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The following as an itemized statement of those expenses.
Appropriation March 1, 1937
$40,000.00
Contract to R. R. Jacobucci
$33,380.00
Commission tó C. Francis N. Robert, Architect
2,080.80
Furniture and Equipment
1,300.39
Rent of Temporary quarters
387.50
Furnishings for Temporary quarters
31.56
Advertising, postage, miscellaneous
21.14
37,101.39
Balance turned back to the Town on appropriation
$2,898.61
Proceeds from the sale of old station
110.00
Total amount to the Town Treasury
$3,008.61
The building was completed, accepted and dedicated on October 7, 1937.
In conclusion the members of the Committee wish to extend its grateful appreciation to the efficient manner in which the Contractor and architect did their work. The chairman at this time wishes to thank all the mem- bers of the Committee for their co-operation that they extended to him during this period and is especially mindful of the excellent piece of work done by the Secretary of the Committee, John E. Horace.
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The Committee feels that the opportunity granted to them to serve the Town of Weymouth in this capacity was a pleasing one, and it is their wish that they now be discharged.
Respectfully submitted,
ROY H. ROSEWELL, Chairman
JOHN E. HORACE, Secretary
J. RALPH BACON DANIEL P. CUMMINGS JOSEPH A. FERN CHARLES GRIFFIN FRANCIS A. GUNN
JULIAN R. MERCHANT MARSHALL F. SPEAR
On motion of John W. Field, Secretary of the Appropriation Com- mittee, it was voted: That the report of the Committee on the Fire Station at South Weymouth, be accepted with the thanks of the Town, and the Committee discharged.
This was a unanimous vote.
The Committee appointed at the special town meeting held on Septem- ber 15, 1937, made a report in writing and the Town Clerk requested Mr. Emerson R. Dizer to read the same.
Report of the Traffic Committee appointed by the Town Moderator
1. We recommend the establishment of a permanent Safety Council organized for the purpose of conducting and maintaining a specific pro- gram of safety activities designed to prevent automobile accidents in the Town of Weymouth. Members of this committee to be appointed by the Town Moderator for a term of three years, each precinct represented by at least one member, together with the Superintendent of Schools and the Chief of Police.
The automobile accident problem is a serious one which confronts our community along with all others throughout the state and nation, and apart from the terrific toll of life and limb, represents a source of financial loss of our community in that automobile insurance rates are based on the loss experience for each of the various territories throughout the state. With well planned educational programs and consistent effort to improve the accident experience record of our town should have an effect on securing a more favorable rate for our community.
While this monetary value is important, even greater is the necessity for preventing the killing and maiming of our children and citizens through careless and reckless driving of automobiles on the highways of our town.
With the increase of automobile accidents and fatalities throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the trend clearly indicates the need for attention and concerted action on the part of our entire citizenry in the prevention of such accidents.
2. We recommend that any and all traffic regulations, installation of signs, marking of highways, streets, etc., pertaining the traffic to be super- vised and under the direction of the Chief of Police.
3. We recommend as a safety measure and to insure and promote safety in our Town, annual appropriation should be made to improve the lighting of the highways in order that this purpose may be accom- plished.
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Randolph Street, South Weymouth
4. The Committee recommends that two reflector type of signs be erected on Randolph Street, near Forest Street and Weymouth Great Pond, to show existing dangerous curve.
Independence Square, South Weymouth
5. The Committee recommends that the Town adopt and complete the plan submitted by the Department of Public Works of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts.
