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A motion by the Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone the sub- ject matter of Article 5 was not carried. The vote was: Yes 307, No 323.
On motion by Lewis Day :
Voted: That the moderator be and hereby is directed to appoint the committee specified in Article 5 to investigate the subject matters set forth in said article. and that said committee report, at a future town meeting.
The vote was: Yes 422, No 157.
ARTICLE 6
To see if the town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 33 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1951, whereby it was voted to demolish the town hall building .- John J. Round and others.
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On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That action taken under Article 33 of the warrant for the an- nual town meeting of 1951, whereby it was voted to demolish the town hall building, be, and hereby is rescinded.
ARTICLE 7
To see if the town will vote to instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of five citizens, the committee so appointed to investigate and consider the question of repairing, restoring and/or remodeling the town hall and report their findings, including the cost of such work as may be recommended by them, said committee to report at a future town meeting. -William J. Lee and others.
Motion by Finance Committee:
That the moderator be instructed to appoint a committee of five cit- izens to investigate and consider the question of repairing, restoring, and/ or remodeling the town hall, and report their findings, including the cost of such work as may be recommended, at a town meeting to be held not earlier than September 24, 1951.
After considerable discussion, at 9.57 P. M., on motion by Kenneth Odiorne, it was voted to put the "Previous Question."
The vote on the motion by the Finance Committee was in the negative.
A motion by Moses Frankel to take up Article 6 was not carried, the vote being: Yes 340, No 251, and, lacking the necessary two-thirds vote, the moderator declared the motion not carried.
On motion by Gardner E. Campbell :
Voted: To take up Article 1.
ARTICLE 1
A motion by Mr. Beebe to hold a referendum on the school matters was ruled out of order by the moderator.
On motion by Gardner E. Campbell:
Voted: That Article 1 be laid on the table.
On motion by Gardner E. Campbell:
Voted: To take up Article 3.
The vote in the affirmative was: Yes 511, No 25.
On motion by Gardner E. Campbell:
Voted: To take Article 3 from the table.
ARTICLE 3
On motion by Mrs. Tredinnick :
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to a future town meeting, and the selectmen be instructed to institute the necessary procedure with the Legislature to hold a referendum in the town of Wake- field on the various school matters covered by Articles one to five, inclu- sive, of the special town meeting of May 14, 1951; that the referendum be
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held on the earliest possible date after permission has been granted by the Legislature; that the vote be taken by printed ballot, and held in all three precincts; that a committee of five citizens, to include the town counsel, and chairman of the Finance Committee, be appointed by the moderator to draw up the referendum in proper form-and that no referendum be held before the committee under Article 5 has reported.
On motion by George F. Gardner:
Voted: That this meeting be adjourned to next Monday night at 7.30 P. M. at the High School Auditorium and the Princess Theatre.
Meeting adjourned at 10.56 P. M.
Attendance, 727
A true record :
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk
Adjourned Session - May 28, 1951
Mecting called to order at 7.35 P. M. by Moderator Harry Marshall at the High School Auditorium. Joseph A. Hines presided at the Princess Theatre.
ARTICLE 8
To see if the town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 31 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1951, whereby it was voted to authorize alterations to the Lafayette Building and to appro- priate $27,000.00 therefor .- Charles F. Young and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That action taken under Article 31 of the warrant for the an- nual town meeting of 1951, whereby it was voted to authorize alterations to the Lafayette Building, and to appropriate $27,000.00 therefor, bc, and hereby is rescinded.
ARTICLE 9
To see if the town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 32 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1951-whereby it was voted to move equipment and records of town departments to the Lafayette Building and to appropriate $3,000.00 therefor .- John J. McCarthy and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That action taken under Article 32 of the warrant for the an- nual town meeting of 1951, whereby it was voted to move equipment and records of the town departments to the Lafayette Building, and to appro- priate $3,000.00 therefor, be, and hereby is rescinded.
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ARTICLE 10
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be added to the sum already appropriated for the Selectmen's Department Miscellaneous Account, so as to enable the selectmen to pay expenses incurred in holding town meetings .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,053.70 to be added to the appropriation for the Selectmen's Miscellaneous Account for the year 1951, to provide for expenses incurred in holding town meetings.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted unanimously: To take up Article 12.
