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ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel Administration Plan-Town of Medfield By-law adopted November 30, 1964, as amended, by deleting therefrom in its entirety the paragraph captioned SICK LEAVE 14. and by substituting therefor a new para- graph as follows:
SICK LEAVE 14.
(a) An employee in continuous employment who has completed thirty weeks of service following original employment shall be allowed fifteen sick days leave with pay each calendar year or one and one-quarter days for each month thereof if in any year his em- ployment is less than thirty weeks, provided such leave is caused by sickness or injury or by exposure to contagious disease, but not injury sustained in other employment or injury recoverable by insurance.
(b) An employee in continuous employment shall be credited with the unused portion of sick leave granted under subsection (a) up to a maximum of 60 days.
(c) If the amount of sick leave credit provided for under subsec- tion (b) has been or is about to be exhausted, an employee may make application for additional allowance to that provided under subsec- tion (a). Such application shall be made to the Board which is authorized to grant such additional allowance as it may determine to be equitable after reviewing all circumstances including the employee's attendance and performance record prior to conditions supporting his request for additional allowance.
(d) Sick leave must be authorized by the department head and must be reported, on blanks provided for same, to the Board.
(e) A physician's certificate of illness may be requested by the department head after three days absence or after a series of
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repeated absences during the year. This certificate shall be for- warded by the department head to the Board.
(f) The Board may of its own motion, require a medical examina- tion of any employee who reports his inability to report for duty because of illness. This examination would be at the expense of the Town by a physician appointed by the Board.
(g) Injury, illness or disability self-imposed, or resulting from the use of alcohol or drugs shall not be considered a proper claim for sick leave under this Section.
(h) An employee who is incapacitated by reason of an injury sus- tained in the course of and arising out of his employment by the town may elect to receive from his accumulated sick leave the differ- ence between his normal work week compensation and the weekly indemnity of the Workman's Compensation Act, beginning with the first day of incapacity.
(i) Notification of absence due to illness must be made as early as possible on the first day of absence, either to the employee's immedi- ate superior or to the department head.
(j) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to conflict with Sec- tion 100 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and in the event of such conflict the provisions of said Section 100 of Chapter 41 shall prevail as to employees covered by said Section 100 of Chapter 41.
or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Personnel Board)
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Classification of Positions and Pay Schedules By-law adopted at the Annual Town Meeting of 1965, as amended, by making the following changes and additions thereto, viz:
FULL TIME POSITIONS
Rate Ranges
Position
2nd Minimum Step
3rd Step
4th Step
Maxi.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
*Chief
Annual
$7200
$7500
$7800
$8100
$8400
Sergeant
Annual
6150
6400
6650
6900
7150
Patrolman
Annual
5500
5700
5900
6100
6300
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STREET DEPARTMENT
*Superintendent Annual 7200 7500 7800 8100 8400
Snow removal Premium: 50 per cent of hourly rate for time worked other than normal schedule.
WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT
Delete Equipment Operator and substitute Light Equipment operator. Light Equipment Operator Hourly 2.10 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.50
REGULAR PART TIME POSITIONS
PUBLIC DUMP
Custodian Annual 2470
2600 2730 2860
2990
PART TIME AND TEMPORARY POSITIONS
Ambulance Administrator
$15.00 per month $2.25 per hour
Ambulance Attendant
Custodian: Library
$1,100.00 to $1,300.00 per year
Laborer $1.40 to $1.80 per hour
Library Aide
$1.40 to $2.00 per hour $150.00 per year $2,200.00 per year
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Town Accountant
Town Counsel $2,000.00 to $5,000.00 per year Traffic Supervisor: Female $2.00 per hour Tree Climber $1.95 to $2.50 per hour Truck Driver $2.00 to $2.50 per hour
or do or act anything in relation thereo.
(Personnel Board)
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel Administration Plan, Town of Medfield, adopted November 30, 1964 and March 8, 1965, as amended, by deleting in its entirety Section 14 entitled "Sick Leave" and substituting therefor the following section:
Section-14. SICK LEAVE
(a) An employee in continuous employment who has completed thirty weeks of service following original employment shall be allowed fifteen days sick leave with pay each calendar year or one and one- quarter days for each month thereof if in any year his employment is less than thirty weeks, provided such leave is caused by sickness or injury or by exposure to contagious disease, but not injury sustained in other employment or injury recoverable by insurance.
