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Town of Swampscott
Beginning at the interesection of the Westerly side of Humphrey Street and the Southerly side of Forest Avenue, and a stone bound set at this intersection; thence S 24°-23'-40" W by Humphrey Street for a distance of eighty-one and twenty one hundredths (81.20) feet to a stone bound set at the angle point of Humphrey Street ; thence S 50°-25'-50" W by Humphrey Street for a distance of eighty-one and twenty one hundredths (81.20) feet; thence curving in a Northeast direction with a radius of three hundred and fifty-one and twenty-one one hundredths (351.21) feet for a distance of one hundred and fifty-nine and sixty one hundredths (159.60) feet, by land of George S. and Ada G. Hosmer, to the point of beginning.
The above-described parcel contains four hundred and ninety-two (492) square feet plus or minus. For: 135, Against: 40.
Voted: Article 78. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to settle the land damage claims arising out of the taking of the land by the County Commissioners for the widening of Humphrey Street between the Boston and Maine Railroad and Salem Street and appropriate Two thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars for the purposes of this article.
Voted: That articles 79 and 80 be considered together
Voted: Articles 79 and 80. To accept the report of the Finance Committee, as amended, and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town pay Charlotte M. Rodrick, widow of Woodbury L. Rodrick, former employee of the Highway Department, an annuity for life of the sum of twelve hundred dollars, the same to be paid in equal monthly installments, subject to authorization by the Great and General Court of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, and that the sum of $1,200.00 be appropriated to pay the same for the current year. For: 95, Against: 67.
Voted: That articles 81 and 82 be considered together.
Voted : Articles 81 and 82. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on these articles be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 83. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Surveyor of Highways to purchase a 1/2 ton jeep type truck and sell or trade a 1/2 ton 1939 pick-up truck for the use of the Highway Department and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Four Hundred ($2,400.00) Dol- lars for the purposes of this article.
Voted: Article 84. To accept the report of the Finance Committee as amended, and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be laid on the table.
Voted: Article 85. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted: Article 86. To accept the report of the Finance Committee, as amended, and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That this article be laid on the table.
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Voted: Article 87. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted : Article 88. To accept the report of the Finance Committee, as amended, and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for a way 8212 square feet of land together with the necessary slope easements as shown on plan, "Proposed Land taking for New Road from Aspen Road to Millett Road dated January, 1934, W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer" and that the sum of $1,401.00 be appropriated therefor. Unanimous.
Voted: Article 89. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of real estate now or hereunder owned by the Town and acquired through fore- closure or purchased under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 60, as amended, for non-payment of taxes.
Voted: Article 90. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That the Town transfer to the Excess and Deficiency Account the following unexpended balances as shown on the Town Accountant's books as of December 31, 1953:
1. Blodgett Avenue
$ 938.65
2. Dale Street
188.27
3. Stanley Road 850.77
4. Lewis Road 386.28
5. Allen Road Drain
4,290.09
6. Brown Road Acceptance
151.66
7. Muriel Road 26.40
8. Pine Hill Road 129 46
Total
$6,961.58
Voted: Article 91. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations as follows:
That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
April 16, 1954
On the above date, Kenneth W. Ulman, Moderator appointed the following to serve on the By-Law Committee.
Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr.
Paul C. Stevens
James W. Santry, Jr.
William Carey
Frank B. Wallis
Richard Blake
Richard Chambers
April 16, 1954
On the above date, Kenneth W. Ulman, Moderator appointed the following to serve on the Library Building Committee.
Nelson J. Darling, Jr. Philip Kitfield
Andrew R. Linscott Doris Linden
Richard G. Appel, Jr.
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Town of Swampscott
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL ELECTION
April 26, 1954
1. Shall the Board of Selectmen be authorized to purchase or take by eminent domain for school purposes the land hereinafter described and the sum of seventy thousand ($70,000.00) dollars appropriated therefor to be raised as follows:
That $10,000.00 be raised and appropriated from the tax levy for the current year and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed the remainder, viz. $60,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty (20) years from the date of the issuance of the first bond or note or such earlier date as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Select- men, may determine.
