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John G. McLearn, Clerk Captain Warren J. Doherty
Robert L. Yasi
This report is being submitted as a progress report in accordance with Section 8 of the Personnel Plan, in order to keep the Board of Selectmen and the citizens of Swampscott informed of the progress and activities of the per- sonnel Board.
After the Selectmen and the Moderator had appointed M. Stanley Metz, three year term expiring 1962; John G. McLearn, three year term expiring 1962; Frederick N. Balsor, 2 year term expiring 1961; Captain Warren J. Doherty, two year term expiring 1961; and Robert L. Yasi, one year term ex- piring 1960, as members of the Personnel Board, the first meeting was held on May 20, 1959. M. Stanley Metz was elected Chairman and John McLearn, Clerk. Thereafter the Personnel Board met weekly. It was agreed that em- ployees wishing to appear before the Board first submit their problem to their department head so that the Personnel Board could be advised of the position of the heads of the various departments concerning any problem presented.
We met with employees of many departments, and as a result of these meetings, and because of certain inequities which showed up in the Person- nel Plan, we shall recommend to the Town Meeting the following changes. All votes taken by the Personnel Board were unanimous.
1. Any Town employee who has a minimum of twenty years' service for the Town of Swampscott and has reached age of mandatory re- tirement, shall retire at top step in his classification. This by-law is intended to benefit only those people now in service and shall be- come null and void in 1962. It was the Personnel Board's thought that an employee's retirement age should not be affected by his age at the time the plan was adopted.
2. The Deputy Fire Chief and the Police Captains be placed in Step 4 of Grade 8. You will note that the Deputy Fire Chief and the Police Captains did not maintain the percentage of difference be- tween their pay and that of the patrolmen and firefighters in Grade 6. It should also be noted that the Assistant Engineer, who is in the same grade, is one step higher.
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We also recommend that the Public Works Foremen be placed in Step 4 of Grade 6. You will note that the difference between Step 3 of Grade 6, and Step 4 of Grade 5A, is only $2.17 per week. You will also note that all other workers in Grade 6 are in Step 4. This was due to their respective earnings at the time the plan was ad- opted. 'The Committee agreed this was not fair.
3. Policemen and Firefighters shall be placed in the next highest step on the day that their regular, plus reserve service reaches one year. For example, if a policeman serves as a reserve for a period of eight months and is then appointed as a regular, he would start at Step 1 and be placed in Step 2 four months from date of appoint- ment. This is for purpose of clarification.
4. The Plan shall be amended to provide that Craftsmen Craftsmen MEO Craftsmen MEO-L Craftsmen MEO-M
shall all be in Grade 4. Craftsmen MEO-H
shall be in Grade 5. Craftsmen MEOS
shall be in a new Grade 5A with an increase in pay of five cents an hour over Grade 5. The purpose of the changes, which were made by Civil Service, is to clarify titles and to grant an increase in accordance with the wishes of the Public Works Department, for craftsmen that have the knowledge and ability to work with certain special equipment.
5. The Administrative Assistant be advanced to Grade 8. This amend- ment is being made on the basis of the recommendation of the Board of Public Works and the Superintendent of Public Works, and as a result of a change of job description presented to the Per- sonnel Board. It was agreed that this reclassification would cover the duties of the Administrative Assistant as Secretary to the Board of Public Works, and there will be no additional pay for such du- ties. Based on this, the Personnel Board had no alternative but to reclassify this job.
6. That portion of Section 7 of the Compensation Plan which states that an employee promoted to a higher rated position shall continue to receive his present pay rate until the expiration of six months, shall be done away with. The Personnel Board agreed with the heads of the departments that it was not fair to give promotions with the extra responsibility, without extra money immediately.
The Personnel Board reviewed and made an exhaustive study concerning all the part-time jobs in the Town. Although many part-time employees have requested classification by the Personnel Board, we do not believe it would be feasible to do this at this time. It is almost impossible to obtain accurate information concerning number of hours that our part-time people work. In many cases it is difficult to tell whether their part-time work is done during their regular working hours, where they also hold a full-time job. It is for these reasons that we recommend that they continue to be paid in the same manner as in the past. We are continuing our study of this problem.
