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Highway Machinery Account
11,000.00-Transfer from Machinery Fund.
Welfare Department
Item Expended No. 1958
Expended 1959
Department or Item
Request 1960
Fin. Com. Rec. Dissent Remarks
SCHOOLS
82. 558,304.64
690,678.55
General - Salaries & Wages
820,931.00
750,847.00 -Has been reduced by $11,000 of PL874 funds anticipated in June 1960
83. 165,846.56
189,824.24
Expenses
227,511.00
206.236.00
84.
11,587.97
22,140.97
Capital Outlay
23,355.00
17,855.00 -Reduced by $9,845.00 of
85.
400.00
586.65
Out of State Travel
500.00
500.00
PL874 funds at 50% reimbursement.
86.
5,999.95
9,461.96
Vocational Schools
9,550.00
9,550.00
87.
199.94
198.75
Stadium - Salaries & Wages
800.00
800.00
88.
1,366.48
1,364.06
Expenses
2,775.00
2,775.00
89.
722.65
743.52
Capital Outlay
1,575.00
1,575.00
90.
Adult Education - Salaries
3,500.00
RECREATION
91.
378.50
269.00
Parks - Salaries & Wages
375.00
375.00
92.
326.02
197.64
Expenses
180.00
180.00
LIBRARIES
93. 1,689.60
1,931.59
Salaries & Wages
2,400.00
2,400.00
94.
1,435.38
1,706.87
Expenses
1,800.00
1,800.00
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Item
No.
Expended 1958
Expended 1959
Department or Item
Request 1960
Fin. Com. Rec.
Dissent
Remarks
WATER DEPARTMENT
95.
23,760.48
24,072.73
Salaries & Wages
31,112.00
25,103.00
96.
18,714.55
20,013.73
Expenses
22,575.00
19,625.00
97.
345.00
2,386.50
Capital Outlay
2,500.00
2,500.00
98.
Out of State Travel
100.00
100.00
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
99. 146,000.00
216,000.00
Maturing Debt
216,000.00
216,000.00
100.
65,774.00
104,932.00
Interest - Maturing Debt
99,160.00
99,160.00
101
1,001.00
2,818.90
Interest - Temp. Loans
4,224.50
4,224.50
UNCLASSIFIED
102.
8,619.16
11,416.34
Blanket Insurance
12,000.00
103.
671.07
671.50
Memorial Day
800.00
104.
745.00
804.00
Cemeteries
800.00
105.
2,983.97
2,765.66
Stationery and Printing
3,500.00
-Transfer from Insurance Ac- count $7,951.52; raise and ap- propriate $4,048.48.
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ART. 12- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 in support of the trustees for county aid to agriculture to be expended by 4-H club agent, home demonstra- tion agent and club leader in conjunction with the extension service and the town director. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 13- To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 493 of the Acts of 1959 which provides for an increase of $100.00 an- nually in the amount of pensions payable to former employees . who at the time of retirement had reached the age of sixty and had at least twenty years of creditable service or who, at the time of retirement, had at least twenty-five years of creditable service, regardless of age. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 14- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of purchasing traffic signs. Board of Selectmen
ART. 15- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose of repairing or replacing the town hall sewage system. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 16- To see if the Town will vote to establish a permanent Memorial Day Committee to administer and expend the annual Memorial Day appropriation, said committee to consist of the Commanders of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Amvets and Disabled American Veterans. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 17- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300.00 to indemnify Robert Haines from the property damage and personal injuries claims arising from an accident on April 3, 1958, while operating a police cruiser; in favor of Joseph Killeen, or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen
ART. 18- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $1,090.32 to indemnify Robert Haines and Richard Mackey for hospital and medical expenses incurred as a result of injuries sustained while opera- ting the police cruiser on April 3, 1958, or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 19 - To see if the Town will vote to convey to Merrimack- Essex Electric Company, a Massachusetts corporation, for the sum of Eleven Hundred Eighty-five Dollars $1,185.00), all its rights, title and interest in and to a line of eight (8) poles, together with all wires, cables, equipment and appurtenances connected therewith, located on Easement Road, Tewksbury,
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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of the Town, a good and sufficient Bill of Sale of the same; or act in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 20- To see if the Town will accept Section 103A of Chapter 54 of the General Laws which provides for absentee voting at town elections. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 21 - To see if the Town will vote under the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 1 of the General Laws to authorize the town treasurer to act as town collector or take any other relative action. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 22- To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 103 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws which provides for the estab- lishing of a purchasing department under the direction of a purchasing agent who shall purchase all supplies for the Town and for every department thereof. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 23- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of carrying out the preceding article. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 24- To see if the Town will vote, under the provisions of Section 52 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, to appoint a town accountant who shall perform the duties and passess the powers of the town auditor, and will vote further to abolish the office of town auditor upon the appointment of a town accountant. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 25- To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws which provides for the estab- lishing of a conservation commission for the promotion and development of the natural resources of the Town, and further, to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for this purpose. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 26 - To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell at public auction, after first advertising such sale in at least two newspapers thirty days or more prior to the sale, the following parcel of land now owned by the Town.
