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$ 450.00
$ 450.00
$ 450.00
13. Supplies & Misc.
50.00
50.00
50.00
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
Assessors.
14. Salaries
$ 550.00
$ 550.00
$ 550.00
15. Clerical
1,000.00
911.14
1,000.00
16. Supplies & Misc. Special Clerical
725.00
805.82
800.00
400.00
241.30
$2,675.00
$2,508.26
$2,350.00
Auditor.
17. Salary
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
Legal.
$
500.00
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
Election and Registration.
19. Salaries
$ 500.00
$ 497.60
$ 300.00
20. Supplies & Misc.
550.00
641.20
575.00
$1,050.00
$1,138.80
$ 875.00
18. Counsel
186
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Appropriation 1956
Expenditures 1956
Recommendations 1957
Town Hall.
21. Salaries
$ 2,860.00
$ 2,740.00
$ 2,957.50
22. Fuel
750.00
893.72
900.00
23. Repairs & Maint.
3,227.00
2,929.24
3,100.00
24. Supplies & Misc.
966.00
794.90
700.00
$ 7,803.00
$ 7,357.86
$ 7,657.50
Planning Board.
25. Clerical & Technical
$ 300.00
$ 25.00
$ 50.00
26. Supplies & Misc.
600.00
507.35
350.00
$ 900.00
$ 532.35
400.00
Finance Committee. 27. Dues
$ 15.00
$ 15.00
$ 15.00
TOTAL FOR GENERAL
GOVERNMENT
$28,058.00
$24,902.89
$25,701.51
PROTECTION OF PERSONS
& PROPERTY
Police.
28. Salaries
$16,543.00
$16,253.98
$20,300.00
29. Supplies & Misc.
2,575.00
3,362.66
4,869.25
$19,118.00
$19,616.64
$25,169.25
Fire.
30. Salaries
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
31. Labor at Fires
4,000.00
3,218.10
3,500.00
32. Instruction &
Training
500.00
33. Operation, Supplies & Equipment
4,500.00
3,668.33
4,500.00
$ 9,000.00
$ 7,386.43
$ 9,000.00
Moth Department.
34. Insect Control
$ 3,000.00
$ 2,779.35
$ 3,000.00
Poison Ivy Control
600.00
595.32
35. Dutch Elm Disease & Elm Tree Removal Brush Control
4,000.00
3,847.40
4,000.00
500.00
483.92
$ 8,100.00
$ 7,705.99
$ 7,000.00
Tree Warden.
36. Salary
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
37. Pruning Public Trees
2,000.00
1,997.10
2,000.00
$ 2,200.00
$ 2,197.10
$ 2,200.00
Board of Appeals.
38. Clerical
$ 350.00
$ 305.20
350.00
39. Supplies & Misc.
350.00
332.24
350.00
700.00
$ 637.44
700.00
187
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Appropriation 1956
Expenditures 1956
Recommendations 1957
Inspectors of Building, Plumbing & Wiring. 40. Salaries & Transp.
$ 1,500.00
$ 1,102.14
$ 2,500.00
Civil Defense.
41. Supplies & Misc.
$ 450.00
$ 237.12
$ 550.00
Communications.
42. Wages
$ 8,000.00
$ 7,705.00
$ 8,000.00
43. Equipment Purchase
1,375.00
1,483.83
600.00
44. Equipment Rental & Maintenance
3,000.00
3,401.97
3,700.00
45. Supplies & Misc.
1,750.00
826.50
500.00
$14,125.00
$13,417.30
$12,800.00
TOTAL FOR PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY
$55,193.00
$52,300.16
$59,919.25
HEALTH & SANITATION
Board of Health.
46. Salaries of Nurses
$ 2,500.50
$ 2,500.50
$ 2,440.00* 925.00
47. Supplies & Misc.
975.00
1,423.27
48. Garbage Collection
3,750.00
3,463.94
4,750.00 **
49. Engineering Service
1,500.00
$ 7,225.50
$ 7,387.71
$ 9,615.00
Inspector of Animals. 50. Salary
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
TOTAL FOR HEALTH & SANITATION
$8,325.50
$ 7,487.71
$ 9,715.00
* $860.00 Add'l. to be paid by School Dept.
** To be taken from Free Cash and returned thereto from garbage collection receipts.
HIGHWAYS
51. Chapter 90 Maintenance
$ 4,500.00
$ 4,479.28
$ 4,500.00*
52. Chapter 90 Construction
13,000.00
21,848.96
13,000.00 **
$17,500.00
$26,328.24
$17,500.00
* State & County share of $3,000 for Item 51 & $9,750 for Item 52 to be taken from Free Cash and returned to Free Cash when received.
