Town of Norwell annual report 1960-1969, Part 96

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Publication date: 1960
Publisher: The Board
Number of Pages: 2480

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ARTICLE 23

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the stabilization fund the sum of $100,000.00, to be used for the construction of a new elemen- tary school on Old Oaken Bucket Road and to rescind $200,000.00 of the Treasurer's borrowing authority voted in Article 2 of the October 25, 1965 Meeting, as such sum will be available from this Stabilization Fund appropriation and the attending State Matching Grant, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 24

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $80,000.00, or any other sum, to obtain final plans and specifications for an addition to the Senior High School, including the development of such athletic areas as are required by the expanding student body, and to develop and construct adequate sewage facilities for the enlargement of the school capacity to nine hundred, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Selectmen.

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ARTICLE 25

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Massachusetts Free Public Library Fund, the sum of $1,301.75 as follows: $650.88 to the W. J. Leonard Memorial Library Account and $650.87 to the James Library Account, said funds having been received by the Town from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Education, as Aid to Free Public Libraries under Chapter 760, Acts of 1960, as amended by Chapter 672, Acts of 1963, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Advisory Board.

ARTICLE 26

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $150.00, or any other sum, 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, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 27

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $1,375.00, or any other sum, to reshingle the side-walls of Co. #2 Ridge Hill Fire Station, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Fire Engineers.

ARTICLE 28

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $1,800.00, or any other sum, for the Highway Department, for a communications unit at the garage and two two-way radios, for motor vehicles, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Highway Surveyor.

ARTICLE 29

To see if the Town will accept a part of Till Rock Lane, 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, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 30

To see if the Town will vote to accept an alteration of the layout of a portion of Winter Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, in accordance with

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the description and plan presented at a hearing in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file in the Town Clerk's Office, which involves acquisition of land in order to straighten Winter Street in the vicinity of Burns Lane, by acquiring by purchase or taking by eminent domain, four contiguous parcels on the opposite side from Burns Lane, belonging now or formerly to Joseph W. and Jean M. Rosano (approximately 1/2 acre), Joseph R. Dillon and Joanne L. Greene (approximately 1/2 acre), Webster Cranberry Co., Inc. (approximately four and three-tenths acres), and William A, and Ella Eva Stillman (approximately four and three-tenths acres), making a total of nine and six-tenths acres, more or less, and for the purpose to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $5,000.00, or any other sum, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 31

To see if the Town will vote to allow the Board of Public Welfare to pay from available funds the sum of $407.40 for unpaid hospital bills rendered under Chapter 117, Section 24A, of the General Laws, prior to January 1, 1965; or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Public Welfare.

ARTICLE 32

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the 1965 County Dog Tax Refund to the School Department General Education Expenses Account, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Advisory Board.

ARTICLE 33

To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Washington Street Cemetery Permanent Fund the sum of $4,500.00, or any other sum, for repair and maintenance of cemetery roadway and additional water service or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Washington Street Cemetery Committee.

ARTICLE 34

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $700.00, or any other sum or sums, to fence the property owned by the Town of Norwell on Prouty Avenue, formerly known as the MacCollem lots, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Recreation Commission,

ARTICLE 35

To see if the Town will vote to accept General Laws, Chapter 40,

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Section 6B, to enable the Town to provide a uniform allowance for the Police Department, and to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $525.00, or any other sum, for this purpose, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Norwell Police Association.

ARTICLE 36

To see if the Town will vote:

WHEREAS, there exists in the Town of Norwell a shortage of safe, sanitary and adequate dwellings available for elderly persons of low income at rentals which they can afford;

WHEREAS, it is hereby determined that a Housing Authority is needed for the provision of housing for elderly persons of low income;

NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby voted that the Norwell Housing Authority shall be organized and established under and in accord- ance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 121, Section 26K, as amended;

or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Norwell Council on Aging.

ARTICLE 37

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, to be used by the Water Commissioners for the employment of Water Department Cost Analysts to determine self-supporting water rates providing revenue from users only to meet all department costs including principal, inter- est, service equipment and depreciation and to establish a continuous rate-making procedure required for department operation, as outlined in Chapter 41, Section 69B, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Selectmen,

ARTICLE 38

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $2,500.00, or any other sum, for use by the Water Commissioners to employ established water department professional engineers or organizations, to develop a water service ex- pansion plan including mains, storage, well and pumping facilities, in units of $75,000.00 total cost, based upon 15 years borrowing and the issuance of $5,000.00 bonds, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 39

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00, or

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any other sum, for conducting pumping tests at new well sites for the Town Water System, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, or by any combina- tion of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners.

