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The polls were opened for the reception of ballots at 8:00 o'clock A.M.
The returns were made to the Town Clerk from Precinct 1 at 4:10 o'clock, Precinct 2 at 4:10 o'clock, Precinct 3 at 5:14 o'clock and Precinct 4 at 2:24 o'clock, all on the morning of April 23, 1963.
The vote was tabulated by the Town Clerk and the declara- . tion of the result was made on April 23, 1963, at 6:00 o'clock A.M.
The total number of votes cast in four precincts were as follows:
Precinct 1 - 1008
Precinct 2 - 1225
Precinct 3 - 1120
Precinct 4 - 1222
Total Vote - 4575
- Precincts -
Moderator (1 year)
1
2
3
4
Total
Joseph A. Lombardi
760
889
810
879
3338
Blanks
248
336
310
343
1237
TOTAL
1008
1225
1120
1222
4575
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- Precincts -
Selectman (3 years)
1
2
3
4
Total
John P. Courtney
481
548
537
564
21 30
George F. Cullen
429
583
504
777
2293
Bernard Davidson
1 94
360
334
270
1158
John R. O'Riley
598
578
567
505
2248
Blanks
314
381
298
328
1321
TOTAL
2016
2450
2240
2444
9150
Assessor (3 years)
William A. Strickland
380
507
465
306
1658
Alfred L. George
99
61
76
31
267
Edward J. Roycroft
264
383
286
396
1329
George H. White
203
199
202
435
1039
Blanks
62
78
91
55
286
TOTAL
1008
1225
1120
1222
4575
School Committee (3 years)
Charles E. Green, Jr.
664
727
573
582
2546
Patricia Molloy McDermott
493
512
514
517
2036
John F. Brack
273
380
356
522
1531
Stanley M. Rice
284
431
442
382
1539
Blanks
302
400
355
441
1498
TOTAL
2016
2450
2240
2444
91 50
Trustee Stetson School Fund (3 years)
Marjorie E. Conley
805
987
879
958
3629
Blanks
203
238
241
264
946
TOTAL
1008
1225
1120
1222
4575
Board of Health (3 years)
F. Randolf Philbrook
854
1033
960
975
3822
Blanks
154
192
160
247
753
TOTAL
1008
1225
1120
1222
4575
Tax Collector (1 year)
Edward F. Berry
853
1035
920
1036
3844
Blanks
155
1 90
200
1 86
731
TOTAL
1008
1225
1120
1222
4575
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- Precincts-
Water Commissioner (3 years)
1
2
3
4
Total
William J. Almond
856
998
902
940
3696
Blanks
152
227
218
282
879
TOTAL
1008
1225
1120
1222
4575
Planning Board (5 years)
George F. Hoeg
408
469
438
472
1 787
George E. Bonney
391
293
238
262
1184
Marnold Tagrin
136
375
364
345
1220
Blanks
73
88
80
143
384
TOTAL
1008
1225
1120
1222
4575
QUESTION No. 1
"Shall an act passed by the Gen-
eral Court in the year nineteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled 'An Act providing life tenure for Edward F. Berry, incumbent of the office of tax collector of the town of Randolph', be accepted ? "
YES
402
478
404
513
1797
NO
444
558
534
529
2065
Blanks
162
189
182
180
713
TOTAL
1008
1225
1120
1222
4575
QUESTION No. 2
"Shall the town pay one-half the premium costs payable by a retired employee for group life insurance and for group general or blanket hospital, surgical and medical in- surance ? "
YES
430
519
466
501
1916
NO
432
557
513
555
2056
Blanks
146
149
141
166
602
TOTAL
1008
1225
1120
1222
4575
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Town Meeting Members - Precinct 1 (* Number of years in term of office)
John T. Callahan, Jr.>
607
Rose E. Courtney **
606
Robert L. Daley ** 615
Raymond DeRosa* *
472
Alfred L. George*>
512
William R. Hurley* *
609
James Jimoulis ***
498
Elizabeth D. Linfield* *
504
Frank H. Linfield ***
503
William H. McDermott›
520
Eugene J. Pignatelli* *
513
Sidney Tucker ***
496
Wilmer S. Young ** *
560
Lawrence A. Bennett:
464
Frank C. Brodil ***
614
Robert J. Clairmont
360
Charles D. Foley ***
588
Albin W. Johnson* *
417
Thomas F. Kennedy **