The land to be taken is bounded and described as follows:
Westerly by land of New Ocean House, Inc., 650 feet more or less; North- westerly by land of the Town of Swampscott, 73 feet more or less; Northeasterly by other land of the Town of Swampscott, 680 feet more or less; Northwesterly by land of the Town of Swampscott, 153 feet more or less; Westerly by land of the Town of Swampscott, 22 feet more or less; Northwesterly by said land of the Town of Swampscott, 260 feet more or less; Northeasterly by land of the Town of Swampscott on three courses, 63 feet, 20 feet and 220 feet more or less; Easterly by land now or formerly of Florence N. Ross, 252 feet more or less; Southerly by land now or formerly of Sherwin J. and Marilyn H. Gerber, Puritan Lane, and Mabel R. Rosenthal, 257 feet more or less; Easterly by land now or formerly of Mabel R. Rosenthal, 125 feet more or less; Southerly by land now or formerly of Maurice and Gertrude Fogel and the estate of Israel A. Ratchesky, 345 feet more or less; Westerly by land now or formerly of Robert and Clara S. Stone, 55 feet more or less; Southerly by land now or formerly of Robert and Clara S. Stone and Florence N. Lord, 230 feet more or less; Westerly by land now or formerly of Maurice Homes, Inc., 104 feet more or less ; Southerly by land now or formerly of Maurice Homes, Inc., 98 feet more or less.
Said parcels of land are shown on Assessors' Plans of the Town of Swampscott Plate 24, as part of Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, 76 and the whole of Lots 20, 21, 21A and 22 and contain according to the above description approxi- Yes ( ) mately 321,250 square feet of land. No ( )
2. Shall the Moderator be authorized to appoint a School Building Committee of five citizens one of whom shall be selected from the School Committee and shall the sum of twenty thousand ($20,000.00) dollars be appropriated for the study, preliminary plans and specifications and contractors' estimates of costs, which sum shall include two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars for adequate borings which may be taken for the construction of a high school at the proposed Yes )
site at Phillips Park? No ( )
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The following number of votes were cast:
Precinct 1
365
Precinct 2
519
Precinct 3
453
Precinct 4
486
Precinct 5
523
Precinct 6
547
Total Vote Cast
2893
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Question No. 1
Yes
98
165
154
219
240
365
1241
No (E)
249
326
283
237
250
169
1514
Blanks
18
28
16
30
33
13
138
Question No. 2
Yes
105
167
159
231
260
363
1285
No (E)
260
344
293
251
262
177
1587
Blanks
0
8
1
1
1
7
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April 29, 1954
On the above date, Kenneth W. Ulman, Moderator appointed the following to serve on the Finance Committee: Richard Chambers, Precinct 2; Herbert C. Heggie, at large; Jacob Shactman, at large.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Tuesday, May 11, 1954
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following Salary and Job Classification Plan and designate the same as Chapter XIV of the Town By-Laws.
Chapter XIV Section I - The Plan
There is hereby established a classification and salary plan, hereinafter desig- nated as the plan for the Town of Swampscott under authority of Section 108a of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and all other acts thereto enabling, for positions in the service of the Town classifying certain employees other than those filled by popular election, those under the direction and control of the School Committee into groups and classes doing substantially similar work or having substantially equal responsibilities.
Sec. 2 - Classification of Jobs
The Official Classification plan for positions in the service of the Town shall consist of the classes listed by titles in Section 7a of this Chapter which is hereby made a part hereof.
Sec. 3 - Personnel Board
(a) There shall be a Personnel Board to administer the plan consisting of five members. Three persons, not officers or employees of the Town, shall be appointed by the Moderator, one of whom shall be a member of the Finance Committee of the Town of Swampscott and two employees, other than elective and appointive officers of the Town shall be elected by the employees.
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(b) The Personnel Board shall be established as soon as the plan is passed by the Town Meeting and the members can be appointed. Forthwith, after the effective date of this by-law, the Moderator shall appoint three members, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year. Thereafter, the Moderator, not later than April 1 of the year in which the term of a member will expire shall appoint his successor for a term of three years.
The employees shall elect two members for three years. The first year, the employee representations will be appointed by the moderator. Thereafter, the employees, not later than April 1 of the year in which the term of a member will expire, shall elect his successor for a term of three years, such election to be con- ducted under the jurisdiction of the Board of Selectmen and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Board of Selectmen may prescribe.
