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J. Elmer Johnson, assistant chairman of the committee, read the re- port of the committee. The report included favorable sentiment for the fund, but advised that more time is needed to iron out the legal techni- calities, and that a further report will be made at a later date.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 67
To hear and act upon the report of the Town Hall Committee ap- pointed under Article 68 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1952 and Article 63 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1953 .- Town Hall Committee.
No action.
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ARTICLE 68
To see if the town will vote to amend Chapter 2 of its By-Laws "Rules of Procedure at Town Meetings" by adding the following:
Section #15:
A motion to reconsider any vote must be made before the final ad- journment of the meeting at which the vote was passed, but such motion to reconsider shall not be made at an adjourned meeting unless the mover has given notice of his intention to make such a motion, either at the ses- sion of the meeting at which the vote was passed, or by written notice to the Town Clerk within seventy-two hours after the adjournment of such session. There can be no reconsideration of a vote once reconsidered or after a vote not to reconsider it .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by William J. Lee :
Voted: To amend Chapter 2 of the Town By-Laws, "Rules of Pro- cedure at Town Meetings," by adding the following:
Section #15:
A motion to reconsider any vote must be made before the final ad- journment of the meeting at which the vote was passed, but such motion to reconsider shall not be made at an adjourned meeting unless the mover has given notice of his intention to make such a motion, either at the session of the meeting at which the vote was passed, or by written notice to the Town Clerk within seventy-two hours after the adjournment of such session. There can be no reconsideration of a vote once reconsidered or after a vote not to reconsider it.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
ARTICLE 69
To see if the town will instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of five citizens, one of whom shall be the Chief of the Fire Department, to study the location and erection of a fire station on the West Side of the town and report back at some future town meeting .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the moderator be instructed to appoint a committee of five citizens, one of whom shall be the Chief of the Fire Department, to study the location and erection of a Fire Station on the west side of the town.
ARTICLE 70
To see if the town will instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of five citizens, one of whom shall be the Chief of the Fire Department to study the location and erection of a fire station in the Montrose Section of the town and report back at some future town meeting .- Board of Se- lectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the moderator be instructed to appoint a committee of five citizens, one of whom shall be the Chief of the Fire Department, to study the location and erection of a Fire Station in the Montrose section of the town.
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ARTICLE 71
To see if the Town of Wakefield will enter into a plan or contract for contributory group life insurance for the employees of the Town of Wake- field, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purposes of this article .- William J. O'Neil and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 71 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 72
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease for a period of one year suitable headquarters for the use of the vari- ous veterans organizations listed below:
Harry E. Nelson Post #63, The American Legion, $1,000.00; Wakefield Post #2106 Veterans of Foreign Wars, $1,200; Colonel Allen C. Kelton De- tachment Marine Corps League, $600; Sgt. Gerald F. Scott Post #145, Am- vets, $600.
And to raise and appropriate the sum $3,400.00 to carry out the pur- pose of this article .- Board of Selectmen.
Motion by Finance Committee :
That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,800.00 and authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease for a period of one year suitable head- quarters for the use of the various veterans' organizations listed below:
Harry E. Nelson Post #63 American Legion $ 1,000.00
Wakefield Post #2106-Veterans Foreign Wars 1,200.00
Sgt. Gerald F. Scott Post #145 Amvets
600.00
Amendment by Robert N. Reid:
That the Finance Committee's motion be amended by the addition of the amount of $600.00, making the new total to be appropriated an amount of $3,400.00 and by the addition and inclusion of the Col. Allen C. Kelton Det. Marine Corps League under authority in Article #72 for $600.00.
The vote on the amendment was in the affirmative.
The original motion, as amended, then was voted in the affirmative.
ARTICLE 73
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $380.00 for the proper observance of Veterans' Day, November 11, 1956, to be ex- pended by Corp. Charles F. Parker Camp No. 39, United Spanish War Vet- erans; Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Corp. Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Legion; Marie E. Riess Post No. 376, Ameri- can Legion; Col. Allen C. Kelton Det., Marine Corps League; Sgt. Gerald F. Scott Amvets Post #145 .- Charles A. Simpson and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $380.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 73.
ARTICLE 74
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,950.00 to be expended by Corp. Charles F. Parker Camp No. 39, United Spanish War Veterans; Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign
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Wars; Corp. Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Legion; Marie E. Riess Post No. 376, American Legion; Col. Allen C. Kelton Det., Marine Corps League; Sgt. Gerald F. Scott Amvets Post No. 145; Camp No. 34, Sons of Union Veterans; Wakefield Chapter Gold Star Mothers of America, Inc., for the proper observance of Memorial Day May 30, 1956. - Charles A. Simpson and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $1,950.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 74.
ARTICLE 75
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the rental for the year 1954 to the Boston & Maine Rail- road for the land occupied as a parking area at Tuttle, Chestnut and Mur- ray Streets .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 75.
