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4
5
3
6
5
3
27
Blanks
50
58
127
63
68
68
66
500
Total Vote Cast
15861
ATTORNEY GENERAL
1A
1B
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Edward J. McCormack, Jr. (D)
978
778 1832
976 1212 1237 1186
8199
George Michaels (R)
848
346 1351 1519 1391 1032
786
7273
August O. Johnson (SL)
2
3
5
6
5
10
8
39
William D. Ross (P)
2
4
6
3
5
4
24
Blanks
31
28
75
43
44
53
52
326
Total Vote Cast
15861
TREASURER
1A 922
1B
2
John T. Driscoll (D)
Waler J. Trybulski (R)
879
343
1318 1538 1326 1017
6
6
7
5
45
Warren C. Carberg (P)
6
5
8
19
7
6
8
10
59
Domenico A. DiGirolamo (SL) 1 Blanks
53
61
126
58
77
84
73 532
Total Vote Cast
15861
John A. Volpe (R)
1130
565 1819 1761 1665 1325 1017
2
1
3
Edward W. Brooke (R)
1027
434 1548 1694 1519 1232
3 4 935 1240 1221 1179
5
742 1796
6 Total 8035 7190
769
10
35
AUDITOR
1A 1156
1B
2
3
4
5
6 Total 9507
Thomas J. Buckley (D)
817 2101 1200 1515 1419 1299
Gardner B. Wardwell (R)
657
280 1046 1264 1065
862
660
5834
John B. Lauder (P)
1
2
3
10
1
2
3
22
Arne A. Sortell (SL)
5
7
15
6
5
6
10
54
Blanks
42
53
104
64
69
48 64
444
Total Vote Cast
15861
CONGRESSMAN
1A
1B
2
3
4
5
S Total
James A. Burke (D)
959
762 1819
994 1234 1276 1205
8249
Charles J. Gabriel (R)
869
367 1358 1506 1361 1016
787
7264
Blanks
33
30
92
44
60
45
44
348
Total Vote Cast
15861
COUNCILLOR
1A
1B
2
3 746
4 954
5 997
6 Total
Patrick J. McDonough (D)
738
613 1445
946 6439
James A. Shannon (R) Blanks
45
49
120
55
71
59
71
470
Total Vote Cast
15861
SENATOR
1A
1B
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Thomas S. Burgin (R)
1001
447 1585 1692 1556 1252
986 8519
Joseph P. McDonough (D)
811
664 1564
798 1022 1029
982
6870
Blanks
49
48
120
54
77
56
68 472
Total Vote Cast
15861
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
1A
1B
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Herbert B. Hollis (R)
1108
534 1798 1756 1723 1283 1021
9223
Carl R. Johnson, Jr. (D)
1162
867 2141 1198 1481 1418 1289
9556
George H. Thompson (R)
692
275 1060 1274 1142
945
6120
William A. Connell, Jr. (D) 630
476 1094
683
799
840
732 906 737
5428
Richard A. Hunt (R)
791
344 1198 1348 1287
959
6664
John H. McCormack (D) Blanks
754
631 1441
784
947 586
969 597
6494 968 455 4098
Total Vote Cast
47583
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY
1A 1042
1B
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Anna E. Hirsch (R)
434 1625 1710 1601 1281 1002
8695
Francis R. Powers (D) Blanks
750
654 1498 71
146
75
963 91
991
953
6568
.. 9
65
81 598
Total Vote Cast
15861
36
8952
1078
497 1704 1743 1630 1281 1019
446
350 1075
589
759
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Russell T. Bates (R)
1009
444 1560 1662 1570 1209
955
8409
Clayton W. Nash (R)
992
413 1485 1623 1487 1243
972
8215
James J. Collins (D)
803 647 1560
809 1032 1033
832
836
836 5651
Blanks
264
268 665
315
389
353
314
2568
Total Vote Cast
31722
COUNTY TREASURER
1A
1B
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Raymond C. Warmington (R)
1089
488 1659 1721 1670 1271 1066
8964
William P. Browne (D) Blanks
697
592 1422
743
884
968
882
6188
75
79
188
80
101
98
88
709
Total Vote Cast
15861
SHERIFF
1A
1B
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Charles W. Hedges (R)
981
466 1653 1691 1605 1228
994
8618
Peter M. McCormack (D) Blanks
829
640 1502
808
983 1043
986
6791
51
43
114
45
67
66
56
452
Total Vote Cast
15861
QUESTION NO. 1
(A)
1A
1B
2
3
4
5
6 Total
YES
1365
852 2362 1605 1808 1726 1507 11225
NO
363
192
639
675
668
412
361
3310
Blanks
133
115
268
264
179
199
168 1326
Total Vote Cast
