Town annual report of Swampscott 1963, Part 2

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1963
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 156


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To choose three (3) representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 3 for two (2) years.


To choose one (1) representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 4 for one (1) year.


To choose three (3) representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 6 for (1) year.


To vote on the question: "Shall the Town pay one-half the premium costs payable by a retired employee for Group Life Insurance and for Group general o blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance?"


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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, March 26, 1963


In accordance with the adjournment of Monday, March 18, 1963, the Town Meeting Members were called to order at 8:09 P.M., the necessary quorum being present. The following is the list of Town Meeting Members present.


PRECINCT 1 - I. Murray Adams, Ger- trude P. Balsor, Leonard H. Bates, Leon- ard H. Bates, Jr., Reno S. Bisegna, Ches- ter E. Bradley, Mary A. Cappucio, J. Dane Chandler, Laura M. Cole, Lawrence R. Corcoran, John H. Cropley, Jr., Frank E. Crowell, Virginia E. Crowell, Ralph J. D'Agnese, Thomas Douglas, Joseph Fiore, Edward F. Flynn, Jr., Geremia Fog- lietta, Marilyn E. Francis, Alfred N. Frazier, Otto W. Friedman, Ann M. Gallo, Bennett Gallo, Juliet C. Hawley, William A. Hinch, Eric A. Holmgren, George A. Holt, Selden D. Hulquist, Ralph H. Jackson, Karl V. Johnson, Mary R. Lotti, Carlton T. Lougee, Wil- liam E. Mackey, J. Richard Maitland, Harold Norton, Laurence F. Picariello, George A. Promise, Joseph S. Rodrick, Woodbury L. Rodrick, Jr., Sidney A. Simmons, Clayton W. Smith, Charles E. Snow, Jr., Mary E. Snow, Antonetta M. Videtta, Norman C. Whitten, Frank Wil- liams, Jr., Charles E. Thornton.


PRECINCT 2 - Charles L. Blatchford, Thomas J. Boyce, Jr., Thomas J. Cahill, William J. Carlin, Francis J. Cassidy, George A. Chadwell, Marjorie C. Cham- pion, Harvey A. Craig, John R. Daley, John F. Denahy, Raymond O. Doane, David F. Doherty, Lyndon W. Ellis, Clementine L. Emery, Howell E. Estey, Cecelia H. Flynn, Joseph F. Flynn, Leo M. Frechette, Edmond A. Genest, Stuart W. Graham, John A. Gregory, Jr., Israel H. Gross, William S. Healy, Herbert C. Heggie, Edward K. Hempel, Philip E. Janvrin, Harold J. Keating, Semah M. Klein, John E. LaPlante, Cleo Leawood, Robert P. Loring, Edward N. Ludlam, John A. Massey, James D. McCarriston, Charles J. McManus, John R. Miller, Paul C. Miller, John F. Milo, Pearl D. Morley, John J. O'Shea, Irvin R. Patten, Paul A. Polisson, Walter L. Ranger, Joseph P.


Ryan, Philip H. Stafford, John Stone, Nobert A. Ulman, Donald J. Warnock, Dorothy F. Warnock, John H. Watts, Philip M. Whitten.


PRECINCT 3-Ezra Andelman, George B. Atkins, Deborah M. Bogardus, Fred- eric R. Bogardus, III, Philip A. Brine, Jr., Robert G. Byrne, Charles F. Chap- man, Roland N. Devitt, Warren J. Do- herty, Howard E. Dow, Ann V. Enholm, Harold G. Enholm, Lester B. Farwell, Edwin I. Foye, Ralph E. Gould, Nicholas Gallo, Vernon M. Hawkins, III, William V. Hayden, Jr., Roger W. Henry, Joseph P. Howard, Harold C. Hudson, John Clarke Kane, Katherine L. Kane, Abra- ham Kessel, Bernard M. Kline, John J. Lally, Arthur T. Lees, Francis A. Losano, Ester I. Maston, John G. McLearn, Aus- tin D. Mosco, Daniel J. Myers, Harvey P. Newcomb, Priscilla O. Newcomb, Edna Pedrick, Peter M. Rappoli, Ashley W. Rice, Margaret M. Scanlon, Thomas M. Scanlon, Roger G. Skinner, Arnold L. Snow, Carole A. Snow, Pearl A. Snow, Lawrence O. Witter, George H. Worthy, Orville G. Caswell.


