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The original motion was put before the meeting and carried.
Article one hundred six:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 106.
Article one hundred seven:
Mr. William S. Brewster moved: That the Town take no action under Article 107.
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved to amend: That the Town authorize the Water Commissioners to undertake an en- gineering survey of the extension of water services along the so-called Carver Road and that the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated, or transferred from available funds, for such purpose. The motion was carried.
The motion as amended was put before the meeting and carried.
Article one hundred eight:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 108.
Article one hundred nine:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 109.
Article one hundred ten:
Voted: That the Town place under the supervision of the Park Department the so-called Morton Grain Mill
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Property, purchased for park purposes by the Town un- der Article 81 of the Town Meeting warrant of March, 1949.
Article one hundred eleven:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 111. Total Appropriations $2,267,552.40
Less:
From Excess and Deficiency:
Art. 19
$3,000.00
Art. 20
39,000.00
Art. 21
2,500.00
Art. 26
25,000.00
Art. 30
16,450.00
Art.
34
600.00
Art.
36
950.00
Art.
38
9,440.00
Art.
39
495.00
Art. 41
2,125.00
Art.
44
2,400.00
Art. 46
1,200.00
Art.
47
6,283.00
Art.
50
3,500.00
Art.
54
2,112.30
Art.
61
1,800.00
Art. 71
700.00
Art.
72
900.00
Art.
74
6,500.00
Art. 76
2,400.00
Art. 77
5,400.00
Art. 78
3,000.00
Art.
79
2,500.00
Art. 80
3,000.00
Art. 81
7,500.00
Art.
82
11,000.00
Art. 107
1,000.00
$160,755.30
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Art. 19 Reserve Overlay
7,000.00
Art. 62 Sale of Cem. Lots 2,000.00
Art. 63 Post-War Rehab. Fund 25,000.00
Art. 63 Stabilization Fund
55,000.00
Art. 73 Post-War Rehab. Fund
20,000.00
Art. 35 Parking Meter Receipts 425.00
Art.
63 Bond Issue - School 319,000.00
$589,180.30
$1,678,372.10
On motion of Herbert K. Bartlett, Voted: To adjourn.
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REPORT OF ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE on the Articles in the Town Warrants March 25, 1950
This year the Town is faced with the largest requests ever for departmental budgets, totalling over $1,720,000 or 14% more than was requested last year. We are also asked to take action on the longest warrant in the Town's his- tory- one hundred and twelve articles. You will be in- terested to know that your Finance Committee's consid- erations have been on a corresponding scale, in order to present to you our recommendations as to what action we believe should be taken. Our recommended expendi- tures for the Town's current needs and a healthy expan- sion of town facilities, industry, and tourist trade we feel are consistent with our financial ability to meet these requirements without incurring a tax rate which will discourage business, summer residents, and new building, or place an undue burden on all taxpayers. The following general comments may be helpful in understanding the basis for our recommendations, and may save time in discussions at the Town Meeting.
SALARIES
We invite your attention to the excellent report of the Salary and Wage Classification Committee, which is printed as an appendix to this report, and we urge your support of Article 85, which calls for the adoption of a by-law to put these recommendations into effect. Guided by this report and a corresponding one prepared by our Committee on the salaries of elected officials, and noting the tendency of wages to level off or decline slightly, we have adopted a policy of no wage increases for full-time
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employees. You will understand that this does not apply to the regular step-raises for the Fire and Police Depart- ments, where Civil Service regulations govern, or for school teachers. In fact, the only increase we are recom- mending is a raise of $200 (from $600 to $800) for the part-time Building Inspector to compensate him for a substantially increased amount of work.
The Personnel Board contemplated by the Salary and Wage Committee will, if established, provide a means whereby all recommended wage and salary increases for full-time town employees (exclusive of elected officials and School Department employees) can be given careful and proper consideration.
WELFARE
As you will see under Article 6, the total Charities' requests continued their alarming upward trend and ex- ceed by over $160,000 or 40% that actually expended last year. As our investigation of the operation of these de- partments is, so far as we can determine, forbidden to the Finance Committee by law, we have been forced to de- velop our own basis for our recommendations for this year's appropriations. We appreciate that our local welfare administrators are bound by an ever-increasing number of bureaucratic state and federal laws, but we feel that more careful investigation of cases and stricter application of existing laws is possible and will aid in stemming this increasing drain. In view of the many ramifications of this subject, and while we are in sympathy with the intent of Articles 86 and 97, we feel a special committee should be appointed under Article 87 to study this problem and make recommendations for improved efficiency and econ- omy in the operation of these departments.
