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It shall be unlawful to permit or cause any waste or sewage from any building or premises to flow onto any public way, or to flow into or be discharged into any storm water pipe, culvert, or catch basin maintained or operated by the Town.
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ARTICLE 35. Voted not to accept Section 6H of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, which, in substance, provides for allowing a city or town to make repairs on private ways which have been open to public use for six years or more.
Finance Committee opposed and suggest that owners of private ways petition for their acceptance as town roads under betterment assessments.
Voted to adjourn this meeting in order to take up Special Town Meeting called for 2:00 P.M. The Annual Meeting to be resumed at close of said Special Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 36. Voted unanimously that the Town accept Section 12 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws which, in substance, authorizes the Town to make open bathing places, provide them with the requisite furniture, fittings and conveniences and to appoint officers therefor and make by-laws and regulations for the management thereof; and, further, that the Town adopt the following By-Law:
ARTICLE XXII
TOWN BEACH COMMITTEE
SECTION 1. There shall be a Town Beach Committee of three (3) members who shall be appointed by the Selectmen. Said Committee shall have and exercise the care, custody, control and supervision of all Town beaches and may make regulations for the management thereof and for the use thereof by non-residents of the Town.
SECTION 2. The members of said Committee shall be residents of the Town. When said Committee is first established one member shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, one member shall be ap- pointed for a term of two (2) years and one member shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year; and their successors shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years each. A vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment. The Committee may appoint such clerks and other employees as it may require.
ARTICLE 37. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to the appoint- ment of a Town Beach Committee as said appointment has been established under the preceding Article 36.
ARTICLE 38. Voted that the sum of $3,000 be raised and appropri- ated for the purchase and erection of a new chain link fence and for the purchase and installation of plumbing and electrical fixtures for The Forge Pond Recreation Area and that the additional sum of $1,080 be raised and appropriated for the maintenance and operation of said Area, all of said sums to be expended by the Town Beach Committee.
/ARTICLE 39. Voted unanimously that the Town discontinue a portion of Oak Hill Road, commencing at a point approximately 365.7 feet northerly from the intersection of said Road with Groton Road and thence extending in a general northerly and easterly direction to the present dead end of Oak Hill Road.
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/ ARTICLE 40. Voted unanimously that the Town accept a gift from Middlesex County 4-H Fairs, Incorporated, of a parcel of land situated in the southeasterly part of Westford, containing 4 acres and 55 rods, being the same premises described as the first parcel in a deed dated August 24, 1955, recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book 1305, Page 384, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to extend to said Middlesex County 4-H Fairs, Incorporated, the apprecia- tion of the Town for said gift.
ARTICLE 41. Voted unanimously that the sum of $10,000 be raised and appropriated, and an additional sum of $9,200 be appropriated from the Stabilization Fund, said total sum of $19,200 to be used for the purchase of a new Tractor Shovel for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 42. Voted unanimously that the sum of $990 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a Sign Face Applicator for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 43. Voted unanimously that the sum of $700 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a new Snow Plow for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 44. Voted that the sum of $7,000 be raised and appropri- ated for the construction of new Sidewalks along a portion of Plain Road in Nabnasset.
Finance Committee opposed as necessity is not justified for a sidewalk which can not be used in winter.
ARTICLE 45. Voted not to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the construction or reconstruction of Cemetery Road.
Finance Committee opposed by following judgement of the Highway Superintendent in not giving priority to this project.
ARTICLE 46. Voted unanimously that the sum of $6,265 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a new Backhoe for the Water Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Water Commissioners, and said Board is hereby authorized to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to the 1959 Backhoe now being used by said Department and to apply the sum received therefor against the purchase price of the new Backhoe; and to meet said appropriation that the sum of $3, 565 be raised by taxation, and the additional sum of $2,700 be appropriated from the account entitled "Backhoe Fund".
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 47. Voted unanimously that the Town purchase from Anthony B. Nardone and Albert L. Nardone two certain parcels of land described as the second parcel in a deed dated September 9, 1960,
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recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book 1488, Page 286, supposed to contain forty-five (45) acres, more or less, said premises to be used as a public playground or future school site, and for the purpose aforesaid that the sum of One (1) Dollar be raised and appropriated; and, further, that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, for the sum of Ten Thousand (10,000) Dollars, to convey to said Nardones, by a good and sufficient quitclaim deed, a certain parcel of land now owned by the Town and now or formerly known as the Goldsmith Lot, sup- posed to contain twenty-four (24) acres, more or less, and thus bounded: Northwesterly by other land of said Nardone;
Easterly and northeasterly by said last named land; and Southwesterly by the northeasterly line of the former location of the Boston and Acton Railroad.
