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stances, the Finance Committee feels that it would make a great deal more sense for the Town to approach this program by having a complete survey made with the thought in mind that annual appropriations would be made until the require- ments of the Department had been completely taken care of. This was the method adopted by both the School Committee and the Water Department and with their major expendi- tures out of the way, those confronting the Fire Department should probably have next priority.
The Finance Committee therefore 'recommends the approval of this article and the appropriation of $5,000 as a start on the program.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $18,500, for the purchase of a 750-gallon fire truck pumper, to replace the present pumper at the Wayland Fire Station, or do or act.
In accordance with the reasons set forth under Article 12 the Finance Committee does not recommend the approval of this article.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $6,400, for the purchase of fire alarm boxes, for the intersection of Millbrook Road and Nob Hill Road; the intersection of Plain Road and Glen Road; the intersection of Draper Road and Plain Road; the intersection of State Road East and Westway Road; the intersection of Rich Valley Road and State Road East; the intersection of Morse Road and State Road East; the intersection of Bennett Road and State Road East, and the necessary material for its installation, or do or act.
In accordance with the reasons set forth under Article 12. the Finance Committee does not recommend the approval of this article.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $950 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary material for its installation, to be located 2,750 feet
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in on Rice Road from Commonwealth Road East, or do or act.
In accordance with the reasons set forth under Article 12 the Finance Committee does not recommend the approval of this article.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $430 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary material for its installation at the intersection of King Street and Mitchell Street, or do or act.
In accordance with the reasons set forth under Article 12 the Finance Committee does not recommend the approval of this article.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $485 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary material for its installation at the bathing beach on Lake Cochituate, or do or act.
In accordance with the reasons set forth under Article 12 the Finance Committee does not recommend the approval of this article.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $2,020 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary material for its installation, to be located at the intersection of Stonebridge Road, Shore Drive and Overlook Road, a distance of 6,320 feet from Old Connecticut Path, or do or act.
In accordance with the reasons set forth under Article 12 the Finance Committee does not recommend the approval of this article.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $460 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary controls, and material for its installation, to work in conjunction with the automatic sprinkler system at the Wayland Grammar School, or do or act.
The funds for the installation of this alarm box have been provided for in the Fire Department budget. The
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Finance Committee does not recommend the approval of the article.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, the road known as "Fuller Road," or a portion thereof, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a plan, or plans, on file with the Town Clerk, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire necessary land by purchase, gift or otherwise, and appro- priate a sum of money for the acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way, or any portion thereof, and deter- mine how the money should be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
This and the following article came before the Town at the last Annual Meeting. The necessary preliminary steps in connection with the acceptance of the road had, at that time, not been complied with. It is the Finance Committee's understanding that the matter will be in proper form for action by the Town. The work includes the installation of about 1,550 feet of water line at a cost of $6,500 and the building of a road at a cost of about $7,000. The develop- ment of property along this road is progressing very satisfac- torily and is of a type which the Town might well encourage.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article and the appropriation of $7,000 for the work; the work to be done under the "Betterment Act."
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to install water pipes and hydrants in the ways named in the foregoing article, or in any portion thereof, and to appropriate a sum of money for the expense thereof, and determine how the money shall be raised; and will authorize such sum, or any portion thereof, to be included in any betterments that may be assessed under the preceding article, or take any action relative thereto.
This article is a companion piece to the previous article and the Finance Committee recommends its approval and the appropriation of $6,500.
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Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, the road known as "Parmenter Road," or a portion thereof, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a plan, or plans, on file with the Town Clerk, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire necessary land by purchase, gift or other- wise, and appropriate a sum of money for the acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way, or any portion thereof, and determine how the money should be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
This article seeks the acceptance of a road which was laid out by a developer some years ago; water has been in- stalled; the road has been brought to grade and the work that remains to be done is largely that of reworking the top of the grade and providing a suitable surface. The road is about 950 feet in length and most of the lots have been built on. The Highway Department estimates that the job would cost about $3,500.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article and the appropriation of $3,500, but further feels that, inasmuch as this road was laid out after the passage of our present requirements with respect to subdivisions, the work not only be done under the "Betterment Act" but that the entire cost be assessed to the abutting property.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the installation of a 12-inch line instead of an 8-inch line, for about 1,700 feet on Happy Hollow Road Extension, or do or act.
