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This amendment merely adds a specific provision that the Selectmen are authorized to institute and prosecute suits in the name of the Town.
Article 22. To see what sum, if any, the Town will vote
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to transfer from available funds to meet any of the appropria- tions 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 7, 1949.
Given under our hands and seal this seventh day of Febru- ary in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine.
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
The Finance Committee, in line with its usual policy, feels it has an obligation to report to the Town on the principal transfers it has made during the year from the Reserve Fund. The Welfare Department required a total of $2,680, divided as follows: $1,900 for Welfare and $780 for Aid to Dependent children; the Highway Department used a total of $1,030, divided as follows: $720 for Snow Removal and $310 for Equipment ; to cover the increased value of Town buildings required a transfer of $990 for the Insurance account; for the Operation of School Plant, $820 was needed; the increased amount of tax collection called for a transfer of $770 for Col- lector's-salary ; unusual legal expenses and claims necessitated an allocation of $710 for Town Counsel and Legal Claims; and the remaining $900 of transfers were to ten other accounts.
Compulsory retirement of our Town Accountant, effective July 1, 1949, and the increasing amount of clerical work per- formed by the Town Accountant, the Clerk of Boards, the Col- lector and Assistant Clerk of the Water Board and other per- sonnel in the Town office necessitates a complete revamping of our present system. Through the joint co-operation of the Selectmen, Assessors, Water Commissioners, Collector, Treas- urer, Town Clerk and Finance Committee, an agreement has been reached which would, with the approval of the Town, pro- vide for a consolidation of the accounting and clerical work of certain departments, for the appointment of the necessary per- sonnel and for the purchase of modern equipment essential to the job. Under this arrangement, a joint office staff would be headed and supervised by a Town Accountant who would serve as secretary to the Board of Selectmen. The staff would include a Chief Clerk, who would also serve as Deputy Collector and there would be such other help as would be required. The duties of the force would include: (1) town accountant work, (2) secretarial work for the Selectmen, (3) all clerical work of the Assessing Department, (4) all clerical and certain administra- tive work of the Water Department, (5) billing, addressing and
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mailing for the Water Department and the Collector, (6) such central office-addressing as might be of assistance to the Treas- urer, (7) such machine-listing as would be helpful to the Town Clerk and (8) such clerical work for other Town departments as might be directed by the Board of Selectmen. Under the proposed arrangement, the Water Board would appoint as its collector, the Tax Collector. The pattern of consolidation here suggested is along the lines already in operation elsewhere. There are funds provided in the budget, as recommended, for the salaries and expenses of the staff and the office, and, in addition, funds for the purchase of the necessary equipment.
Most of the increasing ordinary costs of local government seem to have been levelling off during the past year, but your Finance Committee is much concerned with the fact that the peak of over-all expenditures has apparently not yet been reached. The principal factor in the increasing cost of local government lies in the demand by our citizens for additional services from the Town. This is best illustrated by the fact that, together our present, and the new school program, in 1949 will require increases in the budget of roughly $50,000 and our Welfare Department, an additional $19,000. These two depart- ments, alone, account for all but about $12,000 of the total increase in the 1949 budget. Yet, clearly, the expenditures represent the will of the Town and will, therefore, naturally be reflected in the tax rate. With annual payments on the debt, the interest will decline. But not until such time as the State sees fit to provide a broadened tax base, can we expect any real relief for local real estate.
In 1949, the budget of $411,500 as recommended exceeds that of 1948 by $81,500. Last year, the increase over the previous year was $60,000. The items in which there are in- creases of more than $1,000 are as follows: Town Office Equipment $4,600; Fire Department $3,050, divided : equip- ment $1,350. fire alarm system $1,700; Welfare $19,000, divid- ed : Temporary Aid $4,000, Aid to Dependent Children $8,000, and Old Age Assistance $7,000; Schools $10,680; Vocational Tuition $1,000; Park Board-Relocation of High School Field $1,200 ; Insurance $5,500; Water Department-Hydrant Rental $2,000 ; Cemeteries-Maintenance & Service $1,000; Interest- School Debt $11,600; Maturing Debt-Schools $22,400.
