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Section 16. OVERTIME.
a. No overtime shall be paid to the following, even though the positions may be referred to below:
Department Heads Professional Employees Custodians
Others by agreement when hired
b. Laborers, truck drivers and foremen - Time worked prior to or after the regularly scheduled work day, Monday through Friday, inclusive, shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half. Time worked Saturdays and Sundays, after 40 hours have been worked during the week, shall be paid at the rate of time and one- half. Work performed on a paid holiday (as stated in Section 15) occurring during the regular work week, Monday through Friday, inclusive, shall be paid on the basis of time and one-half.
c. Office workers - Overtime at the rate of time and one-half shall be paid for all hours worked in excess of 33 hours in any one week but only if 36 hours or more of work during that week has been performed. Overtime work totaling less than 3 hours per week will not be compensated.
d. Police - Overtime at the rate of straight time less any fees collected shall be paid for all time worked in excess of 8 hours in
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any one day, but only if 9 hours or more of work during that day has been performed. Overtime work totaling less than 1 hour per day will not be compensated. Work performed on a scheduled day off or during vacation shall be paid on the basis of straight time, less any fees collected in addition to any regular pay applicable to that day, or in the discretion of the Chief, the employee may be given equivalent time off. Appearances in court by police officers shall not be considered as overtime.
e. Fire - Overtime at the rate of straight time shall be paid for all time worked in excess of 56 hours in any one week but only if 57 hours or more of work during that week has been performed. Overtime work totaling less than 1 hour per week will not be com- pensated. Overtime for firemen called in on off duty hours shall be paid at the rate of straight time, or in the discretion of the Chief, the employee may be given equivalent time off.
f. Other - if any employee holding two or more paid jobs in the service of the Town accrues overtime, the Department Head shall refer to the Personnel Board the determination of the fair normal time content of each job, and to the extent that each employee works daily or weekly in excess of that time, he shall be paid overtime at the rate of time and one-half.
g. There shall be no pyramiding of overtime.
Section 17. SICK LEAVE.
No sick leave with pay shall be granted during the first 3 months of employment. After 3 months employment and up to 1 year, any employee absent because of his own sickness shall be entitled to sick leave with pay for time absent not in excess of 6 work days. After 1 year of employment the period in any year for which employees shall be paid while absent because of personal sickness shall be 12 work days, plus the amount of any accrued and unused sick leave in previous years, not in excess of a total, however, of 90 work days. Loss of time directly attributable to injury incurred while performing assigned duties shall not be charged to sick leave.
Section 18. JURY DUTY.
An employee called for jury duty shall be paid by the Town an amount equal to the difference between the compensation paid for a normal working period and the amount paid by the Court, excluding allowance for travel and this will be certified to by the Town Accountant upon presentation of the check for moneys re- ceived for Jury Duty.
VOTED: That the Town amend its By-Laws by adding to its present By-Laws Sections 1 through 18 of the "Classification and
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Salary Plan" contained in the February 15, 1956 Salary Committee Report. Said By-Law is to be known as "Classification and Salary Plan." (Voice vote)
ARTICLE 4
To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws by adding to the By-Law entitled "Classification and Salary Plan" the follow- ing schedules:
CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS AND PAY SCHEDULES SCHEDULE I-SALARY CLASSIFICATION
Pay Scale
Job Title
Group
Assistant Librarian - full time
S-4
Junior Clerk
S- 6
Senior Clerk
S- 8
Principal Clerk
S-10
Head Librarian
S-12
Deputy Collector
S-14
Building Inspector
S-16
Town Accountant
S-18
Assistant Town Engineer
S-20
Town Engineer
S-22
PAY SCALE
Weekly rates shall be used for employees in the following groups. Annual rates are shown for convenience at 52 times the weekly rates.
Minimum
2nd
3rd
4th
Maximum
Group
Rate
Rate
Rate
Rate
Rate
S- 6 Weekly
37.00
38.00
39.00
40.00
41.00
Annual
1,914.00
1,976.00
2,028.00
2,080.00
2,132.00
S- 8 Weekly
42.00
43.00
44.00
45.00
46.