For some years the Planning Board has had under consideration the cutting through of a road from Old Connecticut Path at Maiden Lane to Cochituate Road at School Street. The owner of a portion of the land along this route is presently planning to develop about 1,700 feet of road which the Planning Board would like to make a part of a through road. Under our present subdivision regula-
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tions, the owner will be required to install either a 6-inch or 8-inch water line at his own cost, but would not be required to put in the size of line which the Water Department would like to have at this location, i.e., a 12-inch line to connect two main trunk lines along Old Connecticut Path and along Cochituate Road. The Department advises the Finance Committee that its pumping charges would be considerably reduced if the line were installed in this dimension.
The Planning Board and the Water Department, there- fore, have joined in asking that the Town pay the difference between the size of the smaller pipe required of the de- veloper and the size desired by the Town. There is about 1,700 feet of pipe required and the difference in cost, includ- ing the laying, will come to about $2.00 per foot.
The Finance Committee, therefore, recommends the ap- proval of the Article and an appropriation of $3,500 for the purpose.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be applied to the additional cost of installation of water mains in new roads in subdivisions resulting from requirement by the Planning Board of water mains larger than those necessary to serve the subdivision itself, in order to provide for water mains of adequate size to serve land not included in the subdivision, and determine how the money shall be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
This article covers in a general way the same matter treated in the previous article, but because of the large appro- priations called for in the current budget and in other articles in this Warrant, the Finance Committee recommends that any appropriation for the purpose herein outlined be deferred until next year.
Article 25. To see if the Town will take any action with respect to the establishment of a new public way leading from Maiden Lane to Cochituate Road at a point near its intersection
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with School Street, and the establishment of the exterior lines of such a way under General Laws, Chapter 41, section 81-J, or otherwise, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire any necessary land for such a way by eminent domain, purchase, gift or otherwise, and appropriate a sum of money for the acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way, and determine how the money shall be raised, or take any such action with respect to such a way or any portion thereof, or take any action relative thereto.
This article covers the same through route discussed under Article 23. At the time of writing its report, the Finance Committee had not had an opportunity to obtain all the necessary information with which to make a recommen- dation to the Town.
The Finance Committee, therefore, will defer giving a report on this matter until the Town Meeting.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the installation of a 6-inch water line in River Road from the end of the existing water line to the land of Joseph S. Vacaro, a distance of about 350 feet, or do or act.
This article stems from a request for an extension of the water line, under the program by which water lines are installed in those sections of Town roads which fit into the overall development of the Water Department, as outlined in their survey and as voted by the Town in April, 1948.
This project does not conform to those requirements. The line would be a dead-end, would serve but one house, and would cost the Town in the vicinity of $1,400 to install.
Under the circumstances, the Finance Committee does not recommend the approval of the article.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws in any or all of the following respects:
1. By striking out from part (a) 4 of Section X, the phrase
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"existing at the time this by-law is adopted."
2. By striking out the phrase "two family house" in part (a) 4 of Section X, and substituting therefor the phrase "multiple family house."
3. By adding at the end of the second sentence of part (h) of Section IX the phrase, "and none of which shall extend within ten feet of any lot line except as authorized by special permit issued by the Board of Appeals," so that said second sentence shall read as follows:
"A back yard may contain accessory buildings each of which shall not be more than one and one-half stories high and which together shall cover not more than thirty per cent of its area, and none of which shall extend within ten feet of any lot line except as author- ized by special permit issued by the Board of Appeals."
4. By adding at the end of part (c) of Section IX an addi- tional sentence as follows:
"In single residence districts when there are four or more dwellings on the same side of a street between two streets consecutively intersecting such street and within four hundred feet of the lot in question (whether such dwellings are constructed before or after this by-law shall take effect), any new building shall extend only as near such street line as the average alignment of such dwellings."