ARTICLE 40

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00, or any other sum, for the construction of a pumping station, including original pumping station equipment, and for laying water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter, between the pumping station and existing water mains, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds; by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners.

ARTICLE 41

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,500.00, or any other sum, for relaying water mains, of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Main Street near the High School, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by borrowing, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners.

ARTICLE 42

To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain, for purposes of public water supply, by the Board of Water Commis- sioners, a parcel of land containing approximately 15 acres, located at a place known as Grassy Swamp, situated southwesterly from Wash- ington Street, northeasterly from High Street, southerly from Ridge Hill Road and northerly of Hall Drive, more particularly shown on a plan entitled "Sketch Plan Of Land Showing Well Location off Washing- ton Street, Norwell," dated November 4, 1965, revised January 13, 1966, and revised January 20, 1966, by Loring H. Jacobs, Registered Land Surveyor, a copy of which is on file in the Town Clerk's office, said plan being made a part hereof and incorporated herein by reference, and appropriating therefore the sum of $18,000.00, or any other sum, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners.

ARTICLE 43

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,000.00, or any other sum, to be added to the Developing Well and Well Field

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Account and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of the fore- going, or take any other action relative thereto.

Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners.

ARTICLE 44

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $18,000.00, or any other sum, for laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Lincoln Street, from the end of the existing water main near the crossing of the high tension power line, and the junction of Lincoln and Grove Streets, for a distance of about 3,000 feet, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.

Requested by 82 registered voters in the Town of Norwell.

ARTICLE 45

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $30,000.00, or any other sum, for the laying and re-laying of water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Circuit Street from the end of the existing main for a distance of approximately 5,000 feet, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxa- tion, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combi- nation of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto.

Requested by 23 registered voters in the Town of Norwell.

ARTICLE 46

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $8,400.00, or any other sum, for laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Cross Street from the junction of Cross and Winter Streets, in an easterly direction for a distance of approximately 1,200 feet, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto.

Requested by 18 registered voters in the Town of Norwell.

ARTICLE 47

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $21,500.00, or any other sum, for the laying and relaying of water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Pine Street from the junction of Pine and River Streets for a distance of approximately 3,500 feet, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto.

Requested by 44 registered voters in the Town of Norwell.

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ARTICLE 48

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $100,000.00, or any other sum, to be added to the Stabilization Fund, as provided by the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B, or act on anything relative thereto.

Requested by the Advisory Board.

ARTICLE 49 To see if the Town will give instructions to its elected Town Officers.

SALE OF FISH RIGHTS Subsequent Meeting for the Election of Officers SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1966 Polls Open 12:00 Noon to 8:00 P.M.

And you are further directed to notify all legal voters to assemble at the Senior High School, Main Street, on Saturday, March 19, 1966, during the polling hours, then and there to act upon the following:

"To bring to the Election Officers, their votes, all on one ballot for the following named officers to wit: One Selectman for three years; One Town Clerk for three years; one Assessor for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; one member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years; one Highway Surveyor, one Moderator and one Tree Warden, all for terms of one year each; one member of the Planning Board for a term of five years; two members of the School Committee for three years; and one member of the Board of Trustees of the William J. Leonard Memorial Library for three years."

You are hereby required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Norwell qualified to vote in town affairs, in case all the articles in the foregoing Warrant shall not be acted upon at meeting called for the fourteenth day of March, to meet in adjourned session at the Senior High School, Tuesday, the fifteenth day of March, 1966, Thursday, the seventeenth day of March, 1966, and Friday, the eighteenth day of March, 1966, at 7:30 P.M., in the afternoon then and there to act upon such of the foregoing articles as shall not have been acted upon on March 14, 1966, or act upon such other articles in said Warrant as the meeting may deem advisable.

You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested to by you in writing, at each of five public places in the Town, seven days at least before the time for holding the meeting called for in the Warrant. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said Town on or before the fourteenth day of March, 1966.

