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Boston, January 23, 1957
Board of Selectmen
Town of Lenox, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
This is to certify that the books and accounts of the Town of Lenox were audited by the Bureau of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, as of September 22, 1956, at which time they were found to be correct with all funds properly accounted for.
The report will include the following notation: "IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE TREASURER TAKE PROMPT ACTION IN INSTITUTING FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS ON ALL TAX TITLES HELD OVER TWO YEARS, AS REQUIRED BY -THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 50, CHAPTER 60, GENERAL LAWS."
A detailed report of the audit will be forwarded as soon as possible.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ, Assistant Director of Accounts
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith present my report of the Receipts and Expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1956.
Respectfully submitted,
CORNELIUS J. BRODERICK, Town Accountant.
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
Cash on hand January 1, 1956
$273,946.54
Taxes:
Current Year:
Poll
$ 1,742.00
Personal
43,075.15
Real
268,040.59
312,857.74
Previous Years:
Poll
$ 72.00
Personal
776.49
Real
11,437.02
12,285.51
Trailer Court Fees
$780.00
780.00
From State:
Income
$12,334.87
Corporation, Business
18,721.89
Meal Tax
1,258.72
Loss of Taxes
326.58
School Construction
2,322.38
High School Transportation
8,152.95
School Aid Chapter 70
23,800.00
Vocational Education
745.25
67,662.64
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Licenses: Liquor All Other
$7,671.00 642.00
8,313.00
Fines
$663.00
663.00
Road Machinery Fund
$42.00
42.00
Grants and Gifts:
From Federal Government: Old Age Assistance
$19,669.96
19,669.96
Aid Dependent Children: Assistance
$3,520.90
3,520.90
Disability Assistance
$933.93
933.93
Smith-Hughes and George Barden Account
$405.00
405.00
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
FROM COUNTY:
Dog Licenses
$682.11
682.11
PRIVILEGES:
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Current Year
$42,155.18
Previous Years
5,232.69
47,387.87
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Treasurer:
Withholding Tax
$28,031.15
Retirement Deductions
4,857.01
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Deductions
3,914.50
36,802.66
Tax Collector:
Demands, Costs, Etc.
$107.80
107.80
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Town Clerk: Dog Licenses
$746.60
746.60
Town Hall:
Rents
$2,621.00
Telephone Booths
22.68
2,643.68
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
$25,226.55
25,226.55
Protection Persons and Property : Sealer of Weights and Measures, Fees
$52.50
52.50
Veterans' Benefits
$647.97
647.97
School:
Gymnasium Rent
$259.25
Gym and Lenox Dale Janitor Service
100.50
359.75
School Lunch
$7,500.52
School Athletic Association
1,338.00
8,838.52
PUBLIC WELFARE:
Temporary Support
$ 2,874.61
Disability Assistance
1,970.13
A.D. Children
2,279.97
Old Age Assistance
24,716.10
31,840.81
CEMETERIES:
Sale of Lots
$290.00
Opening Graves
493.00
783.00
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INTEREST: On Deferred Taxes Cemetery Funds (Gen. Care) Deposits
$ 714.06
1,862.67
386.32
2,963.05
REFUNDS:
Old Age Assistance
$166.65
Disability Assistance
35.53
General Relief
34.10
Tax Collector's Bond
95.80
332.08
WATER DEPARTMENT:
Water Rates
$38,635.44
Service Charges
2,879.29
41,514.73
Turnure Trust Rent and Bowling Receipts
$1,329.92
1,329.92
Parking Signs
$ 4.50
Cancel M. V. Regist.