The foregoing authorization to the Board of Selectmen to make said purchase and to execute said deed is upon the further condition that, in addition to said conveyance to the Town and said payment to the Town, the said Nardone shall grant to the Town an easement and right of way extending in a general southerly direction from Route 110, Littleton Road, for the purpose of access to and egress from the premises to be purchased by the Town; hereby authorizing said Board of Selectmen to execute, acknowledge and deliver, and accept delivery of, in the name and behalf of the Town, any and all instruments neces- sary or incidental to accomplish the foregoing and to determine the nature, extent and location of said easement to be acquired by the Town. Finance Committee approved.
Denis Maguire, Esq., Chairman of the Planning Board, gave a report in detail concerning the land and location.
VARTICLE 48. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to appoint a School Building Com- mittee of five (5) members to be known as the Elementary School Build- ing Committee, whose function and duty shall be to investigate avail- able sites for a new Elementary School, to determine the most suitable site or sites and to report its progress, findings, data and recom- mendations to the Town at the earliest practicable date.
Finance Committee approved.
Arthur R. Coffin, Jr., Chairman of the School Planning Committee reported on the necessity of further space for an Elementary School.
ARTICLE 49. Voted unanimously that the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated to defray any and all fees, costs and expenses in- curred by the Elementary School Building Committee to be appointed under the preceding Article, said sum to be expended by and under the supervision of said Committee.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 50. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to appoint a Committee of three (3) members, one of whom shall be the Town Clerk, whose function and duty shall be to supervise the printing and distribution of a current edition of the Town By-Laws; and that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated to defray the cost of such printing and distribution and any expenses incurred by said Committee.
Finance Committee approved.
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ARTICLE 51. Voted unanimously that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to appoint a Committee of five (5) members, whose function and duty shall be to study the machine or automatic accounting needs of the Town and to report its progress, findings, data and recommendations to the Town at the earliest practi- cable date.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 52. Voted unanimously (a) That the Town accept, as and for a Town Way, Kings Pine Road, as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown by their report and plan duly filed with the Town Clerk, said way to be known as Kings Pine Road;
(b) That the Town accept, as and for a Town Way, Carolina Lane, as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown by their report and plan duly filed with the Town Clerk, said way to be known as Carolina Lane.
Planning Board approved .
ARTICLE 53. Voted unanimously that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install the following Street Lights:
1. One light on Texas Road on Pole No. 73/17
2. One light on Groton Road on Pole No. 51
3. One light on Frances Hill Road on Pole No. 28/5
4. One light on Old Lowell Road on Pole No. 67
5. One light on Pine Ridge Road on Pole No. 57/10
6. One light on South Chelmsford Road on Pole No. 67/1
Finance Committee approved.
A motion to reconsider Article 19 was lost by a vote of NO 104 and YES 68.
ARTICLE 54. Voted unanimously that this Article be dismissed relative to appropriating from available funds a certain sum to be deducted by the Assessors under the provisions of Section 23 of Chap- ter 59 of the General Laws, as most recently amended, from the amount required to be assessed by them as no funds are available for said purpose this year.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
A True Record, ATTEST :
Alice A. Hildreth TOWN CLERK
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MARCH - 11, 1967
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at Westford Academy on Saturday, March 11, 1967 at 2:00 P.M., the following business was transacted :
Election Officers, using voting lists, acted as tellers at the doors.
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order and de- clared the presence of a quorum. The attendance was 247.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant in its entirety.
ARTICLE 1. Voted unanimously that the sum of $1, 500 be raised and appropriated for the alteration, repair and renovation of the Selectmen's Office in the Town Hall, said sum to be expended by and under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
Finance Committee approved.
v ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the Moderator be and he hereby is authorized and directed to appoint a special, unpaid Committee of three (3) members, to be known as the Regional Refuse Disposal Plan- ning Committee, pursuant to and by virtue of the authority contained in Section 44A of Chapter 40 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 3. Voted unanimously that the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated to meet the expenses of the Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Board, which may be established by the Committee appointed under the preceding Article and similar committees from one or more contiguous cities or towns, pursuant to and under the authority con- tained in Section 44B of Chapter 40 of the General Laws.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously that the Senior High School Build- ing Committee appointed under Article 2 of the Warrant for the Special Meeting held on July 16, 1964, be and it hereby is, authorized to in- vestigate the advisability of constructing an addition or additions to Westford Academy, said Committee to report its findings and recommenda- tions to the Town at the earliest practicable date; and that the sum of $8,000 be appropriated from the unexpended balances of the amount appropriated under Article 18 .of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1965 to defray the costs and expenses of said Committee, including preliminary plans, specifications, cost estimates and engineering and architectural services.
