Town annual report of the officers of the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts for the year ending 1964, Part 41

Author: Plymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1964
Publisher: Plymouth [Mass.] : Avery & Doten
Number of Pages: 892


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Pincelli, Alfred M., 17 Leyden Street, Men's Wear Buyer & Merchandiser also Display Manager, Puritan Cloth- ing Company, Plymouth-Hyannis.


Pioppi, Anthony V., 6 Clyfton Street, Package Store Owner, Pioppi's Package Store Inc., Self-employed, Plymouth.


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Po, Richard C., 10 Savery's Lane, Switchman, New Eng- land Telephone & Telegraph Company, Plymouth.


Pyle, Arthur G., 229 Sandwich Street, Director of Edu- cation, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth.


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Raymond, Miriam A., Sandwich Road, Retired School Teacher, Town of Plymouth, Husband's occupation, Assessor, Town of Plymouth.


Reed, Ronald F., 34 Billington Street, Contractor, Self- employed, Plymouth.


Rezendes, Aurelia E., 100 Spooner Street, Dental Assist- ant-Nurse for Dr. I. Harry Keller, Plymouth, Husband's occupation Metropolitan Life Insurance Agent, Plymouth.


Rezendes, Harry J., 57 Cherry Street, Junior Engineering Aide, Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Boston.


Roberts, Karl D., 14 Holmes Terrace, Machine Designer, George R. Churchill Company, Hingham.


Rogers, R. Dunham, 18 Royal Street, Parcel Post Car- rier, U.S. Post Office, Plymouth.


Russell, John J., 394 Sandwich Street, Staff Accountant for Director of Business Research, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Boston.


Ryder, Herbert A., Jr., Ship Pond Road, Manomet, Truck Driver, Dunlap Oil Service, Plymouth.


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Salter, Glenn L., 3 Cheryl Avenue, Manomet, Boat Paint- er, Plymouth Marine Railways, Plymouth.


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Sampson, Clifford E., 16 Overlook Road, Manager, Re- tail & Wholesale Store, Smith's Inc., Plymouth.


Sampson, Melvin A., 188 Summer Street, First Class Gas Serviceman and Fitter, New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Company, Plymouth.


Sampson, Robert D., River Street, Assistant Treasurer, Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, Plymouth.


Santheson, Robert A., 19 Clyfton Street, First Class Serviceman and Fitter, New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Company, Plymouth.


Sawyer, Marion L., Federal Furnace Road, Home Maker, Husband's occupation, Real Estate Salesman and Developer, Self-employed, Plymouth.


Schneider, Richard L., 18 Atlantic Street, Advertising Manager, The Memorial Press, Plymouth.


Scagliarini, Ida M., 59 South Street; U.S. Government Postal Clerk, U.S. Post Office, Plymouth.


Scott, Hunter H., Rocky Hill Road, Owner-Bradford Kyle Wire Company, Plymouth.


Sgarzi, Romeo, 10 Hedge Road, Automobile Dealer, Puri- tan Garage, Plymouth.


Shaw, Joseph C., 25 Sunrise Avenue; Automobile Dealer, Samoset Garage Inc., Self-employed, Plymouth.


Shea, D. Joseph, 53 Pleasant Street, Salesman, Puritan Clothing Company, Plymouth.


Shea, John D., Rocky Hill Road, Sales Manager, Raycurt Corporation, Dorchester.


Sherman, Howard L, 178 Court St., Carpenter, Self-em- ployed, Plymouth.


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Simmons, Margaret E., Rocky Hill Road, Supervisor, Traffic Department, New England Telephone & Tele- graph Company, Plymouth.


Slade, Hans F., off Point Road, Manomet, Retired, Fac- tory Representative, Hunter Engineering Co., St. Louis, Missouri.


Sloan, Wilfred B., 221 Sandwich Street, Overseer's Clerk, Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth.


Stefani, Vincent, 29 Cherry Street, Caretaker, Red Oak Farm, Joseph Hamilburg, Canton.


