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Wages, Equipment and Material . 68,128.00
$70,000.00
(Unanimously) :
29. Division of Highways and Bridges (Board of Public Works)
Personal Services: General Inspector .. . $2,000.00
Maintenance of Highways and Bridges 68,000.00
Reconstruction of Streets, including Storm Drains . . 11,000.00
Capital Outlay : Trucks and Auto 9,380.00
$90,380.00
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(Unanimously) :
30. Removal of Snow and Ice (Board of Public Works) .
$77,000.00
Equipment and Maintenance
5,400.00
Capital Outlay : Sand Spreader 425.00
$82,825.00
(Unanimously) :
31. Engineering (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Personal Services .
$11,628.00
(Town Engineer, $3,900; Others, $7,000; Clerks, $728)
Material and Expenses 1,500.00
$13,128.00
(Unanimously) :
32. Legal (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services: Town Counsel . $2,000.00
Expenses: Legal Expenses, including among others, expenses relating to the prosecution, defense or settlement of actions or claims by, against or involv- ing the interests of the Town or relating to matters for which there have been or may be special appropriations 20,000.00
$22,000.00
(Unanimously) :
33. Accountant (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services . . $5,112.00
(Accountant, $3,500; Clerks, $1,612) Material and Expenses . 270.00
$5,382.00
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(Unanimously) :
34. Treasurer (Town Treasurer)
Personal Services . $4,290.00
(Treasurer, $3,200; Clerk, $1,040; Ex- tra for Vacations, $50)
Material and Expenses . 1,000.00
$5,290.00
(Unanimously) :
35. Interest . $70,000.00
(Unanimously) :
Maturing Town Debt $186,000.00
(Unanimously) :
Sinking Fund . $3,000.00
(Unanimously) :
36. Collector (Collector of Taxes)
Personal Services . $9,180.00
(Collector, $3,500; Clerks, $5,680)
Material and Expenses . 2,580.00
$11,760.00
(Unanimously) :
37. Assessors (Board of Assessors)
Personal Services . $10,447.00
(Members of the Board, $1,200 each.
Chief Clerk, $3,000; Other Clerks,
$3,198; Assistant Assessors, $649) . . Material and Expenses . 1,180.00
$11,627.00
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(Unanimously) :
38. Town Clerk (Town Clerk)
Personal Services .
$6,100.00
(Town Clerk, $3,500; Other Clerks, $2,600)
Material and Expenses . 440.00
$6,540.00
(Unanimously) :
Vital Statistics (Town Clerk) $205.00
(Unanimously) :
39. Board of Health (Board of Health)
Personal Services .
$9,066.00
Materials and Expenses 2,145.00
Communicable Diseases 15,250.00
$26,461.00
(Unanimously) :
40. Cemeteries (Board of Cemetery Com- missioners)
Personal Services.
$4,320.00
(Superintendent, $3,120; Clerks, $1,200)
Material and Expenses . 18,525.00
$22,845.00
(Unanimously) :
41. Board of Appeal (Board of Selectmen) Personal Services and Expenses . $150.00
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(Unanimously) :
42. Board of Survey (Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works)
Personal Services. $2,320.00
(Secretary of Board, $800; Clerk, $520; Other Services, $1,000)
Material and Expenses . 392.00
$2,712.00
(Unanimously) :
43. Planning Board (Planning Board)
Personal Services: Clerk . $50.00
Material and Expenses . 250.00
$300.00
On motion of Committee Chairman Davidson :
Voted: That Article 4 be laid on the table.
Article 5 taken up. (Treasurer: Power to Borrow)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1, 1936, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1, 1936, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with section 17 of chapter 44 of the Gen- eral Laws; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1936.
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Article 6 taken up. (Collector of Taxes: Means of Collecting)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Collector of Taxes be and hereby is authorized to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1935, which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes.
Article 7 taken up. (Extension of Water Mains) 1
Voted: (Unanimously) That no action be taken under this Article.
Article 8 taken up. (Extending or Relaying Water Mains in Gray Street)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town do not make an appropriation for the extending or relaying of water mains on Gray Street under Article 8 of the Warrant.
