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25,327.21
Excise Taxes Returned by Henry Long
$ 27,264.39 $ 781.96
Gifts and Bequests :
Isabel F. Hyams Gift
$ 300.00
Martha Symmes Bequest
100.00
William L. Wright
5,000.00
Metcalf Monument
82.50
Emily Fletcher Lecture Fund
9.65
5,492.15
$
Grants from Federal Government:
Old Age Assistance
$ 20,895.08
Aid to Dependent Children 5,219.42
Old Age Assistance Administration
1,019.77
Aid to Dependent Children Administration 341.33
Disability
2,531.53
Disability Administration
158.56
Court Fines
$ 30,165.69 $ 72.00
Departmental Revenue:
General Government:
Tax Collector Charges and Fees $ 13.86
Release and Interest 18.50
81
Town Hall Rent
281.50
$ 313.86
Health Department : Subsidy from State
$
302.14
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$ 87.25
Highway Department:
Chapter 81 Roads
$ 32,792.26
Chapter 90 Roads
4,996.22
Road Machinery Fund
4,068.75
Work for Individuals
485.58
$ 42,342.81
Veterans' Benefits
$
1,319.00
Welfare Department :
Infirmary, Town
$ 9,505.29
Infirmary, other Towns
1,608.19
Aid to Dependent Children
3,173.53
Old Age Assistance
19,433.22
Old Age Assistance Special
215.53
$ 33,935.76
Welfare Department :
Recovery, Old Age Assistance
$ 724.88
Disability
3,127.71
Temporary Aid
1,031.29
4,883.88 $
School Department
$ 1,375.98
Library, Fines and Sales
$ 76.97
Library Fund
300.00
.
$ 376.97
82
Cemeteries :
Sale of Lots Care of Lots Digging Graves
$ 124.29
516.00
843.00
1,483.29 $
Sale of Real Estate
$
400.00
Interest :
Deposits in Savings Bank
$ 886.39
Deferred Taxes
438.30
Sale of Lots Perpetual Care, Cemeteries
10.59
838.65
2,173.93 $
Cemetery Trust Funds :
Perpetual Care
$ 2,020.00
Lyman Wilkens Fund
75.00
$
2,095.00
School Activities :
School Milk
$ 3,104.91
School Athletics
880.48
$ 3,985.39
Whitney Playground
$ 200.00
Refunds, departmental
$ 57.58
Total Receipts
$550,694.28
Balance, January 1, 1952
161,691.62
$712,385.90
83
Expenditures 1952
General Government:
Selectmen :
Selectmen Salaries
$ 625.00
Clerk Salary
224.19
Printing and Postage
63.81
Walk Town Lines
20.00
Supplies, Dues, etc.
67.00
$
1,000.00
Town Accountant:
Salary
$ 1,120.95
Printing, Stationery Supplies and Dues
51.47
$
1,172.42
Town Treasurer :
Salary
$ 2,100.00
Envelopes and Postage
77.60
Bond and Insurance
186.50
Checks and Supplies
135.90
$
2,500.00
Finance Committee
$ 52.00
License Expense
$ 90.75
Town Counsel
$
300.00
Assessors :
Salaries
$ 1,850.56
Tax Taking
35.00
Legal Services
75.00
84
Clerk Salary Dues, forms, Typewriter rentals, etc.
120.00
72.05
$
2,152.61
Tax Collector :
Salary
$ 1,800.00
Bonds
295.75
Envelopes
140.16
Dues and Supplies
7.10
Printing and Stationery
128.17
Tax Taking
36.00
Ads and Papers
47.15
$
2,454.33
Town Clerk :
Salary
$ 400.00
Licenses
185.00
Printing, Forms, etc.
