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Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED that the salaries of the elected Town Officers for the ensuing year be established at: (each item being voted on separately ) :
Board of Selectmen
Chairman
$500.00 per annum
Four Members
400.00 per annum
Moderator
25.00
for each town meeting
ARTICLE 4. To determine what sums of money Shall be appropriated for the 1966 Town Budget as submitted by the Town Manager and reviewed by the Finance Committee in their report.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the following sums of money :
Town Moderator
Personal Services
$ 50.00
Board of Selectmen
Personal Services
2,700.00
Other Expenses
1,500.00
Town Manager
Personal Services
21,400.00
Other Expenses
4,950.00
(Incl. $750 out-of-state travel)
Elections and Registra- tions
Personal Services
11,736.00
Other Expenses
6,520.00
Finance Committee
Other Expenses
900.00
Town Accountant
Personal Services
18,661.00
Other Expenses
16,800.00
Town Treasurer
Personal Services
15,680.00
Other Expenses
4,105.00
Tax Collector
Personal Services
16,536.00
Other Expenses
2,250.00
Board of Assessors
Personal Services
25,238.00
Other Expenses
6,229.00
(Incl. $375 out-of-state travel)
Town Counsel
Personal Services
3,000.00
Other Expenses
3,500.00
Town Clerk
Personal Services
12,750.00
Other Expenses
1,445.00
Planning Board
Personal Services
5,341.00
Other Expenses
6,340.00
Municipal Buildings
Personal Services
6,685.00
Other Expenses
7,800.00
Conservation Commission
Other Expenses
4,200.00
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Industrial Development Com- Other Expenses mission
$ 2,000.00
Central Services
Personal Services Other Expenses
3,873.00
14,500.00
Board of Appeals
Personal Services Other Expenses
640.00
Police Department
Personal Services
233,040.00
26,795.00
Other Expenses (Incl. $400 out-of-state travel and unpaid 1965 bill in amount of $9.26)
Fire Department
Personal Services
316,113.00
Other Expenses
21,700.00
(Incl. $200 out-of-state travel)
Civil Defense
Personal Services
750.00
Other Expenses
900.00
Animal Control
Personal Services
600.00
Other Expenses
400.00
Electrical Inspection
Personal Services
3,671.00
Other Expenses
650.00
Weights and Measures
Personal Services
1,400.00
Other Expenses
700.00
Building Inspection
Personal Services
11,020.00
Other Expenses
1,890.00
(Incl. $100 out-of-state travel)
PUBLIC WORKS
Administration
Personal Services Other Expenses
3,100.00
Highways (General Main- tenance)
Personal Services Other Expenses
62,760.00
Snow Removal and Ice Control
Personal Services Other Expenses
47,225.00
Sidewalks
Personal Services
6,776.00
Other Expenses
4,500.00
Parks
Personal Services
14,840.00
Other Expenses
2,800.00
Trees
Personal Services
17,963.00
Other Expenses
5,845.00
Dutch Elm Control
Personal Services Other Expenses
2,075.00
Insect Pest Control
Personal Services Other Expenses
1,700.00
Vehicle Maintenance
Personal Services
13,540.00
Other Expenses
38,375.00
Street Lighting
45,000.00
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13,773.00
85,756.00
30,700.00
12,444.00
8,244.00
908.00
Engineering
Personal Services Other Expenses
$10,305.00 1,105.00
Sewers Personal Services Other Expenses (Incl. $100 out-of-state travel)
Landfill Operation
Personal Services 11,766.00 Other Expenses 38,700.00
Garbage Contract
30,000.00
Personal Services Other Expenses
7,535.00
Animal Inspection
Other Expenses
600.00
Department of Public Welfare
Personal Services
8,490.00
Other Expenses Assistance
135,000.00
Veterans' Services
Personal Services
11,021.00
Other Expenses Assistance
35,000.00
School Department
Personal Services
2,044,725.00
Other Expenses
453,596.00
(Incl. $3,500 out-of-state travel)
Regional Vocational School
50,457.00
Memorial Hall Library
