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TOTAL $ 20,347.50
Detail Personal Services
Town Accountant $ 6,640.00
Junior Accountant
4,045.00
Principal Clerk
3,234.50
Senior Clerk-Typist
2,887.50
Clerk-Typist
2,323.50
Extra Clerk
150.00
$ 19,280.50
8. Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
On the substitute motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee to amend the original motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried, it was
VOTED:
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8. Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
Personal Services
$
39,206.51
Expenses
7,900.00
Capital outlay (to be expended substantially as follows: )
1 Payroll Machine & Forms
$4500.00
1 Adding Machine 340.00
1 Sealing Machine 165.00
1 Typewriter 200.00
Total Capital Outlay
5,205.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as
described in General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 5, Paragraph 34
175.00
TOTAL $ 52,486.51
Detail Personal Services
Treasurer-Collector
$ 7,648.00
Assistant Treasurer
4,045.00
Other Clerks
26,041.51
Parking Meters
1,472.00
$ 39,206.51
VOTED :
9. Board of Assessors
Personal Services
$ 21,069.50
Expenses
2,360.00
Capital outlay (to be expended
substantially as follows: )
Electric Time Stamp
170.00
TOTAL $ 23,599.50
Detail Personal Services
Members of Board (3)
$ 4,500.00
Executive Secretary
5,995.50
Other Clerks, etc.
10,574.00
$ 21,069.50
VOTED:
10. Legal (Town Manager)
Personal Services Town Counsel - Retainer Fee $ 2,782.50
Expenses : Legal Expenses and Attorney's Fees 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 appropri- ations
30,000.00
TOTAL $ 32,782.50
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11. Town Clerk
On the substitute motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee to amend the original motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried, it was
VOTED:
11. Town Clerk
Personal Services $ 16,899.70
Expenses
3,835.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended
729.00
substantially as follows: ) 1 Typewriter
$197.00
Less allowance
55.00
$143.00
3 Typewriter Desks 586.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 5, Paragraph 34
325.00
$ 21,788.70
Detail Personal Services
Town Clerk
$ 7,348.20
Assistant Town Clerk
3,509.50
Other Clerks
6,042.00
$ 16,899.70
VOTED:
12. Public Works Department - General Administration (Town Manager)
Personal Services
$ 61,774.86
Expenses
5,500.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended
substantially as follows)
1 Filing Cabinet $ 200.00
1 Accounting Machine 4500.00 4,700.00
TOTAL $ 71,974.86
Detail Personal Services
Executive Secretary-Head Clerk $
5,127.50
Supt. of Public Works
6,704.36
Ass't. Supt. of Public Works
5,127.50
Water Registrar
4,968.50
Other Clerks
37,867.00
Emergency Clerk Hire
1,980.00
$ 61,774.86
VOTED:
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13. Engineering (Town Manager)
Personal Services
$ 62,191.50
Expenses
4,120.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows : )
Desks $ 760.00
Automobile
1875.00
Jeep (used)
500.00
3,135.00
TOTAL $ 69,446.50
Detail Personal Services
Town Engineer
$ 6,340.00
Engineers
51,464.00
Clerk
2,887.50
Overtime
1,500.00
$ 62,191.50
VOTED:
14. Elections & Town Meetings (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services
$
24,191.00
Expenses
10,788.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows: )
1 Typewriter
$197.00
Less allowance
55.00
$143.00
2 Typewriter Desks
390.00
2 Secretarial Chairs
110.00
2 Filing Cases
765.00
1,408.00
TOTAL $ 36,387.00
Detail Personal Services
Board of Registrars
$ 1,212.00
Ass't. Registrars and Others
10,679.00
Election Officers
11,200.00
Janitors
1,100.00
$ 24,191.00
VOTED:
15. Planning Board
Personal Services
$ 200.00
Expenses
1,000.00
TOTAL $ 1,200.00
Detail Personal Services
Chairman
$ 100.00
Secretary
100.00
..