Central Street at Pleasant Street, South Weymouth
6. The Committee recommends that a stop sign be placed on Central Street, before entering Pleasant Street.
Forest Street at Columbian Street, South Weymouth
7. The Committee recommends that a stop sign be erected on Forest Street, before entering Columbian Street.
Federal Street at Front Street, Weymouth
8. The Committee recommends that a stop sign be placed on each side of Federal Street before entering Front Street.
Winter Street at Main Street, Weymouth
9. The Committee recommends that a stop sign be placed on each side of Winter Street before entering Main Street.
Broad Street at Front Street, Weymouth
10. The Committee recommends that a stop sign be placed on Broad Street before entering Front Street.
Sterling Street at Front Street, Weymouth
11. The Committee recommends that a stop sign be placed on Sterling Street before entering Front Street.
Hunt Street and Washington Street, Weymouth
13. The Committee recommends that a stop sign be erected on Hunt Street, before entering Washington Street.
Idlewell Blvd. and Wilson Avenue at Commercial Street, East Weymouth
13. The Committee recommends that stop signs be placed on Idlewell Blvd. and Wilson Avenue, before entering Commercial Street.
Academy Avenue and Essex Street at Broad Street, East Weymouth
14. The Committee recommends that stop signs be erected on Academy Avenue and on both sides of Essex Street, before entering Broad Street.
Essex and Lake Streets at Middle Street, East Weymouth
15. The Committee recommends that stop signs be erected on Essex and Lake Streets before entering Middle Street.
Church Street at North Street, East Weymouth
16. The Committee recommends that a stop sign be erected on Church Street, before entering North Street.
Evans Street at Pearl Street, North Weymouth
17. The Committee recommends that a stop sign be placed on Evans Street, before entering Pearl Street.
Columbian Street Main Street to Route 128, South Weymouth
18. The Committee recommends that a sign "NO LEFT TURN" be placed at the intersection of Main and Columbian Streets preventing a left turn by through traffic traveling North on Main Street into Columbian Street.
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The Committee also recommends that a sign be placed on Columbian Street at the intersection of Route 128 reading "THROUGH TRAFFIC DO NOT ENTER".
This recommendation is made by the Committee as a safety measure for the children at the Nevin School. This stretch of road is used by through traffic as a short cut and to avoid traffic signals. Traffic should be diverted from this street to the highway (Route 128) which was con- structed for the purpose of handling this traffic.
Ralph Talbot Street and Park Avenue, South Weymouth
19. The Committee recommends that a sign "NO LEFT TURN" be placed at Park Avenue at the intersection of Ralph Talbot Street to pre- vent making a left turn across on-coming traffic.
Church Street at North Street, Weymouth Heights
20. The Committee recommends that a stop sign be placed on Church Street stopping traffic entering North Street.
Washington School, East Weymouth
21. The Committee recommends that this school yard be fenced this year, and other schools on or near heavy traveled ways be fenced as soon as possible.
Broad Street at Masonic Temple, East Weymouth
22. The Committee recommends that NO PARKING should be al- lowed on the southerly side of Broad Street, between Kaufman's Garage and the Hoffman Residence.
Committee
CHIEF BUTLER JOSEPH KELLEY EVERETT T. GARDNER FRED H. OLIVER
The Committee appointed by the Moderator at the Annual Town Meeting of March 1, 1937, under Article 20 of the warrant, reported as follows:
To the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Weymouth, March, 1938.
The Committee appointed by the Moderator under authority of the vote upon Article 20 of the warrant at the Annual Town Meeting, March 1, 1937, and as directed by said vote, report as follows:
Nearly one thousand children, in grades one to eight, inclusive, attend school in South Weymouth.
Of these, approximately 350 children, attending the Edward B. Nevin school, are provided with nothing in the way of assembly hall or gym- nasium, such as has been provided during the past ten years in other parts of the town.
The same situation also applies to the children attending the Shaw school, which is situated only a few minutes walking distance from the Nevin school, and where more than 170 are in attendance.
The other schools in South Weymouth, the Pratt and Pond schools, with a total attendance of over 450, have excellent assembly halls, but such halls are not suitable for basket ball games.
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We recommend that construction as an addition to the Nevin School of an assembly gymnasium, similar in type to those already in use at the High school, the Hunt school and the Bicknell school, of such arrangement that the same may be used for all kinds of meetings and assemblies, for gymnastic and physical training work by the children, and for proper indoor sports and games.