General Highways.
53. Wages
$16,150.00
$15,601.14
$19,200.00
54. General Expenses
1,022.00
2,499.35
1,800.00
55. Highway Maintenance
12,000.00
7,969.77
15,000.00
188
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Appropriation 1956
Expenditures 1956
Recommendations 1957
56. Snow Removal
$ 6,500.00
$ 8,892.12
$ 6,500.00
57. Equipment, Maint. & Supplies
10,200.00
10,197.86
8,500.00
$ 45,872.00
$ 45,158.24
$ 51,000.00
58. Street Lights
$ 6,252.38
$ 6,295.69
$ 6,442.02
TOTAL FOR HIGHWAYS
$ 69,624.38
$ 77,782.17
74,942.02
AID TO CITIZENS
59. Public Welfare
$ 20,000.00
$ 19,130.31
$ 18,000.00
60. Public Welfare Adm.
1,000.00
988.04
700.00
61. Veterans' Aid
500.00
500.00
TOTAL FOR AID TO CITIZENS
$ 21,500.00
$ 20,118.35
$ 19,200.00
EDUCATION
62. General Control
$ 13,030.00
$ 12,999.34
$ 14,685.00
63. Out of State Travel
400.00
280.35
300.00
64. Instruction
151,187.00
153,483.69
172,555.00
65. Operation
23,890.00
23,995.16
27,556.00
66. Maintenance
3,875.00
3,911.94
7,988.00
67. Auxiliary Agencies Vocational
47,006.00
46,718.64
26,065.00
68. Outlay
766.92
1,431.48
1,920.00
69. New Equipment
$241,319.92
$243,939.52
$252,869.00
* $698.78 to be taken from deCordova School Equipment
Fund and $37.89 from the
Grammar School Fund Income.
Regional High School.
70. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School District
$ 57,164.47
$ 57,971.47
$121,235.80
Library.
71. Salaries
$ 5,086.00
$ 5,219.50
$ 5,311.00*
72. Books
1,475.00
1,459.90
1,450.00
73. Supplies & Misc.
1,528.00
1,373.65
975.00
74. Repairs
300.00
825.00
670.00
$ 8,389.00
$ 8,878.05
$ 8,406.00
* $941.22 to be taken from County dog tax receipts
TOTAL FOR EDUCATION
$306,873.39
$310,789.04
$382,510.80
1,165.00
1,118.92
1,800.00*
189
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Appropriation 1956
Expenditures 1956
Recommendations 1957
RECREATION
75. Salaries
$ 2,100.00
$ 1,805.00
# 1,925.00
76. Supplies & Misc. 77. Operation
815.00
889.87
820.00
775.00
TOTAL FOR RECREATION
$ 2,915.00
$ 2,694.87
$ 3,520.00
CEMETERY
78. Salaries
$ 150.00
$ 150.00
$ 150.00
79. Interments
300.00
615.04
500.00
80. Labor & Maint.
2,825.00
2,636.40
2,825.00
81. Supplies & Misc.
120.00
102.63
120.00
TOTAL FOR CEMETERIES
$ 3,395.00
$ 3,504.07
$ 3,595.00
UNCLASSIFIED
82. Middlesex County
Pension Fund
$ 3,429.00
$ 3,429.00
$ 3,115.99
83. Employee Insurance & Hosp. Fund
3,700.00
84. Property Insurance
6,000.00
6,000.00
8,176.89
85. Town Reports
1,062.05
1,053.99
1,000.00
86. Rent & Maint. of Dump
1,750.00
1,692.70
1,750.00
87. Rent of Hydrants
3,495.00
3,495.00
3,495.00
TOTAL FOR UNCLASSIFIED
$ 15,736.05
$ 15,670.69
$ 17,537.88
TOWN DEBT SERVICE
88. School Building Bonds
$ 33,000.00
$ 33,000.00
$ 32,000.00
89. Interest on School Bonds
7,840.00
7,840.00
7,262.50
90. Highway Equipment
Building Bonds
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
91. Interest on Highway Building Bonds
210.00
210.00
140.00
92. Interest on Tax Notes
700.00
1,016.11
1,500.00
93. Water Works Bonds
3,000.00
3,000.00
5,500.00 **
94. Interest on Water Works
Bonds
96.25
96.25
1,388.75 **
$ 48,846.25
$ 49,162.36
$ 51,791.25
To be taken from Water Works Treasury
RESERVE FUND
95. Reserve Fund
$ 13,000.00
$ 10,000.00
* Transfers from 1956 Reserve Fund of $12,313.02 are included in expenditures listed above.
