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754.26
Personnel Board
57.99
License Expense
243.75
Finance Committee
425.00
Planning Board
16.85
Greater Lowell Regional Planning District
939.00
Planning Board - Master Plan
7,500.00
Tax Possessions Sales Committee
6.00
House Numbering Committee
76.13
Interest on Temporary Loans
4,101.08
Development & Industrial Committee
6.17
Town House :
Custodian's Salary
2,350.00
Fuel - Oil
1,564.04
Fuel - Gas
60.05
Electricity
1,132.12
Telephone
233.68
64
Water 27.00
Custodian's Supplies
344.97
Repairs
1,387.43
Town Hall License
25.00
Post Office Box Rent
4.40
Advertisements
10.50
7,139.19
Town House - Renovate Welfare Office
600.00
Town House - Renovate Selectmen's Office
1,500.00
Town House - New Offices
3,200.00
Town House - Water Cooler
252.00
Town House - New Septic System
850.00
Furnishing New Health Office 799.92
88,101.25
Protection of Persons and Property
Insurance - Fire and Compensation
9,765.50
Police Department :
Salaries and Wages:
Regular Officers
58,374.48
Special Officers
14,410.36
Clerks - Dispatchers
16,491.53
Expenses:
Insurance
387.70
Telephone
1,557.09
Uniforms
1,434.34
Departmental Supplies
1,682.38
Law Books & Bulletins
199.05
Office Supplies
510.60
Meetings & Dues
293.00
Gasoline & Oil
4,331.93
Tires
529.64
Automobile Repairs & Maintenance
1,427.67
Radio Repair & Service
652.49
Lockup Expense
1,003.23
School Expense
387.14
Underwater Rescue Team
168.32
103,840.95
New Police Cruisers
3,000.00
Police - New Typewriter
181.00
Police - New Filing Cabinets
200.00
Police - New Resuscitator
270.00
Fire Department :
Wages - Fire
8,756.45
Wages - Ambulance
1,018.00
Fuel - Oil
1,395.39
Fuel - Gas
540.91
Gasoline & Oil
678.56
Telephone
855.83
Electricity
647.11
Water
138.85
Building Repairs
1,066.47
Radio Repairs
242.58
65
Electrical Repairs
612.63
Repairs & Supplies
1,686.53 1,217.14 2,428.49
Dues
12.00
Advertisements
22.00
Switchboard Operator
Hydrant Service
1,250.00 5,850.00
Fire Department - New Fire Hose
1,455.00
Fire Department - Tires
371.04
Fire Department - Alarm System
2,634.33
Forest Fires:
Wages
Permits
1,974.15 250.00
New Forestry Hose
Tree Department :
Wages
144.00
Hired Services & Equipment
6,545.00
Truck Expense
6.46
Supplies & Repairs
13.44
New Trees
243.00
Insurance
89.33
7,041.23
Moth Department :
Wages
661.00
Hired Services & Equipment
1,620.00
Truck Expense
46.99
Equipment Repairs
120.00
2,447.99
Dog Officer
1,200.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures
250.00
Building Inspector :
Salaries & Wages:
1,447.68
Office Supplies 130.60
1,578.28
Wire Inspector
532.75
Gas Inspector
259.00
Plumbing Inspector
523.00
Conservation Commission
25.00
Town Forest - Hart's Pond
997.00
Health Department:
Health - General Expenses
General Administration:
Renumeration of Members
750.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
263.19
Stationery & Office
64.16
Telephone
258.24
Advertising & Legal Notices 135.50
Clerk's Expense
225.00
66
168,115.16
Expenses
Equipment Insurance
21,318.94
2,224.15 900.00
Dump Expense Agent to Remove Dead Animals
7,099.80
204.00
8,999,89
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
14,742.00
Contagious Diseases
21.20
Premature Babies
368.40
Animal Inspector Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital 1,476.95
25,808.44
Highway Department : Street Lights
13,192.22
Snow & Ice Removal:
Wages
22,558.85
Hired Equipment
6,688.00
Gasoline & Oil
2,799.26
Sand
5,417.49
Salt
23,725.00
Equipment & Repairs
5,334.35
66,522.95
Town Roads :
Wages
23,936.64
Hired Equipment
841.00
Asphalt
3,753.01
Equipment & Repairs
1,877.26
Gasoline & Oil
1,314.34
Sand, Gravel & Stone
2,041.31
Clean Catch Basins
606.00
Brush Control
1,074.00
Pipe & Culverts
2,014.53
Dues
45.00
Fence
165.00
Tires
469.98
38,138.07
Drainage of Town Roads:
Wages
1,518.48
Pipe & Culverts
4,193.37
Hired Equipment
1,211.25
Supplies
26.88
Gravel
188.49
7,138.37
Plain Road Drainage & Sidewalks:
Wages
2,129.60
Hired Equipment
420.00
Asphalt
3,047.00
Sand & Gravel
262.40
Supplies
10.50
Plans & Survey
85.00
5,954.50
Gassett, Cross, & George Sts. Betterments:
Wages
2,391.37
Pipe & Culverts
4,900.83
Hired Equipment
1,368.75
Plans & Survey
450.00
67
200.00
Supplies 75.96
Chapter 90 Maintenance Contract Chapter 81 Roads:
Wages 15,113.00
Asphalt 12,653.99
Sand, Gravel, & Stone
5,805.92
32,572.91
Chapter 90 Roads - 1966 Contract :
Wages
4,186.37
Rent Equipment
31.20
Asphalt
3,517.64
Sand, Gravel & Stone
869.61
Pipe & Culverts
285.50
8,890.32
Chapter 90 Roads - 1967 Contract :
Wages
8,588.06
Asphalt
8,879.11
Pipe & Culverts
1,085.78
Fence
558.50
Rented Equipment
232.80
Sand & Gravel
969.26
Supplies
86.20
20,399.71
Repair of Sidewalks: Sand & Stone
69.85
Asphalt
292.50
362.35
Highway Equipment Account :
Insurance
1,371.64
Equipment & Repairs
4,434.99
Oil & Grease
423.78
Tires & Tire Repairs
377.17
Radio Repairs
229.57
Water
27.00
Telephone
435.32
Electricity
281.63
Fuel - Gas
641.93
Office Supplies
69.94
Advertisement
10.50
Uniforms
557.84
8,861.31
Highway Department - New Snow Plow
583.00
Highway Department - Sign Applicator
983.71
Highway Department - Tractor Shovel
19,085.75
Street Marking - Traffic Lines
899.85
Street Signs
276.12
Painting Highway Garage
1,732.50
Welfare Department (See Report ) Temporary Aid Disability Assistance:
5,696.62
Town
2,381.20
Federal
7,330.90
9,712.10
9,186.91 4,500.00
239,280.65
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Aid to Dependent Children:
Town Federal
29,305.05 10,873.88
40,178.93
Old Age Assistance:
Town
13,785.80
Federal
13,894.20
27,680.00
Medical Assistance:
Town
66,451.60
Federal
84,375.43
150,827.03
Administration:
Disability Assistance
820.39
Aid to Dependent Children
2,291.16
Old Age Assistance
1,374.65
Medical Assistance
3,343.28
Temporary Aid
8,714.87
Town Infirmary
251,174.07
Veterans' Benefits:
General Expense:
Salary - Veterans' Agent
900.00
Expenses
100.00
1,000.00
Grants & Aid
18,743.84
School Department (See Report ) :
General Appropriation
1,340,701.08
School Cafeteria
76,056.34
School Athletics & Band
18, 508.78
Public Law 89-10 (Reading Project )
8,683.67
Vocational Education - U. S. Grant
1,761.10
Nashoba Valley Technical High School District
7,461.00
School Building - Intermediate School
7,685.30
Elementary School Building Committee:
Office Supplies
33.30
Legal Expenses
840.00
Survey
550.00
Appraisal
200.00
Purchase of Land
60,000.00
61,623.30
1, 522, 480.57
Town Library (See Report ) :
General Appropriation
22,511.29
Town Library - Facilities Consultant
1,000.00
Emily Fletcher Lecture Fund
115.06
Mary Atwood Lecture Fund
1,738.50
Trust Fund Income
1,145.81
Recreation and Unclassified: Forge Pond Recreation Area: Improvements 2,928.33
26,510.66
16,544.35 535.14
19,743.84