15861
(B)
1A
1B
2
3
4
5
6 Total
YES
1333
841 2285 1539 1791 1674 1467 10930
NO
329
175
600
636
607
394
333
3074
Blanks
199
143
384
369
257
269
236
1857
Total Vote Cast
15861
(C)
1A
1B
2
3
4
5
6 Total
YES
1430
849 2435 1794 2000 1781 1561 11850
NO
250
162
477
445
413
305
244
2296
Blanks
181
148
357
305
242
251
231 1715
Total Vote Cast
15861
QUESTION NO. 2
1A
1B
2
3
558
357
959
772
4 772
5 688
6 606
Total
YES NO
1131
640 1941 1518 1640 1400
1175
9445
Blanks
172
162
369
254
243
249
255
1704
Total Vote Cast
15861
995
6879
William C. Kendrick (D)
654
546 1268 679
4712
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Index
SESSIONS:
March 21, 1960 March 23, 1960 March 28,1960 Art. 1 Choosing of Town Officers Art. 2:
Appointment of Committees:
Review regulations and control of Town Cemeteries
Review condition of Town Dump
Study insurance practices of Town
Study feasibility of replacing old Monatiquot School
Additions to Town Government Committee
Study construction of sidewalk on easterly side of Granite Street Reports of Committees:
Examination of Municipal Government and Administration
Braintree Housing Authority
Feasibility of Developing Watson Park
Parking Area
Thayer Birthplace Memorial
Flood Control
School Study and Site
Park Department Building Resolutions:
Personnel Board to study salaries of elected Town Officials
Art. 3 Authorizing Treasurer to borrow in antincipation of 1960 revenue
Art. 4 Authorizing Treasurer to borrow in anticipation of 1961
revenue
Art. 5.
Authorizing Selectmen to appoint Executive Secretary
Art. 6 Establishment of Board of five Selectmen
Art. 7 Amendment of Salary Administration Plan, Schedules A and B Tabled From the Table
Art. 8 Appropriation for general wage increases Tabled From the Table
In the Levy
Not in Levy
$ 35,085.40 $ 4,807.79 F
Art. 9 Minimum annual compensation for Police Officers
Art. 10 Amendment of Salary Admin- istration Plan, Section 8, Part III, Vacations
Art. 11 Amendment of Salary Admin- istration Plan, Section 8, Part III, Vacations, Police and Fire
Art. 12 Amendment of by-laws to re- quire Town Officers to pay all fees into Town Treasury Reconsideration
Art. 13 Adjustment of Town Clerk's present salary 3,500.00
Atr. 14 Salaries elective Town Officers
Art. 15 Funds for Interest, Maturing Debt and Town Departments
Item 1 Moderator 25.00 Item 2 Finance Committee 1,522.00
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Item 3 Selectmen
8,114.00
Item 4 General Government Incidentals
1,000.00
Item 5 Accountant 9,125.25
Item 6 Engineering
22,113.10
Item 7 Assessors
21,922.00
Item 8
Treasurer
18,123.60
80.00 L
Item 9 Tax Collector
15,662.00
Item 10 Town Clerk
10,762.00
Item 11 Elections
8,940.00
Item 12 Registration
8,644.00
Item 13 Planning Board
1,585.00
Item 15 Town Hall Maintenance Recon-
Item 14 Law
42,529.33
sideration
18,430.30
Item 16
Board of Appeal-Zoning
380.00
Item 17 Fire Department
264,650.43
Item 18
Fire Alarm System
11,865.50
Item 19 Police Department
304,178.98
4,782.00 L 60.00 L
Item 20
Tree Warden
10,450.00
Item 21 Building Inspector
5,717.00
Item 22 Wiring Inspector 3,050.00
Item 23
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,925.00
Item 24
Central Station Maintenance
5,702.00
Item 25 Board of Health
76,964.00
Item 26
Sewer Department
82,291.80
Item 27
Highway Department Snow Removal
13,000.00
Item 28
Street Lighting
8,000.00
30,000,00 O
Iteni 29
Welfare Administration
Reconsideration
Tabled
From the Table
20,133.70
Iteni 30 Welfare Assistance
211,486.77
Item 31 Board of Trust Fund Commis- sioners
1,500.00
Item 32