1.50
Income Shaw Trust
82.00
Leonard H. Peters Gift
100.00
Water Bids Deposits
1,010.00
Vocational Tuition
30.00
1,228.00
HIGHWAYS:
For Outlays:
Joint Construction State
Joint Construction County
$11,025.71 5,910.90
16,936.61
TOTAL RECEIPTS
$921,504.43
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PAYMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN:
Salaries:
Chairman
$ 840.00
Clerk
472.50
Other Member
472.50
Secretary
1,470.00
$3,255.00
Expenses:
Travel Expense (Chairman)
$150.00
Printing, Postage, Office Expenses
499.27
649.27
AUDITING:
Salary
$2,625.00
Printing and Office Expenses
338.33
2,963.33
TREASURER:
Salary
$2,625.00
Printing, Postage and Office Expenses
378.45
3,003.45
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Dues
$15.00
15.00
PLANNING BOARD:
Travel Expense
$100.00
Services numbering Houses
125.00
Printing, Postage and Office Expenses
343.57
568.57
TOWN CLERK:
Salary
$1,575.00
Printing, Postage and Office Expenses
396.94
1,971.94
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TAX COLLECTOR: Salary Printing, Postage and Office Expenses
$3,150.00 398.99
3,548.99
LAW DEPARTMENT: Salary-Town Counsel
$472.50
472.50
ASSESSORS:
Salaries
$2,415.00
Printing, Postage, Photostat Copies.
Auto Hire and Office Expenses
800.00
3,215.00
MODERATOR:
Salary
$60.00
60.00
Modernization of Town Clerk's Vault, Construction of Vault in Basement, Relocating the Cell Block,
Survey and Plans for Town Equipment
$3,133.47
3,133.47
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION:
Registrars
$525.00
Election Officers
750.00
Census
275.00
Printing, Postage and Office Expenses
887.48
2,437.48
TOWN HALL:
Salary-Caretaker
$3,486.00
Salary-Relief Caretaker
1,394.40
Relief Caretaker Extra
294.99
Fuel, light and water
3,885.39
Hall License
25.00
Repairs and Equipment
957.41
Supplies
280.36
10,323.55
95
TELEPHONE ACCOUNT: Service Charge
$743.30
743.30
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Chief's Salary
$ 210.00
Officers' Salaries
7,328.70
Relief Officer
1,165.50
Special Officers
1,697.91
Flood Lights
189.00
Use of Cars
296.00
Equipment and Supplies
426.16
11,313.27
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:
Salary
$236.25
Use of Auto
18.00
Equipment
5.61
259.86
OTHER PROTECTION PERSONS AND PROPERTY:
Salary-Dog Officer
$262.50
Use of Auto
87.50
350.00
WIRE INSPECTOR:
Salary
$315.00
Expenses
150.00
465.00
CIVIL DEFENSE:
Rescue Equipment
$247.50
247.50
FORESTRY:
Labor, Trucks, Clipper, Power Saw and Spraying $3,493.24
3,493.24
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DUTCH ELM CONTROL:
Labor, Truck, Spraying, Power Saw and Skyworker $2,476.36
$2,476.36
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Salaries and Wages:
Fire Chief
$1,155.00
Caretaker
3,486.00
Relief Caretaker
1,394.40
Relief Caretaker Extra
335.06
Caretaker, Lenox Dale
144.38
Foreman Lenox Dale
105.00
6,619.84
Expenses:
Hydrant Service-Water-Lenox, Lenox Dale
$3,098.80
Repairs, Equipment and Supplies
1,904.15
Fuel and Light
202.89
Telephone
290.18
Radio Communication Equipment
876.11
6,372.13
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH:
Salaries:
Board of Health
$551.25
Agent
75.00
626.25
Expenses:
Travel Agent
$ 50.00
All Other
156.50
206.50
VITAL STATISTICS:
Births
$99.00
Deaths
72.00
171.00
INSPECTION:
Dental Clinics
$96.00
96.00
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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES: Hospitalization, Clinics, etc.
$532.83
532.83
ANIMALS:
Salary of Inspector
$166.67
166.67
MEAT:
Salary of Inspector
$275.00
275.00
MILK AND DIARIES:
Salary of Inspector
$1,792.32
Travel and Laboratory Expense
318.98
2,111.30
OTHER EXPENSES:
Care of Dump
$1,316.86
All Other
148.75
1,465.61
SANITATION:
Sewers and Pumps:
Labor
$7,001.80
Trucks
302.00
Electric Power and Light
2,860.11
Repairs, Equipment and Supplies
2,232.69
12,396.60
BRUNELL AVENUE SEWER:
$930.00
930.00
SEWER SURVEY:
$396.72
396.72
HIGHWAYS
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION:
Salary of Superintendent
$4,410.00
4,410.00
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GENERAL HIGHWAYS:
Salaries and Wages
$6,003.03
Stone, Gravel, Bergraco, Tar, etc.
