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There being no further business under Article 30, the Mod- erator declared it disposed of.
Article 31 taken up. (New School Building.)
On motion of Chairman Hayes, duly seconded, it was Voted: To adjourn
The Meeting adjourned at 10:45 p.m.
A True Record
ATTEST :
CLARA L. WHITE, Asst. Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING
March 19, 1948.
Pursuant to the vote of Adjournment of March 10, 1948, the Town Meeting Members met in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall on Friday evening, March 19, 1948, notices having been sent to the Town Meeting Members.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were 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 seventy members and nine members-at-large attended the meeting.
The Moderator, Mr. Ernest W. Davis, called the meeting to order at 8:05 P.M.
Town Meeting Members not previously sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Chairman Cahalin, duly seconded, it was unanimously
Voted: That if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the Warrant is not disposed of at this session, when the meeting adjourns, it adjourn to Monday evening, March 22, 1948 at 8 o'clock.
The Moderator stated that Article 31 was left unfinished at the Meeting held March 10th and declared it was now before the Meeting.
Whereupon on motion duly made and seconded and carried it was
Voted : That Article 31 be laid on the table.
On motion duly made and seconded and carried, it was
Voted : That Article 5 be taken from the table.
Article 5 taken up (TOWN OUTLAYS AND EXPENSES)
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was VOTED :
1. FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chairman
$250.00
Secretary
100.00
Executive Secretary
650.00
Total Personal Services
$1,000.00
Expenses
$700.00
Total-$1,700.00
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2. BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Chairman Cahalin offered the following sub- stitute motion, duly seconded and carried : and it was Voted :
Chairman of Board $800.00
Other Board Members
1,200.00
Secretary of Board 3,260.00
Other Clerks
2,808.00
Civil Service Labor Reg. Clerk
104.00
Total Personal Services $8,172.00
Expenses
$1,690.00
Chairman Cahalin offered the following substitution motion, duly seconded and carried : and it was Voted :
3. TOWN ACCOUNTANT (Board of Selectmen)
Town Accountant
$4,460.00
Junior Accountant
3,280.00
Other Clerks
2,426.64
Extra Clerk-Emergency
50.00
Total Personal Service $10,216.64
Expenses
$475.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
4. TOWN TREASURER-COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Treasurer-Collector
$4,560.00
Assistant Treasurer
2,860.00
Other Clerks
9,860.00
Total Personal Services
$17,280.00
Expenses
$5,711.00
Capital Outlay Typewriter $150.00
Total-$23,141.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
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5. BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Members of Board
$3,600.00
Executive Secretary
3,560.00
Other Clerks
5,146.00
Total Personal Services
$12,306.00
Expenses
$1,250.00
Capital Outlay
Plan File
$200.00
Book Case Section
15.00
Total Capital Outlay
$215.00
Total -$13,771.00
NOTE: See reconsideration after item 39.
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
6. 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 involving the interests of the Town or relating to matters for which there have been or may be special appropriations $10,000.00
Total-$12,000.00
Mr. George Harris offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded
7. TOWN CLERK
Town Clerk
$3,660.00
Asst. Town Clerk
3,133.00
Other Clerks
1,598.00
Vital Statistics
250.00
Total Personal Services
$8,641.00
Expenses $2,148.00
On being put to a vote, the Moderator was in doubt and asked for a rising vote, resulting in 82 voting YES and 59 voting NO and the motion was carried.