PRECINCT 4 - Edward D. Ackerman, Robert L. Benford, Charles H. Bickford, George J. Burke, Edward R. Butter- worth, Edward P. Carroll, Edward P. Carroll, Jr., Frank G. W. Coletti, John R. Cooper, Francis J. Corcoran, Jr., Richard Coughlin, Paul C. Curtis, Harry G. Davis, James A. Dillon, Albert G. Doane, Charles W. Dwyer, Virginia E. Earle, Ralph B. Earle, Virginia T. Ellis, Irving L. Farber, Vera F. Gould, James E. Hanley, John J. Hughes, John P. In- galls, Jr., Andrew R. Linscott, Harry D. Linscott, William A. Ludlam, James R. Maddock, Vernon A. Martin, Joseph A. McHugh, Harris T. Phinney, Harold I. Power, Edward I. Robinson, Fred D.


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Sargent, Robert C. Smith, Robert W. Snow, Hatherley A. Stoddard, Jr., Frank S. Stowell, James I. Summers, George B. Thomson, John W. Tisdell, Herbert R. Waite, Roger A. Williams, Jr., Robert L. Yasi.


PRECINCT 5 - Carl A. Ackermann, Bernard L. Baker, William L. Bartow, William C. Beckert, Israel Bloch, Ches- ter E. Bond, Dorothy M. Booma, Roland C. Booma, Leslie L. Broadbridge, James W. Buchanan, Charles F. Buckland, Fred- erick C. Burk, Joseph Cardillo, Thomas F. Collins, Donald E. Costin, Vincent B. Easterbrooks, Myron Freedman, Eustis B. Grimes, John F. Grynkraut, Roger N. Howes, Warren A. Johnson, Leonard N. Kennedy, Jr., Marion Kirkpatrick, Mar- tin Kirkpatrick, Francis N. Lang, Sher- man J. Lippa, Edward D. Loveday, Fran- cis H. Maitland, Joseph M. Mattera, Ralph S. Maxwell, Ralph Mayo, Charles A. McKenna, June Morse, Marion Doen Morse, Vincent P. O'Brien, Carl J. Pa- gano, Ervin D. Remick, Jr., William H. Rothwell, 2nd, James W. Santry, Jr., Theodore C. Sargent, Jacob Shactman, Samuel Smith, J. Campbell Soutter, III, Richard D. Stevenson, Harold P. Symmes, Kathleen Way, Maurice M. Weiner, Donald S. Whidden, Kenneth T. White, Lillian I. White, Thomas B. White, Jr.


PRECINCT 6-Douglas F. Allen, Louise B. Allen, Dorothy K. Allison, Richard G. Appel, Jr., Bradlee M. Backman, Ruth Backman, Donald W. Blodgett, John H. Blodgett, Jr., Dorothy S. Breed, Richard P. Breed, Jr., Nelson J. Darling, Jr., J. Campbell Deveney, Charles E. Donovan,


Donald D. Durkee, Charles M. Ewing, Paul W. Fitzpatrick, Paul E. Garland, Theodore Goldberg, Martin C. Goldman, Josephine E. Hanson, George J. Harring- ton, George W. Howe, Robert U. Ingalls, Bertram C. Jacobs, Chloe Johnson, Henry R. Mayo, Jr., Jeanne W. McCarty, Wil- liam H. McCarty, Jr., John S. McKen- ney, Richard F. Murray, Allen Myers, Lois Myers, Thomas Nevils, Thomas M. Newth, Arnold L. Nylander, Edward S. O'Keefe, Robert F. O'Neill, Anthony F. Pierre, William W. Prichard, Arnold C. Reynolds, Joel W. Reynolds, Albert N. Rothermel, Marjorie C. Sites, A. Hall Stiles, Jr., Crawford H. Stocker, Jr., John A. Waldo, Edward M. Weinshanker, Ralph L. Williams.