Personal Services
100,321.00
Other Expenses
27,616.00
($34,566 less Dog License Reimburse-
ment ($2667) and State Aid ($4283)
(Incl. $300 out-of-state travel)
Recreation Department
Personal Services
37,807.00
Other Expenses
11,415.00
Water
Personal Services
95,805.00
Other Expenses
83,050.00
(Incl. $150 out-of-state travel)
20,495.00
Personal Services ($27,552 less $7057 interest from investments)
Other Expenses
7,235.00
Insurance
42,000.00
Employee Benefits
22,000.00
Patriotic and Civil Celebrations
1,690.00
Veterans' Headquarters Rental
3,000.00
Retirement
98,577.00
Damage to Persons and Property
2,200.00
Temporary Loans
10,000.00
Funded Debt
248,025.00
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23,767.00
13,050.00
Board of Health
16,220.00
863.00
975.00
Spring Grove Cemetery
Bond Issue Expense
Bond Redemptions
340,000.00
Equipment Outlay
39,400.00
Compensation Plan
20,000.00
Total Budget to be raised by taxation
$5,379,093.00
SPECIAL ARTICLES (FROM TAXATION)
ARTICLE
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Chapter 90 Highway Construction
$ 54,000.00
ARTICLE 9 Property Value Equalization Program
40,000.00
ARTICLE 10 Water Drainage Improvements
15,000.00
ARTICLE 11 North Street Reconstruction
10,000.00
ARTICLE 12 New Central Fire Station ($485,000 to be bonded)
15,000.00
ARTICLE 17 Payment to Cyr Oil Company (old bill)
89.53
ARTICLE 18 Improving Pomps Pond
15,000.00
ARTICLE 19 Improvements to Sewer System
12,000.00
ARTICLE 23 Conservation Fund
10,000.00
ARTICLE 24 Stabilization Fund
25,000.00
ARTICLE 25 West Andover Community Assn. Bldg.
500.00
TOTAL SPECIAL ARTICLES TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION
$ 196,589.53
SPECIAL ARTICLES (FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS)
ARTICLE 8 Roadway Improvements
$ 51,337.35
ARTICLE 28 Sewer Main -- Wild Rose Drive and Holly Terrace
24,000.00
ARTICLE 29 Sewer Main -- Shipman Road
20,500.00
TOTAL SPECIAL ARTICLES FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS
$ 95,837.35
SPECIAL ARTICLES (TO BE BONDED)
ARTICLE 12 New Central Fire Station
$ 485,000.00
ARTICLE 13 New Wells-Construction
225,000.00
ARTICLE 14 Improvements to Water System
250,000.00
TOTAL SPECIAL ARTICLES TO BE BONDED
$ 960,000.00
GRAND TOTAL BUDGET AND SPECIAL ARTICLES
$6,631,519.88
$ 1,500.00
ARTICLE 21
Transfer to Conservation Fund
(Town Meeting of March 6, 1961
for land acquisition by the
Conservation Commission)
$ 10,000.00
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ARTICLE 26 Overlay Reserve to Reserve Fund
ARTICLE 30 Free Cash to reduce 1966 tax rate
$ 25,000.00 465,000.00
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Town Manager and the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue for the financial years beginning January 1, 1966 and January 1, 1967, in accordance with provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17, or take any other action relative thereto.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Article 5 as printed.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of $54,000.00 for Chapter 90 Highway Construc- tion, the Town to be reimbursed 50% by the Commonwealth and 25% by the County, and to authorize the Town to acquire the necessary drainage easements by gift, by pur- chase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to raise by taxation and ap- propriate under Article 6, the sum of $54,000.00 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction, the Town to be reimbursed 50% by the Commonwealth and 25% by the County, and to authorize the Town to acquire the necessary drainage easements by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation the sum of $2,000.00 to establish boundaries and lay out the lines of existing ways used publicly but not accepted as public ways by Town Meeting action.