Mr. Mitchell wished to record the intention of the Board of Public Works to continue the twelve inch water main in Gray Street but felt that this year the fire pro- tection around the High School and the Junior High School East were more important.
Article 9 taken up. (Extension of Sewerage System)
Voted: (Unanimously) That no action be taken under this Article.
Article 10 taken up. (Extension of Storm Drains)
Voted: (Unanimously) That no action be taken under this Article.
Article 11 taken up. (Widening of Mill Brook for Storm Drain Purposes)
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Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of eleven thou- sand (11,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the widening and improving of Mill Brook for storm drain purposes said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
Article 12 taken up. (Equipment for Snow Removal) .
Voted: (Unanimously) That for the purpose of ac- quiring additional snow removal equipment the sum of ten thousand eight hundred thirty (10,830) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purchase of two trac- tors with two tractor plows, said sum to be raised by gen- eral tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
Article 13 taken up. (Sidewalks and Edgestones)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the con- struction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones for the year 1935; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
Article 14 taken up. (Laying out of Chandler Street)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Herbert Road to Brooks Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Chandler Street, as more particularly described in Article 14 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board au- thorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
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Article 15 taken up. (Laying out of Fairmont Street)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Herbert Road to the Boston and Maine Rail- road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Fairmont Street, as more particularly described in Article 15 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 16 taken up. (Laying out of Kensington Park)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Norfolk Road to Kensington Road, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Kensing- ton Park, as more particularly described in Article 16 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 17 taken up. (Laying out of Mary Street)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Margaret Street to the division lines between Lots 62A and 63 Mary Street, substantially in the loca- tion of the private way known as Mary Street, as more particularly described in Article 17 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
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Article 18 taken up. (Laying out of Sutherland Road)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Paul Revere Road to a point at the division line of Lots 125 and 126 Sutherland Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Sutherland Road, as more particularly described in Article 18 of the War- rant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be ac- cepted, said way established and said Joint Board au- thorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 19 taken up. (Laying out of Thorndike Street)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Herbert Road to the Boston and Maine Rail- road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Thorndike Street as more particularly described in Article 19 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 20 taken up. (For Construction of Ways)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of fifty-five thousand two hundred sixty-six and 41/100 (55,266.41) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the original con- struction of ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of such con- struction, all under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; said sum to be raised by gen- eral tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works substantially as follows, except that such
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amounts thereof not exceeding a total of one thousand (1,000) dollars, as may be awarded as damages by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works shall be expended under the direction of said Joint Board.
Chandler Street (Article 14) $4,433.45
Fairmont Street (Article 15) .
5,414.87
Kensington Park (Article 16)
11,760.11
Mary Street (Article 17)
8,046.59
Sutherland Road (Article 18) 19,201.16
Thorndike Street (Article 19)
6,410.23
$55,266.41
Article 21 taken up. (Easements in Land)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Joint Board of Se- lectmen and Board of Public Works be and hereby is authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town, to pur- chase or take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire, easements in lands adjoining the locations of ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, consisting of the right to have the lands of said locations protected by having the surface of such adjoining lands slope from the boundaries of said locations; that for this purpose the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of said Joint Board.
Article 22 taken up. (Works on F. E. R. A. Projects)
.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of forty-four thousand seven hundred thirty-three and 59/100 (44,733.59) dollars be and hereby is appropriated to de- fray the necessary engineering and trucking expenses and to purchase tools, equipment and materials to carry on certain public works and improvements in connection with Federal Emergency Relief Administration projects;
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said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen. In case funds are no longer required for Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration projects, the balance may be expended in the several departments to relieve unemployment to the extent approved by the Selectmen.
Article 23 taken up. (Alteration of Way: Court St.)
Voted: (Unanimously). That the sum of four thou- sand five hundred thirty-five (4,535) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the relocation, alteration, construc- tion of, and specific repairs, including land damages, if any, upon all or any portion of the way known as Court Street, extending from Massachusetts Avenue to Court Street Place as now existing or as hereafter altered and as more particularly described in Article 23 of the War- rant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, or otherwise, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
Article 24 taken up. (Laying out of Dunster Lane)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Forest Street to the Winchester line, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Dunster Lane, as more particularly described in Article 24 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise, as made and re- ported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way, and that the sum of ten (10) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for said purpose including land damages and the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of such construction; that said sum be raised by
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general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
Article 25 taken up. (Purchase of Land for Street Purposes)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, for street purposes, all or any portion or por- tions of the various parcels of land as severally owned and more particularly described in Article 25 of the War- rant and that the sum of five hundred (500) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for such purpose, said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of said Board.