126.58
Bond
7.50
Dues
15.00
Publishing Notices
30.00
$
764.08
New Typewriter
$
125.00
Registration and Election :
Salaries for Registration, Elections,
and Listing
$2,083.30
Rent of Halls
114.00
Janitor
29.00
Supplies
67.81
Ballots
69.50
Advertisements
78.75
Printing
34.50
8.5
Stamps Check Lists
8.40 227.31
$ 2,712.57
Maps and Surveys: Salary
$ 499.40
Tax Title Expense
$
611.77
Town Hall :
Salary, Janitor
$ 1,680.64
Water
20.00
Fuel
967.05
Lights
201.10
Janitors' supplies
138.77
Repairs
189.00
Telephone
339.60
P. O. Box rent
1.80
$
3,537.96
Painting Lower Town Hall
$ 397.00
Protection of Persons and Property :
Insurance, Fire and Compensation
$
4,687.58
Police Department :
Salaries, Chief
$ 3,848.00
Salaries, Assistant Chief
3,579.94
Special Officers
2,083.64
Assistant's Car
1,140.00
Repairs to Equipment
228.22
Paint Lockup
64.40
Police Supplies
411.95
Police Uniforms
100.50
Telephone
294.39
Radio Service
68.65
Gasoline and Oil
522.65
86
Garage Rent Insurance Dues and Conferences
48.00
150.98
31.00
$ 12,572.32
Fire Department :
Salaries
$ 2,442.74
Dues
3.00
Repairs
802.68
Gasoline
316.68
Supplies
334.47
Fuel
868.89
Lights
199.68
Coleman Heater
58.45
Paint Graniteville House
89.00
Christmas Lights
11.10
Clean Cesspool
35.00
Insurance
1,333.94
Work at Graniteville House,
Hot Top
65.00
Loam
11.00
Curb
158.43
Advertisements
42.00
Check Boilers
24.70
Water
39.60
Telephone
362.26
New Truck
Two speed rear end
131.00
Lights and Siren
95.00
$
7,424.62
Salary, Permanent Man
$ 500.00
New Fire Hose
558.00
Forge Village House
60.50
New Fire Truck
1,900.00
87
Forest Fires
Salaries
$ 1,262.70
Gasoline
58.16
Transportation
14.00
Repairs to Truck
275.17
Advertisement
3.75
Alcohol
7.50
Boots
20.75
Insurance
153.23
Supplies
48.21
Radio
61.70
Telephone
116.84
$
2,022.01
New Forestry Hose
$ 221.90
Hydrant Service
$
5,055.00
Tree Department :
Wages
$ 944.75
Repair Saw
123.72
Supplies
3.64
Gasoline
19.69
Repairs
73.95
Garage Rent
36.00
Insurance
160.13
Plant Trees
10.00
$
1,371.88
Moth Department :
Wages
$ 641.75
Equipment and repairs
111.12
Gasoline and oil
102.79
Insecticide
429.75
Insurance
71.67
88
Garage Rent
36.00
$ 1,393.08
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$ 125.00
Fix Water Hole, Parker Village
$ 95.96
Health Department :
Salaries :
Chairman
$ 50.00
Secretary
50.00
Nurses
2,425.98
Dairy Inspector
50.00
Car:
Insurance
65.47
Gas and Oil
152.51
Two tires and repairs
177.94
Garage rent
30.00
Dump:
Caretaker
550.50
Bulldozing
60.50
Tuberculosis, Board and Treatment
889.50
Clinics
300.00
Inspections
9.00
Medical Services
54.00
Remove deceased animals
52.00
Advertisements
9.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
9.42
Medical Supplies
48.01
$ 4,983.83
Animal Inspector
$ 200.00
Middlesex County T. B. Hospital
3,407.45
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Nashoba Associated Boards of Health Highway Department: Street Lights
$
2,328.31
$
7,802.84
Snow and Ice Removal :
Wages
$ 7,679.89
Sand
1,108.81
Salt
3,081.00
Hired Trucks
1,761.00
Repairs to Equipment
2,382.78
Blades
179.00
Gasoline
774.17
Anti-Freeze
98.40
$ 17,065.05
Town Roads Account:
Wages
$
3,362.69
Stone and Gravel
2,937.58
Equipment and Repairs
450.74
Insurance
118.74
Lettering
9.00
Signs
36.00
Filing Cabinet
85.25
$ 7,000.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Wages
$ 306.61
Asphalt
2,693.39
$
3,000.00
Chapter 81 Roads :
Wages
$ 18,794.69
Stone and Gravel
13,600.81
Lettering sign
4.50
$ 32,400.00
90
North Street: Wages Stone and Gravel
$ 630.26 1,202.99
$
1,833.25
Beaver Brook Road :
$ 6,964.57
Wages Fill
76.80
7,041.37 $
Graniteville Road:
Wages
$ 2,901.98
Asphalt and Gravel
828.90
Fence
51.10
Blasting
187.00
$
3,968.98
Sidewalks :
Wages
$
29.43
Hot Top
470.05
$
499.48
Road Machinery Account :
Batteries