All new Town Meeting Members were sworn in by the Town Clerk, Oliver W. Coughlin.


The warrant with the return thereon, was read by the Town Clerk.


The Rabbi Robert Shapiro offered the Invocation.


The Moderator, Richard B. Johnson, appointed Howell E. Estey end Donald J. Warnock as tellers to serve at the Town Meeting and they were duly sworn in.


Except as otherwise indicated the ac- tion taken by the Town Meeting fol- lowed the recommendations of the Finance Committee. In some cases, the final recommendations of the Committee varied somewhat from the preliminary recommendations contained in the printed report.


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A GENERAL


ARTICLE 2. To hear and act on the reports of Town Officials, Boards, and Committees.


Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.


Voted: The reports of the Trans- portation Study Committee, Machon School Building Committee, High School Building Committee, Fire Apparatus Committee were read and accepted.


The report of the Beach Study Committee was read and accepted unanimous'y and the Committee was continued.


That the Moderator appoint a committee OTHER THAN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE to fur- ther study and to negotiate with the Massachusetts Electric Company the desirability of acquiring the B&M right of way along the aban- doned Marblehead branch, said com- mittee to report to the next Annual Town Meeting .:


ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Select- men, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue for the financial year beginning January 1, 1964, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, Gen- eral Laws.


Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Treasurer.


Voted: That the Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1963, and to issue a note or notes therefor, 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 4, Chapter 44 of the General Laws. Unanimous.


ARTICLE 4. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recom- mendations calling for the appropriation or expenditure of money, and creation of debt, or the disposition of town prop- erty as set forth in the report of officers, boards, or committees.


Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.


Voted: That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.


ARTICLE 5. To see what action the Town will take in relation to salaries of elected town officials for the ensuing year.


Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.


Voted: That the Town fix the salary and compensation of all elected officers of the Town as pro- vided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended.


SELECTMEN (3)


Chairman


$ 900.00


Another Member 750.00


Another Member 750.00


MODERATOR


150.00


TOWN CLERK


2,800.00


COLLECTOR OF TAXES


3,200.00


ASSESSORS (3)


Chairman


1,500.00


Another Member


1,000.00


Another Member 1,000.00


TREASURER


4,000.00


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (3)


Chairman


165.00


Another Member 110.00


Another Member 110.00


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BOARD OF HEALTH (3)


Chairman


220.00


Another Member


165.00


Another Member


165.00


BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS (3)


Chairman


650.00


Another Member


500.00


Another Member 500.00


CONSTABLE (one of three) 100.00


All effective from January 1, 1963. The appropriations necessary to provide for the payment of these salaries were recommended in the budgets of the vari- ous departments under Article 6.


ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the appro- priation of money for departmental and other expenses for the year 1963.


Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.


The Finance Committee recommended: That the following amounts of money be appropriated, for the several purposes hereinafter itemized, each numbered item being considered as a separate appropriation and that the same be expended only for such purposes as follows.


BUDGET 1963


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Explanatory Detail $ 150.00


Total of Each Appropriation $ 150.00


1. Moderator


FINANCE COMMITTEE


2. Secretary


600.00


3. Expenses


150.00


4. Town Meeting


300.00


SELECTMEN


5. Salaries


Chairman


900.00


Associates (2)


1,500.00


Clerk


3,712.80


Secretary


1,200.00


7,312.80


6. Office Expense


1,200.00


7. Travel Expense


100.00


8. Contingent Account


600.00


1,900.00


PERSONNEL BOARD


9. Clerical Assistance


150.00


150.00


10. Office Expense


100.00


11. Contingent Account


50.00


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


12. Salaries


Accountant


6,200.48


Clerk


3,712.80


*Clerk (Half Time)


1,856.40


*See Contributory Retirement


11,769.68


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13. Office Expense


14. Travel in State


570.00 100.00


670.00


TREASURER


15. Salaries


Treasurer


4,000.00


Clerk


3,712.80


Clerk (Part Time)


1,800.00


Extra Clerical (Vacation)