$ 200.00
VOTED:
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16. Board of Survey (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services
$ 3,244.50
Expenses
935.00
TOTAL $ 4,179.50
Detail Personal Services
Secretary of Board
$ 2,005.00
Head Clerk-Secretary to Department Head .. 1,239.50
$ 3,244.50
VOTED:
17. Robbins Memorial Town Hall (Town Manager)
Personal Services
$ 19,218.50
Expenses
11,775.00
TOTAL $ 30,993.50
Detail Personal Services
Sr. Building Custodian
$ 3,985.00
Jr. Building Custodians
10,265.00
Others and Overtime
4,968.50
$ 19,218.50
18. Police Department (Town Manager)
By consent of the meeting, leave was granted to withdraw the motion of the Finance Committee, and on the new motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee, which was seconded, it was
VOTED:
18. Police Department (Town Manager)
$ 358,632.29
Expenses
26,500.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows)
Building Lighting and Repairs
$1400.00
1 Typewriter
188.00
Converting Radios
70.00
New Sirens
150.00
1 Station Wagon $2572.00
Allowance 1-'55 Station Wagon 900.00
1672.00
1 Four Door Sedan
2252.00
Allowance 1-'52 4-Door Sedan
300.00
1952.00
5,432.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 5, Paragraph 34
500.00
$ 391,064.29
Personal Services
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Detail Personal Services
Chief
$ 6,640.00
Captains
10,862.00
Lieutenants 24,842.50
Sergeants
46,435.00
Patrolmen
231,149.49
School Traffic Supervisors
16,111.00
Principal Clerk
3,234.50
Senior Clerk-Stenographer
2,888.00
Others
11,604.50
Overtime for Police Officers
4,865.30
$ 358,632.29
VOTED:
19. Parking Meters (Town Manager)
Personal Services $ 4,230.06
Expenses
2,715.00
TOTAL $ 6,945.06
VOTED:
Total $6,945.06 to be taken from the
Parking Meter Fund.
20. Fire Department (Town Manager)
On the substitute motion of Town Manager Monahan to amend the motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried, it was
VOTED:
20. Fire Department (Town Manager)
Personal Services
$ 426,138.63 21,930.00
Expenses
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows: )
Hose
$1225.00
Equipment and Furnishings 275.00
Automobile $2300.
Less allowance
300. 2000.00
Total Capital Outlay 3,500.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 5, Paragraph 34
300.00
TOTAL $ 451,868.63
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Detail Personal Services
Chief
$ 6,640.00
Deputy Chiefs
21,724.00
Captains
49,685.00
Assistant Superintendent
4,968.50
Lieutenants
37,148.00
Fire Fighters
295,306.30
Principal Clerk
3,234.50
Physician
420.00
Holiday Time
2,500.00
Mechanic-Part of Year
3,312.33
Overtime
1,200.00
$ 426,138.63
VOTED:
21. Fire and Police Signals (Town Manager)
Personal Services
Signal Maintainers $ 7,991.82
Expenses
3,100.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows: )
Alarm Boxes and materials $2800.00
1 Two-way Radio
450.00
Fire Alarm Truck $5800.
Less allowance on old truck 100. 5700.00
Cable and Construction 5295.00
Replace Air Tanks
2000.00
Total Capital Outlay 16,245.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 5, Paragraph 34
300.00
TOTAL $ 27,636.82
VOTED:
22. Building, Pumbing and Gas Inspection
(Town Manager)
Personal Services $ 12,369.50 850.00
Expenses
Capital Outlay (to be expended
substantially as follows: ) Block Plans 700.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 5, Paragraph 34
300.00
TOTAL $ 14,219.50
Detail Personal Services
Inspector of Buildings
$ 5,292.50
Inspector of Plumbing and Gas
4,464.50
Clerk-Stenographer
2,612.50
$ 12,369.50
VOTED:
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23. Boards of Appeal (Board of Selectmen)
Personal Services $ 2,681.87 300.00
Expenses
TOTAL .$ 2,981.87
Detail Personal Services
Board of Appeals (Zoning) $ 1,500.00
Board of Appeals (Building)
300.00
Senior Clerk-Stenographer Part-time
721.87
Overtime
160.00
$ 2,681.87
VOTED:
24. Wire Department (Town Manager)
Personal Services $ 10,214.00
