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Item 6 An amendment was voted unani- mously that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3380.00 to pay the salaries of the Treasurer and Treasurer's Clerk.
Item 9 An amendment was voted that the the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4584.00 for salary of the Tax Collector and Clerks, of this amount $2764.00 to be used to pay Clerks salaries.
Item 10 An amendment was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2208.00 for expenses of the Tax Collector.
Item 11 An amendment was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $7441.25 for salaries of Assessors and Clerks.
Item 14 An amendment was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the salary of the Finance Com- mittee Clerk.
Item 16 An amendment was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1375.00 for the salary of the Town Counsel.
Item 18 An amendment was voted that the Town raise and Appropriate the sum of $2000.00 for expenses of the Town Counsel.
Item 19 An amendment was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1295 for the salary of the Town Clerk.
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Item 32 Passed - information requested only.
Item 33 An amendment was defeated unani- mously to raise and appropriate the sum of $14,300.00 for Capital Outlay in Municipal Buildings, and it was then voted that the sum of $6800.00 be raised and appropriated for above named purpose.
Item 35 An amendment was voted that the sum of $1994.54 be raised and appropriated for expenses of the Civil Defense.
Item 36 An amendment to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $4295.00 for Capital Outlay by the Civil Defense was defeated, 298 to 183, and it was then voted to raise
and appropriate the sum of $1670.00 for the above named purpose.
Item 37 An amendment to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $58,747.24 for salaries of the Police Department was defeated. It was then voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $54,520.00 for Police Department salaries.
Item 39 An amendment to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1575.00 for Capital Outlay in the Police Department was de- feated and instead the sum of $75.00 was voted.
Following action on Item 39, it was voted to adjourn until Monday, March 18, 1957, at 8:00 o'clock at the Junior High School.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1957
The first business of the meeting was action on Article 6, Item 40.
Item 40 An amendment was made by the Chief of the Fire Department, that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $8412.00 for Salaries of the Fire Depart- ment, allocated as follows: Salary of Chief $1,000.00, Salaries and wages of Officers, $4400.00, Salaries and wages of call men, $2400.00, and Salary of Inspector, $612.00. Amendment defeated by a vote of 252 to 204, and the sum of 7800.00 was voted.
Item 41 An amendment offered by the Chief of the Fire Department that $7518.00 be raised and appropriated for expenses of the Fire Department. A second amendment that $350.00 be added to above amount to cover the cost of a dry hydrant at Pillings Pond was defeated. The original amendment was defeated by a vote of 232 to 177, and the sum of $6240.00 was voted.
Item 42 An amendment offered by the Chief of the Fire Department that $5343.00 be raised and appropriated for the maintenance of the Fire Alarm System, was defeated and the sum of $4640.00 was voted.
Item 43 An amendment offered by the Chief of the Fire Department that $2500.00 be raised and appropriated for Capital Outlay
in the Fire Department was voted. At this time a motion to reconsider action on Arti- cle 41 was voted. An amendment was voted, that the sum of $6240.00 be struck out and the sum of $6590.00 be appropriated, and that $350.00 of this amount be set aside for the installation of a dry hydrant.
Item 47 An amendment that $745.00 be raised and appropriated for expenses of the Tree and Moth Department was defeated. The sum of $425.00 was voted.
Item 53 An amendment that $600.00 be raised and appropriated for Capital Outlay in the Tree and Moth Department was voted.
Item 64 An amendment that $900.00 be raised and appropriated for expenses of the Board of Health was defeated, and the sum of $750.00 was voted.
Item 67 Passed without question.
Item 70 It was voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated, to be used for salary account of the Plumbing Inspector.
Item 72 An amendment that $700.00 be raised and appropriated for salary and ex- penses of Cesspool Inspector, ruled out of order. The sum of $500.00 was voted to be used as salary of Cesspool Inspector.
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Item 75 An amendment was offered and voted, that the sum of $27,280.00 be raised and appropriated for salaries in the Highway Department.
Item 76 Passed without question.
Item 77 An amendment that $22,100.00 be raised and appropriated for road mainte- nance by the Highway Department, was de- feated by a vote of 192 to 169. The sum of $15,500.00 was voted. A motion to recon- sider action on this article was defeated.
Item 81 Passed without question.