$ 70.90
Tires and Tubes
1,026.15
Motors
549.54
Equipment and Repairs
2,276.19
Insurance
500.63
Rent
1,040.00
Gasoline
2,098.79
Oil and Grease
199.06
Kerosene
41.36
Express
1.40
$ 7,804.02
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Welfare Department: (see reports)
Temporary Aid
Disability Allowance
$ 4,876.24 8,692.56
Disability Administration
41.52
Infirmary
15,986.67
Old Age Assistance (Town)
23,618.53
Old Age Assistance Administration
218.58
Old Age Assistance (Federal)
25,617.23
Old Age Assistance Administration
928.97
Aid to Dependent Children (Town)
3,935.00
Aid to Dependent Children (Federal)
6,839.19
Aid to Dependent Children (Administration)
352.72
$ 91,107.21
Veterans' Benefits :
Agent's Salary
$ 590.05
Director of Veterans' Services
100.00
Stationery
8.00
Photo Supplies
8.96
Notary Public
15.83
Cash Grants
2,556.84
Fuel
428.40
Medical Care
15.00
$3,723.98
School Department: (see report)
$156,371.65
Frost School Repairs
1,190.00
Vocational Tuition
4,382.13
School Milk Program
3,256.07
School Athletics
1,757.91
School Planning Board
.25
Town Library: (see report)
4,804.68
92.
Cemeteries :
General:
Clerk's salary
$ 200.00
Wages
3,296.68
Stone Dust
220.80
Loam
10.00
Equipment and Repairs
380.00
Gasoline
20.90
Safe Deposit Box
12.00
$ 4,140.38
Trust Funds :
Perpetual Care:
Bequests
$
2,020.00
Income
805.65
Lyman Wilken's Fund
75.00
$
2,900.65
Unclassified :
Whitney Playground:
Wages
$ 494.48
Equipment and Repairs
216.53
Work on Tennis Court
40.00
Tennis Net and Tape
61.31
Loam
60.00
Water
20.00
$
892.32
Town Common:
Wages
$ 406.11
Electric Lights
21.44
Loam
25.00
Top Dressing
17.00
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Grass Seed Flowers
7.65 10.00
Water
12.80
$ 500.00
Hot Top Common Walk
$ 150.00
Metcalf Monument Fund
82.50
Publishing Town Reports
1,012.22
Memorial Day
383.10
Band Concerts
600.00
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
74.65
Emily Fletcher Lecture Fund
9.65
Middlesex County Retirement System
1,874.16
Civil Defense :
Telephone
$ 38.76
Install New Transmitter
550.35
Radio Repairs
42.53
Books and Arm Bands
55.42
$
687.06
Quarters for Legion
$
600.00
Payments to County :
Dog Taxes
$ 1,177.60
County Taxes
11,162.98
$ 12,340.58
Payments to State:
State Parks and Reservations
$ 700.17
State Audit
70.55
$ 770.72
94
Payroll Deductions : Withholding Tax Retirement System
$ 22,528.94 3,063.52
$ 25,592.46 $ 5.15
Old Checks Repaid
Refunds, Taxes
933.06
Interest on Revenue Loans
125.42
Payment of Revenue Loan
30,000.00
William L. Wright, Bequest
5,000.00
Martha Symmes, Bequest
100.00
Infirmary Fire Loss
200.00
Total Expenditures
$511,260.28
Balance, December 31, 1952
201,125.62
$712,385.90
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TOWN OF WESTFORD Balance Sheet - December 31, 1952 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Dog Licenses-Due County $ 209.20
In Bank and Office
$201,125.62
State and County Taxes 1,896.44
Old Age Assistance Recovery 724.88
Sale of Cemetery Lots 738.32
Sale of Real Estate
1,010.00
Road Machinery Fund
4,068.75
Real Estate
$ 1,859.58
Trust Fund Income:
Levy of 1952:
Whitney Shade Tree Fund GA 28.11
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 18.75
46.86
Personal
660.25
Real Estate
12,723.64
15,259.47
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1952
2,137.31
Disability Administration 117.04
Old Age Assistance 407.16
Old Age Assistance Administration
111.26
Tax Possessions
926.69
3,173.34
Aid to Dependent Children
132.24
Departmental:
Disability Assistance
43.31
Aid to Dependent Children
846.69
Old Age Assistance
376.19
1,266.19
Schools
100.72
Highways
68.50
Tailings
134.41
Unexpended Federal Grants:
Disability Allowance
938.97
Tax Titles
2,246.65
Aid to Dependent Children Administration 37.77
