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17,000.00
125
2,283.77
2,665.00
Other Administration
2,500.00
126
462,819.44
476,000.00
Assistance
476,000.00
$578,578.57
Total Charities
$575,958.95
VETERANS' BENEFITS - 1.9% of total
Veterans' Services:
127
$6,533.96
$6,853.00
Salaries
$6,853.00
128
961.32
1,417.00
Other Administration
1,159.00
Veterans' Benefits:
129
45,172.29
45,000.00
Assistance
45,000.00
$53,270.00
Total Veterans' Benefits
$53,012.00
SCHOOLS - 32.2% of total
Salaries:
130
$28,454.26
$27,727.00
General Administration
$27,274.00
131
572,682.68
623,606.00
Teachers
621,012.00
132
41,151.50
43,024.00
Janitors
42,724.00
133
12,471.07
13,725.00
Medical Inspection
13,525.00
134
4,297.80
4,725.00
Noon Supervisors
4,725.00
Other Expenses:
135
2,278.04
2,300.00
General Administration
2,300.00
136
320.07
400.00
Out-of-State Travel
137
32,203.74
36,360.00
Expenses of Instruction
31,800.00
138
1,202.67
1,200.00
Libraries
200.00
139
57,478.99
70,144.00
Tuition and Transportation
70,144.00
140
27,591.09
28,322.00
Fuel and Light
28,322.00
141
4,975.44
5,200.00
Operation of School Plant
5,200.00
142
7,981.57
8,100.00
Repairs and Upkeep
8,100.00
143
7,460.00
Replacements of Equipment
7,280.00
144
7,967.91
6,416.00
New Equipment
5,984.00
145
10,960.74
17,940.00
Special Building Repairs
13,945.00
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Item
Expended in 1958
Requested in 1959
Recommended for 1959
146
600.03
1,907.00
Medical Inspection
1,907.00
147
4,935.36
5,500.00
Other Expenses
5,500.00
$904,056.00 Total Schools
$889,942.00
RECREATION - 2.3% of total Parks, Playgrounds, Bathing and Camping:
148
$20,382.24
$24,697.00
Salaries
$24,697.00
149
2,301.68
3,095.00
General Administration
2,945.00
150
475.00
Dump Truck Mechanism for Jeep
475.00
151
830.00
Tractor
750.00
152
490.00
Back Stop at Stephens Field
153
22,942.09
26,959.00
Labor
26,959.00
154
1,028.26
1,970.00
Lights
1,120.00
155
1,700.00
Fill at Morton Park
156
1,500.00
Fill at Nelson Street
1,500.00
157
981.00
Chain Link Fence
158
. ..
250.00
Uniforms and Equipment
159
300.00
Right of Way to Fresh Pond
300.00
160
7,194.29
6,500.00
Other Expenses
5,400.00
$69,747.00 Total Recreation
$64,146.00
PENSIONS - 3.1% of total
161
$39,013.79
$47,000.00 Non-Contributory Pensions
$47,000.00
Cont. Retirement System :
162
33,644.00
40,019.00
Pension Fund
40,019.00
163
210.20
227.00
Military Service Fund
227.00
164
672.00
672.00
Expense Fund-Salaries
672.00
165
389.56
400.00
Expense Fund-Other Expenses
400.00
$88,318.00 Total Pensions
$88,318.00
UNCLASSIFIED - 2.0% of total
166
$680.77
$750.00
Memorial Day
$750.00
167
1,500.00
2,500.00
July Fourth
2,500.00
168
350.00
350.00
Veterans' Day
350.00
169
630.78
1,000.00
Thanksgiving Day
1,000.00
170
20,051.27
17,224.34
Insurance on all Town Property
17,224.34
171
9,111.17
9,694.49
Workman's Comp. & Liab.