Department of Veteran's Services
150,296.25
Item 33
Support of Public Schools
2,615,907.99
5,782.01 A
Item 34
Thayer Public Library
71,176.26
500.00 B
Item 35
Plain Street Cemetery
1,444.00
460.00 D
Pond Street Cemetery
222.00
1,140.00 E
First Parish Cemetery
460,00
Item 36 Dyer Hill Cemetery
100.00 B
Item 37
Parks and Playgrounds Golf Course
40,566.15
22,036.80 M
Item 38 Town Forest
600.00
Item 39
Non-Contributory Pensions
43,501.77
2,888.70 F
Item 40 Contributory Retirement System
48,952.49
Iten: 41 Insurance Premiums Appraisal Town Buildings
44,206.86
Item 41 Group Insurance
50,123.68
Iten 42 Maturing Debt
215,610.76
62,000.00 F 253,575.00 H
16,549.33 I 175,264.91 J
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2,355.19 G
1,580.60 C
372,326.60
Item 43 Interest
116,262.50 14,002.00 F
Item 44 Electric Light Commissioners
Item 45 Water Department Commissioners
Item 46 Water Department Maintenance and Operation
67,771.98 N 354,038.97 F
Item 47 Industrial Development Com-
mission
1,175.00
Item 48 Personnel Board
1,360.00
Item 49 Reserve Fund
25,000.00 K.
Item 50 Memorial Day
750.00
Item 51 Town Reports
3,038.60
Item 52 Maintenance of Legion Hall
1,200.00
Iteni 53 Veterans of Foreign Wars (Rent)
960.00
Item 54 Civil Defense
794.00
Iteni 55 Reimbursement Range Firing
22,500.00
Iteni 57 Chlorination Sunset Lake (Water Dept.)
2,200.00
Item 58 Unpaid Bills (Refer to Art.65)
Item 59 Graves Registration Officer Expenses 100.00
Iteni 60 South Shore Mosquito Control
5,600.00
Item 61 Braintree Chapter D.A.V. (Rent)
850.00
Art. 16 Municipal Light Plant sioners (Refer to Art. 15, Item 44)
Art. 17 Salaries Electric Light Commis-
Art. 18 Street Ligthing from Randolph Line to Five Corners and Route 128 from Five Corners to Wey- mouth Line
Art. 19 Assessors for determination of 1960 Tax Rate
Art. 20 Memorial Day Expenses
(Refer to Art. 15, Item 50)
Art. 21 Braintree Post V.F.W. Rent (Refer to Art. 15, Item 53)
Art. 22 Braintree Chapter D.A.V., Rent (Refer to Art. 15, Item 61)
Art. 23 Lease of Legion Building to
Braintree Post, American Legion
Art. 24 Sale of Land to Braintree Chap- ter, D.A.V.
Art. 25 Hydrant Maintenance
(Refer to Article 15, Item 56)
Art. 26 Sunset Lake Chlorination
(Refer to Article 15, Item 27)
Art. 27 Amending By-Laws, Article 13, Boats
Art. 28 Drainage Easement to Feder-
ated Stores (South Shore Plaza)
Art. 29 Housing Project for Elderly Persons
Art. 30 Pensions and Retirement Allow- ances payable to certain former Public Employees
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129,725.00 G 300.00 G 300.00 F
Item 56 Hydrant Service
Art. 31 Indemnification of certain Re- tired Police Officers and Fire Fighters for certain Hospital, Medical, and Surgical Expenses
Art. 32 Time off without loss of pay to Delegates to State Convention AFL-CIO
Art. 33 Amending Zoning By-Law, Par. 3, Sec. II and Par. 3, Sec. III, by adding "and only if authorized by the Zoning Board of Appeals" Art. 34 Amending Zoning By-Law, Par. 1, Sec. 1, land on easterly side of Granite Street from Residence B to Business
Art. 35 Amending Zoning By-Law, Par. 1, Sec. 1, land on Southerly Cor- ner of junction of Granite and Franklin Streets from Residence B to Business
Art. 36 Amending Zoning By-Law, Par. 1, Sec. 1, land on southerly side of Grove Street from Residence B to Residence C
Art. 37 Amending Zoning By-Law, Par. 1, Sec. 1, land on southwesterly side of Franklin Street from Residence B to Residence C.
Art. 38 Amending Zoning By-Law, Par. 1, Sec. 1, land on southerly side of Liberty Street from Resi- dence B to Residence C.