Annual
2,184.00
2,236.00
2,288.00
2,340.00
2,392.00
S-10
Weekly
47.00
48.00
49.00
50.00
51.00
Annual
2,444.00
2,496.00
2,548.00
2,600.00
2,652.00
S-14
Weekly
52.00
53.00
54.00
55.00
56.00
Annual
2,704.00
2,756.00
2,808.00
2,860.00
2,912.00
Annual rates shall be used for employees in the following groups. Weekly rates are shown for convenience at annual rates divided by 52.
S- 4 Weekly
34,62
35.58
36.54
37.50
38.46
Annual
1,800.00
1,850.00
1,900.00
1,950.00
2,000.00
S-12
Weekly
46.15
48.08
50.00
51.92
53.85
Annual
2,400.00
2,500.00
2,600.00
2,700.00
2,800.00
S-16
Weekly
73.08
73.08
Annual
3,800.00
3,800.00
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S-18
Weekly
90.38
92.31
94.23
96.15 5,000.00
98.08
Annual
4,700.00
4,800.00
4,900.00
5,100.00
S-20
Weekly
SS.46
91.35
94.23
97.12
100.00
Annual
4,600
4,750.00
4,900.00
5,050.00
5,200.00
S-22
Weekly
121.15
126.92
132.69
138.46
144.23
Annual
6,300.00
6,600.00
6,900.00
7,200.00
7,500.00
SCHEDULE II - WAGE CLASSIFICATION
Job Title
Unskilled labor - part time
W-1
Unskilled labor - full time
W-2
Skilled labor
W-4
Truck Driver
W- 4
Machine Operator
W-6
Mechanic
W- 8
Grader Operator
W-10
Assistant foreman - Highway Dept.
W-10
Servicemen - Water Dept.
W-12
Superintendent - Park Dept.
W-13
Foreman - Highway Dept.
W-14
Engineer - Water Dept.
W-16
Asst. Superintendent - Water Dept.
W-18
Superintendent - Water Dept.
W-20
PAY SCALE
Hourly rates shall be used for employees in the following groups. Weekly pay is shown for convenience based on 40 hour week:
Minimum
2nd Rate
Rate
Rate
Maximum Rate
W- 1
Hourly
1.35
1.35
1.35
W- 2 Hourly
1.40
1.40
1.40
Weekly
56.00
56.00
56.00
W- 4
Hourly
1.60
1.65
1.65
Weekly
64.00
66.00
66.00
W-6
Hourly
1.65
1.70
1.70
Weekly
66.00
68.00
68.00
W-8 Hourly
1.75
1.80
1.80
Weekly
70.00
72.00
72.00
W-10
Hourly
1.75
1.85
1.85
Weekly
70.00
74.00
74.00
W-14
Hourly
1.90
2.00
2.00
Weekly
76.00
80.00
80.00
3rd
4th
Group
Rate
Pay Scale Group
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Annual rates shall be used for employees in the following groups. Weekly rates are shown for convenience based on annual rates divided by 52.
W-12 Weekly
67.31
69.23
71.15
73.08
75.00
Annual
3,500.00
3,600.00
3,700.00
3,800.00
3.900.00
W-13
Weekly
69.23
71.15
73.08
75.00
76.92
Annual
3,600.00
3,700.00
3,800.00
3,900.00
4,000.00
W-16
Weekly
75.96
76.92
78.85
80.77
82.69
Annual
3.950.00
4,000.00
4.100.00
4,200.00
4,300.00
W-18
Weekly
83.65
84.62
85.58
86.54
87.50
Annual
4,350.00
4,400.00
4.450.00
4,500.00
4.550.00
W-20
Weekly
98.08
100.00
101.92
103.85
105,77
Annual
5,100.00
5200.00
5,300.00
5,400.00
5,500.00
SCHEDULE III - FIRE AND POLICE CLASSIFICATION
Job Title
Fire Department
Fireman
PF-1
Lieutenant
PF-2
Captain
PF-3
Deputy Chief
PF-1
Chief
PF-5
Police Department
Patrolmen
PF-1
Sergeant
PF-2
Lieutenant
PF-3
Captain
PF-4
Chief
PF-5
PAY SCALE
Annual rates in this schedule shall be used in computing the pay for all employees whose pay is based on this schedule. Weekly rates are shown here only for convenience - at the annual rate divided by 52.