ARTICLE 76
That the town vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to lease for a term not exceeding five years for public parking, and access thereto, certain land off Center Street, being that portion of Lot No. 96 on Plat 17 of the Assessors Plans excluded in Article 2 of the Town Warrant for the Special Town Meeting May 2, 1955, and being that portion of said Lot No. 96 referred to as the former Doucette property which was enclosed by a fence, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money there- for .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to carry out the purpose of Article 76.
ARTICLE 77
To see what sum the town will vote to return to the Town Treasury from the balance in the Operating Fund of the Municipal Light Depart- ment, as of December 31, 1955 and authorize the Assessors to use said sum in computing the tax rate for 1956, and also to see what sum the town will authorize the Municipal Light Department to transfer from the bal- ance of its Operating Fund as of December 31, 1955 to the Construction Fund of the Municipal Light Department .- Municipal Light Board.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the sum of $70,000.00, being part of the balance of the Operating Fund of the Municipal Light Department as of December 31, 1955, be returned to the Town Treasury, and the Assessors be hereby au- thorized to use the same in computing the tax rate for 1956, and authorize the Municipal Light Department to transfer from its Operating Fund $65,405.32 to its Construction Fund, this latter sum being the remainder of the balance in its Operating Fund as of December 31, 1955.
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ARTICLE 78
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use such free cash as may be in the treasury, or any part thereof, in comput- ing the tax rate for the current year .- John J. McCarthy, Town Ac- countant.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the Board of Assessors be authorized to use an amount of Free Cash in the Treasury, not in excess of $65,000.00 in computing the tax rate for 1956, and that the amount to be used as Estimated Receipts, as a credit in determining the tax rate for 1956, be used by the Assessors to the full amount authorized by statute.
On motion by J. Elmer Johnson:
Voted: That the Finance Committee be given a rising vote of thanks for their services during the meeting.
On motion by Marcus G. Beebe:
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 9:43 P. M.
Attendance:
Prec. 1 45
Prec. 2 42
Prec. 3
58
Prec. 4
102
Prec. 5
9
256
A True Record:
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting, August 13, 1956
Meeting called to order in the Memorial High School Auditorium at 7:47 P. M. by Moderator Roger H. Wingate, who read the call for the meeting.
On motion by Gardner C. Reed, chairman of the Finance Committee:
Voted: That further reading of the warrant, with the exception of the constable's return, be dispensed with.
Constable's return read by Town Clerk Charles F. Young.
Motion by George J. Gould :
That Daniel G. Wheeler, Charles H. Spaulding, Loring P. Jordan, Jr., and Elliot Farley, representatives of Cabot, Cabot and Forbes, non-resi- dents, be allowed to attend the meeting as observers and advisors.
Unanimous consent was lacking-the moderator announcing that, on a show of hands, one voter objected.
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Motion by Julius C. Horovitz:
That Judge George M. Poland, a legal resident of Nantucket, be allowed to attend the meeting.
The motion lacked unanimous consent.
On motion by George F. Gardner:
Voted: That Joseph DeFoe, Director of the Board of Public Works, a non-resident, be allowed to attend the meeting.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
ARTICLE 1
To see if the town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Laws and Zoning Map by changing from a Single Residence District to an Industrial Dis- trict, a tract of land bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Northeasterly sideline of the State High- way Layout known as Route 128 at the Wakefield-Lynnfield town line and the Saugus River, said point being about 1315 feet southeasterly from the intersection of Route 128 and Main Street in the Town of Lynnfield;
Thence Northerly and Easterly by a portion of the Saugus River which constitutes a part of the Wakefield-Lynnfield town line, about 1,310 feet;
Thence Easterly by a straight line forming the Wakefield-Lynnfield town line, about 4,500 feet;
Thence Southerly by a portion of the Saugus River, which constitutes a part of the Wakefield-Lynnfield town line, about 6,300 feet;
Thence Westerly, Southerly and Northwesterly by the Northerly, West- erly and Northeasterly sidelines of the State Highway Layout known as Route 128 by three lines respectively measuring about 1,086 feet, about 230 feet and about 6,870 feet, to the point of beginning .- Town Planning Board
The Finance Committee recommended favorable action.
The report of the Planning Board was read, stating that hearing, duly advertised, was held according to law.
Motion by William R. Spaulding :
That the Town Zoning By-Laws and Zoning Map be amended by changing the area described in Article One from a Single Residence to an Industrial District.
Motion by Julius Horovitz:
That the subject matter of Article 1 of this Special Town Meeting be referred to a committee of seven impartial members to make a careful study of its advisability and benefit to the town both from a community improvement and financial benefit, and said committee report back at a future Town Meeting.
The "Previous Question" was moved by Lawrence J. Mccluskey at 8:35 P. M., and the meeting voted "that the main question be now put."