Lots 4,5,6 and 7 of the Cedar Swamp Lot located on the East side of Main Street as shown on "A plan of land in Tewksbury belonging to heirs of Charles Livingston."
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ART.27 - To see if the town will vote to transfer the following unexpended balances to E & D or take any action in relation thereto:
Chandler Street Drain $ 427.00
Edith Drive Drain
100.00
Shawsheen Street Sidewalk 494.28
Kennel Legal Costs
300.00
Shawsheen Street Pipe Relocation
71.02
Pine Street Water Main
565.53
Well Field Survey
450.02
Trull Road Pipe Relocation
1,440.33
Water Well 1958
1,514.29
Reservoir Construction
21,809.90
Woburn Street Main
1,185.88
Town Auditor.
ART. 28 - To see if the Town will vote to establish a stabilization fund under Section 5B of Chapter 40, as amended by Chapter 404, Acts of 1957, of the General Laws, and transfer the sum of $100,000.00 (One hundred thousand dollars) from free cash for this purpose, this fund to be deposited in a savings account. Finance Committee.
ART. 29 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to provide a suitable marker indicating the site of the first meeting house erected by our ancestors in the year 1735, the foregoing in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 5, sub-paragraph 13.
Chester M. Roper and others
ART. 30- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate sums of money as follows for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for local veterans' organizations, under the provisions of Section 9 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8164 $600.00
Amvets Post 156 $600.00
DAV Chapter 110
$720.00
Post Commanders.
ART. 31 - To see if the Town will vote to authorize Victor N. Cluff to serve as stand-by slaughtering inspector and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for remuneration for the years 1959 and 1960. Board of Health.
ART. 32- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50,000.00 for the purpose of new installations of water services to dwellings or other buildings, and provided that the cost of said installations has been first deposited with the
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Town Treasurer and applied to estimated receipts and to author- ize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money and in the event said entire sum is not required for said installations, the unexpended balance shall likewise be credited to estimated receipts, or take any action in relation thereto.
Water Commissioners.
ART. 33- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the removal of snow from fire hydrants, under the supervision of the Board of Water Commissioners, or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 34- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the relocation of water pipes in Shaw- sheen Street, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money. Water Commissioners.
ART. 35 - To see if the Town will vote to transfer from E & D the sum of $12,000.00 for a survey by a recognized public water system engineer, for the purpose of establishing a location for a gravel packed well, said survey to furnish all of the necessary information, estimates of cost, etc., under the supervision of the Board of Water Commissioners, or take any other action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 36- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $13,000.00 for the purpose of lowering the bottom of Heath Brook from Foster Street to Shawsheen Street by dredging and cleaning out same according to grades and levels that will be furnished by a competent engineer - for the pur- pose of improving our water system and to authorize the Water Commissioners to do such work and expend such money or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 37 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose of securing engineering services to locate grades and levels in various areas for the pur- pose of improving our water system. Water Commissioners.
ART. 38 - To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as amended by Chapters 516 and 524 Acts of 1950, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Depart- ment of Public Works of Massachusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance, and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores, and shores along a public beach outside of Boston Harbor, including the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, in accordance with Section
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11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.
Water Commissioners.
