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Question Number Two
A. Shall the pari-mutual system of bet- ting on licensed horse races be per- mitted in this county?
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B. Shall the pari-mutual system of bet- ting on licensed dog races be per- mitted in this county ?
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VOTES ENACTED AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 3, 1954
Wayland, Massachusetts Town Clerk's Office
Howard S. Russell, Moderator :-
The Moderator was duly sworn in by the Town Clerk.
The Assistant Moderator, Mr. William A. Loker, was sworn in by the Moderator, as were the eight persons, who checked in the citizens at the door.
Pursuant to the Warrant, dated February 1, 1954, and signed by Gerald Henderson, John W. Leavitt and William A. Loker, Selectmen, service and return of said Warrant having been duly made by Constable, Thomas Francis Linnehan, the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland met this day; and at 7:45 P. M. the Moderator called the meeting to order, declared a quorum to be present, and the meeting proceeded to transact the following business :
Article 1. To hear the reports of the Town Officers, Agents and Committees, and act thereon.
Mr. John W. Leavitt, Chairman, read the report of the Special Committee to Study the Question of a Full-time Fire Department. The committee did not recommend establishment of a full-time fire depart- ment at this time. But it had worked out an alternative arrangement with the cooperation of the Natick Fire Department and the New Eng- land Telephone and Telegraph Company for 24-hour coverage, which the Town otherwise would not enjoy under the expected telephone change- over to a dial system in both precincts.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was :
Voted unanimously: To accept the report of this Committee with its recommendation as read.
Mr. John A. Brownell, Chairman, read the report of the Committee on Establishment of Electric Power Manufacture, etc. As in the previous year, the Committee reported that, although Wayland electric power rates were excessively high, due to the existing monopoly in this public utility, it still would not be practical to manufacture, or purchase for distribution, such power because of the limited size of our town. It would be more practical, however, in the event that our daytime power load should be increased to a substantial degree, for example by rezoning to admit industrial use in Wayland of electrical power.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted unanimously: To accept the report of this Committee with its recommendations, as read.
Mr. Norman G. Fair read the report of the Moderator's Committee to Study the Establishment of a Regional Health System.
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This Committee had met with representatives from neighboring towns to exchange ideas on the question. The State law, requiring that Regional Health Unions be formed in towns under 35,000 population, was amended in July, 1953, making the law permissive instead of com- pulsory. This Committee felt that the towns in the Wayland area should postpone such concerted effort because:
1.) The public was not sufficiently informed in the matter;
2.) Our town's contribution to the venture would not, at present, meet the minimum requirements as to finances, personnel or time;
3.) It could not be known, at this time, to what extent the Par- menter Health Center, now under construction, would fulfill the health needs of the Town.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted unanimously: To accept the Committee's report with the recommendations therein, as read.
Mr. John C. Quinn read the Report of the Water Fluoridation Com- mittee. The Committee felt that, while their study had been careful and comprehensive, it could not surely say that the advantages would outweigh the doubts. There was the further question of whether fluoridation of the town water system would constitute enforced medical treatment. The Committee felt that its existence should be continued, for further study of the question, giving time and opportunity to acquire useful statistics through possible cooperation with the proposed Par- menter Health Center and the State Division of Dental Health, the Committee to report its further findings and recommendations at a sub- sequent town meeting.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: To accept the report of this Committee as read, with its recommendations; that the Committee be continued in existence and that it report to the Town at a later meeting.
Mrs. Joyce Bertelsen read the report of the Moderator's Committee to Study Mosquito Control. The Committee felt that an effective pro- gram would require drainage, spraying and oiling, to be conducted in cooperation with all surrounding towns. The Committee recommended and requested that it be continued in existence in order that it might further develop and perfect constructive plans toward such a program, final recommendations to be given at the next Annual Town Meeting.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: To accept the report of this Committee, with its recom- mendations, as read.
Mr. Harvey C. Newton spoke briefly for the School Site Committee, which was shortly to be reactivated, after the work of previous months on the new elementary school currently under construction.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: That this Committee be continued in existence for further study of School Site needs.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: That the Recreation Committee be continued in operation.
