
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
Water Dept .:
Salaries : Commissioner
150.00
150.00
150.00
Clerk
300.00
300.00
300.00
Assistant Clerk
100.00
100.00
100.00
Maintenance :
From "Refunds"
7.00
From "Water Available Surplus"
9,500.00
Art. 6
Hydrants
3,000.00
12,505.80
1.20
3,000.00
20002
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1946
1946 Appropriated Expended
1946 Balance
1947 Recommended
Equipment-New Truck From "Water Available Surplus"
1,200.00
1,125.26
74.74
Compressor
From "Water Available Surplus"
3,000.00
2,999.65
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Committee on Water Survey-Expense : From "Water Available Surplus"
1,500.00
952.85
547.15
Installation of Wells, etc.
From "Water Available Surplus" 10/9
20,000.00
742.80
19,257.20
Printing Water Survey Report From "Water Available Surplus" 10/9
500.00
500.00
CEMETERIES
Salaries-Clerk
100.00
100.00
100.00
Maintenance
2,600.00
2,599.96
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3,240.00
Rehabilitation Work-North Cemetery : Bal. 1/1/46
405.50
56.00
349.50
Cemetery Service
800.00
800.00
1,000.00
Cemeteries-General Improvement : Bal. 1/1/46
93.88
73.00
20.88
Cemetery P. C. Funds' Income : Bal. 1/1/46 Received 1946
1,154.22
593.40
748.95
998.67
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Parmenter Cemetery Fund Income : Bal. 1/1/46 Received 1946
386.88
137.50
290.62 233.76
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
Interest :
High School Notes
1,040.00
1,040.00
910.00
Water Main Extension Notes : From "Water Available Surplus"
40.00
40.00
Miscellaneous
50.00
50.00
40.00
Maturing Debt :
High School Notes
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Water Main Extension Notes :
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From "Water Available Surplus"
2,000.00
2,000.00
$270,157.00
The Finance Committee recommends that, in line with previous directives of the Town :
The Clerk of Boards be under the joint supervision of the Selectmen and the Board of Assessors, with part of her time devoted to the Assessors and part to clerical assistance to var- ious other Town boards, the assignment of her work to be cleared through the Selectmen, the Assessors to have priority ;
The operation of dumps be under the supervision of the Highway Department ;
The money from Dog Taxes be allocated in its entirety to the Library Expense Account ;
The $300 provided in the Park Budget for the Life Guard at Baldwin's Pond be used to pay the salary of the Life Guard maintained at that Pond by the Wayland Chapter of the Red Cross ;
The District and School Nurse continue under the super- vision of the School Committee ;
The work on Assessors' Maps continue to be done under the joint supervision of the Planning Board and the Board of Assessors ;
The unexpended balance in the following accounts be transferred to the "Excess and Deficiency" Account :
Fire Dept .- New Equipment-Tires $85.32 Fire Dept .- New Equipment-Pumps and Flood Light 16.89
and the unexpended balance in the following accounts be trans- ferred to "Water Available Surplus":
Water Dept .- New Truck $74.74 .35
Water Dept .- Compressor
In addition to the sum of $1,000 included in the budget to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Maintenance and $8,000 in Articles 7 and 8 to meet the Town's share of Chapter 90 New Construction, the sum of $2,000 for Chapter 90 Maintenance and $24,000 for Chapter 90 New Construction be transferred from "Unappropriated Available Funds" in the Treasury to meet the County's and State's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the County and State to be restored upon their receipt to "Unappropriated Available Funds" in the Treasury.
The Water Department be directed to establish a minimum rate per taker of $1.00 per month.
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The compensation paid the Tax Collector be set at 11/8% of collections.
The preparation of recommendations for the Town for the year 1947 has been unusually difficult because of the many in- creases involved in departmental expenses and appropriations for salaries. At every turn, the department heads, both paid and unpaid, have been co-operative and reasonable in their sug- gestions and requests. The Finance Committee feels that the Town should be appreciative of the general attitude of those who are in direct charge of expending its funds.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE V. DEVERELL, JOHN R. McENROY, PARRAN C. JARBOE, JAMES OTIS POST, JR., ROBERT M. MORGAN, Finance Committee, Town of Wayland.