SCHOOLS
The budget for the School Department shows requests of over $32,000 additional or 71/2% more than last year's expenditures, largely as the result of step-rate increases, which are felt necessary to keep our teachers' salaries in
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proper relation to those in other corresponding towns. We recommend that some of the increases be trimmed to the extent indicated in Article 6.
The special articles designated to meet the increased number of students in the Town have received consider- able attention from the Joint Building Committee, but unfortunately a specific cost figure and a location for the new elementary school in the Cold Spring area were not agreed upon by that committee at the time this report went to press. Recognizing the necessity for immediate action on this pressing matter, we have made a definite proposal under Article 63.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
In spite of the diligent work of the Sewage Disposal Committee, it has not been possible to arrive at specific recommendations by the time this report went to press and we feel that a continuation of the existing committee will be necessary.
Following last year's practice, we are showing herewith a summary of departmental expenditures for 1949, as itemized in Schedule B of the Town Accountant's report included in the Town Report.
General Government
$73,000
4.1%
Protection of Persons & Property
185,000
10.1
Health and Sanitation
60,000
3.3
Highways
152,000
8.3
Charities
592,000
32.5
Veterans' Benefits
31,000
1.7
Schools
456,500
25.1
Libraries
21,000
1.1
Recreation
32,500
1.8
Unclassified
42,500
2.3
Water
117,500
6.5
Other Enterprises
1,500
.1
Cemeteries
27,500
1.5
Town Debt and Interest
30,000
1.6
$1,822,000
100.0%
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We also feel that the Town should know the disposition the Finance Committee has made of the $15,000 placed in their Reserve Account by the 1949 Town Meeting, the breakdown being as follows:
Transfer from Reserve Overlay Transfers to:
$15,000.00
Tax Collector's Dept., Other Expenses
$115.00
Assessors' Dept., Salaries
90.00
Assessors' Dept., Other Expenses
175.00
Election and Registration, Salaries
330.00
Town House Maintenance, Other Expenses
146.25
O. H. S. Maintenance, Salaries
30.00
Police Dept., Other Expenses
1,189.47
Fire Dept., Salaries
485.00
Fire Dept., Other Expenses
1,422.00
Forest Fire Payrolls
709.02
Forest Warden's Dept., Other Expenses
66.50
Health Dept., Salaries
200.00
Health Dept., Other Expenses
800.00
Collection of Garbage
425.00
Street Cleaning
1,000.00
Public Sanitaries, Salaries
360.00
Public Sanitaries, Other Expenses
152.25
Parking Meter Expenses, Treasury Dept.
40.00
Harbor Master, Other Expenses
20.37
School Dept., Other Expenses
1,500.00
Insurance on Town Property
23.23
Town Wharf Maintenance
300.00
Sewage Disposal Committee Expenses
2,500.00
Plumbing Committee Expenses
8.00
Total Transfers 12,087.09
Balance to Reserve Overlay
$2,912.91
The following summary of the expenditures recom- mended by your Committee for 1950 is presented to indi- cate what approximate tax rate will result if our recom- mendations are followed, and if the funds from other sources than the tax levy are as estimated. It is interesting to note that approximately each $26,000 of appropriations from the tax levy affects the tax rate by $1.00.
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SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 6, less reductions as noted
$1,597,144.92
Special Articles
215,180.63
State and County Assessments
109,319.11
Overlay (estimate)
20,000.00
Total recommended expenditures
$1,941,644.66
Estimated Receipts
$743,628.92
*Excess and Deficiency
122,600.30
Reserve Overlay (Article 19)
7,000.00
Parking Meter Fees (Articles 35 & 37)
3,606.00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund (Article 73) 20,000.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots (Article 62)
2,000.00
Total of funds from other sources than the tax levy
898,835.22
Net amount to be raised by taxation
$1,042,809.44
Polls
9,338.00
Total to be raised by real estate and personal property taxes
$1,033,471.44
Based on a valuation of $26,000,000, this total will require a tax rate of approximately $39.80.
We would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to the various departments and offices of the Town for the fine cooperation and the reasonable attitude they have shown us.
