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2nd Librarian
184.00
3rd Librarian
184.00
Fuel and Light
300.00
All other
150.00
Total Libraries
1,002.00
Miscellaneous
North Cemetery
75.00
Town cemetery lot
50.00
Houghton's Cemetery
30.00
Maple Grove cemetery
25.00
Planning Board
1,558.00
Board of Appeals
600.00
Unclassified
1.600.00
Annuities
600.00
Recreation Parks and
Playgrounds
3,720.00
Town Nurse
6,092.16
Debt Bond Payment
30,000.00
Interest on Bonded Debt
8,030.00
Total Miscellaneous
52,380.16
Grand Total
$720,257.75
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Article 32. Voted that the sum $2,316. be raised and appropriated for School Traffic.
Article 33. Voted to amend the original article to:
Voted to raise and appropriate $1,500. to construct a sidewalk from Harding Street, on the north side of Springfield Street, to any distance.
Article 34. Voted that the sum of $5,500. be raised and appropriated for repairs to the Pier and Superstruc- ture of the Mittineague Bridge.
Article 35. Voted YES 183 - NO 1. That the sum of $500. be raised and appropriated for engineering serv- ices on brief submitted to the U. S. Government for possible damages caused by the rising of the Connecticut and Westfield Rivers.
Article 36. Voted that the word "Amended" be in- serted between the words "on" and "plans" on the second line of the vote taken at a Special Town Meeting held December 15, 1948, so as to read as follows:
"That the Feeding Hills Schoolhouse so-called, sub- stantially as shown on amended plans by Paul B. Johnson, Architect, be constructed and equipped under the direc- tion of the Board of Selectmen and the Building Com- mittee; that the sum of $401,825. be and the same is hereby appropriated to be spent under the direction and supervision of the Board of Selectmen and the Building Committee; that to meet said appropriation there be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund the sum of $2,825. that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $399. and to issue bonds therefor; said bonds to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of General Laws, and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, so that the whole loan will be payable in not more than twenty years (20) from the date of issue of the first bond, or at such earlier date as the Town Treasurer and the Selectmen shall determine. Said bonds shall be denominated 'Schoolhouse Extension Bonds of 1949' and shall bear interest payable semi-annually at a rate not exceeding three (3%) percent per annum, the interest rate to be fixed by the Town Treasurer and the
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bonds to be payable at such place as shall be designated by the 'Town Treasurer'."
Article 37. Voted that the sum of $1,000. be raised and appropriated to be used to combat the spread of Dutch Elm disease and this work be submitted for bid.
Article 38. Voted that the sum of $1,800. be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a compressor for the water department and to authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to trade in the old compressor to- ward the purchase price of the new one.
Article 39. Voted to accept the report of the Feed- ing Hills School Building Committee, as read.
Article 40. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,000. and transfer $2,000. from Excess and Deficiency Fund to purchase and install a fire whistle at the Feeding Hills Fire Station.
Article 41. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to petition the Mass. Board of Standards to propose regulations relative to the construction, alteration, and maintenance of buildings in Agawam, pursuant to the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chap. 143, Sec. 3 or any other appropriate statutes; said regulations. when proposed, to be approved at a later Town Meeting.
Article 42. Voted the sum of $2,500. be raised and appropriated for the construction of a field house at the Benjamin J. Phelps School.
Article 43. Voted that the sum of $971.41 be raised and appropriated for the insurance of the Police and High- way vehicles.
Article 44. Voted that the sum of $7,400. be raised and appropriated for the School Dept. to install oil burners in the High School.
Article 45. Voted to pass over article on raising $3,000. for a Station Wagon for use of the Schools.
Article 46. Voted that the Moderator appoint a com- mittee of seven to investigate the present and future ef- fect of town growth on present and future school building
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needs, said committee to have representation from each precinct and to include one selectman, one school com- mittee member, one finance board member and one plan- ning board member, said committee being authorized to study the needs of the various sections of the town and report back to the town the results of its study not later than September 15, 1950.