(c) If a member, appointed by the Moderator, resigns or his office becomes vacant by his removal from the Town, or other cause, the Moderator shall appoint his successor for the balance of the unexpired term of such member. Should a vacancy for any reason occur in the membership elected by the employees, the employees shall elect his successor for the balance of the unexpired term of such member.
(d) The Personnel Board shall administer the Plan and shall establish such procedures as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the plan.
(e) Forthwith after its election and annually, the Board shall meet and or- ganize by electing a Chairman and Clerk. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A majority vote of the Board shall determine the action the Board must take on all matters upon which it is authorized or required to pass under the Plan. The Personnel Board may employ assistance and incur expenses as it deems necessary, subject to appropriation of funds therefor.
(f) The Board shall maintain adequate personnel records of all employees subject to this plan, said records shall be kept in the custody of the Personnel Board. Department Heads shall provide such information as the Personnel Board shall request.
(g) The Personnel Board shall review the work of all employees subject to this plan at intervals of not more than three years. The Board may add a new position, tentatively, to the classification schedule, or reclassify an existing position to a different group, subject to the subsequent ratification of its action by formal amendment of the Plan by vote of Town at a Town Meeting.
(h) The Personnel Board may authorize an entrance rate higher than the minimum upon recommendation of a department head, supported by evidence in writing of special reasons and exceptional circumstances satisfactory to the Personnel Board and such other variance in the Plan as it may deem necessary for the proper functioning of the service of the Town. No variance shall become effective unless, or until, the necessary funds have been appropriated therefor.
(i) The Personnel Board shall make an annual report in writing to the Board of Selectmen on or before January 20 of each year.
(j) The Plan may be amended from time to time by vote of any Town Meeting.
(k) If any request under the salary schedule is denied by the Personnel Board, the department, the individual, or Branch of the Town involved, may appeal to the Town for a final decision at a subsequent Town Meeting in a special article in the Town Warrant.
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(1) The Personnel Board shall maintain written job descriptions of the jobs or positions in the classification schedule of the plan each consisting of a statement describing the essential nature of the work, characteristics of the position that dis- tinguish the position from other positions. The description for any position shall be construed solely as a means of identification and not as prescribing what the duties or responsibilities of any position shall be, or as modifying, or in any way affecting, the power of any administrative authority, as otherwise existing, to appoint, to assign duties to, or to direct and control the work of any employee under the jurisdiction of such authority.
Sec. 4 - Civil Service
Nothing in this Classification and Salary Plan shall be construed to conflict with Chapter 31 of the General Laws.
Sec. 5 - Physical Examination
Every person hereinafter employed by the Town subject to this plan except occasional or substitute employees, shall undergo a physical examination. The examining physician shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen and shall render a sealed report of his findings to the Personnel Board having the name of the applicant written on the envelope. After receipt of the report has been entered on the Personnel Board's records, such report shall be deposited with the Retirement Board of safe-keeping, the contents subject to future review only by a physician designated by the Selectmen, otherwise the report shall be confidential.
COMPENSATION PLAN
Sec. 6 - Salary Schedule
(a) The salary schedule of the plan, set forth in section 7-b of this Chapter, shall consist of the maximum and minimum salaries, step rate salaries, for the groups and positions in the classification plan. The salary range of a group shall be the salary range for all positions classified in such group.
(b) All employees shall continue to be paid on an hourly, weekly, monthly, or other basis, as at present, except as provided in the salary plan, unless otherwise authorized by the Personnel Board or by amendment of the salary plan.
(c) No board, officer or head of a department shall fix the salary of any employee in a position so classified except in accordance with such plan.
(d) No person shall be appointed, employed or paid as an employee in any position subject to the provisions of the plan under any title other than those of the classification schedule, or the duties which are actually performed. The job title in the plan shall be the official title of the position and shall be used in all administrative and employment records.
(e) All employees included in the plan shall be eligible for reclassification and pay adjustment subject to the approval of the Board or authority having im- mediate jurisdiction over such employees and the Personnel Board.
(f) Promotions from minimum to maximum salaries shall be successive steps annually, but shall not be mandatory. Individual advancement shall be on a merit (Not necessarily on length of service) and shall be subject to approval of the Board or authority having immediate jurisdiction over such employee. Any employee denied such an increase has the right of appeal to the Personnel Board. In the event the Personnel Board denies the appeal of the employee, action may be taken as outlined in Section 3, paragraph (k) of this chapter.