200.00


9,712.80


16. Office Expense


3,535.00


3,535.00


COLLECTOR OF TAXES


17. Salaries


Collector


3,200.00


Clerk


3,712.80


6,912.80


18. Office Expense


2,850.00


19. Furniture and Fixtures


100.00


20. Insurance and Protection


1,000.00


21. Conferences, Associations and Publications.


150.00


22. Tax Title Costs


150.00


23. Travel - In State


100.00


4,350.00


TOWN CLERK


24. Salaries


Town Clerk


2,800.00


Clerk


3,487.12


Vital Statistics


400.00


25. Office Expense


1,320.00


26. Travel - In State


250.00


27. Insurance and Protection


25.00


1,595.00


ELECTION COMMISSIONERS


28. Salaries


Commissioners


750.00


Clerk


3,712.80


Election Officers


465.00


Census Workers


500.00


School Custodians


65.00


Office Tabulators


85.00


5,577.80


29. Office Expense


2,150.00


2,150.00


LAW DEPARTMENT


30. Salaries


Town Counsel


5,000.00


Legal Assistance


500.00


5,500.00


31. Office Expense


1,650.00


1,650.00


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6,687.12


BOARD OF ASSESSORS


32. Salaries


Chairman


1,500.00


Associates (2)


2,000.00


Clerks (2)


6,618.00


Canvassers


300.00


Secretary to Board


50.00


10,468.00


33. Office Expense


2,700.00


34. Travel - In State


300.00


35. Conventions


150.00


3,150.00


ADMINISTRATION BUILDING


36. Salaries


Custodian


5,597.28


Assistants (2)


9,235.20


14,832.48


37. Building Expense (Adm. Bldg.)


5,541.00


38. Building Expense (Old Fire Sta.)


2,000.00


7,541.00


BOARD OF APPEALS


39. Clerk Salary


400.00


40. Office Expense


900.00


1,300.00


PLANNING BOARD


41. Clerk Salary


100.00


42. Expenses


850.00


950.00


PENSIONS


CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT


43. Salaries


Secretary


500.00


*Clerk (Half Time)


1,856.40


2,356.40


*See Town Accountant


44. Office Expense


445.00


45. Medical Expense


150.00


46. Travel - In State


250.00


47. Surety Bonds


175.00


48. Investment Service


550.00


49. Pension Accumulation Fund


41,951.00


NON-CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS


50. Pensions (Non-Contributory)


Public Works


15,342.00


Fire


25,545.00


Police


19,679.00


43,521.00


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Schools Building Inspector


8,826.00


1,820.00


71,212.00


PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY


POLICE DEPARTMENT


51. Salaries


Chief


7,406.88


Clerk


3,712.80


Extra Clerical


1,000.00


Captains (2)


13,607.36


Lieutenants (3)


18,601.44


Patrolmen (19)


106,348.32


Patrolmen (2)


10,591.36


Reserves and Specials


14,795.00


Policewomen


12,704.00


Holiday Pay


5,718.50


Vacations


2,130.50


196,616.14


52. Office Expense


3,472.00


53. Building Expense


1,977.00


54. Travel - Out of Town


100.00


55. Travel - Out of State


150.00


56. Maintenance


5,580.00


57. Supplies


800.00


58. Mobile Radio System


674.00


59. State Police Training School


475.00


60. Uniforms


2,500.00


15,728.00


FIRE DEPARTMENT


61. Salaries


Chief


7,406.88


Deputy Chief


6,803.68


Captains (4)