In 1949, the articles of $18,650 as recommended are less than those of 1948 by $3,250. The principal items for 1949 are :
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Chapter 90 work $3,750; Riverview Terrace road and water betterments $8,400; Road Machinery account $1,000; purchase of land for dump $2,000; garbage collection $3,500.
During the past year, the Town has committed itself to the two largest capital expenditures in its history: (1) additions to the school plant, (2) additions to the water system. The natural outgrowth of the cost of this expansion is reflected in the budget figures for 1949, but they will be even larger in 1950, by which time the remaining $140,000 of school money and the $20,000 of water extension money will, in all probability have been borrowed. At that time, the interest and principal on these two pieces of debt will likewise have to be met-the school portion, through the tax rate and the water portion, from the income of the Water Department.
The Finance Committee feels that the Town should be advised that the Water Department, through revision of its rates and through improved billing, is collecting sufficient revenue to care for all of its expenses, including debt and interest, with- out any direct expense to the Town, except through Hydrant Rental. The water expansion program is therefore being car- ried through on the basis on which it was presented to the Town by the Water Department and the Finance Committee.
No new major items of equipment have been purchased by the Fire Department since before the war and the present station in Cochituate will have to be replaced in the near future. The Town is therefore facing a capital expenditure for this depart- ment which will have to be taken care of over a period of the next five to ten years on some sort of reasonable basis so that no undue portion of the expense will fall too heavily in any one year.
The problem of review and revision of assessments to cor- rect inequities is one on which the Assessors have made a start during the past year and hope to complete during the year 1949. In their efforts to do this work, they should receive the support of the townspeople for, as indicated last year, our resident tax- payers can be expected to bear the burden of heavy taxation only when they have confidence that the assessments are being made equitably.
The Finance Committee's budget for the year 1949 is as follows :
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Finance Committee's Budget for 1949
1948
1948 Appropriated Expended
1948 Balance
1949 Recommended
GOVERNMENT Moderator Selectmen : Salaries :
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
Chairman
175.00
175.00
175.00
Clerk
175.00
175.00
175.00
3rd Member
150.00
150.00
150.00
Expense
400.00
356.97
$43.03
400.00
Town Officers. Salaries & Clerical Expense Town Accountant & Secretary to Board of Selectmen, Clerk of Boards, Chief Clerk, & Deputy Collector. Salaries
3,750.00
3,750.00
5,450.00
Expense
225.00
From "Reserve"
21.50
246.05
225.00
Town Office-Equipment
4,600.00
Treasurer : Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Expense
450.00
438.36
11.64
450.00
Tax Title Sales Expense
250.00
28.45
221.55
200.00
Collector :
Salary
2,500.00
From "Reserve"
769.71
3,269.71
3,000.00
Expense
500.00
476.42
23.58
500.00
Assessors :
Salaries :
Chairman
900.00
900.00
900.00
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2nd Member 3rd Member
700.00
700.00
700.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
Expense
600.00
538.16
61.84
600.00
Assessors' Revaluation-Expense
500.00
499.00
1.00
380.00
Real Estate Appraisal Survey- Expense-Bal. 1/1/48
1,000.00
380.00
620.00
Assessors' Maps (Town Atlas)
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Town Clerk: Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Expense
350.00
309.92
40.08
350.00
Planning Board : Expense
1,400.00
1,003.20
396.80
1,400.00
Purchase of Cochituate Lake Shore
Property-Expense
300.00
300.00
Finance Committee : Expense
30.00
26.98
3.02
30.00
From "Reserve"
710.79
1,610.79
900.00
Elections :
Officers
From "Reserve"
24.00
552.00
132.00
Expense
350.00
From "Reserve"
108.00
458.00
250.00
Registrars : Salaries :
Registration
100.00
100.00
