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Section V.
Four days shall be granted to such employees who have suffered the loss of a member of the immediate family; death of spouse, child, father, mother, brother or sister and father, mother, brother or sister of spouse, and shall be charged to accumulated sick leave.
Section VI.
Notification of absence shall, where conditions warrant, be given to the department head as early as possible on the first day of ab- sence, otherwise as soon as possible thereafter. If such notification is not made, such absence may, at the discretion of the department head, be applied to vacation leave or leave without pay.
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Section VII.
For absence on account of sickness, the department head may require evidence in the form of a physician's certificate for the neces- sity for such absence. If such certificate is not filed after request therefor within seven days, such absence may be applied, at the dis- cretion of the department head, to vacation leave or leave without pay.
Section VIII.
Employees whose services are terminated through death, resig- nation, retirement, or dismissal shall not be entitled to compensation in lieu of any sick leave not taken. Employees reinstated may be credited with any accrued sick leave due them at the termination of their previous service.
Section IX.
Every department of the Town shall keep a register showing records of sick leave both accrued and granted for each employee. The information on such register shall be transmitted by the head of the department to the Personnel Board at the end of each month.
Section X.
Accrued sick leave shall be computed for each year of service beginning January 1, 1945. If accrued sick leave cannot be com- puted, due to the lack of records, the employee shall be credited with eight working days for each year of service, not to exceed sixty-four working days.
OVERTIME
Section I.
A. Overtime services rendered by an employee at the request of the department head beyond the established hours of service for his position shall be compensated at one and one-half his regular rate of compensation or double his regular rate of compensation on Sun- day and over eight hours on holidays for such services, provided this work is classified as emergency.
B. This section shall not apply to members of the Fire and Police Departments or to the Library staff and School Department personnel.
C. Section A shall not apply to departments where time off for overtime services has been the established procedure.
LUNCH PERIOD
Section I.
A lunch period of not more than one hour shall be granted to all classified Town employees.
MILITIA, ETC. LEAVE
Section I.
Any permanent classified full-time Town employee shall be en- titled during the time of his service in the organized militia, under sections eleven, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, one hundred and five or one hundred and fifty four, or during his annual tour of duty of
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not exceeding two calendar weeks as a member of the organized re- serve of the Army of the United States or of the United States naval reserve forces, to receive pay therefor, without loss of his ordinary remuneration as an employee of the Town and shall also be entitled to the same leaves of absence or vacation with pay given to other like employees.
GENERAL LAWS
Nothing in the above rules and regulations shall be construed to conflict with the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts.
(Inserted at the request of the Personnel Board)
Article 12. To see if the Town will amend the Classification Plan, known as Schedule A, under 1 and Table 2, of Article 7C, of the By-Laws by reallocating the following classification:
Board of Selectmen-Police Department Police Sergeant, Grade 16, reallocated to Grade 18
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 13. To see if the Town will amend the Classification Plan, known as Schedule A, under Table I and Table II of Article 7C, of the By-laws, by reallocating certain classifications to the salary grades as set forth in the following list:
Principal Clerk Grade VI, reallocated to Grade VII
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend Table I of Schedule A of the Classification Plan, and Table I of Schedule B of the Pay Plan, as established by Article 7C of the By-laws by increas- ing any or all money figures containd therein; will appropriate a sum or sums of money therefor to be expended by the various departments effected; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 15. To see if the Town will authorize the various de- partments of the Town to increase the basic salary or wages of school cafeteria personnel, elected full-time employees and all classified em- ployees now receiving salaries or wages now in excess of maximums as now established by said Classification and Pay Plan; will appro- priate a sum or sums of money therefor to be expended by the vari- ous departments effected; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to recommend to the Fire Appointing Authority that the period of time between step-rate increases be reduced, or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to recommend to the Police Appointing Authority that the period of time between step- rate increases be reduced, or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 18. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 781 of the Acts of 1951, being "AN ACT RELATIVE TO INCREASING THE AMOUNTS OF PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO CERTAIN FORMER PUBLIC EM- PLOYEES" or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1952, "AN ACT RELATIVE TO IN- CREASING THE AMOUNTS OF PENSIONS, RETIREMENT AL- LOWANCES AND ANNUITIES PAYABLE TO CERTAIN FORMER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES," or take any action relating thereto.
( Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 20. To make appropriations to defray Town obligations, liabilities, outlay and expenses and especially for or relating to all or any of the boards, departments, purposes and matters hereinafter mentioned, and to provide for the disposal of motor vehicles or other personal property belonging to the Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Finance Committee; Board of Selectmen; Accountant; Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes Departments; Assessors' Depart- ment; Legal Department; Claims; Town Clerk's Department; Vital Statistics; Board of Public Works; Engineering Department; Elec- tions and Town Meetings; Planning Board; Board of Survey (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works); Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Town House Grounds Department; Police Department; Parking Meters; Fire Department; Fire and Police Signal System; Building, Plumbing and Gas Inspection; Boards of Appeals (Build- ing and Zoning) ; Wire Department; Sealer of Weights and Measures; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression; Tree Warden's Depart- ment; Health Department; Inspector of Animals; Sewerage System Maintenance; Removal of Ashes, Offal and Rubbish; Highway Divi- sion; Snow and Ice Removal; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Signals; Public Welfare Department; Aid to Dependent Children; Old Age Assistance; District or Other Nurses; Veterans' Benefits; Schools; Robbins Library and Branches; Parks; Playgrounds; Pen- sions (non-contributory) ; Contributory Retirement System; Memor- ial Day; Patriots' Day; Printing Town Reports; Insurance; Work- men's Compensation Insurance Fund; Municipal Insurance Fund; Reserve Fund; Maintenance of Menotomy Hall and Houses owned by the Town; Water Department Maintenance; Cemeteries; Interest; Debt; Sinking Fund; Personnel Board; Civil Defense.
Article 21. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be added to that appropriated under Article 54 of the 1946 Annual Town Meeting for the purpose of erecting an addition or additions to the present Robbins Memorial Town Hall and the alteration or recon- struction of the present interior of said Robbins Memorial Town Hall
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to provide for the rearrangement of Town Departmental quarters; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.
Article 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1954, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes that may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 23. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of the Sewerage System; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 24. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of Water Mains; detemine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 25. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of Storm Drains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 26. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Extension of the Sewerage System from end of present system on Churchill Avenue to Jason Street; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to extend the Town Sewerage System and Storm Drain System through land within the Arlington Heights Section of the Town in the area formerly known as the Hutchinson Farm and Henderson Farm and necessary adjacent areas; make an appropriation therefor; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the sale, transfer or disposal of four (4) 1945 Reo three and one-half ton (31/2 ) trucks now owned by the Town and delegated to the Sanitary Division; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
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Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provision of Chapter 559 of the Acts of 1952 which Act is entitled "An Act Providing for the Construction and Operation by the Metropolitanl District Commission of Refuse Disposal Incinerators in certain cases"; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works )
Article 30. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of extending the sewer along Suminer Street, fromll its present end to the Town line, or any part thereof; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 31. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the repair and reconstruction of the supporting abutments and ap- proaches to the bridge on Lowell Street, over the railroad tracks; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works )
Article 32. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 33. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the relocation, alteration and widening, construction of, specific re- pairs upon and improvement of all or any parts of Massachusetts Avenue or Summer Street, within the town as now existing or here- after relocated, altered or widened, including land damages, if any, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessments of better- ments or otherwise; said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Commonwealth or County of Mid- dlesex, or both, for such purpose or purposes; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relative to all or any of the foregoing.
Article 34. 'To see if the Town will make an appropriation or appropriations to pay the claims or charges of Symmes Arlington Hospital including such claims and charges for aid, relief or care furnished prior to January 1, 1953, to persons falling into distress and standing in need of immediate relief; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 35. To see if the Town will accept a gift to the Town from Stanley W. Morton of a strip of land 10 feet in width abutting the southeasterly property line of the premises owned by him on Spring Street, extending from Spring Street to the Concord Turnpike, or take any action relating thereto.