ART. 39- To see if the Town will vote to expend the sum of $2,450.00 from the Installation Account, for the purpose of installing approximately 700 feet of water pipe in South Oliver Street, provided that cost of said water installation has been first deposited with the Town Treasurer and applied to esti- mated receipts and to authorize the Water Commissioners to do such work and expend such money, or take any action in rela- tion thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 40- To see if the Town will vote to expend the sum of $3,335.00 from the Installation Account, for the purpose of installing approximately 667 feet of water pipe in Mill Road, provided that cost of said water installation has been first de- posited with the Town Treasurer and applied to estimated receipts and to authorize the Water Commissioners to do such work and expend such money, or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 41 - To see if the Town will vote to expend the sum of $500.00 from the Installation Account, for the purpose of in stalling approximately 100 feet of water pipe in Lowe Street, provided that cost of said water installation has been first de- posited with the Town Treasurer and applied to estimated re- ceipts and to authorize the Water Commissioners to do such work and expend such money, or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 42- To see if the Town will vote to expend the sum of $7,000.00 from the Installation Account, for the purpose of in- stalling approximately 1750 feet of water pipe in Mount Joy Drive, provided that cost of said water installation has been first deposited with the Town Treasurer and applied to estimated receipts and to authorize the Water Commissioners to do such work and expend such money, or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 43 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,170.00 or any other sum for the purpose of install- ing a public water main in Kernwood Avenue for a distance of approximately 390 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
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ART. 44- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 or any other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a public water main in Sunnyslope Avenue for a dis- tance of approximately 500 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 45- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 or any other sum for the purpose of installing a public water main in Clark Road for a distance of approximately 500 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 46- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 or any other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a public water main in Longmeadow Road for a dis- tance of approximately 1200 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 47 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 or any other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a public water main in Pine Street for a distance of approximately 2000 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 48 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 or any other sum for the purpose of instal- ling a public water main in Finn Street and Callahan Street for a distance of approximately 200 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 49- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 or any other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a public water main in Dubuque Avenue for a distance of approximately 300 feet, and to authorize the Water Depart- ment to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
ART. 50- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,100.00 or any other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a public water main in Park Avenue for a distance of approximately 775 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
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ART. 51 - To see if the Town will vote to accept the following streets as laid out by the Road Commissioners with the bound- aries and measurements as shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk.
Cross Street (at Dewey and Summer Streets) Pinedale Avenue Pinewold Avenue
Seventh Street Road Commissioners.
ART. 52- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the construction of a drainage system on Pine Street, or take any other action relative thereto. Road Commissioners.
ART 53-To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $2,200.00 from the E & D Account to the Highway Operating Account to re-imburse the department for monies expended for fire damages to the garage, or take any other action relative thereto. Road Commissioners.
ART. 54- To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $500.00 from the Industrial Commission Account to an Indus- trial Commission Out-of-State Travel Account.
Tewksbury Industrial Commission.
ART. 55 - To see if the Town will accept the offer of Herbert L. Foster and Ida R. Foster to give to the Town a tract of land owned by them located in Tewksbury at the extension of Charlotte Road, Revere Road and Patriot Road, and containing about 23 acres, upon condition that the land shall forever be used only as a park and playground and only for outdoor activi- ties, for the consideration of a sum equal to the 1960 taxes on this land; and to see if the Town will direct the Park Board to accept the gift on these conditions and authorize the said Board to sign the acceptance on behalf of the Town and agree on behalf of the Town to comply with the conditions of the gift, and to see if the Town will raise and appropriate the amount of the 1960 taxes on this land in payment for the trans- fer of said land; said land to be known as Foster Park.
Park Commissioners.
ART. 56- To see if the Town will accept the offer of Frederick M. Carter to give to the Town a tract of land owned by him located in the southerly part of Tewksbury, situated southerly of Shawsheen Street and bordering on the Shawsheen River, and adjoining land now belong to Herbert L. Foster and Ida R. Foster, containing approximately 41/2 acres, upon condition the
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land shall forever be used solely for outdoor activities; and to see if the Town will direct the Park Board to accept the gift on these conditions and authorize the said Board to sign the acceptance on behalf of the Town and agree on behalf of the Town to comply with the conditions of the gift.
Park Commissioners.
ART. 57 - To see if the Town will vote to name the park and playground at the corner of Rogers and Marston Streets, donated by Mr. Melvin G. Rogers, Melvin G. Rogers Park.
Park Commissioners.
ART. 58 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500.00 to construct a completed bituminous con- crete sidewalk and berm on the West side of Pleasant Street from the existing sidewalk at the Junior High School to a station opposite the existing sidewalk at the entrance road to the new High School (2640 lineal feet) or take any other action relative thereto. Work to be done under the supervision of the Road Commissioners and completed by August 1, 1960.
Tewksbury Parent-Teacher Association.