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Mr. William A. Waldron, in behalf of the Regional School Study Committee, stated that no official report of this Committee had been prepared at this time.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: That this Committee be continued in existence, and that it report to the Town at a subsequent Town Meeting.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: That the reports of the various departments printed in the Town Report, with the exception of the Finance Committee Report, be accepted as written.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: That Article 25 of this Warrant be considered immediately after Article 4.
Vote: "Yes" 751 "No" 38 Total: 789
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents and Com- mittees not elected by the official ballot.
Motion : That the present Trustees of the Allen Fund continue to serve in that capacity.
Amendment to the Motion: That the Town Clerk be instructed to cast one ballot for the persons so designated.
Voted : In favor of this motion, as amended.
Motion : That Joseph H. Decatur, Thomas F. Linnehan and Arthur Marston continue to serve as Measurers of Wood and Bark.
Amendment to the Motion: That the Measurers of Wood and Bark be increased in number, by the addition of four names to the foregoing nominations.
Voted. Not to accept the amendment to this Motion.
Voted: (As originally moved and seconded) That Joseph H. Decatur, Thomas F. Linnehan and Arthur Marston continue to serve as Measurers of Wood and Bark.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: That Thomas F. Linnehan and Arthur F. Marston continue to serve as Surveyors of Lumber for the coming year.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: That the Selectmen again serve as Fence Viewers, for the coming year.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted : That the Constables again serve as Field Drivers, for the coming year.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: That the Moderator designate the Memorial Day Commit- tee, for this year, as he has done in previous years.
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Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a by-law estab- lishing a plan classifying any or all positions, other than those filled by popular election and those under the direction and control of the School Committee, into groups and classes doing substantially similar work, or having substantially equal responsibilities; to formulate a plan estab- lishing maximum and minimum salaries to be paid to employees in posi- tions so classified, all in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 108A; to act upon the recommendations of the com- mittee established by vote under Article 5 of the Warrant for the 1953 Annual Town meeting; or take any other action relative thereto.
Mr. Archibald Cox, Chairman of the Committee on Compensation of Town Employees, pointed out that the Committee's Report had been distributed by mail to the voters.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
Voted: That pursuant to the authority conferred by General Laws Chapter 41, Section 108A, the Town adopt a by-law, classifying town positions and providing maximum and minimum compensation for the employees so classified, in the exact words and figures appearing on pages 7-14 of the Report heretofore distributed, to wit :-
WAGE AND SALARY CLASSIFICATION PLAN TOWN OF WAYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS
ARTICLE I PERSONNEL BOARD
SECTION 1. There shall be a Personnel Board of five members ap- pointed by the Selectmen, who shall have power to fill vacancies. In the beginning one member shall be appointed for one year, a second member for two years, a third for three years, a fourth for four years, and a fifth for five years. Thereafter each member shall be appointed for a term of five years. No member of the Personnel Board shall be an employee of the Town or hold Town office. Members of the Personnel Board shall serve without compensation.
SECTION 2. The Personnel Board shall have the following powers and duties -
(a) to administer this Wage and Salary Classification Plan (here- after called "Plan") in cooperation with the Town Boards and Departments affected ;
(b) to establish such central personnel files for all employees as it deems useful in the administration of the Plan; and
(c) to review the operation of the Plan annually, including mini- mum and maximum wage and salary brackets, and recommend to the Town any appropriate changes.
In the case of any dispute concerning the interpretation or admin- istration of the Plan the decision of the Personnel Board shall be final subject to an appeal to the Town at the next Town meeting.
SECTION 3. The Personnel Board shall meet as often as necessary to consider such business as may be presented by Town officials, Town employees or other interested persons, but not less often than quarterly. Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and all action
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shall be taken by a majority of the members present at a Board meeting; provided that the Board may delegate to the chairman power to act at any time on routine matters at the request of the employing agency, subject to appeal to the full Board.
ARTICLE II JOB CLASSIFICATIONS - SALARY OR WAGE BRACKETS
SECTION 1. The positions of all Town employees, except as herein- after provided, are classified under the following job titles with the mini- mum and maximum wage or salary rates set forth:
SCHEDULE OF SALARIES AND WAGE RATES FOR CLASSIFIED POSITIONS
Position
Min
1 yr.