This Committee has had no appropriation with which to pay for professional assistance in making concrete studies of the architectural problems involved, but we have been able to secure without cost to the Town carefully and accurately drawn plans for a gymnasium assembly designed to be erected as an addition to the Nevin school, similar in type and size to the gymnasium at the Bicknell school. We are informed by the School Department that this type of gymnasium best meets the needs for an all round use.
The construction of such proposed addition to the Nevin school has been formally advocated by the Planning Board and by the Parent-Teachers Association of the Nevin school, as well as by the School Department. Such construction should be carried on in the Summer time, when school is not in session. The heating capacity of the boilers at the Nevin school is not sufficient to carry the proposed added load, and a new boiler of sufficient capacity should be installed, preferably before, but in no event after, construction of the addition.
We recommend that the Town Meeting of the current year take proper action looking to the construction of a suitable gymnasium assembly hall at the Nevin school.
Respectfully submitted, J. WARREN CAMPBELL, Chairman ALICE E. MOXON, Secretary PRINCE H. TIRRELL
Under this article Mr. Everett E. Callahan moved: The establishment of a permanent safety council organized for the purpose of conducting and maintaining a specific program of safety activities designed to prevent automobile accidents in the Town of Weymouth, members of this council to be appointed by the Moderator for a term of three years, each precinct represented by at least one member, together with the Superintendent of Schools and the Chief of Police.
This motion was so voted.
Mr. Field moved: That all Committees who have not rendered a final report be continued until the work under their charge is completed.
. This motion was so voted.
ARTICLE 5. Mr. Field moved: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the fiscal year begin- ning January 1, 1938, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with General Laws, (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 17; any debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1938.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 6. Mr. Field moved: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized on and after January 1, 1939, to borrow such money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1939 and to issue a note
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or notes therefor payable within one year from the date of issue and that any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the fiscal year in which they were contracted.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 7. Mr. Field moved: That there be appropriated from sur- plus the sum of $65,000. for the use of the Assessors in determining the tax rate for the year 1938.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 8. Mr. Field moved: That the Selectmen be authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of personal property and any real estate of which the Town has possession or title including all property taken for non-pay- ment of taxes, all such cases of sale to be made by public auction or private sale as the Selectmen may deem for the best interest of the Town and that the Board or Officer in charge of any other Town Department may, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, sell at public auction or private sale as the Board of Selectmen may approve, any personal property belong- ing to said Department which in the opinion of said officer or Board in charge of the Department is no longer needed by the Town and which in the opinion of the Selectmen is not needed by any other Town Depart- ment.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 9. Mr. Field moved: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to accept conveyances or mortgages of any real or personal property belonging to persons receiving relief from the Town and to dispose of said property under the provisions of Article 8 of this warrant in such manner as they may judge for the best interest of the Town and where said property is subject to any encumbrances if they consider it for the best interest of the Town to discharge said encumbrances, they are hereby authorized to do so, and the sum of one dollar ($1.00) be raised and ap- propriated for the purpose of discharging any encumbrances.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 10. Mr. Field moved: That the Town accept the report of the Selectmen laying out Newbert Avenue and Newbert Circle and that the sum of $1,450. is hereby appropriated for the purpose of working of said Streets such work to be performed by the Street Department who are authorized to build any bridges, drains or conduits, and the Board of Select- men is authorized to secure any easements which may be necessary, and · may accept deeds of any reservation strips existing in connection with any of said Streets.
Mr. Francis A. Gunn moved: That the naming of these Streets be referred to the Planning Board. This motion was so voted.
The motion of the Appropriation Committee as amended was so voted.
Under this article Mr. Everett E. Callahan moved: That the subject matter of this article insofar as it refers to Gibbens Street, be referred to the agency set up under Article 2 of this warrant and that this agency be requested to complete this project in the current year.
This motion was so voted.
