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In addition to the 85 voters present, many Lake Dean summer residents attended the meeting.
Special Meeting - October 4, 8 P.M.
Article 1
The motion was made that the Town approve the $112,900 indebtedness authorized by the Quabbin Re- gional District School Committee on September 5, 1963, for acquiring a site and for preparing architectural and engineering plans for the construction of a Junior-Senior High School, and that the vote be by secret ballot. For the first time printed YES-NO slips were used. The result of the voting was 59 yes, 8 no.
Special Meeting - November 13, 8 P.M.
All votes were unanimous, except on Articles 6 and 7 Article 1
It was voted that the sum of $3,500 be appropriated from unappropriated available funds in the treasury for use to pay costs of snow removal and sanding for the current year.
Article 2
That the sum of $2,000 be appropriated from unappro-
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priated available funds in the treasury to meet Public Assistance charges for the current year. Article 3
That the sum of $500, received as state aid for library purposes, be appropriated from unappropriated avail- able funds in the treasury for use to meet the cost of libra- ry expenses during the current year.
Article 4
That the sum of $2,000 be transferred from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Machinery Account.
Article 5
That the by-laws of the Town be amended by adding the following section and chapter.
Chapter VII
Inspector of Gas Piping and Gas Appliances
SECTION 1 The Board of Selectmen shall annually, du- ring the month of March, appoint one inspector of gas piping and gas appliances in buildings, whose duties shall be the enforcement of rules and regulations adopted by the Gas Regulatory Board established under Section 12H of Chapter 25 of the General Laws, as amended.
Article 6
That the sum of $700 be appropriated from unappropri- ated available funds in the treasury for use to pay land damage judgments and legal fees incurred in connec- tion with the layout of New Braintree Road. There was one opposing vote.
Article 7
That the Town purchase a new truck for the Highway Department and turn in the two trucks now owned by the Town in part payment therefor, the balance of the funds for this purchase to be provided for by appropri- ating the sum of $500 from unappropriated available funds in the treasury and borrowing the sum of $1,700 under the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 7 of the General Laws.
Voting was by show of hands, 17 voters being in favor, 5 opposed.
Article 8
That the sum of $600 be appropriated from the Cafeteria Classroom Alteration Account for use to meet certain school expenses.
30 voters attended the meeting.
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Attorney General Edward W. Brooks approved the by- law adopted under Article 5 on November 20, 1963.
Special Meeting - December 30, 7:30 P.M.
All votes were unanimous.
Article 1
It was voted that the sum of $358.57 be transferred from the Interest Account to the Veterans' Service Account. Article 2
That the sum of $54.78 be transferred from the Public Assistance and Administration Account to the Highway Department Account.
Article 3
That the sum of $94.15 be appropriated from the Bicen- tennial Celebration Fund for use to pay charges incurred in connection with the Bicentennial Celebration.
12 voters attended the meeting.
DOROTHY P. DAY, Clerk
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Appointments
Chief of Police
Fire Warden
Civil Defense Director
Dog Officer
Wire Inspector
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Inspector of Animals
Inspector of Slaughtering
Veterans' Agent
Superintendent of Streets
Burial Agent
Custodian of Town Hall
Town Counsel
Accounting Officer
Walter E. Cole Elwin H. Whitman Wesley H. Dwelly Waclaw S. Smichinski LeRoy C. Spinney Frederick H. Stone Henry W. Stone, Jr. Henry W. Stone, Jr. Anthony A. Lupa Harold E. Gray Theodore F. Murphy Charles T. Casault Arthur L. Beaudette Eugene F. Connolly
Police Officers
Frederick G. Stone
Walter W. Nelson
Ronald W. Wilkins
Norman L. Drolet
Jurors
W. Aubrey March (Drawn)
Richard J. Hardsog
Marvell Mann Francis Mucha
Donald C. Agar
William C. Dermody
Board of Appeals
Lewis A. Hodgkinson Stanley Jamara
Raymond H. Field
Board of Registrars
Dorothy P. Day Leone Daniels
LeRoy C. Spinney Arthur F. Bealand
The organization of the Board continued the same as in the past few years with Walter W. Nelson acting as Chairman of the Board of Health and Roger H. Lonergan as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and as Prudential Member of the Quaboag Welfare District.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FINANCES
During the year the Board examined and approved twenty eight Treasury Warrants authorizing the payment, transfer or deposit of a total of $247,281.38. Most of the funds for these transactions were provided for at the Annual Town Meeting in March and were raised by direct taxation. How- ever, because of unforseen events it was necessary to appropri- ate additional sums from available funds in the treasury for Snow Removal and Sanding, Public Assistance, Veterans' Benefits, Vacation Pay, for the purchase of a new truck for the Highway Department, and for land damages. This re- duced the amount of Free Cash by $7,040 and will limit the amount that can be used in 1964 to reduce the tax levy.
