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Reconstruction of Eugenie Terrace
430.49
430.49
430.05
.44
Reconstruction of Greenacre Lane
575.00
575.00
7.74
567.26
Reconstruction of Linden St.
360.00
360.00
74.79
285.21
225
Finance Adjustments Refunds Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
Refunds and
Finance Adjustments Total Available for Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other Receipts Transfers Accounts Expenditures
Expended on
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Reconstruction of Edgelawn Ave.
515.00
515.00
514.60
.40
Reconstruction of Woodlawn Ave.
650.00
650.00
650.00
None
Reconstruction of Rainbow Ave.
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
None
Reconstruction of Miland Ave.
500.00
500.00
500.00
None
Reconstruction of Warren Ave. Extension
300.00
300.00
299.22
.78
Reconstruction of Pearson St.
375.00
375.00
374.50
.50
Reconstruction of Birch St. Ext.
275.00
275.00
274.05
.95
Reconstruction of Birch St. Ext. (Harold to Pearson St.)
330.00
330.00
329.71
29
Reconstruction of Pleasant St.
750.00
750.00
477.84
272.16
Reconstruction of Old Middlesex Turnpike
350.00
350.00
193.03
156.97
Reconstruction of Roosevelt St.
300.00
300.00
300.00
None
Reconstruction of McFarlin Road
600.00
600.00
599.35
65
Reconstruction of Linwood St.
800.00
800.00
799.99
01
Reconstruction of Northgate Road
745.00
745.00
745.00
None
Reconstruction of St. Nicholas Ave.
1,050.00
1,050.00
1,050.00
None
Reconstruction of Housatonic Ave.
1,100.00
1,100.00
1,099.56
.44
Reconstruction of Allen St.
250.00
250.00
249.49
.51
Reconstruction of Leedberg St.
500.00
500.00
22.74
477.26
Road Machinery Fund
4,228.50
9,099.85
13,328.35
None
13,328.35
226
Appropri- ations
Warrants
Appropri- ations
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Adjustments Total Available for Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other Transfers Accounts Expenditures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Total of the Highway Department $ 176,570.32 $ 13,099.85 $ 1,300.00 $17,500.00 $ 208,470.17 $ 171,700.97 $ 5,500.00 $ 31,269.20
Street Lighting
$ 15,292.00 $
None $ None $
None $ 15,292.00 $
14,680.15 $
None $ 611.85
CHARITIES:
Public Welfare Department:
Salary of the Chairman
$
190.00 $
$
$
$
190.00 $
190.00 $
$ None
Salaries of Board Members
320.00
320.00
320.00
None
Salary of the Agent
3,600.00
3,600.00
3,600.00
None
Salary of Social Worker #1
2,940.00
2,940.00
2,940.00
None
Salary of Social Worker #2
2,700.00
2,700.00
None
2,700.00
Cash Grants
11,000.00
35.20
11,035.20
7,551.93
3,483.27
Material Grants and Burials
6,000.00
6,000.00
3,730.56
2,269.44
State Institutions
1,000.00
1,000.00
145.28
854.72
Relief to Other Cities & Towns
2,500.00
2,500.00
765.37
1,734.63
Disability Assistance Dept .:
Cash and Material Grants and
State Institutions
13,500.00
70.15
13,570.15
12,524.45
1,045.70
Federal Grant, D. A. Administration
41.18
409.00
450.18
17.02
433.16
Federal Grant, D. A. Relief
951.95
5,743.20
56.92
6,752.07
6,119.19
632.88
Recoveries
281.11
281.11
None
281.11
None
Aid to Dependent Children Department:
Cash and Material Grants
22,000.00
22,000.00
16,470.95
5,529.05
227
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
فر
!
