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The various departments of the Town returned to Surplus a total of $23,660. which was not spent by them out of the appropriations voted for their use in 1958. A list of the more substantial returns aggregating $16,298.94 follows :
Town Hall Custodian
$ 478.59
Firemen
2,172.50
Firemen, Instruction & Training
462.50
Fire & Police Building - Custodian & Watch.
470.25
Communications - Wages
404.99
Inspectors of Buildings
698.00
Highways, salaries
3,113.99
Snow and Ice removal
1,790.88
Aid to Citizens
1,099.75
Schools, Instruction
3,056.42
Maintenance
1,188.57
Interest on Tax Notes
1,362.50
$16,298.94
The Committee used a total of $8,000.37 out of the $10,000. Reserve account appropriated for its use from the Overlay Surplus account in 1958 for unforeseen or emergency requirements. The unspent balance was returned to the Overlay Surplus account from whence it came. The following is a list of the withdrawals:
Selectmen, Out of State Travel
$ 197.11
Legal
630.49
Town Hall, Repairs & Maintenance 55.39
1,350.39
Police, Salaries Expense Fire Department, Apparatus Maintenance
434.50
312.95
Fire and Police Building -
Repairs & Maintenance
446.52
Outside Rentals 100.00
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Communications -
Equipment Purchase Equipment Rental & Maintenance
$ 545.85
790.66
Schools - Maintenance
2,200.00
Library - Building Expense
3.34
Insurance
130.03
$ 7,197.23
Water Department
803.14
$ 8,000.37
The balance sheet of the Town at the year end shows that the Overlay Sur- plus account has fallen to $8,972. which will not be sufficient to meet the recommended appropriation of $10,000. as heretofore, for the fund available for use by the Finance Committee for emergency purposes. We are recommend- ing that only $5,000. of its appropriation be taken this year from Overlay Surplus, and the balance from free cash.
Free cash has been certified by the State to the Town as of January 1, 1959, as $117,563.92, which is $27,239.00 more than last year. We have made recommendations for the use of some of it in the budget submitted and in all probability will suggest the use of some further amounts under one or more of the special articles in the Warrant. Repeating what has been said in previous reports, we believe it unwise for the Town to reduce free cash below the $75,000 point. With appropriations which will clearly be more than $900,000, the sum of $90,000 would be a much healthier minimum.
It is our candid opinion that no aid to the Town from the Withholding Tax will be received in time to affect the amount to be raised by local taxa- tion in 1959. At the time this report is written the prospects of the pass- age of a Sales Tax to begin on July first are much too uncertain to be taken seriously. It is our best guess that we should proceed this year on the theory that we are going to have no help except that which we give ourselves.
Our estimate of assessed valuation of the Town January 1, 1959, is approximately $8,000,000, an increase of $300,000 from last year. In that case, every $8,000 for items appropriated by the Town or items voted down by the meeting, regardless of whether items are budgeted or are considered under special articles, will be reflected to the extent of $1.00 up or down as the case may be in the ultimate rate.
Our comments on the special articles involving the appropriation of money will be printed in the report to the extent our position is clarified at the time the report goes to press. If not so printed, we will report directly to the meeting.
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SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES OF 1958 AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1959
Appropriation 1958
Expenditures 1958
Recommendations 1959
GENERAL GOVERNMENT ($27,649 = 3.05%)
EXECUTIVE
Selectmen
2. Salaries, Chairman $ 200.00
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
2nd member
200.00
200.00
200.00
3rd member
200.00
200.00
200.00
3. Expense
150.00
102.00
200.00
4. Out of State travel
250.00
447.00*
250.00
1,000.00
1,149.00
1,050.00
* Includes transfer from Reserve
Finance Committee 10. Expense
15.00
15.00
50.00
Town Office
15. Clerks, salaries
3,967.00
3,703.00
4,300.00*
16. Expense
1,600.00
1,541.00
1,200.00
5,567.00
5,245.00
5,500.00
* $1,000 additional from Water Works Treasury
FINANCE
Accounting Officer &
Executive Secretary
20. Salary
3,379.00
3,379.00
3,479.00
21. Expense
200.00
183.00
260.00
3,579.00
3,562.00
3,739.00
Treasurer
30. Salary
200.00
200.00
200.00
Asst. Treas., Salary
200.00
200.00
200.00
31. Expense
550.00
541.00
625.00
950.00
941.00
1,025.00
Collector
40.