25,801.92


Firefighters


160,089.84


Fire Alarm Assistant


381.60


Office Clerk


381.60


Extra Labor


3,500.00


Vacations


8,323.70


Holiday Pay


7,312.86


219,002.08


62. Office Expense


1,150.00


63. Travel - In State


200.00


64. Travel - Out of State


150.00


65. Building Expense


6,250.00


66. Communications


2,200.00


67. Uniforms


850.00


68. Maintenance


5,800.00


16,600.00


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HARBORMASTER


69. Salary


325.00


325.00


CIVIL DEFENSE


71. Director - Salary


1,533.00


72. Municipal Protection


6,400.00


7,933 00


CONSTABLE


73. Wages


100.00


100.00


WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


74. Sealer - Wages


950.00


75. Office Expense


230.00


76. Travel - In Town


180.00


77. Travel - Out of Town


75.00


1,435.00


BUILDING INSPECTOR


78. Salaries


Building Inspector


2,800.00


79. Office Expense


300.00


80. Travel - In State


300.00


3,400.00


WIRE INSPECTOR


81. Salary - Inspector


1,400.00


82. Office Expense


175.00


83. Travel - In State


335.00


1,910.00


DOG OFFICER


84. Dog Officer - Salary


880.00


85. Office Expense


125.00


86. Maintenance - Transportation


200.00


87. Maintenance - Pound


400.00


1,605.00


CONSERVATION COMMISSION


88. Office Expense


200.00


89. Conservation Fund


500.00


INSURANCE


92. Insurance


a. Fire Insurance


11,876.28


b. Automobile Liability


8,936.58


c. Automobile Physical Damage 400.00


d. Marine Ins. (Sealer W.&M.)


110.85


f. Employee Group Ins.


27,000.00


g. Fire Insurance (Town Pier)


281.40


i. Boiler Insurance (3 years)


5,572.74


j. Miscellaneous


344.25


700.00


-


55,000.00


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HEALTH AND SANITATION


93. Salaries


Board Members


550.00


Health Officer


6,200.48


Health Nurse


5,070.00


Senior Clerk


3,712.80


Extra Clerical


200.00


Clerk of Board


260.00


Physicians


200.00


16,293.28


94. Office Expense


894.50


95. Travel - In State


1,190.00


96. Travel - Out of State


150.00


97. Inspections and Tests


7,259.00


98. Mosquito and Noxious Weeds


1,650.00


99. Rubbish and Garbage


86,881.00


98,024.50


PUBLIC WORKS


100. Salaries and Wages


Board Members


Chairman


650.00


Associates (2)


1,000.00


1,650.00


A. Administrative


Superintendent


9,216.48


Adminstrative Assistant


6,803.68


Sr. Clerk and Typist


3,712.80


19,732.96


B. Garage Maintenance Shop


Head Mechanic


5,597.28


Motor Equip. Repairman


5,070.00


10,667.28


C. Engineering


Town Engineer


7,406.88


Assistant Engineer


6,803.68


Junior Civil Engineer


6,200.48


Senior Engineering Aid


5,597.28


Junior Engineering Aids (2)


8,085.00


D. Sewer Division


Department Head


6,656.00


Foreman


5,597.28


P.W. Maint. - Cr. MEO-H (2)


10,140.00


Standby


2,000.00


E. Cemetery Division


Department Head


6,656.00


Working Foreman


5,597.28


P.W. Maint. - Cr. MEO


4,617.60


P.W. Maint. - Craftsman


4,617.60


34,093.32


24,393.28


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Overtime


500.00


21,988.48


F. Highway Division


Department Head


6,656.00


Working Foreman (3)


16,791.84


P.W. Maint. - Cr. MEO-S (4)


25,890.80


P.W. Maint. - Cr. MEO-H (9)


40,560.00


P.W. Maint. - Craftsman (5)


21,538.80


Overtime


1,000.00


112,329.28


G. Traffic Division


Working Foreman


5,295.68


5,295.68


H. Park Division


Department Head


6,656.00


Working Foreman


5,597.28


Working Fore. - Tr. Cl. and Sur.


5,597.28


Working Fore. - P.W. Maint. Cr.


5,597.28


Tree Climber (2)


10.140.00


P.W. Maint. Craftsman MEO (1)


5,070.00


P.W. Maint. Craftsman (5)


22,426.32


Overtime


1,100.00


62,084.16


I. Park - Summer Service Program


Special


5,051.00


Tree Climb. - and Surgeon


600.00


Summer Help


1,500.00


Beach Cleaners


2,600.00


9,751.00


J. Extra Labor - Summer


5,000.00


5,000.00


PUBLIC WORKS EXPENSES


(Exclusive of Water)


