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EXHIBIT B-2 PROPOSED POLICE-FIRE SCALE Intermediates
Maximum
Pay Scale
Minimum
(1)
(2)
PF-1
$4,000.00
$4,100.00
$4,200.00
$4,300.00
PF-2
4,300.00
4,400.00
4,500.00
4,600.00
PF-3
4,600.00
4,700.00
4,800.00
4,900.00
PF-4
4,900.00
5,000.00
5,100.00
5,200.00
PF-5
5,400.00
5,500 00
5,600.00
5,700.00
PF-6
6,000.00
6,100.00
6,300.00
6,480.00
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 1, HOLIDAYS .- of the Employment Practices Affecting Com- pensation known as Article XCXI of the Town By-Laws, to read: Section 1, HOLIDAYS .- Town Employees including members of the Police Department shall be entitled to the fol- lowing holidays with pay at their regular straight time rate when they fall or are observed within the regular work week; January First, February twenty-second, April nineteenth; May Thirtieth, July fourth, the first Monday of September, October twelfth, November eleventh, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Employees other than the Fire Department, required to work on a legal holiday shall be paid according to the provi- sions provided for in Section 4. Members of the Fire Depart- ment required to work on a legal holiday shall be allowed com- pensation time off at the convenience of the Department, or act anything thereon.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-
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priate, borrow or transfer the sum of $3,350.00, this sum to be expended solely to compensate members of the Police Depart- ment in accordance with the amendment of Section 1, Holi- days, of the Employment Practices, Affecting Compensation known as Article XCXI of the Town By-Laws as proposed and/or voted in Article #6, or act anything thereon.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate such sums of money as may be necessary to pay Town debts and charges for the current year.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town in the amounts, or greater amounts, indicated herein, and to make such salary of compensation retroactive to January 1, 1960, in accordance with the provisions of Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended, raise and appropriate any money therefor, or act anything thereon.
SELECTMEN
Salary of Chairman
$ 650.00
Salary of Second Member
550.00
Salary of Third Member
550.00
SALARY OF TREASURER
3,600.00
SALARY OF TAX COLLECTOR
5,000.00
SALARY OF TOWN CLERK
5,000.00
ASSESSORS:
Salary of Chairman
700.00
Salary of Second Member (Clerk)
4,900.00
Salary of Third Member
700.00
SALARY OF MODERATOR
100.00
TREE WARDEN
per hour 2.03
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Salary of Chairman
800.00
Salary of Second Member
800.00
Salary of Third Member
800.00
Total Salaries
2,400.00
Less-Federal Grants
1,200.00
To be raised by 1960 Levy
1,200.00
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BOARD OF HEALTH: Salary of Chairman Salary of Second Member Salary of Third Member
150.00
150.00
150.00
SEWER COMMISSIONERS:
Salary of Chairman
250.00
Salary of Second Member
250.00
Salary of Third Member
250.00
Article 10. To see if the Town will transfer the sum of Two Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Five Dollars ($2,325.00) from the sale of Lots and Graves account to the Cemetery Improvement Account, or act anything thereon.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article V Section 4 of the Revised By-Laws as adopted April 30, 1956 as follows: To delete the sentence which reads "The officers of the town shall furnish the Committee with facts, figures and inventories relating to the operation of their department dur- ing the preceeding fiscal year at least thirty days prior to the annual town meeting and any other information whenever re- quested by said Committee" to read as follows: "The officers of the town shall furnish the Committee with facts, figures and inventories relating to the operation of their departments during the current fiscal year and relating to their budgets requests for the next fiscal year not less than ten days before the end of the town fiscal year and any other information whenever requested by said Committee." all in accordance with Chapter 41, Section 59 of the General Laws of the Com- monwealth, or act anything thereon.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the balance of $931.07 from the School Planning Account to the School Building Account, or act anything thereon.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the con- struction of new quarters to house the equipment of the High- way Department and to tear down the present Town Barn and erect a lean to over the present site for the storage of salt and sand. Work to be done by the Highway Department under the supervision of the Town Engineer, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain the necessary land for the construction of said new quarters, or act anything thereon.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the
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Board of Selectmen to sell at public auction the following described property;
Beginning at the Southwest corner of the tract at the cor- ner of Chestnut and Cisco Streets;
Thence S. 66° E. on the northerly line of said Cisco Street, 134.8' to the easterly face of a stone wall;
Thence N. 23° E. on said wall 58' to an angle;
Thence N. 44° 30' E. 58.5' to a bound standing in line with the southerly side and three feet distant from the south corner of the stable;
Thence N. 23º E. in a line parallel to and three feet distant from the easterly end of said stable, 40', to a bound standing in line with the northerly side of said stable;
Thence N. 16° 30' E., 71', to an angle in the bank wall;
Thence N. 31° 30' E., 160', to a stone bound standing at the easterly side of the bank wall;
Thence N. 24° 35' E., 141', to a bound standing on the southerly line of Overland Street;
Thence Westerly along the southerly line of said Overland Street, 12', to a bound at the Northeast corner of land of one Bebo;
Thence S. 24° 35' W., 100', to a bound in the ground;
Thence S. 32° 10' W., 151.5', to a bound in the ground;
Thence N. 65° 25' W., 130', to a bound in the ground on the easterly line of Chestnut Street;
Thence S. 24° 35' W., on said easterly line of Chestnut Street, 350.3' to a bound and point of beginning.