Finance Committee approved.
School Committee endorses this Article. Report given by John E. Leggat.
Voted to dispense with reading the minutes of the meeting.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
A True Record, ATTEST :
Alice A. Hildreth TOWN CLERK
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - JUNE 1, 1967
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at Westford Academy on Thursday, June 1, 1967 at 8:00 P.M., the following business was trans- acted:
Election Officers, using voting lists, acted as tellers at the doors.
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order and de- clared the presence of a quorum. The attendance was 582.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant in its entirety.
ARTICLE 1. Voted unanimously that the Town extend its water mains and water supply system by laying or relaying approximately two miles of mains of not less than six (6) inches, but less than sixteen (16) inches in diameter, in and along a portion of Boston Road and a portion of Chelmsford Road (Route 110), commencing at Westford Center and extending to the location of the proposed Nashoba Valley Tech- nical High School; and for the purpose aforesaid, that the sum of One Hundred Sixty Thousand (160,000) Dollars be raised and appropriated, and to meet said appropriation that the sum of Twenty-One Thousand (21,000) Dollars be appropriated from the Surplus Revenue of the Water Department and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized and empowered to borrow at one time, or from time to time, the additional sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thou- sand (139,000) Dollars and to issue bonds or notes of the Town there- for under and pursuant to the provisions of section eight, clause five of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, as most recently amend- ed, and other applicable provisions of said chapter forty-four, to be payable over a period not to exceed fifteen (15) 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; provided that if and to the extent that any grant of State or Federal funds is received for the aforesaid pur- poses prior to the sale of all the bonds hereinbefore authorized, the aggregate amount of such grant shall be expended in lieu of the proceeds of such bonds or notes and the authorized amount of such bonds or notes, to the extent they shall not have been sold, shall be reduced accord- ingly.
Water Commissioners approved.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 2. Voted that the Elementary School Building Committee, appointed under Article 48 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1967, be and it hereby is authorized, subject to appropriation therefor, to act in connection with the construction, equipping and furnishing of a proposed new Elementary School, and said Committee is hereby authorized to retain architects and procure all necessary preliminary plans, specifications and other data and services in connection with said proposed new School and to report its progress, findings, data and recommendations to the Town at the earliest practicable date;
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and thereafter said Committee is hereby further authorized and empow- ered, in all cases subject to appropriation therefor, in the name and behalf of the Town, to procure final plans and specifications, secure bids for said construction, equipping and furnishing, and to enter into and execute any and all contracts, agreements and negotiations incidental or convenient to the foregoing.
Finance Committee disapproves.
ARTICLE 3. Voted YES 229 and NO 273 that the sum of Ten Thousand (10,000) Dollars should not be raised and appropriated to pay the cost of preliminary plans, specifications and other necessary data and services in connection with the proposed new Elementary School and for defraying all other necessary or incidental costs, fees and expens- es incurred by the Elementary School Building Committee in that con- nection, said sum to be expended under the supervision of said Com- mittee.
Finance Committee disapproved.
ARTICLE 4. Voted YES 143 and NO 414 that the sum of $7, 168 should not be raised and appropriated for the transportation of private school children in Elementary and High School grades.
Finance Committee disapproved.
ARTICLE 5. Voted that this Article, relative to amending all or any part of the Wage Classification Schedule and Personnel By-Laws of the Town, be postponed and acted upon at an adjourned session of this meeting to be held at Westford Academy, July 18, 1967 at 8:00 P.M.
ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously that the sum of $8,389.84 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of continuing the construction of a drainage system in and along a portion of Oak Hill Road and for re- surfacing a section of said Road with bituminous concrete; and to meet said appropriation, that the sum of $6,987.45 be appropriated from the proceeds received, or to be received, from the State under the provisions of Chapter 679 of the Acts of 1965, and the additional sum of $1, 402.39 be appropriated from the unexpended balance of the sum appropriated under Article 9 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1964.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the sum of $15,000 be raised and appropriated to defray the additional expenses of Snow and Ice Removal for the balance of the current year.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 8. Voted unanimously that the sum of $1, 500 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of approximately 5.6 acres of land from the Boston & Maine Railroad, the greater portion thereof being southwesterly of but not adjacent to West Street and a small portion thereof being on the southwesterly side of West Street in Graniteville, said land to be used as and for an additional means of access to the North Middle School, and for any and all necessary legal, engineering and other fees and expenses incidental thereto; and that the Select- men be and they hereby are authorized and empowered, in the name and
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behalf of the Town, to enter into any and all agreements with the Boston & Maine Railroad relative to the purchase of said land and to accept a deed of the same upon such terms and conditions as they deem to be in the best interest of the Town and to make any and all pay- ments and expenditures necessary or incidental to accomplish the fore- going.