In closing, we will, of course, be glad to present our reasoning in reaching our recommendations on any par- ticular points where questions may arise, in order that the voters of the Town may reach their own conclusions on each issue.
Article 5. To see what action the Town will take with regard to fixing the salaries of elected town officers.
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The Committee recommends that the salaries of elected town officers be set, as of January 1, 1950, as follows:
Chairman of Selectmen $726.00 .
Other Selectmen (each) 363.00
Chairman of Assessors
2,871.60
Other Assessors (each)
2,429.60
Town Clerk 2,230.00
Town Treasurer
2,230.00
Collector of Taxes
3,470.00
Article 6. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town and for other purposes and to raise sums of money as the Town shall deem ex- pedient.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT - 4.5% of total
Item Expended in No. 1949
Requested in 1950
Recommended for 1950
Selectmen:
1
$6,477.81
$6,480.50
Salaries
$6,480.50
2
1,512.82
1,955.00
Other Expenses
1,770.00
Town Accountant:
3
4,645.00
4,645.00
Salaries
4,645.00
4
490.78
500.00
Other Expenses
500.00
Treasurer:
5
4,034.80
3,992.08
Salaries
3,842.00
6
1,241.90
1,305.00
Other Expenses
1,205.00
Tax Collector:
7
5,055.00
5,055.00
Salaries
5,055.00
8
1,546.50
1,753.50
Other Expenses Assessors:
1,678.50
9
10,174.14
13,330.00
Salaries
10,476.97
10
1,296.62
1,575.00
Other Expenses Law:
1,182.40
11
1,600.00
1,750.00
Salaries
1,750.00
12
5,000.00
Tax Appeal Cases
5,000.00
13
66.30
100.00
100.00
14
4,082.50
3,992.08
Salaries
3,842.00
15
313.50
262.50
Other Expenses
232.50
16
140.00
200.00
. .
..
17
1,576.00
1,700.00
Salaries
1,700.00
18
274.96
310.00
Other Expenses
310.00
Other Expenses Town Clerk:
Out-of-State Travel Town Engineer:
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Item Expended in No. 1949
Requested in 1950
Recommended for 1950
Planning Board:
19
.... ..
1,000.00
Other Expenses
1,000.00
Election and Registration:
20
1,821.68
2,320.69
Salaries
2,320.00
21
1,270.69
1,328.40
Other Expenses
1,327.00
Town House Maintenance:
22
1,343.50
1,343.50
Salaries
1,343.50
23
1,741.25
2,053.50
Other Expenses
1,770.00
24
1,135.43
763.88
Equipment
430.38
25
263.13
702.00
Repairs
206.00
Old High School Maintenance:
26
2,080.04
2,050.04
Salaries
2,050.04
27
1,360.70
2,694.00
Other Expenses
1,734.00
Town Hall Maintenance:
28
5,195.84
5,195.84
Salaries
5,195.84
29
2,853.63
3,630.00
Other Expenses
2,780.00
30
2,635.07
2,900.00
Fuel
2,700.00
31
1,073.00
Additional Lighting
200.00
$80,960.51
Total Gen. Government $72,826.63
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 11.4% of total
Police:
32 $65,067.83
$67,845.00
Salaries
$66,650.00
33
5,805.90
40-hour Week
34
7,739.47
6,535.00
Other Expenses
6,385.00
35
150.00
200.00
Out-of-State Travel
150.00
36
800.00
New Cable
800.00
Fire:
37
71,821.07
77,904.48
Salaries
75,646.48
38
9,124.70
9,260.00
Other Expenses
8,425.00
39
53.90
300.00
Out-of-State Travel
250.00
40
977.30
1,024.08
Liability Insurance, Trucks
1,024.08
41
600.00
New Radio
600.00
Building Inspector:
42
600.00
800.00
Salaries
800.00
43
157.28
225.00
Other Expenses
200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
44
1,900.00
1,900.00
Salaries
1,900.00
45
326.66
400.00
Other Expenses
