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Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 19. Voted unanimously that the Town establish a Stabi- lization Fund pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 5B of the General Laws, as most recently amended, the aggregate amount of said Fund, when available, to be used for the purpose of constructing a new Town Garage, and for the purpose of creating such Fund that the sum of $5,000.00 be raised and appropriated and be deposited in and become a part of said Fund.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 20. Voted unanimously that the Board of Fire Engineers be and they hereby are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to execute a renewal of the lease of quarters at Nabnasset in which two fire trucks are stationed and that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated for the rent of said quarters.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 21. Voted unanimously that the sum of $2,500.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of purchasing two new Cruisers for the Police Department, said purchase to be made under the super- vision of the Board of Selectmen and that said Board be and they here- by are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to one or both of the Cruis- ers now being used by said Department and to apply the sum or sums received therefrom against the purchase price of the said new Cruisers Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 22. Voted unanimously that the Town accept a gift made to it during the year 1960 by the Isabel F. Hyams Fund, Inc., formerly known as the Solomon Hyams Fund, Inc., and that the Town Clerk be authorized and directed to extend to said Corporation the appreciation of the Town for said gift.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 23. Voted unanimously that the Town accept the following gifts made to it during the past year by the following named Organiza- tions, viz:
1. From the Nabnasset American Legion Post #437: 40 Band Uniforms for the Music Department of the Westford School System.
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2. From the Sunshine Club: 1 Opaque Projector for the School Department.
3. From the Westford 4-H Clubs: A picture of the late William R. Taylor, to be placed in the J. V. Fletcher Library.
and that the Superintendent of Schools and the Trustees of the Library be authorized and directed to extend to said Organizations the appre- ciation of the Town for said gifts.
ARTICLE 24. Voted unanimously that the Town accept a gift of $2,500.00 made to it in Trust by the late William R. Taylor, to be allocated to the Trustees of the J. V. Fletcher Library and to be in- vested by the said Trustees for any expenses of the Library, according to the terms of said Trust.
Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 25. Voted unanimously that the sum of $300.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the Nabnasset American Legion Post No. 437 and the Auxiliary of said Post; and the further sum of $300.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6539 and the Auxiliary of said Post; and that the fur- ther sum of $300.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of pro- viding suitable quarters for the Frederick S. Healy American Legion Post No. 159 and the Auxiliary of said Post, all for the calendar year 1961.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 27. Voted unanimously that Section 1 of Article IV of the Town By-Laws be amended by striking out the word "annually", and inserting in place thereof the following: -- every five years --- so that said Section, as amended, will read as follows: SECTION 1. The Assessors, in addition to such other duties as are required by law, shall, every five years, beginning in 1960, cause to be printed and made available to the taxpayers a complete list of real property sub- ject to assessment, together with the owners thereof and the amount for which such property is assessed.
ARTICLE 28. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to printing of real estate valuations.
ARTICLE 29. Voted unanimously that the Town extend its water mains and water supply system by laying approximately 170 feet of Mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter in and along a portion of the private way known as Birch Road in Nabnasset, the entire cost of said extension to be paid by the Takers to be served thereby, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5, Clause 3 of the By-Laws governing the operation of the Water Depart- ment, as amended, and for the purpose aforesaid, that it appropriate the sum of $554.00 from the Account entitled "Water Extension Deposits". Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 30. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative
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to drilling of new Test Wells at the Pumping Station in Westford. Finance Committee approved to dismiss.
ARTICLE 31. Voted not to purchase a new Sprayer, Hose and Gun for the Tree Department.
Said Article was not approved by the Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 32. Voted unanimously that the Town accept the provi- sions of Chapter 647 of the Acts of 1960 relative to Pensions and Retirement Allowances.
ARTICLE 33. Voted YES 178 and NO 2 that the sum of $15,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of purchasing from Mill Prop- erties, Inc., a certain Parcel of Land situated in Forge Village, sup- posed to contain ten (10) acres, more or less, being shown on a Plan entitled "Plan of Land in Westford, Mass., belonging to Mill Proper- ties, Inc., September 20, 1960, Brooks, Jordan and Graves, Civil Engi- neers", said land to be used as and for a Public Playground or Recre- ation Center and that the additional sum of $200.00 be raised and ap- propriated for the purpose of defraying tax adjustments, legal fees and examination of title and recording fees; and that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to perform all acts and accept delivery of all Deeds or oth- er instruments necessary or incidental to the acquisition of title thereto.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 34. Voted unanimously, as amended, that the Town accept the following gifts made to it by the donors hereinbelow named :
(a) The sum of Six Hundred (600) Dollars from the Nabnasset PTA.