6,859.51
Equipment and Repairs
7,373.93
Engineering Services
774.00
21,010.47
SIDEWALKS AND MAINTENANCE:
Salaries and Wages
$1,680.40
Materials, etc.
445.65
2,126.05
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL:
Salaries and Wages
$5,043.76
Trucks
1,383.00
Salt, Sand and Gravel
2,258.45
Equipment, Repairs and Supplies
2,614.13
11,299.34
LIGHTING:
Contracts
$12,947.23
12,947.23
Lasher Lane, Golden Hill Road,
and Jennifer Street, Street Lights
$102.00
102.00
Crystal Street, Street Lights
$510.00
510.00
MAIN STREET SIDEWALK:
Labor
$201.60
Asphalt
96.58
298.18
CLIFFWOOD STREET SIDEWALK:
Labor
$126.00
Steamix
462.50
588.50
ELM STREET SIDEWALK, LENOX DALE
Labor
$375.90
Asphalt
310.39
686.29
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EAST NEW LENOX ROAD: Labor
$207.90
207.90
HOUSATONIC STREET:
Labor
$126.00
Emulsion
325.80
451.80
LOWER HOUSATONIC STREET:
Asphalt
$682.50
682.50
CLIFFWOOD STREET:
Labor
$1,642.20
Gravel, Tar, Culverts, etc.
7,237.11
Engineering Services
165.00
9,044.31
FRANKLIN STREET:
Resurfacing
$986.00
Labor
589.40
Granite
164.02
Steamix
950.00
Engineering Services
94.00
2,783.42
WEST MT. ROAD:
Culverts
$259.19
259.19
PLUNKETT STREET:
Culverts
$232.71
232.71
GREENWOOD STREET:
Labor
$88.20
88.20
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KNEELAND AVE: Labor $126.00
126.00
HIGH STREET:
Labor
298.20
Gravel
1,333.79
Culverts
149.30
1,781.29
CRYSTAL STREET, LENOX DALE:
Labor
$1,008.00
Gravel, Stone, Sand, Emulsion, etc.
3,806.13
4,814.13
ELM STREET, LENOX DALE:
Labor
$472.50
Asphalt
976.50
1,449.00
STOCKBRIDGE ROAD:
Labor
$ 802.20
Gravel
1,771.85
2,574.05
NEW LENOX ROAD BRIDGE:
Labor
$ 616.20
Lumber, bricks and supplies
1,667.29
2,283.49
MACHINERY:
Repairs and Equipment
$2,444.73
$2,444.73
SURVEY OF ROADS:
Engineering Services
$1,000.00
1,000.00
PICK UP TRUCK, ROAD SIDE MOWER ATTACHMENT, DIESEL OPERATED TRACTOR AND LOADING BUCKET: Equipment $168.97 168.97
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TWO-TON DUMP TRUCK, SNOW PLOW FOR THE DUMP TRUCK:
Equipment
$4,428.92
4,428.92
STREET SIGNS:
Expense
$96.99
96.99
CHAPTER 90 EAST STREET:
Advertising
$ 2.55
Posts, Blocks, Pipe
465.00
Contract
18,157.86
18,625.41
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE:
Labor
$ 441.00
Trucks
82.00
Stone, Tar, Steamix and Blacktop
1,873.09
2,396.09
WATER DEPARTMENT:
Maintenance and Operation Labor
$ 9,222.41
Other Costs of Maintenance and Operation
8,540.47
New Equipment
1,251.79
New Extensions
526.54
Salary of Clerk
3,570.00
Office Supplies and Expenses
570.62
Incidental Expenses
212.50
Salary of Superintendent
1,680.00
Debt Interest
3,353.00
Debt Retirement
11,000.00
39,927.33
WEST STREET PUMPING STATION:
Land Purchase
800.00
Contracts
5,352.74
Engineering Services
1,073.90
Architect
224.00
Equipment, Supplies, etc.