Stiles, Laurence H., 34 Summer Street, Truck Driver, A. K. Finney Co., Inc., Plymouth.


Strassel, Arsene A., 2nd, 173 Sandwich Street, Delivery Clerk, Samuel Arons & Sons, Inc., Wholesale Distri- butors, Plymouth.


Stratton, Andrew H., 9 Winter Street, Field Supervi- sor, Cambridge Gas Company, Cambridge.


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Tavares, Jesse M., Jr., 22 Cordage Terrace, Retired Ma- chine Cleaner, Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth.


Tavares, Richard B., 63 Cordage Terrace, Installer, Re- pairman, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Plymouth.


Tavares, Steven W., 10 Rodman Lane, Installer, Repair- man, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Plymouth.


Thurber, Douglas C., Bloody Pond, First Class Lineman, Plymouth County Electric Company, Plymouth.


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Tinti, Phillip S., 541/2 Oak Street; Bookkeeper & Dis- patcher, Marshfield Sand & Gravel Inc., Marshfield.


Tobey, Charles J., Brook Road, Manomet, President and Manager, Anawon Pulp & Lumber Co., Inc., East Providence, Rhode Island.


Tourgee, Charles E., 1-D Castle Court; Painter, Self-em- ployed, Plymouth.


Tribble, James E., Doten Road, Nuclear Engineer, New England Power Service Company, Boston.


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Urann, Sumner T., 5 Davis Street, Relocation Officer, Plymouth Redevelopment Authority, Plymouth.


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Vandini, Charles F., 275 Court Street, Office Manager of Lumber Yard, Kingston Lumber Company, Kingston.


Vitti, Janet A., 127 Westerly Road, Payroll Clerk, Plym- outh Cordage Company, Husband's occupation, Pla- toon Sergeant, B. Battery, 1st MSL Bn., 241st Artil- lery, Hull.


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Watterson, Robert G. White Horse Road, Manomet, Me- chanic, Cushing Brothers, Duxbury.


Webber, Craig J., 171/2 Standish Avenue, Letter Carrier U.S. Post Office, Plymouth.


Webber, Paul C., Powder Horn Pond, Carpenter, Self- employed, Plymouth.


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White, Edward L., 21 Oak Street, Semi-retired, Pattern Weaver, George Mabbett & Sons Company, Plym- outh.


Williamson, A. Martin, Sandwich Road, Ellisville, Chief Negotiator National Association of Government Employees, Boston.


Winkley, Charles E., Jr., 36 Union Street, Superintendent Mails, U.S. Post Office, Plymouth.


Withington, Lothrop Jr., Rocky Hill Road, President, Wholesale and Retail Petroleum Products, ,Plymouth.


Wood, Alfred W., 16 Centennial Street, Retail Clothing Clerk, Puritan Clothing Company, Plymouth.


Wood, Elizabeth, 5 Sunrise Avenue, Service Order Com- pletion Clerk, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Plymouth, Husband's occupation, Route Foreman, Whitings Milk Company, Duxbury.


Wood, Peggy A., Boutemain Avenue, Telephone Opera- tor, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Plymouth.


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Zahreciyan, Istephan, Quaker Road, Priscilla Beach, Hair Stylist, Steven's Beauty Salon, Self-employed, Plym- outh.


Zaniboni, Alton E., 29 Samoset Street, Supervisor, Cam- bridge Gas Company, Cambridge.


Zobbi, Helga E., Strand Avenue, Manomet, Home Maker, Husband's occupation, Operating Engineer, Lane Construction Co., Meridan Connecticut.


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Town of Plymouth Report of Advisory and Finance Committee on the Articles in the Town Warrant


March 27, 1965


The Town of Plymouth this year can meet the cost of community services and improvements on what we believe to be a highly acceptable level while holding the line on the tax rate.


The following are highlights of what the appropriation requests recommended for acceptance by the Advisory and Finance Committee would provide:


1. Wage and salary increases reasonably in line with gener- ally rising pay rates elsewhere or, in regard to teaching personnel, slightly above new minimums established by State law.


