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Section 2. Classification Plan. The positions of all officers and employees in the service of the Town other than those positions filled by popular election and those under the direction and control of the School Committee, are hereby classified by titles in the groups listed in Schedule A entitled "Job Classification by Groups", a copy of which is on file in the Town Clerk's office, and copies of which will be presented to the Town Meeting.
Section 3. New or Changed Positions. Whenever a new posi- tion is established, or the duties of an existing position are so changed that in effect a new positionis created, upon presentation of substantiating data satisfactory to the Personnel Board, the board shall allocate such new or changed position to its appropriate group.
Section 4. Titles of Position. No person shall be appointed, employed or paid as an employee in any position subject to the pro- visions of the Classification Plan, under any title other than those of the Classification Plan, or under any title other than that of the job the duties of which are actually performed. The job title in the
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Plan shall be the official title for all purposes having to do with the position and shall be used to designate the position in all pay- rolls, budget estimates and official reports, and in every other con- nection involving personnel and fiscal processes, but any abbreviation or code symbol approved by the Personnel Board may be used in lieu of the title.
Section 5. Reclassification of Employees. No employee may be reclassified to a job in another group, either higher or lower, until the Personnel Board shall have determined such a reclassification will be consistent with the Classification and Salary Plans.
Section 6. Job Descriptions. The Personnel Board shall main- tain written job descriptions of the jobs, or positions, in the Classif- ication Plan, describing the essential characteristics, requirements and general duties of the jobs. The descriptions shall not be in- terpreted as complete or limiting definitions of any job, and em - ployees shall continue in the future, as in the past, to perform any duties assigned by department heads, supervisors, or other adminis- trative authority.
Section 7. Salary Plan. A Salary Pian is to be established by vote of the Town in town meeting to provide minimum and maxi- mum salaries, or single rate salaries, for the groups and positions in the Classification Plan. The salary range, or rate, of a group shall be the salary range, or rate, for all positions classified in the group.
Section 8. Amendment of the Plans. The Salary Plan may be amended by a majority vote of the Town at a regular or special town meeting. No amendment of either plan shall be made until it has been presented by signed petition to the Personnel Board and acted upon by the Board. Upon receipt of such a petition, the Board, after giving the petitioners, the heads of departments and employees affected at least three days' written notice, shall hold a hearing of the parties interested to consider the proposed amendment. If the Personnel Board shall fail to act on an amendment so presented within fifteen days after the hearing thereon, the Board shall be deemed to have disapproved the amendment. The petition may then be presented to the town meeting, if so desired. The Board may, of its own motion, after a similar hearing of the parties interested, propose an amendment to either plan.
Section 9. Relation to Civil Service Law. Nothing in this By- Law, or in Salary Plan, shall be construed to conflict with Chapter 31 of the General Laws.
Part II. The Personnel Board
Section 1. The Personnel Board. There shall be a Personnel Board appointed by the Moderator, consisting of five members, . other than employees or elected officials of the town, but for this purpose Town Members shall not be deemed to be elected officials. Two members shall be appointed for a term expiring May 31, 1955, two for a term expiring May 31, 1956, and one for a term expiring May 31, 1957. All subsequent appointments shall be made for a term of three years, except when filling vacancies. Any vacancies
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shall be filled by the Moderator for the balance of the term in which the vacancy occurs.
Section 2. Duties of the Personnel Board.
a. The Personnel Board shall administer the Classification and Salary Plans, and shall establish such policies, procedures and regula- tions, consistent with said Plans and this By-Law, as it deems neces- sary for the administration thereof.
b. The Board shall maintain personnel records of all employees, including therein such information as it deems desirable, said records to be kept by the Town Accountant on behalf of the Personnel Board. Department Heads shall furnish such information as shall be requested for this purpose.
c. The Personnel Board, from time to time, shall review the work of all positions subject to the Classification Plan. Such revues shall be so scheduled as to cover all such positions at inter- vals of not more than three years.
d. The Personnel Board shall, from time to time, review the Salary Plan. It shall keep informed as to pay rates and policies outside the service of the Town, and shall recommend to the Town any action which it deems desirable to maintain a fair and equitable pay level.
e. Upon recommendation of a Department Head, supported by evidence in writing of special reasons and exceptional circumstances satisfactory to the Personnel Board, said Board may authorize an entrance rate higher than the minimum rate for a position, and such other variances in the Salary Plan as it may deem necessary for the proper functioning of the services of the Town.
f. The Personnel Board shall, in advance of each annual town meeting and in advance of any special town meeting at which recom- mendations of the Board will be considered, prepare a printed report for the information of town meeting members and town employees.