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
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8. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Including Water Maintenance
Administration
General Administration
Chairman of Board
$800.00
Other Board Members 1,200.00
Executive Secretary and Head Clerk
4,160.00
Supt. of Public Works
4,460.00
Other Clerks including Timekeeper and
Stockkeeper
16,380.00
Emergency Clerk Hire
1,170.00
Water Registrar
3,110.00
Total Personal Services
$31,280.00
Expenses
$4,300.00
Total-$35,580.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
9. ENGINEERING (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Town Engineer
$4,460.00
Other Engineers
25,254.83
Stenographer-Clerk
1,580.00
Total Personal Services
$31,294.83
Expenses
$2,356.00
Total-$33,650.83
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
10. ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS (Board of Selectmen)
Registrars
$850.00
Ass't Registrars and Others 4,012.00
Election Officers
5,200.00
Other Services
555.00
Total Personal Services
$10,617.00
Expenses
$6,638.00
Total-$17,255.00
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The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
11. PLANNING BOARD
Chairman
$100.00
Secretary
100.00
Total Personal Services
$200.00
Expenses
$600.00
Total-$800.00
Chairman Cahalin offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded and carried : and it was Voted :
12. BOARD OF SURVEY (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Secretary of Board
$1,200.00
Clerk
780.00
Total Personal Services
$1,980.00
Expenses
$870.00
Chairman Cahalin offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded and carried : and it was Voted :
13. ROBBINS MEMORIAL TOWN HALL (Board of Selectmen)
Superintendent
$3,800.00
Janitor
2,660.00
Others
2,975.00
Total Personal Services
$9,435.00
Expenses
$7,365.00
TOWN HOUSE GROUNDS
Superintendent
$270.00
Others
5,075.00
Total Personal Services
$5,345.00
Expenses
$800.00
Chairman Cahalin offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded and carried :
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14. POLICE DEPARTMENT (Board of Selectmen)
Chief
$4,460.00
Officers 35,160.00
Patrolmen 134,077.30
Radio and Motor Equipment Repairman
3,060.00
Senior Clerk-Stenographer
1,820.00
Junior Clerk-Stenographer
1,664.00
Others
3,495.00
Total Personal Services $183,736.30
Expenses
$19,097.00
Expenses incurred outside the Common- wealth as described in General Laws Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34 $150.00
Capital Outlay
New Garage Doors (3) and Enlarge Openings
$690.00
Chairman Hayes offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded and carried :
15. FIRE DEPARTMENT (Board of Selectmen)
Chief
$4,460.00
Officers
53,460.86
Privates (6 from 5-1-48), (25 from 6-1-48) 160,060.93
Others
2,220.00
Total Personal Services
$220,201.79
Expenses
18,145.00
Expenses Incurred Outside the Common wealth, as described in General Laws, Para- graph No. 34
100.00
Capital Outlay
New Furnishings
275.00
Hose
1,475.00
New Automobile $2,204.35
Allowance on 1942 Buick
946.33 1,258.02
$3,008.02
Total-$245,454.81
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
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16. FIRE AND POLICE SIGNALS (Board of Selectmen) Expenses
$2,790.00
Expenses Incurred Outside the Common wealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34 $100.00
Capital Outlay Fire and Police Alarm Boxes, including Material and Labor to install $3,776.23
Total-$6,666.23
Chairman Cahalin offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded and carried :
17. BUILDING, PLUMBING AND GAS INSPECTION (Board of Selectmen )
Inspector of Buildings $3,660.00
Assistant Inspector of Buildings 2,660.00
Inspector of Plumbing and Gas 2,960.00
Junior Clerk-Stenographer
1,380.00
Total Personal Services
$10,660.00
Expenses
$1,164.00
Capital Outlay Filing Cases
$150.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
18. BOARDS OF APPEAL (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services and Expenses $2,662.50
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
19. WIRE DEPARTMENT (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Inspector of Wires
$3,660.00
Substitute Inspector (for Vacation)
100.00
Total Personal Services
$3,760.00
Expenses
$710.00
Capital Outlay Ohmeter
$150.00
Total-$4,620.00
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The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
20. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (Board of Selectmen) Personal Services Sealer $2,760.00
Expenses
$515.00
Total-$3,275.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
21. GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH SUPPRESSION (Board of Selectmen )
Superintendent
$2,660.00
Clerk-Stenographer
281.25
Wages (including spraying School Park and Cemetery Property
6,800.00
Total Personal Services $9,741.25
Expenses
$2,681.00
Total-$12,422.25
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
22. TREE WARDEN
Tree Warden
$600.00
Clerk-Stenographer
281.25
Wages
6,450.00
Total Personal Services
$7,331.25
Expenses
$1,140.00
Capital Outlay
New Trees
$550.00
Total-$9,021.25
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
23. BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries of Board