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(g) Any salary rate which is above the maximum rate for a job as established by this salary administration plan shall apply only to the incumbent at the time the plan is adopted.
(h) The hiring rate shall be the minimum of the rate range of the job for which the new employee is hired, unless otherwise authorized by the Personnel Board.
(i) The first six months of employment for all new personnel shall be a probationary period, at the end of which the employee may advance one step rate, provided such an advance is recommended by the Board, or authority having juris- diction, to the Personnel Board. Otherwise he shall be eligible for consideration after one year of continuous full time service. This shall not apply in the case of a transfer or promotion from one job to another.
(j) Each department head subject to this plan shall include in his estimates required by the provisions of Section 59 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws a pay adjustment section setting forth in detail the amounts which will be required for anticipated pay adjustments during the ensuing year and shall furnish a copy thereof to the Personnel Board.
Section 7-a LIST OF PROPOSED CLASSES OF POSITIONS
Pay Scale Number
Classification
S-1
File Clerk
S-2
Junior Clerk
S-3 Senior Clerk
S-4
Assistant Custodian Administration Building
S-4
Director Veteran Service
S-4
Custodian Park Department
S-4
Principal Clerk
S-5
Custodian Administration Building
S-5
Junior Engineer's Aid
S-6
Library Assistant
PF-1
Patrolman
PF-1
Fire Fighter
S-6
Senior Engineer's Aid
S-6
Health Nurse
S-7
Cemetery Superintendent
S-7
Health Officer
S-7
Inspector of Animals
PF-2
Fire Captain
PF-2
Police Captain
S-7
Welfare Agent
S-8
Assistant Engineers
S-8
Water Superintendent and Sewer Superintendent
PF-3
Fire Deputy Chief
S-8
Park Superintendent
S-8
Town Accountant
S-8
Head Librarian
PF-4
Police Chief
PF-4
Fire Chief
S-10
Town Engineers
W-3
Laborer-Unskilled
W-4
Laborer-Semi-skilled
W-5
Craftsman
W-6
Foreman
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Section 7-b PROPOSED PAY SCALES SCHEDULE I - SALARY SCALE
Pay Scale Number
Intermediate Rates
Minimum
(1)
(2)
Maximum Range
S-1
$ 46.00
$ 47.25
$ 48.50
$ 49.75
2392.00
2457.00
2522.00
2587.00
$195
S-2
$ 47.75
$ 49.80
$ 51.90
$ 54.00
$325
S-3
$
52.00
$ 54.10
$ 56.20
$ 58.25
2740.00
2813.20
2922.40
3029 00
$325
S-4
$ 56.00
$ 58 40
$ 60.80
$ 63.25
2912.00
3036.80
3161.60
3289.00
$377
S-5
$ 61.00
$ 64.10
$ 67.20
$ 70.25
3172.00
3333.20
3494.40
3653.00
$481
S-6
$ 67.25
$ 70.60
$ 73.90
$ 77.25
3497.00
3671.20
3842.80
4017.00
$520
S-7
$ 74.75
$ 79.15
$ 83.55
$ 88.00
3887.00
4115.80
4344.60
4576.00
$689
S-8
$ 84.50
$ 88.50
$ 92.50
$
96.50
4394.00
4602.00
4810.00
5018.00
$624
S-9
$ 92.50
$ 97.15
$ 101.80
$ 106.50
$728
S-10
$ 102.50
$ 107.25
$ 112.00
$ 116.75
5330.00
5577.00
5824.00
6071.00
$741
PROPOSED PAY SCALES SCHEDULE II - WAGE SCALE
Pay Scale Number
Intermediate Rates
Minimum
(1)
(2)
Maximum Range
W-1
$ 1.15
$ 1.18
$ 1,21
$ 1.24
$0.09
46.00
47.20
48.40
49.60
2392.00
2454.40
2516.80
2579.20
W-2
$ 1.19
$
1.24
$ 1.29
$
1.34
$0.15
47.60
49.60
51.60
53.60
2475.20
2579.20
2683.20
2787.20
W-3
$ 1.30
$
1.35
$
1.40
$ 1.46
$0.16
52.00
54.00
56.00
58.40
2704.00
2808.00
2912.00
3036.80
W-4
$ 1.40
$ 1,46
$ 1.52
$ 1.58
$0.18
56.00
58.40
60.80
63.20
2912.00
3036.80
3161.60
3286.40
W-5
$ 1.53
$ 1.60
$ 1.68
$ 1.76
$0.23
61.20
64.00
67.20
70.40
3182.40
3328.00
3494.40
3660.80
W-6
$ 1.69
$
1,77
$ 1.85
$ 1.93
$0.24
67.60
70.80
74.00
77.20
3515.20
3681.60
3848.00
4014.40
W-7
$ 1.86
$ 1,98
$ 2.09
$ 2,20
$0.34
74.40
79.20
83.60
88.00
3868.80
4118.40
4347.30
4576.00
W-8
$ 2.11
$ 2.21
$ 2.31
$ 2.41
$0.30
84.40
88.40
92.40
96.40
4388.80
4596.80
4804.80
5012.80
4810.00
5051.80
5293.60
5538.00
2483.00
2589.60
2698.80
2808.00
Note: Weekly and yearly wages calculated on basis of 40 hour week and 52 week year.