Art. 39 Amending Zoning By-Law, Par. 1, Sec. 1, extending business zone at junction of West and Granite Streets
Art. 40 Appropriation to Planning Board for Master Plan
Art. 41 Construction of Main or Lateral Sewers
7,500.00
49,997.30 67,636.19 P 32,366.51 Q 100,000.00 R
Art. 42 Flood Control in Smelt Brook and/or Monatiquot River Water- shed Tabled From the table 15,000.00
Art. 43 Sites for public off street park- ing
Art. 44 Fire alarm systems in various schools
16,800.00
Art. 45 Heating systems in various schools 11,000.00
Art. 46
Construction of Junior High School 47,795.00 2,300,000.00 R
Art. 47
Construction of tennis courts at
French's Common
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Art. 48 Sunset Lake Parking and Swim- ming areas
Art. 49 General Storage and Service Building for Park Department
Art. 50 South Shore Mosquito Control Project (Refer to Article 15, Item 60)
Art. 51 Dutch Elm Diseashe (Refer to Article 15, Item 27)
Art. 52 Insect Pest Control (Refer to Article 15, Item 27)
Art. 53 Reopening of Old Elm Street
Art. 54 Easement near 665 Middle Street to Southeast Expressway
Art. 55 Drainage in area South of Wild- wood Avenue
Art. 56 Reconstruction of Town Street from Pond Street to Granite Street
Art. 57 Construction of Arborway Drive
Art. 58 Acceptance of Ivory Street as Town Way
Art. 59 Acceptance of Williams Court as Town Way
Art. 60 Acceptance of Butler Road as
Town Way
Art. 61 Acceptance of Totnes Road as
Town Way
Art. 62 Acceptance of Forest Street as Town Way
Art. 63 Construction of sidewalk on east- erly side of Granite Street
Art. 64 First Parish Cemetery (Refer to Article 15, Item 35)
Art. 65 Unpaid Bills 471.20
Appropriations to be raised by Taxation 5,226,014.57
Appropriations not in Tax Levy 3,675,102.98
Total Appropriations $8,998,642.55 1
Code:
A School Fire Loss Account
B Charles Thayer Trust Fund
C Dog License Receipts
D Sale of Cemetery Lots (Plain Street) Account
E Pond Street Cemetery Trust Funds
F Revenue of Water Department for 1960
G Revenue of Electric Light Department for 1960
H 1960 Revenue or other available funds of Electric Light Dept.
I Loan Premium Account
J Available Funds in Treasury
K Overlay Surplus Reserve
L Parking Meter Reserve Account
M Golf Club Reserve
N Water Department Reserve at end of 1959
0 Electric Light Reserve Account
P Sewer Receipts reserved for Appropriation
10,180.00
6,708.00
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Q Transfer from Walnut Street to Granite Street Construction Account
R £ Bonds of Notes
Total appropriation does not balance with amounts in the levy and not in levy as follows:
Article 46-Not provided for $100,000.00
Article 15-Item 43-Additional amount provided $2,475.00 Difference of $97,525.00
TOWN OF BRAINTREE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1960
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 the Brain- tree Town Hall on Monday, March 21, 1960.
Town meeting was called to order at 7:45 o'clock in the evening by the Moderator, Mr. E. Curtiss Mower.
Prayer for Divine Guidance was offered by Rev. G. R. William- son, Pastor of the East Braintree Methodist Church.
Newly elected Town Meeting Members were sworn in by the Town Clerk.
There were 210 Town Meeting Members present.
The Moderator declared a quorum present.
The following tellers were appointed by the Moderator to serve
during the course of the evening:
Robert K. Stanley Joseph F. Connolly
William B. Belcher Leo J. Hart
Laurie P. Cotton
George A. Brackett
Ramon A. Nagle
Harold J. Clancy
ARTICLE 1. To choose all Town Officers except those selected by ballot.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (7:49 P.M.): The election of Gordon E. Trask as a Trustee of the Braintree School Fund to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Louis J. Trojano.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (7:50 P.M.): The election of Dominic I. Diauto, Matthew McCusker and George A. Williams as Measurers of Wood and Weighers of Hay.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (7:50 P.M.): The election of Daniel A. Maloney, Shelley A. Neal and John C. Pafford as Measurers of Lumber.
ARTICLE 2. Reports of Boards and Committees and choosing of Committees.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (7:51 P.M.): That Article 2 be consid- ered in conjunction with all other Articles in the Warrant.
