Town annual report of Plymouth, MA 1960, Part 19

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Publication date: 1960
Publisher: Town of Plymouth
Number of Pages: 386


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New Eng. Tel. & Tel. bonds, 3's of '74 4,603.16


New Jersey Bell Tel. bonds, 31/8's of '88 4,811.32


New Jersey Bell Tel. bonds, 3's of '89 2,019.05


New York Tel. bonds, 33/8's of '96 4,933.76


Northwestern Bell Tel. bonds, 43/8's of '89 5,044.46


Pacific Tel. & Tel. bonds, 31/8's of '87


2,019.96


Pacific Tel. & Tel. bonds, 31/4's of '78


2,050.40


Pacific Tel. & Tel. bonds, 23/4's of '85


1,929.71


Pacific Tel. & Tel. bonds, 31/8's of '83


2,010.74


Pacific Tel. & Tel. bonds, 31/4's of '79


2,868.75


Southern Bell Tel. bonds, 23/4's of '85


1,916.85


Southern Bell Tel. bonds, 45/8's of '93


4,904.50


Wisconsin Telephone bonds, 41/2's of '92 5,059.65


Alabama Power bonds, 47/8's of '89 5,018.79


Alabama Power bonds, 5's of '90 5,014.98


Arkansas Power & Light bonds, 31/8's of '74


2,027.58


California Elec. Power bonds, 41/2's of '88


5,078.50


California Elec. Power bonds, 35/8's of '85


4,068.20


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California Oregon Power bonds, 37/8's of '86 5,060.40


Central Maine Power bonds, 33/8's of '85 2,803.56


Central Vermont Public Service bonds, 23/4's of '75 1,939.31


Central Vermont Public Service bonds, 31/2's of '81 2,670.52


Community Public Service bonds, 53/8's of '87 5,090.52


Cons. Edison of New York bonds, 3's of '79 2,036.39


Cons. Gas, Electric Light & Power of Baltimore bonds, 23/4's of '86 4,021.78


Consumers Power bonds, 4's of '86


5,047.95


Duquesne Light bonds, 35/8's of '83


3,875.67


Fall River Elec. Light bonds, 33/4's of '83


3,002.39


Georgia Power bonds, 33/8's of '82


3,116.22


Houston Lighting & Power bonds, 31/4's of '86 2,446.33


Idaho Power bonds, 4's of '88


5,000.00


Idaho Power bonds, 5's of '89


5,037.70


Kentucky Utilities bonds, 33/4's of '86


5,065.30


Maine Public Service bonds, 27/8's of '75


1,902.25


Merrimack-Essex Electric bonds. 41/2's of '88


5,118.94


Milwaukee Gas Light bonds, 31/8's of "75


3,026.49


Montana Power bonds, 27/8's of '75


5,904.06


New England Power bonds, 23/4's of '79 2,005.82


New Orleans Public Service bonds, 41/2's of '87 5,038.12


Niagara Mohawk Power bonds, 43/4's of '90 5,039.18


North Shore Gas bonds, 4's of '75 4,044.59


Northern Indiana Public Service bonds, 31/8's of '73 6,881.63


Orange & Rockland Utilities bonds, 41/2's of '88 4,757.84


Pacific Gas & Electric bonds, 3's of '70 2,013.68


Pacific Gas & Electric bonds, 3's of '71 2,052.36


Pennsylvania Electric bonds, 5's of '90 5,092.78


Public Service of New Hampshire bonds, 31/4's of '73 2,091.20


Public Service of Oklahoma bonds, 41/4's of '87 4,968.65 Rockland Light & Power bonds, 31/8's of '78 2,797.91 Savannah Electric & Power bonds, 37/s's of '86 5,101.39


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Southern California Edison bonds, 3's of '65 2,010.35


Southern California Edison bonds, 31/4's of '64 1,930.69 Southern Nevada Power bonds, 51/4's of '89 5,000.00 St. Joseph Light & Power bonds, 5's of '89 5,060.71