Breakdown of Total Payments
Operating Expenses
$196,611.30
Stabilization Fund Deposit
4,500.00
Deposits of bequests, interest, perpetual care funds, etc.
293.00
Retirement and Withholding
payments, refunds, etc.
8,374.42
Repayment of temporary loans
37,100.00
Alden Fund
402.66
Total
$247,281.38
Classification
Total Expended 4,812.93
Percent of Total
General Government
$
2.4
Public Safety
5.638.94
2.9
Health and Sanitation
246.70
0.1
Streets and Highways
60,432.65
30.8
Public Assistance
24,212.36
12.3
Schools and Education
87,754.28
44.6
Recreation and Unclassified
2,375.84
1.2
Cemeteries
1,354.69
0.7
Interest and Maturing Debt
4,836.03
2.5
Assessments
4,946.88
2.5
Totals
$196,611.30
100.0
Since there is considerable interest in the financial affairs of the town at the present time it may be of assistance to the voters to explain some of the terms used and how certain fig- ures are arrived at. The following are a few of the more com- mon terms:
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
SURPLUS REVENUE (Also referred to as the amount in the Excess and Deficiency Account) is the amount by which the Cash, Accounts Receivable and other floating assets exceed the liabilities and reserves at any particular time.
CASH refers to he actual amount of cash in the custody of the treasurer or on deposit to the town's account. It does not include trust funds, stabilization funds or any other funds set aside for a particular purpose. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE include uncollected taxes, tax titles and possessions, Federal, State and County re- imbursements due and other receipts to be collected.
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES include temporary loans to be repaid, state and county assesments, payroll de- ductions, income from trust funds, revolving funds, Federal grants, appropriation balances, sale of ceme- tery lot funds, highway machinery funds, overlays reserved for abatements, revenue reserved until col- lected and other miscellaneous items.
Surplus revenue is built up in the following ways: Automatically
(a) by the return of unexpended balances of gene- ral appropriations to surplus revenue at the end of the fiscal year.
(b) from the excess of receipts from sources other than taxation over estimated receipts, as used by the assessors, and from taxes from supplementary assess- ments made after the tax rate has been set.
By vote of the town:
(a) by voting to return any unexpended balance of an appropriation made for a special purpose, where such purpose has been accomplished, to sur- plus revenue.
(b) by voting all or any part of a business enterprise into surplus revenue.
(c) by voting an appropriation directly from taxa- tion into surplus revenue.
Surplus Revenue is reduced: Automatically
(a) when actual receipts during any fiscal year are less than the estimated receipts used by the assessors in determining the amount to be raised by taxation. (b) when state or county assessments exceed the
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figures used by the assessors when determining the amount to be raised by taxation.
(c) when surplus revenue funds are used (with the approval of the Director of Accounts) in case of ex- treme emergency.
By vote of the town:
(a) when the town votes to appropriate sums of money from "unappropriated available funds in the treasury" for any purpose.
(b) when the town votes to use surplus revenue funds to reduce the tax levy.
FREE CASH is the amount of the Surplus Revenue account over and above uncollected taxes for the previous years. This is also sometimes referred to as "available funds." The amount of Free Cash as of the first of January is certified annually for each city and town in the Common- wealth by the Director of Accounts and no municipality is allowed to appropriate funds totalling more than the amount so certified during the year.