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(b) An employee in continuous employment shall be credited with the unused portion of sick leave granted under subsection (a) up to a maximum of 60 days.
(c) If the amount of sick leave credit provided under subsection (b) has been or is about to be exhausted, an employee may make appli- cation for additional allowance to that provided under subsection (a). Such application shall be made to the Board which is authorized to grant such additional allowance as it may determine to be equitable after reviewing all circumstances including the employee's attendance and performance record prior to conditions supporting his request for the additional allowance.
(d) Sick leave must be authorized by the department head and must be reported, on blanks provided for same to the Board.
(e) A physician's certificate of illness may be requested by the department head after three days absence or after a series of repeated absences during the year. This certificate shall be forwarded by the department head to the Board.
(f) The Board may of its own motion, require a medical examina- tion of any employee who reports his inability to report for duty because. of illness. This examination would be at the expense of the Town by a physician appointed by the Board.
(g) Injury, illness or disability self-imposed, or resulting from the use of alcohol or drugs shall not be considered a proper claim for sick leave under this Section.
(h) Payments made under the provisions of this Section shall be limited, in the case of an employee who is receiving Workmen's Com- pensation payments, to the difference between the amount paid in Work- men's Compensation and the employee's regular rate.
(i) Notification of absence due to illness must be made as early as possible on the first day of absence, either to the employee's immediate superior or the department head.
(j) Nothing in this section shall be construed to conflict with Section 100 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and in the event of such conflict the provisions of said Section 100 of Chapter 41 shall prevail as to employees covered by said Section 100 of Chapter 41.
Or do or act anyting in relation thereto.
(Petition)
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel Administration Plan, Town of Medfield, adopted November 30, 1964 and
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March 8, 1965, as amended, under the title of "Street Department". "Snow Removal Premium" by deleting the words "20 percent" and sub- stituting therefor the words "50 percent" so that it shall read as follows:
Snow Removal Premium: 50 percent of hourly rate for time worked other than normal schedule; or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Petition)
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel Administration Plan, Town of Medfield, adopted November 30, 1964 and March 8, 1965, as amended, by increasing the pay schedules enumerated under the title of "Street Department" by seven percent, or do or act anything in relaton thereto.
(Petition)
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 4 of the Personnel Administration Plan, Town of Medfield as adopted Novem- ber 30, 1964 and March 8, 1965, as amended by deleting in its entirety Section 4 entitled "Personnel Board" and substituting therefor the fol- lowing section.
Personnel Board
4. Under the Plan, there shall be a Personnel Board consisting of five members who shall be appointed by the Moderator. One mem- ber of the Personnel Board shall be a Town employee who shall not serve for more than one consecutive year. The terms of office of the remaining four members of the Personnel Board shall be for three years. In addition to the existing terms of appointments one additional member to be appointed for the term of three years upon acceptance of this amendment and a Town employee for the term of one year upon acceptance of this amendment.
The Personnel Board shall serve without pay. Or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Petition)
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the "Personnel Administration Plan of the Town of Medfield" as adopted on November 30, 1964 and March 8, 1965 by increasing the pay schedules enumerated under the Section entitled "Classification of Positions and Pay Schedules Full Times Positions" Police Department by seven (7) percent, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Petition)
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend the "Personnel Administration Plan of the Town of Medfield" as adopted on November 30, 1965 and March 8, 1965 by deleting from the Section entitled "Classi- fications of Positions and Pay Schedules Full Time Positions" the sub- section entitled "Police Department" and substituting therefor the fol- lowing sub-section: or do or act anything in relation thereto.
