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Salary Administration Plan, Pt. 2, Sec. 1
9 Betterment for Laying Water Mains
10 Water Mains for Lakeside Drive
11 Flood Control in Water Sheds
12 Salaries Electric Light Commissioners
13 Municipal Light Plant
14 Determination of Tax Rate for 1956
15 Memorial Day Expense
16 Rent for V.F.W.
17 Rent for D.A.V.
566.67
18 Study of Central Purchasing Agency 300.00
19
Graves Registration Officer
400.00
20 Auxiliary Police
21 Civilian Defense
22 Construction of Sewers
30,800.00
84,200.00 Q
23 Hydrant Maintenance
24 Chlorination Sunset Lake
25 Treasurer of Trust Funds for Library
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20,212.50 E
236,187.68 ℃
21,000.00 G
840.00 I:
26 Pension Increases, Chapter 670, Acts 1955
27 Pension Annuity for Two Individuals 2,592.00
28 Municipal Parking, Brookside Road
29 Sale of Land to Helen V. O'Connell
30 Sale of Land to Patrick & Lillian Donohue
31 Abandonment of Old Peach Street
32 Group Insurance 33 Liberty Street Elementary School 1,000.00 6,101.99 K, 351.57 L 1,607.47 M, 100.00 N
34 Construction Colbert School Addition 36,341.22
34,518.78 R
35 Plans for Addition to Watson School
36 Sprinkler System for
Highlands School
8,000.00
2,204.68 S;
37 Payment of Architect, Liberty Street School
38 School Facilities, Five Corners Section
39 Zoning By-Law, Section X,
Parking Areas
40 Zoning By-Law, Section VIII,
Area Regulations
41 Zoning By-Law, Section V, Ind. Dis. Uses
42 Zoning By-Law, Res. B to Business
43 Zoning By-Law, Res. \ to Business
44 Zoning By-Law, Res. A to Industrial
45 Zoning By-Law, Res. B to Business
46 Zoning By-Law, Res. A to Industrial
Zoning By-Law, Res. B to Business
47 48 49 Dutch Elm Disease
South Shore Mosquito Control Project
5,600.00 F 5,000.00 F
50 Insect Pest Control
51 Acceptance of Streets as Town Ways
1,525.00 E
52 Accept. of Belmont Street as Town Way 2,975.00
53 Accept. of Elm Knoll Road as Town Way
54 Sidewalk, east side of Commercial Street
55 Sidewalk, Hamilton Street
56 Sidewalk, Elliot Street
57 Sidewalk, Commercial Street
58 Sidewalk, corner Commercial & Faxon Sts. 513.00
59 Drainage, Putnam Ave. & Middle St.
60 By-Laws, Article 13, Section 18
61 Repairs, First Parish Cemetery .
62 Unpaid Bills
63 Stabilization Fund
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26,838.97 0 480,000.00 ₽
64 Income of Thayer Fund Appropriations To Be Raised by Taxation $3,688,218.60 Appropriations Not In Tax Levy Total Appropriations $4,937,466.11
$1,249,247.51
CODE SYMBOLS
# Parking Meter Reserves Acct. J Golf Club Reserves
A Charles Thayer Trust Fund
K Hollis School Addition
B Dog License Receipts L New Lakeside School Site
C Water Dept. Revenue 1956 M New Flye School Site
D Water Dept. Revenue 1955 N Torrey School Link Fence
E Electric Light Dept. 0 New Library Building
Revenue 1956 P Bonds or Notes
F Available Funds in Treasury 0 Sewer Receipts Reserved for Appropriation
G Overlay Reserve
H Sale of Cemetery Lots, Plain St. Cemt.
R Colbert School Trust Fund
S Sprinkler System, Watson Sch.
I Braintree Cemetery Association
A True Copy ATTEST:
CARL R. JOHNSON, JR. Town Clerk
Annual and Special Town Meeting
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1956
Pursuant to a Warrant duly issued, the Annual Town Meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, represented by their duly elected and qualified Town Meeting Members, was held in Braintree Town Hall on Monday, March 19, 1956.
The meeting was called to order at 7:50 o'clock in the evening by the Moderator, Mr. E. Curtiss Mower.
The newly elected Town Meeting Member was sworn in by the Town Clerk.
There were 2 Town Meeting Members present, namely: Richard A. Hunt and Robert E. Mower.