2. Payment of the Town's share of work on Supporting Facilities to be done this year in accordance with the October, 1962 contract with the Plymouth Redevelopment Authority.


3. Immediate payment of a substantial part of the Town's share of Harbor improvements to be financed principally by Federal funds under a plan initiated almost ten years ago.


4. Full payment for the proposed new fire station in Cedar- ville.


5. Updating and improvements in equipment, buildings, roads, etc. including replacements for seven vehicles; surfacing work on about twelve miles of roads; the be- ginning of a long-range, town-wide program of repairs to existing sidewalks, and acquisition of major new office machines for the joint use of three departments.


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In making their decisions, we hope the Town Meeting Members will find our recommendations useful and also will find useful the additional information in this year's report. If the recommendations are followed, the tax rate should be about a dollar less than in 1964, the exact amount depending on the new net valuation applied in setting the official rate later this spring.


We wish to express our deep appreciation to the Town Officers, Commissioners, Department Heads and all others who have been so cooperative in the preparation of the many budgets and the warrant articles.


ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE


Term expires March, 1965


DAVID B. FREEMAN, Chairman


WILLIAM A. KILGOUR


WALTER C. REID PAUL W. SEARS RICHARD F. WITHINGTON


Term expires, March, 1966 JOHN F. PRENTICE,


Vice Chairman RICHARD W. BRAMHALL


GEORGE W. BUTTERS


EVERETT LANMAN


CARLETON S. PERKINS


R. Dorothy Canucci, Secretary


Term expires March, 1967 EDWARD F. BARNES HENRY L. BASTONI FRANK T. BROWN, JR.


RICHARD R. RAGAZZINI SMITHSON ROANE


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SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS


Article 7 $4,114,915.09


Special Articles 612,563.11


State & County Assessments (Net) 239,801.68


Overlay Deficits 1,661.87


Overlay for 1965 - estimate


160,000.00


$5,128,941.75


Total Recommended Expenditures


Estimated Receipts $1,429,730.88


Dog Tax (Article 8) 2,580.06


Library Aid (Article 8) 3,611.25


Excess and Deficiency (Free Cash) 391,800.00


(Articles 15, 22, 56, 59, and 98)


Street Parking Meter Receipts (Article 7) 6,015.00


Main Street Extension Parking Lot


Meter Receipts (Article 7) 5,000.00


Middle Street Parking Lot Receipts (Article 7) 50.00


Memorial Building Parking Lot Receipts (Article 7) 700.00


Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves (Article 49) 3,000.00


Chapter 822 Funds


9,848.00


Reserve Overlay (Article 7) 15,000.00


Harbor Improvement Loan


125,000.00


Total from sources other than Tax Levy $1,992,335.19


Net to be raised - real and personal


$3,136,606.56


1964 Valuation: $42,278,900 Tax Rate Estimate: $74.00 An increase of $1,000,000 in valuation would decrease the rate by $1.70.


A decrease of $1,000,000 in valuation would increase the rate by $1.80.


Each $42,000 added appropriation would increase the rate approximately $1.


Each $42,000 deleted appropriation would decrease the rate approximately $1.


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RESERVE ACCOUNT TRANSFERS -- 1964


SELECTMEN - Other Expenses


$248.18


Town Office Bldg. - Other Expenses 498.96


Memorial Bldg. - Other Expenses


205.73


Town Office Bldg. - Labor and Salaries 338.68


Public Sanitaries - Overtime


280.44


State Census - Salaries


1,800.00


State Census -- Mileage


300.00


Assessors - Abstracting


75.00


Board of Appeals - Salary


150.00


Board of Appeals - Other Expenses


100.00


PUBLIC SAFETY:


Police - Other Expenses


261.33


Police - Auto Maintenance


17.63


Police - Equipment


46.33


Forest Fire -- Payrolls


7,287.68


Forest Fire - Other Expenses


3,811.96


Commission of Public Safety - Other Expenses


14.20


Garbage Collection - Salaries


149.16


Garbage Collection - Other Expenses


4.58


Plumbing Inspections


290.85


Plumbing Inspections - Mileage


17.36


Tree - Labor .