Article 36. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Washington Street to Pheasant Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Chatham Street, as made
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and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law author- izing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the easterly side line of Washington Street and the northwesterly side line of Chatham Street, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northwest- erly side line of Chatham Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 13.19 feet a distance of 22.41 feet to a point of compound curve in said northwesterly side line of Chatham Street, thence northeast- erly on said northwesterly side line of Chatham Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 499.89 feet a distance of 270.61 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Chatham Street a distance of 338.91 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwest- erly side line of Chatham Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 10 feet a distance of 15.71 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Chatham Street and the southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue distances of 30.0 feet and 30.66 feet respectively, to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue and the southeasterly side line of Chatham Street, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Chatham Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 10 feet a distance of 16.31 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Chatham Street, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Chatham Street a distance of 337.09 feet to a point of curve, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Chatham Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 539.89 feet a distance of 292.27 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence southwesterly and southerly on said southeasterly side line of Chatham Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 22.91 feet a distance of 33.05 feet to the point of intersection of said southeast- erly side line of Chatham Street and the easterly side line of Wash- ington Street, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Wash- ington Street a distance of 75.48 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Massachusetts, entitled, "Plan and Profile of Chatham Street, Brattle Heights, Arlington, Horizontal Scale 40 feet to an inch, Vertical Scale 6 feet to an inch, May, 1917, Ernest W. Branch, Civil Engineer, Boston, Quincy."
Article 37. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Forest Street to Wright Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Heard Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropria- tion for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action re- lating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
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Beginning at the point of intersection of the northwesterly side line of Park Avenue Extension and the southwesterly side line of Heard Road, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Heard Road a distance of 410.49 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Heard Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 16.62 feet a distance of 20.91 feet to a point, thence northeasterly across said Heard Road a distance of 95 feet more or less to the point of inter- section of the easterly side line of Wright Street and the northeaster- ly side line of Heard Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Heard Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 146.39 feet a distance of 96.36 feet to the point of tan- gency, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Heard Road a distance of 311.73 feet to a point of curve in said northeast- erly side line of Heard Road, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Heard Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.18 feet a distance of 48.84 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Heard Road and the westerly side line of Forest Street, thence southerly on said westerly side line of Forest Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 372.86 feet a distance of 72.06 feet to a point, thence southwest- erly by the end of the present accepted portion of Park Avenue Ex- tension a distance of 31 feet more or less to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Massachusetts entitled, "Plan and Profile of Heard Road, Arlington, Mass., Showing Proposed Lines and Grades Petitioned For By Jennie M. Varney, Scale HOR. 1" = 40', VER. 1" = 6', July, 1915, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 38. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Ridge Street to Columbia Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Crosby Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropria- tion for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relat- ing thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side line of Ridge Street and the northwesterly side line of Crosby Street, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northwest- erly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 23.25 feet a distance of 33.07 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street a dis- tance of 298.23 feet to the point of intersection of said norhwesterly side line of Crosby Street and the northeasterly side line of Columbia Road, thence southeasterly across said Crosby Street a distance of 50.02 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Columbia Road and the southeasterly side line of Crosby Street, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street a distance of 282.24 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeast- erly on said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 23.25 feet a distance of 39.97 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street and the northeasterly side line of Ridge Street, thence northwesterly on said
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northeasterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 97.57 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled, "Plan and Profile of Crosby Street, Arlington, Mass., as Petitioned For By Henry G. Wilton, Scales: HOR: 1 in. = 40 ft. VERT. 1 in. = 6 ft. Everett M. Brooks, Civil Eng., Newtonville, Mass., June 12, 1939."
Article 39. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Mystic Street to Pamela Drive, substantially in the location of the private way known as Ridge Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropria- tion for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relat- ing thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Mystic Street and the southwesterly side line of Ridge Street, thence northerly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 28.76 feet to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street, thence northerly on a curve to the right with a radius of 371.65 feet a distance of 50.94 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street, thence northeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 48.82 feet to a point of curve, thence northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 300.0 feet a distance of 153.43 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 161.57 feet to an angle point, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 148.93 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 420.29 feet a distance of 273.13 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southwest- erly side line of Ridge Street a disance of 142.0 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 322.4 feet a distance of 69.12 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 40.0 feet a distance of 46.08 feet to the end of the present accepted portion of Cutter Hill Road, thence north- westerly by the end of the present accepted portion of Cutter Hill Road a distance of 61 feet more or less, thence westerly by the end of the present accepted portion of Cutter Hill Road and Oak Hill Drive a distance of 89 feet more or less to a point on the northwest- erly side line of Oak Hill Drive, thence northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Oak Hill Drive a distance of 19.96 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on the southwesterly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 80.0 feet a distance of 117.60 feet to a point of reverse curve in said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street, thence north- westerly, northerly and northeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 322.40 feet a distance of 263.0 feet to a point of tangency, thence northeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 80.0 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Ridge
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