Part III. The Salary Plan
Section 1. Installing the Plan.
a. All present employees in the Classification Plan who are rendering satisfactory service in the opinion of their Department Head shall be compensated according to Schedule B, a copy of which is on file in the Town Clerk's office, and copies of which will be presented to the Town Meeting, except as modified by the following paragraph b.
b. No pay shall be reduced as a result of the installation of this Plan. Any existing rates above the maximum shall become Personal Rates and apply only to the present incumbent. Such rates are not subject to automatic changes in Schedule B, but will be adjusted by partial changes, as recommended by the Personnel Board, until such time as these rates conform to Schedule B, or until such time as the position is vacated. No other empolyee as- signed to, or hired for the job shall advance beyond the maximum of the job.
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Section 2. Adjustment Policies. Employees in the continuous full-time service of the town, who have a satisfactory performance record, shall be eligible for an advance of one step-rate per year (The year to be counted from the date of the latest increase), but not more, until the maximum for their job is reached, such increase to be granted by the department head, subject to the approval of the Personnel Board. Any employee denied such an increase has the right to appeal to the Personnel Board, which will confer with both the employee and the Department Head. All adjustments shall be approved in advance by the Board.
Section 3. Transfer and Promotions. When an employee is promoted to a higher rated job, he shall enter at the minimum of the job range or at his own rate, whichever is the higher. He may also receive a one step-rate increase at the time, if the Department Head feels that the qualifications and performances warrant it, and the Personnel Board approves.
If an employee should be transferred to a lower rated job, he shall enter it at his own rate or at the maximum of the job, which- ever is the lower.
Section 4. New Personnel
a. The hiring rate shall be the minimum of the rate range of the job for which the new employee is hired, unless otherwise authorized by the Personnel Board.
b. The first six months of employment shall be a probationary period, at the end of which the employee may advance one step-rate. provided the Department Head and the Personnel Board decide his performance warrants it. Otherwise, he shall come up for considera- tion after one year of continuous full time service .
Section 5. Departmental Budgets. Each Department Head shall include in the departmental budget a Pay Adjustment Section, to provide funds for anticipated pay adjustments during the year, expenditures to be made therefrom only in accordance with the Salary Plan with the approval of the Personnel Board.
Voted: That the By-Laws of the Town be amended by adding a new section numbered 13B, titled Salary Administration Plan, in the form set forth in detail in Article 7, as amended: "That Section 1 of Part II be amended by striking out the first sentence and by substituting therefor the following: "There shall be a Personnel Board appointed by the Moderator consisting of five members, one of whom shall be a town employee".
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 16, Section 1 of its By-Laws by adding thereto the following sentence: "Nothing herein, however, shall prevent amendment to the "Salary Administration Plan" in the manner provided therein."-Unanimously carried.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum or sums of money from available funds in the Treasury to be used by the Assessors in determination of Tax Rate for 1954, or take any other action relative thereto.
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Voted: To authorize and instruct the Assessors to use the sum of $50,000.00 in a special reserve fund created by transfer from the Electric Light Department Construction Account in determination of the tax rate for 1954, and to appropriate said sum for the purpose of reducing the tax rate.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the income of the Electric Light Department the sum of Three Hundred Dollars for the salaries of the Electric Light Commissioners. No action necessary.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to include in the tax levy. for electricity used for street lighting, the sum of $13,800.00 as appropriated under Article 6 of the warrant for the year 1954 Annual Town Meeting, and that said sum together with the income from sales of electricity to private consumers for the current sup- plied to Municipal buildings or for Municipal power, and from the sales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year to be appropriated for the use of the Municipal Light Plant the whole to be expended under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board for repairs, renewals, new construction and operating expenses of the Plant for the fiscal year, as defined in Section 57, Chapter 164, General Laws, and that if said income shall exceed the expense for the fiscal year such amount of excess as is deemed necessary by the Municipal Light Board shall be transferred to the construction fund of said plant and appropriated and shall be used for such ad- ditions to the plant as may thereafter be authorized by the Municipal Light Board and any remaining amount paid into the surplus of the Town Treasury .- So voted.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town vill vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to assist in defraying the expenses of Memorial Day, or take any other action relative thereto .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the Braintree Post No. 1702, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States for rent of hall to conduct meetings and other functions of the Post, or take any other action relative thereto .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 14. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for Civilian Defense, or take any other action relative. thereto.