Item 85 An amendment was offered and voted, that the sum of $3898.00, to be raised and appropriated for salaries of the Board of Public Welfare, be changed to the sum of $5188.00, to allow for hiring of a part time clerk.
Item 87 An amendment that the sum of $1669.00 be raised and appropriated for general relief by the Board of Public Wel- fare was defeated, and the sum of $4160.00 voted.
Item 94 An amendment was made that the sum of $8000.00 be raised and appropriated for the salary of the Superintendent of Schools. This amount was voted by a vote of 259 to 150. A motion to reconsider ac- tion on this article was defeated.
Item 99 Passed - Information requested only.
Item 100 An amendment was offered that
the sum of $69,955.00 be raised and appro- priated for General Expense of the School Department, was defeated by a vote of 219 to 149. The amount of $72,955.00 was then voted.
Item 105 An amendment was offered and voted, that the Town appropriate the sum of $2600.00 for general use of the Libraries. $1235.24 of this amount to be raised in the tax levy, and $1364.76 from money returned to the Town by the Essex County Com- missioner, from sale of dog licenses.
Item 110 Passed without question.
Item 111 An amendment was voted, 163 to 127, that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2500.00, for use at Glen Meadow Park.
Item 114 An amendment was voted to ap- propriate the sum of $114,000.00 to meet the cost of Maturing debt. Said sum to be raised as follows: $133,510.70 in the tax levy, and $6489.30 to be transferred from the Bond Premium Account.
Item 119 An amendment was voted that the sum of $15,000.00 be appropriated for the Reserve Fund. Said money to be raised as follows; $8000.00 transferred from the Overlay Reserve Account, and $7000.00 in the Tax Levy.
Immediately following a motion made and seconded to reconsider action on Item 6, it was voted to adjourn until Monday, March 25, 1957, at 8:00 o'clock in the Junior High School.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1957
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 8:00 P.M. with the first business being on, re- consideration of Item 6 of Article 6. An amend- ment was voted to change the amount previously voted, from $3380.00 to $3460.00, an increase of $80.00.
Item 41 Following a vote to reconsider ac- tion on this item, an amendment was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,190.00, of which $350.00 was to be spent for the installation of a dry hydrant at Pillings Pond.
Item 122 An amendment was voted to change the amount previously voted - from $10,000 to $10,464.20.
Item 14 A motion made to reconsider action on this item was defeated.
With all items of Article 6 now acted upon, it was voted unanimously to accept the article in its entirety.
A vote to reconsider action on Article 6 was defeated.
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ARTICLE 7
A motion to appropriate from available funds, the sum of nineteen thousand five hundred dol- lars ($19,500.00) to settle the eminent domain case arising from the action of the Town in Articles 32-33 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1954, in taking approximately 8.4 acres of land from Allene H. Rideout, was defeated. A motion to reconsider action on this article was defeated.
ARTICLE 8
It was voted that the Town raise and appropriate in the Tax Levy the sum of $5000.00, and ap- propriate by transfer from Available Funds the sum of $20,000.00, for the construction of Chap- ter 90 Highways, in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said $20,000.00 to be returned to Available Funds when Town is reimbursed by State and County.
ARTICLE 9
It was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3000.00 in the Tax Levy, and ap- propriate by transfer from Available Funds, the sum of $1500.00 for the maintenance of Chap- ter 90 Highways, in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said $1500.00 to be returned to Available Funds when the Town is reimbursed by the State and County.
ARTICLE 10
It was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2575.99 in the tax levy, and ap- propriate by transfer from Chapter 718 Funds, the sum of $13,715.01 for the rebuilding of Essex Street, from Forest Hill Avenue to Pillings Pond Road.
ARTICLE 11
It was voted to accept the provisions of Chapter 386 of the Acts of 1953, and raise and appro- priate the sum of $400.00 for work to be per- formed under this article.
ARTICLE 12
A motion was made to amend the Traffic By- Laws by adding thereto the following section ; "It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle, other than one acting in an emergency, to park said vehicle on any street in Lynnfield for a period of time longer than one hour be- tween the hours of 12 midnight and 6:00 A.M. on any day." Motion amended and voted, to read
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as above, except time, which was changed to 1:00 A.M. to 7:00 A.M., from November 1, to March 30.