The amendments to the Zoning By-Laws here suggested are a matter on which the Planning Board will make a report to the Town and the Finance Committee feels that the Town should be guided by the recommendations so made.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the purchase, taking by eminent domain, and/or acquisition by other means, on behalf of the Town, for park, school or other muni- cipal purposes, of all or any part of a parcel of now vacant land on the southerly side of Pelham Island Road constituting a part of premises now or formerly owned or believed to be owned by
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Susie K. Erwin, or any interests therein, with or without any trees and structures thercon, said parcel being described sub- stantially as follows:
Beginning at a stone bound on the southerly side of Pelham Island Road about thirty (30) feet westerly from the westerly side line of the dwelling house on said premises of Susie K. Erwin; thence running
SOUTHERLY by a line parallel with the easterly boundary of said premises of Susie K. Erwin to land of the Town of Wayland; thence turning and running
WESTERLY by said land of the Town of Wayland to a point; thence turning and running
NORTHERLY by a line parallel with said easterly boun- dary of said premises of Susie K. Erwin to Pelham Island Road; thence turning and running
EASTERLY by Pelham Island Road five hundred fifty (550) feet to the point of beginning;
and appropriate a sum of money for the foregoing purposes, and determine how the money shall be raised; or take any action relative thereto.
At the Special Town Meeting in December, at the suggestion of the Fire Department, and at the instigation of the fire underwriters, the town voted funds for con- struction of a water line to provide additional fire protection for the High School and left open the matter of the exact route. Action on an article by which the Town would have acquired the necessary land between Pelham Island Road and the school house lot was deferred until the Annual Town Meeting. At the time of writing this report nego- tiations for the purchase of the lot had not been completed and the Finance Committee will, therefore, have to make its report at the Annual Meeting.
Article 29. To see what sum, if any, the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to meet any of the appropriations made in 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
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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 5, 1951.
Given under our hands and seal this eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one.
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 believes an accounting of Reserve Fund withdrawals is important and the following breakdown accounts for the $7,900.00 transferred: Town Office, $535.00; Town Counsel, $500.00; Police Department, $540.00; Fire De- partment, $832.00; Board of Health, $646.00; Snow Removal, $1,253.00; Water Department, $1,076.00; School Department, $1,298.00; the remaining $1,210.00 to 9 other accounts.
The operation of the consolidated Town Offices is pro- gressing satisfactorily, but it may be necessary to hire additional help as the work of the various departments increases. The equipment is functioning properly, as evidenced by the prompt- ness in getting out bills and reports.
The cost of services and government in Wayland continues to increase due to inflation, additional services, and increases in wages and salaries. The School Department expenditures in services has increased and with increased population, will un- doubtedly continue to do so. Their expenditure in interest and principal on buildings has started to decrease, but if the Town continues to expand at its present rapid rate, our existing elemen- tary schools will prove inadequate in the near future.
The expenditures of the Welfare Department continue to be high and will increase if there should be unemployment. Old Age expenditures remained the same and Aid to Dependent Children had a reduction.
The 1951 budget, as reported, amounts to $530,517.50, an increase of $36,789.05 over 1950. The increase of 1950 over 1949 amounted to $77,000; 1949 over 1948-$81,500. The principal items increased are as follows:
Town Office Salaries
$2,500.00
Printing Valuation List 750.00
Planning Board 1,600.00
Police Department
1,400.00
Fire Department
2,300.00
Dutch Elm Disease
2,500.00
Highway Department
5,000.00
Highway Department: New Equipment
1.500.00
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Welfare Department
3,000.00
School Department 25,000.00 4,500.00
Reserve Fund
The following are the major decreases in the budget:
Aid to Dependent Children
9,800.00
Park Department 700.00
Insurance
2,000.00
The articles as recommended in 1951 amount to $43,500.00, compared with $28,060.00 in 1950, an increase of $15,440.00 The amounts involved are as follows :
Chapter 90 New Construction $8,000.00
Sprinklers 10,000.00
Fire Department 5,000.00
Fuller Road Betterment
13,500.00
Water Pipe (Happy Hollow)
3,500.00
Parmenter Road (Betterment)
3,500.00
Two years ago the Town obligated itself for large capital expenditures for the School Department and the Water Depart- ment. The Fire Department's buildings and equipment require replacement and is the third capital outlay, as stated in the report of previous years. If the replacement and cost is spread over a number of years, it will not burden the Town with an excessive amount in any one year.