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
1st year of service
2nd year of service
3rd year of service
4th year of service
5th year of service
Chief
$6741.00
$7,062.00
$7,383.00
$7,704.00
$8,015.00
Sergeant
5778.00
6,045.50
6,313.00
6,580.50
6,848.00
Patrolmen
5243.00
5,457.00
5,671.00
5,885.00
6,099.00
(Petition)
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend the "Personnel Administration Plan of the Town of Medfield" as adopted on November 30, 1964 by deleting in its entirety Section 8 entitled "Step Increases" and substituting therefor the following section: or do or act anything in relation thereto:
Step Increases
8. Progression through the rate changes may be accomplished through length of service or on recommendation of the Department Head and Personnel Board.
(Petition)
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel Administration Plan for the Town of Medfield adopted November 30, 1964 as amended, by deleting under the caption "Part time and Temporary Positions" the words and figures
"Town Counsel $3,000.00 per year"
and by substituting therefore the words and figures
"Town Counsel Minimum $2,000.00-Maximum $6,000.00 per year"
or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Town Counsel)
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to appoint one of its members as Water Superin- tendent, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Water and Sewerage Board)
15
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ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to appoint one of its members as Clerk, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Assessors)
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to appoint one of its members as Agent for the Board of Health, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Health)
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to appoint one of its members as Superintendent, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Cemetery Commissioners)
ARTICLE 20. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer and/or borrow for the purpose of making extraordinary repairs and alterations to the existing public library build- ing at Main and Pleasant Streets, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Trustees of the Public Library)
ARTICLE 21. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer and/or borrow for the purpose of con- structing, originally furnishing and equipping a new public library building on land presently owned by the Town on Pleasant Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Trustees of the Public Library)
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Public Lib- rary Building Committee and to authorize it to make extraordinary repairs and alterations to the existing public library building at Main and Pleasant Streets and to construct, originally equip and furnish a new public library building on land presently owned by the Town on Pleasant Street; to enter into contracts for all of the same; to employ architects and engineers in connection therewith; to accept the work when completed and to enter into contracts and agreements relative to State or Federal aid relative to the project with any appropriate Agency of the State or Federal governments, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Trustees of the Public Library)
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Thousand, Seven Hundred Dollars ($6,700.) for the recon-
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struction and resurfacing of Main Street (Route 109) and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into any and all contracts necessary or incidental thereto; said money to be used with funds allotted by the County and State, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($850.) to install a guard fence on the easterly side of Spring Street and extending from Kings- bury's Pond southerly for a distance of two hundred (200) feet, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money and appropriate it to the Street Improvement Program for the purpose of reconstructing a section of Granite Street, and further to see what sum the Town will appropriate for paying land damages for land taking incidental and necessary thereto, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000.) and appropriate it to the Street Resurfacing Program; said funds to be expended for the resurfac- ing of Spring Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow, and/or transfer the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.) for the purchase of a dump truck for the Street Department, and authorize the Selectmen to sell or trade the Walter Snowfighter as part of the purchase price, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer the sum of Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.) for the purchase of a dump truck for the Street Department, and authorize the Selectmen to sell or trade a 1956 Dodge Dump Truck as part of the purchase price, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.) for the pur- chase of a four-wheel drive pickup truck and plow for the Street Depart-
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ment and authorize the Selectmen to sell or trade a 1959 Dodge pickup truck as part of the purchase price, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to purchase and equip a new motor vehicle for use as a police cruiser, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade or sell as part of the purchase price the present 1964 Chevrolet sedan, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Police Department)
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to purchase a Radar-Timer for use by the Police Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Police Department)
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to defray the expenses and costs of having the Chief of Police attend the National Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy for three months, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Police Department)
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to be used to paint Pavement Markings on Public Ways, or do or act anything in rela- tion thereto.