ARTICLE 13
Following the reading of a report by the Planning Board, a motion was made that the town vote to amend the Zoning By-Law and Zoning Maps, by changing from a Limited Business District to a Residential District A, that portion of land located on the northerly side of Salem Street, adjacent and easterly to the site of the old South School. The motion was defeated by a counted vote of 47 in favor and 262 opposed.
ARTICLE 14
Following a report read by a member of the Planning Board, it was voted to amend the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following sentence at the end of Section 4, subparagraph (c) Lot Area and Frontage: "The expression 'a public or private way' as used in this section shall mean (a) a way heretofore or hereafter accepted by the Town or (b) a way shown on a plan heretofore or here- after approved in accordance with the subdivision control law accepted by the Town, or (c) a way in existence when subdivision control law became effective in the Town, provided such way described in (a) or (b) or (c) hereof conforms with the design standards set forth in the Planning Board Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land in Lynnfield, as amended, as to width, grades and construction to provide for the needs
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of vehicular traffic in relation to the proposed use of the land abutting thereon or served thereby, and for the installation of municipal services to serve such land and the buildings erected or to be erected thereon." A counted vote showing 285 in favor and 15 opposed.
ARTICLE 15
It was voted that the Town instruct the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of five persons to work in co-operation with similar committees, if any, appointed by the Towns of Stoneham, Wakefield, and Reading, to explore the establish- ment of a joint incinerator plant for the disposal of refuse.
ARTICLE 16
It was voted that the Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the financial year beginning January 1, 1958, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 17
It was voted that the Town authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase the land now owned by the Trustees of Forest Glen Realty Trust at the junction of Pillings Pond Road and Oak Ridge Terrace, which land is bounded and described as follows: Westerly by Pillings Pond Road 73.31 feet; northerly by the junction of Pillings Pond Road and a Right-of-way (now known as Oak Ridge Terrace) 25.36 feet, this boundary being a curved line having a radius of 13.67 feet ; easterly by said Right-of-way 73.97 feet; and southerly by land now or formerly of William J. Larkin by two lines measuring together 112.08 feet. The above described parcel of land is lot "F", as shown on a "Plan of Land Situated in Lynnfield, Mass., Belonging to the Estate of Lillian V. Skinner," drawn by Davis and Abbott, Civil Engineers, and Dated May 1928, and said parcel of land contains 4469 square feet according to said plan; and that the sum of $1.00 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of said land.
ARTICLE 18
Motion made to authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase the land now owned by Trustees of Forest Glen Realty Trust; Ordway C. and Winifred D. Hilton, and Charlotte H. Dickinson; and Roland M. and Elizabeth Cur-
tis; and Carmine and Angelina Cardillo, which land is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on Pillings Pond Road, distant 145 feet southwesterly from the southerly line of the location of the Boston and Maine Railroad; thence running south- easterly by a curved line having a radius of 25 feet for a distance of 39.27 feet to a point ; thence running south 70º52' east by land now or formerly of Roland M. and Elizabeth Cur- tis 297.01 feet to a stonewall; thence running south 37º52' by land of the Trustees of Forest Glen Realty Trust, 44.63 feet to a point ; thence running south 25°50' west by land of said Trustees 313.06 feet to land of the grantee; thence running north 42º51'40" west by said land of the grantee 42.93 feet to a drill hole in a stone wall by land now or formerly of Carmine and Angelina Cardillo ; thence running 25°50' east by said stonewall by lands now or formerly of Cardillo and Ordway C. and Winifred D. Hilton, and Charlotte H. Dickinson, 243.01 feet to a point ; thence running northwesterly by a curved line having a radius of 30 feet for a distance of 50.63 feet to a point; thence running north 70º52' west by land now or formerly of Ord- way C. and Winifred D. Hilton and Charlotte H. Dickinson, 257 feet to a point ; thence run- ning southwesterly by a curved line having a radius of 25 feet for a distance of 40.25 feet to Pillings Pond Road; thence running north 16°53'20" east by Pillings Pond Road 36.01 feet to a point, thence running north 19º08' east still by Pillings Pond Road 55 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described land is shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lynnfield Massa- chusetts, October 10, 1956, Dana F. Perkins and Sons, Inc., Civil Engineers and Sur- veyors", and that the sum of $1.00 be raised and appropriated or appropriated from avail- able funds for the purchase of said land.
