Town annual report of Andover 1955-1959, Part 30

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1955
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1266

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Article 8 was defeated.

ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $35,000.00 and to engage engineering consultants or em- ployees for the purpose of conducting a revaluation of all taxable property in the Town, upon recommendation of the Board of Assessors.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds the sum of $35,000.00 under Article 9.

ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or lease the Town Infirmary, with buildings and land. No transaction to be consummated without the approval of the Finance Committee and the Welfare Board.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 10 as printed.

ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $50,000.00 for the purpose of pur- chasing and developing land for off-street parking, no money to be spent without the approval of the Finance Com- mittee.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to

transfer from available funds in the treasury the sum of $25,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing and developing land for off-street parking and instruct the Selectmen to acquire by purchase or by gift or by seizure by right of eminent domain such land as may be necessary to develop off-street parking, no money to be spent without the ap- proval of the Finance Committee.

ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to dispose of the Buildings on the so-called Shaw Property for the purpose of developing additional off-street parking and transfer the sum of $6,000.00 from the Parking Meter Account for this purpose.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from the Parking Meter Account the sum of $6,000.00 under Article 12.

ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell a strip of land approximately 30 feet wide and 250 feet long in the rear of the Town Park- ing Lot, known as the Shaw Property, at 10¢ a square foot to St. Augustine's Parochial School.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Arti- cle 13 as printed. Vote -- Yes, 512; No, 33.

ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate by taxation the sum of $50,000.00 and instruct the Selectmen to appoint a committee of seven (7) to ac- quire by purchase, or by gift, or by seizure by right of eminent domain, as necessary, for the locating of future public school sites, fire station, public buildings, and recreation areas.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer from available funds the sum of $25,000.00 and instruct the Selectmen to appoint a committee of seven(7) to acquire by purchase, or by gift, or by seizure by right of eminent domain, such land as may be necessary for the locating of future public school sites, fire sta- tion, public buildings, and recreation areas as follows: a school site in the general vicinity of Lowell Street and the new Route 28; a school site on either side of South Main Street and south of Phillips Academy; a school site in the general vicinity of River Road in West Ando- ver; a fire station site in the general vicinity of Lowell Street and the new Route 28; a recreational area near Pomps Pond; no money to be spent without the approval of the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee, and the Planning Board. A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate an additional $200.00, to add to the unexpended balance of $1,600.00, which was appropriated in Article 7, of the March 14, 1955, Town Meeting, for the purpose of acquiring land on Center and Andover Streets, Ballardvale, for public use and protection of other Town land; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to seize said land by eminent domain or by purchase.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer from available funds the sum of $200.00 under Article 15. A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will accept twelve (12) acres more or less of land off Elm Street as a gift for the specific purpose of developing a public school site.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to accept this gift of land under Article 16. A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee of three (3) to study the Town By-Laws and Zoning By-Laws, and report at the next regular Town Meeting, and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for this purpose.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 under Article 17.

ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of five (5) for the purpose of making a study of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 38A, relative to the collection of moneys due the Town.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to authorize Article 18 as printed.

ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will enact a By-Law rela- tive to the removal of loam, sand, gravel, and stone, un- der the provisions of Chapter 98 of the Acts of 1949, as amended, to read as follows:

"The removal for sale of loam, sand, gravel or quarried stone shall not be permitted in any section of the Town except by license by a majority vote of the Board of Selectmen, and they shall have power to control the con- ditions of depth, contour, and extent. No loam to be moved for sale for more than one-half of its depth in any part of the Town, except when incidental to, and in connection with the construction on the premises of

a building, for which a permit has been issued."

Article 19 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to repeal Sec- tion X, Article 2, of the Zoning By-Law, relative to re- moval of earth, etc.

Article 20 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will enact a By-Law under the provisions of G. L. Chapter 40, Section 21 (16), rela- tive to the removal of any vehicle interfering with the removal or plowing of snow or ice, etc., as amended, to read as follows:

The superintendent of streets or other officer having charge of ways may cause to be removed any vehicle from any way, to some convenient place or public gar- age, if such vehicle interferes with the removal or plowing of snow on any such way. The entire cost of the removal of said motor vehicle or its garaging shall be borne and paid by the owner of said vehicle.

Upon motion duly seconded, it wasVOTED to accept Article 21 as printed.

ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will accept as a public way the existing private way known as Post Office Avenue, running easterly from Main Street about 160 feet and thence turning and running northerly about 125 feet to Elm Street; as approved by the Planning Board and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen. An acceptance plan and description of this way will be filed with the Town Clerk as part of the requirements to make this article effective; this acceptance, by vote of the Town, shall be subject to mutually satisfactory terms and agreements made between those having a present interest in the proposed private way and the Town of Andover through its Board of Selectmen, and to take by eminent domain, if necessary, on petition of the Board of Selectmen.

Article 22 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the amount of $5,000.00 for the purpose of re - constructing, paving and improving Post Office Avenue so- called; on the proviso that said way is accepted at this annual Town Meeting as a public way, on petition of the Board of Selectmen.

Article 23 was withdrawn.

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ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to enact a By- Law under the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 108A, and establish a Personnel Board to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen to study the problem of compensation of all town employees except those filled by popular election and those under the direction and control of the school com- mittee and to prepare a Wage and Classification plan clas- sifying all such employees into groups and classes doing substantially similar work or having substantially equal responsibilities. Such a plan to provide minimum and maximum salaries to be paid to such employees in positions so classified and for the attainment of such maximum sal- aries by periodical step rate increases, such salaries to be appropriately related, if possible, to salaries paid by commercial and business establishments and by compar- able municipalities as well as a reliable cost-of-living index. The Personnel Board to be authorized to employ professional consultants in connection with the foregoing if deemed desirable and to report to the Board of Select- men on or before January 1st, 1958, and subsequently to the next annual Town Meeting its recommendations for a complete Wage and Classification Plan. The Personnel Board to consist of five members, two to be appointed for three years, two for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter each member to be appointed for a three year term. No member of the Personnel Board to receive compen- sation or be an employee of the Town. Vacancies to be appointed by the Selectmen. To appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the use of said committee; or take any other action relative thereto.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to enact a By- Law under the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 108A and Section 108C ... and establish a Personnel Board to be ap- pointed by the Board of Selectmen to study the problem of compensation of all town employees, except those filled by popular election and those under the direction and con- trol of the school committee and to prepare a Wage and Classification plan classifying all such employees into groups and classes doing substantially similar work or having substantially equal responsibilities. Such a plan to provide minimum and maximum salaries to be paid to such employees in positions so classified and for the at- tainment of such maximum salaries by periodical step rate increases, such salaries to be appropriately related, if possible, to salaries paid by commercial and business establishments and by comparable municipalities as well as a reliable cost-of-living index. The Personnel Board to be authorized to employ professional consultants in con- nection with the foregoing if deemed desirable and to re- port to the Board of Selectmen on or before January 1,1958 and subsequently to the next annual Town Meeting its

recommendations for a complete Wage and Classification Plan. The Personnel Board to consist of five members, two to be appointed for three years, two for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter each member to be appointed for a three year term. No member of the Person- nel Board to receive compensation or tq be an employee of . the Town, vacancies' to be appointed by the Selectmen; at all times one of the five members shall be one who has been selected from a list of not less than three suggested members submitted by the full time employees of the Town. To appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the use of said committee. A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or finance through a bond issue the sum of $192,000.00 for the purpose of enlarging the Memorial Hall Library, according to plans on file with the Library Trus- tees, through a one story addition to the front with side- walk level entrance, a two story addition to the West and interior alterations, which will result in a more effi- ciently operated library building better able to meet effectively the present and future needs of this growing community, on petition of the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library.

Article 25 was defeated. The vote, Yes, 268- No, 357. Less than 2/3 vote as required.

ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $7,500.00 for sidewalk construction to install and improve sidewalks in areas of public ways.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $7,500.00 under Article 26.

ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate from taxation the sum of $5,000.00 for repairs to the Bridge in Ballardvale.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 under Article 27.

ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate from taxation and/or transfer from unappropria- ted available funds in the Treasury the sum of $2,500.00 for Highway fence and guard rail construction.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,500.00 under Article 28.

ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap-

propriate by taxation the sum of $10,000.00 to conduct a study for additional water supply under the supervision of the Board of Public Works.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds the sum of $10,000.00 under Article 29.

ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate by taxation the sum of $8,500.00 for a study of possible needed extensions to the system and needed im- provements to the present sewerage facilities under the supervision of the Board of Public Works.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds the sum of $8,500.00 under Article 30.

ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate from taxation and/or by bond issue the sum of $95,810.00 for improvements to the water system; $5,810.00 of which is to be raised and appropriated from taxation and the balance of $90,000.00 to be provided by a 10 year bond is- sue. (No work to be started until approved by the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee, and the Board of Public Works).

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds $95,810.00 under Article 31.

ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to construct additional garage space and make necessary repairs to existing buildings and raise and appropriate by taxation the sum of $25,000.00 therefor.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from available funds the sum of $25,000.00 under Article 32 and to authorize the Board of Public Works to construct and equip additional garage space and make necessary repairs to existing buildings. To be expended only with the ap- proval of the Finance Committee.

ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase equipment consisting of three trucks, one hydraulic sand spreader, sidewalk roller, tractor loader, street sweeper, sidewalk plow and other smaller items whose individual cost is less than $1,000.00 and raise and appropriate the sum of $36,800.00 therefor. with the trade-in allowance for each piece of like equip- ment now owned to be used as part payment.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase equipment consisting of three trucks, one hydraulic sand spreader, sidewalk roller, tractor loader, sidewalk plow and other smaller items

whose individual cost is less than $1,000.00 and raise and appropriate the sum of $26,300.00 therefor with the trade- in allowance for each piece of like equipment now owned to be used as part payment.

ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury the sum of $23,000.00 from the amount to be paid to the Town by the State under Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956 for Highway Construction and to instruct the Selectmen to acquire land on the north side of Ballardvale Road by gift, by purchase, release, or by right of eminent domain.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treas- ury the sum of $23,000.00, from the amount to be paid to the Town by the State under Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956 for Highway Construction and to instruct the Select- men to acquire land on the north side of Ballardvale Road by gift, by purchase, release, or by right of eminent do- main. A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate and/or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury the sum of $30,000.00 and transfer $10,000.00 from the amount to be paid to the Town by the State under Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury the sum of $30,000.00 and transfer $10,000.00 from the amount to be paid to the Town by the State under Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction as ap- proved by the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to construct a main Trunk sewer from the existing sewerage facilities in Shawsheen to Lincoln Street and provide sewerage facilities to the property abutting on Arthur Road, Mary Lou Lane, Marilyn Road, Theodore Avenue, part of Lincoln Street and other proper- ties adjacent to the Shawsheen Hylands development and to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds in the Treasury and/or by bond issue a sum of $91,600.00 for the construction of the same on the proviso that the final cost for such work as done, with the exception of the trunk main, be assessed proportionally as a betterment charge to all property to which the facilities would be available; and authorize the Town to acquire easements for a release by purchase or by seizure by right of eminent domain upon the recommendation of the Board of Public

Works and with the approval of the Town Counsel, on peti- tion of William C. Schmidt and others.

Article 36 was defeated. The Vote, Yes-250, No-196. Less than 2/3 as required. A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer in Juliette Street and connect same to the existing public sewerage system; and raise and appropriate therefor the amount of $10,000.00 on the proviso that the entire cost is to be assessed as a betterment charge against the property owners along said Juliette Street and others who may benefit directly or indirectly; and to authorize the Town to acquire easements by release, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain, upon the recommenda- tion of the Board of Public Works and with the approval of the Town Counsel, on petition of Vincent F. Stulgis and others.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer from available funds the sum of $10,000.00 under Article 37. A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase a truck chassis and equip same with a so-called back-hoe or trench digger and raise and appropriate the sum of $15,500.00 therefor, on petition of Raymond S. LaRosa and others.

Article 38 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to rescind its action in approving Article 31 of the Warrant of March 5, 1956 and March 10, 1956 and direct the Board of Public Works to terminate all activity toward fluoridation of the Town water supply and to dispose of the equipment used therefor, on petition of Samuel B. Dimlich and others.

Article 39 was defeated.

ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws to prohibit consideration, at a Special Town Meeting, of any article which appropriates funds, unless such article and the expenditure authorized therein are of an emergency nature and are so certified by the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee; for purposes of the record the article shall be deemed to have been with- drawn if it fails to obtain such certification and it shall be inserted for consideration in the Warrant for the next Annual Town Meeting without any further action by the sponsors, on petition of Henry M. Wolfson and others.