1,744.44
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
10,984.66
Appropriation Balances: Town Hall Heating System 300.00
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1951:
Poll
16.00
Cemetery
120.00
289.22 Paint Lower Town Hall
203.00
New Fire Truck
2,100.00
Forge Village Fire House 439.50
Beaver Brook Road 958.63
Parker Village Water Hole
34.54
Street Marking
500.00
Athletic Fund
218.97
School Milk
33.04
School Planning Board
1,176.99
Library
39.71
Civilian Defense
137.99
Celebrating Veterans
1,000.00
Stock Ponds
150.00
Cemetery
202.41
Infirmary Fire Loss
12,586.39
20,081.17
Middlesex County T. B. Hospital
687.83
Overlay Reserved for Abatement:
Levy of 1951
1,332.25
Levy of 1952
1,368.23
2,700.48
Revenue Reserved until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
2,137.31
Tax Titles
3,173.34
Departmental
1,555.41
State and County Aid to Highways
5,930.14
12,796.20
Surplus Revenue 171,476.49
$229,300.13
$229,300.13
State Aid to Highways: Chapter 81 Chapter 90
2,930.14
2,000.00
County Aid to Highways
1,000.00
5,930.14
State Parks and Reservations
118.84
:
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds, cash and securities: Principal .. Income
Whitney Shade Tree Fund
$ 2,500.00
$ 70,104.19
Library Trust Funds
13,806.08
14,017.33 Emily Fletcher Lecture Fund 2,000.00
Whitney Playground Fund
10,000.00
Metcalf Monument Fund
1,300.00
Lyman Wilkins Cemetery Fund
1,413.11
Cemetery Perpetual care fund
34,085.00
Wm. Wright Perpetual care fund
5,000.00 $ 70,104.19
Whitney Shade Tree income
556.25
Library Trust Income
1,376.65
Emily Fletcher Lecture income
409.88
Whitney Playground income
220.69
Metcalf Monument income
689.72
Lyman Wilkins Cemetery income
391.28
Cemetery Perpetual care income
10,335.36
Wm. Wright Perpetual care income
37.50
14,017.33
$ 84,121.52
$ 84,121.52
STATE AUDIT - TOWN OF WESTFORD Balance Sheet - March 7, 1952 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
ASSETS
In Banks and Office
$121,328.38
Payroll Deductions: Federal Taxes
$ 855.35
948.53
Accounts Receivable: Taxes:
Dog Licenses -- Due County
117.60
Levy of 1950:
Tailings
134.41
Poll
$ 2.00
Sale of Lots and Graves Fund
619.03
Real Estate
854.84
Sale of Real Estate Fund
1,010.00
Levv of 1951:
Road Machinery Fund
3,824.50
Poll
6.00
School Lunch Fund
396.46
Personal Property
434.71
School Athletic Fund
229.81
Real Estate
9,473.19
10,770.74
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1951
550.81
Overestimate 1951:
Tax Titles
1,756.94
State Parks and Reservations Assessment
80.83
Tax Possessions
1,917.28
3,674.22
Departmental:
Health
302.14
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration
49.16
Highway
51.00
Aid
779.52
Aid to Dependent Children
1,239.02
Old Age Assistance
1,959.53
Old Age Assistance:
Veterans' Services
145.75
Administration 16.16
School
100.72
Assistance
984.97
Cemetery
190.00
3,988.16
1,829.81
Federal Grants:
Trust Fund Income: Whitney Shade Tree Fund
28.11
Retirement System
93.18 $
State Aid to Highways: Chapter 90 Construction - North Street County Aid to Highways:
920.79
Unexpended Appropriation Balances: Town Hall-Heating System Town Hall-Interior Painting 3.00
300.00
Highway Chapter 90 Construction --- North Street 1,841.59
Fix Water Hole-Parker Village 130.50
Street Markings 500.00
School Planning Committee
677.24
Civil Defense
121.95
Celebrating Veterans
1,000.00
Stock Ponds
150.00
Cemetery
204.64
4,928.92 10,270.82
County Tax
451.89
County Tuberculosis Hospital
Levy of 1950
848.04
Assessment
730.05
1,181.94
Levy of 951
1,429.90
2,277.94
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
550.81
Tax Title and Tax Possession 3,674.22
Departmental 3,988.16
Aid to Highways
1,381.19
Surplus Revenue
9,594.38 161,112.55
$197,403.70
$197,403.70
