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Item 47. Motion made and seconded that the sum of $19, 600. be raised and appropriated for Regular Police Officers. This was amended to raise and appropriate $32, 600. for this purpose. The amendment failed to carry and $19,600. was voted to be raised and appropriated for Regular Police Officers.
Item 48. Motion made and seconded that $6, 146. 25 be raised and appropriated for Payroll of the Police Department. This was amended to $3,146. The amendment was with- drawn. The motion to raised and appropriate $6, 146.25 carried.
Item 49. Motion made and seconded that $1, 085. be raised and appropriated for General Expenses, Police Department. This was amended to $1, 265. The amendment failed to carry, and it was voted to raise and appropriate $1, 085. for General Expenses, Police Department.
Item 50. Motion made and seconded to raise and appropriate
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$4070. for Cruiser Expense. This was amended to $4,310. but the amendment failed to carry and it was voted to raise and appropriate $4070. for Cruiser Exp.
Item 51. Motion made and seconded to raise and appropriate $200. for Capital Outlay for Police Department. This was amended to $1334, but the amendment failed to carry and it was voted to raise and appropriate $200. for Capital Outlay for Police Department.
Item 62. Motion made and seconded that $500. be appropriated under Item 62 of Article 2, Capital Outlay, Civil Defense. This motion failed to carry.
Item 63. Motion made and seconded that $8, 200. be raised and appropriated for Salaries and Expenses, Emergency Communications Center. Amendment to raise and appropriate $9, 500. under this item, failed to carry, Main motion to raise and appropriate $8, 200. carried.
Item 66. Motion made, seconded and voted that $525. be raised and appropriated for Capital Outlay, Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent.
Item 69. Motion made, seconded and voted that $1, 400. be raised and appropriated for Expenses, Operation and Main- tenance of Equipment, Tree Warden.
Item 73. Motion made, seconded and voted that $1, 500. be raised and appropriated for Remuneration and Expenses of the Building Inspector.
Item 78. Motion made, seconded and voted to raise and appro- priate $5, 500. for Aid and Expenses, Board of Health.
Item 80. Motion made and seconded to raise and appropriate $3,800 for Salary, School Nurse. This was amended to $4, 200. , but the amendment failed to carry, and it was voted to raise and appropriate $3, 800. for Salary, School Nurse.
Items 105 - 111, inclusive. Motion made and seconded that the
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following sums be raised and appropriated under Schools:
Item 105 - General Control $ 19,146.00
106 - Instruction 494,341.00
107 - Operation 52,576.00
108 - Maintenance 13,463.00
109 - Auxiliary Agency
62,793.00
110 - Out-of-State Travel 650.00
111 - Capital Outlay 7,765.00
Total $650, 734.00
Motion made and seconded to amend the above figures as follows:
Item 105 - General Control $ 19,146.00
106 - Instruction 502,341.00
107 - Operation 57,376.00
108 - Maintenance 15,463.00
109 - Auxiliary Agency 63,793.00
110 - Out-of-State Travel 650.00
111 - Capital Outlay 9,665.00
Total $668,434.00
Considerable discussion followed.
Motion made, seconded and voted to adjourn until Tuesday, March 12, 1963 at 7:30 P. M. at the same place. Adjourned at 12 midnight.
NELLIE G. TARR, Asst. Town Clerk
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 12, 1963
The Adjourned session of the Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. on March 12, 1963, by the Modera- tor, Joseph M. Silvia, with 218 voters present.
The tellers appointed and sworn for the opening session on March 11, 1963 were present and served.
Motion made, seconded and voted that certain students and non-voters be admitted. These were seated on the stage.
Mr. John C. Bond offered the following:
"My Fellow Townsmen"
In view of the fact that a dedicated public official of our town has elected to retire from public office and is not seeking elec- tion to any office this year, I believe that this meeting should take cognizance of his selfless service to his community. Some of us may have on occasion disagreed with Earle F. Allen, but most of us, I am confident, have never doubted his sincerity or his desire to serve his town. With this in mind I propose the following resolution:
RESOLVED: That this town meeting express in behalf of its citizens its deep appreciation and gratitude to Earle F. Allan for his years of unselfish service to the town; that we express our feelings by a rising vote of thanks; and that the action of the meeting be inscribed upon the permanent records of the Town of Norwell."
