Town annual report of Rutland 1958-64, Part 12

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1958
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1030


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LIBRARY TRUSTEES


Joanne Alinovi Florence E. Wheeler Edmund D. Kelsey Timothy C. Murphy Bernice F. Putnam Hazel H. Wood


Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962 Term Expires 1962


Term Expires 1963 Term Expires 1963


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TREE WARDEN


H. Gordon Calkins


Term Expires 1961


CONSTABLES


John Collins Russell Erickson


Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1961


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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN (Unless otherwise designated appointments are for one year)


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK AND SURVEYORS OF LUMBER


Merrill H. Wheeler


Herbert K. Bigelow


Clarence L. Bigelow


FIELD DRIVERS


Fred H. Rice


Merrill H. Wheeler


CATTLE INSPECTOR George R. Willis


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


William H. Griffin


FENCE VIEWERS


Merrill H. Wheeler


Fred H. Rice


VETERANS AGENT AND BURIAL AGENT


Alishan L. Martin (Resigned) Joseph Hennessey (Appointed- Resigned Dec. 31, 1960) John A. Fiske (Appointed Dec. 31, 1960


VETERAN GRAVES OFFICER


Harold I. Judkins


SPECIAL POLICE AND DOG OFFICER


Albert W. Brown, Jr.


MOTH SUPERINTENDENT H. Gordon Calkins


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BUILDING AND PLUMBING INSPECTOR


Attilio Alinovi BOARD OF APPEALS


Robert H. Cannon Timothy C. Murphy Nelson M. Calkins, Jr.


Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962 Term Expires 1963


ASSOCIATE BOARD OF APPEALS


Stanley Gradowski Einar L. Bengtson (Resigned) Harry E. Dow (Appointed)


Forest Armentrout


Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962 Term Expires 1962 Term Expires 1963


FOREST WARDEN


Russell Erickson


INSPECTOR OF WIRES H. Gordon Calkins


BOARD - FIRE ENGINEERS


Russell Erickson John Collins


Arthur Smith


Russell Gordon Robert Love


POLICE


Russell Erickson Ugo Alinovi Robert Love


John Collins, Chief


Carl E. Boquist Robert Donaldson John Boyle


POLICE - SPECIAL DUTY


SOVITTAJA PARK


Weikko Niemi David Salmonsen


Oiva Heinilouma DEMOND POND John W. Moulton


Toivo Lyra George Knipe


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MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE


Robert Griffin Harold I. Judkins, Jr.


Edward Turner John A. Fiske Fred Helle Fred Kehoe


Albert F. Scales Roger L. Culver Timothy Murphy Doris Urbanovitch Caroline Bartek Lorena Hayden


TOWN COUNSEL Edwin P. Dow


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Frances H. Poyhonen (Resigned)


Term Expires 1961


Erna L. Wood (Appointed)


SECRETARY - BOARD OF SELECTMEN


Roger L. Culver


CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR


Cecil W. Blair Tauno Ketonen, Assistant


CIVILIAN DEFENSE -- AUXILIARY POLICE


Veikko A. Jarvi (Lieutenant)


Robert M. Cane Chester A. Congdon Bert Eaton Albert Genest Klaus Helle Paul Laverty Howard Mann Donald E. Martin Arne Rengo Albert F. Scales


Carl G. Christianson David A. Darrah Ralph Elgh Arne Hagman Norman Jones, Sr. Edwin R. Luoma Ronald Mann Edwin Narva Emerson Salls Eino Taipale


Harold H. Wood


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BOARD OF REGISTRARS


Rita O. Canney (Resigned)


Thomas F. Welch (Appointed)


Eleanor K. Dennehy Nelson H. Calkins, Sr.


Term Expires 1961


Term Expires 1961


Term Expires 1962 Term Expires 1963


STREET SUPERINTENDENT George R. Willis


COMMUNITY HALL CUSTODIAN


Harold I. Judkins, Jr.


INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING (Appointed by Board of Health)


Charles M. Fiske


SANITARY INSPECTOR FOR BUILDING CODE (Appointed by Board of Health)


Everett L. Maynard


WATER SUPERINTENDENT (Appointed by Water Commission)


Harold W. Wood


FINANCE BOARD (Appointed by Moderator)


Andrew R. Annala Roger Lo Culver


David A. Darrah (Resigned)


Stewart C. Thurston (Resigned)


John R. Takala (Appointed)


Abrano L. Mufatti (Appointed) To fill vacancies until Annual


George M. Campbell Albert F. Scales Erna L. Wood - Town Accountant


Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962 Term Expires 1962


Town Meeting March 1961. Term Expires 1963 Term Expires 1963


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ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES


Congressman - Third Congressional District Philip J. Philbin - Clinton State Senator - Worcester-Hampden District Paul Benoit - Southbridge State Representative - Third Worcester District Edward D. Harrington, Jr. - Holden


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TOWN WARRANT


For


Town Meeting, March 6, 1961


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


To either of the Constables of Town of Rutland in the County of Worcester.


Worcester, Ss.


Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Community Hall in said Rutland on Monday the Sixth day of March next, at 12:00 o'clock noon, then and there to act on the fol- lowing articles:


ARTICLE 1. To bring in and deposit their ballots for a Moderator for one year; for one Selectman for three years; for one Assessor for three years; for a Treasurer for three years; for a Town Collector for three years; for a Town Clerk for three years; for one Water and Sewer Commissioner for three years; for for one member of the School Committee for three years; for one member of the Board of Health for three years; for one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; for one Park Com- missioner for three years; for one member of the Planning Board for five years; for one member of the Planning Board for three years; for two Library Trustees for three years; for a Tree War- den for one year; for two Constables for one year. Each to specify the person voted for by placing a Cross (X) against the name. The polls will be opened at 12 o'clock noon and may be closed at 8:00 o'clock P.M.


ARTICLE 2. To hear the Annual Reports of the Town Officers and Committees.


ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salaries or compensations of the elected Town Officers for the year 1961 in accordance with Section 108-Chapter 41-General Laws and to determine whether any Town Board shall be authorized to employ for additional salary or compensation any of its members and to fix such salary or compensation.


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ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1962 and to issue a note or notes therefore payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


ARTICLE 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expense of the several Departments for the year 1961 and to determine whether the Town will appropriate money therefore to be provided by taxation or by appropriation from available funds, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to contract with the State and County for highway purposes as provided under Chap- ter 81 and Chapter 90-General Laws.


ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to install four street lights on Main Street starting at the junction of Central Tree Road easterly on Main Street toward the Holden line, or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee approves this Article and recommends an appropriation of $75.00)


ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, transfer from available funds in the treasury, or borrow a sum of money to purchase a new truck for the Highway Department and to authorize the Selectmen to sell a truck presently owned by the Town, the proceeds of such sale to be applied toward the pur- chase of the new truck, or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee approves this Article and recommends that the necessary funds be provided, the amount to be determined at the Annual Town Meeting.)


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for erecting a chain-link fence at the Town Dump, or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee does not recommend this Article.)


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ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to construct an addition to the fire station or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee approves this Article and that the sum of $1000.00 be raised and appropriated for this purpose.)


ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to clean, repair, and paint the Water Depart- ment standpipes or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee approves this Article, the amount to be determined at the Annual Town Meeting.)


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, borrow or transfer from Available Funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for laying a sewer main on Main Street approximately one hundred and sixty-five feet westerly from the junction with Glenwood Road, thence northerly on Glenwood Road approximately three hundred and sixteen feet to the old M.D. C. sewer line, the cost of said sewer line to be apportioned in accordance with the vote of the Town on March 7, 1954, or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee approves this Article, the amount to be determined at the Annual Town Meeting.)


ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to pay prior year bills of the Veterans Ser- vices Department or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee approves this Article and recommends that the sum of $201.03 be raised and appropriated for this pur- pose. )


ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for purchasing and planting trees on public ways, or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee approves this Article and recommends that the sum of $200.00 be appropriated for this purpose.)


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ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro priate a sum of money to excavate and back fill in connection with the renewal of approximately five hundred and twenty-five feet of water mains on Maple Avenue and install one hydrant, or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee approves this Article and recommends that the sum of $700.00 be raised and appropriated for this pur- pose.)


ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a - --- sum of money from Available Funds in the treasury to reduce the tax levy of the current year, or take any action in relation ther to.