February, 1947.
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VOTES ENACTED AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1946
Town Clerk's Office, Wayland, Massachusetts, March 6, 1946.
Howard S. Russell, Moderator :
Pursuant to the following warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Waland met this day and did the following business.
Article 1. To hear reports of the Town Officers, Agents and Committees, and act thereon.
Mr. Roland S. Campbell reported in behalf of the War Memorial Committee that honor rolls were erected in Cochituate Center and Wayland Center with about 392-4 names at this time. The Committee will make a report as to a permanent Memorial after further investigation.
The reports of the Town Officers as reported in the Town Report were accepted without acting upon recommendations.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents and Committees not elected by the official ballot.
Voted that John Connelly, Llewellyn Mills and Frederic A. Gibbs act as Trustees of the Allen Fund.
Voted that the Selectmen act as Fence Viewers.
Voted that the Constables act as Field Drivers.
Thomas F. Linnehan, Melville Loker and Arthur F. Mars- ton were elected as Surveyors of Lumber.
Thomas F. Linnehan, Joseph Decatur and Arthur F. Mars- ton were elected as Measurers of Wood and Bark.
The following were elected members of the Memorial Day Committee :
Spanish War Veterans Frank C. Moore, William Hardy, Sr.
World War Veterans I Gustaf Blomgren, James J. Bolton, William A. Brooks,
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Philip Burbank, Richard H. Burchill, Ronald S. Camp- bell, William G. Curley, August Dath, Joe Perodeau, Charles W. Smith.
World War Veterans II
Thomas J. Callahan, Francis K. Erwin, Richard M. Francis, Alexander G. Hardy, Charles T. Morgan, Alfred J. Perodeau.
Article 3. To grant money for necessary Town purposes.
Voted unanimously that the report of the Finance Commit- tee be accepted and its recommendations adopted.
That the sums of money recommended in the Finance Com- mittee's budget, as printed, with the addition of $5,000 for "Snow Removal" and a reduction of $6,000 for "Reserve Fund," be granted, appropriated and assessed for the several specific purposes designated, making a total budget appropria- tion of $248,614.75 and that the same be expended only for the purposes shown, under the direction of the respective boards, committees and officers of the Town;
That, in addition to the sum of $1,000 included in the bud- get to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Main- tenance and $8,000 included in Article 6 to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 New Construction, the sums of $2,000 and $24,000 be transferred from "Unappropriated Avail- able Funds" in the Treasury to meet the County's and State's shares of the cost of the Maintenance and New Construction work respectively, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to "Unappropriated Available Funds" in the Treasury ;
That, in accordance with previous directives of the Town:
The Clerk of Boards be under the joint supervision of the Selectmen and the Board of Assessors, with part of her time devoted to the Assessors and part to clerical assistance to vari- ous other Town boards, the assignment of her work to be cleared through the Selectmen, the Assessors to have priority ;
The operation of dumps be under the supervision of the Highway Department ;
The money from Dog Taxes be allocated in its entirety to the Library Expense Account ;
The $300 provided in the Park Budget for the Life Guard at Baldwin's Pond be used to pay the salary of the Life Guard
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maintained at that Pond by the Wayland Chapter of the Red Cross ;
The District and School Nurse continue under the super- vision of the School Committee ;
Preparation of Assessors' Maps continue to be done under the joint 'supervision of the Planning Board and the Board of Assessors ;
The "Temporary Bonus" provided in the budget be paid to those who were full-time employees of the Town on January 1, 1946 and who were being paid on an annual basis at that time, the amount of the bonus so paid to be figured at the rate of 5% of their annual salaries as of January 1, 1946 and that it be paid in two installments : June 1 and December 1, 1946 to those who continue to be full-time employees on the dates of payment ; conditioned on the above qualifications, the bonus to be paid to those holding the following positions : Town Accountant, Clerk of Boards, Chief of Police, District and School Nurse, Super- intendent of Highways, Librarian; in the School Department- principals, teachers, janitors and supervisor of physical educa- tion ; and in the Water Department-the superintendent, assist- ant superintendent and engineer ;
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