Voted. That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $2,000. - 00 for Civilian Defense, said sum to be expended under the direc- tion of the Director of Civilian Defense.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds a sum or sums of money to reimburse Battery "C" 126th AAA AW BN (SP) Mass. N. G. for expenses of drill grounds, firing range and incidental expenses, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $450.00 to reimburse Battery "C" 126th AAA AW BN for expenses of drill grounds. firing range and incidental expenses, said sum to be expended by the Selectmen.
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ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift under the will and codicil of Mary F. White of real estate on Hollis Avenue; and, further to see what use or disposition will be made of the same.
Voted: To accept the devise of real estate on Hollis Avenue under the will and codicil of the late Mary F. White and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to sell the said real estate at public auction, or private sale, at a price not less than the 1953 assessed valuation thereof.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town wlil vote to accept the pro- visions of Section 27A, Chapter 40, General Laws, providing that proposed zoning changes may not be reconsidered after adverse vote within a two year period except upon recommendation of the Plan- ning Board .- Unanimously carried.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 628 of the Acts of 1953, General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 100B, providing for indemnification of certain retired Police and Firemen for certain hospital, medical and surgical expenses .- No action.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain a parcel of land on Brookside Road shown as Plot No. 22 on Assessors Plan 3005 for municipal parking purposes and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any other action relative thereto .- No action.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain for use as a site for a National Guard Armory, a tract of land on Washington Street opposite its junction with Academy Street or some other suitable tract, and appropriate a sum or sums of money therefor or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Board of Selectmen, with the approval of the Board of Public Welfare if required, be and are hereby authoriezd to convey to the Commonwealth of (Massachusetts, without consid- eration therefor, for the purpose of constructing an Armory thereon a parcel of land bound and described as follows: A parcel of land bounded on the east by the westerly side of Williams Court from Union Street a distance of 305 feet, thence by a line running west- erly in front of the Town Infirmary for a distance of 370 feet, thence by a line running northerly to Union Street for a distance of 275 feet, thence along Union Street to point of beginning for a distance of 435 feet, containing 2.56 acres more or less and shown as a part of Plot 3 on Assessors Plan 1001 .- Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 21. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to grant permission to Braintree Post No. 86, American Legion to erect a memorial on the grounds adjacent to the present Legion Building, so-called, saving the Town from expense for such erection, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted. That permission be granted to Braintree Post No. 86, American Legion, to erect on the grounds adjacent to the present Legion Building a memorial in such form as may first be approved by the Board of Selectmen.
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ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town for the purpose of perfecting title thereto, will vote to take by eminent domain the premises for- merly occupied by the Thayer Public Library for the use of the Board of Water Commissioners, and appropriate the sum of one dollar for the cost thereof.
Voted. That the Town authorize and instruct the Selectmen for the purpose of perfecting title thereto to take by eminent do- main for the use of the Board of Water Commissioners the land with the building thereon heretofore held by trustees and used for the Thayer Public Library from 1874-1953 .- Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the purchase or taking by eminent domain for Park Purposes of a parcel of land off Washington Street shown on Assessors Plan No. 1045, Plot 49, known as Lot D, containing 5.36 acres, now or for- merly owned by Walcott L. Griffiths, and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Voted: That the sum of $1,500.00 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a parcel of land off Washington Street shown on Assessors Plan 1045, Plot 49, known as Lot D, containing 5.36 acres, now or formerly owned by Wolcott L. Griffiths, for park purposes.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the purchase or taking by eminent domain for Park Purposes of a parcel of land off Main Street and Wildwood Avenue shown on Assessors Plan No. 1093, Plot 4, known as Lot 6, containing 7.36 acres now or formerly owned by Peter W. and Nora J. McHugh, and appropriate a sum of money therefor .- No action.
