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Construction
19,854.45
19,463.86
Highway, Bridges & Drainage-Materials
24,924.64
24,727.15
61,461.88
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1965
1964
Aid to Dependent Children
66,163.65
83,316.66
Old Age Assistance & Medical Assistance to Aged
261,157.80
263,519.27
Total Charities Department
$ 390,686.74 $
413,982.59
VETERANS' BENEFITS DEPARTMENT:
Salaries & Expenses
$
1,669.20 $
1,389.76
Cash & Material Grants
23,857.66
19,204.25
Outlays
.00
191.00
Total Veterans' Benefits Department SCHOOL DEPARTMENT:
$ 25,526.86 $
20,785.01
Salaries
$ 1,876,919.63 $ 1,625,251.44
Administration
9,876.30
9,097.14
Educational Supplies & Services
110,107.07
100,022.41
Fuel, Light &Water
61,835.64
54,985.22
Repairs
29,998.23
29,996.53
Janitors' & Nurses' Supplies & Expense
9,799.72
9,092.76
New & Replacement of Equipment
10,999.82
10,990.63
Playgrounds
999.90
983.23
Transportation
201,208.65
175,422.30
Vocational School Expense
4,746.67
3,815.53
Adult Evening Education
6,244.73
5,458.91
Total School Expense
$ 2,322,736.36 $ 2,025,116.10
SCHOOL REVOLVING FUNDS:
Cafeteria Expenses
$ 224,064.56 $
200,047.93
Athletic Program
17,064.85
16,289.12
Public Law #874
117,451.45
140,617.53
George Barden Vocational Fund
1,250.00
862.00
Total School Revolving Funds
$ 359,830.86 $
357,816.58
Construction of New School Buildings
$ 1,242,578.02 $
829,007.05
Elementary School Needs Committee
2,061.25
.00
Regional Vocational Planning Board
860.36
122.45
Total School Department
$ 3,928,066.85 $ 3,212,062.18
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT:
Salaries
$ 37,107.45 $
29,478.65
Repairs & Maintenance of Buildings
1,915.96
956.09
Fuel, Light & Water
2,831.82
2,762.76
Books & Periodicals
15,541.42
16,660.27
Other Expense
2,934.68
3,061.41
Outlay
37,562.06
5,729.97
Total Library Department $ 97,893.39 $ 58,649.15
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1965
1964
RECREATIONAL & UNCLASSIFIED ACCOUNTS:
Park Department-Wages, Expense, Outlays
$
5,271.81 $
6,104.07
Varney Playground-Wages, Expense, Outlays
1,475.71
2,196.65
Edwards Memorial Beach-Wages, Expense, Outlays
2,170.30
1,430.96
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
3,234.37
4,622.52
Memorial Day Expense
1,499.80
961.97
Town Clock-Winding & Maintenance
506.89
172.12
Insurance:
Life & Health Employees-Town Share
35,195.36
31,053.09
General
51,263.62
37,538.18
Town & Finance Committee Reports
3,113.30
2,914.13
Wrokmen's Compensation Claims
1,144.00
1,166.00
Constable's Salary
36.00
48.00
Purchase of Land for Conservation
30,300.00
.00
Purchase of Land for School Purposes
36,875.00
19,000.00
Paint & Refinish Town Clock
.00
350.00
Seizure of Land-Cemetery Purposes
.00
1,300.00
Tax Title Foreclosure Costs
274.00
.00
Total Recreational &
Unclassified Accounts
$
172,360.16 $ 108,857.69
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT:
Salaries
$
7,200.00 $
6,720.00
Special Labor for Lot Owners
497.87
440.11
Labor-General
7,487.24
6,871.74
Interments
2,931.34
2,843.96
Repairs to Equipment & Expense
3,609.69
3,755.07
Additional Salary of Town Clerk
250.00
250.00
Supplies & Expenses of Town Clerk
50.00
50.00
Improvement Projects-
Various Cemeteries
12,310.68
5,389.56
Outlays
834.00
889.20
Superintendent's Transportation
250.00
250.00
Purchase of Truck
.00
3,293.96
Total Cemetery Department $ 35,420.82 $