The increase from $8,000.00 to $12,500.00 in the Reserve Fund represents an amount of $10,000 to cover department emergencies and balances, as the sum of $8,000.00 has proved inadequate for the past two years. It is difficult to anticipate all expenditures exactly when making up a budget twelve months in advance and Special Town Meetings to cover the additional expense are costly. The additional $2,500.00 represented is for Civil Defense requirements and will only be spent in conjunction with Civilian Defense Officers. All towns and cities are setting up monies for this purpose and the Reserve Fund seemed, to all officials, to be the logical place to have the funds.
The increased cost of town services and government makes it extremely important that every one pay his fair share and this can only be done by proper assessment on all property both real and personal. We hope that all persons will cooperate with our
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Assessors in making this possible. As stated in previous years "Our resident taxpayers can be expected to bear the burden of heavy taxation only when they have confidence that the assess- ments are being made equitably."
The Finance Committee budget for the year 1951 is as follows:
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Finance Committee's Budget for 1951
1950 Appropriated
1950 Expended
1950 1951 Balance Recommended
GOVERNMENT
Moderator
$ 10.00
$10.00
$10.00
Selectmen: Salaries :
Chairman
175.00
$175.00
175.00
Clerk
175.00
175.00
175.00
3d Member
150.00
150.00
150.00
Expense
400.00
From "Reserve"
46.44
446.44
400.00
Town Office: Salaries
6,400.00
6,396.34
3.66
9,400.00
From "Water Dept."
925.00
925.00
Art. 7
Expense
225.00
From "Water Dept."
575.00
From "Reserve"
535.08
1,335.08
1,000.00
Petty Cash
50.00
Equipment & Supplies
300.00
294.89
5.11
Treasurer :
Salary
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,350.00
Expense
450.00
From "Reserve"
69.33
519.33
500.00
Tax Title Sales Expense
200.00
39.89
160.11
300.00
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Collector
Salary Expense
1950 Appropriated $3,000.00 500.00
1950 Expended $3,000.00 491.09
1950 1951 Balance Recommended
8.91
$3,300.00 500.00
Assessors :
Salaries :
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
Chairman 2d Member
800.00
800.00
1,000.00
3d Member
500.00
416.70
83.30
500.00
Expense
600.00
598.65
1.35
600.00
Assessors' Revaluation Expense
600.00
600.00
750.00
Real Estate Appraisal Survey: Expense From "Bal 1/1/50"
84.00
80.00
4.00
Assessors' Maps (Town Atlas) Map Reprinting
200.00
200.00
Town Clerk: Salary
500.00
500.00
600.00
Expense
375.00
331.89
43.11
350.00
Planning Board Expense
1.400.00
1,318.37
81.63
3,000.00
Finance Committee: Expense
30.00
27.50
2.50
30.00
Town Counsel & Legal Claims: From "Reserve"
500.00
1,395.25
4.75
900.00
Elections:
Officers
428.00
From "Reserve"
105.00
533.00
270.00
Printing Town Valuation List
1,300.00
1,300.00
1,300.00
900.00
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Expense
275.00
From "Reserve"
44.74
319.74
150.00
Registrars :
Salaries :
Registration Listing
100.00
100.00
100.00
500.00
500.00
750.00
Transportation
100.00
100.00
125.00
Clerical Work
150.00
150.00
150.00
Supplies
150.00
116.43
33.57
100.00
Town Hall: Maintenance
2,450.00
From "Reserve"
292.79
2,742.79
2,450.00
PROTECTION
Police Dept .: Salary-Chief
3,200.00
3,200.00
3,600.00
Car Purchase & Exp.