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ARTICLE 3. Authorizing Treasurer to borrow in anticipation of 1960 revenue.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (8:14 P.M.): 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, 1960, 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 accord- ance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ARTICLE 4. Authorizing Treasurer to borrow in anticipation cf 1961 revenue.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (8:15 P.M.): That thte Town Treas- urer, 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, 1961 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 accord- ance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 5. Authorizing Selectmen to appoint Executive Sec- retary.
MOVED by Mr. Fletcher:
That the Selectmen be authorized and directed to employ an Executive Secretary under the provisions of Gen. Laws Chap, 41, Sec, 23(a) to act as a chief administrative officer to serve for a term of three years subject to an annual appropriation therefor at such salary rate as may be approved by the Personnel Board; said officer to have such duties as may lawfully be delegated to him as their assistant by the Selectmen, together with the functions of a chief budget of- ficer to work with the various departments in the preparation and presentation of their budgets and the duties of a purchasing agent as authorized under Article 53 of the annual town meeting for 1943, and the duties of a chief personnel officer to act with and as secre- tary for the Personnel Board.
SO VOTED (8:17 P.M.): That Article 6 be taken up in conjunc- tion with Article 5.
ARTICLE 6. Establishment of Board of five Selectmen.
Under Article 2 Mr. Fletcher presented the following report of the Committee for Examination of Municipal Government and Ad- ministration :
In March 1958 your Town Meeting Members voted approval to a resolution that the Moderator appoint a committee of five to ex- amine into the Municipal Government and Administration of the Town of Braintree and report back to you.
This type of a problem can be approached either by the slow pro- cess of five laymen analyzing our town government and then visiting other communities to pick out desirable features to present to you or the committee could ask you for professional help.
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Your committee decided to do both. We have visited other towns and our own town departments either as a group or individually and we will continue to do so; in addition we sought professional help after your approval of our appropriation in March 1959.
We contacted a Boston firm who recommended Public Adminis- tration Service of Chicago. This organization is a non-profit cor- poration set up in 1933 having as its directors several members from the 21 national municipal organizations occupying the same building. To name a few there are the American Public Works Association, the Municipal Finance Officers Association, the Public Personnel As- sociation and the National Association of Attorney Generals.
After we signed a contract they sent a field representative Mr. Goldstein here. He spent approximately 3 months discussing and analyzing every town department. And I would like at this time on behalf of our committee to publicly thank the town officials and em- ployees who all cooperated with him.
His report of nearly 150 pages was checked by his organization and delivered to the town in October. It contains 88 specific recom- mendations. About 70 of these do not require town meeting action but can be accomplished by the heads of the departments concerned.
Your committee debated at great lengths how best to handle this report. We finally voted that the best way would be to present the whole printed report to you Town Meeting members and then pre- sent the program to you that we could and would recommend in logical steps rather than as a lump reorganization. This would give you a chance to discuss each recommendation completely and move in the direction the majority desired.
Since this report basically aims at strengthening the Board of Selectmen we asked the Selectmen to insert an Article in the Warrant of the Special Town Meeting last November to increase the number of members from three to five. Your action then was to postpone consideration until this meeting.
Tonight we have for your consideration 3 Articles which we feel will improve our town government. We will continue our efforts to bring to you reasonable recommendations but not after careful con- sideration and investigation on our part which means we do not en- dorse completely everything in this report and we solicit your sug- gestions.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. GUSTAFSON EDWARD H. LIBERTINE RODNEY C. POWERS ROBERT H. WILLS ALBION R. FLETCHER
SO VOTED (8:25 P.M.): That the report of the Committee for Examination of Municipal Government and Administration be accepted as a report of progress.
Lengthy discussion ensued involving several of the Town Meet- ing Members.
MOVED by Mr. Pinault:
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That Articles 5 and 6 be laid on the table and that the Moderator appoint a special committee to prepare Articles for the 1961 Annual Town Meeting.
Vote was taken and the Moderator declared the motion by Mr. Pinault LOST. (9:12 P.M.)
Further discussion ensued involving several of the Town Meeting Members.
The Moderator ordered a teller count. Vote and count were taken and the tellers reported 70 votes in the affirmative and 127 votes in the negative. The Moderator then declared the motion by Mr. Flet- cher LOST. (9:21 P.M.)
(Recess from 9:22 to 9:30 P.M.)
MOVED by Mr. Withington under Article 6:
That the number of members of the Board of Selectmen be in- creased from three to five and further to accomplish said purpose by electing at the annual election in 1961; one member to serve three years, one member to serve two years, and one member to serve one year together with the present members whose terms do not expire and to provide that their successors shall each be elected for a term of three years.