Minimum
2nd
3rd
4th
Maximum
Group
Rate
Rate
Rate
Rate
Rate
PF-1
Yearly
3.500.00
3.600.00
3.700.00
3.800.00
3.900 00
Weekly
67.31
69.23
71.15
73.08
75.00
PF-2
Yearly
3.950.00
4.000.00
4,100.00
4.200.00
4.300.00
Weekly
75.96
76.92
78.85
80.77
$2.69
PF-3
Yearly
4.350.00
4,400.00
4.450.00
4.500.00
4.550.00
Weekly
S3.65
84.62
85.58
86.54
$7.50
PF-4
Yearly
4.600.00
4.650.00
4,700.00
4,750.00
4.800.00
Weekly
88.46
89.42
90.38
91.35
92.31
PF-5
Yearly
5,300.00
5,400.00
5.500.00
5,600.00
5.700.00
Weekly
101.91
103.85
105.77
107.69
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SCHEDULE IV - UNCLASSIFIED AND PART-TIME POSITIONS
Positions
Clam Warden
3,200.00 per year
Town Counsel
3,000.00 per year
Director of Veterans' Services
1,850.00 per year 1,600.00 per year
Harbor Master
Wire Inspector
1,200.00 per year 1,200.00 per year
Plumbing Inspector
1,000.00 per year 605.00 per year 400.00 per year
Executive Secretary to Board of Selectmen
Head Registrar
300.00 per year
Registrar
Assistant Plumbing Inspector
Dog Officer
Animal Inspector
130.00 per year
Meat Inspector
80.00 per year 80.00 per year
Caretakers of the Dumps: West End Greenbush
45.00 per month 70.00 per week*
Health Department Nurse
75.00 per week
Lifeguards
50 00 per week
Custodians - Grange Hall Town Hall
Other
Dental Hygienist
5.50 per meeting
Engineer's Aide - 1
2.00 per hour
Clerk - Planning Board
1.50 per hour
Clerk - Zoning Board
1.50 per hour
Engineer's Aide -2
1.40 per hour
Call men - Police Department Police Matron
1.40 per hour
Assistant Librarian-part time
0.75 per hour
Librarian Aides - part time Call men - Fire Department
0.50 per hour
Appropriated sum-pro-rated on basis of fire calls answered.
* By Contract
Rate of Pay
School Dentist
Sealer of Weights
200.00 per year 200.00 per year 137.50 per year
Milk Inspector
25.00 per week
25.00 per week 20.00 per week 10.00 per day
Clerk - Advisory Committee
1.40 per hour
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SCHEDULE V - ELECTED OFFICIALS PAY SCALE
Job Title
Minimum Rate
2nd Rate
Rate
Rate
Maximum Rate
Step rates:
Highway Surveyor
5,200.00
5,300.00
5,400.00
5,500.00
5,600.00
Town Collector
4,700.00
4,800.00
4,900.00
5,000.00
5,100.00
Flat rates:
Per Year
Treasurer
3,800.00
Town Clerk
2,400.00
Selectmen - Chairman
1,815.00
Members (each)
847.00
Assessors - Chairman
1,750.00
Members (each)
1,500.00
Health Board - Secretary
847.00
Members (each)
484.00
Welfare Board - Chairman
550.00
Members (each)
440.00
Tree Warden
484.00
plus
2.00 per hour
Water Comm'rs - Chairman
423.50
Members (each)
363.00
Moderator
137.50
Park Commissioners*
Park Commissioners paid for actual hours of labor performed at rate of skilled labor. (W-4)
*Other than Park Superintendent
VOTED: That the Town amend its By-Laws by adding to the By-Law entitled "Classification and Salary Plan" the Schedules I, II, III, IV and V of the "Report of the Salary Committee" dated February 15, 1956 incorporated herein by reference. These Schedules shall constitute the initial "Pay Plan" for all employees of the Town covered by the Classification and Salary Plan.
CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS AND PAY SCHEDULES SCHEDULE I-SALARY CLASSIFICATION
Pay Scale
Job Title
Group
Assistant Librarian - full time
S- 4
Junior Clerk
S-6
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Senior Clerk
S-8
Principal Clerk
S-10
Head Librarian
S-12
Deputy Collector
S-14
Building Inspector
S-16
Town Accountant
S-18
Assistant Town Engineer
S-20
Town Engineer
S-22
PAY SCALE
Weekly rates shall be used for employees in the following groups. Annual rates are shown for convenience at 52 times the weekly rates.
Group
Minimum Rate
2nd Rate
3rd Rate
4th Rate
Rate
S- 6 Weekly
37.00
38.00 1,976.00
39.00 2,028.00
40.00 2,080.00
2,132.00
S- 8 Weekly
12.00
43.00
44.00 2,288.00
2,340.00
2,392.00
S-10
Weekly Annual
47.00
48.00
49.00 2,548.00
2,600.00
2,652.00
S-14
Weekly Annual
52.00
53.00
54.00
55.00
56.00
2,704.00
2,756.00
2,808.00
2,860.00
2,912.00
Annual rates shall be used for employees in the following groups. Weekly rates are shown for convenience at annual rates divided by 52.
S- 4 Weekly
34.62
35.58 1,850.00
36.54 1,900.00
37.50 1,950.00
38.46 2,000.00
S-12
Weekly
46.15
48.08 2,500.00
50.00 2,600.00
2,700.00
2,800.00
S-16 Weekly Annual
73.08
73.08 3,800.00
S-18
Weekly Annual
90.38
92.31 4,800.00
94.23 4,900.00
5,000.00
5,100.00
S-20
Weekly Annual
88.46
91.35
94.23
97.12
100.00
4,600.00
4,750.00
4,900.00
5,050.00
5,200.00
S-22
Weekly Annual
121.15
126.92 6,600.00
132.69
138.46 7,200.00
144.23 7,500.00
6,300.00
6,900.00
45.00
46.00
Annual
2,184.00
2.236.00
50.00
51.00
2,444.00
2,496.00
51.92
53.85
Annual
2,400.00
3,800.00
96.15
98.08
4,700.00
Annual
1,800.00
41.00
Annual
1,914.00
Maximum
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SCHEDULE II -WAGE CLASSIFICATION
Pay Scale
Job Title
Group
Unskilled labor - part time
W- 1
Unskilled labor - full time
W-2
Skilled labor
W-4
Truck Driver
W-4
Machine Operator
W-6
Mechanic
W-8
Grader Operator
W-10
Assistant foreman - Highway Dept.
W-10
Servicemen - Water Dept.
W-12
Foreman - Highway Dept.
W-14
Engineer - Water Dept.
W-16
Asst. Superintendent - Water Dept.
W-18
Superintendent - Water Dept.
W-20
PAY SCALE
Hourly rates shall be used for employees in the following groups. Weekly pay is shown for convenience based on 40 hour week:
Minimum
2nd Rate
3rd
4th
Maximum
Group
Rate
Rate
Rate
Rate
W- 1
Hourly
1.50
1.50
1.50
W- 2
Hourly
1.55
1.55
1.55
Weekly
62.00
62.00
62.00
W -- 4 Hourly
1.75
1.80
1.80
Weekly
70.00
72.00
72.00
W- 6
Hourly
1.80
1.85
1.85
Weekly
72.00
74.00
74.00
W- 8
Hourly
1.90
1.95
1.95
Weekly
76.00
78.00
78.00
W-10
Hourly
1.90
2.00
2.00
Weekly
76.00
80.00
80.00
W-14
Hourly
2.05
2.15
2.15
Weekly
82.00
86.00
86.00
Annual rates shall be used for employees in the following groups. Weekly rates are shown for convenience based on annual rates divided by 52.