ARTICLE 11. Mr. Field moved: That the sum of $16,000. is hereby raised and appropriated for work on Commercial, North and/or Norton Streets and proceeding in a general northerly direction provided that the State or County under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 90 will pay a sum of money proportionate to the cost of construction under the pro- visions of said Chapter; provided that this work shall be performed by the
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Street Department; and provided that the Board of Selectmen is authorized to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain in fee or otherwise for all purposes of a public street or highway in and over said streets and that authority is hereby given for building any bridges, drains or conduits, or securing any easements which may be necessary and that the Board of Selectmen is authorized to accept deeds of any reserva- tion strips existing in connection with said Streets; and provided further that all damages resulting or occasioned by the construction shall be a charge against the sum appropriated.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 12. Mr. Field moved: That the sum of $475. is hereby ap- propriated for the purchase of a piece of property at the corner of Pine and Pleasant Streets described as follows:
"Beginning at a point on the southeasterly side line of Pleasant Street distant 229.98 feet northeasterly from a point of curvature in said side line thence running in a general southeasterly direction by a tangent curve to the right with a radius of 15. feet a distance of 94.29 feet to the westerly side line of Pine Street; thence turning and running northerly by said side line of Pine Street a distance of 60.69 feet to a point of curvature of the corner curve forming the junction of said westerly side line of Pine Street with said southeasterly side line of Pleasant Street; thence running in a general northwesterly direction by a tangent curve to the left with a radius of 10.00 feet a distance of 20.95 feet to said side line of Pleasant Street; thence turning and running southwesterly by said side line of Pleasant Street a distance of 60.69 feet to the point of beginning, contain- ing 1,321 square feet more or less, and all shown on a "Plan showing pro- posed widening of Pleasant and Pine Streets, Weymouth, Mass." made by Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, dated December 13, 1937, recorded herewith and made a part of this record." And the Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to take a deed of the above described property in the name and behalf of the Town.
This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 13. Mr. Field moved: That the Committee be continued. This motion was so voted.
ARTICLE 14. Mr. Field moved: That the subject matter of this Article be referred to the Agency set up under Article 2 of this warrant.
Mr. Melville F. Cate moved as an amendment: That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to take the necessary action to complete and secure reconstruction of Forest Street in accordance with the Provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 90 Section 34.
This amendment was so voted.
The motion of the Appropriation Committee as amended was so voted.
Under this article Mr. William R. Dasha moved: That part of the article relating to North Street near the corner of Neck and Pearl Streets be carried through this year. This motion was unanimously voted.
ARTICLE 15. Mr. Field moved: That the subject matter of this Ar- ticle be referred to the Agency set up under Article 2 of this warrant.
Mr. William A. Ferguson moved: To complete the sidewalk on the easterly side of Pleasant Street from Pratt School to Lovell's Corner. Not a vote.
Mr. William T. Wyman moved: To complete a sidewalk on the west side of Middle Street from Circuit Avenue to Washington Street. Not a vote.
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Mr. Everett E. Callahan moved: That all sidewalks be continued under a program submitted by the School Committee. Not a vote.
Mr. Karle Lovell moved: That all sidewalk construction work be done evenly in each ward as near as possible. This motion was so voted.
The motion of the Appropriation Committee as amended by Mr. Lovell's motion was so voted.
ARTICLE 16: Mr. Field moved: That the subject matter of this Article be referred to the agency set up under Article 2 of this warrant.
Mr. James F. Towle moved as an amendment: That the construction or reconstruction of drains on Union Street from near the "Old School to the Rockland line" be completed this Spring. This amendment was so voted.
The motion of the Appropriation Committee as amended was so voted.
ARTICLE 17. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action upon this article. This motion was so voted.
ARTICLE 18. Mr. Field moved: That the By-Laws as set forth in this article be adopted as follows:
"When the Town has accepted a street and immediately enters thereon for the purpose of constructing said street, then the Town shall not be responsible for nor install any wall or other method of holding the land of the abuttes in place the proposed construction will result in a cut not exceeding 4 ft. in mean average height above the center grade of the proposed street."
Mr. Everett E. Callahan moved: That no action be taken under this article. This motion was so voted.
Mr. Field moved reconsideration of this vote. Not a vote.