Given under our hands at Norwell this seventh day of February in the year of our Lord 1966.

CHESTER A. RIMMER, Chairman ERNEST J. MILANI RICHARD A. HOUSLEY

BOARD OF SELECTMEN

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RECORD OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

MARCH 14, 1966

Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the qualified voters of the Town of Norwell met at the Senior High School on March 14, 1966. The meeting opened at 7:45 P.M. with the Moderator, David Lee Turner, in charge. 258 voters were then present.

Tellers were appointed and sworn in by the Moderator: George Whitcher, Jr., James Macaulay, Francis Chase, Jr., Stanley Richards, and Leonard Marsden.

Mr. Emmanuel S. Hedgebeth, minister of the Congregational Church, offered a prayer for the meeting.

The service of the warrant by the Constable, Harland W. Farrar, was read by the Town Clerk. It was voted to omit the reading of the articles in the warrant until taken up for action.

It was VOTED to admit resident non-voters and students, who were seated on the stage at the right of the Moderator.

ARTICLE 1

VOTED to accept the report of the Officers, Boards, Departments, Committees and Commissions as printed in the 1965 Town Report.

ARTICLE 2

VOTED that the Town raise and appropriate the sums of money as indicated in the recommended column of the Transcript of Articles in the Warrant and Budget for 1966 for the Town of Norwell and for the purpose as noted for all items in Article 2, excepting Items 28, 31, 42, 65, 64, 66, 111 and 154, and that the Town fix the salaries and compensa- tion of all elected officers of the Town as shown in the recommended column effective from January 1, 1966, as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.

Item 28. Motion made and seconded that the salary of the Town Clerk be voted at $3,000. Amendment made and seconded and VOTED that the Town Clerk's salary be $3,500. The main motion, as amended, was VOTED.

Item 31. Motion made and seconded that the sum of $220.00 be voted under Town Clerk-Capital Outlay. This was amended to read $346.50. The amendment was VOTED and the main motion, as amended, was VOTED.

Item 42. VOTED that the amount of $500.00 be raised and appropri- ated, for the Capital Budget Committee.

Item 65. VOTED that the sum of $16,550.00 be raised and appropri- ated, Salaries, Emergency Communications Center.

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Item 66. VOTED that the sum of $3,000.00 be raised and appropri- ated, Expenses, Emergency Communications Center.

Item 111. VOTED that the sum of $910,535.65 be raised and appro- priated, General Education Expenses. This is the amount listed in the articles, less the County Dog Tax Refund in the amount of $1,464.35.

Item 154. VOTED that the Town appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 for the Reserve Fund and that to meet the appropriation the sum of $1,981.26 be appropriated and transferred from the Overlay Surplus account and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $23,018.74.

SPECIAL ITEM. ARTICLE 2. VOTED that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $12,500.00 for the payment of interest on the 1966 Old Oaken Bucket School Loan.

ARTICLE 3

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 years beginning January 1, 1966, and January 1, 1967, 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.

VOTED that Article 5 be taken up for action before Article 4.

ARTICLE 5

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to amend the Town of Norwell By-Laws, Article XIV, entitled Building Code of Norwell, by adding in SECTION III, Paragraph 3, entitled "Applications for Permits," two new Sub- paragraphs, designated C and D, to read as follows:

"C. All permits shall be void unless operations thereunder shall be commenced within six months after the date of the permit, or if operations thereunder are discontinued for a period of more than six months. All permits expire twelve months after the date of the permit, but may be renewed without any additional fee.

D. No work shall be commenced until a permit has been granted."

ARTICLE 4

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to amend the Town of Norwell By-laws, Article XVII, Zoning By-laws, by deleting in SECTION X, Enforcement, Paragraphs numbers 2, 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d and by substituting therefor a new Paragraph number 2, to read as follows:

"2. Whoever violates the provisions of this By-law shall be fined not less than $5.00, nor more than $50.00, for each offense."

ARTICLE 6

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to amend the Town of Norwell Zoning By-laws,

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Article XVII, by deleting Paragraph E of SECTION IV, and by substituting therefor a new Paragraph "E," to read as follows:

"E. A private club, if managed and controlled by the membership, not including one whose chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business, but the foregoing shall not prohibit the customary functions of bona fide Country Clubs, Sportsman Clubs, Amateur Dramatic Clubs, Social or Educational Clubs, and the like."