900.00
888.68
11.32
900.00
Expense
2,000.00
From "Reserve"
522.60
2,522.60
3,000.00
Signs & Traffic Lines
200.00
From "Reserve"
19.85
219.85
200.00
Fire Dept .:
Salaries
1,725.00
From "Reserve"
803.48
2,528.48
1,625.00
Expense
3,500.00
From "Reserve"
29.41
3,529.41
3,300.00
New Equipment: Hose
1,500.00
1,500.00
3,300.00
Wire Replacement
1,800.00
1,796.21
3.79
550.00
Tree Trimming
300.00
1950 Appropriated $44.00
1950 Expended $327.50
1950 1951 Balance Recommended
$16.50
$300.00
From "Bal. 1/1/50" Alarm System-Recorder & Boxes
1,080.00
Coats
300.00
Tires
700.00
Truck Overhaul
1,000.00
Oil Burner Inspection
300.00
300.00
300.00
Equipment for Riverview
550.00
546.40
3.60
Alarm Box-Durley Road
690.00
687.16
2.84
Alarm Box-Valley View & Oak Street
520.00
518.28
1.72
Air Whistle-Town Hall
3,400.00
2,500.00
900.00
Building Inspection:
Salaries:
Building & Wire
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,400.00
Plumbing
300.00
300.00
300.00
Expense
250.00
246.01
3.99
250.00
Zoning Board of Appeals: Expense
25.00
24.10
.90
40.00
Moth Dept:
Expense (includes wages) Private Work
500.00
499.15
85
500.00
Public Work
1,500.00
From "Reserve"
3.10
1,503.10
1,500.00
Dutch Elm Disease
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From "Meeting 12/11/50"
2,500.00
528.50
1,971.50
2,500.00
Tree Warden : Salary
600.00
600.00
600.00
Expense (incl. wages)
600.00
From "Reserve"
232.75
832.75
600.00
Pruning & First Aid Work 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
75.00
61.94
$13.06
75.00
HEALTH Health Dept: Board-Salaries :
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Chairman
50.00
50.00
50.00
Clerk
75.00
75.00
75.00
3d Member
50.00
50.00
50.00
Expense
50.00
Appropriation:
2,200.00
From "Reserve"
646.69
2,846.69
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
1,300.00
1,300.00
District & School Nurse:
Salary
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,700.00
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Transportation Expense
75.00
25.27
75.00
Inspection of Animals
150.00
150.00
150.00
Garbage Collection From "Bal. 1/1/50"
3,328.00
172.00
3,500.00
3,500.00
HIGHWAYS
Highway Dept .: (includes salaries)
30,000.00
29,990.72
9.28
35,000.00
Snow Removal
6,500.00
From "Reserve"
1,253.86
7,753.86
5,000.00
Care of Town Dumps
2,000.00
1,983.49
16.51
2,000.00
Dump Area Rental
50.00
Road Machinery Account
1,500.00
1,498.67
1.33
1,500.00
New Equipment
3,500.00
3,304.12
195.88
5,000.00
Station Lot Parking Improvement
500.00
Baldwin Pond Drainage
200.00
Highway Lighting
6,500.00
5,870.77
629.23
6,500.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
From "Town"
1,400.00
1,500.00
From "State & County"
2,800.00
4,199.62
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Chapter 90 Construction:
Main Street, Wayland From "Bal 1/1/50"
598.87
598.87
1950 Appropriated $700.00
1950 Expended 700.00 49.73
1950 1951 Balance Recommended
$700.00
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Main Street, Cochituate From "Town"
6,000.00
From "State & County"
18,000.00
23,994.40
5.60
Art. 8
Road Construction Betterments:
Overlook Rd .- From "Bal. 1/1/50"
705.03
676.72
28.31
Riverview Ave .- From "Bal. 1/1/50"
745.46
662.62
$2.84
Adelaide Ave .- From "Bal. 1/1/50"
758.60
758.34
.26
Riverview Cir. (1st) From "Bal 1/1/50"
806.97
781.30
25.67
Riverview Cir. (2d)
7,300.00
5,507.61
1,792.39
Rich Valley Rd. & Hayward Rd.
5,000.00
340.50
4,659.50
WELFARE
Public Welfare Board:
Salaries :
Board Chairman
100.00
100.00
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