This was given a rising vote and was adopted unanimously.
Article 2. Items 105 through 111 were debated further. When the question was voted upon, the following resulted:
Item 105 - $19, 146.00 VOTED
Item 106 - amendment of $502, 341 FAILED TO CARRY, 119 yes, 220 no. $494, 341. 00 was VOTED
Item 107 - amendment of $57,376 FAILED TO CARRY $52,576. 00 was VOTED
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Item 108 - amendment of $15,463 FAILED TO CARRY $13, 463 .00 was VOTED
Item 109 - amendment of $63, 793 FAILED TO CARRY $62, 793 was VOTED
Item 110 - $650. VOTED
Item 111 - amendment of $9,665 FAILED TO CARRY $7, 765 VOTED
Mr. George Whitcher, Chairman of the School Committee, quoted the law regarding court action when a school budget was voted down by a Town.
Motion made and seconded to limit debate to five minutes per person. Voted yes 67, no 118 - Motion FAILED TO CARRY.
ARTICLE 2. Item 113. Adult Practical Arts, Expenses, Motion made, seconded and VOTED to raise and appropriate $750. for Adult Practical Arts, Expenses.
ARTICLE 2. Item 115. Motion made and seconded to raise and appropriate $1,420. for William J. Leonard Memorial Library, Expenses. This was amended to $1, 500. The amend- ment was seconded and VOTED. The main motion failed to carry.
ARTICLE 2. Item 117. Motion made, seconded and VOTED that $1, 200. be raised and appropriated for Water Commission- ers, Salaries (3) .
ARTICLE 2. Item 142. Insurance, Plymouth County Retire- ment. Motion made and seconded that the sum of $10, 341. be raised and appropriated. This was amended to $1,000. The amendment failed to carry. The main motion was VOTED.
ARTICLE 2. Item 143. Motion made and seconded that the sum of $10, 100. be raised and appropriated for Group Insurance. This was amended to $1,000. The amendment failed to carry and the main motion of $10, 100. was VOTED.
ARTICLE 2. Item 144. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $19, 154. for Workmen's Compensation Insurance.
ARTICLE 2. Item 147. Motion made, seconded and VOTED
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that the sum of $15, 000. be appropriated to the Reserve Fund; $14, 000. to be transferred from Overlay Surplus and $1,000. to be transferred from E. & D.
ARTICLE 3. Motion made, seconded and voted to authorize the Town Treasurer, 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, 1964, and to issue a note or notes therefor , payable within one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, as amended, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17, as amended.
ARTICLE 4. Motion made, seconded and voted to appro- priate and transfer from E. & D. the sum of $14, 025. in antici- pation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for Chapter 81 work on the highways.
ARTICLE 5. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to appro- priate and transfer from E. & D. the sum of $18, 000. in antici- pation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth, for Chapter 90 work on West Main Street.
ARTICLE 6. Motion made, seconded and voted to appro- priate and transfer from E. & D. the sum of $7,660.08 in an- ticipation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chapter 782, Acts of 1962, to be applied to Chapter 90 con- struction on West Main Street.
ARTICLE 7. Motion made, seconded and voted to appro- priate and transfer from E. &D. the sum of $425. for mix-in- place surface on Douglas Avenue, for a distance on 425 feet, said sum to be added to the Town Highway Account.
ARTICLE 8. Motion made, seconded and voted to appro- priate and transfer from E. &D. the sum of $600. for mix-in- place surface on Leigh Road for a distance of 600 feet, said sum to be added to the Town Highway Account.
ARTICLE 9. Motion made, seconded but FAILED TO CARRY, to appropriate and transfer from E. &D. the sum of
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$3, 000. for mix-in-place surface on River Street for a distance of 3,000 feet.
ARTICLE 10. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to appro- priate and transfer from E. & D. the sum of $550. for mix-in- place surface on Wendall Avenue for a distance of 550 feet.
Motion was made that Article 30 be advanced for consider- ation before Article 24. Motion withdrawn.
ARTICLE 11. Motion made and seconded, but FAILED TO CARRY, to appropriate the sum of $3, 200. to purchase a new 3/4 ton four wheel drive pick up truck for the Highway Depart- ment and to meet such appropriation by appropriating the sum of $1, 700. from available funds and the sum of $1,500. from the Highway Road Machinery Fund.