The following are the amounts of Free Cash certified for the Town of Oakham as of January first of the years listed:
1960 $25,119.74
1961
14,149.72
1962
23,900.93
1963
16,246.63
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
Reconstruction of New Braintree Road under Chapter 90 Construction continued in a westerly direction to a point a short distance beyond Lincoln Road. Excavation, embank- ment and drainage were substantially completed and the first course of gravel surface was placed and graded by the end of the year.
Work was resumed on Barre Road using Chapter 782 and some Chapter 81 funds and about 1200 feet of roadway was completed. It is our understanding that additional state funds will be available to continue work on this road in 1964.
Maintenance of other roads in the town was continued under the provisions of Chapter 81 and 90 Maintenance.
GENERAL
Although, as stated in the introduction, the affairs of the town during the year were more or less routine some activity did take place.
SURPLUS REVENUE-UNCOLLECTED TAXES=FREE CASH
DOLLARS
DOLLARS
50,000
50,000
SURPLUS REVENUE
40,000
40,000
30,000
30,000
FREE
CASH
20,000
20,000
10,000
10,000
UNCOLLECTED.
TAXES
0
54
1955
'56
'57
'58
$59
1960
61
62
'63
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The town voted to join with the towns of Barre, Hard- wick and Hubbardston in the formation of a junior-senior re- gional high school district and later approved the vote of the regional district school committee to incur debt for site pur- chase and planning costs. Both votes were by an overwhelm- ing majority.
Proposals to have the town purchase Lake Dean were twice tabled and finally defeated but articles to allow the town to raise funds for snow removal and ordinary repairs to certain private roads in the Lake Dean area were approved.
Also the town passed amendments to its by-laws author- izing vacation pay for full time employees and authorizing the selectmen to appoint an "inspector of gas piping and gas appli- ances in buildings."
LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED
Sale of milk, cream and margarine 3
Sale of Ice cream, tonic and confectionaries on Sunday 3
Common victualler 2
Gunsmith 1
Sale of firearms 1
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN P. O'DONNELL ROGER H. LONERGAN WALTER W. NELSON
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REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR
1959
Outstanding December 31, 1962
$ 526.56
Paid Treasurer $ 464.08
Outstanding December 31, 1963
62.48
$ 526.56
$ 526.56
1960
Outstanding December 31, 1962
$ 1,825.97
Paid Treasurer
$ 556.46
Outstanding December 31, 1963
1,269.51
$ 1,825.97
$ 1,825.97
1961
Outstanding December 31, 1962
$ 6,126.78
Paid Treasurer
$ 2,469.95
Outstanding December 31, 1963
Poll
26.00
Farm Animal
56.84
Excise
1,132.25
Personal Property
453.60
Real Estate
1,988.14
$ 6,126.78
$ 6,126.78
1962
Outstanding Poll December 31, 1962
S 70.00
Paid Treasurer
$ 18.00
Outstanding December 31, 1963
52.00
$ 70.00
$ 70.00
1962
Outstanding Personal Property
$ 1,232.16
Paid Treasurer
S 489.60
Outstanding December 31, 1963
742.56
$ 1,232.16
S 1,232.16
1962
Outstanding Real Etsate
$ 6,887.11
Paid Treasurer
$ 4,273.75
Outstanding December 31, 1963
2,613.36
S 6,887.11 $ 6,887.11
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1962
Outstanding Farm Animal
$ 73.17
Outstanding December 31, 1963 $ 73.17
$ 73.17
$ 73.17
1962
Outstanding Excise
4,504.94 $
Additional Commitments received in 1963
195.33
Paid Treasurer
$ 2,298.00 375.88
Outstanding December 31, 1963
2,121.39
Refunded
-95.00
S 4,700.27
$ 4,700.27
1963
Outstanding Poll Tax
$ 322.00
Paid Treasurer
$ 226.00
Abatements
6.00
Outstanding December 31, 1963
90.00
$ 322.00
$ 322.00
1963
Outstanding Farm Animal Paid Treasurer
$
103.50
Outstanding December 31, 1963
180.13
$ 283.63
$ 283.63
1963
Outstanding Personal Property Paid Treasurer
$ 20,872.52
Outstanding December 31, 1963
1,280.38
$ 22,152.90
$ 22,152.90
1963
Outstanding Real Estate
$ 52,054.80
Paid Treasurer
$ 40,562.70
Abatements
2,325.16
Tax Title
49.00
Outstanding December 31, 1963
9,397.94
$ 52,334.80
$ 52,054.80
Abatements
$ 4,795.27
$ 4,700.27
$ 283.63
$ 22,152.90
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Refunded
-280.00
$ 52,054.80
$ 52,054.80
1963
Outstanding Excise
$ 14,701.34
Paid Treasurer
$ 6,612.08
Abatements
1,103.49
Outstanding December 31, 1963
7,095.60
$ 14,811.17
$ 14,701.34
Refunded
-109.83
$ 14,701.34 $ 14,701.34
Interest and Costs
Total Received
$ 174.75
Total Paid Treasurer
$ 174.75
Summary
Total Taxes Collected
$ 78,946.64
Total Received in Lieu of Taxes
7,089.74
Total Interest and Costs
174.75
$ 86,211.13
Maude M. Stone, Collector of Taxes
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
I am pleased to submit my first report as Town Treas- urer.