The Personnel Board has received sick leave and vacation policies from all departments covered by the Compensation Plan. The Board is now in the process of studying this information. Therefore, it has no recommendation at this time.
We are enclosing Schedule A, representing our expenditure to date to- gether with reconciliation.
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SCHEDULE A
Date
Total Spent
Clerical
Beginning Cash Postage $ 3.24
$1000.00 Sationery
6/ 4/59
$ 41.24
$ 30.00
$ 8.00
9/24/59
45.74
42.32
3.42
10/22/59
23.18
6.44
16.74
TO DATE
$110.16
$ 78.76
$ 3.24
$28.16
CASH BALANCE 10/22/59
$ 889.84
Jury List
Ackerman, Edward D. Adey, Charles Anderson, Ralph E.
Ashman, Mayo M. Baur, Anna G.
Bean, Raymond E. Berkover, Jacob
Bisenti, Cirillo V.
1 Beaumont Avenue
General Electric
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Repair Aircraft Instru.
Bodge, Philip K.
Bolton, William J. Bonarrigo, Anthony Brigham, Paul W.
100 Bay View Drive 88 Banks Road
Welding Specialist Retired
Bromberg, Ethel I.
Brownell, Frank A. E. Bruley, Philip Carroll, W. Glidden
73 Buena Vista Street 8 Essex Street 40 Mountain Avenue
Lynn Sand and Stone Assembler Milk-man
Clipper General Electric Co.
Self-Em. Boat Builder
Self-Employed
Machine Operator
Executive Train. Program
Retired
Factory Worker
Line Supervisor
Night Supervisor
16 Blaney Circle
20 Manton Road
46 Beach Bluff Avenue 82 Columbia Street 342 Essex Street 22 Elmwood Road 31 Bristol Avenue
315 Forest Avenue
58 Stetson Avenue
Raytheon Mfg. Co. Short Order Clerk
51 Walker Road
29 Banks Road
9 Oceanside Terrace
8 Brooks Terrace
Builder's Supply Karl's Pastry Shop- Own- er Inspector District Const. Engineer
Blair Frederick C. Blanchette, Phyllis Boden, Arthur T.
108 Stetson Avenue 25 Puritan Road 29 Bristol Avenue 75 Bay View Drive 19 Suffolk Avenue 16 Columbia Street
Salesman Electrical Engineer Sexton
Engineering Laboratory
Cerone, Alfio Cerone, Ovid
75 Crescent Street 6 Essex Avenue
Chaisson, George C.
3 Elmwood Road 25 Beverly Road 107 Aspen Road 63 Walnut Road 44 Bellevue Road
31 Devens Road 54 Columbia Street
31 Bristol Avenue
Buyer Self Employed
Dionne Ice Cream Co.
General Electric Co. Public Works Department Electrician
Harvard University
Saco-Lowell Shops Bookkeeper
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Cohen, Hyman *Cooper, John R. *Coval, Donald S. Crocker, Ralph Crosby, William C. Cudmore, Clifton W. D'Agnese, Mariano Devine, Stanley Dine, Felix E. Dionne, Henry L. Dixon, Harold J. Douglas, Thomas Dow, Howard E. Dunn, William Eaton, Wesley H. Ellis, Harlan N.
11 Arbutus Road
120 Stetson Avenue
9 Arbutus Road
100.16
Sales Engineer - Military Equipment
Town of Swampscott
Engleman, Benjamin H. Finkle, Samuel Folsom, Harold G. Gelhausen, Melvin A.
Gibb, George H. Ginsburg, Herman D.
Gladstone, Harvey M. Goldstein, Edward J. Gookin, Victor H.
Greeley, Herbert S.
Greene, Forest D. Gregory, John A.
Griffin, Charles V. Grossman, Morton B. Grover, Harold E.