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Hunt, it was
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That due to the absence of a quorum of the Town Meeting Members, the Annual Town Meeting be adjourned until Wednesday, March 21, 1956 at 7:45 p.m.
Unfinished business: Articles 1 to 64 inclusive.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1956
The Adjourned Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7:55 in the evening of Wednesday, March 21, 1956, by the Moderator, Mr. E. Curtiss Mower.
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There were 177 Town Meeting Members present.
Prayer for Divine Guidance was offered by Rev. Leon S. Hatch, Pastor of the East Braintree Methodist Church.
Newly elected Town Meeting Members were sworn in by the Town Clerk.
The following tellers were appointed by the Moderator to serve during the course of the evening:
Ernest J. Janssen
Thomas H. Matthews
George H. Cain
George W. Lunn
Charles W. Baldwin
Raymond P. Palmer
Otis B. Oakman, Jr.
Herbert J. Albee
ARTICLE 1. To choose all Town Officers except those elected by ballot.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: The election of John C. Pafford, Shelley A. Neal and Daniel A. Maloney as Measurers of Lumber.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: The election of Matthew McCusker, George A. Williams and Dominic F. Diauto as Measurers of Wood and Weighers of Hay.
ARTICLE 2. Reports of Boards and Committees, choosing of Committees.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That Article 2 be taken up in con- junction with all other Articles.
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Pinault, it was
SO VOTED: That the following citizens of the Town, namely: Robert W. Sullivan, Bernard R. Andrews, George P. Love, Jr., John W. Harding and Russell S. Riley, be a committee to study the adminis- tration, purpose and recommendations of the Personnel Board, to the end that the Town Meeting Members and citizens may have a full understanding of the functions and purposes of the said Personnel Board, and report their findings and recommendations to the next Annual Town Meeting or Special Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 3. Authorizing Treasurer to borrow in anticipation of 1956 revenue.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1956, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ARTICLE 4. Authorizing Treasurer to borrow in anticipation of 1957 revenue.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1957 and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given
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for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 5. To establish salaries of elective Town Officers.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That Article 5 be considered in con- junction with Article 6.
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board, it was
SO VOTED: That Article 7 be considered at this time.
ARTICLE 7. Schedules A and B of Salary Administration Plan.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That Schedules A and B of the Salary Administration Plan be amended so as to read as follows:
ATP
GROUP SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE B $5.350.00-$6,550.00
A Supt .- Highway Supt .- Water
72.00-
90.00
E General Foreman-Sewer Pumping Station Super.
68.00
85.00
F Foreman-Highway Foreman-Water Building Inspector Senior Engineering Aide
G Engineering Aide
61.60-
74.00
H Junior Engineering Aide
55.60
68.40
I Dental Nurse
44.00
54.00
ITS
A Maintenance Mechanic I
1.70
2.125.
B Supervisor-Park
67.20
82.40
C Equipment Operator I
1.67
2.03
E Equipment Operator II Labor Grade I Jack Hammer Operator
1.57
1.93
G Maintenance Mechanic II Pumping Sta. Oper .- Water
1.47-
1.77
Meter Repairman-Water
Sta. Attendant & Meter Repair .- Water
1.43-
1.73
I Maintenance Mechanic III
1.34-
1.62
Meter Reader-Trouble Shooter-Water
J Truck Driver-4 ton and over
1.32
1.56
K Labor Grade III Meter Reader-Water
1.28
1.52
L Supervising Custodian
1.18
1.45
M Janitor-Handyman
1.07
1.32
N Infirmary Supt. (Monthly & Found)
140.00-
195.00
0 Infirmary Matron (Monthly & Found)
100.00-
165.00
P Dump Tender (per day)
5.00
Q Labor Grade IV (Students)
1.00
H Equipment Operator III Labor Grade II Maintenance Water
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00
A Ass't. to Highway Supt.