$750.00
Agent 3,260.00
Clerk-Typist 1,460.00
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Dentist 1,700.00
Nurse 2,260.00
Others
1,400.00
Total Personal Services
$10,830.00
Expenses $2,000.00
Communicable Diseases
$15,000.00
Mosquito Control Project
$2,000,00
Total-$29,830.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
24. INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services $600.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
25 SEWER MAINTENANCE (Board of Public Works)
Maintenance of Sewerage System (Including Tools and Equipment $13,300.00 The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
26. SANITARY DIVISION (Board of Public Works) Personal Services-Foreman $2,510.00
Removal of Ashes, Offal and Rubbish :
Wages, Equipment, Dump Rental and Maintenance, Materials and Supplies $143,990.00
Total-$146,500.00
Chairman Hayes offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded and carried :
27. DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES (Board of Public Works)
Maintenance of Highways and Bridges To be expended substantially as follows-
Personal Services-Foreman $3,070.00
Maintenance 123,600.00
Removal of Snow and Ice-Including
Maintenance of Equipment and Supplies 97,318.39
Total
$223,988.39
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The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
27a. HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES (Board of Public Works) Capital Outlay
Highway Equipment including Snow and Ice Equipment
To be expended substantially as follows :
1-Orange Peel Type Catch Basin Cleaner
$6,600.00
1-Chassis for mounting same 2,000.00
1-Buckeye Spreader 1,100.00
1-Electric Welding Outfit 900.00
1-Blacksmith Drill
400.00
1-12-34 ton Pickup Truck
1,550.00
1-3" Dual Unit 3 H.P. Diaphragm Pump $850.00
Less trade-in-Old Pump 100.00 750.00
1-3" Lift and Force Motor Driven Pump
450.00
2-Narrow Tractor Sidewalk Snow Plows at $2,600.00 each 5,200.00
Total Capital Outlay $18,950.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
28. STREET LIGHTING (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works)
Street Lighting
$67,403.25
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
29. TRAFFIC SIGNALS (Board of Selectmen)
Maintenance Man
$2,724.00
Laborer
2,031.58
Total Personal Services
$4,755.58
Expenses
$3,900.00
Total-$8,655.58
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
30 PUBLIC WELFARE-AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN-OLD AGE ASSISTANT AND DISTRICT NURSES-(Board of Selectmen)
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Agent $3,860.00
Clerks and Others
23,620.00
Town Physician
600.00
Total Personal Services $28,080.00
Less : Estimated U. S. Federal Grants
10,500.00
Total Personal Services (Net)
$17,580.00
Expenses $2,850.00
Less : Estimated U. S. Federal Grants 1,000.00
Expenses (Net) $1,850.00
Out of State Travel
Expenses incurred outside the Common-
wealth as described in General Laws,
Chapter 40 Section 5, Paragraph 34 $100.00
District or Other Nurses
$2,000.00
AID AND ASSISTANCE Welfare
$30,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
$30,000.00
Old Age Assistance
$175,000.00
Total-$256,530.00
Chairman Cahalin offered the following substitute motion, duty seconded and carried :
31. VETERANS' BENEFITS (Board of Selectmen)
Agent
$3,300.00
Investigator
2,300.00
Junior Clerk-Stenographer
1,500.00
Total Personal Services
$7,100.00
Expenses $950.00
Aid and Assistance (Including War Allow- ance, Veterans' Benefits, Special Care and Burial Aid $18,300.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
32. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
I. General Control $24,087.25
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II. Instructional Service $884,438.00
III. Operation of School Plant $126,005.00
IV. Maintenance of School Plant $53,666.00
V. Auxiliary and Other Activities $24,067.00
VI. Capital Outlay $18,200.00
VII. Special Appropriations $10,900.00
VIII. Expenses incurred outside the Com- monwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Para- graph 34 $200.00
Total $1,141,563.25
Mr. Seavey offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded and carried :
33. ROBBINS LIBRARY AND BRANCHES
Librarian
$3,960.00
Others 26,574.00
Janitor Service
4,700.00
$35,234.00
Expenses
$18,975.00
Capital Outlay
Painting
$3,000.00
Treads on Stairs
500.00
Total-$57,709.00
$3,500.00
Chairman Henderson offered the following substitute mo- tion, duly seconded and carried :
34. PUBLIC PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Superintendent $3,760.00
Foreman 2,610.00
Clerk
1,716.00
Wages-Laborers, Recreation Leaders and
Others
36,287.24
Total Personal Services
$44,373.24
Expenses 6,770.00
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Capital Outlay
To be expended substantially as follows : Trees-Shrubs-Plants
500.00
Fencing 1,940.00
Playground Equipment 1,050.00
Maintenance Equipment
2,585.00
Installation & Purchase of Floodlights 750.00
Thorndike Street Improvements 2,000.00
Total Capital Outlay $8,825.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
35. WARREN A. PEIRCE PLAYGROUND
Expenses $905.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
36. PENSIONS (Board of Selectmen)
Pensions $38,733.54
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted:
37. CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM (Retirement Board) Pension Accumulation Fund $30,301.90
Expenses 1,400.00
Interest required for special military fund 107.30
$31,809.20
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
38. MEMORIAL DAY (Board of Selectmen)
To be expended as follows :
Local Tent of the Daughters of Union Vet- erans and Local Camp of the Sons of Union Veterans $125.00
ยท Corp. Wm. P. Kenibbs Camp No. 66 United Spanish War Veterans 225.00
Arlington Post No. 39, The American Legion Inc. 550.00
Arlington Post No. 1775, Veterans of For- eign Wars 450.00
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Francis Gould Women's Relief Corps No. 43 25.00 Arlington Chapter No. 49, Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans 75.00
Total $1,450.00
Patriots Day
$250.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
39 PRINTING TOWN REPORTS (Board of Select- men) $2,500.00
Mr. Harris offered the following amendment which was duly seconded, carried and Voted
39. PRINTING TOWN REPORTS (Board of Select- men) $2,500.00
And the Moderator be and hereby is instructed to appoint a Committee to consist of Arthur J. Mansfield, Leonard B. Wood and George A. Harris, to study, consider and make recommendations regarding costs, form at and any other re- lated subjects, of the Printed Town Reports, with a view to eliminating unnecessary material and effecting any possible savings in the annual purchasing of said printed reports ; said committee to report its recommendations not later than the Annual Town Meeting of 1949 ; and that the sum of One Hun- dred ($100.00) Dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the necessary expenses to be incurred by said committee, said sum to be raised by general tax.
Chairman Hauser of the Board of Assessors asked to recon- sider item 5 of Article 5-Board of Assessors and offered the following substitute motion, duly seconded, and it was
Voted :
5. BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Members of Board
$3,600.00
Executive Secretary
3,760.00
Other Clerks
5,146.00
Total Personal Services $12,506.00
Expenses
$1,250.00
Capital Outlay
Plan File
$200.00
Book Case Section
15.00
Total Capital Outlay
$215.00
Total-$13,971.00
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The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
40. INSURANCE (Board of Selectmen)
Including among other purposes the protec- tion of the Town's interest in real estate held by it under purchases and takings for non- payment of taxes, as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, clause (38) $14,075.00
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND $14,000.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
41. RESERVE FUND (Finance Committee) $30,000.00 Total-$13,971.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
42. MAINTENANCE OF MENOTOMY HALL AND HOUSES OWNED BY THE TOWN (Board of Selectmen)
Janitor $2,360.00
Others 150.00
Total Personal Services $2,510.00
Expenses Total-$7,845.00
$5,335.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted .
43. WATER DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE (Board of Public Works)
Maintenance of Water System $72,275.00
Extension of Services for House Connections $12,500.00 Capital Outlay Meters for New Services and Replacements of Meters $6,000.00 Tapping Machine 750.00
Total Capital Outlay $6,750.00 Total-$91,525.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
44 CEMETERIES (Board of Cemetery Commissioners) Clerk
$1,612.00
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Clerk of Board
Wages
208.00 26,500.00
Total Personal Services
$28,320.00
Expenses
$2,195.00
Capital Outlay
$4,600.00
Total-$35,115.00
The Finance Committee recommended the following and it was Voted :
45. Interest
$1,450.00
MATURING TOWN DEBT $5,000.00
Mr. Harris served notice that he might ask for reconsidera- tion of Article 5.
There being no further business under Article 5, the Moder- ator declared it disposed of.
On motion of Ch. Hayes, it was moved and seconded and unanimously Voted: That Article 6 be taken from the table. The Moderator then declared that Article 6 was before the meeting.
Article 6 taken up. (Increase or Special Compensation for Town Officers and Employees.)
The Finance Committee recommended the following:
That effective January 1, 1948, there be paid to full time employees of the Town, exclusive of school teachers, the sum of three hundred and twelve (312) dollars as special compen- sation for the year 1948, to be paid pro rata of amount earned, in installments in accordance with the various payroll periods now in effect in the Town, part time employees to be paid an amount in such proportion to the time worked as the various departments shall determine, the total payments to any in- dividual under this vote and the vote under Article 3 of the Special Town Meeting of November 17, 1947, shall not exceed three hundred and twelve (312) dollars for the calendar year 1948 : all elected officials are hereby specifically excluded from receiving any payments hereunder except the Town Clerk and the Town Treasurer; this action shall not be construed as permanently increasing salary or wages, nor shall any pay- ments hereunder be deemed to be part of the regular compen- sation of any Town employee.