During the year 1963 long term debt owed by the Town was reduced $4,500.00. Revenue and Disbursements in- creased by about ten percent above 1962.
Trust and general funds increased to $70,973.40 an im- provement of almost $3,500.00 over 1962.
I wish to thank everyone for their help and considera- tion.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD J. HARDSOG
Statement of Treasurer's Cash
General Fund
Alden Fund
Balance January 1, 1963
Received during 1963
$ 30,189.71 $ 245,537.93
957.76
275,727.64
957.76
Disbursed during 1963
246,878.72
402.66
Balance December 31, 1963 $ 28,848.92 $
555.10
Cash in General Fund including Alden
Fund, December 31, 1963
$ 29,404.02
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TRUST AND OTHER FUNDS
Original Amount
Balance January 1
Received during '63
Disbursed during '63
Interest Credited '63
Balance 12-31-63
Library Trust Funds
Harriet F. Gifford
$ 5,000.00 $
6,153.60
$ 1,000.00 $
248.58 $
5,402.18
Carl Wheeler Fobes
1,000.00
1,256.59
250.00
52.22
1,058.81
B. P. Clark Legacy
605.78
1,101.83
250.00
56.17
908.00
Samuel R. Dean Legacy
1,513.52
1,891.68
81.66
1,973.34
Ethel Braman Fobes
100.00
154.72
6.66
161.38
Fobes Memorial
2,000.00
2,159.65
87.68
2,247.33
Alfred Parks Wright
500.00
771.85
31.32
803.17
J. H. O. Lovell Fund
153.00
359.70
14.58
374.28
$ 10,872.30 $
13,849.62
$ 1,500.00 $
578.87 $
12,928.49
Special Funds
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
$ 444.77
$ 18.51 $
463.28
Henry Park Wright Fund
440.11
18.98
459.09
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$
12,720.32
565.45
*565.45
12,720.32
Cemetery Perpetual Care Income Acct.