2 Huron Street 50 Aspen Road
17 Claremont Terrace
2 Brookview Avenue
11 Clarke Road 67 Walker Road
33 Magnolia Road
11 Alden Road
10 Pine Hill Road
10 Berkshire Street 128 Burrill Street
29 Franklin Avenue
381 Essex Street
14 Sherwood Road
37 Walnut Road
Halloran, John W. Hannoosh, Alfred
Harding, Arthur
Harmon, Edward P.
Hayden, William
165 Burrill Street
5 Alden Road
5 Alden Road
14 Erie Street
45 Beach Bluff Avenue
72 Burpee Road
252 Burrill Street
53 Blaney Street
Kaitz, Simon Kaloust, Gerald J.
9 Muriel Road 262 Essex Street
99 Kensington Lane 8 Shelton Road
146 Essex Street 41 Bates Road 2 Hillcrest Circle
31 Beach Avenue
149 Atlantic Avenue
15 Buena Vista Street 7 Thorndike Terrace 51 Barnstable Street 15 Fuller Terrace
102 Aspen Road 8 Mapledale Place
17 Puritan Road
36 Franklin Street
121 Eastman Avenue 860 Humphrey Street 25 Crescent Street 33 Mapledale Place
9 Bay View Avenue
Gilbert Freeman, Inc. Proprietor Control Chemist Painting Contractor Self Employed Mechanical Engineer Super Market ployed) Antiseptic Mattress Co. Textile Selling Agent
(Self-Em-
Sylvania Electric Super. Electrician
Boston & Maine
Consulting Engineer
Star Die & Supply Co. DuBois Co.
Sales Manager Production Manager Sprague Steamship Co. Boston Naval Shipyard Compositor
Hoisting Engineer
Projectionist
(Husband-Self Employed) Self Employed
Self Employed-Real Es. Banker Stitcher
Machinist
Extrusion Operator (Plastics)
Gift Shop Owner Laboratory Electronic Instrumental Tech.
First National Store Manufacturer Salesman-Insurance Grinder Health Officer
Stock Work Self Employed Salesman H. P. Hood & Sons
Sales Engineer Capitol Dist. Co. Mechanical Engineer
Custodian General Electric Co. (Husband) Architectural Draftsman Self Employed Sales Manager Electrician
Test Mechanic Automo- tive Distributors Proprietor
Neckers, Harry E.
28 Crossman Avenue 12 Essex Avenue
151 Burrill Street
145 Essex Street
Holzman, Beatrice S. Holzman, Sam Hurley, Joseph M. Huxtable, Howard L.
Ianuzzi, Lena A.
Janian, Charles Johnson, Robert C.
Kennedy, Leonard N.
Kleinman, Morris Kolman. Almon
Lahue, Maurice
LaPlante, John E.
Lauritsen, Thorvald G. Lebow, Edgar Lee, Laurence Legro, Frank
Levesque, James Linnehan, Francis J. Mckinney, John D.
McLearn, John G. MacLellan, Norman Mansur, Barbara
Marino, Charles F. Martin, John F. Marquis, Edward F. Mills, Ernest O.
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Nickerson, Raymond Pagliuca, Alfred Palatt, Alfred C.
Pellows, Leone Phelan, William R. ** Popp, Charles
** Quealy, Thomas Radabaugh, Russell E. Read, Catharine
Reid, Archer F. Riley, J. Thomas Rosenfield, Jay
Rossi, Gertrude Rothstein. Gordon W. Samek, Walter J.
Saville, George S. Scandiffio, Jerry F.
Serino, Angelo Simons, William S.
Siamatas, George Sinman, Hyman Snow, Phyllis
Sundquist, C. Warren Swerker, Ruth C. Tamborini, Richard W. Thompson, Elsbree B. Turner, Carl F. Venner, Alton V. Vernava, Frank D. VonLetkemann, Jessie Vousboukis, Peter M. Wadden, Walter R. Wall, Joseph E.
Walton, James A. Webster, Carroll J., Jr. Weiner, Jack E. Weinswig, Irving
Welch, Kenneth Wezdecki. Thaddeus S. White, Abraham White, Norman E. Whittier, Prescott G.