2 yrs. After
3 yrs.
4 yrs.
Max. Merit
Administrative and Clerical - All Departments
Accountant
$3000 $3100 $3200 $3300 $3400 $3500
Sec'y - Principal Clerk
2600
2700
2800
2900
3000
3100
Senior Clerk
2200
2300
2400
2500
2600
2700
Junior Clerk
1800
1880
1960
2040
2120
2200
Junior Clerk - Part time
$1.00
an hour
Public Safety
Police Chief
$3900 $4020 $4140 $4260 $4380 $4500 3300 3420 3540 3660 3780 3900
First Officer
Call Men - Police
$1.50 an hour 1.50 an hour
Inspection - Bldg., Wire, Oil
Burner (Part-time employment) 2325 2415
2505
2595
2685
2775
Public Health and Welfare
School Nurse
$2600 $2700 $2800 $2900 $3000 $3100
Recreation
Librarian
$3400 $3520 $3640 $3760 $3880 $4000
Ass't Librarian
2500 2600
2700
2800
2900
3000
Junior Librarian
1800
1880
1960
2040
2120
2200
Junior Librarian - Part time
$1.00 an hour
Public Works
Highway Supt.
$4400 $4520 $4640 $4760 $4880 $5000
Water Supt.
4400
4520
4640
4760
4880
5000
Park Supt.
3000
3120
3240
3360
3480
3600
Cemetery and Moth Control
3100
3220
3340
3460
3580
3700
Second Man - Hwy.
3300
3420
3540
3660
3780
3900
Second Man - Water
3300
3420
3540
3660
3780
3900
Heavy Equipment Operator and Laborer (includes only
such equipment as heavy roller, grader, and large bulldozer)
$1.50 an hour
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Atter
After
After
Call Men - Fire
Equipment Operator and La- borer (includes all truck drivers, most regular Water Dept. employees, and other operators of automotive equipment exercising skill and responsibility)
1.40 an hour
Laborer-Regular (also includes operators of such very light equipment as hand or power lawn mowers, sidewalk sweepers, etc.)
1.30 an hour
Laborer-Probationary (first 90 days)
1.15 an hour
Laborer-Casual or part time
1.15 an hour
SECTION 2. The Personnel Board may prepare such additional job descriptions to supplement the foregoing job titles as it deems desirable.
SECTION 3. If it becomes necessary during any year for any employ- ing agency of the Town to hire a regular employee to do work not covered by an existing classification, the Personnel Board may establish a tempo- rary new classification but the same shall be submitted to the Town as a proposed amendment to the Plan in the next warrant for a regular Town meeting.
SECTION 4. Upon request of an employing agency the Personnel Board is authorized, for cause shown, to convert an hourly rate shown in the foregoing schedule into a salary or a salary into an hourly rate, provided that no change shall be made which will increase or reduce the average earnings of any employee.
SECTION 5. The wages and salaries of Town employees shall be fixed in strict accordance with this Plan. No Town Board, Commission, Committee, Department, official or employee (herein sometimes referred to as an "employing agency") shall pay or employ any person a salary or wage not fixed in accordance with this Plan and approved by the Per- sonnel Board hereunder.
ARTICLE III
SECTION 1. Every present Town employee not exempted by Article VIII, Section 1, shall be placed in the appropriate job classification and assigned the appropriate salary or wage rate immediately after this Plan becomes effective in the following manner :
(a) Each employing agency shall review the status of all its em- ployees and prepare a recommendation to the Personnel Board tentatively assigning each employee to the appropriate classifi- cation and indicating the rate within any salary bracket to which his years of service entitle him.
(b) The Personnel Board shall immediately consider such recom- mendations and approve those which conform to the Plan. Any recommendation which the Personnel Board finds not in accord- ance with the Plan may be modified after consultation with the employing agency and the classification determined by the Personnel Board shall be made effective.
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(c) Town employees shall receive their present rates of compensa- tion until classified and assigned a salary or wage rate in ac- cordance with this Article. When the classification has been approved by the Personnel Board, the salary or wage rate indicated shall be paid retroactive to January 1, 1954.