300.00
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Item Expended in No. 1949
Requested in 1950
Recommended for 1950
Insect Pest Extermination:
46
2,016.64
2,017.04
Salaries
2,016.64
47
4,814.99
5,490.00
Other Expenses
5,490.00
Tree Warden:
48
1,250.00
1,250.00
Salaries
1,250.00
49
5,550.00
5,785.00
Other Expenses Forest Warden:
5,785.00
50
477.49
400.00
Salaries
400.00
51
2,075.97
2,075.00
Other Expenses
1,850.00
52
655.93
682.72
Liability Insurance, Trucks
682.72
53
2,509.02
2,100.00
Forest Fire Payrolls
2,100.00
Inland Fisheries:
54
300.00
300.00
Other Expenses
300.00
$193,699.22
Total Protection of Persons & Property
$183,004.92
HEALTH AND SANITATION - 3.5% of total
Health:
55
$9,981.35
$10,402.96
Salaries
$10,302.35
56
12,259.04
13,350.00
Other Expenses
12,925.00
Sewers:
57
5,600.00
5,600.00
Other Expenses
5,600.00
Garbage Collection:
58
17,859.52
17,785.00
Other Expenses Street Cleaning:
17,785.00
59
4,500.00
4,500.00
Other Expenses Public Sanitaries:
4,500.00
60
4,497.61
4,560.00
Salaries
4,500.00
61
576.45
550.00
Other Expenses
400.00
$56,747.96
Total Health & Sanitation $56,012.35
HIGHWAY - 7.3% of total
Roads and Bridges:
62
$5,738.00
$5,738.00
Salaries
$5,738.00
63
38,979.93
40,150.00
Other Expenses Other:
40,000.00
64
30,649.05
19,250.00
Highway Construction
and Reconstruction
19,250.00
65
297.29
500.00
Setting Boundary Stones
500.00
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Item Expended in
No.
1949
Requested in 1950
Recommended for 1950
66
5,375.00
5,375.00
Repairing Hard-Surfaced Streets
5,375.00
67
6,600.00
6,600.00
Sidewalks
6,600.00
68
4,342.91
2,250.00
Granolithic Sidewalks
2,250.00
69
7,215.04
7,300.00
Snow and Ice Removal
7,300.00
70
1,500.00
1,500.00
Street Sprinkling
1,500.00
71
21,749.31
22,934.12
Street Lighting
22,435.00
72
399.96
500.00
Traffic Lighting
400.00
73
3,609.98
3,700.00
Traffic Signs, Painting, etc. 3,200.00
Harbor Master:
74
2,380.04
2,380.04
Salaries
2,380.04
75
312.37
337.00
Other Expenses
337.00
$118,514.16
Total Highway
$117,265.04
CHARITIES - 30.6% of total
Public Welfare:
76
$6,956.09
$9,070.26
Salaries
$8,710.35
77
84,556.77
120,951.00
Other Expenses
100,900.00
Town Infirmary:
78
3,350.28
3,350.28
Salaries
3,350.28
79
8,629.80
11,209.27
Other Expenses
9,050.00
Aid to Dependent Children:
80
72,000.00
102,640.00
Other Expenses
81,000.00
Old Age Assistance:
81
4,636.72
6,631.72
Salaries
5,430.00
82
1,494.71
2,394.48
Other Administration
2,070.00
83 221,824.85
308,500.00
Assistance
279,500.00
$564,747.01
Total Charities
$490,010.63
VETERANS' BENEFITS - 2.2% of total
Veterans' Services:
84
$3,625.00
$3,625.00
Salaries
$3,625.00
85
272.17
375.00
Other Expenses
275.00
Veterans' Benefits :
86
26,998.36
35,000.00
Assistance
31,000.00
$39,000.00
Total Veterans' Benefits
$34,900.00
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SCHOOLS - 28.2% of total
Item Expended in No. 1949
Requested in 1950
Recommended for 1950
Schools:
87 343,835.01
367,760.00
Salaries
$356,307.15
88
10,989.77
10,500.00
Fuel
10,500.00
89
24,663.12
27,900.00
Transportation
26,560.00
90
38,767.89
43,505.00
Other Expenses
42,205.00
91
Out-of-State Travel
50.00
School Lunch:
92
5,603.68
5,700.00
Salaries
5,700.00
93
10,170.46
11,020.00
Other Expenses
11,020.00
$466,385.00
Total Schools
$452,342.15
RECREATION - 1.7% of total
.