63.00-
79.00
B Executive Secy .- Selectmen
57.60
75.00
C Agent-Health
55.00
65.00
D Social Worker-Welfare
51.92
75.00
E Librarian
52.00
68.00
G Junior Clerk-Welfare
44.00-
54.00
H Clerk-Stenographer
42.80
52.80
I Assistant Librarian
40.00
52.00
J Clerk-Typist
40.00
50.80
K Page-Library
.60
1.10
PF
A Chief
4,900.00-
6,000.00
B Assistant Chief-Fire
4,410.00- 5,350.00
C Deputy Chief-Fire
4,375.00-
5,200.00
D Captain Fire
80.00-
95.00
Lieutenant-Police
75.00- - 90.00
Sergeant-Police
F Ass't Supt .- Fire Alarm System
72.00
87.20
MISCELLANEOUS
B Deputy Building Inspector
100.00 per year
C Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,000.00 per year
D Inspector of Wiring
To be classified
E Field Engineer-Assessors
750.00 per year
F Registrars (Listers) Board of Registration
400.00 per year
H Inspector of Plumbing
4.50 per permit
I Ass't. Inspector of Plumbing
4.50 per permit
L Town Dentist
4.50 per hour
M Disposer of Dead Animals
300.00 per year
N Chairman-Retirement Board
500.00 per year
P Secretary-Planning Board
300.00 per year
S Secretary-Finance Committee
500.00 per year
X Matron-Swimming Program
330.00 per season
Y Caretaker-Swimming Program
125.00 per season
Z Janitors-Branch Libraries
100.00 per year
AA Moth Superintendent
500.00 per year
BB Call men-Fire Department
1.50 per hour
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That Schedules A and B of the Salary Administration Plan be amended so as to show the Superintendent of Sewers in Group B, under the heading ATP, with a salary range from $5,000.00 to $6,200.00.
SO VOTED.
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That Schedules A and B of the Salary Administration Plan be amended so as to show the Welfare Agent in Group C, under the heading ATP, with a salary range of $4,500.00 to $6,000.00.
MOVED to amend by Mr. McCue, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee:
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Agent-Veteran's Service
Deputy Chief-Police
E Lieutenant-Fire
To reduce the salary range to $3,900.00 to $5,400.00.
SO VOTED.
The motion by Mr. Belcher as thus amended.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That the Chief Town Accountant, the Assistant Highway Super- intendent, the Head Librarian and the Town Engineer be classified in Group D, under the heading ATP, with an annual salary range of from $4,000.00 to $4,940.00.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED.
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board. it wsa
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That Stone Mason and Finish Paint- er be classified in Group D, under the heading ITS, with a rate of from $1.62 to $1.98 per hour.
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board, it was
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That Rough Painter be classified in Group F, under the heading ITS, with a rate of from $1.48 to $1.78 per hour.
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That the Principle Clerk, Assistant to Town Accountant, and Senior Clerk-Welfare, be classified in Group F, under the heading OO, with a salary range of from $50.00 to $61.50.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED
Upon request of Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board, and there being no objection, the Chair ruled that Item H under the heading PF would be considered prior to Item G at this time.
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That Firefighters and Patrolmen be classified in Group H, under the heading PF, with a salary range of from $63.00 to $77.00.
SO VOTED.
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board, it was
SO VOTED: That Repairman-Fire Alarm System be classified in Group G, under the heading PF, with a salary range of from $65.50 to $79.50.
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That Police Specialist be classified in Group I, under the heading PF, with an extra $100.00 per year.
SO VOTED
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MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That Police Specialist be classified in Group J, under the heading PF, with an extra $200.00 per year.
SO VOTED
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That Town Counsel be classified in Group A, under the heading Miscellaneous, with a salary range of from $3,500.00 to $5,000.00 per year.
SO VOTED
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Ainsleigh, it was:
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That the Annual Town Meeting be adjourned until 7:45 p.m., Monday, March 26, 1956.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1956
The Adjourned Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7:50 in the evening of Monday, March 26, 1956, by the Moderator, Mr. E. Curtiss Mower.
There were 180 Town Meeting Members present.
Prayer for Divine Guidance was offered by Rev. Oliver L. Tan- quary, Pastor of the Union Congregational Church.
The following tellers were appointed by the Moderator to serve during the course of the evening:
F. Leroy Foster William H. Low
Merton L. Pratt
Wallace B. Strathdee
Harry E. Holt Harold J. Clancy Ovidio D. Chiesa Raymond P. Palmer
We now continue with consideration of the Articles in the War- rant; the first order of business being the continuation of consideration of Article 7.
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That Member, Board of Registration, be classified in Group G, under the heading of Miscellaneous, with a rate of $50.00 per year.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That Inspector of Animals and Meats be classified in Group J, under the heading of Miscellaneous, with a salary of $500.00 per year.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board, it was:
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UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That Inspector of Slaughtering be classified in Group K, under the heading of Miscellaneous, with a salary of $50.00 per year.