Wilkinson, John F. Williams, Ralph L. Willis, H. Jack Winick, Eli A.
Witherell, George E.
Wood. Richard L. Zauche, Herbert E. Zukoff, Benjamin
82 Essex Street 11 Cherry Street
16 Elm Place
67 Walnut Road
69 Buena Vista Street
80 Roy Street
28 Pleasant Street
26 Beach Bluff Avenue
81 Beach Bluff Avenue
38 Berkshire Street
15 Beach Avenue
147 Burrill Street
12 Boulder Way
30 Dennison Avenue
92 Banks Road
37 Middlesex Avenue
21 Cedar Hill Terrace
38 Essex Avenue
11 Boynton Street
48 Middlesex Avenue 15 Barnstable Street
14 Beach Avenue
34 Suffolk Avenue 64 Aspen Road
80 Barnstable Street 70 Beach Avenue 59 Beach Avenue 9 Huron Street 425 Essex Street 163 Burrill Street 94 Rockland Street
155 Elmwood Road
43 Cherry Street
30 Hillside Avenue 80 King Street
30 Bates Road 24 Bristol Avenue
20 Hillside Avenue 63 Lewis Road
36 Barnstable Street
53 Magnolia Road
155 Aspen Road
27 Morton Road
5 Fisher Avenue 90 Blodgett Avenue
94 Middlesex Avenue
35 Banks Road
60 Reach Avenue 44 Humphrey Street
Purchasing Agent Factory Automobile Painter Self Employed Arc Welder Guard Chauffeur-Taxi Service
Mechanical Engineer
(Husband) President and
Treas., F. F. Harris Corp. Floor Switchman
Salesman Supervisor of Product.
Planning for Air. Parts Mounter
Purchasing Agent Engineer
Maintenance Mechanic Manager
Salesman
Maintenance of Electrical Automatic Machines Warehouseman
Meat Cutter
(Husband-Electrician) Manager
I. B. M. Operator Draftsman Machinist
Self Employed
Selling
Salesman Physiotherapist
Leather Shaver
Manufacturing Supt. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. North Shore Cutting Die General Electric Co. Manager
Safran and Sundel Shoe Company Dough Mixer Swift & Co., Inc
25 Dale Street Wholesale Shoe Jobber
Drill Specialist
Turbine Department Gen- eral Electric Co.
Superintendent of Mails Professional Eng .- Pres. Auto Parts Esquire Slipper and Foot- wear Mfg., Co. Buyer and Department Manager Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. Purchasing Agent General Electric Co.
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Citizens Traffic Committee
Dr. Charles E. Donovan, Chairman
Maxwell Field
Arthur L. Burt
Harold Norton Philip Kitfield
Barbara MacGregor
Joseph Beck, Secretary
The Swampscott Citizens Traffic Committee held 12 regular monthly meetings with almost full attendance of the Committee at each meeting. A representative of the Police and School Departments attended along with a representative of the Department of Public Works when necessary.
The Committee handled all citizen complaints, reporting its findings to the Selectmen. Special emphasis was placed on the White Line Program, Traffic Signals and Islands, Traffic Enforcement, All-Night Parking, Studies of Congested Areas, Bus Stop Locations and School Yard Conditions.
The Citizens Committee and Selectmen were cited again by the Massachu- setts Safety Council for their program of outstanding cooperation in a pro- gram to reduce traffic accidents in Swampscott. A study is underway, in coop- eration with the Police Department, to determine Swampscott's Most Danger- ous Locations during 1959. This list will be used to determine Priority Im- provements for 1960.
Town Counsel
Richard Coughlin, Town Counsel
Submitted herewith is my Annual Report:
During the past year it has been necessary for me to attend the weekly meetings of the Board of Selectmen and various meetings of the Board of Public Works, all meetings and public hearings of the Board of Appeals, and work closely with all other Town Boards and Committees. Advice on various legal matters and assistance in preparation of legal documents and contracts in the conduct of their official duties has been required.