Appropri- ations 839.19
Refunds and Receipts 1,334.78 12,827.72
Finance Adjustments Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other
Total Available for Transfers Accounts Expenditures
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance 260.43
Federal Grant, A. D. C. Relief
1,367.00
571.46
Old Age Assistance Department:
Cash & Material Grants & Relief to
Other Cities & Towns
125,000.00
306.35
125,306.35
119,387.97
5,918.38
Federal Grant, O.A.A. Admin.
2,271.03
4,747.32
7,018.35
5,327.42
1,690.93
Federal Grant, O.A.A. Relief
6,457.19
80,359.92
5,477.44
92,294.55
87,474.64
4,819.91
Recoveries
4,305.92
22,741.43
27,047.35
140.00
15,368.95
11,538.40
Total Charities
$ 207,264.57 $128,575.07 $
None $ 5,534.36 $ 341,374.00 $ 282,241.58 $15,650.06 $ 43,482.36
VETERANS' BENEFITS:
Salary of Agent
. $
705.00 $
$
$
$ 705.00 $
692.08 $
$ 12.92
Expenses
100.00
100.00
95.43
4.57
Cash & Material Grants
13,500.00
31.50
2,608.00
16,139.50
16,139.50
None
Total Veterans' Benefits
$ 14,305.00 $
31.50 $ 2,608.00 $
None $
16,944.50 $
16,927.01 $
None $ 17.49
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT:
Superintendent's Salary
$ 6,675.00 $
$
$
$ 6,675.00 $
6,672.30 $
$ 2.70
Secretaries' Salaries
6,500.00
6,500.00
5,698.76
801.24
Federal Grant, A. D. C. Administration
2,173.97 14,194.72
Expended on Warrants 1,913.54 13,623.26
228
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Adjustments Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other Transfers
Total Available for
Expended on Warrants 280,114.42 30,601.98
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance 2,885.58
Janitors' Salaries
31,300.00
31,300.00
698.02
Physicians' Salaries
600.00
600.00
600.00
None
Attendance Officer's Salary
150.00
150.00
150.00
None
Administration
2,750.00
200.00
2,950.00
2,820.03
129.97
Educational Supplies and Services
24,000.00
24,000.00
23,990.78
9.22
Fuel, Light and Water
19,000.00
19,000.00
18,985.82
14.18
Repairs
13,500.00
13,500.00
13,486.88
13.12
Janitors' and Nurse's Supplies
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,998.84
1.16
New & Replacement of Equipment
8,000.00
8,000.00
7,994.35
5.65
Playgrounds
500.00
500.00
488.19
11.81
Transportation
47,500.00
673.60
48,173.60
48,173.60
None
Lunch Program
3,043.77
50,282.01
53,325.78
50,379.31
2,946.47
Athletic Program
3,200.09
2,836.23
6,036.32
3,906.26
2,130.06
Vocational School Expense
3,000.00
1,962.10
4,962.10
4,952.17
9.93
Supt.'s Expense Out of State
200.00
200.00
200.00
None
Construction, Original Equipping &
Furnishing Elementary School
at Center
197,710.05
197,710.05
179,687.11
18,022.94
Plans & Specification & Costs for Const.
4,000.00
4,000.00
None
4,000.00
Totals for the School Department $ 657,628.91 $ 55,080.34 $
873.60 $
None $ 713,582.85 $ 681,900.80 $
None $ 31,682.05
Appropri- ations 283,000.00
Teachers' Salaries
283,000.00
Accounts Expenditures
Addit. Facil. at C. Ctr.