An amendment was voted that in the wording of the article, after the name Cardillo, there should be added the names, Mayhew D. and Florence M. Seavey. The article as amended was then voted on and passed, with the amount of $1.00 to be raised and appropriated for the purchase of said land.
ARTICLE 19
It was voted that the Town accept Chapter 401 of the Acts of 1956 providing certain protection for Civil Defense volunteers driving publicly owned vehicles.
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ARTICLE 20
A motion was made that the Town vote to au- thorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a School Building Committee of seven citizens; said com- mittee to obtain preliminary plans and sketches, and estimates of costs for the construction of an elementary school building, to be built on land owned by the Town and acquired for school pur- poses in the Huckleberry Hill area off Summer Street; provided however, that the plans and sketches be submitted to the following Boards and Committees ;
1 Board of Selectmen
2 School Committee
3 Finance Committee
4 Planning Board.
and the approval of the plans by at least three of these Board of Committees be secured before estimates are obtained; and the said School Build- ing Committee to report to the Town at or before a Special Town Meeting in October, 1957. An amendment was voted that to the above wording should be added "That the committee is directed to investigate the possibility of using the basic plans used for the Summer Street School, and if possible and economical, use same. The original article as amended was now voted on and passed unanimously.
ARTICLE 21
A motion was made that the Town vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000 .- 00) to procure preliminary plans and sketches for a new elementary school, for the use of the School Building Committee, authorized under article 20. An amendment was voted, adding to the original article the words, "Said Committee to keep a de- tailed record of all expenditures and report same to the Town." The original article as amended, was then voted on and passed unanimously.
ARTICLE 22
It was voted that the Town accept Chapter 656 of the Acts of 1956, an act relative to the control of certain ponds or lakes, or portions thereof, in the Town of Lynnfield.
ARTICLE 23
It was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the expenses of the Park and Playground Committee.
ARTICLE 24
It was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1800.00, eighteen hundred dollars, to be used for the payment of land damages for land taken from William F. and Gerda E. Emerson in the relocation of Essex Street, said money to be expended by the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 25
This article was amended to read as follows, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the head of the Department con- cerned, to act as a committee in the purchase of all machinery or equipment involving an expendi- ture of over $500.00, purchased during 1957. The amended article was then voted on and passed.
ARTICLE 26
It was voted to authorize the Town Moderator to appoint a committee of seven citizens, one member to be a Selectman, one member to be a member of the Police Department, one member to be a mem- ber of the Fire Department, and four members to be citizens from the Town at large, said Commit- tee to consider and investigate the formation of a Town Safety Department which shall be a con- solidation of the Police and Fire Departments in order to combine Town safety services within one organization with one group of personnel acting in both capacities; and said committee to report to the Town with its recommendations in regard thereto, at the earliest possible time, preferably at the next Special Town Meeting, but in any event at the next annual Town meeting.
ARTICLE 27
It was voted that the Town will give the Park and Cemetery Commissioners the right to accept money or monies for Endowment of Cemetery Lots, said money to be deposited by the Treasurer in a bank and the interest only to be used for perpetual care.
ARTICLE 28
It was voted that the Town accept Standish Road, as approved by the Planning Board June 18, 1956 and laid out by the Board of Selectmen as follows ;
Running from Lookout Terrace to the Lynn line for a distance of 450 feet, more or less, and for a width of 50 feet, as shown on a plan by John Parsons, C. E. dated April 13, 1953, said plan being approved by the Lynnfield Planning Board on May 20, 1953.
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ARTICLE 29
It was voted that the Town accept as a public way, Mitchell Road, as laid out by the Board of Select- men and approved by the Planning Board as fol- lows:
Running from the northerly side of Main Street, for a distance of 900 feet, more or less, and for a width of 40 feet, as shown on a plan by Armand Provost, Surveyor, dated August 18, 1953, said plan being approved by the Planning Board on September 16, 1953, and covering that portion of Mitchell Road, shown on said plan from lot 1 to lot 14 in- clusive.
ARTICLE 30
It was voted that the Town Appropriate by trans- fer from Available Surplus Funds the sum of $35,-
000 for the Stabilization Fund, and that the Treasurer invest same in accordance with the law.