Article 47. Voted to accept the report of the com- mittee for Recodification of the Town By-laws, as a re- port of progress and that the committee be continued.
Article 48. Voted to pass over the article on setting up the office of Town Mechanic and to raise the sum of $3,000. to provide for same.
Article 49. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to ap- point a committee of five to investigate a possible business expansion program, this committee to make a report at our next regular or special town meeting.
Article 50. Report of Board of Selectmen - On the petition of Louis Cincotta for a change of zone from Resi- dence A and Residence B to Business, hearing for which was held on January 31, 1950, the Board of Selectmen voted unanimously in favor of this change and we so move.
Report of the Planning Board - The Planning Board held a hearing on this petition January 31, 1950. Recom- mendation-The Board unanimously recommends this zone change, and moves the adoption of this article.
Voted unanimously to change the following described property from Residence A and Residence B to Business : -Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Springfield 400 feet easterly of the old Feeding Hills Railroad center line and running northerly 200 feet along the easterly line of the present Business Zone; thence easterly 400 feet in a line parallel with the northerly line of Springfield Street; thence southerly 200 feet in a line parallel with the aforementioned Business Zone to the northerly line of Springfield Street; thence westerly along the northerly line of Springfield Street 400 feet to the edge of the pres- ent Business Zone at the point of beginning.
Article 51. Report of Board of Selectmen-On the
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petition of Leslie J. Moore and Julia A. Moore for a change of zone from Residence A and Residence B to Business, hearing for which was held January 31, 1950, the Board of Selectmen voted unanimously in favor of this change and we so move.
Report of the Planning Board-The Planning Board held a hearing on this petition January 31, 1950. Recom- mended-The Board unanimously recommends this zone change, and moves the adoption of this article.
Voted to change, YES 150-NO 74, the following described property from Residence A and Residence B to Business.
Beginning at a point at the southerly end of the present business zone now established at the southerly juncture of Cooper and Main Streets, and extending in a southerly direction along the westerly side of Main Street for 379.46 feet, thence westerly at an angle of 84 deg. 15 min. for a distance of 353.65 feet; thence northerly at an angle of 77 deg. 56 min. for a distance of 460.15 feet, to a point of intersection with the present Business Zone.
Article 52. Voted to accept North Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as a public street, in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam.
Article 53. Voted to accept Scherpa Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam.
Article 54. Voted to accept William Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam.
Article 55. Voted to accept Lincoln Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam.
Article 56. Voted to accept Reed Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam.
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Article 57. Voted to pass over acceptance of Alfred Street.
Article 58. Voted to pass over acceptance of Alfred Circle.
Article 59. Voted to pass over acceptance of Alfred Court.
Article 60. Voted to pass over acceptance of Charles Street.
Article 61. Voted to accept Center Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam.
Article 62. Voted that the Town accept the provi- sions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 147, Section 32 to 47 inclusive relative to permitting boxing matches in the Town of Agawam.
Article 63. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to appoint an inspector of wires as provided in General Laws, (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 166, Section 32, and raise and appropriate the sum of $500. to provide for same.
Article 64. Voted to consider this article before Article 53.
Voted to repeal a By-law adopted March 6, 1918 which reads as follows :
"An accurate record shall be kept of all expenditures for the extension of water-mains, excluding hydrants, approved by the inspector and water board, and placed on file with the Town Clerk, and upon acceptance of any street there shall be refunded to the parties originally making the expenditures an amount equal to ten times the water rentals received by the town during the previ- ous twelve months from the abutting property, but the amount so refunded shall not exceed the original ex- penditures."
Article 65. Voted to pass over, at request of peti- tioner William Quinlan.
Article 66. The Report of the Planning Board-The
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Planning Board held a hearing on this petition March 3, 1950. Recommendation-The Board unanimously recom- mends this zone change, and moves the adoption of this article.
The Report of the Board of Selectmen-On the peti- tion of Michael Chmielewski for a change of zone from Residence B to Business, hearing which was held March 3, 1950, the Board voted unanimously in favor of this change.