ARTICLE 12. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to appro- priate from the Road Machinery Account the sum of $1, 500. for the purchase of a used two-ton or larger truck chassis to be used for the mounting of a V-Body Sander that the Town now owns.
ARTICLE 13. Motion made, seconded and VOTED that the new road running parallel with the Southeast Expressway on the northerly side between River Street and the present Pine Street be named Pine Street and that the use of the name Pine Street on that section extending from the Southeast Expressway to Common Street be discontinued so that henceforth Pine Street shall extend from Circuit Street to River Street.
ARTICLE 14. Motion made, seconded and VOTED that the name Pine Street, as it extends from Common Street to the Southeast Expressway be changed to "Leonard Lane. "
ARTICLE 15. Motion made, seconded and VOTED that the new road running parallel with the Southeast Expressway on the southerly side between River Street and the present Stetson Road be named "Stetson Road" and that the use of the name Stetson Road on the section now extending northwesterly from the South- east Expressway to River Street be discontinued, so that hence- forth Stetson Road shall extend from River Street, opposite Church Street to River Street at the southerly side of the Southeast Expressway.
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ARTICLE 16. Motion made, seconded and VOTED that the name "Stetson Road" on that section of the present Stetson Road extending northwesterly from the Southeast Expressway to River Street, be changed to "Stetson Shrine Lane".
ARTICLE 17. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to appro- priate and transfer from E. & D. the sum of $5, 000. to be used by the Permanent Drainage Committee for replacement of cul- verts, field engineering and other drainage work throughout the town.
ARTICLE 18. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to accept a portion of Millwood Circle as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen in accordance with the description and plan presented at a Hearing in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file in the Town Clerk's office, without appropriation.
ARTICLE 19. Motion made and seconded to instruct the Selectmen to establish a second polling precinct. Motion made and seconded to amend this motion by referring the matter to a Committee of 3 to be appointed by the Selectmen and to report their recommendations to the next Annual Town Meeting. The amendment FAILED TO CARRY. The main motion FAILED TO CARRY.
ARTICLE 20. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to appro- priate and transfer from E.& D. the sum of $150. for the purpose of maintaining during the ensuing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931.
ARTICLE 21. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to author- ize the Town Accountant to close out the unexpended balances of the following appropriations, the purposes of which have been completed:
Police - New Cruiser $ .01
Highways- New Snow Plow 52.00
Highways- Old Meeting House Lane 11.35
Highways- Drainage, Washington Park 170.42
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ARTICLE 22. Motion made, seconded to appropriate and transfer from E. & D. the sum of $82, 000. to be added to the Stabilization Fund, as providedby the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to lay Article 22 on the table.
ARTICLE 23. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to appro- priate the 1962 Dog Tax Refund in the amount of $1, 088.61 to the School Department Operation Account.
ARTICLE 24. Motion made and seconded that the sum of $32, 700. be appropriated and transferred from E. & D. for the acquisition of the parcel of land owned by Joseph F. Pilalas and Anna L. Pilalas as described in deed to them from Charles E. Howland, Sheriff, dated October 4, 1946 and recorded in Ply- mouth County Registry of Deeds, Book 1929, Page 322, said deed stating 67 acres, more or less, with buildings thereon, but exempting from same that portion with buildings thereon com- mencing at a concrete bound (here is a long description of the property, the reading of which was omitted by ruling of the Moderator) containing 2 acres, more or less, and the Selectmen having first been assured by the Permanent Building Committee that a proper leeching area is available for each school, are instructed to purchase from Joseph F. Pilalas and Anna L. Pilalas at a sum not to exceed $32, 700. the foregoing described parcel; or if unable to purchase same within the appropriated amount, the Selectmen are instructed on behalf of the Town to take the foregoing described parcel by eminent domain. The southerly portion of said parcel, not exceeding 25 acres, to be used as a school site and the remainder to be for use as a town garage site." The Planning Board reported that they had also considered 2 other sites in Town, as instructed by Article 7 in the September 24, 1962 Special Town Meeting - The Albert Loring property on Grove Street and the Hatch lots on Prospect Street, at the end of Jacobs Lane, beside the Pilalas property, and were recommending the Pilalas property. After considerable dis- cussion, motion was made and seconded to amend as follows:
"That the Town rescind its vote under Article 6 of the Special Town Meeting of September 24, 1962, whereby the Town voted to provide additional elementary classrooms by the development of a new Elementary School: and that we hereby instruct the
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Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee to proceed with the addition to the Grace Cole School and further move that the Selectmen appoint a School Site Committee of 5 men to study locations for a new elementary school site, including a study of land already owned by the Town; to bring before the town for selection by the town, at least three sites having the approval of the Planning Board, School Committee and Permanent Bullding and Maintenance Committee. "
Motion made and seconded that the matter be referred to the Planning Board for further study and report made at a Special Town Meeting to be called on or before May 1, 1963.