30,753.60
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1965
1964
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS:
Carbonated Beverage Permits
Due the State
$
10.00 $
10.00
Sunday Entertainment Licenses Due the State
674.00
600.00
Payroll Deductions-Federal, State Taxes, County Retirement, Blue Cross & Life Insurance
408.610.73
384,838.56
County Retirement, Pension Expense
52,097.79
46,231.80
State & County Assessments
99,956.33
57,692.97
Dog License Fees Due County
4,433.75
3,319.25
From Sale of Dogs for County
270.00
168.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests & Interest
6,889.25
8,807.25
Tax Levy Refunds
51,499.56
48,778.65
Miscellaneous Refunds
24.00
.00
Performance Bonds-Custody of Treasurer
14,045.50
13,334.97
Insurance Claims
.00
189.15
Sewerage Survey
.00
21,864.00
Tailings
131.10
.00
Total Non-Revenue Accounts $ 638,642.01 $ 585,834.60
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT:
Interest-Bonded Debt
$ 176,882.50 $
153,358.75
Interest-Anticipation of Revenue & Reimbursement Loans
12,143.17
12,003.55
Bonded Debt
441,000.00
440,597.10
Anticipation of Revenue &
Reimbursement Loans
1,022,800.00
1,026,769.89
Total Interest & Maturing Debt
$ 1,652,825.67 $ 1,632,729.29
Total Payments for the Year
8,201,375.10
7,110,408.73
Cash on Hand as of December 31st
1,209,850.47
2,528,862.86
Total Payments & Cash on Hand
December 31st
$ 9,411,225.57 $ 9,639,271.59
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD BALANCE SHEET as of DECEMBER 31, 1965 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash - General
$ 1,209,850.47
Payroll Deductions :
Advance for Petty Cash:
Treasurer
$ 50.00
State Taxes
3,845.97
Collector
100.00
County Retirement
5,529.47
Town Clerk
25.00
175.00
Blue Cross, Blue Shield, P.I.C. 2,373.47
Group Insurance
203.74
105,912.44
Taxes:
Levy of 1962:
Personal Property
230.00
Unclaimed Checks
1,913.29
Real Estate
48.10
278.10
Treas. & Coll. Overage 66.42
1,979.71
Levy of 1963:
Poll Taxes
2.00
Personal Property
78.75
80.75
Levy of 1964:
Veterans' Emergency Fund 136.38
Personal Property
1,313.68
Cash in lieu of Bonds
11,970.00
Real Estate
2,227.07
3,540.75
Interest on P/C Bonds
21.25
12,127.63
Gifts & Bequests: School-Estate of Susan B. MacFarlin
100.00
Trust Funds:
Accounts Receivable:
Tailings:
Federal Taxes $ 93,959.79
Levy of 1965:
Personal Property
4,526.40
Real Estate
63,981.50
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Exercise:
Levy of 1963
562.04
Levy of 1964
2,590.90
Levy of 1965
16,632.42
Tax Titles & Possessions:
Tax Titles
10,052.18
Tax Possessions
825.83
Departmental Accounts:
Fire Department
80.00
Disability Assistance
253.26
Aid to Dependent Children
5,745.95
Veterans' Benefits
4,627.07
Cemetery
2,501.00
Cemetery P/C Bequests
1,910.00
Tax Liens, Chap. 60 Section 95
8,435.99
23,553.27
Non-Revenue Accounts: Construction:
16.32
68,507.90
Recoveries : Old Age Assistance Federal Grants: Disability Assistance: Administration 146.35
Aid
4,820.22
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration 108.85
Aid
9,012.32
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
209.62
10,878.01
Aid
15,932.63
Medical Aid to Aged:
Administration 70.14
Aid
11,748.57
42,048.70
Revolving Funds:
School Athletics
359.63
School Lunch
15,866.07
Aid to Public Law 874
20,517.11
Tax Title Foreclosure Fees 34.00
36,776.81
19,785.36
Aid to Highways:
State
44,701.79
County
23,100.90
67,802.69
Addition to High School 6,578.82 Highway Garage 122.54
Cemetery Equipment 6,197.92
324,859.09
County Tax 5,439.65
Discrepancy in Cash,
March 22, 1962
430.13
5,869.78
Loans in Anticipation of Reimbursement: Chapter 90 Highway
State & County
55,600.00
State Parks & Reservations:
745.68
Sale of Real Estate
812.62
Sale of Cemetery Lots
2,167.50
Sale of Dogs due the County
33.00
Dog Licenses due the County
70.50
Reserve for Road Machinery
13,587.60
Reserve for Conservation Fund
4,500.00
Overlay Reserved for
Abatements:
Levy of 1960
14.00
Levy of 1961
1,790.26
Levy of 1963
1,015.96
Overlay Surplus
5,565.88
8,386.10
Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts:
Overlay 1962
167.00
Overlay 1964
2,915.59
Overlay 1965
10,540.04
13,622.63
Boston Road School 115,447.53
Junior High School 196,512.28
Estimated Receipts to be Collected:
12,379.01
Appropriation Balances
Chapter 90 Construction 36,616.22
Construct New Police Station
34,812.45
Plans & Specifications New Police Station 1,500.00
Construct Auxiliary Building MacFarlin School
39,240.18
Elementary School Needs
14,983.50
Regional Vocational
School Planning 17.19
127,169.54
Revenue Reserve Until Collected: Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise
19,785.36
Tax Titles & Posessions
10,878.01
Departmental Accounts
23,553.27
State & County Aid to
Highways 40,799.07
95,015.71
Reserve for Petty Cash
175.00
Surplus Revenue
579,481.75
Total Assets
$ 1,423,944.71
Total Liabilities & Reserve
$ 1,423,944.71
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: General $ 714,700.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General 4,575,000.00
Total Net Funded or Fixed Debt $5,289,700.00
Serial Loans: Inside Debt Limit: General: Fire Stations $ 2,000.00
Schools
650,000.00
Highway Garage 50,000.00
Cemetery 12,700.00 $ 714,700.00
Outside Debt Limit: General:
Schools
$4,575,000.00
Total Serial Loans
$5,289,700.00
TRUST AND INTEREST ACCOUNTS
December 31, 1965
Balance 1/1/65
New Funds & Income
Payments
Balance 12/31/65
Custody of Library Trustees:
Account.
Amos F. Adams
$ 12,713.19
$ 590.61
$ 13,303.80
Albert H. Davis
401.20
17.72
418.92
Mary Proctor
12,684.39
496.78
8,500.00
4,681.17
George Memorial
2,538.71
109.01
2,647.72
George Cemetery
1,220.10
52.41
1,272.51
Joseph E. Warren
669.58
28.73
698.31
88.24
Selina Richardson
225.77
9.67
235.44
Frances Clark
615.20
27.19
642.39
Gertrude Wright
1,032.74
41.70
1,074.44
Victor E. Edwards
1,213.43
53.65
1,267.08
Clements
9,049.40
397.95
50.77
9,396.58
N. B. Edwards
1,085.65
46.61
1,132.26
Charles W. Flint
2,003.29
86.02
2,089.31
General Fund
5,464.88
241.65
5,706.53
Frederick B. Edwards
23,968.34
793.74
12,828.23
11,933.85
Custody of Sinking Fund Commissioners: Insurance Investment
60,362.32
2,809.05
63,171.37
Custody of Town Treasurer:
Stabilization Fund-General
20,459.76
904.85
21,364.61
Adams Emerson
314.46
13.49
327.95
Cemetery P/C
108,922.20
11,719.83
4,000.00
116,642.03
Custody of Selectmen:
Emma Gay Varney Playground Fund
238.92
10.22
249.14
Custody of Veterans' Emergency Committee:
Veterans' Emergency Fund
3,882.01
166.97
4,048.98*
$269,150.16
$ 18,621.47
$ 31,085.53
$256,686.10
Adams Emerson
84.62
3.62
*This amount does not include $136.38 which is in General Cash
PUBLIC LIBRARIES-REPORT OF THE TREASURER
To the Board of Selectmen
Town of Chelmsford, Mass.