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Maintenance
453.79
3,382.12 1,000.00
Council on Aging Town Common :
Wages
526.91
Electricity
17.29
Flowers
98.64
Supplies
37.21
Fertilizer
80.00
Christmas Wiring & Lights
112.74
872.79
Whitney Playground :
Wages
672.13
Water
27.00
Insurance
5.00
Supplies
4.93
Fertilizer
214.52
923.58
Recreation Commission:
Insurance
517.62
Instruction
480.00
Maintenance of Ballfields
309.00
Fees - Entrance & Umpires
440.00
Equipment & Supplies
2,529.00
Junior Hockey
210.00
4,485.95
Ballfields - Care & Improvement
976.13
Whitney Shade Tree Fund
600.00
Commemoration of Memorial Day
641.58
Unpaid Bills of Previous Year
156.45
Printing Town Reports
1,871.16
Veterans Quarters
900.00
Purchase - Nardone Land
1.00
Purchase - Boston & Maine Land
100.00
15,903.09
Water Department: ( See Report )
General Maintenance & Operation
52,355.67
Water Department - New Backhoe
6,265.00
Water Extensions:
612.13
Hadley Road
834.67
Stratton Hill Road
5,253.77
Beech Road Extension
287.50
Lake Shore Dr. South
806.50
Stony Brook Road
1,113.20
Plain Rd. Ext. #4
4,056.36
Endmoor Road
513.39
Nuttings Lane
1,297.09
Depot Road Well Field
4,341.95
Water Line to Depot Rd. Well Field
590.80
Nutting Rd. Ext. to Graniteville
6,214.06
84,542.09
70
14,774.61
Birch Road
Cemeteries :
General Appropriation:
Wages
5,079.60
Clerk
300.00
Hired Equipment
841.00
Truck Expense
229.12
Supplies & Repairs
116.19
Insurance
77.04
New Mowers
609.45
Reproduce Plan
105.00
William L. Wright Fund
J. Herbert Fletcher Fund
Perpetual Care
2,050.00 100.00
10,538.40
Principal and Interest: Principal :
Schools
160,000.00
Water
10,000.00
Water Extensions & Wells
18,800.00
Betterments
2,200.00
191,000.00
Interest :
Schools
43,815.00
Water
4,550.00
Water Extensions & Wells
3,917.00
Betterments
282.50
52,564.50
243,564.50 12,610.00
Surety Deposits - Planning Board State and County Payments :
Payments to the State:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Bills 787.20
State Audits
2,188.10
State Parks & Reservations
9,869.88
Elderly Governmental Retired Program
1,016.96
13,862.14
Payments to the County:
County Taxes
72,153.21
Middlesex County Retirement 20,093.00
Dog Licenses
1,674.75
93,920.96
Payroll Deductions: Withholding Taxes: Federal
177,856.27
State
22,536.04
County Retirement System Insurance & Blue Cross United Fund of Greater Lowell
200,392.31 18,120.24 12,278.60 623.00
231, 414.15
7,357.40 1,016.00 15.00
Sale of Lots
107,783.10
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Town Share - Chapter 32B
17,079.72
Loans - Anticipation of Revenue
300,000.00
Revenue Cash - Investments
500,000.00
Tailings
10.50
Refunds:
Water Services & Extensions
79.12
Taxes : Real Estate 3,695.20
Motor Vehicle Excise 9,213.55
12,908.75
12,987.87
Total Expenditures for the Year
3,871,103.54
Balance, December 31, 1967
252,940.93
$4,124,044.47
72
73
Personal Property
1,385.60
County - Dog Licenses
14.00
78,122.24
Tailings :
Unclaimed Checks
461.90
Levy of 1965 31.35
Levy of 1966
2,223.12
Levy of 1967
8,192.38
Special Assessments:
Street Betterments
Added to Taxes-1966
9.42
Committed Interest-1966 3.06
Added to Taxes-1967 91.35
Committed Interest-1967 14.88
Farm Animal Excise: Levy of 1967 Tax Titles & Tax Possessions: Tax Titles 14,169.62
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
General
252,940.93
Revenue - Investment 200,000.00
452,940.93