The motion to refer to Planning Board for further study, FAILED TO CARRY.
The amendment to rescind, FAILED TO CARRY.
The main motion FAILED TO CARRY, yes 81 no 177.
Motion made, seconded and VOTED to adjourn until Thursday evening, March 14, 1963 at 7:30 P. M.
NELLIE G. TARR, Asst. Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 14, 1963
The adjourned annual town meeting was called to order at 7:50 P.M. with 209 voters present. The tellers as appointed previously were all present and served.
Mr. Donald Wilder made a motion that the Moderator fix the time to adjourn this session and subsequent meetings to 11 o'clock P. M. This motion failed to carry.
It was VOTED to admit students, members of the Explorer's Post #76 and 2 non-voters to the meeting. They were admitted and seated on the stage.
Motion made, seconded and VOTED to indefinitely postpone action on Article 25.
Motion made and seconded to reconsider action on Items 105 through 111 under Article 2. A standing vote showed 140 for, 181 against.
Article 26. The Moderator stepped down and motion was made that Mr. Frederick Small act as Moderator during the discussion of Article 26. This was VOTED and Mr. Small was sworn and acted as Moderator.
Motion made, secondedand VOTED that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 27. Motion made that the Town vote to appropriate $7500. for preliminary plans and specifications for a new ele- mentary school. Motion made to amend "that the Town vote to appropriate and transfer from Available Funds $7500. for the use of the Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee in preparing plans and specifications for school building needs." The amendment was ruled out of order by the Moderator. Motion
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made that it be referred to a Special Town Meeting, so that the voters might be advised that a school addition instead of a free- standing school was contemplated and the Committee report back later to the Townspeople. " Mr. Repass made a motion to strike out the words "a new elementary school" in the original motion. Town Counsel said he was of the opinion that this action would not invalidate bond issues, etc. The Moderator's ruling that the amendment was out of order was not sustained by the Assembly. The amendment was VOTED. The main motion as amended was VOTED.
VOTE: That the Town appropriate and transfer from Available Funds the sum of $7500. for the use of the Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee in preparing preliminary plans and specifications for school building needs.
Article 28. Motion made and seconded that the Town vote to instruct the Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee to include in the planning of the new Elementary School, facilities for the William J. Leonard Memorial Library. Motion made and secondedto amend this motion by adding the words "new addition to the Grace Cole school" in place of the words" a new elementary school". Motion made, seconded and VOTEDto indefinitely post- pone action on Article 28.
Article 29. Motion made, seconded and VOTED, to instruct the Tree Warden to maintain all outside public grounds, includ- ing school playground areas, andto appropriate and transfer from E. & D. the following sums for
1. General New Equipment
2. Operation of new and presently owned equipment ยท
3. Supplies (lime, fertilizers, pesticides, etc. )
4. Labor
Supervisor salary
$6850. 600.
$7450. Total
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Article 30. Motion made and seconded to request the School Committee toconsider the use of school properties for all public functions now held in the Town Hall Auditorium, and if such use is acceptable to the school authorities, to instruct the Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee to prepare preliminary costs and layouts for the conversion of the Town Hall Auditorium into general office administration areas, general committee and board conference areas, all to replace present annex and Water Depart- ment administrative facilities. Motion made and seconded to amendas follows: "that the Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee be instructed to study the need for and possibilities of providing for additional general office administration areas, especially for town department engineering records and planning areas; that they bring their recommendations to a future town meeting no later than the next annual town meeting; but that they do not consider the use of the Town Hall Auditorium or lobby for such purposes; and further that they consult and work with the Selectmen on a solution of this problem. "
The amendment was VOTED. The main motion, as amended, was VOTED.