50.00


Highway - Sewer Construction


600.00


Highway - Mileage


58.66


Highway - Equipment Maintenance


2,002.53


Veterans' Benefits - Assistance


3,352.64


Park Department - Mileage


41.42


Personal and Property Damages


13.98


Clock Repairs


60.00


Insurance, Town Property


1,200.00


Water Dept. - Administrative, Other Expenses


850.00


Harbor Master - Other Expenses


705.39


Cemetery Dept. - Overtime


79.06


By-Laws Committee 88.25


$25,000.00


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REPORT OF THE CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE DECEMBER 21, 1964


The Capital Outlay Expenditures Committee was estab- lished to inform the Town each year of anticipated capital expenditures for the succeeding five years. This forecast is compiled from estimates submitted by the departments and committees. A capital outlay is defined as an expendi- ture of not less than $1,000 for an item that will serve the Town for a number of years.


With the cooperation of all Town departments and com- mittees in providing information, the Capital Outlay Expen- ditures Committee will be able to predict in advance the ef- fect of capital expenditures on tax rate over a period of years.


The function and duty of the Capital Outlay Expendi- tures Committee, which was created at the 1963 Annual Town Meeting, are to schedule and report to the Advisory and Fi- nance Committee as to the Town's anticipated future capital improvements over a period of years according to priority of need and consistent with its fiscal procedures and its abil- ity to pay. In addition, the Committee's objective is to fore- cast necessary borrowings and their probable impact on the operating budget and on the tax rate of the Town.


The annual operating budget, namely Article 7, while being far from routine and uninvolved, generally contains the same items from year to year, varying in amounts as the needs require. Certain necessary future capital outlays are inevitable and these expenditures should be set down on a long-range plan so that they may be met in a practical and knowledgeable manner in step with growing needs of Town.


The projects and capital outlay expenditures as reported by the various Town departments and special committees have been listed on the following pages in schedule form. These reports may be revised annually and additional proj- ects listed in order to give the Town more complete and updated information. The cooperation of the departments and committees is very important and the Committee wishes to thank all who submitted reports.


CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE ALVIN R. TAVARES, Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman


ROBERT I. LOWE,


Chairman


EDWARD F. BARNES


ARTHUR G. ESTES ALFRED ALMEIDA


CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT - DECEMBER 21, 1964 General Government


Total Cost of Project


Total Cost to Town


1965


1966


1967


1968


1969


SELECTMEN


Airport Cross Runway


$85,000


Less: 40% State Aid


34,000


Less: 50% Federal


42,000


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Town's Share - 10%


$8,500


$8,500


Airport Parking Apron


$7,500


Town's Share - 10%


750


$750


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Airport Administration Bldg. Town's Share - 10%


3,000


$3,000


Harbor Improvement


Public Law 87-874


$2,325,000


Less: Federal Aid


1,860,000


Less: State Aid


232,500


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Town's Share


Harbor Master's Boat Replacement


5,000


$5,000


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Municipal Garage Committee


5,000


5,000


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232,500


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Airport Extension Runway Town's Share - 10%


$15,000


1,500


$1,500


$30,000


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Cost Allocations Projected by Years


Total Cost of Project


Total Cost to Town


1965


1966


1967


1968


1969


1,776,450


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30-year Bond Issue


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ASSESSORS


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8,993)


8,993


TOWN CLERK & TREASURER)


2,698)


2,698


WELFARE DEPT.