W-12
Weekly
67.31
71.15
73.08
75.00
Annual
3,500.00
69.23 3,600.00
3,700.00
3,800.00
3,900.00
W -- 16
Weekly
75.96
76.92
78.85
80.77
82.69
Annual
3,950.00
4,000.00
4,100.00
4,200.00
4,300.00
W-18
Weekly
83.65
84.62
85.58
86.54
87.50
Annual
4,350.00
4,400.00
4,450.00
4,500.00
4,550.00
W-20
Weekly
98.08
100.00
101.92
103.85
105.77
Annual
5,100.00
5,200.00
5,300.00
5,400.00
5,500.00
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SCHEDULE III - FIRE AND POLICE CLASSIFICATION
Pay Scale Group
Job Title
Fire Department
Fireman
PF-1
Lieutenant
PF-2
Captain
PF-3
Deputy Chief
PF-4
Chief
PF-5
Police Department
Patrolmen
PF-1
Sergeant
PF-2
Lieutenant
PF-3
Captain
PF-4
Chief
PF-5
PAY SCALE
Annual rates in this schedule shall be used in computing the pay for all employees whose pay is based on this schedule. Weekly rates are shown here only for convenience - at the annual rate divided by 52.
Minimum
2nd Rate
3rd
4th Rate
Rate
PF-1
Yearly
3,800.00
3,900.00
4,000.00
4,100.00
4,200.00
Weekly
73.08
75.00
76.92
78.85
80.77
PF-2
Yearly
4,250.00
4,300.00
4,400.00
4,500.00
4,600.00
Weekly
81.73
82.69
84.62
86.54
88.46
PF-3
Yearly
4,650.00
4,700.00
4,750.00
4,800.00
4,850.00
Weekly
89.42
90.38
91.35
92.31
93.27
PF-4
Yearly
4,900.00
4,950.00
5,000.00
5,050.00
5,050.00
Weekly
94.23
95.19
96.15
97.12
98.08
PF-5
Yearly
5,600.00
5,700.00
5,800.00
5,900.00
6,000.00
Weekly
107.69
109.62
111.54
113.46
115.38
SCHEDULE IV - UNCLASSIFIED AND PART-TIME POSITIONS
Positions
Rate of Pay
Clam Warden
3,200.00 per year
Town Counsel
3,000.00 per year
Director of Veterans' Services
1,850.00 per year
Harbor Master
1,600.00 per year
Wire Inspector
1,200.00 per year
School Dentist
1,200.00 per year
Plumbing Inspector
1,000.00 per year
Sealer of Weights
605.00 per year
Maximum
Group
Rate
Rate
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Executive Secretary to Board of Selectmen
Head Registrar
400.00 per year 300.00 per year
Registrar
200.00 per year
Assistant Plumbing Inspector
200.00 per year
Dog Officer
137.50 per year
Animal Inspector
130.00 per year
Meat Inspector
80.00 per year
Milk Inspector
80.00 per year
Caretakers of the Dumps: West End
45.00 per month
Health Department Nurse
75.00 per week
Lifeguards
50.00 per week 25.00 per week
Custodians - Grange Hall Town Hall Other
25.00 per week
Dental Hygienist
5.50 per meeting
Engineer's Aide - 1
2.00 per hour
Clerk - Planning Board
1.50 per hour
Clerk - Zoning Board
1.50 per hour
Engineer's Aid -2
1.40 per hour
Call men - Police Department
1.40 per hour
Police Matron
1.40 per hour
Assistant Librarian - part time
0.75 per hour
Librarian Aides - part time
0.50 per hour
Appropriated sum-pro-rated on basis of fire calls answered.