Chapter 90 Construction - North Street Due from Trust Funds: Cemetery Perpetual Care® Revenue 1952:
460.40
1,381.19
6.25
Payments in Anticipation of Appropriations 63,229.30
Less-Estimated Receipts Collected 8,707.29 Underestimates 1951:
54,522.01
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
Report of the Finance Committee TOWN OF WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
Honorable Board of Selectmen Westford, Mass.
Dear Sirs:
We have the honor to submit the report of the Finance Committee for the current year as follows :
During the year we have made the following transfers from the Reserve Fund-
Reserve Fund
Veterans' Benefits
$ 2,018.94
Road Machinery & Equipment
1,000.00
Disability Allowance
700.00
Insurance - Fire & Compensation
487.58
Forest Fire Department
150.00
Interest on Revenue Loans
100.42
Town Reports
2.22
$ 4,459.16
Unexpended Balance
540.84
$ 5,000.00
ESTIMATED TAX RATE
Based on recommended expenditures, we estimate that there will be approximately a Three Dollar increase in the Tax Rate for the year 1953. An increase of expenses of $29,113 has been partially compen- sated for by a net increase of receipts from the State. This is, of course, without provision for any of the costs of the new High School.
Total Expenditures Recommended $ 376,280
State, County & Other Charges
24,000
$ 400.280
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Estimated Receipts
$154,600
Net Amount to be raised by Taxation $245,680
Tax Rate based on $4,650,000 assessed valuation $53
Based on the current estimated assessment of $4,650,000, each $1,000 added in expenditures will increase the tax rate 211/2 cents.
DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS
Meetings were held with the various departments and agree- ment was reached on most regular budget items. There are minor adjustments of not more than $300 each in several departments, mostly due to salary adjustments and increased cost of supplies. The major changes in requests are as follows:
SCHOOLS - An increase of $7,344 has been requested by the School Department.
Of this amount $5,090 is for merit increases for teachers. Increases in supplies, janitors' salaries, bus transportation, general control and repairs account for the balance.
VOCATIONAL TUITION - An increase of $1300 is required because of the number of students, now numbering twenty-six, who are attending Vocational School.
PUBLIC WELFARE - Increases have been requested as follows :
Disability Allowance $2,900.00
Old Age Assistance $6,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children $2,500.00
These budgets are based on the number of cases being handled at the end of the year, at the rates prescribed by the State and Federal Government who furnish the major portion of the funds.
TOWN ROADS- The increase in the Town Road budget of $3,000 is necessary as the amount received from the State and County
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has remained the same, although the cost of labor and supplies has risen. This amount is necessary to prevent further deterioration of our roads.
ASSESSORS - In the past year the Assessors have done a good job in bringing the property records up-to-date on an efficient basis. The effect of this is to add additional amounts of property to the Town's assessment rolls. The Finance Committee believes these posi- tions, which require relatively high skill, should be compensated at $1.25 per hour.
FIRE DEPARTMENT - The increase of $500 in the Fire De- partment request is based on the belief of the Finance Committee that the drivers of the Town Ambulance should be compensated at the rate of $2.00 per man per trip.
SELECTMEN - The increase in the Selectmen's budget is due largely to an approved increase in the Clerk's salary.
