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A True Record:
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk
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145TH ANNUAL REPORT
Special Town Meeting, March 26, 1956
Meeting called to order at 10:05 P. M. by Moderator Roger Wingate, who read the call for the meeting.
On motion by Marcus G. Beebe :
Voted: That further reading of the warrant, with the exception of the constable's return, be dispensed with.
Constable's return read by the town clerk.
ARTICLE 1
To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to con- struct sewers in the following streets:
a. Woodcrest Drive, north section, starting at Vernon Street and ex- tending in a westerly direction approximately 875 feet.
b. Woodcrest Drive, south section, starting at Vernon Street and ex- tending in a westerly direction approximately 981 feet.
c. Vernon Street from the northerly section of Woodcrest Drive and extending in a southerly direction approximately 1,220 feet to the manhole at the junction of Vernon and Lowell Streets 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 appropriate 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 con- struction of said sewer.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 1 be indefinitely postponed. On motion by Peter Y. Myhre :
Voted: That this meeting be adjourned to April 9 at 8:00 P. M. at the Junior High School Auditorium.
Meeting adjourned at 10:40 P. M.
A True Record:
Attest : CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk
Return to Special 8 P. M. Meeting
Meeting called to order by Moderator Wingate at 10:46 P. M. Motion by Joseph Nolan:
That Article 1 be reconsidered.
Mr. Nolan then requested that his motion be withdrawn.
The meeting voted permission to withdraw.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide for payment of unpaid insurance bills for the year 1955, as au- thorized by Chapter 44, Section 64 General Laws as amended as follows: Charles F. Hartshorne & Son Inc., 5,133.87.
-Board of Selectmen
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On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,133.87 to provide for payment in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 64, General Laws of unpaid insurance bills as follows:
Charles F. Hartshorne & Son, Inc. $ 5,133.87
ARTICLE 4
To see if the town will vote to amend Section 7B of the plan for the Town of Wakefield under authority of Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, being Chapter 17 of the town by-laws in the manner fol- lowing:
That Public Works Maintenance Man B now classified under said plan as W-5, Maximum Rate, be reclassified as W-7, Intermediate Rate 1, and that the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purpose of this article.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: To amend Section 7B of the plan for the Town of Wakefield under authority of Sec. 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, being Chapter 17 of the town by-laws in the manner following:
That the Public Works Maintenance Man B now classified under said plan as W-5, maximum rate, be reclassified as Heavy Equipment Operator W-7, intermediate rate #1, and to provide therefor, the town raise and appropriate the following described amount:
Highway Division Labor $ 124.80
On motion by Marcus G. Beebe:
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 11:22 P. M.
Attendance:
Prec. 1 115
Prec. 2 66
Prec. 3
120
Prec. 4
124
Prec. 5 32
457
A True Record:
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk
Adjourned Session, April 2, 1956
Meeting called to order at 7:35 P. M. by Moderator Roger H. Wingate.
ARTICLE 13
To see if the town will vote to amend Section 7b of the plan for the Town of Wakefield under authority of Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, being Chapter 17 of the town by-laws in the manner fol- lowing :
That the tree man now classified under said plan as W-5, Maximum Rate, be reclassified as W-7, Intermediate Rate 1.
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That Public Works Maintenance Man A now classified under said plan as W-4, Maximum Rate, be reclassified as W-5, Intermediate Rate 2.
And that the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purpose of this article .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 13 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 14
To hear and act upon the report of the Capital Outlay Committee authorized under Article #59 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1946. - Capital Outlay Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 15
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase a piece of fire apparatus with 750 gallon pump to replace Engine #2, and to pay therefor, a sufficient sum be appropriated by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account and/or other available funds; and/or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor .- Board of Select- men.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to purchase a 750- gallon pumping engine for the Fire Department and the town raise and appropriate the sum of $19,000 in payment therefor.
ARTICLE 16
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase new equipment with authority to exchange other or similar equipment therefor, where now owned by the town, and raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money therefor; 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 funds .- Board of Public Works.