2,579.86
10,030.50
102
EAST STREET WATER MAIN NORTH SECTION:
Contracts
$9,927.73
Engineering Services
1,300.00
Labor
2,478.40
Pipe
15,972.96
Hydrants, Tees, Valves
2,056.20
31,735.29
EAST STREET WATER MAIN SOUTH SECTION:
Contracts
$6,248.92
Engineering Services
1,312.91
Labor
828.74
Pipe
8,277.56
Hydrants, Tees, Valves
2,266.41
18,934.54
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
PLANNING COMMITTEE EXPENSE:
$50.00
$50.00
SCHOOLS
ADMINISTRATION:
Superintendent's Salary
$7,100.00
Superintendent's Travel
200.00
Secretary's Salary
2,450.00
Telephone
266.43
Office Expense
683.53
Committee Expense
354.43
11,054.39
INSTRUCTIONAL:
Teachers' Salaries
$115,572.49
Substitute Teachers' Salaries
630.00
Supervisors' Travel
150.00
Textbooks
2,673.19
Supplies
4,487.55
Tuition
110.40
Band Supplies
210.16
Rinehart Writing
450.00
Nature Course
215.63
Miscellaneous Expense
1,196.38
Evening Classes, Salaries
210.00
125,905.80
103
OPERATIONAL:
Janitors' Salaries
$13,462.13
Janitors' Salaries Extra
330.75
Janitors' Supplies
1,012.69
Fuel
7,454.00
Electricity
1,473.40
Water
253.40
Gas
152.36
Cartage
192.13
24,330.86
MAINTENANCE:
$4,721.24
4,721.24
OUTLAY:
$6,913.20
6,913.20
AUXILIARY AGENCIES:
Nurse's Salary
$ 2,880.00
Doctor's Salary
625.00
Transportation
14,863.14
Band Transportation
68.50
Census
75.00
Cafeteria
780.50
Athletics
243.76
19,535.90
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION:
Board of Public Welfare
$150.00
Central Berkshire Welfare District
990.00
1,140.00
OUTSIDE RELIEF BY TOWN:
Provisions
$ 259.25
Medical, Hospitalization, Board and Care
821.16
To Other Cities and Towns
3,275.98
Cash Grants
2,029.24
6,385.63
104
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE: By Town : Cash Grants To Other Cities and Towns
$36,953.56 1,074.69
38,028.25
By Federal Grant: Assistance
Cash Grants
$18,897.12
18,897.12
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
By Town :
Cash Grants
$3,000.00
3,000.00
By Federal Grant:
Cash Grants
$2,784.78
2,784.78
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE:
By Town:
Cash Grants
$3,535.53
3,535.53
By Federal Grant:
Cash Grants
$1,126.62
1,126.62
VETERANS' SERVICE:
Salary
$250.00
Travel
50.00
Aid
616.00
Medical
610.76
Fuel, Provisions
213.00
1,739.76
VISITING NURSE:
Salary of Nurse
1,400.00
1,400.00
105
TOWN CEMETERIES
SALARIES AND WAGES:
Superintendent
$ 500.00
Labor
3,160.80
Equipment, Supplies and Repairs
407.60
Plants
12.00
Paving Road
800.00
4,880.40
CLIFFORD PARK:
Guards, Equipment, Repairs and Supplies
$1,500.00
1,500.00
TOWN PARKS:
Labor
$1,006.60
Equipment and Supplies
470.62
1,477.22
MAINTENANCE OF TURNURE TRUST
REAL ESTATE:
Labor
$2,815.30
Fuel and Light
2,335.97
Inspection
20.00
Equipment, Repairs and Supplies
1,757.98
6,929.25
RECREATION PROGRAM TURNURE TRUST
REAL ESTATE:
Construction of Tennis Court
$ 936.00
Instruction, Supplies, Equipment, Buses
2,332.73
3,268.73
ASPINWALL PROPERTY:
$12,000.00
12,000.00
RETIREMENT SYSTEM:
$5,681.22
5,681.22
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MEMORIAL DAY:
Band, Taxi, Flags, Refreshments
$542.00
542.00
TOWN CLOCK: Winding
$75.00
75.00
AMERICAN LEGION:
Rent
$342.50
342.50
POLL TAX REFUND:
Firemen
$186.00
186.00
PRINTING AND POSTAGE:
Printing
$955.35
Envelopes, Postage, Addressing Envelopes
325.00
1,280.35
LENOX ACADEMY:
Fuel and Light
$619.39
Caretaker
240.00
Inspection
10.00
Repairs, Supplies, etc.