TREE WARDEN -The increase in the Tree Warden's budget is due to the condition of the trees, especially following the damage done by last fall's wind storm.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT - The increase of $500 is due to the expenses to be incurred in setting up the proposed school dentist.
SPECIAL ARTICLES
ARTICLE 4. The Finance Committee believes the Town Treasurer should be authorized to borrow in anticipation of revenue.
ARTICLE 9. The Finance Committee does not recommend the purchase of a new Fire Truck this year.
ARTICLE 11. The Finance Committee recommends the pur- chase of a pickup truck. This truck may be uesd in place of the Superintendent's car and on many small jobs where a heavy truck is now used.
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ARTICLE 12. The Finance Committee recommends the pur- chase of a new Highway Broom, to replace the worn out and inade- quate one now on hand. .
ARTICLE 13. The Finance Committee recommends the pur- chase of a heavy truck to replace one of the 1948 trucks we now have. The heavy cost of body repairs, new tires, etc., make this replacement necessary.
ARTICLE 15. The Finance Committee recommends the pur- chase of a new Police Cruiser and the transfer of the old one as re- quested in Article 16.
ARTICLE 18. The Finance Committee does not recommend the expenditure of $1200 at this time for Elementary School Lighting. Rather, we feel the School Budget contains adequate funds to make an experiment in one room and if this is successful, to develop a plan for complete modernization of elementary school lighting.
ARTICLE 21. The Finance Committee feels that a regular annual appropriation of $100 for New Road Signs is the better plan than lumping all requests in one year. We recommend the expendi- ture of $100 only this year.
ARTICLE 24. The Finance Committee recommends that drivers of the ambulance be compensated at the rate of $2.00 per man per trip. The estimated cost of this article is $500 per annum and the budget of the Fire Department has been increased to take care of this item.
ARTICLE 27. The Finance Committee recommends we accept the Solomon Hymes Gift, and that a vote of appreciation be extended to the donors.
ARTICLE 28. The Finance Committee recommends we put in the new hydrants as requested.
ARTICLE 29. The Finance Committee is withholding its opinion on the request for $900 for Quarters for Veteran Organiza-
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tions, pending clarification as to the legality and regulations pertaining to this article.
ARTICLES 30, 31 and 32. The Finance Committee recom- mends the new Street Lights as requested on Main Street, West Street, and Graniteville Road.
ARTICLE 34. The Finance Committee recommends the adop- tion of this new By-law with reference to the $1.00 penalty on the collection of License Fees on Unregistered Dogs.
ARTICLE 35. The Finance Committee agrees the Dog Officer should be compensated and that provision should be made for the boarding and advertising expense. However, we have agreed to the increase of $150 in the Police Budget to take care of the portion of this item not heretofore taken care of and, therefore, we feel this Article should be dismissed.
ARTICLE 36. The Finance Committee feels a committee should be appointed to investigate the acquiring of the Edwards Land for a Town Beach and also investigate the cost and legal necessity of maintaining extra police protection, bath houses, life guards, and related items, and that this article be tabled until this committee reports.
ARTICLE 38. The Finance Committee feels the Committee interviewing officials of the Westford Water Company should be furnished with funds for obtaining professional advice.
ARTICLE 39. The Finance Committee cannot recommend this article, as this would not permit the renaming of any of the present fire engineers.
ARTICLE 40. The Finance Committee recommends this article covering new urinals at the Nabnasset School.
The decision of the Town of Westford to build an expensive new school will place a heavy financial burden on the Town. The Finance Committee believes the Town will have to tighten its belt and that
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only necessary expenses should be approved. There have been requests for certain capital outlays that would be advantageous to the Town but the Financial Committee does not believe they can be afforded. An effort is also being made to budget capital outlays such as trucks, school improvements, etc., so that the burden can be distributed evenly from year to year.