Voted unanimously to change from Residence B to Business the following described property :
Beginning at a point 400 feet southerly of a stone bound at the southerly and westerly intersection of South Westfield and Southwick Streets; thence southerly along the westerly side of South Westfield Street for a distance of 347 feet, thence in a westerly direction at an angle of 90 deg. for a distance of 200 feet; thence in a northerly direction at an angle of 90 deg. for a distance of 347 feet thence in an easterly direction at an angle of 90 deg. for a distance of 200 feet to the point of beginning.
Article 67. Report of the Planning Board-The Planning Board held a hearing on this petition March 3, 1950. Recommendation-The board unanimously recom- mends this zone change, and moves the adoption of this article.
Report of the Board of Selectmen-On the petition of C. Battista for a change of zone from Residence A and Residence B to Business, hearing which was held March 3, 1950, the Board voted unanimously in favor of the change, and we so move.
Voted unanimously to change the following described property from Residence A and Residence B to Business ; Beginning at the westerly end of the present business zone, now existing at the northerly and westerly juncture of Colemore and Springfield Streets, and extending in a westerly direction along the northerly side of Springfield Street for a distance of 611 feet; thence at an angle of 90 deg. in a northwesterly direction for a distance of 200 feet ; thence at an angle of 90 deg. in an easterly direction for a distance of 611 feet ; thence in a southerly direction
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at an angle of 90 deg. for a distance of 200 feet back to a point of beginning.
Article 68. Voted to extend vote of thanks to Fin- ance Committee.
Voted to adjourn at 5:25 P. M.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER
Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting
MAY 8, 1950
Meeting called to order by the Moderator, according to the call of the warrant, a quorum declared present and under :
Article 1. Voted to accept the Report of the Busi- ness Expansion Committee, which follows, as a report of progress and the committee be continued until next Town Meeting.
Report of Business Expansion Committee :
Your Business Advancement Committee named by your selectmen as a result of a warrant in the annual Town Meeting held in March has met twice.
At our first meeting we organized with Henry Law- son as chairman and Louis DePalma as Secretary. After a lot of preliminary discussion, we decided to solicit the help and ideas of local folks.
Our second meeting was taken up with discussion of a questionnaire with the above idea in mind. Such a ques- tionnaire was worked out and OK'd by the committee. Copies have been left with the Town Clerk and word to that effect has been published in the Agawam News of the Springfield papers. It is our hope that we will get
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ideas from local people as to our future plans of operation as well as information about Agawam property that is available for business use.
We have copies on the questionnaire with us tonight and would be glad to give one to any person who wishes to fill one out. You may get one from any member of the committee.
Since we have been appointed only a few weeks and have had hardly a chance to get our feet on the ground, this is only a progress report. We wish therefore to be continued as a committee until the next Town meeting when we hope to be able to report more progress, and I so move.
Respectfully subimtted,
HENRY W. LAWSON, Chairman LOUIS DEPALMA, Secretary FRED EMERSON WILLIAM VIGNEAUX JAMES KANE
Article 2. Voted to consider Articles 2 and 3 as one article.
Article 2. Voted unanimously to authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute and deliver to Henry E. Bodurtha, et als, for the consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) a deed of the premises bounded and described as follows: Certain real estate situated in Agawam, Hamp- den County, Massachusetts, bounded and described as fol- lows: Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of land of or occupied by the First Baptist Church of Agawam, Mas- sachusetts and running thence Westerly on Elm Street, Eighty-Five (85) feet; thence Southerly, Sixty-Five (65) feet to a stone bound; thence Easterly, Forty-eight (48) feet to land of the said First Baptist Church, and thence Northerly on last named land, Ninety (90) feet to the place of beginning. Being the same premises which the Voters of the Town of Agawam, at a special meeting of the Town held October 16, 1917, authorized the Board of Selectmen to take by Eminent Domain for Municipal purposes ; said Taking having been made by the Board of Selectmen, December 15, 1917, recorded with Hampden County Registry of Deeds, Book 995, Page 77.