871.79
36.31
908.10
Stabilization Fund
5,734.97
4,500.00
280.07
10,515.04
Alden Fund Cash in Savings Bank
3,432.04
143.02
3,575.06
$ 37,493.62 $ 4,500.00
$ 2,065.45 $
1,641.21 $
41,569.38
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
*Deposited in General Fund
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ALDEN FUND
Balance on Deposit in Savings
Bank, January 1, 1963
$ 3,432.04 143.02
Interest added in 1963
Balance on Deposit in Savings Bank, December 31, 1963
3,575.06
Dividends Received in 1963 on Marketable Securities 957.76
Disbursements from Income for 1963
402.66
Balance in General fund for 1963
555.10
ALDEN FUND SECURITIES
Number of Share's of Massachusetts
Investors Trust held January 1, 1963
1,312
Number of above shares held December 31, 1963 1,312
Market value of shares as of
December 31, 1963 at $15.25 each
$ 20,008.00
Cash Received in 1963 and deposited in general fund Payments made in 1963
$ 957.76
402.66
Deposited in General Fund
$ 555.10
MUNICIPAL DEBT
Balance 1-1-63
Borrowed in 1963
Payments in 1963
Balance 12-31-63
School Building
Remodeling Loan of 1950
$ 4,500.00
$ 500.00 $
4,000.00
Fire Sation Loan of 1957
4,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Fire Fighting Equipment loan of 1961
4,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Anticipation Reimbursement Loan of December 27, 1962 12,100.00
12,100.00
Anticipation Reimbursement Loan of March 20, 1963, Chapter 81
12,100.00
12,100.00
Anticipation Reimbursement Loan of June 25, 1963, Chapter 90 Anticipation of Revenue Loan of August 8, 1963
13,000.00
13,000.00
25,000.00
25,000.00
Highway Equipment Loan of March 1, 1963, New Sander Highway Equipment Loan of November 19, 1963, New Truck
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,700.00
1,700.00
$ 24,600.00 $ 53,300.00 $
41,600.00 $
36,300.00
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTING OFFICER
I hereby submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1963.
During the past year 28 Treasury Warrants were pre- sented to the Board of Selectmen for examination and ap- proval and paid by the Treasurer. The warrants listed ex- penditures which totalled $246,878.72. In addition $402.66 was listed and expended from the Alden Fund.
Receipts for 1962 totalled $245,537.93 in the general fund and $957.76 for the Alden Fund. The cash balance on hand January 1, 1964, $28,848.92.
The outstanding debt of the town as of December 31, 1963, stands at $11,200.00. Of this amount $4000.00 is out- side the debt limit. A temporary loan of $25,100-00 will be paid in 1964 from reimbursements by the Commonwealth and County on highway contracts.
A balance sheet showing the financial standing of the town will be found in this report along with a statement show- ing the expenditures of the various appropriations and other accounts.
Respectfully submitted,
EUGENE F. CONNOLLY, Accounting Officer
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board takes pleasure in presenting the sixth annual report to the Town of Oakham.
The Board organized for the year 1963 with Mrs. Eloise Kuhner as Chairman, Charles R. Dean as Clerk, and with the following other members: Richard G. Riley, Russell E. Crom- bie and Francis Brennan.
Lot plans of Leslie Stewart, William Wareing and the Estate of Joseph Prunier were acted on and approved.
A by-law regarding House Trailers and Trailers Parks is being drawn up and will be presented to Voters of Oak- ham at a later date.
The Base Map of the Town of Oakham is near comple- tion.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. ELOISE KUHNER RICHARD G. RILEY CHARLES R. DEAN RUSSELL E. CROMBIE FRANCIS BRENNAN
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL STUDY COMMITTEE and the REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE
Copies of the report of the Regional School District Plan- ning Board representing the towns of Barre, Hardwick, Hub- bardston and Oakham, giving its findings and recommenda- tions, were forwarded to the selectmen of the several towns on January third and since the report recommended the form- ation of a regional school district and the construction of a regional junior-senior high school, copies of the proposed agreement were also forwarded.
Special town meetings were held in all four towns on Saturday, February second and as all four towns voted in the affirmative the regional school district was formed.
This action terminated the duties of both committees.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the citi- zens of Oakham for the interest that they have taken in this problem and for having given us the opportunity to serve on these committees.
Norman Drolet Max H. Kuhner Roger H. Lonergan Dorothy V. Lupa Willard C. Rutherford
School Study Committee
Max H. Kuhner Roger H. Lonergan Willard C. Rutherford
Regional School District Planning Committee
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE
Activities of the Committee during the year consisted principally of cleaning up unfinished business left over from 1962, collecting and storing records, and other miscellaneous details. A bronze plaque to be placed on the boulder in front of the Bicentennial Oak has been ordered and estimates have been obtained on the cost of a marker, to be placed on or near the stump of the "leaning elm."
With all bills paid up to date, including the plaque re- ferred to above, the balance in the Bicentennial Celebration Fund at the end of the year was $699.29.