(b) The sum of Eighty (80) Dollars from the Nabnasset American Legion Post No. 437 and the Auxiliary of said Post. and that the total sum of said gifts, viz., Six Hundred Eighty (680) Dollars, be appropriated for the use of the Elementary School Building Committee, to be used by said Committee for defraying part of the ex- penses of equipping and furnishing the New Nabnasset School.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 35. Voted that the Town accept as and for a Town Way, Snow Drive so called, as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk, said Way to be known as Snow Drive.
Finance Committee and Planning Board approved .
ARTICLE 36. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as and for a Town Way, Myrtle Avenue so called, as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk, said Way to be known as Myrtle Avenue; and
That the sum of Twenty Thousand (20,000) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the improvement of said Avenue, including construc- tion and installation of suitable drainage therein; and
That Betterments to the extent of 75% of the cost of said im- provements be assessed against the owners of abutting estates and to meet said appropriation and for the purpose of complying with the pro- visions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended;
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That the sum of Two Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Seven and 25/100 (2,437.25) Dollars be appropriated from the unexpended balance of the amount borrowed under Article 2 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on July 19, 1957; and
That the additional sum of Five Hundred Sixty Two and 75/100 (562.75) Dollars be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury; and
That the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the additional sum of Seventeen Thou- sand (17,000) Dollars, representing the balance of said appropriation, and issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor under and pursuant to said Chapter 44 and other applicable provisions of said Chapter, to be payable over a period not to exceed ten years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, to be in such form and to be sold in such manner as shall be determined by the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 37. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as and for a Town Way, that portion of Plain Road so called, extending approximate- ly 3,744 feet in a general Westerly direction from its intersection with Oak Hill Road, as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their re- port and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk, said Way to be known as Plain Road.
Finance Committee and Planning Board approved.
ARTICLE 38. Voted that the Selectmen be and they hereby are au- thorized and directed to appoint a Committee of five members, three to be chosen from the School Committee and two from the Board of Fire En- gineers, whose function and duty it shall be to investigate and study the advisability of allowing the Fire Department to use and occupy the former Nabnasset Elementary School, said Committee to report its find- ings and recommendations at the next Annual Town Meeting or, in the discretion of said Committee, at any Special Town Meeting held prior thereto.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 39. The Report of the House Numbering Committee was read.
Voted unanimously that the House Numbering Committee, ap- pointed under Article 7 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on December 27, 1960, be continued and that the sum of Fifty (50) Dollars be raised and appropriated to defray all necessary and inci- dental expenses and disbursements of said Committee in continuing its functions and duties.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 40. Voted unanimously that the Town accept Sections 1 thru 22, except Section 21, of Chapter 142 of the General Laws, as most recently amended, which Sections and Chapter pertain to the super- vision of Plumbing; and that appropriate action be initiated without delay for the adoption of a Plumbing By-Law, as required by said Chap- ter, and the appointment of a Plumbing Inspector; and that the Select- men be and they hereby are authorized and directed to appoint a Com- mittee of five voters to draft and present to the Town, for its con- sideration, a Plumbing By-Law, said Committee to present its findings,
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recommendations and said proposed Plumbing By-Law at a Special Town Meeting to be held on or before July 1, 1961.
ARTICLE 41. Voted unanimously that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install the following Street Lights:
1. Two lights on Poles numbered 3 and 6, Snow Drive
2. One light on Pole numbered 14, River Street
3. Two lights on Poles numbered 24 and 31, Griffin Road
4. One light on Pole numbered 46/7, Maple Street
5. One light on Pole numbered 509/190, West Prescott Street
6. One light on Pole numbered 8, Lowell Road
7. One light on Pole numbered 104, Carlisle Road
8. One light on Pole numbered 50, intersection of North, Main, Beacon and River Streets
9. Two lights on Poles numbered 26 and 30, Cold Spring Road
10. One light on Pole numbered 57/31, Pine Ridge Road
11. One light on Pole numbered 141/13, Elm Street
12. One light on Pole numbered 62, intersection of Plain Road and Polley Road
13. One light on Pole numbered W 97-58, Boston Road
14. One light on Pole numbered MEE5, Patten Road
15. One light on Pole numbered MEE177-1, intersection of Patten Road and Forge Village Road
16. One light on Pole numbered 298, Forge Village Road Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 42. Voted unanimously that, to reduce the tax rate, the sum of $50,000.00 be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury, to be deducted by the Assessors under the provisions of Section 23 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws, as amended, from the amount required to be assessed by them.
Finance Committee approved.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
A True Record, Attest:
Charles L. Hildreth TOWN CLERK
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - JUNE 22, 1961
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town Hall on Thursday, June 22, 1961 at 8:00 P.M., the following business was transacted:
Carl O. Benson, Elizabeth M. Chace, James A. Cosgrove and Dorothy I. Mann, Election Officers, using Voting Lists showing a total of 3310 registered voters, acted as Tellers at the doors.
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order at 8:15 P.M. The Tellers reported 108 voters present which was more than the necessary quorum. The attendance was 140.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant in its entirety.