Insurance 9,694.49
172
13,314.64
15,000.00
Group Insurance
15,000.00
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Item
Expended in 1958
Requested in 1959
Recommended for 1959
173
250.00
250.00
Sexton
250.00
174
850.20
1,000.00
Personal & Property
Damage Claims
1,000.00
175
781.00
927.00
Misc. Account-Salaries
927.00
176
5,164.48
7,710.00
Misc. Account-Other
Expenses
7,525.00
$56,405.83 Total Unclassified
$56,220.83
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES - 4.3% of total Water:
177
$24,916.20
$30,823.00
Salaries
$29,500.00
178
52,901.67
62,660.00
Maintenance
61,760.00
179
550.00
Thawing Generator Plant
550.00
180
2,500.00
Emergencies
2,500.00
181
13,899.19
9,000.00
Regular Construction
9,000.00
Harbor Master:
182
4,047.00
4,169.00
Salary
4,169.00
183
625.00
Radio for Boat
184
819 00
Outboard Motor
185
871.87
1,172.45
Other Expenses Other:
1,162.00
186
565.42
810.00
Town Wharf Maintenance
810.00
187
12,147.33
11,624.60
Airport Maintenance
9,000.00
(incl. receipts)
188
1,652.00
550.00
Town Forest
550.00
$125,303.05
Total Public Service Enterprises
$119,001.00
CEMETERIES - 1.4% of total
189
$11,775.25
$13,673.00
Salaries
$13,673.00
190
15,895.24
16,761.00
Oak Grove & Vine Hills Cemeteries
16,736.00
191
3,172.37
3,725.00
Burial Hill Cemetery
3,725.00
192
2,677.19
3,600.00
Outlying Cemeteries
3,600.00
193
2,100.00
2,000.00
Vine Hills Cemetery Addition
2,000.00
$39,759.00
Total Cemeteries
$39,734.00
TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST - 5.5% of total
194
$154,098.19
$151,000.00 Town Debt and Interest
$151,000.00
$2,905,491.45
TOTAL ARTICLE 7
$2,767,740.63
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SPECIAL ARTICLES
Recommended
2. Broadcasting Town Meeting
Requested $200.00 41,678.00
$200.00
8. Plymouth Public Library
41,425.00
9. Manomet Library
2,000.00
2,000.00
10. Reserve Account
25,000.00*
25,000.00*
12. Stabilization Fund
25,000.00*
25,000.00*
13. District Nurses
8,337.00
8,000.00
14. Ply. County Aid to Agriculture
150.00
150.00
15.
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
135.66
97.66
16. Reimbursement to Police Officer
500.00
500.00
17. Municipal Advertising
10,000.00
10,000.00
18. Parking Meter Maintenance
1,225.00*
725.00*
19.
Memorial Building Parking Lot
1,500.00*
1,000.00*
20. Christmas Lighting
4,000.00
21. Chapter 90 Work
65,000.00*
65,000.00*
22. Beaver Dam and Clark Roads Land Damages
421.00
421.00
23.
Highway Street Sweeper Replacement
12,500.00
12,000.00
24. Highway Pick-Up Truck Replacement
2,250.00
2,250.00
25. Snow Plow for Highway Dept.
900.00
900.00
26. Drainage at Valley Road
4,844.00
4,844.00
27. Cherry Street Court Sewer
9,440.00
28. Alden Terrace Sewer
3,045.00
29. Homer Avenue Hard-Surfacing
1,054.00
32. New Street-Alteration of Crescent Street
100.00
100.00
33. Traffic Signal at Standish Ave. and Alden Street
3,000.00
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34. Purchase of Land on Nook Road for School Purposes
39,150.00
39,150.00
38.
Improvement of Cemeteries
3,100.00*
3,100.00*
39.
Cemetery Truck Replacement
3,000.00
3,000.00
40. Bulkhead at Town Wharf
11,250.00
41.
Waterfront Protection-Beach Park
4,500.00
4,500.00
42.
Waterfront Protection-Ellisville
5,000.00
43. Waterfront Protection-Warren's Cove .
12,500.00*
44. Waterfront Protection-Bartlett Brook
2,000.00
49.
Demolition of Ply. County Elec. Co. Building
9,700.00
9,700.00
50. Portable Bleachers for Park Dept.
1,900.00
. .. .
51. Uniforms for Park Dept.
250.00
. ..
52. Hard-Surfacing Morton Park
2,900.00
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35. Purchase of Land on Obery Street for School Purposes
1,600.00
1,600.00
Article No.
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Article No.
Requested
Recommended
53. Basketball Courts
4,000.00
54. Committee on Sewage Disposal
1,500.00
1,500.00
55. Plymouth Redevelopment Authority
?
57. Remodeling Plym. Cordage Auditorium
124,000.00
58. Remodeling Present Police Station
159,000.00
. ..
59. New Police Station
150,000.00
. .. .
...
