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Denis Maguire, Esq., Chairman of the Planning Board, gave a report on this Article preceding action on same.
Planning Board disapproved this Article.
ARTICLE 32. Voted unanimously that the Board of Health be and it hereby is authorized to file, in the name and behalf of the Town, an application (in form and manner required by the United States and in conformity with P.L. 560, 83rd Congress) and do whatever else may be required to obtain an advance in the amount of Fifteen Thousand (15,000) Dollars, to be made by the United States to the Town of West- ford to defray the cost of engineering investigation, report and pre- liminary plans for sewerage and sewage treatment facilities for the Town of Westford.
Finance Committee approved.
Voted to take up Article 50.
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ARTICLE 50. Voted unanimously that, to reduce the tax rate, the sum of $45,000 be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury, to be deducted by the Assessors under the provisions of Section 23, Chapter 59 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:
Alice A. Hildreth Assistant Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - JUNE 11, 1963
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 Tuesday, June 11, 1963 at 8:00 P.M., the following business was transacted:
In the absence of both the Town Clerk and Moderator the Assistant Town Clerk, Alice A. Hildreth, called the meeting to order and asked for nominations of a Moderator.
Voted unanimously that Richard S. Emmet, Jr., serve as Moderator pro tem. He was sworn in by the Assistant Town Clerk.
The Moderator called the meeting to order and declared the presence of a quorum. The attendance was 158.
Manly P. Barber, Carl O. Benson, Gladys M. Beede and Dorothy I. Mann, 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 unanimously that the sum of Twenty-Eight Hun- dred Ninety-Three and 70/100 (2893.70) Dollars be raised and appropri- ated for the purchase of a Trailer-mounted Compressor, with incidental attachments, to be in the custody of the Water Department, but to be available, upon request, for use by all Town Departments, said pur- chase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Water Commis- sioners.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the sum of Four Hundred Ninety-Five (495) Dollars be raised and appropriated to defray the expenses of eleven (11) additional Hydrants, said sum to be added to the amount appropriated under Article 2, B 32, of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of the current year.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 3. Voted unanimously that the Town accept Chapter 617 of the 1962 Acts of the General Court, entitled "An Act relative to the laying of certain water mains by the Board of Water Commissioners in the Town of Westford."
Water Commissioners approved.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 4. 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, consisting of six (6) contiguous lots, containing in all approximately 445,000 square feet, situated on the Easterly side of Cemetery Road in said Town, supposed to belong to Burley N. Herget, Inc., said land to be used as and for the site of a proposed new well field, under the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 14 and/or Chapter 79 of the General Laws, both as most recently
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amended, said premises being a portion of the same conveyed to Burley N. Herget, Inc., by one Sweeney et als in May 1963 by deed recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds; and, for the purpose of acquiring said land, that the sum of Sixty-Eight Hundred (6800) Dollars be raised and appropriated; and that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to take any action and execute, acknowledge, deliver and accept delivery of any and all necessary deeds or other instruments incidental to the accomplishment of the above purposes.
Water Commissioners approved.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 5. Voted that the sum of Forty-Five Hundred (4500) Dollars be raised and appropriated to defray the additional expenses of the Police Department for the balance of the current year for the purpose of hiring a Clerk and Dispatcher in the office of said Department.
Finance Committee disapproved this amount.
ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously that the Committee appointed under Article 30 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1962, hereafter be known and designated as the Garage Building Committee, be and it hereby is authorized and empowered, 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 and agreements necessary, incidental, desirable or convenient to and in connection with the construction, equipping and furnishing of a new Town Garage to be situated in Graniteville on premises shown on a plan recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 90, Plan 80A and being the premises donated to the Town by James E. Farmer et ux by deed dated February 14, 1963, recorded with said Registry of Deeds, Book 1600, Page 291 and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to procure and negotiate for all necessary or desirable professional services, technical advice, plans, data and specifica- tions, hereby authorizing said Committee to invite all necessary bids for such proposed construction, equipping and furnishing, to determine the lowest responsible and eligible bidder from the bids submitted, to execute all legal documents, contracts and agreements, approve all expenditures and vouchers for services and labor rendered and for materials supplied in connection with such building.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the sum of Twelve Hundred (1200) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of paying for plans, drawings, specifications, professional services, technical advice and data necessary or incidental to and in connection with the construction, equipping and furnishing of the proposed new Town Gar- age in Graniteville, described in the preceding Article, and for defraying the expenses of said Committee.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 8. Voted unanimously that the sum of Forty-Six Hundred (4600) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of con- structing, originally equipping and furnishing a new Fire House in Nabnasset, said sum to be in addition to and to be added to the sum
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of $30,000 appropriated for that purpose under Article 34 of the War- rant for the Annual Meeting of the current year.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 9. Voted that the sum of Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Four and 90/100 (13,974.90) Dollars be appropriated from the proceeds to be received from the State under the provisions of Chapter 782 of the Acts of 1962 for the purpose of constructing a drainage system in and along a portion of Plain Road in Nabnasset.
Finance Committee disapproved.