Salary
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00*
41. Expense
500.00
497.00
600.00
2,500.00
2,497.00
2,600.00
* $500 additional from Water Works Treasury
Assessors
50. Salaries, Chairman
200.00
200.00
200.00
2nd member
175.00
175.00
175.00
3rd member
175.00
175.00
175.00
51. Clerk, salary
1,000.00
974.00
1,075.00
52. Expense
800.00
777.00
800.00
2,350.00
2,301.00
2,425.00
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Appropriation 1958
Expenditures 1958
Recommendations 1959
Law 55. Legal
$ 1,250.00
$ 1,880.00
$ 1,500.00
RECORDING & REPORTING
Town Clerk
60. Town Clerk, Salary
450.00
450.00
450.00
61. Expense
50.00
47.00
50.00
500.00
497.00
500.00
Election & Registration
70. Registrars, Salaries
200.00
162.00
200.00
71. Tellers & Checkers
300.00
210.00
100.00
72. Expense
700.00
666.00
650.00
1,200.00
1,038.00
950.00
PLANNING AND ZONING
Planning Board
80. Clerical, salary
50.00
49.00
200.00
81. Expense
750.00
736.00
725.00
800.00
786.00
925.00
CONSULTING & ENGINEERING
85. Consulting & Engineering
2,000.00
1,945.00
2,385.00
Town Hall
90. Custodian, wages
2,100.00
1,621.00
1,500.00
91. Maintenance & Expense
3,750.00
3,787.00*
3,500.00
5,850.00
5,408.00
5,000.00
* Includes transfer from Reserve
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
($80,210 = 8.85%)
Police Department
100. Salaries
22,313.00
23,663.00*
27,550.00
101. Expense
3,680.00
3,629.00*
4,025.00
25,993.00
27,592.00
31,575.00
Includes transfer from Reserve
Fire Department
110. Salaries and Wages
9,500.00
7,408.00
10,100.00
111. Instruction & Training
500.00
37.00
500.00
112. Expense
4,750.00
5,169.00*
4,250.00
113. Hydrant Service
3,495.00
3,495.00
3,495.00
18,245.00
16,109.00
18,345.00
Includes transfer from Reserve
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Appropriation 1958
Expenditures 1958
Recommendations 1959
120. Custodian & Watch., Salary
$ 3,795.00
$ 3,324.00
$ 4,290.00
121. Maintenance & Expense
1,800.00
2,246.00*
2,300.00
122. Outside rentals
750.00
842.00*
1,500.00
6,345.00
6,414.00
8,090.00
* Includes transfer from Reserve
Communications
125. Wages
8,000.00
7,605.00
8,500.00
126. Expense
2,800.00
4,118.00*
3,500.00
Includes transfer from Reserve
Tree Warden
200.00
200.00
200.00
131. Pruning & removal
3,000.00
2,999.00
4,000.00
Moth Department
140. Insect Control
1,500.00
1,485.00
1,500.00
141. Dutch Elm Disease
Control & tree removal
3,000.00
2,999.00
2,000.00
Civil Defense
150. Expense
400.00
566.00
400.00
Inspectors of Buildings
170. Salaries
1,750.00
1,052.00
1,750.00
171. Expense
100.00
5.00
100.00
Board of Appeals
180. Expense
350.00
227.00
250.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
($16,810 = 1.86%)
Board of Health
200. Salaries
2,590.00
2,590.00
4,550.00
201. Expense
925.00
726.00
660.00
202. Inspection services
1,250.00
869.00
1,000.00
4,765.00
4,185.00
6,210.00
Sanitation
210. Garbage collection
4,500.00
4,100.00,
4,500.00*
* To be taken from Free Cash and returned thereto from Garbage Collection receipts
Pest Control
220. Mosquito Control
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Inspector of Animals
230. Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
10,800.00
11,723.00
12,000.00
130. Salary
3,200.00
3,199.00
4,200.00
4,500.00
4,484.00
3,500.00
1,850.00
1,057.00
1,850.00
Fire & Police Building
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Appropriation . 1958
Expenditures 1958
Recommendations 1959
HIGHWAYS ($80,726 = 8.90%)
300. Salaries
$ 23,576.00
$ 20,629.00
$ 23,576.00
302. Highway Maintenance
20,300.00
20,020.00
20,300.00
303. Highway equipment maint. & expense 304. Snow & Ice removal & control
6,000.00
5,712.00
6,000.00
6,500.00
4,729.00
6,500.00
305. Street Lights
6,550.00
6,499.00
6,750.00
62,926.00
57,591.00
63,126.00
Highway Building
310. Maintenance & expense
1,500.00
1,413.00
1,700.00
Chapter 90
320. Maintenance
4,500.00
4,498.00
3,900.00*
321. Construction
14,000.00
13,971.00
11,000.00 **
18,500.00
18,470.00
14,900.00
State & County share of $2600 to be taken from Free Cash and returned thereto when reimbursed.