Motion by Finance Committee:
That the town purchase, and that the Board of Public Works be au- thorized to advertise for bids for new equipment at net cost not exceeding amounts specified below, exchanging other or similar equipment where now owned :
Water Division:
1 Sedan Automobile
$ 1,400.00
1 34-ton Special Body Truck
1,700.00
1 Coupe Automobile
1,600.00
1-3" Diaphragm Pump 550.00
Moth and Tree Division:
1 Chain Saw
$ 500.00
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Highway Division:
1 34 -ton Pick-up Truck $ 1,430.00
1 Low-bed Trailer 1,400.00
2 11-ft. Plows 1,500.00
1 Rubbish Truck 8,400.00
1 Stone Spreader 1,370.00
Garage:
1 Battery Charger $ 170.00
Park and Cemetery Division:
1 Dump Truck
2,900.00 $
1 84" Triplex Mower 1,100.00
and raise and appropriate the sum of $16,523.34 and $5,250.00 be expended from the appropriation voted for the Water Division Other Expense and appropriate by transfer from the following balances as hereafter specified:
Article #11-1955 Annual Town Meeting $ 2,189.66
Article #7-May 2, 1955 Town Meeting 57.00
Amendment by Chairman George F. Gardner of the Board of Public Works:
That under heading "Highway Department" the item of one low-bed trailer, $1,400.00 be deleted from the amount specified in the motion and one 5 to 8-ton roller, $5,800.00 and one blue print machine, $1,620.00, be added to the motion, and raise and appropriate the sum of $6,020.00 in ad- dition to the original appropriation.
Further amendment by Sabatino Benedetto:
To amend Article 16 to authorize the Board of Public Works to pur- chase a new mobile backhoe machine and exchange therefor an Osgood crawler type machine now owned by the town. And that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $31,523.34 in place of the figure $16,523.34.
Each of the amendments were voted in the negative.
Marcus G. Beebe, chairman of the Finance Committee, then offered the substance of Mr. Gardner's amendment as follows:
To strike out one Low Bed Trailer and substitute one Blue-Print Ma- chine, $1,620.00, and change the amount of $16,523.34 to $16,743.34 as the amount to be raised and appropriated.
Mr. Beebe's amendment was voted in the affirmative.
The original motion, as amended, then was voted in the affirmative.
ARTICLE 17
To see if the town will vote to authorize the purchase and installation of new equipment by the Board of Selectmen for the Department of Civil Defense and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 17 be indefinitely postponed.
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ARTICLE 18
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Recreation Commission to purchase baseball equipment for use on the various playgrounds of the town for the following described leagues:
a. The Pony League.
b. The Little League.
c. The Pioneer League.
and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Recrea- tion Commission.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 18.
ARTICLE 19
To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the following purposes:
a. Resurface and repair tennis court at Moulton Playground.
b. Rebuild and repair regular baseball field at Moulton Playground.
c. Construct a fence at Moulton Playground.
d. Landscaping and grading at Colonel Edward J. Connelly Recrea- tion area.
e. Construct a fence at the Colonel Edward J. Connelly Recreation area.
f. Relocate and add to the backstop at the Pony League Field at the Nasella Playground.
g. Paint the backstops on the fields and tennis courts at Moulton Playground, Veterans' Field and the Nasella Playground.
h. Erect two additional light pole standards and fixtures at Veterans' Field and to erect lights and fixtures for night recreation.
i. Resurface and repair the tennis courts at Veterans' Field.
j. Rebuild and repair softball field at Veterans' Field .- Recreation Commission.
Motion by Finance Committee :
That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,531.00 to be sub- divided as follows:
Paragraph A $ 1,000.00
Paragraph F
581.00
Paragraph G
400.00
Paragraph I
1,200.00
Paragraph J 350.00
Amendment by Eugene J. Sullivan:
That the listing "Paragraph A, $1,000.00" be stricken out and the fol- lowing substituted: Paragraph b, $1,000.00.
The vote on the amendment was in the affirmative.
The original motion, as amended, then was voted in the affirmative.
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ARTICLE 20
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect a base and to affix a tablet thereto at Veterans' Field in honor of Wakefield veterans of all wars .- Recreation Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 20 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 21
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to build a baseball field at John J. Round Park and to relocate and repair the backstop and to move playground apparatus now erected on said playground .- Recreation Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 21.
ARTICLE 22
To see if the town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Public Works to construct and equip with necessary installations and fix- tures, including fences and backstop, a Little League baseball field on the parcel of land known as the William H. Hall Park adjacent to Veterans' Field and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Recreation Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 22 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 23
To see if the town will vote to build a baseball field and erect a back- stop at Harris M. Dolbeare School property, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Recreation Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 23.
ARTICLE 24
To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 40, General Laws Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Section 6E; an act pro- viding for the making of temporary minor repairs on private ways .- Eu- gene J. Sullivan and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 6E, of the General Laws for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which is an Act providing for the making of temporary minor repairs on private ways.