Payroll Deductions: Federal Taxes
24,352.36
State Taxes 3,114.77
County Retirement System 2,258.20
Accounts Receivable:
Chapter 32B - Payroll
Deductions 33.41
29,758.74
Personal Property 95.00
Guaranty Deposits :
Planning Board
11,999.50
Personal Property
156.00
Real Estate
12,140.20
Levy of 1967
Agency:
Real Estate 64,345.44
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise:
10,446.85
Trust Fund Income : Mary Atwood Library Lecture 126.55
Augustus Fletcher Library Fund 54.50
Whitney Shade Tree 3.85
Whitney Playground 76.42
William Wright Cemetery Fund 25.00
Lyman Wilkins Cemetery Fund 35.00
Cemetery (Perpetual Care Interest ) 142.60
118.71 27.50
Federal Grants: Administration: Disability Assistance 354.27
463.92
Taxes :
Levy of 1965
Levy of 1966
Water Extensions 808.83
12,808.33
TOWN OF WESTFORD - BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1967
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Tax Possessions
2,528.54
Departmental: Temporary Aid 275.33
Disability Assistance 15.43
Aid to Dependent Children 923.44
Old Age Assistance 663.46
Medical Assistance 4,383.69
Public Law 89-10
1,186.33
Infirmary 80.00
Schools - Tuition &
Transportation 2,885.03
1,762.30
Highways 365.70
Cemeteries
28.00
Sale of Land
10,000.00
9,620.08
Water:
Rates
30,609.05
Service & Miscellaneous 374.75
30,983.80
Appropriation Balances: By-Laws Revision 500.00
Planning Board - Soil Survey 5,150.00
Planning Board - Master Plan 2,500.00
House Numbering Committee
183.28
Maintenance 1,500.00
County Aid - Chapter 90
Maintenance 1,500.00
State Aid - Chapter 90 Construction 21,473.66
County Aid - Chapter 90
Construction 10,736.83
58,310.49
Loans Authorized:
Highway - Betterments
5,000.00
School Addition - Nabnasset
10,000.00
Easement- Massachusetts
Electric Company 50.00
38,300.00
Town Infirmary Renovation
6,000.00
16,698.16
Aid to Dependent Children 1,369.63
Old Age Assistance 988.32 Medical Assistance 2,481.06 Grants - Medical Assistance 74.84
5,268.12
School Funds Public Law 81-874
23,021.76
24,208.09
Revolving Funds: School Athletics & Band
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
5,894.03
Aid to Highways:
State Aid - Chapter 81 23,100.00
State Aid - Chapter 90
Nabnasset School Extension Building Committee 20,010.93
Elementary School Building Committee: Purchase of Land 410.00
General 10,966.70
Intermediate School Building Committee 9,925.57
New Senior High School
Building Committee 8,000.00
Purchase Boston & Maine Railroad Land 1,400.00
Water-Wells & Ext. 23,300.00
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Unprovided for and Overdrawn Accounts: Underestimate - 1967 State Parks 1,622.58
Overlay Deficits: Levy of 1964 200.00
Levy of 1966 652.80
2,475.38
Petty Cash Advances - Library
10.00
Fire Department - Alarm System 865.67
Health Department-New Dump
2,500.00
Health Department -Regional Refuse Disposal Committee 1,000.00
Chapter 90 Construction - 1967 15,129.80
Plain Road Drainage & Sidewalks
9,435.34
Machinery & Equipment 894.82
Civil Defense 375.53
Acquisition of Land-Well
Field-Depot Road 823.20
96,120.64
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation: Highway Machinery Fund 4,448.00
Highway-Betterments (Gassett, Cross, George Streets) 10,268.39
Water-Backhoe Fund 1,056.84
Library-State Aid 1,565.25
17,338.48
Water Extension - Nutting Rd. to Graniteville
17,812.49
Water Extension-Well Field Cemetery Rd.