TOTAL 1956 APPROPRIATIONS &
EXPENDITURES
$573,466.57
$564,422.31
TOTAL RECOMMENDED FOR 1957
$664,632.83
190
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Appropriation 1956
Expenditures 1956
Recommendations 1957
WATER WORKS (from Water Works Treasury)
96. Salaries & Wages
$ 9,725.00
$ 9,456.40
$ 10,261.00
97. Supplies, Maint. & Rentals
12,450.00
11,906.62
15,000.00
98. Meters, Operating Exp. & Misc.
13,185.00
6,840.79
9,850.00
99. Bond Service
3,096.25
3,096.25
6,888.75
TOTAL FOR WATER WORKS
$38,456.25
$31,300.06
$ 41,999.75
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1957
NOTICE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County: GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln qualified to vote in Town Meeting for the transaction of Town Affairs, to meet in the Charles S. Smith School in said Lincoln, on Monday the eighteenth day of March next at 7:30 o'clock P. M. then and there to act on the following articles except Article 1 and also to meet at the Charles S. Smith School on Saturday, the 23rd day of March next, at 12 o'clock noon, then and there to act on the following Article 1, by posting a copy of this Warrant by you attested, in each of the Post Offices, and in some other public place in said Town seven days at least before the eighteenth day of March next.
The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March twenty- third, will be open at 12 o'clock noon and may be closed at 7 o'clock P. M.
ARTICLE 1. To bring in their votes for one member for each of the following offices:
Moderator for three years.
Town Clerk for one year. Selectman for three years. Assessor for three years. Treasurer for one year. Auditor for one year. School Committee for three years.
Regional District School Committee for three years.
Water Commissioner for three years.
Board of Health for three years. Tree Warden for one year.
Commissioner of Trust Funds for three years.
Trustee of Bemis Fund for three years.
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Cemetery Commissioner for three years. Cemetery Commissioner for two years. Planning Board member for five years. Director of deCordova & Dana Museum for four years.
ARTICLE 2. To bring in their votes for any committees, commission- ers, trustees, and other officers, required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 4. To fix the salaries and compensation of the several elective officers of the Town and to determine whether any Department, Board or Committee shall be authorized to employ for additional com- pensation any of its members and to fix additional compensation of such members.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 5. To raise and appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 6. To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1958, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 7. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $327.41 to pay the following unpaid 1956 bills:
Board of Health
$ 6.15
Highways
78.41
Library
13.00
Cemetery
172.80
Recreation
5.75
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Water Department Fire Department
2.00 49.30
or take any other action relative thereto.
Treasurer
(Approved by the Finance Committee)
ARTICLE 8. To determine whether the Town will instruct the Select- men to petition the Director of Accounts to install the State Account- ing System in accordance with Section 35, Chapter 44, General Laws as amended, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 9. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,500, or any other sum, for the purpose of remodeling the offices and facilities in the Lower Town Hall, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee will report at Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000, or any other sum, to replace the roof on the Town Hall, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen (Approved by the Finance Committee)
ARTICLE 11. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,750, or any other sum, for the purchase of a Police Cruiser to replace existing equipment, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen (Approved by the Finance Committee)
ARTICLE 12. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,283.14, or any other sum, for replacement of the pump on Engine 32, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen (Approved by the Finance Committee)
ARTICLE 13. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $17,500, or any other sum, to purchase a new
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fire truck to replace Engine 33, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen (Approved by the Finance Committee)
ARTICLE 14. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,350.00, or any other sum, for the control of poison ivy as defined under Chapter 40, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen (Finance Committee takes no position)
ARTICLE 15. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500, or any other sum, for the purpose of continuing the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project as provided under Chapter 252 of the General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen (Finance Committee takes no position)
ARTICLE 16. To determine whether the Town will amend the Building By-Law of the Town by striking out the whole of said By-Law as amended and by substituting therefor a new building by-law, copies of which are on file in the office of the Inspector of Buildings, the Board of Selectmen and the Town Clerk, or will otherwise amend said Building By-Law, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 17. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500, or any other sum, to print copies of the new Building By-Law, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen (Approved by Finance Committee)
ARTICLE 18. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000, or any other sum, to be used by the Planning Board for consultant services for an objective study of the impact of light industrial and/or commercial zoning upon the Town, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board
(Approved by Finance Committee)
ARTICLE 19. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,100, or any other sum, to purchase the
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following Town vehicles to replace existing equipment, or take any other action relative thereto:
1. Highway Department Truck
2. Front End Loader (Four Wheel Drive)
3. Pickup Truck
Selectmen
(Approved by Finance Committee)
ARTICLE 20. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the permanent construction of Farrar Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen (Finance Committee will give opinion at Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 21. To determine whether the Town will accept as a public way the private road known as Oak Knoll, as shown on plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lincoln, Mass., Fred A. Joyce, surveyor, dated September 9, 1953" and filed in the Land Court as Plan #20941B, a copy of which is filed with Certificate #79039 which is recorded with the Land Registration section, Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 525, Page 89; approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln, February 3, 1954, or take any other action relative there- to.