The following is a list of the Trust Funds of the Chelmsford Libraries showing the interest earned, with- drawals, and the amount of funds as of December 31, 1965.
Amos F. Adams
Bal. of Funds as of 12/31/64 $12,713.19
Int. Rec'd.
Dep- osits added
With- drawn from funds $
Bal. in Funds as of 12/31/65 $13,303.80
Albert H. Davis
401.20
17.72
418.92
Mary Proctor
12,684.39
496.78
8,500.00
4,681.17
George Memorial
2,538.71
109.01
2,647.72
George Cemetery
1,220.10
52.41
1,272.51
Joseph E. Warren
669.58
28.73
698.31
Adams Emerson
84.62
3.62
88.24
Selina Richardson
225.77
9.67
235.44
Frances Clark
615.20
27.19
642.39
Gertrude Wright
1,032.74
41.70
1,074.44
Victor E. Edwards
1,213.43
53.65
1,267.08
Clements
9,049.40
397.95
50.77
9,396.58
N. B. Edwards
1,085.65
46.61
1,132.26
Flint
2,003.29
86.02
2,089.31
General Fund
5,464.88
241.65
5,706.53
Fred B. Edwards
23,968.34
742.97
50.77
12,828.23
11,933.85
TOTAL FUNDS
$74,970.49
$2,946.29
$50.77
$27,085.53*
$50,882.02
$ 590.61
$
*For Adams Library Enlargement
Respectfully submitted
EUSTACE B. FISKE
Treasurer, Chelmsford Libraries
DEBT STATEMENT
Construction
Loan
Interest Rate
Outstanding 12/31/64
Paid in 1965 30,000.00 55,000.00
$
Outstanding 12/31/65 190,000.00 160,000.00 2,000.00 600,000.00
$ 30,000.00 55,000.00
$ 2,975.00 4,320.00 65.00
North Fire Station
3.25%
3,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
High School #1 Issue
3.50%
650,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
20,125.00
High School #2 Issue
3.20%
1,210,000.00
90,000.00
1,120,000.00
90,000.00
34,400.00
Highway Garage
3.40%
55,000.00
5,000.00
50,000.00
5,000.00
1,615.00
Boston Road School
3.50%
800,000.00
50,000.00
750,000.00
50,000.00
25,375.00
Addition to High School
2.70%
390,000.00
50,000.00
340,000.00
50,000.00
9,180.00
Junior High School
3.25%
2,175,000.00
110,000.00
2,065,000.00
110,000.00
65,325.00
Cemetery Equipment
3.25%
12,700.00
2,700.00
413.00
TOTAL
$5,718,000.00
$ 441,000.00
$5,289,700.00
$ 443,700.00
$ 163,793.00
Principal Due in 1966
Interest Due in 1966
North School
1.70%
$ 220,000.00
$
Center School
2.70%
215,000.00
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
POLICE DEPARTMENT Ralph J. Hulslander, Chief
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Town of Chelmsford
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my report of the Police Department and Roster for the year ending December 31, 1965.