Parks, including Playgrounds and Bathing Beaches:
94 $10,546.15
$10,740.00
Salaries
$10,740.00
95 16,151.84
16,965.00
Other Expenses
16,965.00
$27,705.00
Total Recreation
$27,705.00
PENSIONS - 1.7% of total
96
$1,048.05
$1,032.20
Pensions, Town Laborers $1,032.20
Cont. Retirement System:
97
25,299.00
25,299.00
Pension Fund
25,299.00
98
672.00
672.00
Expense Fund: Salaries
672.00
99
228.00
228.00
Expenses Fund: Other
228.00
$27,231.20
Total Pensions
$27,231.20
UNCLASSIFIED - . 6% of total
100
$4,023.23
$4,896.88
Insurance, Town Property
$4,600.00
101
250.00
250.00
Sexton
250.00
Miscellaneous Account:
102
741.00
761.00
Salaries
541.00
103
3,657.03
4,320.00
Other Expenses
3,870.00
$10,227.88
Total Unclassified
$9,261.00
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES - 4.1% of total
Item Expended in
No. 1949
Requested in 1950
Recommended for 1950
Water:
104 $20,501.19
$20,761.00
Salaries
$20,561.00
105
31,901.65
35,155.00
Other Expenses
34,330.00
106
1,031.26
2,500.00
Emergency
2,500.00
107
5,592.01
7,500.00
Regular Construction Other:
6,500.00
108
645.65
500.00
Town Wharf Maintenance
350.00
109
800.00
1,000.00
Town Forest
850.00
$67,416.00
Total Public Service Enterprises $65,091.00
CEMETERIES - 1.3% of total O. G. & V. H. Cemeteries:
110
$5,930.00
$5,930.00
Salaries
$5,930.00
111
13,267.92
10,000.00
Other Expenses
10,000.00
Other Cemeteries:
112
3,095.83
3,000.00
Burial Hill
3,000.00
113
2,668.48
2,300.00
Outlying Cemeteries
2,300.00
$21,230.00
Total Cemeteries
$21,230.00
TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST - 2.9% of total
114 $29,957.50 $46,500.00
Town Debt and Interest $46,500.00
$46,500.00
Total Town Debt and Interest $46,500.00
$1,720,363.94
Total Article 6
$1,603,379.92
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SPECIAL ARTICLES
Article No.
Requested
Recommended
7. Plymouth Public Library
$16,852.00
$15,500.00
8. Loring Library
4,700.00
4,700.00
9. Manomet Library
1,180.00
1,180.00
10. Memorial Day
600.00
600.00
11. July Fourth
2,000.00
1,400.00
12. Armistice Day
500.00
350.00
13.
Thanksgiving Day
500.00
500.00
14. District Nurses
3,480.00
3,480.00
15 Ply. County Aid to Agriculture
150.00
150.00
17. Dog Officer
1,200.00
1,200.00
19 Reserve Account
10,000.00
10,000.00*
20.
Chapter 90 Construction
39,000.00
39,000.00*
21.
Rocky Hill Road Damages
2,500.00
2,500.00*
23 Assessors' Plans
15,000.00
15,000.00
24. Municipal Advertising
1,295.00
..
26.
Stabilization Fund
25,000.00
27.
Mosquito Control
750.00
750.00
29. Inspector of Wires
500.00
50.00
30. Town Wharf Repairs
16,450.00
31. Jordan Hospital Ambulance Services
1,800.00
33. Municipal Advertising and Entertainments
5,000.00
5,000.00
34. Priscilla Beach Road Drainage
600.00
600.00*
35. Parking Meter Expenses-Police Department
3,285.00
3,285.00
(Item 32, Article 6, to be reduced by $2,860)
36. Police Dept. Car
1,200.00
950.00*
37. Parking Meter Expenses - Treasury Dept.
321.00
321.00
9,440.00
9,440.00*
38. Highway Dept. Street Sweeper (Item 59, Article 6 to be reduced by $2,300)
39. Highway Dept. Sickle Bar
495.00
495.00*
40. Olmstead Terrace Sewer
2,650.00
41. Boutemain Avenue Sewer
2,125.00
2,125.00*
42. Charlemont Road - New Street
100.00
100.00
43. Farmhurst Road - New Street
100.00
100.00
44. Valley Road Surfacing
2,400.00
2,400.00*
25. Conventions, Entertainment of Distinguished Guests
2,500.00
250.00
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Article No.
Requested
Recommended
45. College Pond Road Surfacing
3,500.00
46. Castle Street Ext. Surfacing
1,200.00
1,200.00*
47. Memorial Building Oil Burner (Item 29, Article 6 to be reduced by $150)
6,283.00
6,283.00*
(Item 30, Article 6 to be reduced by $575)
48.
Memorial Bldg. Stage Decorations .