Article 7 was withdrawn.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of $51,337.35 for roadway improvements under Chapter 679 of the Acts of 1965, 100% to be reimbursed by the Commonwealth, and to authorize the Town to acquire necessary easements by gift, purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to transfer from available funds under Article 8, the sum of $51, 337.35 for roadway improvements under Chapter 679 of the Acts of 1965, 100% to be reimbursed by the Commonwealth, and to authorize the Town to acquire necessary easements by gift, purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $45, 000.00 for the purpose of undertaking and completing a property value equaliza- tion program and to authorize the Town Manager to engage professional consultants for this purpose.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and appropriate from taxation un- der Article 9, the sum of $40,000.00 for the purpose of undertaking and completing a property value equalization program and to authorize the Town Manager to engage professional consultants or employees for this purpose.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 for surface water drainage improvements and authorize the Town to acquire the necessary easements by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain, over lands supposed to be owned by Rabenius Builders Inc., Perci- val D. Perry, Thomas L. & Mary M. Barron, Arthur N. Taft, Clinton D. Shaw, and Dewey W. Pearson Sr.
Argilla Road -- at Lowell Street end $ 4,750
Haggetts Pond Road -- replace stone culvert near #36 1,250
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Lowell Street -- clean and repair culvert and ditch near Barron's $1,000
Vine Street replace stone culvert near #36 800
Holt Road -- Orchard Street to Vine Street
5,000
Cross Street near #101 1,800
Cheever Circle -- two catch basins 400
$15,000
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to raise and appropriate by taxation under Article 10, the sum of $15,000.00 for surface water drainage improve- ments and authorize the construction hereinafter described, and to authorize the Town to acquire the necessary easements by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain, over lands supposed to be owned by Rabenius Builders, Inc., Percival D. Perry, Thomas L. & Mary M. Barron, Arthur N. Taft, Clinton D. Shaw, and Dewey W. Pearson, Sr.
Argilla Road at Lowell Street end $ 4,750
Haggetts Pond Road -- replace stone culvert near #36
1,250
Lowell Street clean and repair culvert and ditch near Barron's
1,000
Vine Street replace stone culvert near #36
800
Holt Road -- Orchard Street to Vine Street
5,000
Cross Street -- near #101 1,800
Cheever Circle -- two catch basins 400
$15,000
A quorum was present.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 for the appraisal and awarding of damages, if any, by the Board of Selectmen resulting from the taking of land for the widening and reconstruction of North Street.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to raise by taxation and ap- propriate under Article 11, the sum of $10,000.00 for the appraisal and awarding of damages, if any, by the Board of Selectmen resulting from the taking of land for the widening and reconstruction of North Street.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $700,000.00 for the acquisition of land, construction and equipping of a new central fire station, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from avail- able funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain Lots 10, 11 and 12 as shown on Assessors' Map #54 and supposed to be owned by David A. S. and Marietta Doig; Irving M. Leoff and Robert G. Barenboim; and Eleanor Thanos respectively; and to authorize the acceptance by the Town of Federal aid for the above, or take any other action.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED that the sum of $500,000.00 be appropriated for the acquisition of land, construction and equipping of a new Central Fire Sta- tion; that to meet this appropriation the sum of $15,000.00 be raised by taxation and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to issue $485, 000.00 in bonds or notes of the Town under General Law, Chapter 44 as amended; that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to acquire by gift, by purchase
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or by seizure by right of eminent domain Lots 10, 11 and 12 as shown on Assessors' Map No. 54 and supposed to be owned by David A. S. and Marietta Doig; Irving M. Leoff and Robert G. Barenboim; and Eleanor Thanos; that the Board of Selectmen or other appropriate town officials be authorized to accept and contract for Federal and/or State aid for the project; and that the Town Manager shall have all powers necessary to carry out the project. The Vote -- YES 450, NO 83 -- voted by more than 2/3 as required. A quorum was present.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $225,000.00 for the construction of three wells with all necessary appurtenances and mains con- necting to the distribution system as may be determined following the completion of exploration, testing and developing; and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or any combina- tion of the foregoing; to authorize the Selectmen to obtain all necessary lands and easements therefor, by gift, by purchase, by seizure by right of eminent domain; and to authorize the acceptance of State or Federal aid for the above, or take any other action.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously that the sum of $225,000.00 be appropriated for the construction of a well or wells with all necessary appurtenances and mains connecting to the water distribution system as may be determined following the completion of exploration, testing, and developing; that to meet this appropria- tion, the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be authorized to issue $225, 000.00 in bonds or notes of the Town under General Law, Chapter 44 as amended; that the Board of Selectmen and other appropriate town officials be author- ized to accept and contract for Federal and/or State aid for the project; and that the Town Manager shall have all necessary powers to carry out this project. A quo- rum was present.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of the fore- going the sum of $250, 000.00 for improvements to the water system and authorize the following construction:
To install water mains not less than six inches and not more than sixteen inches in size with all necessary appurtenances in the following locations :
1. North Street 7,000 feet more or less
2. River Road 9,000 feet more or less
3. Cross Street and High Plain Road 4,600 feet more or less
All 12" in size
The Betterment Act will apply on Cross Street and High Plain Road.
And authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire all necessary easements therefore, by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain; and to authorize the acceptance of State or Federal Aid for the above.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously that the sum of $250,000.00 be appropriated for the installation of water mains not less than six inches and not more than 16 inches in size with all necessary appurtenances as follows:
North Street River Road Cross Street and High Plain Road 4,600 feet more or less
7,000 feet more or less 9,000 feet more or less
The Betterment Act will apply on Cross Street and High Plain Road.
That to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be authorized to issue $250,000.00 in bonds or notes of the Town under General Law, Chapter 44 as amended; the Board of Selectmen shall be authorized to acquire all necessary easements therefor by gift, by purchase, or by seizure by right of eminent domain; that the Board of Selectmen or other appropriate town officials be authorized to accept and contract for Federal and/or State aid for the project and
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that the Town Manager shall have all powers necessary to carry out the project. A quorum was present.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Manager to sell at public auction as surplus equipment, the Department of Public Works Caterpillar D-6 Diesel Bulldozer and plow attachment
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Article 15 as printed.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Manager to dispose of the Addressograph machine at public auction, this equipment having become surplus due to the recently installed data processing system.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Article 16 as printed.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to approve the payment of $89.53 to Cyr Oil Company of Lawrence for fuel bill of September 30, 1963.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to approve the payment of $89.53 from taxation under Article 17.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate the sum of $25, 000.00 for planning improvements and the dredging, enlarging and other- wise improving Pomps Pond and to authorize the acceptance of State and/or Federal Aid for the above, or take any other action.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED that the sum of $15,000.00 be appropriated and raised by taxation under Article 18 for the planning of improvements to Pomps Pond and that the Board of Selectmen or other appropriate Town officials be author- ized to apply for and to accept any State and/or Federal aid for the project.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 for improvements to the sanitary sewer system and authorize the following construction under the Betterment Act; install 600 feet, more or less, in Moraine Street to tie in the new Senior High School to Riverina Road.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED that the sum of $12,000.00 be raised and appropriated under Article 19, by taxation.
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ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will create a Conservation Fund as described in Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 51 of the General Laws.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Article 20 as printed.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the Conservation Fund the sum of $1,500.00 which sum is the unexpended amount originally appropriated by the Town Meeting of March 6, 1961 for land acquisition by the Conservation Commission.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer the sum of $1,500.00 to the Conservation Fund under Article 21.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from the Land Acquisition Fund to the Conservation Fund, said monies to be used by the Conservation Commission for the acquisition of land for conservation purposes and pursuant to the provisions of State Statutes relating to the powers and duties of the Town of Andover Conservation Commission.
Article 22 was withdrawn.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $10,000.00 to the Conservation Fund under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 5.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise by taxation and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 under Article 23.
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ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation the sum of $25,000.00 to be added to the Stabilization Fund which was established by the Town in 1963 under Section 5B of Chapter 40 of the General Laws.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and appropriate by taxation the sum of $25,000.00 under Article 24.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to help defray the cost of maintaining the West Andover Community Association building.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise by taxation and appropriate the sum of $500.00 under Article 25.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to transfer $25,000.00 from Overlay Reserve to the Reserve Fund.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer $25,000.00 from Overlay Reserve to the Reserve Fund under Article 26.