61. Holiday Pay for Firefighters
1,916.00
62. Fire Chief's Car Replacement
2,400.00
2,400.00
63. Rescue Boat and Trailer for Fire Dept.
950.00
64. Pumping Engine for Fire Dept.
24,000.00
65. Panel Truck for Fire Dept.
2,709.50
66. Aerial Ladder Truck for Fire Dept.
40,000.00
67. Vehicle for Fire Alarm Work
4,615.00
68. Replacement of Police Cars
13,000.00
5,600.00
69. Holiday Pay for Police Officers
2,178.00
70. Wire Inspector Expenses
2,100.00
72. Replacement of Garbage Truck Body
4,000.00
600.00
74. North Plymouth Fire Station Repairs
1,420.00
1,420.00
75. Water Truck Cab and Chassis Replace- ment
1,900.00
1,900.00
76. Lout Pond Pumping Station Equipment
13,000.00
13,000.00
77. Water Construction-Summer Street
23,000.00
23,000.00
78. Water Construction-Shore Acres
8,850.00*
8,850.00*
79. Water Construction-Winding Way
14,700.00*
80. Water Construction-Cold Spring School
3,200.00
81. Water Construction-Brook Road
12,000.00
82. Water Construction-Route 3A from
Cape Cod Ave.
250,000.00*
*
83.
Water Construction-Cushing Drive
1,800.00
84. Purchase of Land in Summer Street Area
16,550.00
16,550.00
85. Zoning By-Law Revision
2,960.00
2,960.00
86. Spring Street Schoolhouse Disposal
1,200.00
1,200.00
89.
Traffic Survey Recommendations
5,000.00
90. Off-Street Parking Lot Construction
?
*
91. Parking Meter Committee Expenses
?
*
93. Industrial Commission Expenses
5,000.00
5,000.00
96. Purchase of Land at White Horse Beach
100.00
100.00
102. Boardwalk at Taylor Avenue
?
Total of Special Articles Recommended
$344,742.66
Total of Article 7 Recommended
2,767,740.63
GRAND TOTAL
$3,112,483.29
*Including funds from other sources than the tax levy.
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60. New Fire Station in Manomet
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Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,788,664.63 to defray the expenses of the Town and for other purposes as listed in the printed recommendations of the Ad- visory and Finance Committee.
Voted: By amendment that the figure $3,865 be substitut- ed for the figure $2,865, Item 26.
Voted: By amendment that the figure $2,499 be substi- tuted for the figure $2,199, Item 27.
Voted: By amendment that the figure $12,018 be substi- tuted for the figure $7,187, Item 50.
Voted: By amendment of Mr. Paul Bittinger that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,824 for Extension of Fire Alarm System, Item 53.
Mr. Paul Bittinger moved that the words "Nursing Serv- ices" be substituted for the words "Community Nurse Asso- ciation. Services," but the motion was lost, Item 86.
Voted: By amendment that the figure $30,129 for the fig- ure $29,529 be substituted, Item 97.
Mr. Ronald McIntosh moved to amend by substituting the figure $51,814 for the figure $42,664, Item 109, for the re- construction of Priscilla Beach Road, but the amendment was lost.
Voted: By amendment that the figure $2,899 be substi- tuted for the figure $1,324, Item 113, for 525 feet of curbing on Castle Street.
Voted: By amendment that the figure $20,000 be substi- tuted for the figure $15,000, Item 115.
Mr. Joseph Contente moved to amend by substituting the figure $27,727 for the figure $27,274, Item 130, but the amend- ment was lost.
Voted: By amendment that the figure $623,606 be substi- tuted for the figure $621,012, Item 131.
Mr. Joseph Contente moved to amend by substituting the figure $43,024 for the figure $42,724, Item 132, but the amend- ment was lost.
Mr. Joseph Contente moved to amend by substituting the figure $400, Item 136, but by a count of hands, 47 in the af- firmative, 95 in the negative, the amendment was lost.
Mr. Joseph Contente moved to amend by substituting the figure $15,250 for the figure $13,945, Item 145, but the amend- ment was lost.