** State & County share of $8,250 to be taken from Free Cash and returned thereto when reimbursed
Poison Ivy Control
330. Expense
1,000.00
796.00
1,000.00
CHARITIES ($18,950 = 2.09%)
400. Aid to Citizens
19,500.00
18,573.00
17,500.00
401. Administration, salary
600.00
592.00
850.00
402. Expense
100.00
87.00
100.00
403. Veterans' services
1,000.00
732.00
500.00
21,200.00
19,985.00
18,950.00
EDUCATION . ($529,318 = 58.38%)
Elementary School
500. Administration & Clerical Salaries
23,000.00
501. Instruction, salaries
228,290.00
502. Instruction, equipment
4,890.00*
503. Out of State Travel
600.00
504. Expense
57,715.00
273,107.00
272,198.00
314,495.00
Note: Because of a difference in breakdown the 1958 appropriations and expenditures for Schools have been included in total only. $736.51 to be taken from deCordova School Equipment Fund and $39.72 from Grammar School Fund
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Appropriation 1958
Expenditures 1958
Recommendations 1959
Elementary School Buildings
505. Custodians, salaries $
$
$ 16,111.00
506. Maintenance & expense
42,669.00
Included in above figures
58,780.00
Regional High School
510. Regional School District (Lincoln-Sudbury) 115,739.77
115,739.00
156,043.00
EDUCATION - LIBRARY ($15,025 = 1.65%)
Library
520. Salaries
7,350.00
7,277.00
8,025.00*
521. Books
1,650.00
1,650.00
2,000.00
522. Expense
450.00
447.00
700.00
9,450.00
9,374.00
10,725.00
* $870.90 to be taken from County Dog Tax Receipts
Library Building
530. Custodian, wages
Included in above figure
1,250.00
531. Maintenance & expense
1,013.00
969.00
3,050.00
1,013.00
969.00
4,300.00
RECREATION
($4,495 = . 50%)
Playground
600. Salaries
1,925.00
1,833.00
1,475.00
601. Expense
1,170.00
745.00
1,220.00
3,095.00
2,578.00
2,695.00
Parks
610. Mowing
1,100.00
1,056.00
1,300.00
611. Labor
300.00
153.00
500.00
1,400.00
1,209.00
1,800.00
CEMETERIES ($3,595 = . 40%)
700. Salaries & wages
225.00
150.00
225.00
701. Interments
500.00
395.00
600.00
702. Maintenance & Expense
2,870.00
2,639.00
2,770.00
3,595.00
3,185.00
3,595.00
TOWN DEBT SERVICE ($94,763 = 10.45%)
General Government
800. Highway Bldg. Bonds
4,000.00 4,000.00
--
801. Int. on Hwy. Bldg. Bonds
70.00
70.00
802. Fire & Police Bldg. Bonds
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
803. Int. on Fire & Police
Bldg. Bonds 3,600.00 3,600.00
3,420.00*
* $345 to be taken from Accrued Interest for Fire & Police Building Account
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Appropriation 1958
Expenditures 1958
Recommendations 1959
804. Int. on Tax Notes $ 1,500.00
$ 137.00
$ 1,500.00*
14,170.00
12,807.00
9,920.00
* To be taken from Free Cash
Education, Schools
805. School Bldg. Bonds
57,000.00
57,000.00
56,000.00*
806. Int. on School Bldg. Bonds
23,802.00
23,802.00
22,343.00
80,802.00
80,802.00
78,343.00
* $443.21 to be taken from Premium on loans for School Account
Education, Library 807. Library Bldg. Bonds 808. Int. on Library Bldg. Bonds
5,000.00*
1,500.00
6,500.00
* $92.11 to be taken from Premium on Library Bldg. Bonds Account
UNCLASSIFIED ($25,092 = 2.77%)