(Police Department)
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 90, Section 20B, as amended, and to adopt the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 90, Section 18A, or to adopt either of them, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 35. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer and/or borrow for the purchase and installation of traffic and pedestrian control signals at the intersection of Spring and Main Streets, at the intersection of North, Main and Pleasant Streets and at the intersection of South and Main Streets and for the synchronization of all of them with existing traffic control lights and with each other, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 36. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer and/or borrow for the purchase and in- stallation of mechanized machine accounting equipment for the use of all Town Departments, including the School Department, or do or act any- thing in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer and Selectmen to execute and deliver Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.) School Project Loan Act of 1948 bonds dated December 1, 1964 and payable December 1, 1984, with coupons attached beginning with those payable June 1, 1965, to replace bonds which have been lost by the owner thereof, with such security as they may deem satisfactory to indemnify the town and its officers against any additional expense or liability on account of the issue of the replacement bonds.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following By-Law:
"No person shall hunt, fire or discharge any firearms or explosives of any kind within the limits of any highway, park or other public property except with the written permission of the Board of Select- men given after due consideration of the public safety; or on any private property except with the written permission of the owner or legal occupant thereof; provided, however, that this By-law shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or liberty or the defense of pro- perty nor to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties. Any person who violates this By-law shall be punished by a fine of not more than Twenty Dollars ($20.00)."
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept as public ways the following named streets or parts thereof; viz: Arnold Drive, Belknap Road, Blacksmith Drive, Crest Circle, Fox Lane, Haven Road, Hearth- stone Drive, Homestead Drive, Lower Road, Pine Grove Road, and Wildewood Drive, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen on February 15, 1966 and shown on plans referred to in the Orders of Layout and one file with the Town Clerk's Office and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise such rights, titles and ease- ments, including drainage easements, as may be necessary to accom- plish such purpose, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Three Hundred and Twenty-seven Dollars and Eleven Cents ($327.11) for the purpose of pay- ing land damages arising from the relocation of Bridge Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 41. To hear and act on the reports of any special com- mittees appointed at any previous Special Town Meeting or Annual Town Meeting or appointed by the Moderator or Selectmen as authorized by the vote of the Town.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 42. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer and/or borrow for the purpose of making extraordinary repairs to the former North Street School, so-called, so as to convert the same for use as a municipal office building, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 43. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds for the use of the Town Common and Parking Area Committee appointed under the pro- visions of Article 16 of the Special Town Meeting of November 22, 1965, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, taking by eminent domain or other- wise, in behalf of the Town for school purposes, 10 acres of land, more or less and bounded and described as follows:
Southerly by School Street, 621 feet, more or less;
Westerly by land now or formerly of Reggio, 400 feet, more or less;
Southeasterly by land now or formerly of said Reggio, 511 feet, more or less;
Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Byng, 650 feet, more or less;
Northeasterly by land now or formerly of Cunning, 1356 feet more or less;
Easterly by North Street, 350 feet, more or less; and again generally Southeasterly by the curved intersection of North Street and School Street.
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and to see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate and/or borrow or transfer from available funds to defray the cost of acquisition of said premises, or do or act anything in relation thereto. Said premises are believed to belong to Evelyn Byng.
(Land Acquisition Committee for School Building Needs)
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, taking by eminent domain or other- wise, in behalf of the Town for school purposes, 20 acres of land, more or less and bounded and described as follows:
Southeasterly by land now or formerly of Cunning, 575 feet, more or less;
Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Byng, 1540 feet, more or less;
Westerly by land now or formerly of Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, 192 feet, more or less;
Northerly by land now or formerly of Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, 715 feet, more or less;
Northwesterly by land now or formerly of Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, 260 feet, more or less; and
Northeasterly by land now or formerly of Wardner Farm Trust, 950 feet, more or less.
and to see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate and/or borrow or transfer from available funds to defray the cost of acquisition of said premises, or do or act anything in relation thereto. Said premises are believed to belong to Frances M. Cunning.
(Land Acquisition Committee for School Building Needs)
ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, taking by eminent domain or other- wise, in behalf of the Town for school purposes, 58,864 square feet of land and 4.908 acres of land, situated on the Southwesterly side of Plea- sant Street and being shown as Parcel A and Parcel B, respectively, on a certain plan recorded with Norfolk Deeds as Plan No. 70 of 1946 in Book 2584, Page 98, and to see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow or transfer from available funds to defray the cost of acquisition of said premises, or do or act anything in relation thereto. Said premises are believed to belong to Beckwith Post No. 110, Inc., American Legion.
(Land Acquisition Committee for School Building Needs)
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ARTICLE 47. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer from available funds in the Treasury for the purpose of purchasing vacant land adjacent to the land presently owned by the Town of Medfield and used in conjunction with the Swimming Pond, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
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