ARTICLE 31
A motion to indefinitely postpone action on this article, namely "To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Available Surplus Funds of January 1, 1957, a sum of money to be applied by the Board of Assessors, to reduce the tax levy of 1957," was defeated and the following amendment was voted with 96 in favor and 77 opposed, "That the Town appropriate from Available Surplus Funds, as of January 1, 1957, the sum of $25,000, to reduce the tax levy of 1957.
At 11:18 P.M. it was voted to adjourn, and the Moderator declared all articles having been voted upon, the meeting was declared ad- journed, "Sine Die".
/s HARRY W. HIGGINS Town Clerk
RECORD OF ACTION TAKEN AT SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, JULY 1, 1957
Meeting called to order at 8:00 P.M. by Mod- erator Gordon Millar who read the call for the meeting and the Constable's Return.
On motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to dispense with the reading of the Articles until taken up for action.
ARTICLE 1
On motion duly made and seconded it was voted to indefinitely postpone action on this article.
ARTICLE 2
Voted, that the town appropriate from available funds a sum of money for the purchase and installation of a two way radio system for the Fire Department, said purchase to be made by a committee consisting of the Board of Selectmen, the Fire Chief, and Civil Defense Director. Said sum to be $2750.00, and used with matching funds, if available.
ARTICLE 3
Voted, unanimously that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Municipal Study Building Committee consisting of five citizens of the Town.
ARTICLE 4
Voted, unanimously that the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Wage Rate Study Committee consisting of five citizens of the Town.
ARTICLE 5
Voted, unanimously that the Town appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,500.00 to be used with present funds for the renovation of present offices and construction of new offices in the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 6
Voted, unanimously that the Town accept as a public way, Lander Road, as approved by the Planning Board on September 4, 1956, and laid out by the Board of Selectmen as follows:
Running from the southerly side of Atherton Circle, in a southerly direction, to a dead end, for a distance of 670 feet, more or less, and for a width of 40 feet as shown on plans by Warren Mirick, C. E., dated January 4, 1955 and January 5, 1955, said plans being ap- proved by the Planning Board on July 25,
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1955, and covering that portion of the street shown on said plans from Lots 153, 164 to Lots 158, 159 Inclusive.
ARTICLE 7
Voted, unanimously that the Town accept as a public way, Putney Lane, as approved by the Planning Board on September 4, 1956, and laid out by the Board of Selectmen as follows:
Running from the southerly side of Thomas Road to Bancroft Street, for a distance of 700 feet, more or less, and for a width of 40 feet, as shown on a plan by Warren Mirick, C. E., dated December 14, 1954, said plan being approved by the planning Board on January 17, 1955, and covering that portion of the street shown on said plan from Lots 69, 70 to Lots 103, 181 inclusive.
At this time it was voted to take action on Arti- cles 8, 9, 10, and 11 jointly.
ARTICLES 8, 9, 10, and 11
Voted, unanimously that the Town accept as a public way, the following streets, Roundy Road, Atherton Circle, Bancroft Street, and Newhall Road, all as described in the Warrant.
ARTICLE 12
Voted, unanimously that the Town appropriate from available funds the sum of $4,812.90 for the Highway Department for the removal of Snow and Ice.
ARTICLE 13
Motion made and seconded that the Town transfer the unexpended balance of $15,722.70 in the "Summer Street School Account" to the "Addi- tion to the Junior High School Account". Follow- ing, a motion to indefinitely postpone action on this article which was defeated, the original mo- tion was then acted upon and voted.
ARTICLE 14
Voted, that the Town appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,545.94 for the Police Depart- ment to be used for salaries.
ARTICLE 15
Voted, unanimously that the town appropriate from available funds the sum of $2,000.00 for the purchase of a police car, said purchase to be made by a committee consisting of the Board of Select- men and the Chief of Police, and to authorize said committee to turn in one of the present vehicles toward the purchase price.
ARTICLE 16
Motion made and seconded that the Town au- thorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to ap- point a committee of seven citizens to evaluate the Lynnfield School System. The members of said committee to be the same individuals now acting in an unofficial capacity as a citizens com- mittee and they shall have all the authority vested by Chapter 233, Section 8 of the General Laws to expedite said evaluation. The committee shall report their findings to the Town on or be- fore the 1958 Annual Town Meeting. Following this action, a motion was made to indefinitely postpone action on this article. At this time it was voted to allow a school teacher, not a resident, or Voter of the Town, to read a communication he had received, from a person employed by the school department to investigate conditions in our school system.
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