ARTICLE 25
To hear and act upon the report of the Board of Public Works in the laying out of a town way in substantially the same location as the private way known as Harrington Court from Cedar Street to Gould Street and to
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see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the original construction of same or the extension or widening thereof, including 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 State Dept. 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 funds .- Eugene J. Sullivan and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 25 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 26
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to engage engineering and other necessary services for making construction plans, taking sub-borings and other necessary work for laying out for the construction of sewers in the town and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, and/or transfer from other available balances .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 26.
ARTICLE 27
To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to con- struct sewers in the following streets:
a. Stedman Street from existing sewer at manhole station 1 + 00 northerly approximately 140 feet.
b. Myrtle Avenue westerly through private land approximately 330 feet to Ware Street, a private way, and in Ware Street, a private way, ap- proximately 160 feet.
c. Grove Street from Hanson Street northerly approximately 370 feet and southerly from Hanson Street approximately 325 feet to a dead end.
d. Cottage Street from an existing sewer in Valley Street south- westerly approximately 350 feet.
e. Bellevue Avenue from the existing manhole station 5 + 00 east- erly approximately 280 feet.
f. Overlook Road from an existing sewer northerly in Morgan Avenue approximately 220 feet.
g. Houston Street-from an existing sewer in Thorndike Road west- erly and southerly approximately 235 feet through private land to Houston Street and in Houston Street southerly approximately 260 feet to a dead end.
h. Quannapowitt Parkway, etc. - beginning at the Metropolitan Dis- trict Commission trunk sewer easterly through private land approximately 1,200 feet to Commonwealth of Massachusetts right of way to Parker Road; thence by Parker Road approximately 300 feet southerly; thence by pri- vate land easterly approximately 2,400 feet to the intersection of North Avenue and Quannapowitt Parkway, thence continuing in an easterly di- rection approximately 2,300 feet in Quannapowitt Parkway.
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i. Greenwood Street from an existing sewere in Greenwood Street from an existing sewer at the corner of Linden and Greenwood Streets; thence northerly approximately 618 feet to Spring Street to a dead end.
j. Converse Street beginning from an existing sewer at the intersec- tion of Jordan Avenue and Dell Avenue; thence westerly approximately 1,200 feet to a dead end.
k. Greenwood Avenue from Hillis Avenue southerly approximately 57 feet to Maple Way and from Maple Way southwesterly approximately 254 feet toward Everett Avenue; and from Everett Avenue westerly ap- proximately 185 feet to a point near Orchard Avenue; and easterly from Everett Avenue approximately 80 feet, and in Everett Avenue from Hillis Avenue southerly approximately 365 feet to Greenwood Avenue; and in Maple Way from Greenwood Avenue southerly approximately 240 feet to a dead end.
and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor and/or au- thorize the treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to bor- row and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor and/or appropriate 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.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Public Works to construct sewers in any or all of the streets as described in Article #27, paragraphs a, b, c, d, e, f, g and j, and to pay therefor, the town raise and appropriate the sum of $20,170.08 and further appropriate by transfer the following available balance as hereafter specified:
Article #58-Annual Town Meeting-March 1953-$20,315.92.
ARTICLE 28
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money and/or appropriate from other available balances for the construc- tion and surfacing of bituminous concrete of a parking area and the ap- proach to same from Water Street, bounded on the south by Richardson Street, west by land of Boston and Maine Railroad, north by land of C. H. Olson and Town of Wakefield and on the east by land of John W. Cotty and others, containing approximately 49,200 square feet .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 28 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 29
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money and/or appropriate by transfer from other available balances to complete construction and surfacing of bituminous concrete of parking area on that parcel of land lying easterly from the railroad tracks and westerly from North Avenue and measuring approximately 17 feet wide and running from Armory Street to Albion Street. This parcel of land being leased from the Boston & Maine Railroad for parking purposes .- Board of Public Works.
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On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 29 be referred to a future town meeting.
ARTICLE 30
To hear and act upon the report of the Board of Public Works in lay- ing out town ways under the Betterment Act in substantially the same locations as the various private ways listed below, and to authorize the tak- ing of slope easements in land adjoining the locations of the said proposed town ways in accordance with the General Laws, Chapter 82, Section 32b:
a. Woodcrest Drive running from Vernon Street to Vernon Street a distance of approximately 1,900 feet.
b. Thistledale Road running easterly from Vernon Street a distance of approximately 550 feet to a dead end.
c. Orchard Circle running westerly from Orchard Avenue a distance of approximately 320 feet to a dead end.
d. Rochelle Drive running northerly from Salem Street a distance of approximately 370 feet to a dead end.
e. Grove Street running southerly from Hanson Street a distance of approximately 340 feet to a dead end.
f. Essex Street running easterly from Harrison Avenue a distance of approximately 1,550 feet to a dead end, and to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the original construc- tion of public ways or the extension or widening thereof, including land damages and cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of said con- struction or for the construction of stone, block, brick or other pavement of similar lasting character under specifications approved by the State 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 Article 30 be laid on the table.