101. Office Expense


2,100.00


2,100.00


102. Travel - In Town


1,880 00


1,880.00


103. Travel - In State


200.00


200.00


105. Building Expense


13,300.00


13,300.00


106. Insurance


10.00


10.00


107. Equipment Maintenance


14,379.00


14,379.00


108. Supplies


30,500.00


30.500.00


WATER DIVISION


109. Salaries and Wages


Department Head


6,656.00


Senior Clerk and Typist (2)


7,425.60


Working Foreman


5,597.28


P.W. Maint, Cr. MEO-S


5,178.16


P.W. Maint. Cr. MEO-H


10,140.00


P.W. Maint. Cr. Meter Repair


5,070.00


P.W. Maint. Cr. Meter Reader


4,617.60


P.W. Maint. Craftsman


4,617.60


Standby


2,000.00


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51,302.24


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110. Office Expense


2,000.00


2,000.00


111. Travel - Within State


890.00


890.00


111a. Travel - Out of tSate


150.00


150.00


112. Building Expense


350.00


350.00


113. Equipment Maintenance


1,200.00


1,200.00


14. Supplies and Material


15,000.00


15,000.00


15. Emergency Water


7,500.00


7,500.00


16. M.D.C. Water


49,984.00


49,984.00


SPECIAL ACCOUNTS


17. Emergency Sewer


2,000.00


18. Snow and Ice Wages


20,000.00


19. Snow and Ice Expenses


25,000.00


20. Moth Control


6,300.00


21. Dutch Elm


5,000.00


22. Shade Trees


2,500.00


23. Recreation Program


3,500.00


64,300.00


PUBLIC WORKS SUMMARY


Salaries and Wages Exclusive of Water


307,093.60


Water Salaries and Wages


51,302.24


Expenses Exclusive of Water


62,360.00


Water Expenses


77,074.92


Special Accounts


64,300.00


562,130.76


The Finance Committee recommends that the sum of $113,377.16 be appropriated from the Water Division Receipts for the year 1963, and that the sum of $15,000.00 be transferred from the Water Available Surplus Account for Items #109 through 116 inclusive; and that the sum of $18,000.00 be transferred from Cemetery Receipts to Cemetery Wages, Item #100E.


PUBLIC WELFARE


24. Salaries


Director


7,020.00


Senior Clerk Stenographer (2)


8,055.24


Board Members


385.00


Secretary to Board


200.00


Social Worker


5,597.28


Social Worker


4,741.64


(1) 25,999.16


(1) $12,000.00 to be paid from Fed. U.S. Grant Adminstration Funds, and remainder from tax levy.


25. Public Assistance


94,000.00


94,000.00


26. Old Age Assistance


Board Members


1,340.00


1,340.00


Secretary to Board


200.00


200.00


VETERANS' SERVICES


27. Administrator's Salary


1,580.00


28. Office Expense


350.00


29. Travel - In State


220.00


30. Assistance


15,000.00


17,150.00


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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION


131. Agent's Salary


132. Clerk - Part Time


500.00 200.00


700.00


133. Office Expense


134. Chapter 152 Benefits


50.00 7,700.00


7,750.00


SCHOOLS


135. Salaries


Superintendent


15,500.00


Assistant Superintendent


11,500.00


Secretarial


27,685.00


Teachers


1,037,500.00


Custodians


102,725.00


Health (Nurse and Physicians)