229
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
Appropri- ations
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Adjustments Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other Transfers
Total Available for Expenditures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT:
Librarians' Salaries
$
2,333.00 $
$
$
$
2,333.00 $
2,333.00 $
$ None
Assistants' Salaries
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,462.06
37.94
Janitors' Salaries
500.00
500.00
409.46
90.54
Repairs & Maintenance of Buildings
1,200.00
1,200.00
928.15
271.85
Fuel, Light and Water
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,033.94
166.06
Books and Periodicals
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
None
Other Expenses
800.00
800.00
757.09
42.91
Outlays
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,116.22
383.78
Total of Library Department
$
11,233.00 $
None
$ None $
None $
11,233.00 $
10,239.92 $
None $ 993.08
Park Department:
Labor
$
2,200.00 $
$
$ $ 2,200.00 $
2,197.90 $
$ 2.10
Expenses
840.00
840.00
716.18
123.82
Outlays
360.00
360.00
299.00
61.00
Varney Playground:
Labor
450.00
450.00
374.50
75.50
Expenses
150.00
150.00
129.84
20.16
Outlays
200.00
200.00
83.00
117.00
Accounts
230
Appropri- ations
Finance Adjustments Total Available and for Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other Receipts Transfers Accounts Expenditures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Edwards Memorial Beach:
Labor
750.00
750.00
742.57
7.43
Expenses
225.00
225.00
180.26
44.74
Outlays
75.00
75.00
None
75.00
Town & Finance Committee Reports
3,513.56
3,513.56
3,513.56
None
Memorial Day
750.00
750.00
719.31
30.69
Town Clock
250.00
250.00
165.22
84.78
Rental of Quarters for the
American Legion Post 212
360.00
360.00
360.00
None
Workmen's Compensation - Claims for Personal Injuries
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,756.00
244.00
Honor Roll:
Maintenance
75.00
75.00
67.20
7.80
Removal & Relettering Expenses &
Purchase & Erection of a stone Monu-
ment at Chelmsford Center Common
1980.00
1,980.00
1,800.65
179.35
Constable
50.00
50.00
24.00
26.00
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
3,488.36
188.76
3,677.12
3,465.35
211.77
Microfilming of Certain Town Records
1,070.32
1,070.32
41.67
1,028.65
Tercentenary Celebration Expense
14,075.56
160.00
14,235.56
14,222.85
12.71
Installation of Signal Lights
at Wotton Rd. Railroad Crossing
1,000.00
1,000.00
378.60
621.40
Refunds
231
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
Appropri- ations
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Adjustments Total Available for Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other Transfers Accounts Expenditures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Civilian Defense:
Expenses
677.87
677.87 2,910.00
582.26
95.61
Outlays
2,910.00
1,452.14
1,457.86
State Census for 1955 Expenses
705.36
705.36
705.36
None
Insurance Department:
Firemen - Accident
350.00
350.00
349.12
.88
Auto, Public Liability, Property
Damage, Fire & Theft
3,539.32
199.95
3,739.27
3,739.27
None
Property - Fire Insurance
8,300.00
8,300.00
6,394.34
1,905.66
Property - Public Liability
710.00
710.00
566.52
143.48
Bonds (Not Tn. Clk. T&T Coll).
725.00
725.00
686.22
38.78
Burglary Insurance
168.75
168.75
168.75
None
Boiler Insurance
1,072.50
263.60
1,336.10
1,336.10
None
Workmen's Compensation
6,500.00
1,905.66
8,405.66
7,271.38
1,134.28
Defense of Tax Abatement Cases
640.00
640.00
None
640.00
Total of Recreation and Unclassified
$ 61,161.60 $
348.76 $ 2,369.21 $
None $ 63,879.57 $
55,489.12 $
None $ 8,390.45
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT:
Commissioner, Salary of Secretary .$ 55.00 $
$
$
$ 55.00 $
55.00 $ $ None
232
Appropri- ations