100.00
Listing
400.00
400.00
400.00
Transportation
75.00
75.00
75.00
Clerical Work
150.00
150.00
150.00
Supplies
500.00
From "Reserve"
22.84
522.84
100 00
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Town Counsel & Legal Claims
900.00
528.00
1948 Appropriated
1948
1948
1949
Expended Balance Recommended
Town Hall : Maintenance, Repairs. Equipment
2,300.00
From "Reserve"
183.91
2,483.91
2,450.00
PROTECTION
Police Dept. : Salary-Chief
2,700.00
2,700.00
3,000.00
expense
700.00
From "Bal. 1/1/48"
39.56
680.97
58.59
700.00
Expense
From "Reserve"
111.72
2,111.72
1,600.00
Signs & Traffic Lines
1,000.00
Fire Dept. :
Expense (including salaries )
4,000.00
3,981.21
18.79
4,000.00
New Equipment : Hose
1,350.00
Misc. & Repairs
400.00
From "Bal. 1/1/48"
28.25
408.76
19.49
Wire Replacement
250.00
253.24
2.90
Extension to High School Tree Trimming Oil Burner Inspection
200.00
200.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
Building Inspection :
Salaries : Building & Wire
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Plumbing
200.00
200.00
200.00
Expense
200.00
197.41
2.59
250.00
Police Car-purchase &
2,000.00
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From "Bal. 1/1/48"
6.14
1,700.00
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Zoning Board of Appeals : Expense Moth Dept .: Expense : (includes wages) Private Work Public Work
25.00
25.00
25.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
1,500.00
1,498.00
2.00
1,500.00
Tree Warden: Expense (includes wages)
600.00
598.60
1.40
600.00
Pruning & First Aid Work at Private Contract
400.00
400.00
400.00
Planting Trees
200.00
200.00
200.00
Clearing & clean up of Civic Bldg. lot
300.00
248.50
51.50
Sealer : Salary
125.00
125.00
125.00
Expense
50.00
48.27
1.73
75.00
HEALTH
Health Dept. : Board-Salaries :
Chairman
50.00
50.00
50.00
Clerk
75.00
75.00
75.00
3rd Member
50.00
50.00
50.00
Appropriation
2,200.00
1,597.31
602.69
2,200.00
Milk Inspection
25.00
25.00
25.00
Anti-toxin Test
50.00
50.00
50.00
Medical Inspection of Schools
150.00
150.00
150.00
School Dental Clinic
1,300.00
1,238.12
61.88
1,300.00
District & School Nurse: Salary
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
Transportation
600.00
600.00
700.00
Expense
75.00
70.19
4.81
75.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
Inspection of Animals Garbage Collection
3,000.00
3,000.00
Art. 11
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1948 Appropriated
HIGHWAYS
Highway Dept. : (includes salaries & wages) Snow Removal :
30,000.00
29,708.31
291.69
30,000.00
From "Town Meeting 4/28/48" From "Reserve"
718.37
21,718.37
3,500.00
Care of Town Dumps :
200.00
From "Reserve"
123.05
323.05
600.00
Town Dump-Fencing & Supervision
1,300.00
1,007.63
292.37
Road Machinery Account
1,500.00
1,494.60
5.40
Art. 9
New Equipment :
5,000.00
From "Bal. 1/1/48"
287.09
5,598.32
5,000.00
5,800.00
5,770.75
29.25
6,000.00
Highway Lighting Chapter 90 Maintenance :
From Town
1,000.00
1,000.00
From State & County
2,000.00
2,999.90
Closed to "Revenue'
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Chapter 90 Construction :
1947 -- Sherman Bridge Bal. 1/1/48
4,000.00
2,948.60
1,051.40
1947-Old Conn. Path Bal. 1/1/48
14,511.53
14,406.62
104.91
1948-Old Conn. Path :
From Town
5,000.00
Art. 8
From State & County
15,000.00
18,894.54
1,105.46
1948 Expended
1948 Balance
1949 Recommended
20,000.00
1,000.00
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From "Reserve"
311.23
Road Construction : Betterments
Overlook Road Riverview Avenue Adelaide Avenue
5,500.00
1,227.20
4,272.80
2,700.00
32.53
2,667.47
1,800.00
958.90
841.10
WELFARE
Public Welfare Board : Salaries :
Chairman
100.00
100.00
100.00
2nd Member
100.00
100.00
100.00
3rd Member
100.00
100.00
100.00
Agent
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
Visitor
1,770.00
1,770.00
1,800.00
Temporary Aid : Appropriation :
12,000.00
From "Special Town Meeting 11/29/48"
2,800.00
From "Reserve"
1,909.73
16,709.73
16,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children : Appropriation :
10,000.00
From "Special Town Meeting 11/29/48" From "Reserve"
1,000.00
787.02
11,785.66
1.36
18,000.00
Federal Grants :
Maintenance :
Bal. 1/1/48
105.82
Received in 1948
3,460.02
From "Federal Grants Adm."