Discusion ensued involving Mr. Withington and Mr. Shannon.
The Moderator ordered a teller count. Vote and count were taken and the tellers reported 71 votes in the affirmative and 109 votes in the negative. The Moderator then declared the motion by Mr. With- ington LOST. (9:37 P.M.)
ARTICLE 7. Amendment of Salary Administration Plan, Sched- ules A and B.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (9:40 P.M.): To move the classification Head Librarian from ATP Group D to ATP Group C.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (9:41 P.M.): To move the classification Children's Dept. Librarian from OO Group C to ATP Group G.
MOVED by Mr. Withington, at the request of the Personnel Board:
To move the classification Senior Librarian from OO Group C to ATP Group H.
Discussion ensued involving Mr. Pinault and Mr. Withington.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (9:42 P.M.)
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Withington, at the request of the Personnel Board, it was
SO VOTED (9:43 P.M.): To strike out the classification Janitors- Branch Libraries from Miscellaneous Group Z.
The Moderator called the attention of the meeting to the fact that on page three of the Personnel Board report, Police and Fire, Group A, Chief, the present rate range of $5875-7230 should be corrected to read $5875-7330 and the proposed rate range of $6025-7410 should be corrected to read $6125-7510.
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MOVED by Mr. Withington:
That Schedule B be amended by substituting for all of the rate ranges which appear under the heading Present, the rate ranges which appear under the heading Proposed.
MOVED by Mr. Littlejohn:
To amend Schedule B under Police and Fire as follows:
Group A
B C
to 5,850.00 - to 5,800.00 - D to 109.25 F-I to to to to $6,700.00 - $8,030.00
6,800.00 6,625.00
122.25
E to 104.25 - 117.25 F to 101.25 114.25 97.25 112.25
96.25
108.25
G H
93.86
105.75
Discussion ensued involving several of the Town Meeting Members. The Moderator ordered a teller count. Vote and count were taken and the tellers reported 88 votes in the affirmative and 81 votes in the negative. The Moderator then declared the motion by Mr. Little- john.
SO VOTED (10:20 P.M.)
MOVED by Mr. Pinault:
That all of the rest of the rates be increased by two and one-half per cent above the figures that appear under the column Proposed.
Discussion ensued involving Mr. Pinault, Mr. Withington, Mr. Canavan, and several other Town Meeting Members.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (10:28 P.M.): That Article 7 be laid on the table.
ARTICLE 8. Appropriation for general wage increases.
SO VOTED (10:29 P.M.): That Article 8 be laid on the table.
ARTICLE 9. Minimum annual compensation for Police Officers. SO VOTED (10:30 P.M.): No action.
ARTICLE 10. Amendment of Salary Administration Plan, Sec- tion 8, Part III, Vacations.
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (10:30) P.M.): No action.
ARTICLE 11. Amendment of Salary Administration Plan, Sec- tion 8, Part III, Vacations, Police and Fire.
MOVED by Mr. Withington:
No action.
Discussion ensued involving Mr. Littlejohn and the Moderator.
Comes now the question on the motion by Mr. Withington.
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SO VOTED (10:30 P.M.)
ARTICLE 12. Amendment of by-laws to require Town Officers to pay all fees into the Town Treasury.
MOVED by Mr. Fletcher:
That the Town By-laws be amended by inserting after Article 4 a new article as follows: Article 4(a), Section 1: All Town Officers are required to pay all fees paid to them by virtue of their office into the Town Treasury.
Discussion ensued involving Mr. Fletcher, Town Clerk Johnson and Mr. Smart.
Comes now the question on the motion by Mr. Fletcher.
The Moderator ordered a teller count. Vote and count were taken and the tellers reported 63 votes in the affirmative and 114 votes in the negative. The Moderator then declared the motion by Mr. Fletcher LOST. (10:45 P.M.)
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED (10:45 P.M.): That the Annual Town Meeting be adjourned until 7:45 P.M., Wednesday, March 23, 1960.
TOWN OF BRAINTREE ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1960
The Adjourned Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7:50 o'clock in the evening of Wednesday, March 23, 1960, by the Moderator, Mr. E. Curtiss Mower.
There were 196 Town Meeting Members present.
The Moderator declared a quorum present.
Prayer for Divine Guidance was offered by Rev. James M. Mock- ler, Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Braintree.
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