I have negotiated for and prepared contracts with the architect for build- ing the new Central Fire Station. I prepared all documents relative to trans- fer of the property for the Post Office Building including material necessary for approval by the United States Government.
The Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1959 and all necessary votes including approvals by Bond Counsel was prepared by my office.
I assisted the Transportation Committee and was assigned, by Vote of the Board of Selectmen, to attend all Hearings on Petition by the Boston and Maine Railroad to abandon service on its Marblehead-Swampscott branch. I attended and prosecuted opposition at extended hearings from week to week at the Department of Public Utilities in the State House at Boston. I joined with the Town Counsel of Marblehead in an Appeal, of the Order of the De- partment of Public Utilities authorizing abandonment, to the Supreme Judi- cial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Arguments upon motions were presented and I joined with Town Counsel for Wilmington on Motions to Stay and Report to the Full Court. These motions and arguments were held before a single Justice of the Supreme Court.
One serious personal injury suit in Essex Superior Court was disposed. Two other personal injury claims were disposed of by settlement after suit
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was brought in the District Court of Southern Essex. Several claims against the Town for personal injury and property damages arising out of alleged de- fects are pending against the Town in connection with a broken water main on Rock Avenue at the junction of New Ocean Street resulting in collapse of the highway involves personal injuries and substantial property damage to motor vehicle, and flooded premises of two residential owners. There are sev- eral cases pending before the Appellate Tax Board. I was appointed to act on the Tax Title Study Committee with the Chairman of the Planning Board and the Town Treasurer to make a study and recommendations relative to all property that the Town had acquired or instituted procedures to acquire for non-payment of taxes. In the course of the investigation and study the Com- mittee found that there were approximately ninety lots of land involved, and that the Town had not perfected its title. These have not been bearing revenue and in all but three instances require legal action to secure marketable title to the Town. It involves complete title examinations and abstracts in each case and it is hoped that the entire project will be completed in the next three to six months.
There will continue to be a constant need to provide legal assistance to the Board of Selectmen and other departments affected by the development of the shopping center at Vinnin Square to insure to the Town that the develop- ment conforms to the requirements of the Restrictive Agreement entered into by the Pine Realty Trust and the Town of Swampscott as amended during the year.
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General Information
Swampscott was incorporated as a Town on May 21, 1852.
Situation: About 15 miles northeast of Boston.
Population: 13,075.
Area: 3.05 square miles.
Assessed Valuation: $33,385,600.00.
Tax Rate: $69.00.
Form of Government: Representative Town Meeting (accepted May 17, 1927. First Meeting held February 27, 1928).
Governing body of Town: Board of Selectmen.
Administration Building: 22 Monument Avenue.
Senators in Congress: Leverett Saltonstall and John F. Kennedy.
State Senator: Charles V. Hogan of Lynn (1st Essex District).
Representative in Congress: William H. Bates of Salem (6th Congress- ional District).
Representatives in General Court: George B. Thomson of Swampscott; John A. Davis of Marblehead; and Thomas M. Newth of Swampscott (14th Essex District).
Member of Governors' Council: Augustus Means of Essex (5th District).
Qualifications of Voters: Must be 21 years of age, born in United States or fully naturalized; a resident of Massachusetts one year and Swampscott six months. Registration Monday through Friday, 9-12 A.M., 1-5 P.M. Special sessions held preceding elections.
WHERE TO VOTE:
Precinct 1-Machon School on Burpee Road.
Precinct 2-Clarke School on Norfolk Avenue side adjoining Abbott Park.
Precinct 3-Universalist Church Parish House, Burrill Street.
Precinct 4-Hadley School on Redington Street.
Precinct 5-Essex Oil Filling Station, 638 Humphrey Street.
Precinct 6-Phillips Beach Fire Engine House, Phillips Avenue.
Tax Bills: Due and payable on or before October 1. Law provides for ad- dition of interest from October 1 on bills unpaid after November 1. Poll and motor excise taxes are payable 30 days and water bills are payable 60 days from date of issue.
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