244.02
1,113.41
INSURANCE AND BONDS:
Insurance:
Workmen's Compensation, Town Properties, Autos
$7,511.90
Firemen's Insurance
231.25
7,743.15
Bonds:
Treasurer, Collector, Town Clerk, Deputy Collector
$460.80
460.80
STABILIZATION FUND: $15,000.00
15,000.00
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REFUNDS
TAXES: Poll-Personal-Real Estate Motor Vehicle Excise
$ 721.20 1,667.85
2,389.05
PUBLIC LIBRARY
DOG TAX REFUND:
$682.11
682.11
SMITH HUGHES AND GEORGE BARDEN ACCOUNT: $514.50
514.50
SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION:
Umpires, Referees, Caretakers, Police
$489.25
Equipment and Supplies
810.67
1,299.92
SCHOOL LUNCH:
Wages
$2,367.00
Provisions, Milk and Equipment
4,453.69
6,820.69
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS AND INTEREST
GENERAL LOANS:
High School Addition Loan
$5,000.00
Sewage Disposal Plant Loan
1,000.00
Schermerhorn Parkway Sewer Loan
2,000.00
Water Mains Loan-Holmes Road
1,000.00
Interest on Loans
1,270.00
10,270.00
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AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
AGENCY:
Withholding Tax
$28,031.15
Retirement Deductions
4,857.01
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Deductions
3,899.25
Dog Licenses
746.60
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
41.60
Estimated Receipts
100.00
State Parks and Reservations
960.47
County Tax
23,833.08
Shaw Trust
82.00
Leonard H. Peters Gift
100.00
Agency
322.69
Water Bids and Specifications Deposits
1,010.00
Mosquito Control
1,321.47
65,305.32
Total Payments
$718,188.05
Cash on Hand December 31, 1956
203,316.38
$921,504.43
POST WAR REHABILITATION INVESTMENT
Investment Fund Cash and Securities December 31, 1955 Added:
$40,857.48
Interest on Investment
$472.42
472.42
$41,329.90
Less:
Alterations to Vault and Survey
Storage of Town Equipment
Article 47, Town Meeting 2-25-55
$ 5,000.00
Continue laying of Water Mains
East St., toward Walker St.
Article 15, Town Meeting 2-24-56
20,226.55
25,226.55
Balance December 31, 1956
$16,103.35
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STABILIZATION FUND
Balance December 31, 1955 Added:
Deposit Authority Article 24 Town Meeting 2-24-56 Interest
$15,000.00 1,201.93
16,201.93
Balance December 31, 1956
$47,265.48
GEORGE E. TURNURE TRUST FUND
Balance December 31, 1955 Interest
$7,002.90
211.63
Balance December 31, 1956
$7,214.53
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds Cash and Securities January 1, 1956 Added:
$53,424.69
Income on Trust Fund
$ 50.00
Interest Perpetual Care Funds
1,397.06
Interest Reserve Fund
189.46
1,636.52
$55,061.21
Deducted:
Cemetery Expenditures 1956
1,894.67
Balance January 1, 1957
$53,166.54
$31,063.55
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TOWN DEBT STATEMENT
Purpose
Rate
How Payable
When Payable
Dec. 31, 1956
Maturing 1957
Water Loan
2%
Annually
Dec. 15
$119,000.00
$6,000.00
High School
Addition Loan 2%
Annually
Aug.
1
50,000.00
5,000.00
Sewage Disposal
Plant Loan
2%
Annually
Aug.