ARTICLE 12
To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Public Works, laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same loca- tion of the private way known as Stark Avenue running southeasterly from Nahant Street approximately 1,200 feet .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 12 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 11
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the original construction of public ways or the extension or widening thereof, including land damages and cost of pavement and side- walks laid at the time of said construction or for the construction of stone, block, brick, or other pavement of similar lasting character under speci- fications approved by the Department of Public Works of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts and/or authorize the treasurer to borrow, with the approval of the selectmen and issue notes or bonds of the town there- for .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 11 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 13
To see if the town will vote to provide funds for the removal, packing, transportation and storage of the oil paintings and all of the bronze memorial plaque in the town hall until such time as a suitable place can be found .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 13 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 14
To see if the town will vote to increase the salaries and wages of the regular police officers by the sum of three hundred ($300.00) dollars, an- nually, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, or what they will do about it .- John T. Curran and others.
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On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,725.37 for salaries of the Police Department, which is a 7% cost-of-living increase, and is to be apportioned as follows:
Salary of Chief
$
284.62
Salary of Lieutenant
262.15
Salary of Sergeants 476.36
Salaries of Regular Patrolmen and/or
substitutes therefor 3,702.24 $ 4,725.37
ARTICLE 15
To see if the town will vote to increase the salaries and wages of the regular firemen by the sum of three hundred ($300.00) dollars annually and to increase the salaries of the call men by seventy-five ($75.00) dollars annually and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of moncy therefor, or what they will do about it .- William J. O'Neil and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,341.62 for salaries of the Fire Department, which is a 7% cost-of-living increase, and is to be apportioned as follows:
Salary of Chief $ 284.62 238.18
Salary of Captain
Salary of Lieutenants
1,134.74
Salary of Mechanic
226.95
Salaries of Regular Firemen and/or substitutes therefor 3,457.13 $ 5,341.62
On motion by George F. Gardner :
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved. Meeting dissolved at 8.06 P. M.
A true record :
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
(Annual Meeting)
ARTICLE 71-North Ward Grammar School-Roger H. Wingate, George E. Blair, J. Robert Akin, Philip N. Rugg, Burton F. Whitcomb, John N. Bill, Supt. John B. Hendershot, Mrs. Mary Louise Tredinnick, Herbert D. Hancock.
ARTICLE 72-West Side Grammar School-John Morley, Ray O. Cutter, Robert V. Chipman, Harland A. Perkins, Charles J. Doyle, Supt. John B. Hendershot, Lane W. Fuller, Frederick W. Bliss, George J. Gould. ARTICLE 83-Referendum on Town Government-Philip J. Flanders, Mrs. Lewis Schlotterbeck, Linwood F. Young, Anthony A. Piazza, Ernest L. Brown.
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(Special Meeting - May 14, 1951)
ARTICLE 3-High School Referendum-George F. Gardner, John I. Pres- ton, Gardner E. Campbell, George J. Evans, William J. Lee.
Special Town Meeting - October 1, 1951
Meeting called to order at the High School Auditorium at 7.30 P. M. by Moderator Harry Marshall, who read the call for the meeting.
On motion by George F. Gardner:
Voted: That reading of the balance of the warrant, with the exception of the constable's return, be dispensed with.
Constable's return read by the moderator.
ARTICLE 1
To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sufficient sum of money, the same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency account or raised in the 1952 Tax Levy, to purchase necessary equipment and to provide for payment of necessary expenses in setting up and operating the two new precincts, the creation of which was voted by the town .- Board of Select- men.
On motion by George F. Gardner, for the Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $600.00, the same to be raised in the tax levy for the year 1952, to carry out the provisions of Article 1.
ARTICLE 2
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay compensation due and to become due, during the year 1951, to employees of the town covered by workmen's compensation, for injuries received prior to the effective date of the policy now covering town employees under the compensation act, and for medical and other expenses. Said money to be provided by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. -Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 2 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase two-way radio equipment for use of the civilian defense and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, by transfer from the Ex- cess and Deficiency Account .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $3,943.50 to carry out the provisions of Article 3, the same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Civilian Defense "Other Expense" account.