SCHEDULE V - ELECTED OFFICIALS PAY SCALE
Minimum
2nd
3rd
4th
Group
Rate
Rate
Rate
Rate
Maximum Rate
Step rates:
Highway Surveyor
5,200.00
5,300.00
5,400.00
5,500.00
5,500.00
Town Collector
4,700.00
4,800.00
4,900.00
5,000.00
5,100.00
Flat rates:
Per year
Treasurer
3,800.00
Town Clerk
2,400.00
Selectmen - Chairman
1,815.00
Members (each)
847.00
Assessors - Chairman
1,750.00
Members (each)
1,500.00
Health Board - Secretary
847.00
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Call men - Fire Department
20.00 per week 10.00 per day
Clerk - Advisory Committee
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Members (each)
484.00
Welfare Board - Chairman
550.00
Members (each)
440.00
Tree Warden
484.00
plus
2.00 per hour
Water Comm'rs -Chairman
423.50
Members (each)
363.00
Moderator
137.50
Park Commissioners
Park Commissioners paid for actual hours of labor performed at rate of skilled labor. (W-4)
ARTICLE 5
Will the Town vote to establish salaries and compensation of all elected Town Officers, or act thereon.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 6
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or trans- fer from available funds in the Treasury, such sums of money as may be necessary to defray expenses estimated for the year 1956 and make appropriations for the following departments: General Government:
Moderator
$ 137.50
Advisory Committee
1,200.00
Planning Board
2,000.00
Selectmen
7,259.00
Treasurer
6,788.50
Town Collector
14,223.00
Town Accountant
8,160.00
Board of Assessors
11,220.60
Certification of Notes
250.00
Law
3,000.00
Engineering Department
11,920.00
Town Clerk
4,424.75
Election and Registrations, Town Meetings
4,500.00
Town Hall
8,044.00
Zoning Board of Appeals
700.00
Public Buildings
5,400.00
Protection of Property and Persons:
Fire Department
160,123.20
Forest Fires
3,300.00
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Police Department
116,030.00
Town Ambulance
1,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
745.00
Building Inspector
5,350.00
Wire Inspector
1,650.00
Dog Officer
197.50
Tree Warden
4,058.00
Moth Extermination
8,062.00
Elm Tree Beetle
1,818.00
Roadside Brush Cutting
2,643.00
Dutch Elm Tree Disease
7,858.00
Civilian Defense
2,000.00
Health and Sanitation:
Health Department
37,340.00
Plymouth County Hospital
None
Greenhead Fly and Midge Control
1,927.75
Highways:
Highway Department
139,932.00
Snow Removal
20,000.00
Srteet Lighting and Traffic Beacons
20,796.00
Welfare and Soldiers' Benefits:
Public Welfare and Disability Assistance
13,430.00
Old Age Assistance, Relief
75,000.00
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
3,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief
12,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Adm.
1,000.00
Disability Assistance, Adm.
300.00
Director, Veterans' Services
2,500.00
Soldiers' Benefits
10,000.00
Schools and Public Libraries:
School Department
599,144.00
Allen Memorial
12,500.00
Peirce Memorial
4,800.00
Parks and Recreation:
Park Department
22,490.00
Water Department:
Water Department
96,189.68
Maturing Debt and Interest:
Maturing Debt 123,000.00
Interest, except on Water Loans
32,903.75
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Interest on Water Loans
8,335.50
Reduction of Debt on Water Loans
42,000.00
Interest - Anticipation of Revenue
9,000.00
Unclassified:
Memorial Day
1,200.00
Veterans' Day
60.00
Unclassified
5,800.00
Bounties
100.00
Annuity (Ch. 32, Sec. 89, G.L. as amended)
1,500.00
Control of Shellfish
3,750.00
Insurance
19,910.62
Public Landings
1,950.00
State Tax
County Tax
VOTED: To raise and appropriate:
Moderator
$ 137.50
Advisory Committee Expenses
1,200.00
Planning Board Expenses
2,000.00
Selectmen, salaries
3,509.00
Clerk, salary
2,275.00
Executive Secretary, salary
400.00
Expenses
1,250.00
Town Treasurer, salary
3,800.00
Clerk, salary
1,090.00
Expenses
1,898.50
Town Collector, salary
5,100.00
Clerks, salaries
6,128.00
Expenses
2,995.00
Town Accountant, salary
5,100.00
Clerk, salary
2,650.00
Expenses
410.00
Board of Assessors, salaries
4,750.00
Clerks, salaries
4,470.00
Expenses
2,000.00
Certification of Notes
250.00
Town Counsel, salary
3,000.00
Town Engineer, salary
7,500.00
Engineering Assistance
3,500.00
Expenses
920.00
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Town Clerk, salary
2,400.00
Clerk, salary
1,326.00
Expenses
698.75
Elections and Registrations, Town Meetings
4,500.00
Town Hall expenses
8,044.00
Zoning Board of Appeals expenses
700.00
Public Building expenses
5,400.00
Fire Department: Chief's salary
6,000.00
Salaries of Others
151,723.20
Equipment, maintenance and repairs
10,750.00
Other expenses
4,140.00
Forest Fires expenses
3,300.00
Police Department: Chief's salary
6,000.00
Salaries of Others
100,600.00
7,430.00
Equipment, maintenance and repairs Other expenses
9,200.00
Town Ambulance expenses
1,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, salary Expenses
140.00
Building Inspector, salary
3,800.00
Expenses
1,550.00
Wire Inspector, salary
1,200.00
Expenses
450.00
Dog Officer, salary
137.50
Expenses
60.00
Tree Warden, salary
484.00
Expenses
3,574.00
Moth Extermination
8,062.00
Elm Tree Beetle
1,818.00
Roadside Brush Cutting
2,643.00
Dutch Elm Tree Disease, expenses.