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That the Secretary of the Retirement Board be classified in Group O, under the heading of Miscellaneous, at no salary.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That the Secretary of the Board of Appeals, Zoning, be classified in Group Q, under the heading of Miscellaneous, at a salary of $265.00 per year.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That the Secretary of the Recreation Commission be classified in Group R, under th heading of Miscellaneous, at a salary of $330.00 per year.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That the Supervisor of the Golf Course be classified in Group T, under the heading of Miscellaneous, at a salary of $3,120.00 per year.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board:
That the Supervisor of Organized Play be classified in Group U, under the heading of Miscellaneous, at a salary of $1,000.00 per season.
SO VOTED
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board, it was:
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED
That Instructors of Organized Play be classified in Group U and Lifeguards be classified in Group W, both under the heading of Mis- cellaneous, with salaries later to be fixed and brought to the Town Meeting at that time for vote.
The Moderator stated that Article 6 would now be taken under consideration, in conjunction with Article 5.
ARTICLE 6. Funds for Interest, Maturing Debt and Town Departments. (for amounts appropriated, see Town Accountant's report, Recapitulation)
ARTICLE 2. Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board submitted the following report:
Report on Salaries of Elected Officials
At last year's annual town meeting the Personnel Board was asked
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to review the salaries of our elected officials. This has been an in- teresting, and yet difficult, task.
Our approach to this task was fundamentally the same as that used for other town positions. We attempted to establish the inherent worth of each position and the amount of time required for its per- formance. This information was secured by interviews with most of the boards or individuals who serve as elected officials, all of whom co- operated most pleasantly.
We found that all positions fell into one of three general groups. In the first group are those officials who fill what might be called working jobs. That is, the position provides full or partial livelihood for the incumbent. In this group are the treasurer, the tax collector, the town clerk, and the tree warden.
No effort was made to study the work of the treasurer, the tax collector, or the town clerk. These positions were studied in 1954. No fundamental changes in job content have occurred since and wages have remained steady. Secondly new people have entered some of these positions. It would seem wise to plan a study of these three positions about 1957.
Our study of the tree warden indicated that his current rate of pay was proper, and no change is recommended.
In the second group are various Boards and individuals whose compensations are strictly nominal, or token, payments. In this groupi are the Sewer Commissioners, Water Commissioners, Light Board, Board of Health. Board of Welfare. and the Moderator. Except for the Moderator each of these Boards has a department head-a super- intendent or a manager-upon whom they can lean quite heavily. And for them no change is recommended.
We find. however, that in proportion to the time he devotes to his position the moderator is our most important elected official. By his handling of town meetings he can make or break any measure coming before this group. . His sharpness, or lack of it, can affect the legality of borrowings. His appointments seriously affect the outcome of the work of committees from permanent ones like the Finance Committee to temporary ones on such subjects as centralized purchasing. Although it is not a requirement that he be a lawyer, a good knowledge of municipal law is essential. He must be thoroughly grounded in parliamentary procedure, he must have an unusual personality, and he probably should avoid dabbling in local politics. We believe our Moderator should receive an increase to $100 per year, still a nominal figure, everything considered. We so recommend.
The third group comprises the Board of Assessors and the Board of Selectmen. This group differs from group two in three respects. One-the demands on their time are quite a bit larger. Two-a sub- stantial portion of their work is during daylight, or working hours. And three-they have no single department head upon whom they can lean.
Last fall we attended a meeting with representatives of the Board of Assessors and the Finance Committee. In the light of that meeting we feel no changes in compensation should be made at this time.
In the case of the Board of Selectmen we believe that the tre-
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mendous time they must spend on their jobs plus the responsibilities of their positions justify an increase of $100 each. And we so recom- mend.
In summary the proposed rates for nominal compensation for all these positions are just that. In no case are these people receiving compensation in relation to their work. We recommend two changes:
Moderator-$100 per year
Selectmen -- $800 per year each.
WILLIAM B. BELCHER, Chairman ALBERT E. WYNOT ROBERT E. THOMPSON CHARLES P. ROLFE WILBERT J. KEMMER
MOVED by Mr. Belcher of the Personnel Board under Article 2:
That a committee of five (5) be appointed by the Moderator to recommend to the next annual town meeting a schedule of fees for wiring inspections and a method of compensation for the Inspector of Wiring, said committee to be composed of a member of the Board of Selectmen, a member of the Personnel Board, a member of the Finance Committee, the Inspector of Wiring, and an electrical contractor who is a citizen of this town and doing business in Braintree. Said com- mittee is to insert such articles in the Town Warrant for the 1957 Annual Town Meeting as are necessary to implement its recommenda- tions.