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ARTICLE 4
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase necessary equipment to outfit twenty-five additional auxiliary police officers for service with the civilian defense and appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money therefor, by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $421.10 to carry out the provisions of Article 4, the same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency account to the Civilian Defense "Other Expense" account.
ARTICLE 5
To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $285.94 from the appropriation for the Protection of Persons and Property, Police Depart- ment, Salaries of Patrolmen and/or substitutes therefor, to Police Depart- ment, Other Expense Account .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $285.94 to carry out the provisions of Article 5, the same to be transferred from the Police Department "Salaries of Patrolmen and/or substitutes therefor" to the Police Department "Other Expense" account.
ARTICLE 6
To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to purchase for the use of the Police Department, one set of annotated laws of Massa- chusetts, the cost thereof to be paid out of Police Department, Other Ex- pense .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase one set of Annotated Laws at net cost not exceeding $110.00, the same to be expended from the Police Department "Other Expense" account, to carry out the provisions of Article 6.
ARTICLE 7
To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay a bill contracted for the repair of the ambulance, the said ambu- lance having been damaged in a collision and the insurance company hav- ing paid the town for such damage, the same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Police Department, Other Expense Account .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $382.19 to carry out the purposes of Article 7, funds for the same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Police Department "Other Expense" account.
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ARTICLE 8
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay pension due John Findlay, Jr., recently retired veterans' agent and vet- erans' service director, the same to be taken from the Excess and De- ficiency Account .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $406.48 to pay a pension from May 1, 1951 to December 31, 1951, inclusive, to John Findlay, Jr., who has been retired under the provisions of the Veterans' Act, funds for the same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Veterans' Agent's Pension Account.
ARTICLE 9
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to con- nect the tax collector's office and the police station with the proper elec- trical alarm system, the cost thereof to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $375.00 to carry out the provisions of Article 9, funds for the same to be transferred from the Ex- cess and Deficiency Account to an account to bet set up and known as the "Protective Equipment Account."
ARTICLE 10
To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the use of the School Committee to provide transportation for chil- dren of the Warren School District to the Franklin School, by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account .- School Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $992.80 to carry out the provisions of Article 10, funds for the same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the School Department "Other Ex- pense" account.
ARTICLE 11
To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $100,000.00 for the ex- tensions to the gas and electric systems, of the Municipal Light Plant, and authorize the treasurer of the town with the approval of the selectmen to borrow the said sum of $100,000 and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, payable in yearly installments in or within twenty years, from the receipts of the Municipal Light Department .- Municipal Light Com- missioners.
The Finance Committee recommended a bond issue of $90,000.00, twenty-year term.
On motion by Town Treasurer John I. Preston:
Voted: That, for the purpose of extending the gas and electric lighting plant of the town within the limits of the territory within which the said
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plant is by law authorized to distribute its products, the town raise and appropriate the sum of $90,000.00, and the treasurer be and hereby is authorized, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow the said sum of $90,000.00, and issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, payable in an- nual installments in or within twenty years, or at such earlier times as the treasurer and selectmen may determine.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
ARTICLE 12
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay a pension due Harry H. Denning, recently retired as an employee of the Board of Public Works, the same to be taken from the Excess and De- ficiency Account or other available funds .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $1,419.60 to pay a pen- sion from June 19, 1951 to December 31, 1951, inclusive, to Harry H. Denn- ing, who has been retired under the provisions of the Veterans' Act; funds for same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Public Works Department, Pension Account.
ARTICLE 13
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay for extra clerical help in the water division of the Board of Public Works, the same to be transferred from the Water Division, Other Expense to Water Division, Clerical Help .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $600.00 to carry out the provisions of Article 13; the same to be transferred from the Board of Public Works-Water Division, Other Expense Account, to the Department of Public Works-Water Division, Salaries of Clerks Account.
ARTICLE 14
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the cost of sewer connections in various locations in the town, the same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account or other available funds .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $10,000 to carry out the provisions of Article 14, funds for same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Department of Public Works, Sewer Con- nections Account.
ARTICLE 15
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the running expenses of the town hall for the remainder of the year 1951, including labor, the same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account or other available funds .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 15 be indefinitely postponed.
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ARTICLE 16
To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay for the erection of barriers of a permanent nature at both ends of Quannapowitt Boulevard, the same to be taken from the Excess and De- ficiency Account .- Board of Public Works.