Personnel Board Expenses
$250.00
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Selectmen: Salaries
6,667.00
Medical Panel Expenses
100.00
Other Expenses
2,642.50
Town Accountant: Salaries Other Expenses
925.00
Town Treasurer: Salaries
5,486.50
Tax Title Expenses
15.00
Other Expenses
1,885.00
Tax Collector: Salaries
10,114.00
Other Expenses
3,170.00
Assessors: Salaries
18,920.00
Plans
5,000.00
Transportation
500.00
Other Expenses
1,872.45
Town Clerk: Salaries
5,486.50
Other Expenses
457.50
Law: Salaries
3,600.00
Other Expenses
200.00
Engineering: Salaries
5,024.00
Other Expenses
575.00
Election and Registration: Salaries
3,865.00
Other Expenses
2,499.00
Board of Appeals: Expenses
550.00
Planning Board: Salaries
1,200.00
Other Expenses
1,400.00
Town Office Bldg. Maintenance: Salaries Fuel
1,850.00
Other Expenses
1,900.00
Memorial Building Maintenance: Salaries
7,123.00
Fuel
2,525.00
Exterior Painting
2,300.00
Other Expenses
2,820.00
Police: Salaries
117,770.00
Equipment
7,050.00
Fuel and Light
1,425.00
Building Maintenance
300.00
Police School
400.00
Police Uniforms
1,200.00
Other Expenses
1,400.00
Fire: Salaries
135,000.00
Equipment
12,018.00
Radio Replacement - Chief's Car
750.00
2,824.00
750.00
10,382.00
Extension of Fire Alarm System New Hose
7,246.00
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Fuel and Light
2,800.00
Maint. Bldgs. & Grounds
1,200.00
Fire Uniforms Other Expenses
2,090.00
Insect Pest Control: Salary
2,558.00
Tree Warden: Salary
2,235.00
Dutch Elm Disease Control Other Expenses
15,171.00
Forest Warden: Forest Fire Payrolls
1,500.00
New Hose
250.00
Other Expenses
1,835.00
South Street Station Maint .: Fuel
275.00
Other Expenses
175.00
Building Inspector: Salary
4,567.00
Other Expenses
1,025.00
Plumbing Inspection: Fees for Inspections
2,400.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures: Salary Other Expenses
435.00
Inland Fisheries: Expenses
305.00
Dog Officer: Salary
2,142.00
Transportation
750.00
Signs for Beaches
85.00
Other Expenses
165.00
Civil Defense: Expenses
200.00
Commission of Public Safety: Salaries Other Expenses
525.00
Health: Salaries
10,038.00
Commu'y Nurse Ass'n Services
1,500.00
General Administration
750.00
Contagion & T.B.
7,525.00
Premature Births
1,000.00
New Dental Chair
450.00
Other Expenses
3,100.00
Sewers: Maintenance
7,000.00
Drainage: Expenses
3,593.00
6,790.00
Public Dumps: Salaries Other Expenses
3,555.00
Garbage Collection: Expenses
30,129.00
Street Cleaning: Expenses
2,574.00
6,729.00
Public Sanitaries: Salaries Other Expenses Mosquito Control: Expenses
1,296.00
750.00
Greenhead Fly Control: Expenses
800.00
900.00
2,000.00
1,034.00
2,825.00
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Highways: Salaries
21,080.40
Roads and Bridges
63,751.00
Fences
2,060.00
Repairing Hard-Surfaced Streets
4,500.00
Setting Boundary Stones
600.00
St. Alt. - Leyden & Water Streets
1,045.00
Hwy. Const. & Reconst.
42,664.00
Rocky Pond Road Construction
5,000.00
Town Lot Grading and Gravel
1,550.00
Asphalt Sidewalks
6,500.00
Granolithic Sidewalks & Curbings
2,899.00
Street Sprinkling
1,900.00
Snow and Ice Removal
20,000.00
Street Lighting
34,000.00
Traffic Lighting
750.00
Traffic Signs, Painting, etc.