Expenses 1,110.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as
described in General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 5, Paragraph 34
150.00
TOTAL $ 11,474.00
Detail Personal Services
Inspector of Wires
$ 5,995.50
Assistant Inspector of Wires 4,218.50
$ 10,214.00
VOTED:
25. Sealer of Weights and Measures (Town Manager)
Personal Services $ 3,985.00
Expenses 650.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as
described in General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 5, Paragraph 34
150.00
TOTAL $ 4,785.00
VOTED:
27. Tree Warden (Town Manager) $ 42,356.00
Personal Services
Expenses
5,200.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows)
New Trees $3,675.00
Plants and Shrubs 500.00
Spray Pump 275.00
Brushcutter 240.00
Office Linoleum 92.00
4,782.00
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 5, Paragraph 34
300.00
TOTAL $ 52,638.00
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Detail Personal Services
Tree Warden
$ 5,764.00
1,444.00
Clerk-Stenographer Exera Clerk Wages-Laborers
150.00
34,998.00
$ 42,356.00
28. Civilian Defense (Town Manager)
On the two substitute motions of Selectman Greeley to amend the motion of the Finance Committee, which were seconded and were declared by the Moderator to have carried on voice votes, it was
VOTED:
28. Civilian Defense (Town Manager)
Personal Services
Expenses
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows)
2 Pak-phones $ 460.00
Bird Watt Meter 80.00
1 Generator 155.00
100.00
1 Geiger Counter Transportation 50.00
1 Portable Generator
225.00
25 Pair Rubber Boots
168.75
25 Helmets
181.00
150 Raincoats
1425.00
2,844.75
TOTAL $ 6,782.26
Detail Personal Services
Civil Defense Director
$ 1,571.88
Senior Clerk Stenographer
2,165.63
$ 3,737.51
VOTED :
29. Board of Health (Town Manager)
Personal Services
$ 22,130.50
Expenses
2,560.00
Capital Outlay Dental Chair
425.00
Garbage Disposal
80,000.00
Communicable Diseases
15,000.00
Mosquito Control
2,000.00
Premature Baby Care
3,500.00
TOTAL $ 125,615.50
$ 3,737.51 200.00
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Detail Personal Services
Board Members $ 750.00
Agent
4,968.50
Principal Clerk
3,234.50
Public Health Nurse
3,423.00
Dentist
2,413.00
Dental Assistant
1,272.00
Others
2,024.50
Milk and Sanitation Inspector
4,045.00
$ 22,130.50
VOTED:
30. Inspector of Animals (Town Manager)
Personal Services - Inspector $ 668.00
VOTED:
31. Sewer Maintenance (Town Manager)
Maintenance of Sewerage System Including Tools and Equipment
Labor
$ 20,000.00
Expenses
5,000.00
TOTAL $ 25,000.00
VOTED:
32. Sanitary Division (Town Manager)
Removal of Ashes and Rubbish;
Wages, Equipment, Dump Maintenance, etc. Labor
$ 98,982.00
Expenses 35,043.00
TOTAL $ 134,025.00
33. Division of Highways and Bridges (Town Manager)
On motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That Budget Item No. 33 be laid on the table.
VOTED:
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33a. Highway Capital Outlay (Town Manager)
Replacement and Purchase of New Equipment To be expended substantially as follows: 1-3" Centrifugal Pump $ 395.00
1- Street Sweeper, with Cab $11,000.00
Allowance on 1937 Elgin Sweeper 500.00 10,500.00
3-11/2 -21/2 ton Trucks with Dump bodies $11,500.00
Allowance on 1-11/2 ton Ford Truck 1-3-5 ton Diamond T. Truck 1-2 ton Reo Truck 1,400.00 10,100.00
1-125 cubic foot portable Compressor
4,000.00
1 - Sidewalk Tractor, fully equipped, including Snow Plow 4,285.00
TOTAL $ 29,280.00
VOTED :
3.1. Street Lighting (Town Manager)
Street Lighting
TOTAL . $ 84,234.00
VOTED:
35. Traffic Signals (Town Manager) $ 11,333.50
Personal Services
Expenses
6,025.00
TOTAL $ 17,358.50
Detail Personal Services
Maintenance Man
$ 4,464.50
Ass't. Maintenance Man
3,234.50
Laborer
3,234.50
Overtime
400.00
$ 11,333.50
VOTED:
36. Public Welfare - Aid to Dependent Children - Old Age Assistance and District Nurses (Town Manager) $ 41,389.30
Personal Services ..