*
462
Gordon C. Lee
338
F. Randolf Philbrook
599
Patrick J. Printz
295
Henry Sandler
350
Walter C. Winston, Jr. ***
431
John Dangoja
1
Robert LeonBruno
1
Blanks
8,227
Total
20,160
Roger Michael Cevolani
614
Sandra M. Dennis **
545
Blanks
857
Total
2,016
Hyman Finn*
557
Blanks
451
Total
1,008
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Town Meeting Members - Precinct 2
Norman F. Ayers*
631
Ruth C. Bakerman
499
Leslie A. Claff **
630
Mark F. Conley* **
537
William R. Curran, Sr. *
665
William R. Curran, Jr .*
619
Charles E. Green, Jr .*
667
Marguerite M. Green*
537
Robert A. Howe ***
545
Helen R. Millen ***
448
Patricia C. Molloy ***
539
Donald E. Morrison*>
512
Herbert G. Pelissier*
530
Henry J. Rota ***
635
Clarence B. Strickland
603
Joseph R. Welch ***
485
Bernard F. White
514
Gary D. Cooper
262
Bernard Davidson*
454
John J. Doyle
443
Sumner D. Gorodetzer
284
Nathan Green
346
Phyllis Gurney
306
Howard J. Holmes
328
Henry E. Lesser
282
Howard M. Mason
329
Robert J. McGillicuddy
408
Eugene Solon
257
Gloria M. Solon
252
Thomas M. Sullivan
422
James J. Tantillo
363
Albert L. Willis ***
566
Nancy S. Willis ***
495
George F. Kiley, Jr.
1
Grace MacLoud
2
P. Carey
1
Blanks
9,073
Total
24,500
Seymour C. Firth*
836
Blanks
389
Total
1,225
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Precinct 2 (Continued)
Charles A. Brennan*
861
Blanks
364
Total
1,225
Town Meeting Members - Precinct 3
Bernard J. Berger›
629
Nuno M. Costa ***
600
Anthony DeSisto ***
588
James C. Emerson **
595
Edward F. Fahey*>
634
Barbara J. Jaques*
588
William J. Killoran *
604
Rose Lesser **
601
Joseph B. Lit*
610
Edward I. Mann ***
624
Vera R. Michaelson*
617
Willis H. Michaelson*
610
G. Helen Pelissier*
626
Herbert H. Saunders>
596
Alan H. Taylor ***
573
Grace J. Wall **
580
Irving J. Yoffa*
584
Selma Lit ***
586
Daniel J. Murray
593
Herbert Murray*
34
Blanks
10,928
Total
22,400
James F. Hutchinson*
724
Jerome L. Maltz*
32
Louis W. Rotman*
25
Blanks
339
Total
1,120
Town Meeting Members - Precinct 4
Robert T. Brewster*
697
Patrick M. Coughlin **
673
Oscar A. Foote ***
715
Edward T. Holland ***
667
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Precinct 4 (Continued)
James T. Keating, Jr. * *
657
George J. Kent ***
616
John T. McLaughlin>
628
Frederick B. Merry*
652
Leo T. O'Neill ***
640
Edward J. Roycroft* *
805
William M. Stewart* *
643
W. Blair Stymest **
635
George C. Beatty*
654
Robert G. Gaynor **
603
John William Griffin*
581
Edward I. Hoffman
524
Oscar H. Meissner*
564
Paul J. Mueller
526
James P. Richards*
554
Ralph Seaverns*
607
Harvey W. Teed ** *
630
Jerome E. Walsh*
573
Blanks
10,606
Total
24,440
Robert A. DeCelle*
565
John C. Downing **
427
Harold Fishman
251
Barbara C. Gaynor
413
Blanks
788
Total
2,444
Polls were closed at eight o'clock in the evening.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
May 6, 1963
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Board of Selectmen and dated the eighth day of April, A.D., 1963, duly posted by Carl L. Macauley, Constable, the citizens of Randolph assembled at the Randolph High School Auditorium, Memorial Parkway in Ran- dolph, on the sixth day of May, 1963. The meeting was called to order at 8:00 o'clock P.M., voted adjourned until 8:15 and again until 8:25 P. M. at which time it reconvened. Moderator Lom- bardi called the meeting to order and administered the oath of
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office to the newly elected and re-elected town meeting members and then appointed Messrs. Harold Holbrook, Seymour Firth, and George White to act as Tellers.