Article 26 taken up. (General Laws: Vacation for Police and Firemen)
Voted: (Unanimously) That Section 111A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as amended by chapter 107 of the Acts of 1934 (which reads as follows: "Section 111A. In any Town which accepts this section, all members of its regular or permanent police or fire force may be granted a vacation of not less than two weeks during each year of their employment, without loss of pay") be and hereby is accepted.
Article 27 taken up. (Committee on Revision of Town's By-Laws)
The following substitute motion of Frank H. Lansing being put before the meeting was lost by a standing vote 77 voting in favor and 118 in opposition, Messrs. Con- verse, Rugg and Washburn acting as tellers.
That a committee of fifteen be appointed by the
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Moderator, consisting of the Moderator, Town Counsel, members of the General Court from the Town, and eleven other voters of the Town, to consider the amendment, alteration, repeal or revision of, or addition to the Town's By-Laws and to report a draft of same to the next Annual Town Meeting; that the sum of fifty (50) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the use of the committee, said sum to be raised by general tax.
The recommendation of the Finance Committee being put before the Meeting it was
Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to consider the amendment, alteration, repeal or revision of, or additions to the Town's By-Laws and to report a draft of same to the next Town Meeting; that the sum of fifty (50) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the use of the committee said sum to be raised by general tax.
Article 28 taken up. (Half Holiday to employees)
The following substitute motion as made by W. Arthur Taylor being put before the Meeting it was
Voted: (Unanimously) That the town hereby in- structs its Board of Selectmen to grant one-half holiday in each week without loss of pay to the employees of the Town including laborers, mechanics and all other classes of workmen employed by the Town.
Article 29 taken up. (Installing Traffic Signals)
Charles M. Sawyer offered a substitute motion which, not being seconded, was not put before the meeting.
Voted: That the sum of twenty-four hundred (2,400) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of
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purchasing and installing traffic signals, said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
March 27, 1935.
Article 30 taken up. (Truck for Park Department)
The following substitute motion was offered by John B. Byrne which put before the meeting was lost by a standing vote 68 in favor and 85 in opposition, Messrs. Converse, Rugg, and Washburn acting as tellers.
That the sum of $553.00 be and hereby is appro- priated for the purchase of a new truck for the Park De- partment, said sum to be raised by general tax and ex- pended under the direction of the Park Department.
The recommendation as made by the Finance Com- mittee being put before the meeting it was
Voted: That the Town do not appropriate the sum of five hundred fifty-three ($553) dollars or any other sum for the purchase of a half-ton truck for the use of the Park Department.
Article 31 taken up. (Fireproof Stairways in Russell School)
Voted: That the Town do not appropriate the sum of seven thousand ($7,000) dollars or any other sum for the purpose of installing fireproof stairways in the Rus- sell School building and alterations and expenses in con- nection therewith.
A motion being made to adjourn the meeting ad- journed at 10:53 P.M.
A True Record, Attest :
E. CAROLINE PIERCE, Town Clerk.
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April 3, 1935.
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment on March 27, 1935 the Town Meeting Members met in the Town Hall on Wednesday, April 3, 1935 notices having been sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the meeting. A notice was published in the local paper.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members was used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of Philip T. Robinson and James E. Sweeney.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred and ninety- two members attended the meeting.
James C. Carr, stenographer, was sworn by the Town Clerk to the faithful performance of his duties.
The Moderator declaring a quorum present the meet- ing was called to order at 8:07 P.M.
Town Meeting Members not already sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Selectman Lowe:
Voted: (Unanimously) That if the business calling this meeting is not disposed of on this date the meeting adjourn to Wednesday evening, April 10th at 8:00 o'clock.
Article 32 taken up. (Sprinkler System in Locke School)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of installing a sprinkler system in the Locke School Building; said sum to be raised by general
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tax and expended under the direction of the School Com- mittee.