ARTICLE 27. To see what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED that the unexpended balances as recommend- ed by the Finance Committee and as printed in their report be lapsed and transferred to the Surplus Revenue Account :
Art. 15 1958 Industrial Development Comm.
$ 550.00
Art.
16 1960 Pipe for Crossing Route 495
3,406,73
Art. 48 - 1960 Storm Drainage - Rogers Brook
8,136.05
Art. 5 - 1961 Improvements to Water System
883.54
Art. 24 - 1961
Sanborn School
207.29
Art.
25 - 1961 Sewer - Lovejoy Road
3,421.59
Art.
60 - 1961 Civil War Centennial Committee
461.85
Art
16 - 1962 Garbage Collection
2,141.38
Art.
22 1962 - Rogers Brook
8,371.20
Art. 24 -
1962 Establish Boundaries
1,598.01
Art.
25 -
1962 Sub-drainage at High School
.87
Art.
26 -
1962 Easements at B&M RR Crossing
25.00
Art.
27 -
1962 Library Extension Plans
47.45
Art. 8 - Water Drainage Improvements
1,768.89
Art. 12 - 1963 Improvements to Water System
4,645.22
Art. 32 - 1963
Water Main in Cross Street
630.34
Art. 13 - 1964
Improvements to Water System
15,000.00
Art. 14 1964
Water Drainage Improvements
11,245.74
Art. 20 1964 Plans for secondary school facilities
323.20
Art. 1965
Water main at Cross Street
5,000.00
Sewer Project - APW -46G
40,000.00
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will raise by taxation and appropriate, or trans- fer from available funds, the sum of $24, 000.00 for the construction of a sewer main in Wild Rose Drive and Holly Terrace for a distance of 1300 feet more or less, said construction to be done under the betterment act, on petition of Arthur W. Girardin and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED that the Town transfer from available funds the sum of $24, 000.00 under Article 28 for the construction of a sewer main in Wild Rose Drive and Holly Terrace for a distance of 1300 feet more or less, said construction to be done under the betterment act.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer in Shipman Road and connect the same to existing public sewerage system; and raise and appropriate therefor the amount of $20,500.00 on the proviso that the cost is to be assessed as a betterment charge against the property owners along said Shipman Road and others who may benefit therefrom; and to authorize the Town to acquire easements by release, by
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purchase, or by right of eminent domain, upon the recommendation of the Board of Public Works and the approval of the Town Counsel, on petition of Ines Laudani and others .
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED unanimously to install a sewer in Shipman Road and connect the same to existing public sewerage system and transfer from available funds therefor the amount of $20,500.00 under Article 29 on the proviso that the cost is to be assessed as a betterment charge against the property owners along said Shipman Road and others who may benefit therefrom; and to authorize the Town to acquire easements by release, by purchase, or by right of eminent domain, upon the recommendation of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 30. To see what amount the Town will vote to permit the Assessors to use in free cash to reduce the 1966 tax rate and to offset appropriations voted at the 1966 Town Meeting.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED that the Assessors be permitted to use $465, 000 in Free Cash to reduce the 1966 Tax Rate and to offset appropriations voted at this 1966 Annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to abandon that part of old High Plain Road west of Route 495 for a distance of approximately 885 feet westerly from Route 495, and to accept as a public highway and name High Plain Road the two sections as laid out in behalf of the Town of Andover by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works on May 24, 1960, and shown on Plan #4069 and described in Book 916, Page 113 in the Registry of Deeds for Essex County, Northern District, at Lawrence, copies of which plans are on file with the Town Clerk.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept Article 31 as printed.
ARTICLE 32. To see whether the Town will approve the construction of a new hous- ing project by the Andover Housing Authority, namely, a housing project for elderly persons pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 667 of Massachusetts Acts of 1954, and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, to be known as State-Aided Housing Project 667-2, on petition of Robert B. Townsend, Sr. and others.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was VOTED that the Town approve construction of a new housing project, namely, a project for the housing of elderly persons, consist- ing of not more than 40 dwelling units pursuant to Chapter 667 of Massachusetts Acts of 1954, and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, to be known as State-Aided Housing Project 667-2.
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