1,775.00
Charities: General Relief: Salaries
6,274.00
Other Expenses
61,950.00
Town Infirmary: Salaries
4,109.95
Other Expenses
8,125.00
Other Public Assistance: Salaries
17,000.00
Other Administration
2,500.00
Assistance
476,000.00
Veterans' Services: Salaries
6,853.00
Other Administration
1,159.00
Veterans' Benefits: Assistance
45,000.00
Schools: Salaries: General Administration
27,274.00
Teachers
623,606.00
Janitors
42,724.00
Medical Inspection
13,525.00
Noon Supervisors
4,725.00
General Administration
2,300.00
Expenses of Instruction
31,800.00
Libraries
200.00
Tuition and Transportation
70,144.00
Fuel and Light
28,322.00
Operation of School Plant
5,200.00
Repairs and Upkeep
8,100.00
Replacements of Equipment
7,280.00
New Equipment
5,984.00
Special Building Repairs
13,945.00
Medical Inspection
1,907.00
Other Expenses
5,500.00
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Parks, Playgrounds, Bathing & Camping:
Salaries
24,697.00
General Administration
2,945.00
Dump Truck Mechanism for Jeep
475.00
Tractor
750.00
Labor
26,959.00
Lights
1,120.00
Fill at Nelson Street
1,500.00
Right of Way to Fresh Pond
300.00
Other Expenses
7,600.00
Pensions: Non-Contributory Pensions
47,000.00
Contributory Retirement System:
Pension Fund
40,019.00
Military Service Fund
227.00
Expense Fund: Salaries
672.00
Expense Fund: Other Expenses
400.00
Unclassified: Memorial Day
750.00
July Fourth
2,500.00
Veterans' Day
350.00
Thanksgiving Day
1,000.00
Insurance on all Town Property
17,224.34
Workman's Comp. & Liab. Insurance
9,694.49
Group Insurance
15,000.00
Sexton
250.00
Personal & Property Damage Claims
1,000.00
Misc. Account - Salaries
927.00
Misc. Account - Other Expenses
7,525.00
Water: Salaries
29,500.00
Maintenance
61,760.00
Thawing Generator Plant
550.00
Emergencies
2,500.00
Regular Construction
9,000.00
Harbor Master: Salary
4,169.00
Other Expenses
1,162.00
Other: Town Wharf Maintenance
810.00
Airport Maintenance
9,000.00
Town Forest
550.00
Cemeteries: Salaries
13,673.00
Oak Grove & Vine Hills Cemeteries
16,736.00
Burial Hill Cemetery
3,725.00
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Outlying Cemeteries Vine Hills Cemetery Addition
3,600.00
2,000.00
Town Debt and Interest
151,000.00
Total Article 7 $2,788,664.63 At 6:00 P.M. March 28th, 1959, on motion of Mr. Frank- land W. L. Miles it was voted to adjourn until Monday March 30th at 7:30 P.M.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 30, 1959
The Meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P.M.
Article 8. To take such action as the Town shall see fit in aid of the Plymouth Public Library, including the Loring Branch Library.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $41,425, including the Dog Tax of $1,921.06, $30,300 of which shall be for Salaries and $11,125 for Other Expenses.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $41,425, including the dog tax of $1,921.06, in aid of the Plym- outh Public Library, including the Loring Branch Library, of which $30,300 shall be for Salaries, retroactive to January 1, 1959, and $11,125 for Other Expenses.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $2,000 in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,000.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
Article 10. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from the Reserve Overlay for the Reserve Account in the hands of the Advisory and Finance Committee.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,000, of which $5,000 shall come from the Reserve Overlay. $2,000 of this amount will be reserved for Christmas Lighting (See Article 20).
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $25,000 for the Reserve Account in the hands of the Advisory and Finance Committee, as recommended by the Advisory and Finance Committee, $5,000 of which shall be from Re- serve Overlay and $20,000 from the tax levy of the current year.
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Article 11. To see what amount the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to reduce the tax levy of the current year.
The Committee recommends the transfer of $200,000 from Free Cash to reduce the tax levy of the current year. This transfer, together with those recommended under Articles 12 and 21, represents the largest amount ever taken from E & D in one year and is possible only because of the large returns made to E & D at the close of 1958.
Voted: That the Town transfer the sum of $150,000 from available funds to reduce the tax levy of the current year, as recommended by the Advisory and Finance Committee.
Article 12. To see what amount the Town will vote to transfer from available funds for the Stabilization Fund as authorized by the provisions of Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945.
The Committee recommends the transfer of $25,000 from Free Cash to the Stabilization Fund.
Voted: That the Town transfer from available funds the sum of $75,000 for the Stabilization Fund, as authorized by the provisions of Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945 and recom- mended by the Advisory and Finance Committee.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate $8,337 towards the employment of one or more dis- trict nurses; said appropriation to be expended under the di- rection of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,000.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000 towards the employment of one or more district nurses, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 14. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, and to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a director in accordance with Chapter 319 of the Acts of 1957.
The Committee recommends favorable action and an appro- priation of $150.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150 for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County
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Aid to Agriculture and to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a Director for the term of one year.