It is the committee's recommendation that a part of this balance, possibly $250, be placed in a savings bank and allow- ed to draw interest until the year 2012 at which time it would be made available to the town for its 250th anniversary cele- bration. The value of the fund at that time should be over $2,000. The remaining amount in the Fund could be returned to the General Treasury.
Respectfully submitted,
LeRoy Spinney, Chairman John Robinson, Treasurer Howard Dean, Secretary Willard Rutherford Robert Wile
Bicentennial Anniversary Celebration Committee
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PUBLIC SAFETY
PUBLIC SAFETY
4.5
4.9
5.6
'61
'62
'63
Reports of the Police Department Fire Department Tree Warden
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
Appropriation
Expended
$ 700.00 699.35
The Department continued its regular duties through- out the year including inspection of vacant properties, direct- ing traffic, traffic patrols and investigations of complaints.
Several emergency trips to the hospital were carried out and in at least two instances prompt action and proper use of the resuscitator were responsible for saving lives.
Several courses in the proper use of the resuscitator have been given to people of the town and at the present time the following persons are qualified to give first aid using the re- suscitator:
Walter E. Cole Dorothy Day
Norman Drolet
Ruth Drolet
Walter Nelson
Marie Jamara
Ronald Wilkins
Daisy Widing
Plus the officers and several members of the fire de- partment.
During the year three members of the Department took and passed advanced courses conducted by the State Police at Hardwick
Respectfuly submitted,
WALTER E. COLE, Chief of Police
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$ 2,500.00
Expended
$ 2,496.79
Principal items of fire fighting equipment owned by the town:
1-1960 International-Maynard pumper-tanker
1-1953 Ford pumper-tanker
1-1952 International tanker
2-Hale portable pumps
1-Scott Air-Pac 7-Indian pump tanks
1,000' 21/2" hose 1,200' 11/2" hose
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PUBLIC SAFETY
Extension and roof ladders
E. & J. Resuscitator
Fires reported during the year:
3 dwelling (chimney)
1 barn
1 power transformer
5 brush or grass
6 at town dump
Continued progress is being made by the department in maintaining and improving equipment.
As the town grows and costs of all things are marked with a steady increase, we have been able to stay within our budget. Credit for this goes to the members, who continued to serve without salaries.
During 1963 over three hundred man hours were spent in fire fighting alone. Considerable more time was spent in other activities which, while less spectacular are equally neces- sary in maintaining a Fire Department.
Our third biennial auction is scheduled for the coming year. Funds realized thusly are an important part of our budget, and do not increase the taxpayer's burden.
Respectfuly submitted, ELWIN H. WHITMAN, Chief of the Fire Department
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
Expended
Insect Pest Control $ 100.00 100.00
Dutch Elm Disease $ 650.00 650.50
Tree Warden $ 150.00 114.80
A total of 56 elms were cut down and destroyed by the town and State crews during the year. Also 8 elms on or near M.D.C. property were cut down and removed by that depart- ment.
The town received $28.58 from the County and the equivalent of $300 in labor and equipment from the State to help carry out this program.
Insect pest control money was used for spraying poison ivy along Coldbrook and Rutland Roads and around Wright Park.
Tree warden money was used to repair the large elm near the Congregational Church and to remove trees and branches that were dangerous.
H. ROSCOE CRAWFORD,
Tree Warden
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
15.6
16.5
24.2
'61
'62
'63
Report of the
Board of Public Welfare
and the
Charlton Home Farm
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Item
Expenditures
Reimbursements
Public Assistance $23,153.79 $ 17,268.27
Admin. Total 400.00 $23,553.79 17,268.27
Net Cost to Town
$ 5,885.52 $
400.00 $ 5,885.52
Public Assistance and Administration costs took a sharp rise in 1963 over those for 1962. Although some increase was anticipated and included in our 1962 budget request, Medical cal Aid for the Aged charges rose far more than expected.
The following tabulations give a comparison of 1962 and 1963 gross expenses and balances:
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
Gross Expenditures
Account
1962
1963
General Assistance
S 807.80
Old Age Assistance
$ 13,346.85
$ 12,757.50
Med. Assist. Aged
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