Expenses $4,570.00
Less: Estimated U. S. Federal Grant 2,000.00 2,570.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows)
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
2 Typewriters
$ 345.00
1 Graphotype 1,525.00
1 Edison Transcriber 374.00
Office Furniture 56.00 2,300.00
Expenses incurred outside the Com-
monwealth as described in General
Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Para- graph 34
250.00
TOTAL $ 46,509.30
Aid and Assistance
Welfare Aid
$ 60,000.00
Disability Assistance
40,000.00
TOTAL $ 100,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
21,000.00
Old Age Assistance
360,000.00
District or Other Nurses
3,000.00
TOTAL OF BUDGET $ 530,509.30
Detail Personal Services
Agent
$ 5,995.50
Clerks and Others
58,822.00
Town Physician
667.80
Medical Consultant
2,600.00
Less: Estimated U. S. Federal Grants $ 68,085.30
26,696.00
$ 41,389.30
VOTED:
37.
Veterans' Benefits
(Town Manager)
Personal Services
$ 11,830.00
Expenses
1,750.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows)
1 Typewriter
$197.50
1 Desk 65.00
1 Fan
75.00
337.50
$ 13,917.50
Aid and Assistance
(Including War Allowance, Veterans'
Benefits and Burial Aid) $ 37,000.00
TOTAL OF BUDGET $ 50,917.50
Detail Personal Services
Director of Veterans' Services $ 4,643.50
Investigator 3,799.00
Senior Clerk-Stenographer
2,887.50
Extra Clerk
500.00
$ 11,830.00
VOTED:
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38. School Department
I. General Control
$ 46,864.00
II. Instructional Service 1,540,677.00
III. Operation of School Plant 231,917.00
IV. Maintenance of Plant 104,173.00
V. Auxiliary Agencies
24,518.00
VI. Capital Outlay
24,611.00
VII. Special Appropriations
21,644.00
VIII.
Expenses incurred outside the Common-
wealth as described in General Laws,
Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34
750.00
TOTAL $1,995,154.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - DETAIL .
I. General Control
Salaries
Superintendent
$ 10,000.00
Others
34,864.00
Total Personal Services
$ 44,864.00
Expenses
.. 2,000.00
TOTAL I $ 46,864.00
II. Instructional Service
Personal Services
$1,431,181.00
Expenses
39,696.00
Supplies
69,800.00
TOTAL II $1,540,677.00
III. Operation of School Plant
Personal Services
$ 152,817.00
Materials and Expenses
79,100.00
TOTAL III $ 231,917.00
IV. Maintenance of School Plant
Personal Services
$ 42,217.00
Repairs and Replacements
52,206.00
Expenses
9,750.00
TOTAL IV $ 104,173.00
V. Auxiliary and Other Activities
Personal Services $ 18,668.00
Expenses
5,850.00
TOTAL V $ 24,518.00
VI. Capital Outlay
Furnishings
$ 4,399.00
Instructional Apparatus
9,977.00
Other Equipment
1,350.00
Visual Education
2,500.00
Remodeling and General Construction
6,385.00
TOTAL VI $ 24,611.00
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VII. Special Appropriations Vocational School Tuition and Transportation $ 2,000.00
Athletics (Chapter 658, Acts 1950) 8,000.00 Cafeterias (Chapter 417, Acts 1950) 9,444.00 Arlington State-Aided Vocational School 2,200.00
TOTAL VII $ 21,644.00
VIII. Out of State Travel $ 750.00
39. Robbins Library and Branches (Town Manager)
On the substitution motion of Town Manager Monahan to amend the motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried, it was
VOTED :
39. Robbins Library and Branches (Town Manager)
Personal Services
$ 105,685.38
Expenses
45,710.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows)
Equipment 2,750.00
Shelving 1,277.00
Lighting
3,000.00
Major Repairs, Outside of Building 25,000.00 32,027.00
Expenses incurred outside the Common- wealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34 .... 300.00
$ 183,722.38
Detail Personal Services
Librarian
$ 5,431.00
Others
84,594.00
Custodians
14,905.00
Overtime for Custodians
755.38
$ 105,685.38
VOTED:
40. Public Parks and Playgrounds (Town Manager)
Personal Services $ 66,818.00
Expenses
14,000.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended substantially as follows)
Fencing $1,290.00
Playground Equipment 500.00
General Improvements 1,300.00
Floodlighting
2,000.00
8,690.00 Maintenance Equipment 3,600.00
Expenses incurred outside the Common- wealth as described in General Laws,
Chapter 40, Section 5, Paragraph 34 .... 200.00
TOTAL $ 89,708.00
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Detail Personal Services
Superintendent $ 5,431.00
Principal Clerk-Stenographer 3,234.50
Park Foreman Recreation Supervisor
4,464.50
3,985.00
Laborers and Others
49,703.00
$ 66,818.00
Warren E. O'Leary of Precinct 13 served notice of intention to move to reconsider vote of meeting under Budget Item No. 40.