1
2,000.00
1,000.00
Water Mains
Loan
134%
Annually
June 1
13,000.00
2,000.00
Schermerhorn
Parkway Sewer
Loan
2%
Annually
June 1
2,000.00
2,000.00
Water Mains Loan
Pittsfield Road 2%
Annually
June
1
11,000.00
1,000.00
Water Mains Loan
Holmes Road 2%
Annually
June 1
2,000.00
1,000.00
Water Mains Loan
Pittsfield Road 2.10%
Annually
Sept. 1
16,000.00
2,000.00
TOWN DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Funded or Fixed Debt, December 31, 1956
$215,000.00
Water Loan
$119,000.00
High School Addition Loan
50,000.00
Sewage Disposal Plant Loan
2,000.00
Water Mains Loan
13,000.00
Schermerhorn Parkway Sewer Loan
2,000.00
Water Mains Loan Pittsfield Road
11,000.00
Water Mains Loan Holmes Road
2,000.00
Water Mains Loan Pittsfield Road
16,000.00
Outstanding
$215,000.00 $215,000.00
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APPROPRIATIONS-EXPENDITURES AND BALANCES-DECEMBER 31, 1956
Account
Appropriations
Balances Refunds and Additions
Transfer From
Transfer To
Available For Use
Expended
Balances
Selectmen
4,155.00
$ 4,155.00
$3,904.27
$ 250.73
Accountant
2,925.00
40.00
2,965.00
2,963.33
1.67
Treasurer
3,025.00
3,025.00
3,003. 45
21.55
Town Clerk
1,975.00
1,975.00
1,971.94
3.06
Modernization of Town Clerk's Vault,
Construction of Vault in Basement,
Relocating the Cell Block, Survey and Plans for Town Equipment
$5,000.00
5,000.00
3,133.47
1,866.53
Finance Committee Expense
100.00
100.00
15.00
85.00
Planning Board
650.00
650.00
568.57
81.43
Tax Collector
3,550.00
3,550.00
3,548.99
1.01
Assessors
3,215.00
3,215.00
3,215.00
0
Law Department
472.50
472.50
472.50
0
Town Hall
10,850.00
10,850.00
10,323.55
526.45
Moderator
60.00
60.00
60.00
0
Election and Registration
2,800.00
2,800.00
2,437. 48
362.52
Police Department
11,460.00
11,460.00
11,313.27
146.73
Fire Department
12,740.00
266.00
13,006.00
12,991.97
14.03
Sealer of Weights and Measures
260.00
260.00
259.86
. 14
Forestry and Spraying
3,500.00
3,500.00
3,493.24
6.76
Insect Pest Control
200.00
200.00
0
200.00
Other Protection Persons and Property
350.00
350.00
350.00
0
Wire Inspector
465.00
465.00
465.00
0
Civil Defense
250.00
559.32
247.50
311.82
Board of Appeals
50.00
50.00
0
50.00
Dutch Elm Control
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,476.36
23.64
Gypsy Moth
99.99
99.99
0
99.99
Health
4,800.00
852.00
5,652.00
5,651.16
. 84
Sewers
12,400.00
12,400.00
12,396.60
3.40
Filter Bed No. 2
8,000.00
8,000.00
0
8,000.00
Brunell Avenue Sewer
930.00
930.00
930.00
0
Sewer Easements
136.05
136.05
0
136.05
Visiting Nurse
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,400.00
0
309.32
APPROPRIATIONS-EXPENDITURES AND BALANCES-DECEMBER 31, 1956
Account
Appropriations
Balances Refunds and Additions
Transfer From
Transfer To
Available For Use
Expended
Balances
Sewage System Survey on the Pittsfield-Lenox Road
$ 400.00
$ 400.00
396.72
3.28
Superintendent of Streets
$4,410.00
4,410.00
4,410.00
0
Highways
20,000.00
$1,500.00
21,500.00
21,010.47
489.53
Sidewalks
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,126.05
173.95
Main Street Sidewalk
300.00
300.00
298.18
1.82
Cliffwood Street Sidewalk
600.00
600.00
588.50
11.50
Elm Street Lenox Dale, Sidewalk
800.00
800.00
686.29
113.71
Snow Roads
9,800.00
1,500.00
11,300.00
11,299.34
. 66
Street Lights
13,500.00
13,500.00
12,947.23
552.77
Lasher Lane, Golden Hill Road,
120.00
120.00
102.00
18.00
Crystal St. Lenox Dale, Street Lights
510.00
510.00
510.00
0
Chapter 90 East Street
1,662.30
0
1,662.30