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Adjustments Total Available for Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other Transfers Accounts Expenditures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Commissioners, Salaries of
Board Members
90.00
90.00
90.00
None
Labor
Superintendent
3,100.00
3,100.00
3,100.00
None
Labor - General
3,200.00
118.00
3,318.00
3,317.95
05
Labor - Others
200.00
50.00
250.00
243.10
6.90
Interments
930.00
164.00
1,094.00
1,093.75
.25
Repairs to Historic Headstones and Grounds
100.00
100.00
100.00
None
Extension of Grave Lots
280.00
280.00
279.08
.92
Expenses
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,315.13
184.87
Outlays
880.00
880.00
733.47
146.53
Beautification at Pine Ridge
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,189.93
10.07
Beautification at Fairview
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
None
Cemetery Dept. - Town Clerk:
Add'l. Salary of Town Clerk
250.00
250.00
250.00
None
Expenses
15.00
15.00
12.78
2.22
Total of Cemetery Department
$ 11,600.00 $
None $ 332.00 $ 2,200.00 $
14,132.00 $
13,780.19 $
None $ 351.81
INTEREST & MATURING DEBT:
Interest:
North Chelmsford School Loan $ 8,585.00 $
$
$
$ 8,585.00 $
8,585.00 $
$ None
Chelmsford Center Fire Station Loan
1,050.00
1,050.00
1,050.00
None
Chelmsford Center School Loan
20,655.00
20,655.00
20,655.00
None
233
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Adjustments Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other Transfers 19.45
Accounts Expenditures
1,849.69
Expended on Warrants 1,849.69
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance None
Anticipation of Revenue Loan Maturing Debt:
North Chelmsford School Loan
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
None
Chelmsford Center Fire Station Loan
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
None
Chelmsford Center School Loan
55,000.00
55,000.00
55,000.00
None
Anticipation of Revenue Loans
354,000.00
354,000.00
354.000.00
None
Total of Interest and Debt
$
22,120.24 $354,000.00 $
19.45 $
None $ 476,139.69 $ 476,139.69 $
None $
None
Fees Due the Commonwealth:
Carbonated Beverage Permits
$
$ 10.00 $
$
$
10.00 $
10.00 $ 300.00
$ None None
Sunday Entertainment Licenses
300.00
300.00
Payroll Deductions:
Withholding Tax
64,806.26
64,806.26
65,456.72
*(650.46)
Middlesex County Retirement System
12,040.99
12,040.90
12,292.63
*(251.64)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
44.50
3,588.65
3,633.15
3,606.75
26.40
Middlesex County Retirement System,
Pension, Expenses &
Military Service Fund
7,861.41
7,861.41
7,861.41
None
Gift From Susan B. McFarlin Estate
100.00
100.00
None
100.00
Veterans Emergency Fund
47.50
200.00
247.50
None
247.50
Total Available for
Appropri- ations 1,830.24
234
Appropri- ations
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Adjustments Total Available for Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other Transfers Accounts Expenditures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
State & County Assessments:
State Parks & Reservations
1,610.44
1,610.44
1,416.62
193.82
County Tax
22,142.00
22,142.00
24,520.99
*(2,378.99)
Middlesex County Sanitorium
7,407.24
7,407.24
7,407.24
None
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
2,046.29
2,046.29
2,046.29
None
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
None
4,500.00
4,500.00
4,500.00
None
Dog License Fees Due the County
None
2,635.00
2,635.00
2,626.00
9.00
Tailings - Outstanding Checks Taken In
276.90
132.79
409.69
None
409.69
Treas. & Collector - Over & Short
11.73
3.00
14.73
5.50
9.23
Tax Levy Refunds
None
13,296.07
13,296.07
13,296.07
None
Totals of Agency, Trust and Investment
$ 41,548.01 $101,512.76 $
None $
None $ 143,060.77 $ 145,346.22 $
None *(2,285.45)
-
* Denotes Deficit.