900. Middlesex County
Pension Fund
3,345.00
3,345.00
3,804.00
901. Employee Insurance &
Hospital Fund
3,700.00
3,602.00
3,900.00
902. Property Insurance
11,450.00
11,580.00*
10,888.00
903. Dump rent & Maint.
2,700.00
2,615.00
4,500.00
904. Printing & Town
Reports
1,342.00
1,317.00
2,000.00
22,537.00
22,400.00
25,092.00
* Includes transfer from Reserve
905. Reserve Fund
10,000.00
8,000.00
10,000.00*
* $5,000 to be taken from Overlay Surplus and $5,000 from Free Cash, any unexpended balance in excess of $5,000 to be returned to Overlay Surplus
TOTALS
759,940.00 740,515.00
906,633.00
NOTE : In the interest of clarity cents have been eliminated from 1958 appropriations and expenditures
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Appropriation 1958
Expenditures 1958
Recommendations 1959
WATER DEPARTMENT
950. Salaries, Commissioners
Chairman
$
75.00
$ 75.00
$ 75.00*
2nd member
75.00
75.00
75.00*
3rd member
75.00
75.00
75.00*
951. Wages
10,490.00
10,477.00
11,500.00*
952. Expense
23,800.00
11,994.00
20,000.00*
34,515.00
22,696.00
31,725.00
Pumping Station
953. Maintenance & expense
3,950.00
4,653.00*
5,000.00*
Includes transfer from Reserve
Bond Service
955. Bonds
5,000.00
5,000.00
10,000.00*
956. Interest
1,237.00
1,237.00
2,350.00*
6,237.00
6,237.00
12,350.00
* Items 950 to 956 inclusive to be taken from Water Works Treasury except for the sum of $76.74 which shall be taken from premium on loans for water main loan and applied to item 955.
TOTALS FOR WATER WORKS
44,702.00
33,587.00
49,075.00
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WARRANT 1959 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 sixteenth day of March next at 7:30 o'clock P.M., then and there to act on the following articles ex- cept Article 1, and also to meet at the Fire and Police Station on Saturday, the twenty-first 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 said Town seven days at least before the sixteenth day of March next.
The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March twenty- first, will be opened 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 :
Town Clerk for one year Selectman for three years
Assessor for three years Treasurer for one year Collector of Taxes for three years Auditor for one year School Committee for three years Water Commissioner for three years
Tree Warden for one year
Board of Health for three years
Regional District School Committee for three years Cemetery Commissioner for three years Planning Board for five years Commissioner of Trust Funds for three years Trustee of Bemis Fund for three years Director of DeCordova and Dana Museum for four years
Trustee of Lincoln Library for three years
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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
(The Finance Committee approves the salaries of the several elective officers of the Town for the amounts respectively set out in its recommended budget. )
ARTICLE 5. To raise and appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(The Finance Committee will make a motion under this article at the Town Meeting. )
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, 1960, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able 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
(The Finance Committee approves this grant of authority. )
ARTICLE 7. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $682.79 to pay the following unpaid 1958 bills or take any other action relative thereto. Legal $200.00
Schools 60.00
Fire & Police Building 205.05
Property Insurance 217.74
Accounting Officer
(The Finance Committee approves the payment of the items in this article for services rendered and purchases made in 1958.)
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ARTICLE 8. To determine whether the Town will vote to conduct services on Memorial Day the thirtieth of May, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of not over $200 under this article.)
ARTICLE 9. To determine whether the Town will appropriate to Surplus Revenue the unexpended balances remaining in the following accounts :
School House Roof $565.00
Tennis Courts 135.10
Elementary School
Bldg. Committee 119.69
Preserving Town Records 139.94
Accounting Officer
(The Finance Committee approves the return to "Surplus Revenue" of the unexpended balances of the appropriations listed in this article which are no longer required to carry out the purpose for which they were appropriated.)
ARTICLE 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to change the spelling of McIntosh Lane to Mackintosh Lane, the correct spelling of the land donor's name.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 11. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $1,000.00 for the purchase of approx- imately 1200 feet of land, more or less, and freight house situated thereon, belonging to the Boston and Maine Railroad and located at the railroad tracks on Lincoln Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(The Finance Committee approves the expenditure of the sum suggested in this article which it believes to be of real importance in future development in this area and recommends that the sum be taken from free cash.)
ARTICLE 12. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 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
(The Finance Committee approves the use of Cemetery Funds to the ex- tent suggested for the purpose indicated.)