700.00
3,534.74
731.10
Administration
Bal. 1/1/48
467.88
Received in 1948
233.65
Transferred to "Fed. Grants-Main."
700.00
1.53
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1948 Appropriated 48,000.00
1948 Expended 48,000.00
1948 Balance
1949 Recommended 55,000.00
Old Age Assistance : Appropriation Federal Grants : Maintenance :
Bal. 1/1/48 Received in 1948
27,822.95
26,689.53
1,133.42
Administration Bal. 1/1/48
431.69
Received in 1948
1,134.88
828.74
737.83
Veterans' Benefits: Agent: Salary
150.00
150.00
150.00
Expense
100.00
78.50
21.50
100.00
Appropriation
4,000.00
1,848.61
2,151.39
4,000.00
EDUCATION
Schools-General Control : Superintendent : Salary
3,800.00
3,675.00
125.00
4,000.00
Other Expense
2,025.00
2,025.00
2,360.00
Instruction : Teachers' Salaries Textbooks & Supplies
81,327.00
80,774.15
552.85
84,447.00
5,200.00
5,200.00
6,000.00
Operation of School Plants :
Custodians' Salaries & Substitutes
6,900.00
6,603.63
296.37
8,000.00
Fuel & Miscellaneous
6,300.00
From "Reserve"
819.67
7,119.67
9,500.00
Buildings & Equipment :
Maintenance & Outlays
4,500.00
4,500.00
5,000.00
Auxiliary Agencies : Transportation
9,000.00
8,840.00
160.00
10,000.00
Health & Physical Education
1,700.00
1,700.00
2,000.00
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Libraries 400.00 Sundries Schools-Special Accounts : School Bldgs. & Grounds-General Repairs : Bal. 1/1/48 1,232.19
398.86
1.14
500.00
125.00
123.52
1.48
150.00
1,232.19
Center Elementary School Bldg. Addition : Bal. 1/1/48 Transferred to "School Construction- Equipment & Furnishing-Acc't "C" School Hall Rental Account
6,500.00
100.00
77.88
22.12
150.00
Vocational Tuition
1,800.00
1,566.66
233.34
2,800.00
High School Flag Pole Fund : Bal. 1/1/48
44.00
44.00
Gifts from Donation Funds' Income :
Bal. 1/1/48
9.92
9.92
School Construction-Equipment &
Furnishings : Account "A"
90,000.00
20,785.35
69,214.65
Account "B"
550,000.00
23,879.68
526,120.32
Account "C"-transferred from "Center Elementary School Bldg. Addition" account
6,500.00
Library & Reading Room: Appropriation
4,800.00
From "Dog Licenses"
892.67
5,620.46
72.21
5,500.00
Library Fund Income : Bal. 1/1/48 Rec'd in 1948
110.97
957.72
954.37
15.00
99.32
Credit to "Interest" Book Purchase Account
200.00
197.76
2.24
200.00
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1948 Appropriated
1948 Expended
1948 Balance
1949
Recommended
Library Building : Lighting-Bal. 1/1/48 General Repairs-Bal. 1/1/48 Roof Repairs-Bal. 1/1/48
407.87
249.50
158.37
1,563.29
1,405.85
157.44
2,904.84
2,904.84
RECREATION Park Commission : Expense
2,000.00
1,895.37
104.63
2,000.00
New Mowing Equip't From "Bal. 1/1/48"
403.85
392.20
11.65
Life Guard-Dudley Pond
300.00
300.00
400.00
Baldwin Pond
300.00
300.00
400.00
Baldwin Pond Beach :
Repairs & Maintenance "4/28/48"
1,150.00
160.69
989.31
High School Athletic Field Improvement :
From "Bal. 1/1/48"
603.60
603.60
Relocation of High School Field
1,200.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Reserve Fund
8,000.00
7,906.97
93.03
8,000.00
Memorial Day
450.00
447.68
2.32
500.00
Town Clocks :
150.00
From "Reserve"
23.75
173.75
150.00
Town Reports
1,000.00
975.35
24.65
1,200.00
Surety Bonds
450.00
430.50
19.50
525.00
Insurance
3,500.00
From "Reserve"
996.18
4,488.39
7.79
9,000.00