RECAPITULATION
General Government
$
66,915.28 $
117.50 $ 1,375.30 $
None $
68,408.08 $
55.084.24 $
None $ 13,323.84
Protection of Persons & Property
158,697.87
68.50
2,653.96
1,150.00
162,570.33
144,630.94
1,150.00
16,789.39
Health Department
37,391.00
31.10
2,892.10
None
40,314.20
38,202.62
None
2,111.58
Highway Department
176,570.32
13,099.85
1,300.00
17,500.00
208,470.17
171,700.97
5,500.00
31,269.20
Street Lighting
15,292.00
None
None
None
15,292.00
14.680.15
None
611.85
Charities
207,264.57
128,575.07
None
5,534.36
341,374.00
282,241.58
15,650.06
43,482.36
Veterans' Benefits
14,305.00
31.50
2,608.00
None
16,944.50
16,927.01
None
17.49
School Department
657,628.91
55,080.34
373.60
None
713,582.85
681,900.80
None
31,682.05
235
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
Refunds and
Finance Adjustments Committee & Transfers Res. Fund from Other Transfers
Accounts Expenditures
Total Available for
Expended on
Transfers to Other Accounts
Library Department
11,233.00
None
None
None
11,233.00
Warrants 10,239.92
None
Balance 993.08
Recreation and Unclassified
61,161.60
348.76
2,369.21
None
63,879.57
55,489.12
None
8,390.45
Cemetery Department
11,600.00
None
332.00
2,200.00
14,132.00
13,780.19
None
351.81
Debt and Interest
122,120.24
354,000.00
19.45
None
476,139.69
476,139.69
None
None
Agency Trust & Investment
41,548.01
101,512.76
None
None
143,060.77
145,346.22
None
*(2,285.45)
Totals of Recapitulation
$1,531,727.80 $652,865.38 $14,423.62 $25,384.36 $2,275,401.16 $2,106,363.45 $22,300.06 $146,737.65
Denotes Deficit
Totals Forwarded:
$1,581,727.80 $652,865.38 $14,423.62 $26,384.36 $2,275,401.16 $2,106,363.45 $22,300.06 $146,737.65
APPROPRIATIONS:
Balances from 1954 Accounts $ 258,276.03
Town Meeting Appropriations less $20,000.00 for Finance Committee
Reserve Fund raised by taxation during
1955 and reflected on Assessors'
Recapitulaton Sheet 1,289,615.56
State & County Assessments by Taxation during 1954 by the Assessors 33,836.21
Total: $1,581,727.80
236
Appropri- ations
Receipts
REFUNDS AND RECEIPTS:
Grants from the Federal Government
$105,267.24
Loans Received
354,000.00
Payroll Deductions Received
80,435.90
Dog Tax Receipts from the County
1,962.10
License Fees Transmitted to State & County
2,945.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
4,500.00
Additions to the Machinery Fund
9,099.85
Redemption of Tax Liens
111.94
School Lunch & Athletic Program Receipts
53,114.11
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
22,741.43
Departmental & Tax Levy Refunds
14,352.02
Treasurer & Collector's Dept., Over & Short
3.00
Tailings - Outstanding Checks Taken In
132.79
Transfer from Trust Fund
200.00
Reimbursements from State and County for
Chapter 90 Maintenance $3,999.86 and
@harge against surplus $0.14
4,000.00
Total:
$652,865.38
FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS: Authorizations for Transfer from Reserve Fund approved by majority or more of the members of the Finance Committee and on file $14,423.62
237
ADJUSTMENTS AND TRANSFERS FROM OTHER ACCOUNTS:
Transfers from the Excess and Deficiency Account by Town Meeting vote $12,000.00
Transfers from "Sale of Cemetery Lots & Graves Account" to Cemetery Beautification Accounts by Town Meeting vote 2,200.00
Interdepartmental Transfers by Town Meeting Vote 6,650.00
Adjustments to Disability Assistance & Old Age Assistance Accounts from the Recovery Accounts per State Advices of Audit 5,534.36
Total: 26,384.36
TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE:
Total of Available Funds for Expenditure per Town Meeting Appropriations,
Refunds & Receipts, State & County Assessments and Transfers $2,275,401.16
TOTAL OF EXPENDITURES:
Total of Funds Disbursed on 100 Warrants from Jan 1, 1955 to Dec. 31, 1955 as approved
by the Board of Selectmen
$2,106,363.45
TRANSFERS TO OTHER ACCOUNTS: $ 6,650.00 Interdepartmental Transfers by Town Meeting Vote Adjustments to Federal Grant Accounts and Excess & Deficiency of Funds Received from Disability Assistance 15,650.06
and Old Age Assistance Recoveries
Total:
$22,300.06
238
BALANCES:
Balances forwarded to 1956 Accounts
$ 90,741.63
Total of Unexpended Appropriation Accounts Closed Out to Revenue Account of 1955, then to Excess & Deficiency 59,277.11 Less Underestimate for County Tax 1955 Assessment to be raised by Taxation by Assessors during 1956 (2,378.99)* Less Deposits for Payroll Deductions during 1955 to appear on 1956 Cash Receipts of Treasurer ( 902.10)*
Total:
$146,737.65
* () Denotes Deficit.