The above described premises are conveyed subject to the right that any person may have in and to the use of the private way extending from said Overland Street southerly for a dis- tance of 251.5' to the S. E. corner of land formerly of E. E. Gabree and known as lot No. 1 on plan of lots made for Her- man S. Cheney" at a price of not less than appraised value Twenty Thousand Two Hundred ($20,200.00) Dollars, or act anything thereon.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell at public auction a part or the whole of the real estate belonging to the town on Chestnut and Cisco Streets formerly used for the town infirmary, or act anything thereon.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money sufficient for the construction and erection of a Town Office Building and to determine whether the money be provided for by taxation, by appropriation from available funds in the Treasury and by borrowing under the provisions of Chapter 44, of the General Laws, or otherwise, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a certain sum of money to provide additional space for the Town Clerk and for the con- struction of a vault, to be used exclusively by the Town Clerk, or act anything thereon.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money to provide additional space to the office of the Board of Assessors by building a partition and doing other necessary work under a portion of the balcony in the main hall adjoining the present office, thereby making available approximately 100 square feet of additional space, or act anything thereon.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money to establish an Urban Renewal Program for the town of Southbridge in accordance with Title I of the Federal Housing Act of 1949, as amended, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to amend section 11 of Article XIX of the Town By-Laws as Revised in 1956, by striking out from the first sentence thereof, the following words: "only except where the storm sewer is above the area way, in which case the area may be connected with the sani- tary sewer if properly trapped and approved by the board of Health", and by further striking out the word "but" in said first sentence and replacing with the word "and", so that the said first sentence of section 11 shall read as follows: "All roofs, and paved areas, yards, courts and court yards shall be drained into the storm water drainage system and not into the separate sewers intended for sewage.", and by adding the fol- lowing paragraph after paragraph 3 of said section: "Storm water and drainage water from cellars, roofs, paved areas, yards, courts and court yards and from any other areas shall not be drained into the sewers intended for sewage system, either directly or indirectly." or act anything thereon.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 in order to enable the Board of Sewer Commissioners to make a survey to determine which storm drains and other surface water drains, if any, are connected to the sanitary sewer drains, or act anything thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300,000.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of constructing a 15-inch sewer line along Crystal Street and a 27-inch sewer line along East Main Street to the present sewer
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disposal plant and determine whether the money shall be pro- vided for by taxation, by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, and by borrowing under the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or otherwise, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $20,000.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of con- structing a 15-inch sewer line from Dean Street along Crystal Street to East Main Street or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money to pay Yvette Lamoureux for the construction of a sanitary sewer on Knoll- wood Drive, a distance of about 225 feet, providing that said Yvette Lamoureux releases to the Town of Southbridge all her rights by proper instrument, or act anything thereon.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer the sum of One Hundred Ninety ($190.00) Dollars to plant 15 Town owned trees on various streets, to replace trees that were cut down and re- moved, or act anything thereon.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer the sum of Seven Hundred ($700.00) Dollars to feed thirty-five shade trees on main streets, or act anything thereon.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote in accordance with Section 22B and 22C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws to authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease for a period of one year from the 1st day of April, 1960, property located at the corner of Main and Goddard Streets, owned by Martin Realty Co., of Auburn, Inc., to be used for off-street parking upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen might determine and to raise and appropriate, borrow or trans- fer a sufficient sum of money to cover the cost of such lease, public liability insurance and the cost of policing and main- taining said areas, or act anything thereon.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money to the Cohasse Brook Channel Clearance Account, to be used in conjunction with money allocated by the State under Chapter 91 of the General Laws to make necessary channel improvements from the terminus of the 1956 contract to Eastford Road by dredging and/or constructing walls along the present course and/or