Chief of Police Ralph J. Hulslander
Sergeants
Raymond E. Harmon
Basil J. Larkin
Thomas A. Palmer
Leslie H. Adams, Jr. Richard F. Campbell
Patrolmen
Donald J. Butler
Walter W. Edwards, Jr. Ronald E. Leach
James J. Kerrigan
Robert F. McAndrew
Pennryn D. Fitts
Robert E. Germann
Barnard L. George
Henry R. McEnany
John J. Bell
Charles H. Hadley John B. Sousa
Edwin R. Hodgson
Frank Baran
John P. Campbell
William A. McAllister
James F. Midgley
Armand J. Caron
Frederick C. Dillon
Raymond P. Mckeon
Eugene W. Walsh
Intermittent Patrolmen
Henry F. Mullen
Edward M. Rooney John J. O'Rourke
Herbert E. Ringerson
Robert G. Peterson Ronald A. Pick
J. Dennis Harrington
William F. Walsh Robert O. Hamel
William H. Lawson
Robert C. Wilson Robert I. Auger
James C. Greska
Intermittent Police Woman Christina N. Park
Arrests for 1965
Crimes Against Public Order 176
Crimes Against Persons
14
Crimes Against Property
34
TOTAL 224
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
Dispositions of Arrests-Fined 92; Probation 14; Released 31; Filed 10; Worcester State Hospital 3; House of Correction 10; State Prison 1; Youth Service Board 6; Not Guilty 12; Defaulted 4; Dismissed 8; Continued 6; Turned over to Medford Police 1; Turned over to Westford Police 1; Turned over to Concord Police 2; Turned over to New Hamp- shire 1; Turned over to Lowell District Court 22; Total 224.
Statistics of the Police Department for the Year 1965. Number of Accidents and Persons claiming Injury-January 52, injured 30; fatal 1. February 58, injured 33. March 31, injured 16, fatal 1. April 31, injured 24. May 35, injured 28; fatal 1. June 31, injured 25. July 28, injured 15. August 29, injured 28; fatals 2. September 35, injured 33. October 52, injured 45. November 38, injured 22; fatal 1. December 72, injured 46; fatal 1. Total accidents 492, total injured 345, fatals 7.
Police Department answered 3,686 calls, served 890 summonses for out of town police departments, recovered 19 stolen cars, found 119 business places unlocked, made 224 arrests. The four cruisers patrolled 271,265 miles in 1965.
The year 1965 was a busy year for your Police Department as you can see by the preceeding statistics.
As the town grows a greater demand is placed on your Police Department for various services; in particular the number of homes to be checked when residents are on vacation. This is a very important phase of police work and I urge all residents to notify the Police Depart- ment when they are leaving on vacation so that we may better serve you.
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
We moved into the new Police Station on Norh Road Monday, December 13, 1965. The station is modern in every respect and will enable us to function in a more efficient manner. We now have our own lockup, which consists of three cells for men, one for women and a juvenile detention room. We have a modern laboratory and camera equipment which will enable us to take and develop all pictures needed in our investigations of accidents and other crimes. We are planning to send an officer to the State Police Laboratory and Photo School to be trained in all phases of fingerprinting and other methods of Crime Detection. In the new station we have three interrogating rooms and a guard room where all the officers have their own lockers. We have dual radio trans- mitters in our main office along with our teletype machine. We also have a stand-by power plant to take care of all our needs if we should experience a power failure. The Chief's Office is modern in every respect and is situated in the new building so that he has a great deal of privacy.
The Auxiliary Police Band under the able direction of Sergeant Basil Larkin plans to continue the Band Concerts again this year, these concerts have given pleasure to many in the past years.
At the present time we have thirty Auxiliary Police Officers, completely uniformed and well trained in all phases of police work, which they would be called upon to perform in case of an emergency. Sgt. Basil Larkin is in charge of this fine group of dedicated citizens.
I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen and all other town officials and employees; also the general public for the excellent cooperation given to the Police Department during the past year.
Signed:
RALPH J. HULSLANDER Chief of Police
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Frederick H. Reid, Fire Chief
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1965.
Upon comparing the records of the Fire Department for the past five years, they reveal that the number of calls requested of and responded to by your Fire Department has more than doubled. In 1960, we respond- ed to 388 calls; in 1965 we responded to 820 calls and of this number, 19 were for aid to other towns.
This past year has been the most disastrous in the history of our town as far as fire loss and major fires are concerned and with the accidental death of our Chief, Ernest G. Byam, responding to a fire. The town and in particular the Fire Department suffered a great loss. His life was dedicated to the fire service and the work that he accomplish- ed will always be a tribute to his memory.