(The Finance Committee recommends that the sum of $15,000.00 be appropriated from Available Funds in the treasury to reduce th tax levy of the current year.)


ARTICLE 17. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Com- mittees.


All business contained in this Warrant with the exception of Article 1, will be considered at an adjourned meeting to be held in the Community Hall, Saturday evening March 11, 1961 at eight o'clock in accordance to the Town By-Laws.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the five places in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.


Given under our hands this Thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one.


Frank J. Brooks Lloyd H. Campbell James L. Wood Selectmen of Rutland


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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE


The Finance Committee organized for the year with George M. Campbell as Chairman and Roger L. Culver as Clerk. The Committee accepted with regret the resignations of David A. Darrah and Stuart C. Thurston. John R. Takala and Abramo L. Mufatti were appointed to fill the vacancies.


Meetings and conferences were held during the year to dis- cuss in detail budget requests of the various departments and committees and we extend our appreciation for their cooperation and assistance.


The total 1961 departmental budget to be raised from 1961 tax levy (not including action to be taken on Town Warrant ar- ticles) is $399,000.00; $25,842.00 above that of 1960. The largest increases are, Rutland Elementary School - $7033.00; Wachusett Regional School - $16,066.00; Highways -$1256.00; Re- tirement Fund or Pensions - $471.00. It was necessary to add an item of $400.00 this year to the Police Department requirements because of a change over of the radio equipment wave band re- quested by the Federal Communications Commission.


The following transfers from the Reserve Fund to the various 1960 accounts were authorized by this Committee :


Fire Insurance - Public Buildings $ 95.87 Memorial Day 37.70 54.77


Collector's Expense


Interest on Maturing Debt


901.28


Park Department


362.00


Veterans Benefits


350.00


Dutch Elm Disease


160.00


Vital Statistics


18.00


Assessor's Expense


41.55


Health Department Expense


137.38


Building Inspections


132.40


$2320.95


Unexpended Balance


679.05


Appropriation


$3000.00


Respectfully submitted,


George M. Campbell, Chairman Andrew R. Annala


Roger L. Culver, Clerk John R. Takala


Erna L. Wood, Town Accountant


Abramo L. Mufatti


Albert Scales


COST Dasemmandad Desiment for 770050)


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1961 Budget Recommended By the Finance Committee


Expended 1960


Recommended


From 1961


From 1961


Tax Levy


Available Funds


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Moderator


$ 40.00 $


40.00


Selectmen's Salaries


900.00


900.00


Selectmen's Expense


403.04


600.00


Town Accountant's Salary


1,000.00


1,000.00


Town Accountant's Expense


49.90


50.00


Treasurer's Salary


1,000.00


1,000.00


Treasurer's Expense


637.85


550.00


Tax Title Expense


100.00


Collector's Salary


1,200.00


1,200.00


Collector's Expense


854.77


900.00


Assessor's Salaries


1,200.00


1,200.00


Assessor's Expense


430.55


455.00


Assessor's Typewriter


250.00


Assessor's Valuation Books


300.00


Assessor's - Clerk Hire


300.00


300.00


Town Clerk's Salary


400.00


400.00


Town Clerk's Expense


266.33


265.00


Legal Department


200.00


200.00


Election & Registrations 945.61


675.00


Planning Board Expense


29.90


500.00


Finance Committee Expense


67.70


100.00


Community Hall Maintenance2,528.76


3,000.00


Comm. Hall Repairs & Equip. 590.22


600.00


Comm. Hall- Painting Ext.


800.00


$13,34.63 $15,085.00


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Expended 1960


Recommended


From 1961


From 1961


Tax Levy


Available Funds


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Police Department:


Salaries, Wages & Expense $ 3,537.16


$ 4,405.00


Insurance


288.00


Fire Department :


Salaries, Wages & Expense


1,998.87


2,000.00


Fire Alarm System


1,443.60


1,500.00


Fire House Repairs


200.00


Forest Warden


50.00


50.00


Forest Fires


217.50


400.00


Hose & Equipment


1,089.35


1,100.00


Tree Warden Expense


485.00


500.00


Moth Department


250.00


250.00


Dutch Elm Disease


960.00


800.00


Dog Officer


362.21


450.00


Sealer of Weights & Measures


Salary


50.00


50.00


Expense


10.00


Wire Inspector


Salary & Wages


114.50


125.00


Workmen's Compensation 2,663.52


1,500.00


$ 1,500.00


Fire Insurance - Public


Buildings


2,869.97


2,482. 74


Building Inspections 382.40


300.00


Civilian Defense - Expense150.00


150.00


Installation Gen.