Upon motion duly seconded, it wasVOTED that the Town

adopt a By-Law with reference to the appropriation of funds at Special Town Meetings to read as follows:

"Any article in the Warrant for a Special Town Meeting which proposes the appropriation of funds shall be considered and voted upon by such Special Town Meeting only if the article is approved by the Finance Committee."

A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to extend west- erly the present line of Zone A from the center of a private way known as Bowdoin Road, so that Zone A will now also include the following described parcel of land: Be- ginning at land of the Congregation Temple Emmanuel of Lawrence, thence running southerly by the existing limits of Zone A and the center line of Bowdoin Road about 988 feet, more or less, to land of the Andover Country Club; thence running southwesterly by land of the said Andover Country Club about 250 feet, more or less, to other land of Cairns; thence running northwesterly by said other land of Cairns about 335 feet, more or less, to an angle; thence running northerly still by land of said Cairns about 696 feet, more or less, to land of said Congregation Temple Emmanuel of Lawrence; thence running easterly by land of said Congregation Temple Emmanuel of Lawrence about 470 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Said proposed extension of Zone A is shown on a plan en- titled: "Preliminary Plan Proposed Section No. 2, Shaw- sheen Heights, Andover, Mass., Owner George Cairns, Engi- neer Ralph B. Brasseur, dated August, 1956, " a copy of which plan is on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Andover, on petition of George R. Cairns and others.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to extend westerly the present line of Zone A from the center of a private way known as Bowdoin Road, so that Zone A will now also include the following described parcel of land: Beginning at land of the Congregation Temple Emman- uel of Lawrence, thence running southerly by the existing limits of Zone A and the center line of Bowdoin Road about 988 feet, more or less, to land of the Andover Country Club; thence running southwesterly by land of the said Andover Country Club about 250 feet, more or less, to other land of Cairns; thence running northwesterly by said other land of Cairns about 335 feet, more or less, to an angle; thence running northerly still by land of said Cairns about 696 feet, more or less, to land of said Con- gregation Temple Emmanuel of Lawrence; thence running easterly by land of said Congregation Temple Emmanuel of Lawrence about 470 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning . Said proposed extension of Zone A is shown on

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a plan entitled: "Preliminary Plan Proposed Section No.2, Shawsheen Heights, Andover, Mass., Owner George Cairns, Engineer Ralph B. Brasseur, dated August, 1956 "a copy of which plan is on file with the Town Clerk for the Town of Andover . A quorum was present.

ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Public Way and name Harvard Road running between Princeton Avenue and Cornell Avenue for a distance of 460 feet, as approved by the Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen; and as shown on a plan entitled; "Section No. 1, Shawsheen Heights, Andover, Mass .; Owner, Loretta Cairns; Engineer, Ralph B. Brasseur; dated July 25, 1955," and recorded with North Essex Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 3076, a copy of said plan being also on file with the Town Clerk for the Town of Andover, on petition of George R. Cairns and others.

Article 42 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way and name Lockway Road from Carmel Road norther- ly to Walnut Avenue as shown on a plan entitled Street Acceptance Plan made December 1952 by Clinton F. Goodwin, Engineer, Haverhill, Mass. as approved by the Board of Survey and laid out by the Board of Selectmen. Both the plan and the description referred to being on file at the Office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Phillips B. Mars den, Jr. and others.

Article 43 was withdrawn.

ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way and name Lucerne Drive as approved by the Board of Survey, and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as shown on a plan entitled Subdivision and Acceptance Plan Pine Acres, made by Ralph Brasseur, Engineer, Haverhill, Mass. Both plans and descriptions referred to being on file at the Town Clerk's Office, on petition of Frank Cairns and others.

Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept as a public way and name Lucerne Drive as approved by the Board of Survey, and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as shown on a plan entitled Subdivision and Acceptance Plan Pine Acres, made by Ralph Brasseur, Engineer, Haverhill; Mass., 700 feet to east of Pine Street at circle, "upon the condition and subject to it, that the Town shall not be liable for damages caused to any abutters who drain their property into the main drain."

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Town annual report of Andover 1955-1959, Part 30

Author: Andover (Mass.) Publication date: 1955 Publisher: The Town Number of Pages: 1266

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1955
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1266