By Petition
ARTICLE 22. To determine whether the Town will accept as a public way the private road known as Acorn Lane, as shown on plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lincoln, Mass. , Rowland A. Barnes & Company, Civil Engineers, dated October, 1955", and filed with South Middlesex Dis- trict Registry of Deeds as plan #2463 of 1955, recorded in Registry of Deeds Book #8644, Page 70, and approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln, December 30, 1955, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
By Petition
ARTICLE 23. To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee in its discretion to enter into an agreement with the U. S. Commissioner of Education to operate an elementary school to be located on L. G. Hanscom Field, Cambridge Research Center, or take any other action relative thereto.
School Committee (Finance Committee will give opinion at Town Meeting)
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ARTICLE 24. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, gift, eminent domain or any other way, a parcel of land located on Lincoln Road, now or formerly owned by the New England Tele- phone and Telegraph Co., containing 4400 square feet more or less, together with the building thereon, raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any other action relative thereto.
School Committee
(Finance Committee will give opinion at Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 25. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the School Committee in renovating the Telephone Building, so-called, on Lincoln Road, for school purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.
School Committee
(Finance Committee will give opinion at Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 26. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,050, or any other sum for the purpose of transporting children to Lake Walden for Red Cross swimming classes, or take any other action relative thereto.
Recreation Committee
(Finance Committee does not approve)
ARTICLE 27. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $600 for permanent improvements in the Cemeteries, said sum to be taken from the Cemetery Improvement Fund, or take any other action relative thereto.
Cemetery Commissioners (Approved by Finance Committee)
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to conduct services on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $150, or any other sum, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee takes no position)
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to celebrate Independence Day, the fourth of July, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000, or any other sum, or take any action relative there- to.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee takes no position)
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Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at or before the time for the meeting aforesaid. Given under our hands this 14th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven.
Charles K. Fitts William T. King Elliott V. Grabill
Selectmen of Lincoln
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Report of the
LONG-TERM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE
Appointed by the Moderator Pursuant to the Vote of the Town
1956
Table 1
TOWN OF LINCOLN - PROPOSED PROGRAM OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, 1956-1975 (in dollars of 1955 purchasing power)
DEPARTMENTAL
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1956-1960
1961-1965
1966-1970
1970-1975
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Town Offices
-
-
10,000
PROTECTION OF PERSONS
AND PROPERTY
Fire Station
5,000
95,000
100,000
50,000
Fire Equipment
8,000
8,000
15,000
Police Cars
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
7,500
7,500
7,500
7,500
Civil Defense
4,000
4,000
HEALTH AND SANITATION,
RECREATION
Land
30,000
30,000
Tennis Courts
14,000
14,000
HIGHWAYS
Road Improvement
32,000+
40,000ta
40,000ta
40,000ta
45,000+a
197,000+
90,000+
90,000+
90,000+
New Roads, Sidewalks, Parking incl. land
10,000
10,000
Road Equipment
9,800
12,500
14,500
10,000
7,500
54,300
50,000-75,000
50,000-75,000
50,000-75,000
SCHOOLS
Elementary
230,000
230,000
165,000
200,000
200,000
High School
250,000
100,000
120,000
LIBRARY
Addition
3,000
62,000
65,000
Clock
4,000
4,000
DEPARTMENTAL TOTAL
51,300
233,000
300,000
95,500
54,000
733,800
577,000-602,000
497,000-523,000
467,500-492,500
of which from:
borrowing
165,000
230,000
30,000
425,000
415,000
350,000
320,000
State Chapter 90
24,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
33,750
147,750
67,500
67,500
67,500
Tax Revenues
27,300
38,000
40,000
35,500
20,250
161,050
95,000-120,000
80,000-105,000
80,000-105,000
PUBLIC SERVICE
WATER DEPARTMENT
MAIN REPLACEMENT AND
FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
22,000
90,000
60,000
55,000
16" main to reservoir
-
80,000
80,000
New Water Supply TOTAL -
14,000
16,000
18,000
100,000
22,000
170,000
60,000
55,000
500,000
of which from borrowing
-
-- -
80,000
---
80,000
--
---
450,000
Cemeteries
400
400
400
400
400
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
-
-
-
--
---
--
*Chapter 90 construction, three-quarters of cost being borne by state and county.
a Reconstruction and extension of Old County Road, subject to study.