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Expended 1960


Recommended


From 1961


From 1961


Available


Tax Levy


Funds


For Equipment - Govt. Matching Funds


$ 655.00


$


25.00


$17,279.08


$16,585.74


$ 1,500.00


HEALTH AND SANATATION


Board of Health:


Salaries


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


Expense


637.38


650.00


Vital Statistics


248.00


265.00


Cattle Inspector


50.00


50.00


Maint. of Town Dump


1,080.00


1,200.00


$ 2,215. 38


$ 2,365.00


HIGHWAYS


Sidewalks


$


$ 300.00


General Highways


261.00


300.00


Chapter 81 High.


21,700.00 X


4,650.00


Chapter 90 Maint.


7,500.00


2,500.00


Chapter 90 Constr.


22,391.84


5,500.00


Snow & Ice Removal


13,919.72


12,000.00


Street Lights


3,310.28


3,400.00


Road Mach. Maint.


9,664.90


$ 5,000.00


Town Garage Maint.


1,072.03


1,000.00


Highway Dept. - Employees Vacation


668.00


972.00


Road Oil


4,000.00


4,000.00


Snow Fence


200.00


200.00


$84,687.77


$34,822.00


$ 5,000.00


Includes State & County Allotments $38,843.88 $15,843.89


Board of Appeals


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Expended 1960


Recommended


From 1961 Tax Levy


From 1961


Available


Funds


CHARITIES - PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Salaries of Board $ 275.00


$ 125.00 Chairman 75.00 Member 75.00 Member


275.00


Public Assistance &


Public Welfare


24,588.08


25,500.00


$24,863.08


$25,775.00


VETERAN'S BENEFITS


Agent's Salary


$ 200.00


$ 240.00


Veteran's Benefits


4,561.85


4,450.00


$ 4,761.85


$ 4,690.00


ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS


School Comm. Salaries$ 350.00


$ 350.00


General Control 4,248.46


4,473.14


Expense of Instruction99,460.06 Less Allot. from P.L. 874 -5,000.00


=8,000.00


Out-of-State Travel 125.00


175.00


Operation of School 14,534.99


15,300.00


Maint. of Schools (Reps. & Replacements ) 2,229.58


3,000.00


Outlay-New Equipment 1,460. 74


1,100.00


Title III (NDE Act) 1,783.25


1,500.00


Auxiliary Agencies 29,812.76 30,595.00


Special Items: (1960)


Emerg. Repairs to


Old Bldg.


3,100.50


School Needs Study


Committee


424.50


$151,529.85


$158,102.98


(Memo: For detail analysis of above 1961 School Budget 00 one of the faitaring novos


109,609. 84


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Expended 1960


Recommended


From 1961


From 1961


Tax Levy


Available Funds


B


WACHUSETT REGIONAL SCHOOL


Debt and Interest


$15,385.80 63,491.48


$19,238.26


General Control


75,705.08


$78,877.28


$94,943.34


LIBRARY


$ 933.51 #


$ 443.13


$ 556.87*


State Grant-Chapt. 760


(Reimb. from State)


813.25


$ 933.51


$ 1,256.38


$ 556.87


* =


Dog Tax Fund From County # Includes $587.84 Dog Tax Fund


RECREATION


Park Comm. Salaries $ 225.00


$ 225.00


Park Dept. Expense


3,250.00


3,000.00


Fourth of July Cel.


500.00


500.00


$ 3,975.97


$ 3,725.00


PENSIONS


Worc. County Retire- ment System


$ 2,456.44


$ 2,928.16


UNCLASSIFIED


Reserve Fund


$ 2,320.95


$ 3,000.00


Care of Town Clock


30.00


30.00


Memorial Day


437.70


425.00


Ptg. Town Reports


585.00


585.00


Ptg. & Advert. By-Laws


32.43


100.00


Salaries & Expense


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Expended 1960


Recommended


From 1961


From 1961


Available


Tax Levy


Funds


Damage to Persons and Property


Land Damage


Land Damage (Special Highway Settlements


10,073.85


Old Cemeteries 244.90


300.00


Worc. Cty. Ext. Serv.