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Notice of Meetings :
100.00
From "Reserve"
165.95
265.95
100.00
Legion Post Quarters : Rent
600.00
600.00
600.00
Honor Rolls-Maintenance
50.00
28.00
22.00
50.00
Committee on Veterans' Services :
Bal. 1/1/48
159.93
159.93
Cochituate Civic Bldg .- Committee :
Bal. 1/1/48
942.02
942.02
Welfare Claims for 1939 and prior years :
Bal. 1/1/48
500.00
500.00
Purchase of Land in Riverview Terrace : Bal. 1/1/48
1,313.33
1,313.33
Purchase of "Heater Pieces": Bal. 1/1/48
180.49
180.49
Purchase of Land at junction of Clap Pit Hill & Plain Rds. : Bal. 1/1/48
100.00
100.00
Preliminary Town Expense of Betterments Fund :
500.00
Bal. 1/1/48
117.50
617.50
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES Water Dept .: Salaries :
Chairman
50.00
50.00
50.00
Clerk
350.00
350.00
350.00
3rd Member
50.00
50.00
50.00
Maintenance : (includes wages & salaries) From "Water Available Surplus" Hydrants
18,000.00
Art. 7
3,000.00
20,890.32
109.68
5,000.00
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1948 Appropriated
1948 Expended
1948 Balance
1949 Recommended
Committee on Water Survey :
Expense : Bal. 1/1/48
547.15
340.22
206.93
Printing Report : Bal. 1/1/48
431.10
162.14
268.96
Water System-Additions & Extensions, etc.
Installation of Wells, etc .: Bal. 1/1/48
1,335.79
1,335.79
New Pumping Station & Equipment :
"Town Meeting 4/28/48"
37,000.00
14,319.34
22,680.66
Extensions :
West Plain St., Pemberton Rd., etc.
"4/28/48"
41,500.00
28,885.07
12,614.93
Rice Rd.
"4/28/48"
23,700.00
12,918.90
10,781.10
Stonebridge Rd.
"4/28/48"
26,400.00
20,327.49
6,072.51
Extensions-under Betterment :
Overlook Rd.
3,500.00
2,104.39
1,395.61
Riverview Ave.
1,700.00
1,060.69
639.31
Adelaide Ave.
1,800.00
1,546.91
253.09
CEMETERIES
Cemeteries : Salaries : Commissioners : Clerk
100.00
100.00
100.00
Maintenance
3,600.00
3,596.34
3.66
4,500.00
Cemetery Service :
1,500.00
From "Reserve"
100.00
1,585.00
15.00
1,600.00
Cemetery Maps : Bal. 1/1/48
500.00
11.70
488.30
Rehabilitation Work-North Cemetery :
Bal. 1/1/48
349.50
238.60
110.90
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Purchase of Land-Lakeview Cemetery : Trimble property Schleicher property
1,500.00
1,500.00
750.00
750.00
Permanent Care Funds' Income :
Bal. 1/1/48 Rec'd in 1948
967.06
611.27
720.00
858.33
Parmenter Cemetery Funds Income :
Bal. 1/1/48
223.23
Rec'd in 1948
135.00
156.25
201.98
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
Interest : Miscellaneous
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
High School Notes
780.00
780.00
650.00
School Bonds :
($400,000 issue) Accrual credit
500.00
500.00
8,500.00
($150,000 issue) Accruel credit
187.50
187.50
3,187.50
Water Coupon Notes : ($37,000 issue)
34.94
34.94
Art. 7
Water Bonds: ($90,000 issue)
Accrual credit
112.50
112.50
Art. 7
Water Registered Note: ($1,600)
2.10
2.10
Art. 7
Maturing Debt : High School Notes
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
School Bonds : ($400,000 issue) Premium
5,650.00
899.42
4,750.58
15,249.42
School Bonds : ($150,000 issue) Premium
2,118.75
337.26
1,781.49
7,215.51
Water Coupon Notes : ($37,000 issue)
Premium
403.30
79.30
324.00
Art. 7
Water Bonds: ($90,000 issue) Premium
1,271.25
244.32
1,026.93
Art. 7
Water Registered Note : ($1,600) Prem.