The Moderator led the meeting in prayer and the observance of a minute of silence in honor of Fire Chief Paul Anderson re- cently deceased. Following the observance of the minute of si- lence, the Moderator read a resolve expressing the appreciation of the town for the years of faithful service which Fire Chief Anderson had given. This resolve had been unanimously passed by the Board of Selectmen and will be framed and presented to Chief Anderson's widow.
Temporary Assistant Town Clerk Henry L. Lowd read the Town Meeting Warrant return of service.
ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on the report of any commit- tee and choose any committee the Town may think proper.
ARTICLE 1. Mr. Courtney moved that the Moderator appoint a committee of nine to study the present town government and re- port back at the next annual town meeting with recommended changes if any are needed. Said committee to be composed of town meeting members. Motion was seconded.
Mr. Davidson offered an amendment that the committee of nine be appointed by the Board of Selectmen with the authority to draw up three proposed forms of government for the town of Randolph, each with a full-time administrator. These three forms of government shall be a Mayor-Council, limited Town Meeting member form; a Town Manager-Selectmen, limited Town Meeting member form; and a form of government of the Committee's own choice. This government study commit- tee shall report back to a special Town Meeting to be called sometime in October, 1963. No elected official other than town meeting members shall be eligible to serve on the above commit- tee. Amendment was seconded and DEFEATED.
Mr. Courtney's motion was put to a voice vote. The Moderator stated he was in doubt as to the outcome of the vote and asked for a hand vote. Courtney's motion was ruled DEFEATED by a hand vote as follows: No - 84, Yes - 82.
Mr. Davidson doubted the vote, requesting a standing vote. Courtney's motion was ruled VOTED by a stand- ing vote as follows: Yes - 96, No - 88.
Mr. Wehner moved that no reconsideration of any article be made until every article in the warrant has been taken care of. Motion seconded and VOTED by a voice vote.
Mr. Courtney moved that the Moderator ap- point a committee of 15 to investigate the possibility of reducing the Town Meeting membership and report back at the next Annual Town Meeting. Said committee to be composed of three members
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from each of the four precincts and three shall be from the mem - bers at large. Motion seconded and DEFEATED by a voice vote.
ARTICLE 2. To hear and act on reports of Town Officers.
ARTICLE 2. Mr. Schneider reported for the By-Law Com- mittee.
Mr. McGerrigle reported for the Randolph Re- gional Vocational District Planning Committee.
Mr. Walsh moved that a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to study the Betterments Act as a- dopted by the Town of Randolph and to report back to the next Special or Annual Town Meeting with a recommended policy on Betterments for the Town of Randolph. Motion was seconded and VOTED by a voice vote.
Mr. Roycroft moved adjournment at 11:00 o'clock P. M., for re- convenement. on Tuesday evening, May 7, at 8:00 P. M. Motion was seconded and VOTED, by a voice vote.
Mr. Carlino reported for the Sewer Commis - sion. Motion was made and seconded that the reports of the offi- cers, as printed in the Town Report, be accepted. VOTED.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $35.00 for the maintenance and lighting of the clock in the tower of the First Baptist Church, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen ..
ARTICLE 3. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED, unanimously.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $35.00 for the maintenance and lighting of the clock in the tower of the First Congregational Church, as peti- tioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 4. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED, unanimously.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to bor - row some money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1964 and to issue notes therefor payable within one year, all in accordance with the Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 44, as petitioned for by Edward T. Clark.
ARTICLE 5. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED, unanimously.
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ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Per- sonnel By-Law, Section 3, as follows:
By striking out the first sentence of sub-section (a) and substituting the following:
There shall be a Personnel Board consisting of five unpaid members, appointed by the Selectmen responsible for the administration of the classification and compensation plan.