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realignment where necessary and to see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase or eminent domain any parcels of land or rights of easement therein necessary for said channel improvement and to vote that the town assume the liability as provided by Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as amended, or act anything thereon.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money to the Cady Brook Channel Clearance Account to be used in conjunction with money allocated by the State under Chapter 91 of the General Laws to make necessary channel improvements from the terminus of the 1956 contract to a point 200 feet beyond Randolph Street by dredging and/or constructing walls along the present course and/or realignment where necessary and to see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Select- men to acquire by purchase or eminent domain any parcels of land or rights of easement therein necessary for said channel improvement and to vote that the town assume the liability as provided by Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as amended, or act anything thereon.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the con- struction of a sub-taxiway, parking area, and apron, substan- tially as shown on master plan now on file in the office of the Town Engineer, at the Southbridge Municipal Airport, said money to be used in conjunction with money to be allocated by the Federal Government, and the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, said work to be done by contract under supervision of the Southbridge Airport Commission, or act anything thereon.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money to extend run- way to 3,500 feet, installing of lights, construction of parallel taxiway, and appurtenant work at the Southbridge Municipal Airport, said money to be used in conjunction with money to be allocated in 1961 by the Federal Government and the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, said work to be done by contract under supervision of the Southbridge Airport Commission, or act anything thereon.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the relo- cation of Barefoot Road in accordance with the requirements needed to construct parallel taxiway and appurtenant work as shown on Master Plan of the Southbridge Municipal Airport
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now on file in the office of the Town Engineer said work to be done by contract under the supervision of the Town Engineer and to be completed prior to start of the 1961 construction at the Southbridge Municipal Airport; said relocation to be in accordance with Chapter 82 of the General Laws, or act any- thing thereon.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to hear, act on, and accept the report of the Board of Selectmen as to the lay- ing out of a public way a certain street known as Idlewood Street, commencing at the westerly terminus of the 1956 layout of Idlewood Street, thence westerly for a distance of one hun- dred fifty (150) feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to hear, act on, and accept the report of the Board of Selectmen as to the lay- ing out of a public way a certain street known as Fiske Street, commencing at the northerly terminus of the 1937 layout of said Fiske Street, thence northerly for a distance of approx- imately 80 feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to hear, act on, and accept the report of the Board of Selectmen as to the lay- ing out of a public way a certain street known as Richard Ave- nue, commencing on the easterly line of Dennison Drive, thence southeasterly and southerly for a distance of approx- imately 415.69 feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to hear, act on, and accept the report of the Board of Selectmen as to the lay- ing out of a public way a certain street known as Westwood Parkway, commencing at the end of the 1958 layout, thence southwesterly for a distance of approximately five hundred (500) feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Pleasant Street; said money to be used under Chapter 90 of the General Laws in conjunction with money which may be allotted by the State and County, or both, for this purpose, or act anything thereon.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the main- tenance of Chapter 90 roads in this town, said money to be used in conjunction with money, which may be allotted by the State and County, or both, for this purpose, or act anything thereon.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
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appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of South Street from West Street to the beginning of the 1952 construction a distance of about one thousand nine hundred fifty two (1,952) feet, said construction to include adequate drainage, foundation, curbing on south side and a Type I surfacing, or act anything thereon.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money to bring Knoll- wood Avenue to grade and repave from South St. northerly for a distance of approximately two hundred (200) feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the con- struction of a sanitary sewer on Charlton Street, from Vinton Street northerly to the Southbridge-Charlton line, a distance of about 4,000 feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Charlton Street from Vinton Street northerly to the Southbridge-Charlton line a distance of about four thou- sand (4,000) feet, said construction to consist of widening, grad- ing, adequate drainage, gravel foundations, penetrated and sealed with asphalt, or act anything thereon.