The vote on Mr. Horovitz' motion was in the negative.
The motion by Mr. Spaulding (the Planning Board motion) then was voted in the affirmative by a vote of Yes, 772; No, 31-as counted by the tellers-and the moderator declared that, having received the necessary two-thirds vote, the motion was carried.
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ARTICLE 2
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to construct sewers in the following locations:
To construct a sewage pumping station to be built northerly of Route 128 and easterly of the intersection of Lyons Lane and Route 128, that a force main be constructed westerly from the pumping station to connect with an existing cast iron pipe under Route 128 and thence southerly from the south end of the existing cast iron main to the intersection of Lyons Lane and Lowell Street, the total length of which will be approximately 3,400 feet. Also construct a new gravity sewer for approximately 1,800 feet easterly in Salem Street from New Salem Street to Lowell Street and 450 feet more or less in Lowell Street from the intersection of Salem Street to the intersection with Lyons Lane, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor and/or authorize the treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor and/or by transfer from available balances and authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase or take by right of eminent domain easements in and over private land necessary in the construction of said sewer .- Board of Health.
Motion by Finance Committee:
That the town authorize the Board of Public Works to construct sew- ers in the streets and ways described and named in Article 2 in the war- rant for the Special Town Meeting August 13, 1956 and construct and equip a Sewerage Pumping Station and Force Main as called for in Article 2 and, to pay the cost of the said construction, the sum of $14,000.00 be appro- priated by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is, author- ized to borrow $150,000.00 and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, payable in annual installments within thirty years from their date or at such earlier times as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.
Motion by Julius Horovitz:
I hereby move that the subject matter of Article 2 of this Special Town Meeting be indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Horovitz said the proposed action would be illegal.
When questioned, Town Counsel McGrath said the matter is legal and properly before this meeting.
Mr. Horovitz' motion was voted in the negative.
Peter Y. Myhre moved the "Previous Question" at 9:10 P. M. and the meeting voted that the main question be now put.
The Finance Committee motion then was voted in the affirmative, the vote being Yes, 705; No, 19-as counted by the tellers-and the moderator declared that, having received the necessary two-thirds vote, the motion was carried.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to lay and/or relay water mains of not less than 6 inches but less than 16 inches in diameter in any or all of the following streets or private ways: Lyons Lane 1,200 feet; Salem Street 600 feet and Charles Avenue 500 feet; and
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for any other work of like construction where pipes of the same dimensions as mentioned above are used, to pay therefor, raise and appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money and/or authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, and/or by transfer from other available balances .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town authorize the Board of Public Works to lay water mains of not less than six inches in diameter but less than sixteen inches in diameter in any or all of the streets and ways described and named in Article 3 in the warrant for the Special Town Meeting August 13, 1956 and to pay the cost thereof, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $26,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, payable in annual in- stallments within fifteen years or such earlier times as the Selectmen and Treasurer may determine.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
ARTICLE 4
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of streets and/or roads under Chapter 90, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose or take any other action in re- lation thereto .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $9,000.00 by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account to carry out the purposes of Article 4.
ARTICLE 5
To hear and act upon the report of the Board of Public Works in lay- ing out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location as the private way listed below, and to authorize the taking of slope easements in land adjoining the location of the said proposed town way in accordance with the General Laws, Chapter 82, Section 32b:
Thistledale Road running easterly from Vernon Street a distance of approximately 550 feet to a dead end, and to provide therefor the town vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the original construction of the public way or the extension or widening thereof, in- cluding land damages and cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of said construction or for the construction of stone, block, brick or other pavement of similar lasting character under specifications approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works or authorize the Treasurer to borrow with the approval of the Selectmen and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, and/or by transfer from other available balances. - Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town accept and adopt, under the Betterment Act, the report of the Board of Public Works on the accepance and layout of the street described in Article #5, of the warrant for the Special Town
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Meeting, August 13, 1956, and that the town authorize the taking of slope easements in land adjoining the location of the said proposed town way, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 82, Section 32B of the Gen- eral Laws, and further that for the construction of Thistledale Road in- cluding land damages and cost of retaining walls, pavements and side- walks, laid at the time of said construction or for the construction of stone, block, brick or other permanent pavement of similar lasting char- acter under specifications approved by the Department of Public Works and to pay the cost thereof, the town appropriate the sum of $14,000.00 by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, said work to be done under the Betterment Act.
ARTICLE 6
To see if the town will vote to instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of nine, consisting of two members of the School Committee, the Superintendent of Schools, and six other citizens to make a detailed study for long range planning of Junior High School Building needs and report to the town its findings at a future town meeting .- School Com- mittee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the moderator appoint a committee of nine, consisting of two members of the School Committee, the Superintendent of Schools, and six other citizens to make a detailed study for long range planning of Junior High School Building needs and to report to the town its findings at a future town meeting.