Article 31. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to appro- priate the sum of $43, 000. to install water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in Grove Street from the end of the existing main at the junction of Norwell Ave- nue, Lincoln Street and Grove Street for a distance of approx- imately 7, 250 feet toward Prospect Street and to meet such ap- propriation by appropriating a sum of $3, 001.23 from available funds from the remaining appropriation under the following art- icles:
Annual Town Meeting March 7, 1961
Article 20 $232.27
Central Street
Special Town Meeting
Article 2
2,768.96
October 10, 1960
Pond Street
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and by appropriating from E. & D. the sum of $39, 998. 77.
Article 32. Motion made, seconded and VOTEDthat this art- icle be indefinitely postponed.
Article 22. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to take Art- icle 22 off the table. Motion made, seconded and unanimously VOTED that the sum of $82, 000. be transferred from E. & D. to be added to the Stabilization Fund, as provided by the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B.
Article 33. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to appro- priate from E. & D. the sum of $3, 000 .; said sum to be added to the Pumping Station and Mains Account and to be spent, in con- junction with the present account balance, for a pump house, pump and other equipment necessary to connect the new well site to the system.
Article 34. Motion made, seconded and VOTED that action on Article 34 be indefinitely postponed.
Article 35. Motion made, seconded and VOTED UNANI- MOUSLY to appropriate and transfer from E. & D. the sum of $5,000. to be added to the Water Department Land and Rights Account for the purpose of acquiring by purchase or eminent do- main, land for water source sites or for land to protect such ex- isting or approved sites.
Article 36. Motion made, seconded, but FAILED TO CARRY to indefinitely postpone action on Article 36.
Motion made, seconded and VOTED to raise and appropriate from E. & D. the sum of $850. to install water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in Old Oaken Bucket Road from the end of the existing mains in front of the Goudie property for a distance of approximately 250 feet.
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Article 37. Motion made and seconded that the Town vote to amend Section II of the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following paragraph:
Expansion of a non-conforming use is limited to not more than 50% of the original size, and is to be allowed only by a vari- ance granted by the Board of Appeals as hereinafter provided, and provided that such expansion, in the opinion of the Board of Appeals, is not detrimental or objectionable to the neighborhood and the town.
Motion was made to amend Section II of the Zoning By-Laws: "Expansion of a non-conforming use is to be allowed only by per- mit or variance granted by the Board of Appeals as hereinafter provided, and provided that such expansion is not detrimental or objectionable to the neighborhood and the Town. " This was with- drawn and it was moved, seconded and VOTED to indefinitely postpone action on Article 37.
Article 38. Motion made, seconded and VOTED UNANI- MOUSLY to amend Section IV of the Zoning By-Laws by amend- ing Paragraph A to read as follows:
A. A one-family detached dwelling and associated out-buildings with not more than one such dwelling located on any one lot; but the conversion of a dwelling existing at the time of the passage of this By-Law to a two or three family dwelling is not prohibited provided that such conversion does not substantially change the character or size of the structure, and provided further that the lot appurtenant to said dwelling has an area per family unit of at least half that required for a single family dwelling, andlby amend- ing Paragraph C to read as follows:
C. Institutional, educational, recreational, philanthropic or re- ligious building or use, but not including a building or use the chief activity of which is a service (1) to a delinquent, criminal, mentally deficient or mentally deranged persons; or (2) custom-
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arily carried on as a business.
Article 39. Motion made, seconded and VOTED UNANI- MOUSLY to amend Section V of the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following paragraph:
C. No multi-family dwellings or apartment buildings are to be permitted in business district "A" except for conversion of existing dwellings as provided in Section IV, Paragraph A.
Article 40. Motion made, seconded and VOTED 194 yes, 50 no, that the Town amend Section VI of the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following paragraph:
C. No multi-family dwellings or apartment buildings are to be permitted in business district "B" except for conversion of existing dwellings as provided in Section IV, Paragraph A.
Article 41. Motion made, seconded and VOTED UNANI- MOUSLY to amend Section VI-A of the Zoning By-Laws by strik- ing out the word "and" in Paragraph "A".
Article 42. Motion made, seconded and VOTED UNANI- MOUSLY to amend Section VII of the Zoning By-Laws as follows:
1. By amending the heading of Article A, which now reads "Lot Sizes for Dwellings" to read "Lot Sizes. "
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