The Chairman of the Planning Board, Charles W. Bayley, Jr., gave an oral report to the Town Meeting. He said a Public Hearing on the changes in the By-laws had been advertised and held on February 18, 1966, at which no opposition was expressed, and no suggestions made for revi- sions. This report covered Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7.

ARTICLE 7

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to amend the Town of Norwell Zoning By- laws, Article XVII, by deleting Paragraph C of SECTION IV, and by substituting therefor a new Paragraph C, to read as follows:

"C. Institutional, educational, recreational, philanthropic, or reli- gious building or use, providing such building or use is not a business undertaking, but not including one, the chief activity of which is a service, (1) to delinquent, criminal, mentally de- ficient or mentally deranged persons; or (2) customarily carried on as a business."

ARTICLE 8

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate and transfer the sum of $50,000.00 from Free Cash to the 1966 Revenue Account and authorize the Assessors to use this sum to decrease the 1966 tax rate.

ARTICLE 9

VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to employ the services of municipal planners, architects and engineers, to develop preliminary plans, specifications, costs and illustrations of a fire station, town hall addition and police station, or any combination of the same, under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, subject to the requirements and approval of all boards and officials involved, and with the stipulations that such service will be completed before August 1, 1966, adequate for the development of final plans and that any fees paid shall be applied to the normal professional service costs on any portion voted by the Town for final design, construction and supervision under the direction of the Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee.

ARTICLE 10

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to raise and appropriate the sum of $15,125.00 in anticipation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for Chapter 81 work on the highways.

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ARTICLE 11

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to raise and appropriate the sum of $19,500.00 in anticipation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth, for Chapter 90 work on the highways.

ARTICLE 12

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to transfer the sum of $7,660.08, in anticipa- tion of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for Chapter 679, Acts of 1965, Work on the Highways.

ARTICLE 13

VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $32,000.00 for a Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund, to provide for the depreciation, replace- ment and purchase of motor vehicles and equipment, and establish a control list of all vehicles, recording the date of purchase, mileage, type, maker, repairs and any other pertinent data essential to replacement determination by a vote of the Town.

ARTICLE 14

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate the sum of $7,000.00 for the purchase of a new heavy duty dump truck for the Highway Department and that to meet the appropriation the sum of $2,925.19 be appropriated and transferred from the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund and the sum of $4,074.81 be appropriated and transferred from the Road Machinery Fund.

ARTICLE 15

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate and transfer the sum of $2,500.00 from the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund for the purchase of a new V-Body Sander of approximately six yards capacity for the Highway Department.

ARTICLE 16

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate and transfer the sum of $1,200.00 from the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund for the purchase of a new Snow Plow for the Highway Department.

ARTICLE 17

VOTED to appropriate and transfer the sum of $13,000.00 from the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund for the purchase of a new loader- tractor-backhoe (to be one integrated unit) for the Highway Department.

ARTICLE 18

Motion made and seconded that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 to be added to the Highway Town Account, and authorize the use of said sum by the Highway Surveyor for the resurfacing of sections of Grove, School, Prospect, Summer and South Streets and for

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the opening, closing and patching of such advance "across the street" water service trenches in any street prior to resurfacing, as are ap- proved by the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board, subject to an agreement by the water commissioners, to install the service piping and connections in the trenches while open and to record the location of the installed services on a street layout.

Motion made and seconded to amend by adding the word "accepted" before "street prior to resurfacing."

The main motion, as amended, was VOTED, as follows:

"VOTED: to raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 to be added to the Highway Town Account, and authorize the use of said sum by the Highway Surveyor for the resurfacing of sections of Grove, School, Prospect, Summer and South Streets, and for the opening, closing and patching of such advance "across the street" water service trenches in any accepted street prior to resurfacing as are approved by the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board, subject to an agreement by the Water Commissioners, to install the service piping and connections in the trenches while open and to record the location of the installed services on a street layout."

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Town of Norwell annual report 1960-1969, Part 96

Author: Publication date: 1960 Publisher: The Board Number of Pages: 2480

Author:
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: The Board
Number of Pages: 2480