(See amended vote under Budget Item No. 40 at adjourned meeting of April 4, 1956.)
VOTED:
41. Warren A. Peirce Playground (Town Manager)
Personal Services - Laborers $ 9,000.00
Expenses
1,010.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended
substantially as follows) Water Line $300.00
Lumber
180.00 480.00
TOTAL $ 10,490.00
VOTED:
42. Pensions (Town Manager) $ 115,000.00
Pensions
VOTED :
43. Contributory Retirement System (Retirement Board)
Pension Accumulation Fund $ 54,107.00
Expenses 1,600.00
Military Service Credits 2,011.84
Expenses incurred outside the Commonwealth as described in General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 5, Paragraph 34
150.00
TOTAL $ 57,868.84
VOTED:
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44. Memorial - Patriots' Days (Town Manager)
Memorial Day $ 2,325.00
Patriots' Day
940.00
TOTAL $ 3,265.00
Detail - Memorial Day To be expended as follows: Local Tent of the Daughters of Union Veterans and Local Camp of the Sons of Union Veterans
$ 125.00 Corp. Wm. P. Kenibbs Camp #66, United Spanish War Veterans 250.00 Arlington Post #39, The American Legion, Inc. 850.00 Arlington Post #1775, Veterans of Foreign Wars 850.00
Francis Gould Women's Relief Corps #43
25.00
Arlington Chapter #49, Disabled American Veterans
125.00
Lt. Stanley G. Benner Detachment, Marine Corps League 100.00
TOTAL - MEMORIAL DAY $ 2,325.00
VOTED :
45. Printing Town Reports (Town Manager) 2,900.00 VOTED:
46. Insurance (Town Manager)
Including among other purposes the protection 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) $ 22,386.00 Group Insurance 5,000.00
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND 27,000.00
MUNICIPAL INSURANCE FUND 10,000.00
TOTAL $ 64,386.00
VOTED:
17. Reserve Fund (Finance Committee)
Reserve Fund .. $ 75,000.00
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48. Maintenance of Menotomy Hall and Houses Owned by Town (Town Manager)
On the substitute motion of Town Manager Monahan to amend the motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried, it was
VOTED:
48. Maintenance of Menotomy Hall and Houses Owned by Town (Town Manager)
Personal Services Sr. Building Custodian $ 3,799.00
Overtime Expenses
350.00
5,572.68
Capital Outlay (to be expended
substantially as follows) Repairs - Garage - Robbins House
..... 375.00
$ 10,096.68
VOTED :
49. Water Department Maintenance (Town Manager)
Maintenance of Water System
Labor
$106,800.00
Expenses
31,950.00
138,750.00
Capital Outlay (to be expended
substantially as follows)
Meters
18,750.00
TOTAL $ 157,500.00
49a. Extensions of Services for House Connections
On the substitute motion of Selectman Greeley to amend the motion of the Finance Committee, which was seconded and was declared by the Moderator to have carried on a standing vote, 112 having voted in the affirmative and 3 in the negative, it was
VOTED:
49a. Extensions of Services for House Connections $ 9,005.00
Labor
Expenses
14,445.00
TOTAL .$ 23,450.00
50. Cemeteries (Town Manager)
By general consent, leave was granted to withdraw the motion of the Finance Committee, and on the new motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Commitee, which was seconded, it was
VOTED:
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50. Cemeteries (Town Manager)
Personal Services
$ 45,000.00
Expenses
3,500.00
TOTAL $ 48,500.00
Detail Personal Services
Clerk
$ 2,987.50
Foreman
4,464.50
Others and Laborers
37,548.00
$ 45,000.00
VOTED :
51. Interest $ 64,528.75
Maturing Town Debt 250,000.00
TOTAL $ 314,528.75
On motion of John J. Stanton of Precinct 14, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That the meeting adjourn.