50.00


St. Patrick's Church - Razing 490.00


of old Bldg.


$14,274.83


$ 4,540.00


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES


Water & Sewer Dept. :


Comm. Salaries


$ 350.00


$ 350.00


Maint. of Works


7,501.90


8,740.00


Supt's Salary


4,420.00


4,420.00


Engin. Survey - Sewer


Ext. Pound Hill Area 125.00 $12,396.90


$13,510.00


INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT


Interest


$ 4,901.28


Maturing Debt


18,000.00


$ 4,671.58 16,000.00


$ 1,000.00


$22,901.28


$20,671.58


$ 1,000.00


RECAPITULATION


General Government $ 13,344.63


$ 15,085.00


Protection of Persons & Property


17,279.08


16,585.74


$ 1,500.00


Health & Sanitation Highways


45, 843. 89"


34,822.00


5,000.00


Charities - Public


Welfare Dept. 24,863.08


2,215.38


2,365.00


25,775.00


$ 50.00


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Expended 1960


Recommended


From 1961


From 1961


Available


Tax Levy


Funds


Veterans Benefits $ 4,761.85


$ 4,690.00


Schools - Elementary 157,529.85


158,102.98


Wachusett Reg. 78,877.28


94,943.34


Library


933.51#


1,256.38


$ 556.87


Recreation


3,975.97


3,725.00


Pensions


2,456.44


2,928.16


Unclassified


14,214.83


4,540.00


Public Serv. Enter.


12,396.90


13,510.00


Interest & Maturing


Debt


22,901.28


20,571.58


1,000.00


$401,593.97


$399,000.18


$ 8,056.87


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Plus expenditures from State and County Includes a deduction o: $8000. from P.L. 874


allot. for Highwys. 38,843.88


$40,437.85


# Includes Dog Tax Fund


PERCENTAGES IN RELATION TO PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1961


General Government


3.78%


Protection of Persons & Prop.


4.16%


Health & Sanitation


. 59%


Highways


8.73%


Public Welfare Department


6.46%


Veterans Benefits


1.18%


Elementary Schools


39.62%


Wachusett Regional School


23.80%


Library


.31%


Recreation


.93%


Pensions


. 73%


Unclassified


1.14%


Public Service Enterprises


3.39%


Interest & Maturing Debt


5.18%


100.00%


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The Finance Committee Recommends that the following action be taken on Articles contained in the Town Warrant:


Article 7 - The Finance Committee approves this Article and recommends an appropriation of $75.00.


Article 8 - The Finance Committee approves this Article and recommends that the necessary funds be provided, the amount to be determined at the Annual Town Meeting.


Article 9 - The Finance Committee does not recommend this Article.


Article 10 - The Finance Committee approves this Article and that the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and appropriated for this purpose.


Article 11 - The Finance Committee approves this Article, the amount to be determined at the Annual Town Meeting.


Article 12 - The Finance Committee approves this Article, the amount to be determined at the Annual Town Meeting.


Article 13 - The Finance Committee approves this Article and recommends the sum of $201.03 be raised and appro- priated for this purpose.


Article 14 - The Finance Committee approves this Article and recommends that the sum of $200.00 be appropriated for this purpose.


Article 15 - The Finance Committee approves this Article and recommends that the sum of $700.00 be raised and appropriated for this purpose.


Article 16 - The Finance Committee recommends that the sum of $15,000.00 be appropriated from Available Funds in the treasury to reduce the tax levy of the current year.


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RUTLAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S SUGGESTED BUDGET FOR 1961


A. GENERAL CONTROL


1. Committee Salaries


350.00


2. Committee Expense


125.00


3. Supt. Salary & Travel 1,407.82


4. A. Supt. Salary & Travel 740.32


5. Office Salaries


1,600.00


6. Office Expense 600.00


4,823.14


B. EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION


1 Teachers' Salaries


94,319.92


Supervisors' Salaries


5,689.92


3. Substitutes & Tutor


1,400.00


4. Prof. Credits, Workshops ,


Conferences , etc.