Respectfully submitted,
Finance Committee-Town of Westford
E. KENT ALLEN HEREFORD N. ELLIOTT ALBERT G. FORTY ALLISTER F. MAC DOUGALL ARTHUR L. HEALY LESLIE ATHORN
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
General Government
1953
Recom- Request mendations
Article No. Department
3-1
Selectmen
1952 Expense $ 1,000
$ 1,500
$ 1,435
Finance Committee
52
150
150
Town Accountant
1,172
1,200
1,200
Town Treasurer
2,500
3,350
2,500
Town Counsel
300
300
300
Town Clerk
764
863
863
New Typewriter-Town Clerk
125
Registration and Election
2,713
1,575
1,575
Assesssors
2,153
3,079
3,079
25
Maps and Surveys
499
500
500
3-1 Tax Collector
2,454
2,900
2,900
Tax Title Expense
612
750
750
License Expense
91
150
150
3-2 Town Hall
3,538
3,726
3,726
Refinish Lower Town Hall
397
TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
$18,370
$20,043
$19,128
Protection of Persons & Property
3-22 Insurance-Fire & Compensation
$ 4,687
$ 4,800
$ 4,800
3- 3 Police Department
12,572
13,363
13,363
15 New Cruiser-Police
400
400
3- 4 Fire Department Permanent Man-Fire Department
500
500
500
3- 5 Hydrants
5,055
4.900
4,900
28 New Hydrants
104
104
9 New Fire Truck
1,900
4,500
Repairs-Forge Village Fire House
61
-
109
7,425
8,000
8,000
14 Radio for Fire Trucks
-
500
500
3- 7 Forest Fires
2,022
1,800
1,800
New Forestry Hose
222
-
-
3-10 Moth Department
1,393
1,200
1,200
3- 9 Tree Warden
1,372
1,600
1,600
3- 6 Sealer of Weights & Measures Fix Water Hole-Parker Village
125
125
125
96
TOTAL PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY
$37,430
$42,292
$37,292
Health Department
3-11 Health Department
$ 4,984
$ 5,500
$ 5,500
3-12 Cattle Inspector
200
200
200
TOTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT
$ 5,184
$ 5,700
$ 5,700
Highway Department
3-25
Street Lights
$ 7,800
$ 8,000
$ 8,000
30, 31, 32 New Street Lights
72
72
3-13 Snow & Ice Removal
17,065
15,000
15,000
Town Roads Account
7,000
10,000
10,000
5 Chapter 81 Roads
10,125
10,125
10,125
6 Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000
1,000
1,000
North Street Reconstruction
1,834
-
-
8 Beaver Brook Road Reconstruction Graniteville Road Reconstruction
992
1,000
1,000
21 New Road Signs
250
100
22 Sidewalk Repairs
499
500
500
7 Road Machinery Account
1,176
932
932
11 New Pick-up Truck
1,900
1,900
-
110
H
-
1,760
2,000
2,000
-
12 New Highway Broom
1,100
1,100
13 New Truck
5,500
5,500
TOTAL HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
$49,254
$57,379
$57,229
Public Welfare
3-14 Temporary Aid
$ 4,876
$ 5,100
$ 5,100
Town Infirmary
15,986
16,000
16,000
Disability Allowance
5,944
7,300
7,300
Old Age Assistance
23,339
27,000
27,000
Aid to Dependent Children
3,815
6,000
6,000
TOTAL PUBLIC WELFARE
$53,960
$61,400
$61,400
Veterans' Benefits
3-15 Veterans' Benefits
$ 3,724
$ 4,000
$ 4,000
School Department
3-16
School Department
$156,372
$161,844
$161,844
3-17 Vocational Department
4,382
6,600
6,600
Improvements at Frost School
1,190
-
-
40 Improvements at Nabnasset School
1,100
1,100
33 School Activities:
Athletic Fund-Net Expense
878
1,000
1,000
TOTAL SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
$162,822
$170,544
$170,544
Library
3-18 Library Expense
$ 3,603
$ 3,800
$ 3,800
Expendable Funds
1,202
-
-
TOTAL LIBRARY
$ 4,805
$ 3,800
$ 3,800
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Recreational & Unclassified
23 Whitney Playground
$ 892
$ 950
$ 950
26 Middlesex County Retirement System
500
500
500
3-19 Town Common
1,012
1,000
1,000
3-21 Publish Town Report
383
400
400
3-20 Memorial Day
687
875
450
19 Civilian Defense
600
600
600
20 Band Concerts
75
665
665
3-27
Unpaid Bills-Other Years
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