2,497.48
Water Extension-Nutting Rd. & Depot Rd. 109.21
Water-New Well Field-Depot Rd. 5,427.18
Water Extension (Loan)-Pine Rd. Ext. #1 30.89
Loans Authorized & Unissued
38,000.00
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances-Library 10.00
75
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
Overlay Surplus - Levy of 1967
4,811.23 13,030.03
Overestimate: County Tax
4,589.65
Revenue Reserved until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise 10,446.85
Special Assessment 118.71
Tax Title & Possessions
16,698.16
Departmental 9,620.08
Water 30,983.80
Aid to Highways
58,310.49
126,178.09
Surplus Revenue : General
266,378.66
Water
15,080.68
281,459.34 698,054.14
698,054.14
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt : Inside Debt Limit: General Outside Debt Limit: General 1,328,000.00 Public Service Enterprise 273,600.00
82,300.00
Serial Loans: Inside Debt Limit: General:
Street
School
22,300.00 60,000.00
82,300.00
1,601,600.00
Outside Debt Limit: General: School 1,328,000.00
Public Service
Enterprise: Water
273,600.00
1,683,900.00
1,601,600.00 1,683,900.00
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Accounts: Cash and Securities in Custody of Treasurer
345,303.75
In Custody of Treasurer: Stabilization Fund: Principal Interest
164,955.00 22,218.20
187,173.20
Library Funds : Library General: Principal Interest
17,306.08
2,145.89
19,451.97
Mary Atwood Fund : Principal 22,597.40 5,354.34
Interest
27,951.74
Emily Fletcher Fund : Principal Interest
2,000.00 119.48
2,119.48
Park Funds:
Whitney Shade Tree Fund : Principal
2,500.00
Interest
795.69
3,295.69
Whitney Playground Fund: Principal
10,000.00
Interest
3,802.78
13,802.78
Metcalf Monument Fund: Principal
1,300.00
Interest
836.90
2,136.90
Cemetery Funds:
Lyman Wilkins Fund: Principal
1,413.11
Interest
1,474.11
2,887.22
William Wright Fund:
Principal
5,000.00
Interest
2,305.20
J. Herbert Fletcher Fund: Principal
500.00
Interest 73.26
573.26
Perpetual Care: Principal
51,140.00
Interest
22,252.97
73,392.97
78
7,305.20
Conservation Fund : Principal Interest
5,000.00 208.34
5,208.34 345,303.75
345,303.75
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REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Value of Buildings January 1, 1967. .. $33,251,800.00
Value of Land. January 1, 1967. 7,909,710.00 Value of Personal Property.
January 1, 1967. 2,472,950.00
Total Valuation. January 1, 1967.
$43,634, 460.00
Appropriations - Town Meeting, March 11, 1967 Amounts Taken From Available Funds.
2,049,480.35 103,023.61
Debt and Interest Charges For New Schools.
Debt and Interest Charges For Water Department Loans
Debt and Interest Charges For Street Betterment Loans
203,815.00 37,277.00 2,482.50
Expenses of Chapter 32B. 17,500.00 State Taxes Including Underestimates of Previous Year
13,475.29 County Taxes Including Underestimates of Previous Year 92,063.10 1967 Overlay Fund. 59,949.82 Nashoba Associated Boards of Health. 14,742.00 Gross Amount to be Raised. 2,605,766.31 1,019,171.06
Receipts Including Overestimates of Previous Year. . Appropriations From Available Funds to Reduce Tax Rate Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds.