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2,643)


2,643


Addressograph Printer & Graphotype replacement


14,334


7,500


7,500


7,500


7,500


7,500


7,500


ASSESSORS Map Revisions PLANNING BOARD No Capital Outlays


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COMMISSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY No reports received


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TREE WARDEN


Truck replacement Portable Boom


4,075


4,075


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Sewage Committee Treatment Plant Less: 50% APW Funds - or - Public Law 660, Max. aid $600,000 -


Cost Allocations Projected by Years


CONSERVATION COMMISSION No Capital Outlays CEDARVILLE FIRE STATION CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE


60,300 60,300


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HIGHWAYS


Chapter 90 Construction (50% - State)


$84,000


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From Available Funds


63,000


25% Town's Share from current tax levy


21,000


21,000


21,000


21,000


21,000


21,000


Chapter 90 Maintenance


$7,500


(331/3% - State )


331/3% - County )


From Available Funds


5,000


331/3% Town's Share from current tax levy


2,500


2,500


2,500


2,500


2,500


2,500


Roads Construction, Type I


16,500


16,500


16,500


16,500


16,500


16,500


Roads Construction, Mixed-in-place


10,936


10,936


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Chain Link Fences


3,294


3,294


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Granolythic Curbings


8,832


8,832


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Sealing Roads


3,268


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New Asphalt Sidewalks Drainage Construction Traffic Signs, Posts, Paint


Total Cost of Project


Total Cost to Town


1965


1966


1967


1968


1969


1,855


1,855


2,630


2,630


1,700


1,700


SCHOOLS Elementary School


?


Regional High School Addition


?


Regional H. S. Jeep Dump Truck replacement


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PARK DEPARTMENT


Manomet Playground Basketball Ct.


1,600


1,600


Repairs to Brook Road Building


?


Nook Farm Field - Build Sanitary


?


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Stephen's Field - Rip rap


3,000


3,000


Stephen's Field Shore - Build new beach


5,000


5,000


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Nelson St. - Basketball Court


1,600


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Stephen's Field-Basketball Ct.


1,600


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Manomet Playground -- Tennis Court


3,000


3,000


Plymouth Beach - New Bath House


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1,600


1,600


Cost Allocations Projected by Years


WATER DEPARTMENT New Construction


CEMETERIES 11/2-Ton Dump Truck replacement Urban Redevelopment Legend: * Years of expenditure ? Cost figure not available


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50,000


50,000


50,000


50,000


50,000


50,000


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Summary of Funded Indebtedness, January 1, 1965 and Amounts due for Principal and Interest in 1965


LOANS (Balance as of 1/1/65)


Principal


PAYMENTS DUE IN 1965 Interest


Schools


(1.75%)


$90,000 $15,000.00


$1,443.75 1,615.00


Schools


(1.7%)


95,000


15,000.00


$30,000.00


$3,058.75


Water


(2.4%)


445,000 $50,000.00


10,080.00


Water


(2.2%)


105,000


15,000.00


2,310.00


12,390.00


Urban Renewal


(3.0%)


380,000 $20,000.00


20,000.00


11,400.00


11,400.00


Off-Street Parking (2.9%)


35,000 $10,000.00


10,000.00


1,015.00


1,015.00


Total


$1,150,000


$125,000.00


$27,858.75


Payments due in 1965 on Principal


$125,000.00


Payments due in 1965 for Interest


27,858.75


$152,858.75


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65,000.00


BORROWING CAPACITY, January 1, 1965


Average Net Valuation (prior 3 years: 1962, 1963, and 1964) ... $44,646,719 Normal Borrowing Capacity, January 1, 1965: For General Purposes . $2,232,336


(5% of Average Net Valuation of above) For Water Purposes . . $4,228,095


(10% of previous year's total valuation)


Outstanding Debt, January 1, 1965: General - Inside Limit .


$220,000


Water . .


550,000


Urban Renewal-Outside Limit


380,000


Total Indebtedness 1/1/65


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$1,150,000


Available Borrowing Capacity:


For General Purposes


$2,232,336


Less: Outstanding debt 1/1/65


-220,000


Total Amount of Borrowing Capacity for General Purposes $2,012,336


For Water Purposes .


$4,228,095


Less: Outstanding debt 1/1/65


-550,000


Total Amount of Borrowing Capacity for Water Purposes . . $3,678,095 $380,000


Urban Renewal -- Outside Limit .