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ARTICLE 13. To determine whether the Town will vote to enact a new set of General By-Laws, a copy of which is on file at the office of the Town Clerk and a copy of which has been distributed to each household in the Town.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 14. To determine whether the Town will vote to celebrate Independence Day, the fourth of July, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of the sum of $500 for the purposes of this Article together with the income of the Donald Gordon Recreation Fund. )
ARTICLE 15. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 or any other sum, for the purpose of extending the fire alarm system to the DeCordova Museum, Storrow House and St. Anne's Church, or take any other action relative thereto. Selectmen
(The Finance Committee approves this expenditure from free cash as a desirable addition to our fire protection and recommends that the sum be taken from free cash since the greater part of it will be re- imbursed.)
ARTICLE 16. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 or any other sum, for the purpose of renovating the audible alarm system, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of the suggested sum from free cash as a non recurring and expedient expense. )
ARTICLE 17. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from taxation, borrowing, available funds or any combina- tion thereof a sum of money sufficient to erect, equip and furnish an elementary school plant on the site of the Smith and Hartwell Schools or take any other action relative thereto.
School Needs Committee
(The Finance Committee will report on this at the Town Meeting since at the time its budget is submitted it does not have sufficient in- formation.)
ARTICLE 18. To determine whether the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to renew approximately 525 feet of pipe along route 126 from Giles Road to the Wayland Town Line, join the terminus with the Wayland main at that point, and install a control gate between the
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mains, appropriate $2,500.00 or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners
(The Finance Committee approves the expenditure requested under this Article which has been approved in a previous meeting but never carried out. It is a type of insurance and will be taken from Water Department Treasury.)
ARTICLE 19. To determine whether the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to renew about 1600 feet of pipe on Tower Road with 8" transite pipe, with the necessary hydrants and gates, appropriate $7,500.00, or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners
(The Finance Committee approves the contemplated improvement to the Water System on Tower Road by the expenditure requested, the same to be taken from Water Department Treasury. )
ARTICLE 20. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend section 3-3 of the Building Code of the Town of Lincoln as proposed in copy now on file with the Town Clerk and a copy of which has been distrib- uted to each household in the Town.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 21. To determine whether the Town will authorize the Select- men to file a bill in the Legislature to permit the Town, by a two thirds vote at an annual Town Meeting, to pay a retirement annuity of $500.00 per annum to Andrew J. Dougherty. Selectmen
ARTICLE 22. To determine whether the Town will authorize the Planning Board to obtain options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be acquired by the Town as locations for future streets, playgrounds and recreational purposes, or for any other proper munici- pal purpose; appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board
(The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of the sum of $1,000.00 from free cash for the purposes of this Article as an aid to the purposes referred to under the next article.)
ARTICLE 23. To determine whether the Town will vote to establish a Stabilization Fund for long range land acquisition, to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money therefor or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board
(The Finance Committee approves the appropriation of a sum this year not exceeding $7,000.00 for the use of a Stabilization Fund to be established under this article with the expectation that sums will be withdrawn from that Fund for the purposes set out in the report of
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the Planning Board to the Town printed under the date December, 1958, and circulated to the Town. £ We believe that this action is important as a part of a long-range program to retain and improve the values of this community. We recommend the sum be taken from free cash.)
ARTICLE 24. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 or any other such sum to develop the Smith School Athletic Field, or take any other action relative thereto.
School Committee
(The Finance Committee needs more information before reporting on this article.)
ARTICLE 25. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,700.00 or any other sum for the purchase of a Police Car to replace existing equipment, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(The Finance Committee approves this appropriation as a part of an orderly replacement program for such necessary equipment.)
ARTICLE 26. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,700.00 or any other sum for the purchase of a Board of Health car to replace existing equipment, or take any other action relative thereto.
Board of Health
(Approved by the Finance Committee for the same reason as expressed under 25.)
ARTICLE 27. To determine whether the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee to enter into a contract with the U. S. Commissioner of Education to operate an elementary school, to be located on L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts, provided said contract conforms with the provisions of the resolution voted by the Town pursuant to Article 23 of the Warrant for the 1957 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen and School Committee
ARTICLE 28. To determine whether the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private road known as Laurel Drive, as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision of Land in Lincoln, Mass., owned by Brown's Wood, Incorporated", drawn by Ranulf W. Gras, dated February 8, 1955, approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln, March 9, 1955, and recorded with Middlesex Southern District Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 8475, or take any other action relative thereto. By Petition
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