Planning Committee approved.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 9. Voted unanimously that the Town accept from the Massa- chusetts Electric Company a permanent easement granting to the Town the right to install and maintain a water main commencing at Beacon Street and extending approximately 4,100 feet to Nutting Road; and that the sum of $50 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of paying for said easement.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 10. Voted unanimously that the sum of $2,264 be raised and appropriated to defray the additional expense of interest on temporary loans.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 11. Voted unanimously that the sum of $800 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of acquiring new furniture and fur- nishings for the office of the Board of Health, said sum to be expend- ed by and under the supervision of said Board.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 12. Voted unanimously that the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated for defraying the cost of conducting medical examina- tions of Town employees, when required by the Personnel Board, and that the additional sum of $100 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of filing cabinets for the use of said Board, both of said sums to be expended by and under the supervision of said Personnel Board .
Finance Committee approved.
Voted to dispense with reading the minutes of the meeting.
Voted to adjourn this meeting until July 18, 1967 at 8:00 P.M., in the Westford Academy.
A True Record, Attest :
Alice A. Hildreth TOWN CLERK
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ADJOURNED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - JULY 18, 1967
The adjourned session of the Special Town Meeting of June 1, 1967 was held at Westford Academy on Tuesday, July 18, 1967 at 8:00 P.M., and the following business was transacted:
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order and de- clared the presence of a quorum. The attendance was 109.
Election Officers, using Voting Lists, acted as tellers at the doors.
ARTICLE 5. Voted unanimously that the Consolidated Classifica- tion Plan, Compensation Plan and Personnel By-Laws established by the Town under Article 18A of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1966, be amended, as follows:
1) By striking in its entirety the Compensation Plan established as aforesaid and as set forth on Page Eighteen (18) of the copy of said Consolidated Plan, Compensation Plan and Personnel By-Laws dated (for identification purposes only) March 9, 1966, and filed with the Office of the Town Clerk on March 11, 1966;
2) By striking in its entirety the provisions of Paragraph Two (2) of Section L, as appearing on Page Thirteen (13) of said copy filed with the Town Clerk and inserting in place thereof the follow- ing: - - - Overtime Payments. Those employees who are included with- in the provision of General Laws Chapter 149 Section 33B shall be paid overtime pay at the rate of time and one half for service actually performed in excess of the regular scheduled eight (8) hour work day, whether such work week consists of 40 hours, as in the case of employ- ees in the Labor Division, 372 hours, as in the case of employees in the Administrative Division, or otherwise, provided, nevertheless, that employees of the Police Department and Fire Department shall be paid straight time. Overtime compensation shall be paid in money and not by compensatory time off unless the employee requests time off in writing and it is agreed upon by the department head.
No overtime payments will be made to temporary or part time em- ployees or to the Supervisory Group.
3) By striking in its entirety the paragraph on Page Sixteen (16) of said copy filed with the Town Clerk entitled "OVERTIME COMPEN- SATION".
Further, that the Personnel Board be, and hereby is authorized and directed to prepare and submit to the Town at the earliest prac- ticable date a new Compensation Plan and such further amendments to said Consolidated Classification Plan, Compensation Plan and Personnel By-Laws as will in its opinion more effectually meet the needs of the Town.
Finance Committee approved.
Voted to dispense with reading the minutes of the meeting.
Voted to dissolve the meeting. Alice A. Hildreth TOWN CLERK
A True Record, Attest :
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - JULY 18, 1967
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at Westford Academy on Tuesday, July 18, 1967 at 8:15 P.M., the following business was trans- acted :
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order and de- clared the presence of a quorum. The attendance was 211.
Election Officers, using Voting Lists, acted as tellers at the doors.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant in its entirety.
/ ARTICLE 1. Voted YES 156 and NO 9 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, containing approximately Seventy- Three (73) Acres, situated on the Easterly side of Concord Road, the Northerly side of Robinson Road and the Westerly side of Hartford Road, supposed to belong, now or formerly to Chester L. Fraser et ux and being a portion of the premises described in a deed dated May 7, 1952, recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book 1194, Page 511, said premises to be used as and for the site of a proposed new Elementary School, accessory buildings, play grounds and other school facilities connected therewith;
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