All payments already made to any employee in the year 1948 under Article 3 of the Special Town Meeting of November 17,
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1947, shall be deducted from the amount such employee shall be entitled to under the foregoing.
The various departments of the Town are hereby authorized to continue the payment of Special Compensation at the same rate until the termination of the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1949, unless modified by vote of the Town.
That the sum of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) dol- lars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of this Article in 1948, said sum to be raised by general tax and ex- pended under the direction of the various Boards and Heads of Departments of the Town and charged to the appropriation made under this Article.
Chairman Hayes offered the following substitute motion : duly seconded :
That to enable the various Board and the Heads of the De- partments of the Town employing laborers, mechanics and other employees doing similar work on an hourly basis to in- crease the base pay of such employees 7 cts. per hour, said increase to be retroactive to January 1, 1948, and
That effective January 1, 1948, there be paid to full time em- ployees of the Town, exclusive of school teachers, the sum of three hundred and twelve (312) dollars as special compensa- tion for the year 1948, to be paid pro rata of amount earned, in installments in accordance with the various payroll periods now in effect in the Town, part time employees to be paid an amount in such proportion to the time worked as the various departments shall determine, the total payments to any in- dividual under this vote and the vote under Article 3 of the Special Town Meeting of November 17, 1947, shall not exceed three hundred and twelve (312) dollars for the calendar year 1948 ; all elected officials are hereby specifically excluded from receiving any payments hereunder except the Town Clerk and the Town Treasurer; this action shall not be construed as permanently increasing salary or wages, nor shall any pay- ments hereunder be deemed to be part of the regular compen- sation of any Town employee.
All payments already made to any employee in the year 1948 under Article 3 of the Special Town Meeting of Novem- ber 17, 1947, shall be deducted from the amount such em- ployee shall be entitled to under the foregoing.
The various departments of the Town are hereby author- ized to continue the payment of Special Compensation at the same rate until the termination of the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1949, unless modified by vote of the Town.
That the sum of one hundred eighty-two thousand ($182,- 000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of
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this Article in 1948, said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the various Boards and Heads of Departments of the Town and charged to the appropriation made under this Article.
Mr. Stratton of the Salary and Wage Committee offered the following substitute motion :
That the sum of $127,428.23 be and hereby is appropriated to enable the various department Heads to adjust the basic salaries and wages of the employees of the Town, as of April 1, 1948, in accordance with the recommendations of the Commit- tee on Salaries and Wages, whose report was submitted at this 1948 Annual Town Meeting; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended and charged to this Article by the various department Heads in accordance with the following schedule :
Board of Selectmen
$702.00
Town Accountant
939.75
Treasurer-Collector
1,591.83
Board of Assessors
838.50
Town Clerk
624.00
Public Works
56,235.93
Engineering Dept.
2,548.32
Elections & Town Meetings
214.50
Town Hall
475.50
Veterans' Services
620.25
Police Department
13,455.00
Fire Department
14,000.00
Building Inspector
819.00
Wire Inspector
195.00
Sealer Weights & Measures
195.00
Gypsy & Brown Tail Moth and Town Hall Grounds.
3,372.73
Board of Health
624.00
Welfare Dept.
3,008.25
Parks & Playgrounds.
5,817.62
Cemetery Dept.
4,200.30
School Dept.
13,903.50
Library Dept.
2,832.75
Maintenance of Menotomy Hall
and Houses Owned by the Town
214.50
Total $127,428.23
and it is further Voted: That effective April 1, 1948, that there be paid to the part time employees of the Town, exclusive of school teachers, all elected officials and such other part time
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employees in positions that did not participate in bonuses paid by the Town in 1947, as special compensation for the year 1948 an amount in such proportion to the time worked as the various departments shall determine would be to a full time nine (9) months total of $214.50 had the employee worked full time; the total payments to any individual under this Vote and the Vote under ARTICLE 3 of the Special Town Meeting of November, 1947, shall not exceed $266.50 for the calendar year 1948; this action shall not be construed to com- pensate any part time employee above the basic rate for full time employment as recommended by the report of the Com- mittee on Salaries and Wages whose report was submitted to this 1948 Annual Town Meeting, nor to permanently increase salaries or wages, nor shall any payments hereunder be deemed to be the regular compensation of any Town employee.
The various departments of the Town are hereby authorized to continue the payment of said special compensation at the same rate until the termination of the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1949, unless modified by Vote of the Town.
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