Article 33 taken up. (Town Work for Employment of the Poor)
On the following substitute motion offered by Com- mittee Chairman Davidson it was
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of twenty-one thousand four hundred twenty-six (21,426) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the employment of the poor on Town work; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Select- men substantially as follows:
Administration . $3,730.00
Personal Services (Executive Secretary, $2,080; Clerk, $1,040; Material and Expenses $610.00)
Improvement of Fowle's Mill Pond and Brook . 5,000.00
Enlarging and riprapping Mill Brook through Arlington Heights Playground . 6,000.00
Loaming and grading Arlington Heights Playground . 4,000.00
Investigating adequately the need of all people receiving or applying for relief through the E. R. A. and other projects, unemployment relief and welfare aid .. . 2,696.00
$21,426.00
Article 34 taken up.
Herbert M. Dutcher, Secretary of the Planning Board received permission of the meeting to distribute maps indicating the location referred to on the articles relative to zoning.
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Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town does not amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in the Business Dis- trict all or any part of the areas now included in the Single Residence District as more particularly described in Article 34 of the Warrant for the meeting of March 20, 1935.
Article 35 taken up.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein re- ferred to so as to include in a Single Residence District all of the area now included in the General Residence District as more particularly described in Article 35 of the Warrant for the meeting of March 20, 1935
Article 36 taken up.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein re- ferred to so as to include in a Single Residence District all of the area now included in the General Residence District as more particularly described in Article 36 of the Warrant for the meeting of March 20, 1935.
Article 37 taken up.
Voted (Unanimously) That the Town does not amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in a Business District all of the area now included in the General Residence District as more particularly described in Article 37 of the War- rant for the meeting of March 20, 1935.
Article 38 taken up.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town amend its
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Zoning By-Law relating to the isolated instances of non- conforming buildings now existing in restricted zones, as more particularly described in Article 38 of the Warrant for the meeting of March 20, 1935.
Article 39 taken up.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein re- ferred to so as to include in the General Residence Dis- trict all of the area now included in the Industrial District as more particularly described in Article 39 of the Warrant for the meeting of March 20, 1935.
Article 40 taken up.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town does not amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in the Business Dis- trict all of the area now included in the General Residence District as more particularly described in Article 40 of the Warrant for the meeting of March 20, 1935.
Article 41 taken up.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town does not amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in the Business Dis- trict all of the area now inc.uded in the General Residence District as more particularly described in Article 41 of the Warrant for the meeting of March 20, 1935.
Article 42 taken up. (Committee on Adjustment of Town Employees Pay)
Voted: (Unanimously) That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to nquire into the inequali- ties of pay and pensions among Town Employees, and
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to recommend such adjustments as may seem equitable, at a Town Meeting not later than the Annual Meeting of 1936, such committee to consist of an ex-selectman, an ex-member of the Board of Public Works, and ex-member of the School Committee, an ex-member of the Finance Committee, and one member at large; that the sum of one hundred (100) dollars for expenses be and hereby is appropriated for the use of such committee and to be raised by general tax.
Article 43 taken up. (General Laws; Disbursing of State and Military Aid, or Soldiers' Relief)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town do not accept the provisions of Section 3A of Chapter 115 of the Gen- eral Laws as particularly defined in Article 43 of the Warrant.
Article 44 taken up. (Quarters for Spanish War Veterans)
A substitute motion was made by Jacob Bitzer.
Major General Lombard spoke relative to this sub- stitute motion.
The substitute motion being put before the meeting it was
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized and empowered to prov de quarters for the Corp. Wm. P. Kenibbs Camp No. 66, United Spanish War Veterans in a suitable building now owned by the Town of Arlington.
Article 45 taken up. (Annual Rental for Arlington Post, 1775 V. F. W. )
A substitute motion was offered by Frank H. Lansing
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after which considerable discussion ensued and on motion of William J. Gearin, Jr., Article 45 was laid on the table.
Article 46 taken up. (General Laws; Pensions for School Janitors)
A substitute motion was offered by Paul C. Griffin which being put before the meeting was lost.
Voted: That the Town do not accept Section 44 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which provides municipal pensions for school janitors.
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