Net Amount to be Raised on Property.
1,122,194.67 1,483,571.64
TAX RATE - $34.00 per $1, 000.00
Apportioned Street Betterment Commitment and Interest 1,027.27
Farm Animal Excise Commitment. 221.13
Additional Real Estate Commitment 68.68
Water Lien Commitment ..
1,915.91
Paid Up Apportioned Street Betterment. 234.04
Total Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Commitment
247,529.87
Levy of 1966 - $ 25,839.32 Levy of 1967 - 221,214.99
Horses 92
Cows .
236
Neat Cattle. 7
Swine. 304
Sheep 39
Fowl ..
4300
All Others - Mink & Goat 124
Acres of Land. 18000
Dwellings
2560
ABATEMENTS
Property
Excise
1964 $ 200.00
$ 136. 48
1965
57.00
1,171.81
1966
652.80
4,362.40
1967 46,919.79
19,184.57
Norman K. Nesmith
Uldege Ricard
Carroll J. Rollins
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
Balance on Hand - January 1, 1967. . $ 165,111.96 Total Receipts to December 31, 1967. 3,958,932.51 $4,124,044.47
Total Payments to December 31, 1967. 3,871,103.54 Balance on Hand - December 31, 1967. 252,940.93 4,124, 044.47
TOWN TREASURER Walter P. Teresko
TRANSFERS FROM FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE
Selectmen - Salaries and Wages
$1,070.55
Selectmen - Expenses
63.95
Treasurer - Tax Collector - Salaries and Wages
9.01
Town Clerk - New Adding Machine 43.22
Registration and Elections - Expenses
22.75
Town House - Expenses
254.19
Town House - New Septic System
50.00
Fire Department - General Expenses
1, 468.94
Tree Department
41.23
Recreation Commission
985.95
Memorial Day
63.58
Total Transfers
$4,073.37
Balance
926.63
Appropriated at Annual Town Meeting
$5,000.00
William J. Kavanagh, Jr., Chairman
William C. King, Vice-Chairman
J. William Blythe
Herbert C. Decato
Robert M. Hicks
Viateur A. Ricard
Peter Sechovich
Nicholas Sudak, Jr.
James R. Tobey
FINANCE COMMITTEE
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BONDED INDEBTEDNESS Summary of School Financing
School Project Loans: Date of Issue
Rate of Interest
Amount
Paid Previous Years Prin. - Int.
Paid 1967 Prin. - Int.
Unpaid Balance Jan. 1, 1968 Prin. Int.
Payments Due 1968 Prin. - Int.