Utah Power & Light bonds, 35/8's of '81 3,110.48


Virginia Electric & Power bonds, 33/8's of '81 3,079.51


Wisconsin Electric Power bonds, 37/8's of '86 5,085.01


Wisconsin Michigan Power bonds, 3's of '78 1,931.77 Wisconsin Power & Light bonds, 45/8's of '89 5,027.23


Aluminum of America bonds, 31/8's of '64


1,004.10


American Tobacco bonds, 3's of '69 991.40


General Motors bonds, 31/4's of '79


2,011.12


National Dairy Products bonds, 31/8's of '76


998.11


Sears Roebuck bonds, 43/4's of '83


3,000.00


Accrued interest on bonds as of Dec. 31, 1960 3,680.74


Due from town for military service credit


248.60


$461,536.60


2. Liabilities:


Annuity Savings Fund


$346,317.67


Annuity Reserve Fund


65,087.96


Military Service Fund


4,736.78


Pension Fund


44,723.86


Expense Fund


670.33


$461,536.60


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN P. RYAN, Chairman CORA B. GRADY, Secretary PETER BRIGIDA


Contributory Retirement System Board of Retirement, Plymouth


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REPORT OF ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR 1960


Your Advisory and Finance Committee has carefully considered the budgets of the several departments and offi- ces of the Town, as well as the special articles set forth in the warrant, and is pleased to submit its recommendations for your consideration.


Having in mind that, in addition to town taxes, the in- creasing national, state and county taxes also are ultimately reflected in your pocketbooks, the recommendations of your Committee, which are the result of its collective judgment, provide for salaries and wages which it believes fair to the employees of the Town and to the residents who pay them and for adequate maintenance and improvement of the Town's plant and physical property. Also we have recom- mended purchases of new equipment, vehicles, machines and other items which will improve the operating efficiency and the service rendered by the departments and offices and fur- nish the Town in general with facilities which will benefit the needs of its residents as well as make it attractive to visitors.


When one considers that the Town of Plymouth is 109 square miles in area, upon much of which low taxes are levied, has 268 miles of streets and roads to maintain and improve, has a 20-mile coast line to protect, and presently, with an almost static population and industry, is to be faced with huge school and sewer problems, it is evident that all the improvements which may be thought desirable cannot be made at once. The Committee has had to distinguish in its recommendations between those proposed expenditures which are immediately necessary, those which may be ad- visable but which can be deferred, and those which can be eliminated, in all cases having in mind the total tax burden which the citizens must bear. However, we must progress and intelligent expenditures must be made to the end that all sections of the Town will benefit and become attractive to its residents and prospective residents and to its visitors from whom the Town derives so large a part of its total an- nual business income. It is such expenditures, in the light of present economic conditions, that the Advisory and Finance Committee, acting in your behalf, believes it has recommend- ed.


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We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to the departments and offices of the Town, to committees and to the Personnel Board for their cooperation and the aid which they have given us in arriving at our determinations. Respectfully submitted,


WILFRED J. BROWN, Chairman GEORGE S. ANZUONI LUCILE C. BREWSTER ROBERT D. SAMPSON HANS F. SLADE


R. DOROTHY CANUCCI ADELINE KELLER


ROBERT CARTMELL DONALD A. NEWEY


CHARLES C. HENDERSON WILLIAM B. STEARNS, JR.


JOSEPH P. LITTLE, JR. HENRY STEFANI, JR.


LESLIE W. MacLEAN ALVIN TAVARES


Attested: Cora B. Grady, Secretary


SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS


Article 7 $2,926,306.10


Special Articles 485,996.00


State and County Assessments (net) 202,518.72


Overlay Deficit - 1957 11.68


Overlay Deficit - 1959


3,968.81


Overlay for 1960 (Estimate)


60,000.00


Total Recommended Expenditures $3,678,801.31


Estimated Receipts


$1,015,202.33


Excess and Deficiency (Articles 22, 78 and 79) 283,500.00


Parking Meter Receipts (Articles 17 and 56) 41,200.00


Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund (Article 43) 2,500.00


Cash from Developers (Article 50)


2,040.00


Bond Issue (Article 56) 75,000.00


Total from sources other than tax levy 1,419,442.33


Net to be raised 1960 Poll Tax (Estimate)


$2,259,358.98


9,000.00


Balance from Real and Personal $2,250,358.98


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Based on the 1959 valuation of $37,887,425, this total will require a tax rate of approximately $59.40.