8,235.00


1,203,145.00


136. Office Expense


15,950.00


137. Travel Expense


2,360.00


138. Building Expense


77,425.00


139. Insurance


2,350.00


98,085.00


140. Miscellanous


Instruction


85,600.00


Adult Education


4,000.00


Summer School


3,500.00


Cafeteria


4,000.00


Transportation


5,850.00


Others


7,250.00


141. Travel - Out of State


2,500.00


2,500.00


142. Federal Aided Projects


5,000.00


5,000.00


MATURING DEBT


143. Interest


General Debt


84,356.25


Temporary Loans


10,000.00


*Less sum to be transferred to this account under Art. #13


-6,450.00


Total appropriated under this item


87,906.25


144. Principal


General Debt for 1963


291,000.00


291,000.00


*Less sum to be transferred to this account under Art. #13


-30,000.00


Total to be appropriated under this item


261,000.00


145. Certification of Notes and Bonds


75.00


75.00


110,200.00


94,356.25


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LIBRARIES


146. Salaries


Librarian


6,200.48


Children's Librarian


5,070.00


Reference Librarian 5,070.00


Library Secretary - Adult's


3,712.80


Library Secretary - Children's


3,487.12


Library Secretary - Office


3,712.80


Senior Building Custodian


5,070.00


Junior Building


2,358.72


Extra Services


350.00


Assistants Paid by Hour


5,000.00


39,031.92


147. Office Expense


2,635.00


2,635.00


148. Travel - Out of State


150.00


150.00


149. Travel - In State


62.00


62.00


150. Building Expense


3,592.00


3,592.00


151. Library Materials


9,600.00


9,600.00


Total Budget


$56,070.92


UNCLASSIFIED


152. Legion Lease


1,750.00


153. Town Reports


2,500.00


154. Lighting Streets


60,000.00


155. Reserve Funds


20,000.00


156. Fourth of July Observance


1,500.00


157. Memorial Day Observance


1,500.00


158. Veterans Day Observance


250.00


159. Christmas Lights


1,000.00


88,500.00


The Finance Committee further recommended that the sum of $20,000.00 be appropriated from the Overlay Reserve Account for Item #155.


VOTED: To accept the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee and appropriate $20,000.00 from the Overlay Reserve Account for Item #155.


On the motion of Mr. Andrew R. Linscott, the recommendation of the Finance Committee was amended as follows:


Item #146. Assistants paid by hour $5,000.00


Item #147. Office expense 2,635.00


Item #151. Library Materials 9,600.00


As amended, the recommendation of the Finance Committee was adopted.


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ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to ap- point a member of said Board to act as secretary thereof and receive pay there- for, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.).


Sponsored by the Board of Assessors.


Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Assessors to appoint a member of the Board to act as Sec- retary thereof and that the salary of the Secretary be fixed at $50.00 per year as provided by Section 4, Chapter 41, General Laws. The ap- propriation necessary to pay this salary having been provided for in Article 6. Unanimous.


ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to appoint a member of such Board to act as secre- tary thereof and receive pay therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.).


Sponsored by the Planning Board.


Voted: That the Town authorize the Planning Board to appoint a member of such Board to act as secretary thereof and receive pay therefor, as provided by Chapter 41, Section 4A of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.). Unanimous.


ARTICLE 9. To see what action the Town will take on the matter of trans- ferring the unexpended balances as shown on the books of the Town Accountant as of December 31, 1962, to the Surplus Revenue Account, or take any action relative thereto.


Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.


Voted: That the Town vote to transfer to the Surplus Revenue Ac- count the following unexpended bal- ances as shown on the Town Ac- countant's books as of December 31, 1962. Unanimous.


Conservation Committee $ 38.00


Conservation Committee :


Expenses


625.00


Dues 25.00


Travel


150.00


Administration Bldg.


Parking Lot


1.77


Essex Street Lights 105.0(


Monument Avenue 2,300.0(


$3,244.7'.


ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town wil appropriate and transfer a sum of money to the existing Stabilization Fund for any of the uses provided and authorized un. der Sections 7 or 8 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.


Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen


Voted : That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Unani. mous.


ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town wil vote to carry on the Sidewalk Construc- tion Program under the provision of General Laws, Chapter 83, Sections 25 and 26, and to appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action rela- tive thereto.


Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen


Voted: That the Town vote tc carry on the Sidewalk Construction program under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 83, Sections 25 and 26. Unanimous.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute a lease with the Veterans of Foreign Wars for such space as is avail- able, and upon terms as may be deter- mined by the Board, and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto.


Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.


Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute a lease with the Veterans of Foreign Wars for such space as is available, and upon terms as may be deter- mined by the Board. Unanimous.


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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from Water Receipts and/or Water Available Surplus to the Maturing Debt and Inter- est Account for the purpose of meeting obligations due during 1963 on account of the Water Bonds Issue dated June 1, 1960, or take any action relative thereto.




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