Nabnasset Grammar
3.60
$435,000.00
$210,000.00 P 86,940.00 I
$ 30,000.00 P 8,100.00 I
$ 195,000.00 P 27,000.00 I
$ 30,000.00 P
12/1/59 - 15 yr. - 1974
7,020.00 I
Addition to
Nabnasset Grammar
2.75
190,000.00
60,000.00 P
20,000.00 P
110,000.00 P
20,000.00 P
7/15/63 - 10 yr. - 1973
14,025.00 I
3,575.00 I
9,900.00 I
3,025.00 I
New Academy 12/1/53 - 20 yr. - 1973
2.40
600,000.00
390,000.00 P
30,000.00 P
180,000.00 P
30,000.00 P
131,040.00 I
5,040.00 I
15,120.00 I
4,320.00 I
New Academy 12/1/53 - 20 yr. - 1973
2.40
200,000.00
130,000.00 P
10,000.00 P
60,000.00 P
10,000.00 P
43,680.00 I
1,680.00 I
5,040.00 I
1,440.00 I
Intermediate
3.10
900,000.00
120,000.00 P
60,000.00 P
720,000.00 P
60,000.00 P
1/15/64 - 15 yr. - 1979
66,030.00 I
22,320.00 I
134,850.00 I
21,390.00 I
Intermediate
3.10
95,000.00
20,000.00 P
10,000.00 P
65,000.00 P
10,000.00 P
1/15/64 - 14 yr . - 1978
6,742.50 I
2,170.00 I
9,687.50 I
1,860.00 I
Acquisition of Land for School Site 10/30/67 - 12 yr . - 1979
4.30
58,000.00
NONE
NONE
58.000.00 P 15,818.00 I
5,000.00 P 2,574.00 I
TOTALS
$2,478,000.00
$930,000.00 P 348,457.50 I
$160,000.00 P 42,885.00 I
$1,388,000.00 P 217,415.50 I
$165,000.00 P 41,629.00 I
TOWN TREASURER Walter P. Teresko
82
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
Year
Taxes
Balances and Commitments
Collections and Abatements
Refunds
Added to Tax Title
Balance
1964
Personal Property
$ 400.00
$ 400.00
$
$
$ None
1964
Motor Vehicle Excise
199.18
199.18
None
1965
Apportioned St. Bett.
43.25
43.25
None
Water Liens
236.72
236.72
None
Personal Property
399.33
304.33
95.00
Real Estate
16,955.80
16,572.80
383.00
None
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,645.62
1,614.27
31.35
1966
Apport. St. Bett.
129.47
116.99
12.48
Personal Property
1,133.10
977.10
156.00
Real Estate
58,116.95
45,623.95
352.80
12,140.20
Motor Vehicle Excise
33,452.44
33,876.71
2,647.39
2,223.12
1967
Farm Animal Excise
221.13
193.36
27.50
Water Lien
1,915.91
1,915.91
None
Paid-up Apportioned St. Bett.
234.04
234.04
None
Apportioned St. Bett.
1,027.27
920.81
106.46
Personal Property
84,080.30
82,694.70
1,385.60
Real Estate
1,399,560.02
1,335,789.64
3,695.20
3,120.14
64,345.44
Motor Vehicle Excise
221,214.99
219,588.77
6,566.16
8,192.38
TOTALS
$1,820,965.52
$1,741,066.08
$12,908.75 $4,092.66
$88,715.53
TAX COLLECTOR Walter P. Teresko
83
(Incl. 1966 Excise Comm. 1967)
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests.
73
Buildings Checked.
1933
Buildings Found Open.
131
Funeral Details ..
15
Motor Vehicle Accidents
300
Summons Served .
..
471
Complaints Investigated
Accosting. .
10
Animal, Abandoned.
1
Animal, Dead.
1
Animal, Lost
2
Animal, Stray
10
Armed Robbery.
1
Assault.
2
Assault and Battery.
26
Assault and Battery (indecent ) .
2
A.W.O.L.
3
Breach of Peace.
1
Breach of Contract
9
Breaking and Entering.
12
Breaking and Entering (attempt ).
4
Breaking and Entering and Larceny
18
By-Law Violation.
11
By-Law Violation (dogs)
96 4
Cruelty to Animals
1
Contempt of Court
1
Disturbance.
46
Domestic.
53
Dump Regulation Violations
2
Explosives-Discharge of.
7
Fires.
3
Firearms Violations
24
Game Law Violations
1
Larceny.
128
Larceny (attempt ).
5
Liquor Law Violations
2
Motor Boat Violations.
4
Motor Vehicle Violations
59
Motor Vehicles Abandoned.
15
Motor Vehicles, Disabled.
11
Motor Vehicles, Unauthorized use of
1
Nuisance.
99
Obscene Telephone Calls
2
Parole Violation.
2
Property, Abandoned .
1
Property, Injury to.
179
Prowler ..
21
Runaway.
2
Rubbish Disposal
...
. .
15
84
.
.
Child Neglect.
Safety Hazard ..
71
School Bus Violation. Solicitor.