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PROPOSED PAY SCALES SCHEDULE III - POLICE - FIRE SALARY SCALE
Pay Scale Number Minimum
Intermediate Rates
(1)
(2)
Maximum Range
PF-1 $3500.00 $3600.00
$3700.00
$3800.00
$3900.00
$400.00
PF-2 $4000.00
$4100.00
$4200.00
$4300.00
$4400.00
$400.00
PF-3
$4500.00 $4600 00
$4700.00 $4800.00
$4900 00 $400.00
PF-4
$5000.00 $5125.00
$5250.00
$5375.00
$5500.00 $500.00
Sponsored by the Wage Scale and Job Classification Committee.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, June 22, 1954
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a School Building Committee and authorize the said Committee to engage an archi- tect to prepare preliminary plans, specifications and engineering data and the approximate cost for the construction of a new high school on approximately the location described in Article 62 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1954, and appropriate the necessary money therefor from the tax levy or from available funds or take any action. relative thereto. The said School Building Committee to report its findings and recommendations to a Special Town Meeting as soon as possible.
Petitioned for by more than two hundred registered voters of the Town and sponsored by the School Committee.
Article 2. To see if the Town will authorize and direct a special committee of seven persons to be appointed in the manner hereinafter set forth, to investigate, study and consider the possibility, advisability and practicability of constructing an addition to the present Hadley School Building and equipping it for school purposes and also to estimate the cost of the same and of all land necessary to be purchased or taken by eminent domain or otherwise legally acquired for said purpose; said committee to file its report with the Town Clerk as soon as convenient and in any event, before October 1, 1954; said committee to be appointed by the Town Mod- erator consisting of the following: Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Chairman of the Finance Committee, Chairman of the School Committee, President of the Upper Swampscott Improvement Association, President of the Shaw Improvement Association, President of the Puritan Civic Association and President of the Neighborhood Club Association; and that for the purposes of said committee in making such an investigation and report the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars be appropriated therefor to be raised by transfer from available funds in the Treasury or take any other action relating to an addition to the Hadley School Building, and that the committee's report when ready be put in proper printed or typewritten form and mailed to each Town Meeting Member.
Petitioned for by James W. Buchanan et al.
Article 3. To see if the Towt: will vote to accept the recommendation of the School Committee that a new high school, not a junior high school, be constructed to meet the school housing needs; this recommendation based upon the survey and analysis made by the Educational Service Associates, the recommendation of the
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Public Building Needs Committee, the analysis made by Adams, Howard and Greeley, Planning Consultants; and based on present school enrollments which confirm the several survey predictions and analysis and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the School Committee.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a School Building Committee and authorize the Committee to engage an architect to prepare preliminary plans, specifications and engineering data and estimates of the approximate cost for the construction of additional school building facilities, and appropriate the necessary money therefor by transferring from available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto; said Committee to file its report with the Town Clerk as soon as possible, and in any event not later than October 1, 1954; and recommend that the Selectmen call a special town meeting not later than November 1, 1954 to act on the report of said Committee; and the Committee's report, when ready, to be printed and mailed to each Town Meeting Member.
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