SECTION 2. No present Town employee shall have his salary or wage rate reduced as a result of the adoption of this Plan. If any em- ployee is receiving a salary or wage rate exceeding the maximum rate for his classification, he shall continue to receive his present rate as a personal rate so long as he holds the job - unless a general adjustment is voted in Town meeting. No employee hired during the calendar year 1953 under an agreement calling for a specified increase during the calendar year 1954 shall be paid less than the wage or salary agreed upon.
SECTION 3. No present Town employee shall receive an immediate wage or salary increase amounting to more than $200 for the calendar year 1954 as a result of the adoption of this Plan; provided that the Per- sonnel Board may waive the provisions of this section in the case of present hourly rated employees where necessary to achieve the type of rate structure contemplated by Article II. After January 1, 1955, all employees affected by this $200 limitation shall be paid the full wage or salary shown in Article II according to their classifications and years of service.
SECTION 4. Any employee who believes that he has not been properly classified under the Plan may complain to the Personnel Board by filing a grievance under Article VII.
ARTICLE IV NEW EMPLOYES - RECLASSIFICATION
SECTION 1. An individual newly hired by the Town or permanently transferred from one job to another shall be paid the minimum salary or wage rate for his classification except as hereinafter provided. The appointing agency shall report all transfers and, so as practicable, all proposed hirings to the Personnel Board in advance of appointment for approval of the employee's classification and salary or wage rate. When prior consultation is impractical, the appointing agency may hire an individual subject to review of his classification and salary or wage rate by the Personnel Board. The Personnel Board shall have no power to limit the number of employees hired or determine the kinds of work to be done or services to be performed by any employing agency of the Town.
SECTION 2. Where in the judgment of the Personnel Board and the employing agency, unfairness would otherwise result, a Town employee assigned to work of a different classification for a temporary but sub- stantial period, (not less than fifteen consecutive working days), shall be paid the minimum rate for that classification for as long as he does such work.
SECTION 3. The duties of any employee may be reviewed by an employing agency upon request of the employee or its own initiative. If it appears to the employing agency that such employee belongs in a higher job classification because of changes in the nature of his duties, the em- ploying agency may recommend his reclassification to the Personnel
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Board, which shall then review the facts and approve or deny the pro- posed reclassification. A reclassified employee shall be paid as an em- ployee newly hired or transferred to the job as of the date the reclassifi- cation is approved.
SECTION 4. Where the Personnel Board finds that a qualified worker is not otherwise available for a job in the employ of the Town or serious unfairness would result, a new employee may be hired above the minimum for the bracket by crediting him with his experience in com- parable jobs for other employers.
SECTION 5. Where an employee is to be hired or transferred to a skilled or semi-skilled hourly rated job on a trial basis, the employing agency may, with the approval of the Personnel Board, hire him at a rate ten cents an hour below the rate fixed by Article II, for a period not exceeding 120 days.
ARTICLE V INCREASES WITHIN ESTABLISHED RATE RANGES
SECTION 1. After each of his first four years of service in a job classification (but beginning after the next payroll period) a salaried employee shall be eligible for the step increase shown in the Schedule of Salary and Wage Rates. Step increases will be granted only upon written recommendation of the employing agency with the approval of the Per- sonnel Board.
The intent of this provision of the Plan is to enable the Town to reward good and faithful service. It is contemplated that such increases will normally be granted but increases will be withheld in any case where the employee has not progressed rapidly enough to merit the increase set forth in the schedule. In putting the Plan into effect under Article III present Town employees will be given credit for prior years of service in their present positions.
SECTION 2. The final step increase shown in the Schedule of Sal- aries and Wage Rates is reserved for recognition of special merit shown by employees of more than five years service. Such an increase will not be granted merely for length of service or normal attention to duties but is reserved for extraordinary cases.
ARTICLE VI EMERGENCY WORK
SECTION 1. An hourly rated employee (other than a police or fire department call man) required to work between 10 P. M. and 6 A. M. because of an emergency outside his regular working hours shall be paid a premium of ten cents an hour in addition to his regular rate of pay.