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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ARTICLE 7 WITH PREVIOUS EXPENDITURES


General Government


Expended in 1962 $157,840.00


Expended in 1963 $160,572.99


Expended in 1964 $164,604.84


Recommended for 1965 $170,479.00


Protection of Persons and Property (Includes Conservation Commission)


395,071.49


421,856.43


471,635.70


494,346.00


Health and Sanitation


86,730.78


103,407.27


104,355.86


115,305.00


Highways


256,520.84


271,263.80


292,458.71


317,998.36


Charities


467,764.22


469,963.91


488,720.57


521,069.00


Veterans' Benefits


66,328.46


75,747.89


87,102.93


98,352.00


Schools


1,144,452.06


1,084,862.49


933,952.92


978,356.00


Regional School District


146,867.67*


370,329.67*


752,791.37*


741,368.96


Recreation


74,678.12


75,242.87


84,456.30


87,743.00


Pensions


91,533.71


124,831.48


123,080.99


132,307.20


Unclassified


84,506.56


83,420.06


92,245.401


98,898.57 **


Public Service Enterprises (Water, Harbor Master, Airport, Town Forest) (Including Airport Receipts)


135,993.73


145,107.86


146,293.50


147,427.00


Cemeteries


43,079.32


51,659.18


57,429.24


51,265.00


Town Debt and Interest (Including Parking Meter Receipts)


121,188.01


91,551.08


171,084.79


160,000.00


TOTAL


$3,272,559.97


$3,530,316.98


$3,970,213.12


$4,114,915.09


*Special Article 1$15,000 from Reserve Overlay


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MASSACHUSETTS TOWN EXPENDITURES 1963* (Latest Figures Available)


PER CAPITA EXPENDITURES


Population 1950 Census


Assessed


Valuation


Tax Rate


1963


Total Per Capita


Expenditures


General


Government


Health and


Sanitation


Highways


Public


Assistance


Veterans'


Services


Schools


Libraries


Recreation


Pensions


Unclassified


Public Service


Enterprises


Interest Paid


on Total Debt


Repayment Debt


Bridgewater


10,276 $28,540,852 $37.60 $194.40 $6.10 $13.60 $6.00 $11.50


$12.60 $3.10 $92.60 $2.10 $1.70 $2.30 $3.60 $1.20 $0.90 $27.50


Whitman


10,485


12,644,275 105.00


155.10


9.80


17.40


8.50


15.30


5.30


0.90 86.20


1.10 2.50


2.80


. . 1.10


4.10


Abington


10,607


35,011,902


41.00


215.90


6.40


21.00


5.40


18.30


4.40


2.60 112.20


2.60


2.00


3.20


2.50


. . 11.80


23.70


Scituate


11,214


36,945,450


76.60


404.30 11.20


47.80


8.00


28.20


19.90


1.50 157.60


5.20


4.50


3.80 55.90 14.70 13.20


32.80


Falmouth


13,037


59,459,684


52.00


300.10 22.10


36.90


8.20


22.00


20.10


2.20 100.00


4.60 12.60


6.40 35.40


7.70


21.80


Rockland


13,119


15,445,460 125.00


181.50 6.40


20.20 11.20


15.50


16.30


2.10 79.80


1.80


1.50


1.10 0.90


5.00 8.80 4.70


1.30


8.30


20.20


Bourne


1.4,011


24,325,756


62.00


133.60


8.10


20.40


4.00


19.50


4.40


0.50


57.60


1.60


6.50


0.90


5.20


Walpole


14,068


34,760,355


74.00


236.50


6.90


17.30 10.80


35.10


4.50


1.20 119.80


5.50


4.40


3.50 1.80


5.20 2.40


0.40 3.90


10.40


Dartmouth


14,607


27,229,000


66.00


146.80


7.90


10.30


5.10


16.20


5.70


0.60 0.40


67.90 66.70


2.60 0.80


0.50


0.10


3.10


3.00


22.90


Ayer


14,927


7,652,350


80.00


136.50


3.70


7.20


1.40


23.40


3.20


2.10


0.80


72.60


1.20


2.10


1.80


4.00


5.30


55.20


PLYMOUTH


14,445


41,825,425


66.80


237.40 12.30


30.20 15.00


19.00


15.10


3.20 107.70


4.10


6.70


8.50


9.00


1.20


5.10


AVERAGE


209.00


9.30


21.10


7.80


20.10


9.10


2.30 91.70


2.60


4.60


2.60 10.40


1.30


5.60


19.60


Note: Per Capita expenditures and averages to nearest 10¢ Towns selected for comparison fall into one or more of the following categories:


Those located in Plymouth County, Those having a considerable summer tourist and/or summer resident business, Those of comparable size to Plymouth according to the 1960 census All towns have populations from 10,000 to 15,000.


*Source -- Massachusetts Association of Town Finance Committees and Bureau of Government Research, University of Massachusetts


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5.80


14.90


Barnstable


13,465


64,718,125


49.00


254.10 15.30


30.20


5.10


33.20


10.10


3.40


99.80


1.70 15.70


1.30


2.40


3.10


4.70


19.00


Fairhaven


14,330


17,817,320


94.00


141.80


6.00


15.30


9.70


10.30


4.30


9.50


63.60


2.10


1.90


South Hadley


14,956


25,346,875


65.00


187.60


8.60


8.10 11.40


14.30


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5.80


16.50


1963


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TOWN FINANCE TERMINOLOGY


The following terms are frequently used in the Annual Town Report and at Town Meeting. In order to provide everyone with a better understanding of the meaning, the following definitions are provided:


SURPLUS REVENUE: (Often referred to as "Excess and Deficiency")


This fund represents the amount by which the Cash, Accounts Receivable and other current assets exceed the liabilities and reserves. This is a bookkeeping item.


AVAILABLE FUNDS: (often referred to as "Free Cash").


A fund certified annually by the State Bureau of Ac- counts by deducting from surplus revenue all uncollected taxes for prior years. This fund may be used by a vote of the Town Meeting.


OVERLAY:


The Overlay is the amount raised by the Assessors in excess of appropriations and other charges for the purpose of creating a fund to cover abatements granted and avoiding fractions.


RESERVE OVERLAY:


This is the accumulated amount of the Overlay for vari- ous years not used or required to be held in the specific Overlay account for a given year, and may be used by vote of the town for extra-ordinary or unforeseen purposes or voted into the Reserve Fund.


RESERVE FUND:


This fund is established by the voters at an annual town meeting only and may be composed of (a) an appropriation (not exceeding 5 per cent of the tax levy of the preceding year), (b) money transferred from Overlay Reserve, or (c) both.


Transfers from the Reserve Fund are within the exclu- sive control of the Finance Committee and are for "extra- ordinary or unforeseen expenditures."


STABILIZATION FUND:


This is money set aside in interest bearing accounts for future capital outlay expenditures, i.e. building or remodel- ing of Town buildings.


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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE DECEMBER 21, 1965


In connection with long-range planning, which is its function, the Capital Outlay Expenditures Committee also intends to project the estimated tax rates for the years in which the expenditures may be made for the purpose of stabilizing the tax rate.


The 1965 forecast is based on reports submitted by twen- ty-five of the various Town boards, commissions, depart- ments, and special committees. We wish to emphasize that the anticipated year or years of expenditures as indicated in the schedule of proposed projects are recorded as re- ported to us by these agencies of the Town. In evaluating these requests, we would suggest that consideration be giv- en either to initiating some of these projects before they have been requested or delaying them, as the case may be, in an attempt to stabilize the tax rate. Only when estimates of costs are provided with all reports of proposed projects will it be possible to relate the effect on the tax rate sta- tistically.


We wish to point out that the 1965 schedule does not reflect the additional operating expenses, such as mainte- nance, personnel, etc., that may result when specific proj- ects are completed and in operation. We are also aware of the fact that certain properties will be available to the Town by virtue of the proposed municipal buildings included in this report and that returns might be expected from the urban redevelopment area as it is rebuilt.




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