The motion as carried on Mr. Callahan's motion nulls the motion as offered by the Appropriation Committee.
ARTICLE 19. Mr. Field moved: That a Committee of three (3) be appointed by the Moderator to study the subject matter of this article and report to the Board of Selectmen on or before the first day of January 1939 and that this report be published in the 1938 Annual Town Report.
This motion was so voted.
ARTICLE 20. Mr. Field moved: That the Committee (Zoning) be continued for further study of this subject and that a sum of money not exceeding $50. be provided for this purpose.
Mr. William D. Parker moved: To add the sum of $950. for this Ar- ticle making a total of $1,000. So voted.
The motion of the Appropriation Committee as amended was so voted.
ARTICLE 21. Mr. Field moved: That the Town instruct the Board of Selectmen to make regulations governing the taking of eels, all kinds of shellfish and sea worms and for issuing permits therefor conformably to the provisions of the Acts of 1933, Chapter 329 as amended.
This motion was so voted.
ARTICLE 22. Mr. Field moved: That the Town take no action on this article.
Mr. Everett E. Callahan moved as a substitution motion: That there be and is hereby established in the Town of Weymouth a department of purchases and, further, that the sum of $2,300. is hereby raised and appro- priated for the salary and all expenses of said department for the remainder of the fiscal year, the salary to be at the rate of $2,500. per year. The
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Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to appoint a purchasing agent for a period of three years commencing April 1, 1938. They are hereby instructed, with the advice of the committee of three appointed by the Moderator at the last special town meeting, to formulate rules and regula- tions for the proper and efficient maintenance of said department.
This substitute motion was declared not a vote.
The motion of Appropriation Committee was so voted.
Under this article the Committee appointed by the Moderator to study the cost and maintenance of a purchasing department in the town of Weymouth, read their report, as follows:
To the Annual Town Meeting and to the Citizens of Weymouth.
Your committee appointed by the Moderator to study the cost of the maintenance of a purchasing department in the Town of Weymouth reports as follows:
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First, it was found that no Town comparable in size in the Common- wealth had a bona fide purchasing agent, i.e., a man paid a sufficient salary to be of a status other than a clerk. It was therefore not possible to get figures from the experience of another town.
It was learned, however, form a State Auditor that from experience with cities, the minimum cost of operation of a purchasing department was approximately $5,000. and that above a purchase volume of $500,000. the cost was approximately 1% of the purchases.
We feel that such a department in the Town of Weymouth would con- sist of the purchasing agent and a clerk. We believe that the salary of purchasing agent would be between $2,500. and $3,500. per year. For the purpose of our figuring we will therefore take the figure halfway between the high and the low $3,000. We believe the salary of the clerk would be $1,000. stationery and supplies, $125. We are not setting any figure for additional equipment of desks, files, or a charge for office space inasmuch as the former is not a recurring expense, and the latter would be a book- keeping entry and probably not an additional expense to the Town.
We therefore estimate the cost of maintenance of a purchasing de- partment for the Town of Weymouth at the present time to be $4,125.
Respectively submitted,
ALBERT VINAL CARLTON CHAMBERS WILLIAM A. HODGES
Committee.
January 31, 1938.
Your Committee has given the question of the advisability of hiring a purchasing agent for our Town careful consideration, and has done much investigation outside of its meetings, contacting individuals in State Departments as well as others not acting in an official capacity but who have had long experience in dealing with Towns and Cities both with and without purchasing agents. It has tried to get its information from all sources so that it might consider the question fairly from all angles.
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In analysing the expenditure of the Town for materials which the purchasing agent could purchase, we find that the total amount expended for the year 1936, including W. P. A. is approximately $171,000. This is broken down among the six major departments as follows:
Total spent for materials
Police Department
$6,500.00
Of this total, the items below account for:
New equipment
$3,400.00
Gas and Oil
700.00
Fuel
325.00
$4,425.00
Fire Department
$12,500.00
Of this total, the items below account for
Hose
$2,000.00
Major repairs
3,400.00
Fuel
1,500.00
$6,900.00
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