2,600.00
49. Historical Signs
500.00
250.00
50. New Town Clock
3,500.00
3,500.00*
53. Pruning of Dead Wood
500.00
500.00
54. Forest Fire Dept. Truck
2,112.30
2,112.30*
56. Beaver Dam Brook Gate
200.00
200.00
57. Fire Dept. Hose
1,610.00
1,610.00
58. Sewage Disposal
500.00
61. Garbage Dept. Truck
1,800.00
1,800.00*
(Item 58, Article 6 to be reduced by $350)
62.
O. G. & V. H. Cem. Improvement
2,000.00
2,000.00
63. Cold Spring School Construction
462,000.00
10,000.00*
64. Purchase of Land for School
?
65. Purchase of Land for School
7,000.00
66. Plans for Cold Spring School
10,000.00
67. Morton Park Parking Space
500.00
500.00
68. Park Dept. Liability Insurance
?
69. Nelson St. Bathhouse Surfacing
550.00
550.00
70. Moving Buildings from Beach Park
325.00
325.00
71. Stephens Field Fence for Tennis Courts
700.00
700.00*
72. Standish Avenue Playground Fence
900.00
73. Cornish-Burton School Repairs
20,000.00
20,000.00
74. Hedge School Playground Repairs .
6,500.00
2,695.00*
76. Nathaniel St. Water Construction
2,400.00
2,400.00*
77. Bourne St. and Ropewalk Ct. Water Const.
5,400.00
5,400.00*
78. Marjorie St. and Highland Ave.
Water Const.
3,000.00
3,000.00*
79. Deep Water Bridge Pump
2,500.00
2,500.00*
80. Lout Pond Pumping Station Meter
3,000.00
3,000.00*
81. Water Dept. Chlorination Equip. . .
7,500.00
7,500.00*
82. Priscilla Beach Water Construction
11,000.00
83. Public Welfare Dept. Car
500.00
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Article No.
Requested
Recommended
84. Unpaid 1949 Bills
5,079.33
5,079.33
88. Committee to Study Town Reports
50.00
50.00
91. Committee on Consolidation of Town Depts.
500.00
94. Committee on Zoning
500.00
500.00
96. Representative Town Government
250.00
100.00
98. Town Recreation Commission
?
101. Beach Park Improvements
8,850.00
102. Manomet Ave. Water Construction
9,500.00
106. Water Meter Installation Expenses
20,000.00
107. Carver Road Water Construction ..
?
108. Building Inspector
2,000.00
109. Point Road Resurfacing
?
1. Special Town Meeting - Market St. Repairs
10,000.00
10,000.00*
Total of Special Articles $215,180.63
Total of Article 6, less reductions noted
above
1,597,144.92
GRAND TOTAL
$1,812,325.55
Article 7. To take such action as the Town shall see fit in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,500, including the Dog Tax of $1,982.32.
Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of forty-seven hundred dollars ($4,700) to be expended by the Plymouth Public Library for the Loring Library.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,700.00.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding eleven hundred and eighty dollars ($1,180) in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,180.00.
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Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600) for the Observ- ance of Memorial Day, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $600.00.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the annual Observ- ance of July 4th and that the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) of that amount be expended in said observance for the sponsoring of children's sports, the whole to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,400, of which $150 shall be for the sponsoring of children's sports.
Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for the Ob- servance of Armistice Day, said appropriation to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $350.00.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the Observance of Thanksgiving Day, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $500.00.
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of thirty-four hundred and eighty dollars ($3,480) towards the employment of one or more district nurses, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,480.00.
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Article 15. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and to choose a Town Director, as provided in Sections 41 and 45, Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and act thereon.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $150.00.
Article 16. To see if the Town will adopt a by-law to read as follows: "The Board of Selectmen is authorized to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place, by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town, fourteen (14) days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title pro- cedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate" or take any action rela- tive thereto.
The Committee recommends favorable action.
Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) for com- pensation and expenses of the Dog Officer required by Chapter 320 of the Acts of 1934.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,200, $900 of which shall be for salary retroactive to Jan. 1, 1950 and $300 for other expenses.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept twenty-one (21) cemetery perpetual care funds, amount- ing to five thousand, one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($5,125), received and deposited in the Plymouth Savings Bank in the year 1949 in accordance with the usual votes of the Cemetery Commissioners and Selectmen, and listed as New Funds in the town report.
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