And further amending the By-Law by striking out the first sentence of Section 3, sub-section (b) and inserting in place thereof the following: (b) The members of the Board shall serve for a term as follows:
two for three years two for two years one for one year
as petitioned for by Henry J. Rota and others.
ARTICLE 6. Finance Committee moved not recommended. Mr. Rota moved an amendment that the article be accepted as written. Seconded and DEFEATED by a voice vote. Finance Committee's motion not to recommend VOTED by a voice vote. Article 6 not recommended.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to amend section 12 of the Personnel By-Law as follows by inserting under Labor Group-Water Dept. - "normal work week", as petitioned for by the Personnel Board.
ARTICLE 7. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a voice vote.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to amend section 12 of the Personnel By-Law as follows under the Public Safety Group to reduce the work week of regular firefighters to 52 hours per week effective July 1, 1963 and a further reduction to 48 hours per week effective July 1, 1964, as petitioned for by the Personnel Board.
ARTICLE 8. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a unanimous voice vote.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money sufficient for the salaries of 3 additional men for the Fire Department ef- fective July 1, 1963 to be classified by the Personnel Board, as petitioned for by the Personnel Board.
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ARTICLE 9. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a unanimous voice vote.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 7, Schedule B, Schedule C, Schedule D, the Police-Fire Annual Schedule and Section 8 by raising and appropriating or transfer- ring from available funds a sum of money sufficient to provide a 4 per cent increase in salary for all Town Employees under the jurisdiction of the Personnel Board excepting those covered under another article recommended by the Board, as petitioned for by the Personnel Board.
ARTICLE 10. Recommended by the Finance Committee. Mr. Aylward moved an amendment to provide an 8 per cent in- crease in salary and recommend that $42,000 00 be raised and appropriated therefor. Seconded and DEFEATED. Finance Com- mittee's recommendation VOTED by a unanimous voice vote.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,575 the amount of money required to in- crease by four per cent the recommended salaries of the following Town officials not presently under the jurisdiction of the Per- sonnel Board: Town Treasurer, Town Collector, Town Counsel, Town Clerk, Highway Surveyor, Tree Warden, Members of the Board of Registrars, and members of the Board of Assessors; as petitioned for by the Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 11. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED unanimously.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to pur- chase uniforms for School Traffic Supervisors, as petitioned for by the Personnel Board.
ARTICLE 12. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 12 not accepted.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 7 Schedule L of the Personnel By-Law and raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money so as to increase the compensation of School Traffic Supervisors to $20.00 per week, as petitioned for by the Personnel Board.
ARTICLE 13. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED unanimously.
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ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Per- sonnel Book By-Laws to provide an 8 per cent increase in salary for the Water and Highway Departments as petitioned for by Fred- erick M. Dolan and others.
ARTICLE 14. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 14 not accepted.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $16,840.00 for an Eight Percent increase for the 42 permanent members of the Randolph Fire and Police De- partments as petitioned for by Thomas D. Alward and others.
ARTICLE 15. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 15 not accepted.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will increase the Business and Industrial Commission to 15 members, 10 of whom shall not be officers of the Town and 5 of whom shall be Town officials. The 5 Town officials shall be one member from each of the fol- lowing: the Selectmen, the Sewer Commission, the Water Com- mision, the Assessors, and the Planning Board. The member appointed to the Commission from each of these boards or com- missions may serve on the Business and Industrial Commission only as long as he is a member of said board or commission as petitioned for by Business and Industrial Commission.
ARTICLE 16. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 16 not accepted.
ARTICLE 16. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a voice vote.
Meeting was adjourned at 11:03 P.M. Two Hundred and twenty (220) Town Meeting Members had been checked in.
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING May 7, 1963
Meeting was called to order by Moderator Lombardi at 8:00 o'clock P.M. Adjournment was moved until 8:15 P. M. Moderator called the meeting to order at 8:15 P. M., and appointed Messrs. Mitchell Goodhue, George White, and Stanley Rice as Tellers for the evening.
Mr. Roycroft moved adjournment at 11:00 P. M. until Monday, May 13th at 8:00 o'clock P.M .. Voted by a voice vote.