22.60
22.60
Art. 7
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The Finance Committee recommends that :
A joint Town office force be established and that such force include a Town Accountant, who would also serve as secretary to the Board of Selectmen; a Chief Clerk, who would also serve as Deputy Collector ; and such other clerical assistants as may be necessary, the duties of the force and their responsibility for work to be as outlined in the previous section of this report, the entire office staff to be under the supervision of the Town Accountant ;
That the funds provided for in the budget for Town office equipment be expended by the Selectmen for the purchase of addressograph and multigraph equipment for the use of the joint Town office staff ;
The operation of dumps be under the supervision of the Highway Department ;
The money from Dog Taxes be allocated in its entirely to the Library Expense Account ;
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 "Water Available Surplus" account :
Committee on Water System Survey $206.93
Printing Report on Water System Survey 268.96
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 $3,750 in Article 8 to meet the Town's share of Chapter 90 New Construction, the sum of $2,000 for Chapter 90 Mainten- ance and $11,250 for Chapter 90 New Construction be trans- ferred 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 compensation paid the Tax Collector be placed on a salary basis of $3,000 per year, effective from January 1, 1949;
The present restrictions covering the account "Real Estate Survey-Expense" with a balance of $620 be removed and that the balance be made available for direct expenditure by the
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Assessors, together with the sums appropriated under "Asses- sors' Revaluation-Expense."
The Finance Committee again wishes to publicly thank the elected officials and department heads for their complete co- operation in the formulation of the budget and preparation of the articles and to advise the Town that, in its opinion, we are indeed fortunate in the character and quality of service being rendered by both paid and unpaid public servants.
The Finance Committee wishes to take this opportunity to express its sincere appreciation to Mabel S. Small for the manner in which she has devotedly and unstintingly served the Town for many years as Town Accountant.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE V. DEVERELL, JOHN R. McENROY, JAMES OTIS POST, JR., JOHN F. YEAGER, ROBERT M. MORGAN, Finance Committee, Town of Wayland.
February 12, 1949
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VOTES ENACTED AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 3, 1948
Town Clerk's Office, Wayland, Massachusetts, March 3, 1948.
Howard S. Russell, Moderator :
Pursuant to the following warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland met this day and did the following business. The necessary one hundred voters were present which consti- tutes a quorum to transact business at any town meeting.
Article 1. To hear reports of the Town Officers, Agents and Committees, and act thereon.
Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and it hereby is authorized to appoint a committee of seven citizens of the Town to consider the question of revaluation of all taxable real estate and buildings in the Town, which committee is to confer with the Board of Assessors and is to assist it to make a complete check-up of all valuations in the Town for the purpose of equal- izing such inequalities in assessments as are found to exist and otherwise to assist said Board of Assessors in the performance of its duties.
Mr. Chester H. Hobbs reported in behalf of the Cochituate Civic Center Building Committee tnat the committee continues to feel that the time is not appropriate for proceeding with any plans or construction. The regular operating expenses of the Town, as well as the probable priority of other projects, indi- cate that the matter should be further postponed.
Mr. Fern A. Taylor submitted the following report for the Committee making a complete survey and investigation for an additional water system for the Town :
1. Our meeting is coming later. The Selectmen have agreed to call a Special Town Meeting April 7, 1948 to take up our business.
2. We will hold two hearings on the report of the work the special Committee recommends, one in Wayland
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and one in Cochituate. Any questions will be taken up at these hearings.
3. Several test wells were drilled in Cochituate before we found a good well field off Old Connecticut Path on the edge of the town gravel pit next to Schofield's farm. We have purchased necessary land, put in a 2" gravel packed well, built a road to the well and have the pipe to put main in. When the money is appro- priated we will finish the job and pumping this sum- mer.
A vote of appreciation was given the Highway Depart- ment for the excellent condition of the highways in the town throughout the very severe winter.
The reports of the Town Officers as reported in the Town Report without recommendations were accepted.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents and Committees not elected by the official ballot.
Voted that John Connelly, Frederic A. Gibbs and George W. Shepard act as Trustees of the Allen Fund.
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