Chapter 90 Maintenance
800.00
1,600.00
2,400.00
2,396.09
3.91
Chapter 90 East Street
5,250.00
15,750.00
21,000.00
18,625.41
2,374.59
Chapter 90 West Street
2,500.00
2,500.00
0
2,500.00
East New Lenox Road
213.81
213.81
207.90
5.91
Housatonic Street
461.74
461.74
451.80
9.94
Lower Housatonic Street
702.57
702.57
682.50
20.07
Cliffwood Street
626.72
9,426.72
9,044.31
382.41
Franklin Street
3,300.00
3,300.00
2,783.42
516.58
West Mountain Road
274.06
274.06
259.19
14.87
Plunkett Street
313.57
313.57
232.71
80.86
Greenwood Street
94.99
94.99
88.20
6.79
Kneeland Avenue
128.16
128.16
126.00
2.16
High Street
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,781.29
18.71
Crystal Street, Lenox Dale
6,200.00
6,200.00
4,814.13
1,385.87
Elm Street, Lenox Dale
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,449.00
151.00
Stockbridge Road
2,800.00
2,800.00
2,574.05
225.95
New Lenox Road Bridge
2,800.00
2,800.00
2,283.49
516.51
Survey Private Ways
1,000.00
1,000.00
0
Machinery
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,444.73
55.27
Road Side Mower Attachment
Loading Bucket, Diesel Operated Tractor and Pick Up Truck
600.81
600.81
168.97
431.84
1
1,000.00
8,800.00
and Jennifer Street Lights
1,662.30
Two-Ton Dump Truck, Snow Plow for the Dump Truck
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,428.92
571.08
Street Signs
109.29
109.29
96.99
12.30
Regional School District Planning Committee Expense
250.00
250.00
50.00
200.00
Schools
190,864.30
1,601.99
192,466.29
192,461.39
4.90
Welfare Administration
1,140.00
1,140.00
1,140.00
0
Charity
8,500.00
34.10
8,534.10
6,385.63
2,148.47
Disability Assistance
3,500.00
35.53
3,535.53
3,535.53
0
A. D. Children
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
0
O. A. Assistance
38,000.00
28.25
38,028.25
38,028.25
0
Veterans' Service
2,450.00
2,450.00
1,739.76
710.24
Holmes Road Water Main
1,620.29
$1,620.29
0
Pittsfield Road Water Main
10,387.27
10,387.27
0
10,387.27
10,387.27
10,030.50
356.77
Housatonic Street Water Main
153.16
153.16
0
0
East Street Water Main North Section
31,943.29
31,943.29
31,735.29
208.00
East Street Water Main South Section
22,000.00
22,000.00
18,934.54
3,065. 46
Water Department
42,000.00
42,000.00
39,927.33
2,072.67
Cemeteries
3,000.00
1,880.67
4,880.67
4,880. 40
.27
Clifford Park
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
0
Town Parks
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,477.22
22.78
Maintenance of Turnure Trust Real Estate
6,000.00
936.17
6,936.17
6,929.25
6.92
Recreation Program Turnure Trust Real Estate
2,500.00
770.00
3,270.00
3,268.73
1.27
Aspinwall Property
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
0
Retirement System
5,681.22
5,681.22
5,681.22
0
Town Debt and Interest
10,270.00
10,270.00
10,270.00
0
Memorial Day
500.00
42.00
542.00
542.00
0
Town Clock
75.00
75.00
75.00
0
Firemen's Poll Tax Refund
240.00
240.00
186.00
54.00
Printing and Postage
1,700.00
1,700.00
1,280.35
419.65
Telephone Account
700.00
48.00
748.00
743.30
4.70
American Legion
350.00
350.00
342.50
7.50
Academy
1,000.00
125.00
1,125.00
1,113.41
11.59
Insurance and Bonds
8,487.65
8,487.65
8,203.95
283.70
Tax Title
118.47
118.47
0
118.47
Publish and Print By-Laws
112.50
0
112.50
Stabilization Fund
15,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
0
Reserve Fund
8,706.28
10,000.00
1,293.72
0
1,293. 72
$488,830.66
$25,727.25
$22,821.29 $162,242.39
$653,979.01
$618,367.94
$35,611.07
4
West Street Pumping Station