ART. 59 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing, erecting, and maintaining a new fire house on a lot of land located at Salem Road, South Street, and Main Street in South Tewksbury, and to do any and all things necessary and proper in connection therewith including professional assistance, and for originally equipping and completing such building, and determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, including the Post-war Rehabilitation Fund and/or the Sale of Real Estate Fund, by taxation, or by borrowing under the authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws as amended, or take any action in relation thereto. Fire House Committee.
ART. 60 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $61,000.00; to be used in conjunction with the $17,000.00 voted at a Special Town Meeting, held on July 25, 1951, for the purpose of building a police station; to construct, erect and equip a Police Station and Garage, with proper facilities, on Main Street opposite the Water Department Building; with an additional sum of $8,500.00 for site development; and to authorize the Committee appointed under Article 4 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting of December 12, 1956, to employe professional con- sultants, expend such funds, call for bids, and to execute and sign all contracts, vouchers, and legal documents, incidental
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and necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, or take any action in relation thereto. Police Station Committee.
ART. 61 - To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds to carry out preliminary plans for the conversion of the old High School (now Junior High) to a 750 pupil capacity Junior High School or to carry out preliminary plans for building a new Junior High School. Junior High School Building Committee.
ART. 62- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by eminent domain in fee simple under Chapter 79 and Chapter 40 Section 14 of the General Laws (ter. ed.) a tract of land consisting of approxi- mately 22 acres for school purposes, namely, for the purpose of a site for a new junior high school, accessory buildings, play- ground, and other school facilities connected therewith; said parcel of land being situated on the northwesterly side of Shawsheen Street and being bounded as follows:
Northeasterly by Shawsheen Street, 1000 feet m. or 1 .;
Southwesterly by land now or formerly of one Deveres, 1100 feet m. or 1 .;
Northwesterly by land of owners unknown, 1100 feet m. or 1., and
Northerly by the Heath Brook Manor Plan, 1040 feet m. or 1 .; said land belonging to Herbert L. Foster et ux;
and to see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for such purchase or taking, or take any other action in relation thereto. Junior High School Building Committee.
ART. 63- To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws by striking out sub-paragraph 7 of section 6 and substitu- ting the following: No Billboards shall be permitted in any district and are hereby prohibited unless such Billboards are set back from any public way, a distance of at least 300 feet and such Billboards shall be further subject to a permit from the Board of Appeals after a public hearing under section 17 of the Zoning By-Laws. Planning Board.
ART. 64- To see if the Town will vote to amend the present Zoning Map and By-Laws by rezoning from residential districts to industrial districts the land as shown on the new proposed Zoning Map. The boundaries of such districts of said map being incorporated herewith by reference. Planning Board.
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ART. 65 - To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 7 of the present Zoning By-Laws to read as follows:
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Uses Permitted in Industrial Districts:
1. Any use permitted in any previous district except the sale at retail of alcoholic beverages.
2. Retail lumber, fuel, and building material yards, and con- tractor's equipment storage, provided that tanks for oil storage above ground do not exceed 10,000 gallons' capacity.
3. Electronic industries, assembling of electrical appliances and equipment, including manufacture of small parts.
4. Research laboratories including manufacture of equipment necessary for required research.
5. Food processing such as a bakery, but excluding the milling of grain or the rendering of fats and oils.
6. The manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of beverages, candy, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals or drugs.
7. Manufacture of ceramic products, vitreous ware, pottery and porcelain from previously pulverized clay and using kilns fired by electricity or other odorless, smokeless fuel.
8. Manufacture of jewelry, toys, sporting goods, musical instru- ments, etc.
9. Machine shop and manufacture of hardware, but excluding the use of drop hammers or punch presses of over 10 tons' rated capacity.
10. The fabrication and installation of glass and glass products.
11. The manufacture of clocks, watches, or scientific, optical, or precision instruments.
12. The manufacture of articles from previously prepared raw materials such as bone, feathers, felt, fibers, fiberglass, fur, hair, leather, paper, plastics, rubber, shell or textiles.
13. Publishing, printing, or bookbinding.
14. Stone or monument works.
15. Woodworking or upholstery shops.
16. Storage warehouses.
17. Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use.
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18. Signs pertaining to a business on the same premises. Signs which are not part of or attached to a building or which project more than 10 feet into a required front or side yard shall be installed only with the approval of the Board of Appeals.
Comparable Uses:
The Board of Appeals may permit in any Industrial District a use which is similar to a use specifically permitted by provisions of this section in the nature of its processes, in the number of persons and vehicles which will be attracted to the premises and in its effect upon nearby premises, both within and without the District in which it is located.
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