239
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD Balance Sheet-December 31, 1955 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash:
General $254,574.19
Petty Cash:
Treasurer
$ 50.00
Collector's Clerk #1
50.00
Collector's Clerk #2 .... 50.00
School Athletic Program
Change Fund
100.00
250.00 $254,824.19
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levies of Several Years, Real Estate, per
Chapter 59, Sec. 5, Clause 17, Section 5A .... $ 609.31
Levy of 1955 Personal $ 3,783.05
Levy of 1955 Real Estate 11,680.90 $ 15,463.95
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1955 $ 2,754.93
Departmental:
Selectmen's Department $ 146.00 Health Department 966.14
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Reserve for Petty Cash Funds
$
250.00
Revenue Reserved until collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
$ 2,754.93
Departmental
14,249.53
Tax Possessions 129.50 $ 17,133.96
Taxes to be Refunded
$
41.57
Overlay Revenue - Surplus
$
707.74
Loans Authorized and Unissued for North Chelmsford Firehouse 10,000.00
Transfers Authorized and Unissued for North Chelmsford Firehouse 33,250.00
State Parks & Reservations for 1955 - Overestimate 193.82
Sale of Town Property
162.62
Sale of Cemetery Lots & Graves 2,506.50
Dog License Fees - Due the County 9.00
Tailings - Outstanding Checks Taken In 409.69
Treasurer & Collector - Over and Short 9.23
Assessors' Dept., Survey & Maps of the Town
5,150.00
Law Department, Settlement of Land Taking on Manning Road 1.00
240
Highway Department 156.98 Welfare Department 4,428.57 Aid to Dependent Children Dept. 2,999.08 Old Age Assistance Dept., From Other Cities and Towns 2,864.04
Veterans' Benefits Dept. 1,282.41
School Department 807.31
Cemetery Department 599.00 $ 14,249.53
Tax Possessions
$
129.50
Overlay 1954 - Underestimate 108.00
Overlay 1355 - Underestimate
1,908.86
Loans Authorized - No. Chelmsford Firehouse 10,000.00
Transfers Authorized - North Chelmsford Firehouse 33,250.00
County Tax - 1955, Underestimate
2,378.99
Withholding Tax Deductions 650.46
Retirement Deductions 251.64
Planning Board, Town Planning Project 800.00 Public Buildings, Dept., Outlays 600.00
Fire Department, Outlays 3,500.00
Fire Dept., Construction & Originally Equip- ping and Furnishing a Fire Station at North Chelmsford 4,549.00
Highway Dept., Chapter 90 Chelmsford St. Const. 2,000.00
Highway Dept., Chapter 90 Billerica Road Const. 8,500.00
Highway Dept., Reconstruction of Priscilla Ave 244.18 Highway Dept., Reconstruction of Clinton Ave. 107.21
Highway Dept., Reconstruction of Greenacre Lane 567.26
Highway Dept., Reconstruction of Linden St. 285.21 Highway Dept., Reconstruction of Pleasant St. 272.16
Highway Dept., Reconstruction of Old Middlesex Turnpike 156.97
Highway Dept., Reconstruction of Leedberg St. 477.26
Road Machinery Fund 13,328.35
Federal Grant, Disability Assistance, Admin. 433.16
Federal Grant, Disability Assistance, Relief 632.88
Federal Grant, Aid to Dependent Children, Admin. 260.43
Federal Grant, Aid to Dependent
Children Relief 571.46
241
Federal Grant, Old Age Assistance, Admin. 1,690.93
Federal Grant, Old Age Assistance, Relief 4,819.91
Old Age Assistance Department, Recoveries 11,538.40 School Department, Lunch Program 2,946.47
School Department, Athletic Program
2,130.06
School Department, Construction, Original
Equipment & Furnishings for an Elemen-
tary School Building at Chelmsford Center School Department, Plans & Specifications &
18,022.94
Costs for the construction of additional School Facilities at Chelmsford Center
4,000.00
Library Department, Outlays
383.78