1
Stubborn Child.
3
Sunday Work Law.
3
Suspicious Motor Vehicle ·
39
Suspicious Persons
.
51
Threatening.
10
Traffic Hazards.
52
Trespassing
21
Total
1056
OTHER INVESTIGATIONS
Accidental Shooting.
1
Accident, Industrial.
2
At District Court
98
At Superior Court
17
Animal Bite.
2 .
Animal, Dead.
30
Animal, Injured.
48
Animal, Lost.
58
Animal, Stray
21
Assault .
1
Breaking and Entering
7
Breach of Peace.
1
Breaking and Entering and Larceny.
2
By-Law Violations. . . Commitments .
8
Disturbance.
4
Dog Bite.
5
Dog-By-Law Violations.
3
Drowning.
1
Election Law Violations
1
Fire-Report of.
43
Fire-Motor Vehicle.
1
Larceny. .
2
Lost Child.
22
Lost-Personal Property.
23
Liquor Law Violations.
3
Motor Cycle, Abandoned.
. .
1
Motor Vehicle Abandoned.
45
Motor Vehicle, Disabled.
115
Motor Vehicle, Recovered.
1
Motor Vehicle Violation.
6
Nuisance.
2
Request Assistance.
265
Request Assistance (By other Police Departments ) .
228
Rubbish Disposal.
2
Repossession-Report of
1
Safety Hazard.
17
Sudden Death. . .
3
Suspicious Motor Vehicle
13
Suspicious Person.
13
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2
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85
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2
Traffic Hazard
39 Trespassing.
Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle. Total 1158
Missing Persons 17
MOTOR VEHICLE VIOLATIONS
Disposal of Refuse from Motor Vehicle.
1
Failed to Display Registration Plate on Motor Vehicle.
1
Failed to Maintain Equipment on Motor Vehicle. 8
Failed to Report Motor Vehicle Accident.
2
Failed to Stop for Uniformed Police Officer.
1
Failed to yield Right of Way to Vehicle with flashing red light
1 3
License not in Possession.
15
Operating after Suspension. ..
9
Operating after 1:00 AM on Junior License. . . Operating so as to Endanger.
22
Operating under the Influence of Alcoholic Beverages . Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle.
19 6
Operating Unregistered Motor Vehicle.
7 8
Operating without a license . .
1
Operating without lights .. . Operating without Registration Certificate in possession ... Operating without Safety Helmet.
5
Operating without Safety Inspection Sticker
6
Permitting Improper Person to Operate Motor Vehicle.
1
Possession of Alcoholic Beverages in Motor Vehicle by Minor Road Law Violations.
22
Speeding.
190
Spilling Contents of Uncovered Load.
1
School Bus Violations
3
Stop Sign Violations. . Total
444
Motor Vehicle Violation, Prosecutions
304
Motor Vehicle Violations, Warning.
119
Motor Vehicle Violations, Arrests.
18
Total
444
COURT CASES
District Court.
231
Appeals from District Court
8
Pending at District Court.
28
Superior Court.
21
Pending at Superior Court
6
PERMITS ISSUED
Firearms, To Carry
46
86
1 1
Leaving the scene after Property Damage.
3
2
99
Firearms, Gunsmith. 4 Firearms, Dealer 3 Sunday Work. 121
FEES COLLECTED
Copies of Police Reports. $ 576.00
Firearms Permits 127.00
Fines Collected.
2278.00
I wish to thank all the citizens of Westford who have assisted this department during the past year. I thankfully acknowledge the assistance rendered by all the police departments in neighboring communities, the Massachusetts State Police, the Presiding Justice, the Associate Justice, the Clerk of Court, the Probation Officer and all members of the staff at the First District Court of Northern Middlesex. The cooperation and assistance of the officers and other employees of this department during the past year is also appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH R. CONNELL
CHIEF OF POLICE
87
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Ambulance Calls.
254
Blacksmith Shop
1
Barn Fires.
2
House Fires.
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