SO VOTED
ARTICLE 2. Mr. McCue submitted the following report under Article 2.
Report of Committee on Improved Method of Betterment Assessments
This Committee, appointed pursuant to a Resolution adopted by the 1954 Annual Meeting, has met and studied the applicable laws on betterment assessments as well as methods practiced in the past in assessing such betterments. Since the Statutes prescribe the right of the T'own to assess, as well as the general manner of doing so, it is unnecessary to give detailed consideration to the law except for the purpose of ascertaining that any practical suggestions are consistent with the law.
When the Town has in the past voted an appropriation for an im- provement on streets or sidewalks they have generally indicated that betterments should be assessed to 50% or 662/3% of the cost. It would be assumed, therefore, that the Town should ultimately get a return of that fraction of the total cost. An examination of current practice, however, indicates that that has frequently not been he case. There seems to be at least three primary reasons why the full percentage has not in fact been collectible.
It has been the practice to determine the total length from one end to the other of the improvement and then divide that length into an estimated cost per foot and applying the betterment percentage to obtain a rate per remaining foot of assessment. Losses in collection occur when within that total length we find certain types of property, where the assessment cannot be collected. The most frequent of these
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is when the improvement is interrupted by a cross street which, of course, shows no return in assessment. In other cases, particularly on sidewalk assessments, we find individual lots where the owners have already constructed, at private expense, an adequate sidewalk and therefore cannot be assessed for an improvement which is unnecessary in that location. Occassionally there are Town owned lots by reason of tax lien foreclosure which, of course, cannot at that point pay an assessment to the Town. In cases, particularly of street assessments, there is always a problem of assessment on a corner lot which already has the benefit of a public way on another side of the lot so that it does not derive any substantial benefit from the construction of a new street on the second side of the lot.
Your Committee feels that the losses accruing from these causes can be eliminated by a more careful analysis of the area to be benefited in advance of the filing of the lien estimated against the properties. That is, instead of dividing the estimated cost by the total length it should be divided only by the length of the segments in which the actual construction occurs. Then the assessable percentage should produce a return reasonably expected by the Town if due allowance is made for the corner lots which should not normally be assessed on street construction. With reference to Town owned lots fronting on streets or sidewalks on which assessments are to be levied they should undoubtedly bear their share of the cost since they received the same benefit or enhancement or value which is coming to other lots fronting on the improvement. But, if that value is enhanced, they should not later be sold at a price which does not reflect the benefit. To avoid this possibility the Department assessing the benefit against the Town owned lot should make certain that our records or tax title possessions bear a notation so that the Selectmen in determining the price at which the lot may be sold shall give consideration to the fact that it has been benefited by the improvement.
In order to accomplish the purposes set forth in this report your Committee moves that the report be adopted, and that a copy thereof should be filed with the Selectmen for their guidance on future better- ment projects.
For the Committee, By JAMES P. McCUE, Chairman WALLACE B. STRATHDEE RICHARD A. HUNT
MOVED by Mr. McCue :
That the report of the Committee be adopted and that a copy thereof should be filed with the Selectmen for their guidance on futuro betterment projects.
SO VOTED
REPORT OF PROGRESS COMMITTEE TO SURVEY AND INVESTIGATE BRAINTREE MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
March 1955 annual town meeting passed the following vote: "That the Moderator appoint a committee of five to survey and investigate
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the Braintree Municipal Electric Light Plant's finances and operation, and to report its findings to the 1956 Town Meeting, or insert an article, if deemed necessary, in the 1956 Town Warrant."
E. Curtiss Mower, Moderator, appointed the following committee: John J. Canavan, Chairman, Fred J. Klay, Donald J. Laing, George W. Lunn, Ramon A. Nagle.
The committee has reviewed the Braintree Electric Light Depart- ment rates on a comparative basis, with particular reference to com- munities of like size, or communities operating town-owned plants. The committee also has compared the policies followed by the Braintree Electric Light Department regarding refunds to reduce the tax levy with those of other towns.
Your committee also has given consideration to the educational activity carried on by the Braintree Electric Light Department to in- form town meeting members and property owners regarding compara- tive costs of electricity and the savings to the Town of Braintree, and its citizens, in operating its town-owned plant.
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