We continue to use our manpower to good advantage by doing a considerable amount of repair and maintenance work ourselves on the five fire stations as well as the fire apparatus.
Fire prevention continues to be one of the essential parts of our work with inspections being made every three months throughout the year to all the schools, convalescent and nursing homes as well as to other public buildings and places of assembly periodically.
This year we have modernized the fire alarm system by installing transistor units, doing away with the old type storage batteries and rectifiers; by adding 18 new street boxes and approximately 5 miles of new fire alarm wire. The Quessy School, McFarlin School addition and the new Junior High School were connected into the fire alarm system. All routine wire and maintenance work was done by the firefighters.
For 1966, the Department recommends that a new station be built on land purchased at the Special Town Meeting in October, 1965 and a 1000 G.P.M. pumper be purchased for the Central Station with the 750 G.P.M. pumper there now, going to the new proposed station in South.
I wish to express my many thanks to all town officials and employees for the excellent cooperation given to the Fire Department during the past year.
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
BOARD OF ASSESSORS Warren Wright, Chairman
Charles A. House Claude A. Harvey
The following table is presented as a comparison of the financial and physical growth of the Town in the last six years:
Per
1960
1965
Increase
Cent
Number of Motor Vehicles
8,493
12,824
4,331
51%
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$304,907.27
$ 571,348
$ 266,441
87%
Number of Dwellings
4,239
6,392
2,153
50%
Real Estate Valuation
$17,108,100
$30,074,895
$12,966,795
76%
Personal Property
Valuation
$ 2,300,235
$ 3,257,093 $ 956,858
41%
RECAPITULATION 1965
Town Appropriations:
(Voted by Town Meetings)
$ 4,951,650.00
State Assessments
19,920.82
County Tax and Hospital Assessments
78,222.29
Overlay
139,395.20
Gross Amount to be Raised
$ 5,189,188.31
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Town (All Revenue Derived from
Motor Vehicle Excise and all
Departmental Receipts) $ 488,003.31
Income Tax (Collected by State and Returned to Town)
297,342.44
Corporation Tax (Collected by State)
110,593.00
Meal Tax (Collected by State)
8,668.22
$ 904,606.97
Available Funds (From Excess and Deficiency Account: Unexpended
balances from Previous Years) $1,084,710.49
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $ 1,989,317.46
Total to be raised by Taxation
$ 3,199,870.85
$3,199,870.85 to be Raised on Personal and Real Estate Taxes (Levied and Collected by the Town.)
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
The Board wishes at this time to thank all town officials and de- partments for the cooperation extended to them during the past year and wishes to especially extend their appreciation to the members of our staff who have performed so conscientiously and efficiently.
BOARD OF APPEALS
Edward W. Murphy, Chairman
Richard L. Monahan Arthur Pratt
Paul W. O'Neil Stanley J. Polak
James O. Robinson Anthony DiCiero
During the past year the Board of Appeals conducted hearings on petitions for 49 Variances and Special Permits.
Disposition of the 49 Petitions was as follows:
Variances and Special Permits granted 32
Variances and Special Permits denied 10
Petitions withdrawn 4
Decisions postponed
3
49
The Board wishes to take this opportunity to thank all town of- ficials and townspeople for their cooperation during the year.
BOARD OF APPEALS
DOG OFFICER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Town of Chelmsford
Gentlemen:
The following is a report of my services as Dog Officer for the year 1965.
Stray dogs sold to individuals 35
Stray dogs sent to medical school 97
Stray dogs disposed of 12
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Total dogs picked up 144
Lost dogs picked up and returned to owners
46
Complaints and miscellaneous calls investigated 216
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK WOJTAS Dog Officer
Alternate Members
WELFARE DEPARTMENT Arthur Cooke, Director William Harvey, Chairman
Howard Humphrey
Charles Egerton
Total Spent
Cost to Chelmsford
Ret. to Town U.S. Grants
State
Other
Old Age Assistance and Medical
Aid to Aged
$ 257,871.93
$ 122,264.65
$ 137,152.50
$ 78,362.79
12,828.53*
General Relief
8,524.67
8,524.67
1,673.16
Aid to Dependent Children
66,189.60
35,000.00
26,377.09
22,769.39
7,927.05*
Disability Assistance
29,502.65
18,000.00
9,788.00
11,768.35
660.21
Administration Expenses
29,447.42
26,079.05
16,393.11
6,738.60
TOTALS
$ 391,536.27
$ 209,868.37
$ 189,710.70
$ 121,312.29
$ 21,415.79
* Includes recoveries of $12,009.65.