Mr. Dolan moved reconsideration of Article #6 after Article #99. Seconded and DEFEATED by a voice vote.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the purpose of increasing the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Hospitalization benefits from $15.00 a day to $24.00 a day for all town employees effective June 1, 1963 as petitioned for by the various Departments heads.
ARTICLE 17. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a voice vote.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate or transfer from available funds, a sum of money for a full time, permanent Executive-Secretary (male) for the Assessing Depart- ment as petitioned for by Edward J. Roycroft and others.
ARTICLE 18. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Mr. Roycroft moved an amendment that the article be accepted as printed in the warrant and that the salary be raised or appro- priated under Article 99 Assessors Budget. Seconded and DE - FEATED. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 18 not accepted.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Planning Board to act as Park Commissioners in accordance with Chapter 41 Sec. 72 of the General Laws as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 19. Finance Committee recommended No Action and left the subject open for discussion. Mr. Goodhue moved ac- ceptance of the article as printed. Seconded and VOTED.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to have a full time clerk to assist all offices in the Town Hall and to be under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen. The salary to be determined by the Personnel Board as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
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ARTICLE 20. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 20 not accepted.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to rescind its designation of the Board of Selectmen as members of the Board of Public Welfare, as petitioned for by the Board of Public Welfare.
ARTICLE 21. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a voice vote.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 1, relative to a Board of Public Welfare consisting of three members elected for one, two or three years respectively, and thereafter for the term of three years as peti- tioned for by the Board of Public Welfare.
ARTICLE 22. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a unanimous voice vote.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install 400 feet of 6" main on Reed Street from its existing end to the main on North Main Street and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by the Board of Water Commissioners.
ARTICLE 23. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a unanimous voice vote.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install a 12" water main with necessary gates and fittings on North Street from Crawford Square to Oak Street, a distance of approximately 10,000 feet and to raise and appropriate money therefor as petitioned for by the Board of Water Commissioners.
ARTICLE 24. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 24 not accepted.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $575.00 to complete the work as voted at the 1962 Annual Town Meeting as related to the main and service installations on that part of Reed Street servicing the new Reed Street School, as petitioned for by the Board of Water Commissioners.
ARTICLE 25. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a unanimous voice vote.
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ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $7,000.00 for the purchase of water meters, as petitioned for by the Board of Water Commissioners.
ARTICLE 26. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a unanimous voice vote.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to install a 6" water main including gates and fittings on Howard Avenue as peti- tioned for by Shirley S. Wilson and others.
ARTICLE 27. Recommended by the Finance Committee. VOTED by a unanimous voice vote.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install a 6" water main, with necessary gates and fittings on Rockerfeller Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 28. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 28 not accepted.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to install a 6" water main together with necessary gates and fittings on Julian Road as submitted by Annie G. Doyle and others.
ARTICLE 29. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a unani- mous voice vote. Article 29 not accepted.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to take by emi- nent domain, for the installation, servicing and repair of water lines, an easement on the following unaccepted street or way so called Fitzgerald Street and raise and appropriate one dollar therefor, as petitioned for by Philip J. McGeown and others.
ARTICLE 30. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 30 not accepted.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to install a 6" water main with necessary gates and fittings on Fitzgerald Street as petitioned for by Philip J. McGeown and others.
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ARTICLE 31. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Recommendation of the Finance Committee VOTED by a voice vote. Article 31 not accepted.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for sidewalk construction and improvement on accepted ways as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 32. Recommended by the Finance Committee that the sum of $15,000.00 be transferred from the unexpended balances listed below; and further that the work under this article shall in- clude sidewalk construction as petitioned for in Articles 34, 35, and 37.
Highway Loader
$ 398.96
Sidewalk Tractor
369.15
Diauto Drive Drain
246.19
North Main Street Sidewalk
404.00
North Street Water Main
12,904.45
Orchard Street Sidewalk
102.78
South Main Street Sidewalk
461.67
Pond Street Construction
112.80
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to continue the sidewalk on the Southerly side of West Street from its present end in a Westerly direction as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 33. Not recommended by the Finance Committee. Mr. Semensi moved that $1,000.00 be raised and appropriated to continue the sidewalk from its present end in a westerly direc- tion. Seconded and voted by a hand vote as follows: Yes - 95, No - 64.
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