Article 15. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the payment of certain bills contracted prior to January 1, 1959 or take any action rela- tive thereto.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $97.66 to meet the payment of the following unpaid bills of previous years:
1957-Fire Dept .- Samoset Garage, Inc. $8.30
1957-Forest Fire Dept .- Innocense P. Silva 26.00
1958-Police Dept .- Gamewell Co. 17.45
1958-Harbor Master-Ply. Marine Railways, Inc. 20.00 1958-Public Sanitaries-South Centre Market .91 1958-Elec. & Reg .- Manomet Evening Guild 25.00
The Committee does not recommend the payment of $38 to the Dog Officer for 1958 mileage.
Voted: (Unanimously) By amendment of Mr. Paul Bittinger that the figure $135.66 be substituted for the figure $97.66, so as to include $38 to the Dog Officer for 1958 mile- age, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum for the payment of certain bills contracted prior to 1959 and listed in the report of the Advisory and Finance Committee.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $500 in accordance with Section 100 of Chap- ter 41 of the General Laws, as amended, to reimburse and indemnify Police Officer George I. Pearson for expenses in- curred by him in the defence of an action brought against him for acts done by him while in the discharge of his duties.
The Committee recommends favorable action and an appro- priation of $500.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate $500, in accordance with Section 100 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended, to reimburse and indemnify Police Officer George I. Pearson for expenses incurred by him in the de- fence of an action brought against him for acts done by him while in the discharge of his duties.
Article 17. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for advertising the advantages of the Town and for providing amusements or entertainments of a public character; said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
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The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000 for advertising the advantages of the Town, BUT NOT for pro- viding amusements or entertainments of a public character.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate $10,000 for advertising the advantages of the Town, but not for providing amusements or entertainments of a public character, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from Parking Meter Receipts, the sum of $1,225 for the purchase of supplies for use in conjunction with parking meter collections and parts for the mainten- ance of parking meters.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $725 from Parking Meter Receipts, $500 to be expended by the Police Department for meter repairs, etc., and $225 by the Treas- urer for the trade-in of the coin sorting machine.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate from Park- ing Meter Receipts $725, $500 for meter repairs and supplies, to be expended under the direction of the Police Department and $225, to purchase a coin sorting machine and to dispose of one now in use, to be expended under the direction of the Town Treasurer.
Article 19. To see if the Town will amend the action taken at the March 1958 Town Meeting under Article 97 in relation to the collection of fees for special parking in the parking lot of the Memorial Building and will authorize a transfer to the E & D Account of $922 from the Special Mem- orial Building Parking Lot Fund and will appropriate not in excess of $1,500 from this special fund for operating expenses in 1959. (By Petition)
The Committee recommends that $922 be transferred from the Memorial Building Parking Lot Fund to Excess and Deficiency, as an offset to the 1958 costs of operation, that $1,000 be appropriated from this Parking Lot Fund for 1959 operating expenses and that all regulations regarding the collection of fees in this parking lot be left to the discretion of the Board of Selectmen.
That the Town vote to authorize the transfer of $922 from the Memorial Building Parking Lot Fund to Excess and Deficiency, to appropriate by transfer from this Parking Lot Fund $1,000, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for expenses in connection with the collection of fees for the current year, and to authorize the Selectmen
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to make all regulations as to dates, hours and fees to be col- lected at this parking lot.
Mr. Howard Barnes moved to amend Mr. Withington's action by the following: That the Town amend the action taken at the March 1958 Annual Town Meeting under Article 97 such as now to provide that the Selectmen be authorized to collect fees for the all day parking of vehicles in the Park- ing Lot of the Memorial Building, same to be enforced each year on certain week-end and holiday periods, from May to October, inclusive. The gross fees shall be paid into the Spe- cial Memorial Building Parking Lot Fund. No fees shall be charged for resident owned vehicles. And further that the Town will transfer from this special fund to the Excess and Deficiency account, the sum of $922 advanced for the 1958 operating expenses, and will appropriate from this special fund the sum of $1,500 to cover operating expenses for 1959. The amendment was carried.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate $4,000 for Christmas Lighting; said appropriation to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends no appropriation, but has in- cluded $2,000 in its Reserve Account for transfer to Christ- mas Lighting to the extent that it is matched by public contribution, except that no transfer will be made unless at least $1,000 is collected by public contribution. (See Article 10)
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