In 1965 there were 88 new applications. Of these 4 were withdrawn or denied. The breakdown is as follows: Old Age Assistance 17, Medical Aid to Aged 37, Aid to Dependent Children 15, Disability Assistance 9, Gen- eral Relief 10.
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR COOKE, Director
ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
100
101
ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
PARK COMMISSIONERS
Arthur L. Bennett, Chairman David P. Ramsay Ralph E. House
To the Board of Selectmen
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
One of the first meetings the Park Board had in 1965 was with the Open Gate Garden Club. It was their ambition to improve the appearances of some of the areas in town. An important contribution, through their efforts, is the now attractive intersection of Old Westford Rd. and School St.
In April, the visitors from Chelmsford, England were made welcome with the British flag raised at the Center and North flag poles directly beneath the Stars and Stripes.
The Kiwanis Club continued their project at the Billerica Road- Turnpike Road intersection which adds a lot to the appearance of the new office building in the area.
The flag poles in the Center and North were given needed repair and the poles in the Westlands and South were painted.
Throughout 1965, as in previous years, all parks were kept in top condition through the efforts of Supt. Harold E. Eriksen.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR L. BENNETT, Chairman DAVID P. RAMSAY
RALPH E. HOUSE
SINKING FUND COMMISSION
December 31, 1965
Report of the Insurance Sinking Fund Commissioners
Town of Chelmsford, Mass.
12/31/64
Interest
12/31/65
Central Savings #147157
$48,677.02
$2,277.35
$50,954.37
Lowell 5 cent Savings 105588
9,897.55
450.38
10,347.93
Lowell 5 cent Savings 99250
1,787.75
81.32
1,869.07
$60,362.32
$2,809.05
$63,171.37
Respectfully submitted,
Insurance Sinking Fund Commissioners,
HAROLD A. FRASER, Chairman GEORGE A. WATSON, Secretary EUSTACE B. FISKE, Treasurer
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Frederick R. Greenwood, Supt. of Streets
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Year
No. of Highway Employees
1945
10
1950
16
1955
21
1960
22
1965
27
The above figures do not include waste collection employees. The following is a breakdown for waste collections:
No. of Reg.
Year
Waste Col. Employees
Labor Expended
1954
3
$ 8,104.30
1957
5
19,955.78
1960
10
32,556.77
1965
13
60,641.99
Seventeen new streets and three existing streets or a total of 3.59 miles of road were accepted in 1965.
Considerable time was spent on drainage and construction projects again this year and include the following:
Concord Road-622 feet 12" R.C. pipe, 2 manholes and 1 catch basin installed.
Pine Hill Road-1096 feet 12" R.C. pipe, 40 feet 12" metal culvert pipe, 5 catch basins installed. This road was widened considerably, shoulders and portions of the road excavated and regravelled and primed. Approximately 4000 feet of mix-in-place consisting of a sand and asphalt mix was placed over the gravel foundation. The mix was sealed with a bituminous asphalt treatment.
Main Street-64 feet 12" R.C. pipe, 32 feet 12" metal culvert pipe, two catch basins installed.
North Road-100 feet 12" R.C. pipe, 1 catch basin installed.
Westford Street-1043 feet 12" R.C. pipe, two catch basins installed. A bituminous concrete berm was installed to control the flow of water.
Subway Avenue-424 feet 12" R.C. pipe, 1 catch basin installed. This road was reshaped, regravelled and treated with two applications of asphalt.
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