ARTICLE 1. Voted unanimously that the care, custody, management and control of a certain parcel of land situated on the Northwesterly side of Prescott Street, being a portion of the Town Farm property, so called, be transferred from the Board of Public Welfare to the School Committee as and for the site of a proposed new Middle School.
Voted to take up Article 3.
ARTICLE 3. Voted YES 94, NO 14, counted by four Tellers, that the sum of Sixty Nine Thousand (69,000) Dollars be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of meeting, in part, the cost of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a new Middle School Building, to be located on a certain parcel of land situated on the Northwester- ly side of Prescott Street, being a portion of the Town Farm land, so called; and, to meet said appropriation, that the sum of Five Thou- sand (5,000) Dollars be appropriated from the unexpended balance of the amount appropriated under Article 26 of the Warrant for the Annual
Meeting of the current year; that the sum of Four Thousand (4,000) Dollars be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury; and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized and directed to borrow, at one time or from time to time, the sum of Sixty Thousand (60,000) Dollars and to issue and sell at one time or from time to time as two or more sepa- rate issues, serial bonds or notes of the Town aggregating Sixty Thou- sand (60,000) Dollars in principal amount; and that each issue of said bonds or notes shall be issued and sold in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, shall be in such form, shall bear such date, shall mature at such times and shall bear such rates of interest as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, shall determine, but each issue of said bonds or notes shall be a separate loan which shall be paid in not more than twenty (20) years from the date thereof.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the Secondary School Building Committee, appointed under Article 33 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of the year 1960, be and they hereby are authorized and empow- ered in the name and behalf of the Town and subject to appropriation or appropriations to be made therefor, to enter into and execute all contracts, agreements, negotiations, duties and functions necessary, incidental or convenient to and in connection with the construction, equipping and furnishing of a proposed new Middle School to be built
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on the premises described in the preceding Article, including, but not limited to, the preparation and procurement of plans, both preliminary and final, specifications, professional services, technical advice, bid plans and other data and information relative to or in connection with such proposed construction, equipping and furnishing; to invite all necessary bids for such proposed construction, equipping and fur- nishing and to determine the lowest responsible and eligible bidder from the bids submitted, to execute all legal documents for contracts and agreements, approve all expenditures and vouchers for services rendered and for materials supplied in connection with such construc- tion, equipping and furnishing of the same.
Voted that said Committee's printed report be accepted as its Final Report.
ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its By -Laws
(1) By inserting after ARTICLE XV the following ARTICLE:
ARTICLE XVI
Numbering of Buildings
SECTION 1. The Board of Selectmen may determine and designate numbers for all buildings abutting upon or adjacent to public and pri- vate ways and so shall determine and designate numbers to such build- ings.
SECTION 2. No person shall refuse or neglect to affix to any building owned by him the street number designated by said Board, nor shall any person affix or suffer to remain on any building owned or occupied by him a street number other than the one designated by the said Board. All numbers must be at least two inches in height and must be so placed that they are visible from the street.
(2) By renumbering the present ARTICLE XVI, entitled "Amend- ments", ARTICLE XVII.
ARTICLE 5. Voted unanimously that the Town accept the following gifts made to it by the donors hereinbelow named:
(a) From the Women's Auxiliary of the Frederick S. Healy Ameri- can Legion Post No. 159 - A Flag of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(b) From the Sargent School Parent Teachers Association - The sum of Twenty (20) Dollars and that said sum be appropriated for the use of the Elementary School Building Committee to be used by said Committee for defraying a part of the expense of equipping and fur- nishing the new Nabnasset Elementary School
(c) From the Murray Printing Company - One Gang-Type Lawn Mower Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously that the Town accept the provi- sions of Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as most recent- ly amended, providing, in essence, for the establishment of a Conser-
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vation Commission.
ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the sum of Three Hundred (300) Dollars be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury for the purpose of defraying the expenses to be incurred in the dissemination of information to the voters concerning the pro- posed Plumbing Code and the proposed Building Code, which are to be acted upon at a subsequent Special Town Meeting, said sum to be ex- pended under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
Finance Committee approved.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
A True Record, Attest:
Charles L. Hildreth TOWN CLERK
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - OCTOBER 11, 1961
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town Hall on Wednesday, October 11, 1961 at 8:00 P.M., the following business was transacted :
James Wilkins, Carl O. Benson, Dorothy I. Mann and Gladys M. Beede, Election Officers using Voting Lists, acted as Tellers at the doors. The attendance at the meeting was 111.
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order, a quo- rum being present.
ARTICLE 1. Voted that the sum of Fifteen Hundred (1500) Dollars be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds to the Account en- titled "Veterans' Benefits".
Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 2. Voted that the sum of One Hundred Ninety (190) Dol- lars be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds for the pur- chase of a Map Cabinet for the use of the Planning Board and the Board of Assessors, said purchase to be made and said sum to be expended by the Board of Assessors.
Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 3. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Resi- dence A District to a Business District that certain parcel of land belonging to Francis T. Kilroy and Barbara A. Kilroy, situated on the Northeasterly side of Concord Road and bounded and described as fol- lows :
Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of the premises at Concord Road and land of Stanley; thence Easterly by said Stanley land Six Hundred (600) Feet to a bound; thence Northerly still by said Stanley land Three Hundred (300) Feet to a bound at land now or for-
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merly of Oliver and Pillion; thence Easterly by land of said Oliver and Pillion about Six Hundred (600) Feet to a wall at land formerly of Prescott Barrett, but now of Alec McDonald ; thence Southwesterly by said McDonald land as the wall now stands about Ten Hundred Eighty Seven (1087) Feet to a corner and land of King; thence Northerly as the wall stands by said King land to a corner, being about One Hundred Seventy Five (175) Feet; thence Westerly by said King land as the wall stands Two Hundred Fifteen (215) Feet; thence Southwesterly still by said King land as the wall now stands about Fifty Five (55) Feet to said Concord Road; thence Northerly and on the Easterly side of Concord Road about Two Hundred (200) Feet to the point of begin- ning.
ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Resi- dence A District to a Business District that certain parcel of land belonging to William D. Connell, situated on the Northerly side of Nutting Road, shown as Lot A-1 on a Plan recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 94, Plan 74B and thus bounded :
Southerly by said Nutting Road Fifty Four and 96/100 (54.96) Feet ;
Northwesterly by other land of said William D. Connell, shown on said Plan as Lot A, Three Hundred Twenty Two and 80/100 (322.80) Feet; Northeasterly by land now or formerly of the Heirs of John A. Healy, Forty (40) Feet; and
Southeasterly by land of Virginia C. Healy et als, shown on said Plan as Heirs of John A. Healy, Two Hundred Eighty Five and 11/100 (285.11) Feet.
Containing, according to said Plan, Twelve Thousand One Hundred Fifty Eight (12,158) Square Feet.
ARTICLE 5. Voted, by a standing vote of 95 Yes and 1 No counted by the Tellers, that the sum of Twenty Three Hundred Fifty (2350) Dol- lars be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds for the pur- pose of purchasing from the Boston and Maine Railroad a certain parcel of land, situated in Forge Village on the Northeasterly side of Forge Pond, supposed to contain Five (5) Acres and Twenty Nine Thousand Five Hundred (29,500) Square Feet, more or less, said land to be used as and for a public playground or Recreation Centre and that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to execute any and all agreements or instruments necessary or incidental to the acquisition of title thereto and to accept deliv- ery of all deeds or other instruments, upon such terms and subject to such easements, restrictions or encumbrances as they may deem advis- able.
Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously that the Board of Water Commis- sioners be and they hereby are authorized and empowered, in the name and behalf of the Town, to enter into and execute all contracts, agreements, negotiations and functions necessary, incidental or con- venient to and in connection with the construction and development of an additional Well Field including wells, pipes and original pumping station equipment, hereby authorizing and empowering said Board to in-
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vite all necessary bids for such proposed construction and development and to determine the lowest responsible and eligible bidder from the bids submitted, to execute all legal documents, contracts and agree- ments, approve all expenditures and vouchers for services rendered and for materials supplied in connection with such construction and devel- opment; and, that the sum of Fifty Two Thousand (52,000) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying all necessary and incidental costs of said construction and development; and, for the purpose aforesaid and to meet said appropriation, that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized, to borrow the sum of Fifty Two Thousand (52,000) Dollars and issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor under and pursuant to the provisions of Section Eight, Clause Five of Chapter Forty Four of the General Laws, as amended, and other applicable provisions of said Chapter, to be payable over a period not to exceed fifteen years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, to be in such form and to be sold in such manner as shall be determined by the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen.
Recommended and approved by Water Commissioners.
Approved by Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered, in the name and behalf of the Town, to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, in fee simple, a certain parcel of land belonging to John B. Abbot et al, situated Easterly of but not adjacent to Nutting Road, being shown as Parcel A on a Plan of Land entitled "Plan of Land in Westford, Mass., belonging to J. B. & E. M. Abbot, surveyed March 1961, Richard L. McGlinchey", in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 14 and/or Chapter 79 of the General Laws, both as most recently amended, said land to be used as and for the site of an additional Well Field; and, for the purpose of acquiring said land, that the sum of Five Thousand (5,000) Dollars be transferred and allocated from the sum appropriated under the preceding Article; and that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to make, execute, do and perform all acts, actions and orders, execute and accept delivery, in the name and behalf of the Town, of all necessary deeds or other instruments necessary or incidental thereto.
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