Motion by Finance Committee :
That the town appropriate the sum of $450.00 to carry out the pro- visions of Article 16, funds for same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Department of Public Works-Highway Division, Maintenance Account.
An amendment by Selectman Paul Lazzaro, to strike out the figure $450.00, and appropriate a sum not over $300.00 for barriers of semi-per- manent nature, was not voted.
The original motion then was voted in the affirmative.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted unanimously: To take up Articles 17 and 18 jointly.
ARTICLES 17 AND 18
Article 17: To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the construction of certain public streets in the town of Wake- field and for the completion of certain other streets in the process of con- struction, the cost of the same to be paid by transfer from appropriation made, or money raised by bond issue under the provisions of Article 10 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1948 and Article 10 of the special town meeting held May 17, 1948, which available balances were raised and appropriated by taxation and/or by issue of bonds for work of a like nature and/or by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. -- Board of Public Works.
Article 18: To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay a balance due for the construction of Clifton and Lotus Avenues, the cost of the same to be paid by transfer from appropriation made, or money raised by bond issue under the provisions of Article 10 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1948 and Article 10 of the special town meeting held May 17, 1948, which available balances were raised and appropriated by taxation and/or by issue of bonds for work of a like nature and/or by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. -Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted unanimously: That the town appropriate the sum of $5,200.00 by transfer from the available balance established by Article 10 of the special town meeting of May 17, 1948, to pay the cost of construction and completion of construction for any or all of the following streets:
Western and Kimball Avenues
Lotus and Clifton Avenues
Keeling and Shetland Roads
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To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the cost of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Richardson Light Guards in town, or what they will do about it, funds for same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account .- Robert L. Ramsdell, Richardson Light Guard Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 19 be indefinitely postponed, owing to a ruling that the town cannot, legally, appropriate money for such a purpose.
On motion by George F. Gardner:
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 8.38 P. M.
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A true record :
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk
Town Meeting - December 10, 1951
Meeting called to order in the High School Auditorium at 7.30 P. M. by Moderator Harry Marshall, who read the call for the meeting.
On motion by George F. Gardner:
Voted: That reading of the rest of the warrant, with the exception of the constable's return, be dispensed with.
Constable's return read by the moderator.
ARTICLE 1
To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed under Article 5 of the warrant for the special town meeting called for May 14, 1951 .- Board of Selectmen.
The report of the committee was read by Chairman Earl L. Bears. It concerned the proposal to fill a section of Lake Quannapowitt, known as Hartshorn's Cove, and to obtain the right by the town to use Veterans' Field, and the former Hall property for a site for the proposed new High School building.
The report stated that the cost of such a proposition, as estimated by engineers engaged to make the survey, would be $310,850.00; and that, fol- lowing a hearing before the State Department of Public Works on October 2, 1951, that department notified the committee of its disapproval, as follows:
"After carefully noting the nature and extent of the work to be undertaken and considering the many factors affecting the condition in this pond, the department has voted to deny this petition and grants the town leave to withdraw."
As the State rejected the application, no action can be taken.
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The report was signed by the following:
Wakefield High School Planning Committee
Earl L. Bears, Chairman Edna R. Wentzel Irving Burwen Michael L. Collins
Vassar O. Kitchenman
Walter C. Hickey
Loren H. Hutchins, Jr.
James W. Anthony John B. Hendershot
On motion by George F. Gardner, for the Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the committee appointed under Article 5 of the warrant for the special town meeting called for May 14th, 1951, be accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 2
To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay for necessary repairs to the Montrose School the same to be raised in the 1952 tax levy .- School Committee.
Motion by Finance Committee :
That the town defer action on the subject matter of Article 2.
The vote on the motion was in the negative.
On motion by Town Treasurer John I. Preston :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars for repairs to the Montrose School, the said sum to be raised in the tax levy for the year 1952.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay a pension due William L. Wenzel, recently retired as an employee of the Board of Public Works, the same to be taken from the Excess and De- ficiency Account .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $252.75 to pay a pen- sion from December 1st to December 31st, 1951, inclusive, to William L. Wenzel, recently retired from the Public Works Department under the Veterans' Act, and funds for the same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
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