An increase of $1,000,000 in the valuation would reduce this tax rate by approximately $1.50.


Each $38,000 added to or subtracted from the net total above would increase or decrease the tax rate approximate- ly $1.


REPORT OF PERSONNEL BOARD


The Personnel Board investigated the work and standard rates of salaries of the various positions subject to the pro- visions of the Salary Classification by-law and, as a result, recommends adjustments in salaries and wages totalling ap- proximately $24,000. This amount includes a 10¢ hourly in- crease in wages in the labor group and increases resulting from changes in classifications in other groups.


Our investigation included the review of job descriptions for all of the clerical group, a study of the relative position of the wages and salaries of the foremen and the executive group, and a study of the Police and Fire Departments to determine a means of providing a greater spread in salaries between the various positions within these departments.


Our reason for recommending the 10¢ increase for the labor group is based upon our findings in making a number of studies of towns having similar populations, which showed that the general wage level of our labor group was somewhat low.


With the new classifications, the general salary level of the Town of Plymouth compares favorably with other towns that were included in our survey.


The above recommendations will increase the tax rate approximately 63¢, based on the 1959 valuation.


ELMER HASKINS LAURIS BRADBURY HAROLD E. GILES Personnel Board


INDEX


Advisory & Finance


Committee Report, 1930


373


Assessors, Board of


356


Cemetery Commissioners


354


Community Nurse


339


Housing Authority


363


Library


342


Park Department


364


Personnel Board


375


Planning Board


362


Public Welfare


349


Aid to Dependent Children


350


Disability Assistance


351


General Relief


351


Infirmary


351


Medical Assistance


350


Old Age Assistance


349


Redevelopment Authority


347


Retirement, Board of


366


School Report


243


Administration


246


Appointments to Teaching


Staff


280


Attendance Supervisor's


Report


269


Calendar


247


Census


269


Committee


246


Elementary


Schools,


Report of


277


Employees


282


Employment of Minors


269


Enrollment


270


Financial Statement


248


Guidance Director's


Report 264


High School Principal's


Report


257


Junior High School


Principal's Report


260


Music Supervisor, Report of


Vocal


271


Oral Hygiene and Dental


Clinic


274


Physical Education


273


Resignations in Teaching


Staff


281


Regional School District


Committee


244


School Committee Report


253


Superintendent's Report


253


Selectmen's Department


297


Airport Commission


318


Development and Industrial


Commission


337


Engineer, Town 301


Fisheries, Inland


300


Forest, Town


299


Harbor Master


338


Insect Pest Control


304


Jurors, List of


326


Public Safety, Commission of 305


Building Inspection


312


Dog Officer


317


Fire Division 308


Forest Fire


311


Health Division


314


Police Division


306


Sealer of Weights and Measures 314


Selectmen's Report


298


Streets and Sewers, Supt. of 320


Veterans' Services


302


Town Accountant's Report 109


Schedule A (Cash Receipts


and Payments)


112


Schedule B (Appropriations) 140 Schedule C (Estimated Receipts) 216


Schedule D (Revenue


Account)


217


Schedule E (Excess and


Deficiency)


218


Schedule F (Balance Sheet) 219


Schedule G (Funded


Indebtedness)


223


Schedule H (Funded


Indebtedness)


224


Schedule I (Trust Funds)


225


Schedule J (Calculation of


Credit)


242


Town Clerk's Report


5


Annual Town Meeting


18


Births


80


Deaths


100


Marriages


93


Officers, 1960 Town 5


Special Election


73


Special Town Meeting 75


State Election


74


Town Election


15


Town Meeting Members


12


Tree Warden


353


Water Department


289


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