ARTICLE 7
To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $484.75 by transfer from the unexpended balance of the appropriation made under Article 15 of the Annual Town Meeting of the year 1956, to the Fire De- partment New Equipment Account, an amount of $429.75 and to the Fire Department Other Expense Account, an amount of $55.00 .- Board of Se- lectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $484.75 by transfer from the unexpended balance of the appropriation made under Article 15 of the Annual Town Meeting of the year 1956, to the Fire Department New Equipment Account, an amount of $429.75 and to the Fire Department Other Expense Account an amount of $55.00.
ARTICLE 8
To see if the town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Laws and Zoning Map by changing from a Single Residence district to a Business District, a tract of land on the northeasterly side of Lowell Street adjacent to and southeasterly of the business district at the junction of Main and Lowell Streets, said tract of land being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the northeasterly sideline of Lowell Street at land now zoned for business purposes and the Saugus River; thence, south- easterly along the northeasterly sideline of Lowell Street two hundred sev-
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enty-three (273) feet to a point in said sideline; thence, turning at a right angle and running northeasterly one hundred seventy-five (175) feet to a point; thence, turning at a right angle and running southeasterly one hun- dred thirty (130) feet to a point; thence, turning at a right angle and run- ning northeasterly three hundred thirty-five (335) feet more or less to the Saugus River; thence, westerly and southwesterly by the Saugus River to the point of beginning .- F. Walter Johnson and Others.
William R. Spaulding read the report of the Planning Board stating that a public hearing, duly advertised, was held according to law, and rec- ommending indefinite postponement.
On motion by Mr. Spaulding :
Voted: That action on the subject matter of Article 8 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 9
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to construct a fence at Col. Edward J. Connelly Recreation Area. -Recreation Committee.
Motion by Finance Committee :
That the subject matter of Article 9 be indefinitely postponed.
The vote on the motion was in the negative.
On motion by William D. Healey :
Voted: That the town appropriate $2,630.00 by transfer from the Ex- cess and Deficiency Account to carry out the purposes of Article 9.
On motion duly made and seconded :
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 10:31 P. M.
Attendance:
Prec. 1 190
Prec. 2 120
Prec. 3 212
Prec. 4
259
Prec. 5
37
Total
818
A True Record :
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS (By the Moderator)
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Five to be Appointed Every Year
William T. Curley, Paul Tetzlaff, Ernest E. Huntoon, Louis A. Gal- linari, W. P. Farwell, Jr. (for three years) appointed May 3, 1956.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Fred M. Cameron-to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Roger H. Wingate when latter became moderator.
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ARTICLE 50-ANNUAL MEETING, 1955 Mary E. Walton School
Lane W. Fuller to succeed Richard J. McGrail, who resigned since he ceased to be a member of the School Committee-appointed May 3, 1956.
ARTICLE 56-ANNUAL MEETING-1955 (Strong's Field-Test Borings)
Appointment held up because of consideration of Town Farm property. F. William Haley, John J. Round, Jr., Daniel Kitchen, Walker Rich- ardson, Richard Volpe-appointed October 2, 1956.
ARTICLE 64-ANNUAL MEETING 1956 (Purchasing Town Equipment and Materials)
Fred A. Beyer, Lewis Day, William W. Allyn, William T. Thistle, Thomas W. Ackerson.
LOCATION FOR WEST SIDE FIRE STATION ARTICLE 69-ANNUAL MEETING 1956
Robert J. Akin, Glen Woodman, Mrs. Walter M. Slocomb, Robert H. Gardner, William P. Hurton, Chief of Fire Department.
MONTROSE FIRE STATION ARTICLE 70-ANNUAL MEETING-1956
Richard B. Dolbeare, Mrs. Ivan H. Hersey, Edmond J. Audet, John Heslin, William P. Hurton.
PERSONNEL BOARD-MAY 15, 1956
Roger C. Muse to succeed John Carr, whose three-year term expired with the Town Meeting of 1956.
ARTICLE 6 OF AUGUST 13, 1956 MEETING LONG RANGE PLANNING OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING NEEDS
Alan McLennan, Robert L. Churchill, Mrs. Evan H. Fairbanks, Melvin D. Peach, Frank E. Rich, Mrs. Norman M. Loomis, Mrs. Marcus G. Beebe, Lane W. Fuller, John B. Hendershot.
WATER SUPPLY COMMITTEE
To Fill Three Vacancies on Committee Appointed Under Article 9 of Special Town Meeting of November 7, 1949
George J. Evans, R. E. Ashley, Everett R. Ryan.
PERSONNEL BOARD (November 21, 1956) To Fill Two Vacancies-Resignation of James K. Mulligan and Roger C. Muse Frank A. Tredinnick, Jr., Daniel Lucey.
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