7,858.00
Civilian Defense
2,000.00
Board of Health, salaries
1,815.00
Salaries - Dental Clinic
3,000.00
Expenses
32,525.00
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Greenhead Fly and Midge Control
1,927.75
Highway Surveyor, salary
5,500.00
Clerk, salary
2,782.00
Bituminous patching
12,000.00
Drainage
25,000.00
Street Cleaning
8,500.00
Surface Treatment and Resurfacing
27,500.00
Roads - General
20,998.00
Equipment maintenance
15,000.00
Sidewalks
3,000.00
Other Expenses
25,550.00
Snow Removal, expenses 29,999.00
Street Lighting and Traffic Beacons
20,796.00
Board of Public Welfare, salaries
1,430.00
Public Welfare and Disability Assistance, Relief
12,000.00
Old Age Assistance, Relief
75,000.00
Old Age Assistance, Administrative 3,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief
12,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Administrative
1,000.00
Disability Assistance and Public Welfare, Administrative 300.00
Director of Veterans' Services, salary Expenses
650.00
Soldiers' Benefits, expenses
10,000.00
School Department, current expenses Vocational Education
6,945.00
Repairs and Replacements
10,035.00
Libraries 5,200.00
45,000.00
Capital Outlay
6,734.00
Special
12,500.00
Allen Memorial Library, expenses
12,500.00
Peirce Memorial Library, expenses
4,800.00
Park Department, Maintenance Expenses 3,000.00
Operating Expenses
18,015.00
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1,850.00
512,730.00
Transportation
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Water Department, Commissioners' Salaries
1,149.50
Superintendent's Salary
5,350.00
Salaries of Others
28,382.00
Power and Light
8,000.00
Water Purchase
4,353.18
Service Supplies
11,200.00
Main Supplies
6,000.00
Property Maintenance
1,500.00
Exploration
8,000.00
Other Expenses
22,355.00
Maturing Debt
123,000.00
Interest, except on Water Loans
32,903.75
Interest on Water Loans
8,335.50
Interest, Anticipation of Revenue
9,000.00
Reduction of Debt on Water Loans
42,000.00
Memorial Day, expenses
1,000.00
Veterans' Day, expenses
60.00
Unclassified
5,800.00
Bounties
100.00
Annuities (Ch. 32, Sec. 89, G.L., as amended)
1,500.00
Control of Shellfish, expenses
3,750.00
Insurance
19,910.62
Harbor Master, salary
1,600.00
Expenses
350.00
ARTICLE 7
To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to contract at their discretion for support of the Town's Poor, or act thereon.
VOTED: To so authorize.
ARTICLE 8
To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning Janu- ary 1, 1957 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 Sec. 17, Chapter 44, G.L.
VOTED: That the Town do authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time
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to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1, 1957, 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 Sec. 17, Chap. 44, General Laws. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 9
Will the Town vote to have all the income from the Water Department paid to the Town Treasurer, and estimated receipts used by the Assessors in fixing the tax rate for the current year.
VOTED: Yes.
ARTICLE 10
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 to the Reserve Fund or transfer the whole or any part thereof from any available funds, or act thereon.
VOTED: That the sum of $20,000.00 be transferred from the Overlay Surplus Fund to the Reserve Fund.
ARTICLE 11
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to meet foreclosure costs on tax titles or act thereon.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $600.00.
ARTICLE 12
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $125.00 for Channel Markings and regulations of the usage of the North River from Humarock Beach to the sea, or act theron.
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