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Pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 3. Voted unanimously to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept in its name and behalf a deed from Henry E. Bodurtha, et als, for the considera- tion of One Dollar ($1.00) the premises bounded and de- scribed as follows :
Certain real estate situated in Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, bounded and described as fol- lows: Beginning at an iron pipe on the Southerly side of Elm Street, One Hundred Sixty-Nine and 60/100 (169.60) feet Westerly of a stone bound at the intersec- tion of the Southerly side of Elm Street and the Westerly side of Main Street ; thence running South 19 deg. 42 min. West along land conveyed by the grantors herein to First Baptist Church of Agawam, Massachusetts, Ninety-Seven and 07/100 (97.07) feet to an iron pipe; thence running South 16 deg. 22 min. 30 inches West along land conveyed by the grantors herein to Nazereno L. Cardone et al, One Hundred and 23/100 (100.23) feet to an iron pipe; thence running North 16 deg. 20 min. West along other land of grantors herein, One Hundred Sixty-Two and 83/100 (162.83) feet to an iron pipe on the Southerly side of Elm Street, thence running North 73 deg. 40 min. East along Elm Street, One Hundred Eleven and 27/100 (111.27) feet to the place of beginning.
Article 4. Voted that the Town transfer the sum of $15,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Sewer Construction Account for the construction of a sewer in Main Street in the area being relocated and laid out by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Article 5. Voted that the Town rescind its vote of Article Four adopted at a Special Meeting of the Town held November 5, 1947, whereby said vote authorized the Board of Selectmen to take by Eminent Domain for Mu- nicipal purposes, namely the Granger School at Feeding Hills, a certain parcel of land belonging to Jenevieve Hill called "Parcel C," that parcel being more particularly bounded and described as follows : Beginning at the South- westerly corner of Parcel One (as set forth in said vote) and running Southerly along the Easterly line of South Westfield Street, Two Hundred Thirty-Nine (239)
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feet, more or less, to the Southerly line of Jenevieve Hill; thence Easterly Three Hundred Ten (310) feet to a point; thence Northerly Two Hundred Thirty-Nine (239) feet, more or less, to a point; thence Westerly, Three Hundred Ten (310) feet to the point of beginning.
Article 6. Voted that the Town transfer the sum of Forty-Seven Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($4,785.00) appropriated at the Special Town Meeting held Novem- ber 5, 1947, to defray any damage incurred by the taking of said "Parcel C" above described to the payment of a judgment rendered on a petition for assessment of dam- ages made by a jury of the Superior Court of Hampden County for the taking of "Parcel A" as described in Ar- ticle Four of the Special Town Meeting held November 5, 1947 and belonging to one Jenevieve Hill and to defray Court and Legal expenses in connection with said verdict. Any balance thereafter remaining to be transferred to the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Article 7. Voted that the Town vote to transfer the sum of Twenty-Four Hundred Dollars ($2400.00) for the reconstruction of the sidewalk and curbing on Bridge Street as appropriated under Article Twenty-Six (26) at the Town Meeting, March 4, 1950, to the construction, re- pair and reconstruction of the said sidewalks and curb- ings on Bridge Street between River Street and Bridge in the following manner :
A. Sixteen Hundred and no/100 ($1,600.00) Dol- lars for the reconstruction of the curbing and sidewalk on the east side of said Bridge Street.
B. Eight Hundred and no/100 ($800.00) Dollars for the reconstruction of a new sidewalk and erection of a new curbing on the west side of Bridge Street between River Street and the bridge. This latter work to be done under the betterment assessment act.
Article 8. Voted that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell to the highest bidder the Holt Tractor which is now part of the equipment of the Highway De- partment.
Articles 9, 10 and 11. Voted to pass over.
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Article 12. Voted that the Town of Agawam au- thorize the Board of Assessors to obtain facts and figures relative to a re-valuation of Real Estate for the Town and to report its findings at a Future Town Meeting.
Article 13. Voted that the Town transfer the sum of $50.00 from Fire Warden to Truck account Fire War- den, Fire Permits Account.
Article 14. Voted to pass over.
Article 15. Voted to accept the report of the Feed- ing Hills School Building Committee as a report of prog- ress.