ARTICLE 31
To hear and act upon the report of the Town Home Committee ap- pointed by the Moderator under Article II of the Special Town Meeting of July 11, 1955 .- Town Home Building Committee.
The report of the committee was read by Phillips C. Davis; the re- port recommending that the town maintain ownership of the property and not sell at the present time, and that the property be turned over to the jurisdiction of the School Department.
Motion by Finance Committee:
That the report be accepted as a report of progress.
Amendment by Mr. Davis:
That the report be accepted as a final report and the committee dis- charged.
The vote on the amendment was in the negative.
The original motion then was voted in the affirmative.
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ARTICLE 32
To see if the town will vote to transfer jurisdiction of the Town Home Building, out buildings, and adjacent land, all now under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Welfare from the Board of Public Welfare to the School Committee; date of transfer to be June 1, 1956, or to see what other action shall be taken .- Town Home Building Committee.
Motion by Finance Committee.
That the subject matter of Article 32 be referred back to the Town Home Committee for further study and report.
Amendment by Mr. Davis:
That the property be transferred to the School Committee.
The vote on the amendment was in the negative.
A motion by J. Elmer Johnson, at 11:45 P. M., to invoke the "Previous Question" was voted in the affirmative.
The original motion then was voted in the affirmative, Yes, 131; No, 80, as counted by the tellers.
ARTICLE 33
To see if the town will vote to transfer control and jurisdiction from the Selectmen or the Board of Public Welfare or such other department as may have control of the premises to the School Department of the Town of Wakefield all land, buildings and appurtenances thereto now known as the Town House or the Town Farm and to raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money for the purpose of maintaining and using the build- ings thereon during the year 1956 .- School Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 33 be indefinitely post- poned.
ARTICLE 34
To see if the town will vote to augment the duties of the Committee authorized under Article 56 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for 1955, to include a survey of the costs to have test borings made, if necessary, and secure estimated costs of draining and filling for use as a High School Athletic Field the property known as the Town Farm Prop- erty, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purposes of this article .- School Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 34 be indefinitely postponed. On motion by Marcus G. Beebe:
Voted: That this meeting be adjourned until Wednesday evening, April 4, at 7:30 P. M. in the Memorial High School Auditorium.
Meeting adjourned at 11:56 P. M.
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Attendance:
Prec. 1 77
Prec. 2 63
Prec. 3 100
Prec. 4
100
Prec. 5 25
365
A True Record:
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk
Adjourned Session, April 4, 1956
Meeting called to order at 7:40 P. M. by Moderator Roger H. Wingate.
ARTICLE 35
To hear and act upon a report of the committee appointed under Article 19 of the Annual Town Meeting for the year 1954 .- Elementary School Planning Committee.
Henry B. McConville read the report of the committee which recom- mended favorable action on Article 36 for an appropriation for topo- graphical surveys of contemplated elementary school sites.
The report was signed by Mr. McConville, chairman, Rosamond Leavitt, secretary; Henry F. Galvin, Stanley C. Goodwin, John B. Hender- shot, Joseph J. McMahon, Carl W. Vik, Dorothea J. Wettergreen, and Ruth A. Woodbury.
The report noted that since the Town Meeting of 1955 three members of the committee resigned-Patricia R. Perkins, Richard J. Volpe, and Roger H. Wingate. Carl W. Vik and Henry F. Galvin were appointed to succeed Mrs. Perkins and Mr. Volpe.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report be accepted as a report of progress.
On motion by George F. Gardner :
Voted: To take up Article 13.
On motion by Mr. Gardner:
Voted: To reconsider action taken under Article 13.
On motion by Mr. Gardner :
Voted: That under the second paragraph of Article 13, the tree climber now classified under said plan as W-5, Maximum Rate, $1.70, be reclassi- fied to Public Works Maintenance Leadman, W-8, Minimum Rate, $1.76. and to provide therefor the town raise and appropriate the following de- scribed amount:
Moth and Tree Division:
Tree Climbers
$ 124.80
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