ARTICLE VII GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
SECTION 1. Any employee who feels aggrieved by the administration of any provision of this Plan may take the matter up with his immediate supervisor.
SECTION 2. If the matter is not cleared up following a discussion with the immediate supervisor, the employee may submit his complaint
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to the employing agency in writing, which shall then give the employee an informal hearing and attempt to reach a mutually satisfactory adjust- ment.
SECTION 3. If the matter is not satisfactorily settled within two weeks after a written complaint is made, either party may submit the question to the Personnel Board. The Personnel Board shall take the matter under advisement, may hold a public or private hearing and shall render a final and binding decision within thirty days.
ARTICLE VIII EXEMPTIONS
SECTION 1. No provision of this Plan shall apply to the official duties of any elected Town officer, to any fire department officer other than call men, to any employee of the School Committee unless brought under the Plan by the Personnel Board upon request of the School Com- mittee nor to any of the following work or positions while performed on a part-time basis:
Secretary to Selectmen
Registrars - Clerical work
Cemetery Department - Clerk
Park Department - Clerical
Highway Department - Clerk
Planning Board clerical assistance
Fire station janitors
Town Hall janitor Library janitors
Election Wardens
Election Officers and Tellers
Registrars - Listing Milk Inspection
Inspepctor of Animals Veteran's Agent
Article 4. To grant money for necessary Town purposes.
Motion duly made and seconded: That the Report of the Finance Committee be accepted and that its recommendations be adopted :
That the sums of money recommended in the Finance Committee budget, as printed, with the addition of :
$1,031.87 for Town Reports 2,800.00 for Garbage Removal
3,100.00 for Librarian - Appropriation
300.00 for Park Dept. - Expense
2,000.00 for Board of Health - Appropriation
be granted, appropriated and assessed for the several purposes desig- nated, making a total budget appropriation of $833,226.37 and that the same be expended for the purposes shown, under the direction of the respective boards, committees and officers of the Town;
That, under "Fire Alarm System Extension Concord Road", there be added the following: "and other roads"
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That the Town office force be constituted as follows: Town Account- ant, Water Clerk, Assessors' Clerk, Collector's Clerk (also serving as Assistant Collector) and such other clerical assistants as is deemed necessary to perform the duties and assume the responsibility for work as outlined in the Finance Committee Report of 1949, all to be appointed by and supervised by the Board of Selectmen;
That the operation of the dumps be under the supervision of the Highway Department;
That the money from Dog Taxes be allocated in its entirety to the Library - Expense Account;
That the District and School Nurse be under the supervision of the Health Department and assigned for school work during appropriate hours of the day;
That the work on Assessors' Maps continued to be done under the joint supervision of the Planning Board and the Board of Assessors;
That the supervision of the job of street numbering and appropria- tion therefor be the responsibility of the Planning Board;
That the gift to the Library pursuant to the Town vote of November 30, 1953 be made available for expenditure along with other amounts appropriated by the Town under the budget for general expenses of the Library;
That the Tax Collector continue to act as Collector for the Water Department and that fees for demands on overdue water bills be credited by the Collector to the Water Department;
That the salaries of the Cemetery Superintendent and the Moth Superintendent be paid as one salary :
That the Salaries of the Building and Wire Inspector and Oil Bur- ner Inspector be paid as one salary;
That the wage rate for hourly employees in all departments be as set forth in the plan as proposed by the Salary and Wage Co-ordinating Committee;
That the number of hours per week be set at 48 for the Water De- partment and at 44 for the Highway Department;
That the unexpended balances in the following accounts be trans- ferred to "Excess and Deficiency":
Purchase Fire Truck Pumpers
$480.10
Chapter 90 Maintenance - 1953
1.10
Fuller Road - Betterment 132.32
Woodridge Road - Acceptance
1.00
High School Flagpole
$44.00
Purchase of land for School, Road, Water 2.00
Oak Street - Relocation of water main
147.71
$808.23
and that the following accounts be transferred to "Water Available Sur- plus":
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Water Department Maintenance - 1953 $7,272.01 Construction of Road to Pumping Stations .16 Installation of Electric Controls 944.64
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