Article 16. Voted to accept the report of the Com- mittee for Recodification of the Town By-laws as a re- port of progress.
Article 17. Voted that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell to the highest bidder, the sprayer which is now part of the equipment of the For- estry Department.
Article 18. Voted to pass over.
Article 19. Voted to adjourn at 8:40 P. M.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting
AUGUST 28, 1950
Meeting called to order by the Moderator according to the call of the Warrant, a quorum declared present, the reading of the articles were waived and under:
Article 1. Voted to accept report as read.
Article 2. Voted unanimously, to have the Mod-
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erator appoint a committee of seven members, said com- mittee to have representation from each precinct and to include one selectman, one school committee member, one finance board member and one planning board member, to present plans for an annex to house an auditorium and cafeteria at the Katherine G. Danahy School (architect to be chosen on a competitive basis) and to submit plans and cost at the next Special Town Meeting, but in no case later than the next Annual Town Meeting.
Article 3. Voted to have the Moderator appoint a committee of seven members, said committee to have representation from each precinct and to include one selectman, one school committee member, one finance board member and one planning board member, to in- vestigate the purchase of land, obtain preliminary plans and costs of a new high school (architect to be chosen on a competitive basis). Said Committee to report back at the next Special Town Meeting, but in no case later than the next Annual Town Meeting.
Article 4. Voted not to set up a Purchasing Author- ity for all departments of the Town.
Article 5. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to petition the General Court of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts to amend the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 32, whereby approval of Town By- laws by the Attorney-General need not be required in towns having regularly appointed Town Counsel. Sec- tion 32 to read as follows :
Before a By-law takes effect it shall be approved by the Attorney-General and shall be published in a town bulletin or pamphlet, copies of which shall be posted in at least five public places in the town, except that in Towns having regularly appointed Town Counsel, ap- proval by the Attorney-General shall not be required but shall be published in a town bulletin or pamphlet, copies of which shall be posted in at least five public places in the town, and if the town be divided into precincts copies shall be posted in one or more public places in each pre- cinct of the town ; or instead of such publishing in a town bulletin or pamphlet and such posting, shall be published at least three times in one or more newspapers, if any,
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published in the town, otherwise in one or more news- papers published in the county. The requirements of pub- lishing in a town bulletin or pamphlet and posting, or publishing in one or more newspapers, as above, may be dispensed with if notice of the By-law be given by deliver- ing a copy thereof at every occupied dwelling or apart- ment in the town, and affidavits of the persons delivering the said copies, filed with the Town Clerk, shall be conclu- sive evidence of proper notice hereunder. This section shall not apply to cities.
Article 6. Voted: YES 143-NO 50, that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to revise General Laws, Chapter 49, in its entirety, relating to the duties of Fence Viewers, the construction and location of, ex- pense of erecting of boundary and line fences and to re- move inconsistencies in said Chapter 49.
Article 7. Voted that the sum of $1,500. be trans- ferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to Chapter 90 Maintenance, and that the sum of $3,000. be trans- ferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to meet the state and county share, the same to be restored to the Excess and Deficiency Account upon its reimbursement from the state and county.
Article 8. Voted: To transfer the sum of $1,000. from the Water Contract Account to the Water All Other Account for the purchase of new meters.
Article 9. Voted to transfer the sum of $100. from Forestry Spraying to the Forestry All Other Account.
Article 10. Voted to accept the report of the com- mittee for recodification of the Town By-laws, as a report of progress.
Article 11. Voted to accept Alfred Street as a public street, in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of Agawam.
Article 12. Voted to accept Alfred Circle as a public street, in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of Agawam.
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Article 13. Voted to accept Alfred Court as a public street, in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of Agawam.
Article 14. Voted to accept Charles Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam.
Article 15. Voted: YES 60-NO 119. Not to ac- cept Dyotte Street as a public street.
Article 16. Voted: YES 120-NO 74. To transfer the available balance of Springfield Street Sewer Con- struction of $14,000. and the available balance of Main Street Sewer Construction of $3,900. - making a total balance available of $17,900. as follows:
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