550.00


5. Clerk, Prin. Office


1,000.00


6. Textbooks


2,000.00


7. Supplies


3,500.00


8. Testing


700.00


90 Audio-Visual


300.00


10. Field Trips


150.00


109,609.84


C. OUT-OF-STATE CONVENTION TRAVEL


175.00


D. OPERATION OF SCHOOL


Custodians' Salaries


7,600.00


2. Custodians' Supplies


1,000.00


3. Fuel


4,200.00


4. Miscellaneous Operation


2,500.00


15,300.00


E. MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS


1. Repairs, Replacements


3,000.00


3,000.00


F. OUTLAY


1. New Equipment


1,100.00


2. Title III (N.D.E. Act)


1,500.00


2,600.00


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G. AUXILIARY AGENCIES


1. Tuition


2,000.00


2. Transportation


24,400.00


3. School Lunch 1,600.00


4. Athletics


300.00


5. Library


350.00


6. Miscellaneous


100.00


7.


Insurance


100.00


8. Health


1,745.00


30,595.00


TOTAL BUDGET


$166,102.98


Less Allotment from P.L. 874


8,000.00


Amount to be Appropriated by Town


$158,102.98


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REPORT OF SELECTMEN


To the Citizens of Rutland :


The Board of Selectmen submit herein the following reports of the several officers, Committees, and Departments of the Town for the fiscal year 1960.


The 1960 organization of the Board of Selectmen was as follows:


Frank J. Brooks , Chairman Lloyd H. Campbell, Clerk James L. Wood , Member


Regular meetings were held on every second Monday evening. The Board wishes to report on the following :


Town Property :


Insulation was provided for the Community Hall ceiling which should result in more economical heating.


The exterior of the Community Hall should be painted this year and a sum of money has been included in the budget for this item.


Forms were sent to all departments for an inventory of all furnishings and equipment, as of January 1, 1961.


Highways :


The improvement of Wachusett Street under Chapter 90 was con- tinued in 1960 and has now been completed to the junction with Route 68-East County Road. The program will be extended in 1961 to an eventual terminus on Glenwood Road.


It is recommended that the oiling of gravel roads be continued in 1961.


An article has been inserted in the 1961 warrant to replace a 1950 Highway Truck.


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The Selectmen were also pleased to receive a favorable re- port that the State Department of National Resources plans to develop a State Park in the Long Pond area. This move was in- itiated by the Selectmen.


We wish to thank all town officers, boards, and committees for their cooperation during the year.


Respectfully submitted,


Frank J. Brooks, Chairman Lloyd H. Campbell, Clerk James L. Wood


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PROGRESS REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE SCHOOL NEEDS STUDY COMMITTEE


(This report is restricted to the investigation of the school housing problem.)


To the Town of Rutland, Mass. :


The purpose of this meeting is to inform the townspeople of Rutland that after a year of study, this committee has unanimously approved a course of action which will, if approved by the town and carried to completion, solve our school plant problem.


The major factors in this problem are:


(1) a building that does not meet the minimum state re- quirements in safety, health and educational facilities.


(2) need for additional classroom space.


(3) need for additional cafeteria space.


(4) provisions for future expansion.


Before giving the findings of this committee, we believe that the townspeople should realize that this committee was de= signed to give representation to all interests comprising the Town of Rutland by including representatives of the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, School Committees P.T.A. , and two members at large, Superintendent of School Dr. Charles Bowlby or his assistant, Mr. William Carey , and principal Raymond Bogosian attended all meetings as educational consultants.


It is the unanimous opinion of this committee that the Town should plan to abandon the Old Center School Building for educas: tional purposes and attempt to establish a Regional Building pro- gram with the Town of Oakham to include grades 4-8.


To support our recommendation to abandon the Old Building, the committee states that the cost of renovation would be out of proportion to the final value of the building, and that the ex- pense of renovation would be borne entirely by the Town, since the State of Federal government does not reimburse for renovating. Another factor to be considered at this point is the safety of 270 young children in the event of fire.




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