ARTICLE 25. To see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds to defray its share of the cost of the 1955 State Census, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $1,800.00 be raised and appropriated to be used as the Town's share of the cost of the 1955 State census. Said sum to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate any sum or sums of money to be expended by the Board of Sewer Commissioners for the construction of sewers for sanitary purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $100,- 000.00 for the construction of additional sewers for sanitary purposes under the direction of the Sewer Commissioners and that to meet said appropriation, the sum of $50,000.00 shall be raised in the tax levy and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authoriezd to borrow the sum of $50,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 10 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine .- Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 27. To see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for Hydrant maintenance, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $14,750.00, said sum to be paid to the Water Department for Hydrant Service during 1954 .- Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the purpose of chlorinating that portion of Sanset Lake comprising the bathing area during the summer of 1954 and designate the depart- ment which shall be responsible for such expenditure of such ap- propriation, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $1,900 .- 00 to be expended under the direction of the Water Department for the purpose of chlorinating that portion of Sunset Lake comprising the bathing area during the summer of 1954.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds a sum or sums of money in addition to their Insurance Budget to provide for Windstorm and Vandalism Insurance on public buildings of the Town, or take any other action relative thereto .- No action.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out Par. 5 of Section VIII entitled area regula- tions and substitute the following new Par. 5 and add Par. 5A:
Par. 5 LOT SIZE. No building, except one-story building of accessory use, shall be erected in a Residence A District on a lot containing less than twenty thousand square feet or less than one hundred twenty five feet wide; and no building except one-story buildings of accessory use, in a Residence B or C District shall be erected on a lot containing less than twelve thousand five hundred square feet or less than one hundred feet wide and no dwelling in a Business or Industrial District shall be erected on a lot con- taining less than fifteen thousand square feet or less than one hundred feet wide, the lot width in each case to be measured through that part of the building to be erected where the lot is narrowest; provided that in no case the width of the lot at the street line be less than fifty feet; provided that one building may be erected on any lot which, at the time this by-law was originally adopted, either is separately owned or contains five thousand square feet, is fifty feet wide and is shown on a recorded plan of lots. In a Residence A or B District not more than thirty-five per cent of the area of any lot shall be occupied by a building or buildings, and in a Residence C, Business or Industrial District not more than fifty per cent of any lot occupied by a dwelling shall be occupied by a building or buildings, provided that on any corner lot an additional four hundred square feet may be occupied.
Par. 5A-One building may be erected on any lot with an area of 7500 square feet and 70 feet wide in Zones B, C, Business and Industrial provided the lot is shown on a recorded plan of lots placed on record prior to March 1954 and this exception shall also apply to any lot in Zone 'A having an area of 15,000 square feet and 100 feet wide.
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Voted: That the Zoning By-Law be amended by striking out Par. 5 of Section VIII entitled "Area Regulations" and substituting a new Par. 5 to read as follows:
Par. 5 Lot Size. No building, except one-story buildings of accessory use, shall be erected in a Residence A District on a lot containing less than twenty thousand square feet or less than one hundred twenty-five feet wide; and no building except one-story buildings of accessory use, in a Residence B or C District shall be erected on a lot containing less than twelve thousand five hundred square feet or less than one hundred feet wide, and no dwelling in a Business or Industrial District shall be erected on a lot con- taining less than fifteen thousand square feet or less than one hun- dred feet wide, the lot width in each case to be measured through that part of the building to be erected where the lot is narrowest; provided that in no case the width of the lot at the street line be less than fifty feet; provided that one building may be erected on any lot which, at the time this By-Law was originally adopted, either is separately owned or contains five thousand square feet, is fifty feet wide and is shown on a recorded plan of lots. In a Residence.A or B District not more than thirty-five per cent of the area of any lot shall be occupied by a building or buildings, and in a Residence C, Business or Industrial District not more than fifty per cent of any lot occupied by a dwelling shall be occupied by a building or buildings, provided that on any corner lot an additional four hundred square feet may be occupied .- Unanimous vote.
Voted: That the Zoning By-Law be amended by adding a new paragraph to be numbered 5A and inserted after Par. 5 Section VIII entitled "Arear Regulations", said new Par. 5A to read as follows:
Par. 5A. One building may be erected on any lot with an area of 7500 square feet and 70 feet wide in Zones B, C, Business and Industrial provided the lot is shown on a recorded plan of lots placed on record with the Registry of Deeds prior to the effective date of this By-Law, and this exception shall also apply to any lot in Zone A having an area of 15,000 square feet and 100 feet wide .- Unani- mous vote.
ARTICLE 31. ON PETITION. To sec if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out Par. 5 of Sec. VIII entitled area regulations and substitute the following new Par. 5 and add Par. 5A:
Par. 5 LOT SIZE. No building, except one-story building of accessory use, shall be erected in a Residence A District on a lot containing less than thirty thousand square feet or less than one hundred fifty feet wide; and no building except one-story building of accessory use, in a Residence B or C District shall be erected on a lot containing less than fifteen thousand square feet or less than one hundred feet wide and no building in a Business or Industrial District shall be erected on a lot containing less than fifteen thou- sand square feet or less than one hundred feet wide, the lot width in each case to be measured through that part of the building to be erected where the lot is narrowest; provided that in no case the width of the lot at the street line be less than fifty feet; provided that one building may be erected on any lot which, at the time this
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