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the re- surfacing with Type I of Main Street from Everett Street to Walnut Street a distance of about nine hundred (900) feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of and paving of Westwood Parkway from the termi- nus of the 1958 layout southwesterly for a distance of approx- imately five hundred (500) feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Franklin Street from Dresser Street to Dupaul Street a distance of about three hundred ninety-two (392) feet, this construction to consist of adequate drainage, foundation, curbing, and asphaltic sidewalk on westerly side, or act any- thing thereon.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
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appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Summer Street, from Elm Street to Everett Street a distance of four hundred thirty-two and seven tenths (432.7) feet, said construction to consist of adequate drainage, found- ation, curbing and asphaltic sidewalk on northerly side, or act anything thereon.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Dupaul Street from Marcy Street to Goddard Court a distance of about six hundred thirty (630) feet, said construction to consist of adequate drainage, concrete curb on southerly side and Type I surfacing, or act anything thereon.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Litchfield Avenue from South Street to Birch Street a distance of one thousand seven hundred twenty-six (1,726) feet, said construction to consist of adequate drainage, foundation, concrete curbing, and Type I surfacing, or act any- thing thereon.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Newell Avenue from South Street to Poplar Street a distance of about one thousand three hundred eighty (1,380) feet, said construction to consist of adequate drainage, found- ation, concrete curb on westerly side, replacement of concrete sidewalk on easterly side and Type I surfacing, or act anything thereon.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Poplar Street from Glover Street to Litchfield Ave. a distance of seven hundred eighty-five and thirty-one hun- dredths (785.31) feet, said construction to consist of adequate drainage, foundation, curbing, reconstruction of existing side- walk and Type I surfacing, or act anything thereon.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money to resurface Worcester Street with Type I from the Central Street Bridge to the junction of Worcester Street and Mechanic Street, a dis- tance of about two thousand (2000) feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Plimpton Street, from Walcott Street northerly about one thousand one hundred (1,100) feet, said construction
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to include necessary drainage, foundation, and to be surfaced with Type I, or act anything thereon.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the reloca- tion and reconstruction of Durfee Street from the westerly terminus of the 1941 relocation of Durfee Street, westerly to Dennison Drive, or act anything thereon.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Williams Street, a distance of approximately four hundred one (401) feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Cole Avenue from Dresser Street to Woodycrest Avenue, a distance of about 550 feet, said construction to con- sist of adequate foundation, curbing, asphaltic sidewalks and Type I surfacing, or act anything thereon.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Cole Avenue from Woodycrest Avenue southwest- erly to the end of the 1953 Acceptance for a distance of about seven hundred thirty (730) feet, said construction to consist of adequate foundation, curbing, drainage, and Type I surfacing, or act anything thereon.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Chestnut Street from Cisco Street southerly for a distance of approximately eight hundred (800) feet, said con- struction to consist of adequate drainage, foundation, concrete curb, asphaltic sidewalk and Type I surfacing, or act anything thereon.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Armory Lane from the westerly line of Morris Street southwesterly for a distance of about five hundred sixty- nine and thirty-eight hundredths (569.38) feet. Said work to consist of bringing street to grade for its full width, adequate foundations, concrete curb, asphaltic sidewalks, and appur- tenant work, surface to be Type I, or act anything thereon.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
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appropriate, borrow or transfer, a sum of money for the recon- struction of Lebanon Hill from approximately house #797 southerly to the Connecticut line, a distance of approximately 3,000 feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the recon- struction of Robert Street, from Pleasant Street westerly to Plimpton Street, a distance of about 238 feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer a sum of money for the repair of culvert crossing Main Street near Chestnut Street, or act anything thereon.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer, a sum of money for the con- struction of a storm drain on Prospect Street & Columbus Ave. a distance of about one thousand three hundred (1,300) feet, or act anything thereon.
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