-
- -
-
---
---
500,000
Road improvement
---
-
10,000
TOWN OF LINCOLN
LONG-TERM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE
Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
1. Recent capital expenditures have varied from $39,800 in 1954 to $386,600 in 1952 (Table 2, page 4).
2. It is estimated that the Town will grow in population from 3,000 as at present to 5,500 in 1975, and from 800 houses to 1,500 (page 8).
3. In these circumstances, the Committee recommends a program of cap- ital expenditures which is defined fairly precisely for the next five years. This program amounts to approximately $750,000 for regular governmen- tal functions and $170,000 for water. This program for the next 15 years is necessarily less definite (Table 1, opposite).
4. This program of capital expenditures may involve a tax rate rising from $54 in 1955 to $64 in 1958 (Table 6, page 29).
5. The Committee suggested that more time be devoted to planning long-term capital requirements, both by the Planning Board in physical terms and financially by future Capital Expenditures Committees which it recommends be appointed annually.
1
Introduction
At the 1955 regular Town Meeting, the Town voted that the Moderator appoint a committee of three to study the long-term capital requirements of the Town, with the assistance of advisory members representing the Selectmen, the Planning Board and the Finance Committee. The Committee was voted $100 of expenses and required to report not later than the 1956 Town Meeting.
On June 30, the Moderator appointed C. P. Kindleberger, W. M. Rand, and M. E. Shank to the Committee. The chairmen of their respective boards and committees appointed as advisory members: Selectmen, H. DeC. Ward; Planning Board, A. McClennen; and Finance Committee, C. K. Fitts. The Committee organized itself with W. M. Rand, Chairman, and C. P. Kindleberger, Clerk.
The Committee has met with the appropriate boards and committees of the Town. The Committee is grateful to the members of these bodies, to employees and officers of the Town, and to interested citizens who have sup- plied information and opinions. Responsibility for the recommendations, however, belongs to the Committee alone.
The Committee assumed that its task was to
a) study the record of the Town's capital expenditures;
b) forecast the probable growth of the Town's population;
c) estimate the capital requirements of the Town, broken down in respect to
i) necessity
ii) timing
d) furnish an indication of the financial implications of these expenditures in terms of initial cost, financing effect on current expenditures, and probable effect on tax rates.
With respect to necessity, the Committee has noted those recommended projects which are, in its view, unavoidable, to give an idea of the minimum level of expenditures which the Town could anticipate.
In timing, the emphasis has been put on the next 5 years, with, however, some indication of requirements in the 3 five-year periods following that. The first period has been broken down into separate years.
The estimates of future capital requirements in this report are based on the present value of the dollar. If inflation should continue in the future as it has in the past -- prices of construction, for example, have risen from 100 in 1947-49 to 126 in 1955, or at a rate of 5 per cent a year -- these estimates will have to be revised upward.
Record of Capital Expenditure
A record of capital expenditure can be compiled on the basis of expendi- ture on capital projects, or if the money is borrowed, on the basis of payment for debt service, including interest and debt repayment. This report gives both.
2
The record of expenditure on capital projects is necessarily very approximate for a variety of theoretical and practical reasons. Table 2 gives therefore only an approximate account of the capital expenditures of the Town for the last 10 years. Like Table 1, it is broken down to conform with the normal headings into which municipal expenditure in the Commonwealth is divided. The table, it should be noted, records expenditures only and ignores committments. It does not therefore include the contracted capital outlays required in 1956 and subsequent years by Lincoln' s participation in the Lin- coln-Sudbury regional school district.
Table 3 relates these capital expenditures to the total picture of the Town's finances. Subtracting the capital from total expenditures leaves an estimate of current expenses, including interest and repayment on previous borrowings. This series for current expenditures, it will be noticed, increases steadily from year to year with a particularly steep jump in the year 1953. The expenditure figures are shown pictorially, along with extraordinary receipts and borrowing, in Chart 1.
Table 4 gives the Town's debt position, along with assessed valuations and the tax rate.
CHART 1
CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
Thousands of Dollars
600
Borrowing
Extraordinary Receipts
500
Current Expenditures.
400
1
300
Capital Expenditures
200
-
100
O
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
3
Table 2
Town of Lincoln Record of Gross Capital Expenditures 1956-1955
General Government
Protection of Persons - Property
Highways
Schools Schools
Recre- ation
TOTAL Departmental
Public Service- Water
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