Civil Defense, Expenses
95.61
Microfilming of Certain Town Records
1,028.65
Tercentenary Celebration Expenses
12.71
Defense of Tax Abatement Cases
640.00
Blue Shield & Blue Cross Payroll Deductions
26.40
Susan B. McFarlin Estate Gift to School Dept.
100.00
Veterans' Emergency Fund
247.50
Excess and Deficiency
181,785.34
Total Assets
.$336,579.36
Total Liabilities and Reserves
$336,579.36
249
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside the Debt Limit: General: Outside the Debt Limit:
.$ 130,000.00
General: $1,115,000.00
Serial Loans: Inside the Debt Limit: General:
New Elementary School at North Chelmsford ........ $ 85,000.00 New Firehouse at Chelms- ford Center 45,000.00
Total Inside the Debt Limit $ 130,000.00
Outside the Debt Limit: General:
New Elementary School at
North Chelmsford 405,000.00 New Elementary School at
Chelmsford Center 710,000.00
Total Outside the Debt Limit
$1,115.000.00
Total Debt $1,245,000.00
Total Debt
$1,245,000.00
243
Principal Payments of Town Debt to be Raised Annually by Taxation
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Principal Inside Debt Limit
Payments Outside Debt Limit
Total Principal Payments
Total For Year
1956
1.70%
North School
$ 5,000.00
$ 25,000.00
$ 30,000.00
$
"
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1957
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1958
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1959
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
,
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1960
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1961
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1962
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
244
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
Principal Payments of Town Debt to be Raised Annually by Taxation
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Principal Inside Debt Limit
Payments Outside Debt Limit
Total Principal Payments
Total For Year
1963
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1964
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
"
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
90,000.00
1965
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
85,000.00
1966
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
85,000.00
196%
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
85,000.00
1968
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
50,000.00
50,000.00
80,000.00
1969
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
1970
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
1971
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
1972
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
Totais
$130,000.00
$1,115,000.00
$1,245,000.00
$1,245,000.00
1
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
2.70%
Center School
None
55,000.00
55,000.00
2.10%
245
Interest Payments of Town Debt to be Raised Annually by Taxation
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Interest Inside Debt Limit
Payments Outside Dept Limit
Total Interest Payments
Total For Year
1956
1.70%
North School
1,402.50
$ 6,677.50
$ 8,080.00
$
"
2.10%
Firehouse
945.00
None
945.00
2.70%
Center School
None
19,170.00
19,170.00
28,195.00
1957
1.70%
North School
1,317.50
6,247.50
7,565.00
2.10%
Firehouse
840.00
None
840.00
"
2.70%
Center School
None
17,685.00
17,685.00
26,090.00
1958
1.70%
North School
1,232.50
5,822.50
7,055.00
2.10%
Firehouse
735.00
None
735.00
2.70%
Center School
None
16,200.00
16,200.00
23,990.00
1959
1.70%
North School
1,147.50
5,387.50
6,545.00
"
2.10%
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