East Street Water Main
1,954.29
1,954.29
0
112.50
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1956
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash on Hand December 31, 1956
$203,316.38
Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy 1955 Levy 1956
$3,546.92 4,391.55
Taxes: Levy of 1956
16,169.06
Overlay Surplus
$ 7,938.47 53,971.73
School Athletic Association
65.97
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
6,515.96
School Lunch
1,064.26
Tax Titles
2,090.20
Tax Possessions
124.18
State Parks and Reservations
398.36
Mosquito Control
. 46
Water Revenue
6,845.34
State and County Highway Revenue
3,731.60
Road Machinery Fund
1,559.75
Sale Cemeteries Lot Fund
5,C61.40
General Relief
$757.98
Aid to Dependent Children
160.40
Old Age Assistance
196.58
Schools
200.50
Cemeteries
75.00
1,390.46
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
$1,013.46
Water Rates and Service Charges
6,845.34
Aid Dependent Children
2,158.66
State Aid to Highways
2,221.07
Disability Assistance
10.84
3,182.96
County Tax
265.48
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
15.25
Tax Title Revenue
2,090.20
Tax Possessions Revenue
124.18
Smith Hughes and George Barden Account 73.50
Turnure Trust Rent and Bowling Receipts
1,329.92
Departmental:
Revenue Available when Collected:
Motor Vehicle
Departmental
$6,515.96 1,390. 46
7,906.42
County Aid to Highways
1,510.53
Appropriation Reserves: Modernization of Town Clerk's Vault, Construction of Vault in Basement, Relocating the Cell Block, Survey and Plans for Town Equipment $1,866.53
Filter Bed No. 2 8,000.00
Chapter 90 East Street
2,374.59
Chapter 90 West Street 2,500.00
Crystal Street, Lenox Dale
1,385.87
Elm Street, Lenox Dale
151.00
Stockbridge Road
225.95
New Lenox Road Bridge
516.51
Sewer Easements
136.05
Two-Ton Dump Truck, Snow Plow for the Dump Truck
571.08
Regional School District Plan- ning Committee Expense
200.00
Tax Title Expense
118.47
Publish and Print By-Laws
112.50
Elm Street Sidewalk, Lenox Dale
113.71
Cliffwood Street
382.41
Franklin Street
516.58
West Street Pumping Station
356.77
East Street Water Main, North Section 208.00
East Street Water Main, South Section 3,065. 46
Surplus Revenue
22,801.48 122,554.09
$240,582.00
$240,582.00
116
LIST OF JURORS
NAME
OCCUPATION
ADDRESS
1 Ernest Albert
Salesman
Carpenter
3 Ralph Henry Barnes
Salesman
Housatonic Street
4 George L. Babcock
Estimator
East Street
5 Raymond R. Carty
Steamfitter
Lenox Dale
6 Mario J. Cella
Gardener
East Street
7 Ella I. Clark
Housewife
East Street
8 John R. Dudley
Salesman
Pittsfield Road
9 Francis A. DuFresne
Contractor
Sunset Avenue
10 Dennis J. Duffin
Merchant
West Street
11 Homer C. Earll
Rep. Whlse Lumber
West Street
12 Helen Lasher Fillio
Housewife
Lenox Dale
13 William H. Gregory
Business
St. Ann's Avenue
14 William F. Gainey
Papermaker
Hawthorne Street
15 Harry C. Hughes
Banker
Kneeland Avenue
16 Herbert C. Hurst
Business
St. Ann's Avenue
17 Ethel G. Humphrey
18 Franklin T. Hutchinson
Mechanic
East Street
19 John W. Johnson
Contractor
Church Street
20 Forrest H. Judkins
G. E. Co.
New Lenox Road
21 James S. Kirby
Clerk
Hubbard Street
22 Walter J. Leemhuis
23 Edna L. Leonard
Housewife
New Lenox Road
24 Lebert Malone
Business
Hubbard Street
25 Anthony J. Mariano
G. E. Co.
Housatonic Street
26 Charles H. McCarty
Retired
Tucker Street
27 John W. Novo
Caretaker
Main Street
28 Gregory R. Prout
Butcher
St. Ann's Avenue
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