The meeting thereupon adjourned at 11:30 P.M., Friday, March 23, 1956, until Monday evening, March 26, 1956, at 8 o'clock.
A true record, ATTEST:
JAMES J. GOLDEN
Town Clerk
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 26, 1956
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment of March 23, 1956, and written notices sent by mail by the Town Clerk, the town meeting members met in the Town Hall on Monday evening, March 26, 1956, to act upon the remaining articles set forth in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
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 lists contained the names of two hundred fifty-two (252) town meeting members.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred ninety-two (192) members and eight (8) members-at-large attended the meeting.
The Moderator, Lawrence E. Corcoran, declaring a quorum present, called the meeting to order at 8:10 o'clock P.M.
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The meeting was opened with the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by the assembly, accompanied by Mr. Augustus Mazzocca and Mr. Walter E. Russell of the School Department, and prayer offered by Rev. Francis W. Thompson, Minister, First Baptist Church.
The town meeting members who had not previously been sworn were thereupon sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Selectman Greeley, duly seconded, it was
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, April 2, 1956, at 8 o'clock.
On motion of Arthur D. Saul, Jr. of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was
VOTED: That Article 25 be laid on the table.
Article 26. (Proposed Alteration of Zoning Map - Area in rear of Broadway, between Silk Street and Sunnyside Avenue.)
John B. Byrne, Jr. reported for the Planning Board on this article and on his motion, it was
VOTED: (On a standing vote, 147 having voted in the affirma- tive and 26 in the negative, more than the required two-thirds.) That the Town amend its Zoning By-Laws by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the Business A District the area now included in the Residence B District, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northwesterly property line of lots situated on the northwesterly side of Sunnyside Avenue, said point being a distance of 100 feet perpendicularly from the northeasterly side line of Broadway and being the point of intersection of said northwesterly property lines and a line 100 feet from and parallel to the northeasterly side line of Broadway; thence northeasterly along the said northwesterly property lines, the said northwesterly lines being 110 feet from and parallel to the said northwesterly side line of Sunnyside Avenue, a distance of 303.45 feet to a point, said point being the intersection of the northwesterly property line of Lot C and the southwesterly property line of lot 50; thence north- westerly along the southwesterly property lines of lots 50, 49, R, 47 and Pt. 17, a distance of 212.75 feet to a point, said point being the intersection of the southwesterly property lines of lot 17 and the southeasterly property line of lot 9; thence southwesterly along the southeasterly property lines of lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, a distance of 300 feet to a point, said point being the intersection of the southeasterly and southwesterly property line of lot 14; thence northwesterly along the said southwesterly property line of lot 14 a distance of 92.10 to the southeasterly side line of Silk Street; thence southwesterly along said side line of Silk Street 48.29 feet to a point, which point is on the line previously desig- nated as being parallel to Broadway and 100 feet therefrom; thence southeasterly along said line, said line also being the division line of the Business A District and the Residence B District, a
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distance of 298.31 feet to the point of beginning and containing 71,394 square feet more or less area, all as shown on Block Plan No. 33 on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Massa- chusetts.
There being no further business under Article 26, the Moderator declared it disposed of.
Article 27. (Proposed Alteration of Zoning Map - Area in rear of Massachusetts Avenue, between Park Boulevard and Lafayette Street.)
John B. Byrne, Jr. reported for the Planning Board on this article and on his motion, it was
VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town amend its Zoning By- Laws by altering the zoning map therein referred to, so as to include in the Business A District all or any part of the area now included in the Residence B District, bounded and described as follows:
A certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, being shown as Lots numbered 293 and 294, on a plan entitled "Plan of Whittemore Park, Arlington, Massachusetts," recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, Plan Book 126, Plan 3, C. H. Gannett, Surveyor. Said lots are together bounded and described as follows:
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