ARTICLE 10. Voted unanimously that the sum of $7,358.65 be raised and appropriated to pay the additional expenses incurred by the Committee appointed under Article 33 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1960 and to meet said appropriation that the sum of $2,433.85 be appropriated from the unexpended balances of the sums appropriated under Article 6 of the Warrant for the Special Meeting held on September 1, 1960 and Article 26 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting held on March 11, 1961; that the further sum of $2,304.62 be appropriated from the sum appropriated under Article 3 of the Warrant for the Special Meeting of June 22, 1961; and that the further sum of $2,620.18 be raised and appropriated in the tax levy of 1963.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 11. Voted unanimously that the Town extend its water mains and water supply system by laying mains of not less than six (6) inches, but less than sixteen (16) inches in diameter, in and along the following named private roads, streets or ways which are located in Nabnasset, for the approximate length or distance in each case hereinafter specified, viz., Pine Road, thirteen hundred seventy-two (1372) feet; Oak Road, one hundred sixty (160) feet; Endmoor Road, six hundred five (605) feet; Maple Road, two hundred eighty (280) feet; the entire cost of said extensions to be paid by the takers to be served thereby pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 Clause (2) of the By-Laws governing the operation of the Water Department; and, for the purpose aforesaid, that it raise and appropriate the sum of Eighty-One Hundred (8100) Dollars to defray the cost of said exten- sions; and, to meet said appropriation, 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 sum of Eighty-One Hun- dred (8100) Dollars and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor under and pursuant to the provisions of Section 8, Clause 5 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, and other applicable provisions of said Chapter 44, 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.
Water Commissioners approved.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 12. Voted unanimously that the Town adopt as and for its Building Code the Regulations annexed to the Warrant for this meeting and marked "Proposed Building Code, Town of Westford", a copy of which Building Code is on file at the office of the Town Clerk.
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ARTICLE 13. Voted unanimously that the sum of Five Hundred (500) Dollars be raised and appropriated to defray the wages and expenses of the Building Inspector for the balance of the current year. Finance Committee approved.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
A True Record, Attest:
Alice A. Hildreth Assistant Town Clerk
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - JULY 2, 1963
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 2, 1963 at 8:00 P.M., the following business was transacted:
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order and declared the presence of a quorum. The attendance was 118.
Car1 0. Benson, Arthur B. Parker, Jr., Pauline A. Lefebre and Sonja A. Loney, Election Officers using Voting Lists, acted as Tellers at the doors.
In the absence of the Town Clerk the Assistant Town Clerk, Alice A. Hildreth, acted as Clerk.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant in its entirety.
ARTICLE 1. Voted YES 107 and NO 2, that the sum of Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand (995,000) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing an Intermediate School Building to be located on land of the Town on the northwesterly side of Prescott Street, said land being a portion of the same formerly occupied by the Town Infirmary; and to meet said appropriation, that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen and subject to the approval of the Emergency Finance Board, be and hereby is authorized and directed to borrow, at one time or from time to time, the sum of Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand (995,000) Dol- lars, and to issue and sell as one issue or, from time to time, as two or more separate issues, serial bonds or notes of the Town aggregating Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand (995,000) Dollars in principal amount under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended; and that each issue of said 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
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shall be paid in not more than fifteen (15) years from the date thereof.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the Town amend its Building Code adopted under Article 12 of the Warrant for the Special Meeting held on June 11 of the current year by inserting, in the third para- graph of Section 5 of of Article II, after the sum of "$750.00", the following words: without a permit - so as to read as fol-
lows : - Alterations may be made up to the value of $750.00 without a permit, after notice to the Building Inspector, but such alteration shall not be construed to include the cutting away of any stone or brick bearing wall, or any portion thereof or the removal or cutting of any beam or support; the removal or change or closing of any staircase, or the converting into a dwelling of a building or struc- ture constructed or previously used for a different purpose. All such alterations shall be made and performed strictly in accordance with other applicable provisions of this By-Law. -
ARTOC : E 3. Voted unanimously that the Town amend the vote taken under Article 11 of the Warrant for the Special Meeting held on June 11 of the current year by striking out the words: - - "Clause Two" and inserting in place thereof the following words: Clause One -
ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to appoint a Committee of five voters, whose function and duty it shall be to study the advisability of establishing a central communications center to serve both the Fire and Police Departments of the Town.
Finance Committee approved.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
A True Record, Attest:
Alice A. Hildreth Assistant Town Clerk
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - DECEMBER 13, 1963
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 Friday, December 13, 1963 at 8:00 P.M., the following business was transacted:
Carl O. Benson, Sonja A. Loney, Arthur B. Parker, Jr., and Marie T. Terenzio, Election Officers using Voting Lists, acted as Tellers at the doors. The attendance was 40.
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order.
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A quorum of 67 being required and an attendance only of 40, the meeting was adjourned to Tuesday, December 17, 1963 at 8:00 P.M.
A True Record, Attest:
Alice A. Hildreth Assistant Town Clerk
ADJOURNED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - DECEMBER 17, 1963
At the adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of West- ford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town Hall on Thursday, December 17, 1963 at 8:00 P.M., the following business was transacted:
Carl O. Benson, Sonja A. Loney, Arthur B. Parker, Jr., and Marie T. Terenzio, Election Officers using Voting Lists, acted as Tellers at the doors. Attendance of 74.
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order, the necessary quorum of 67 being present.
ARTICLE 1. Voted unanimously that the sum of $3,422.17 be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to defray the additional expenses of Snow and Ice Removal for the balance of the current year.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 2. Voted that the sum of $2,095.81 be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to defray the addition- al expenses of the Forest Fire Department for the balance of the cur- rent year.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 3. Voted that the sum of $800 be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to defray the addition- al expenses of the Board of Assessors for the balance of the current year.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 4. Voted that the following gifts of money to the Town from the parties hereinafter named for allocation to the Westford Band Uniforms Fund be accepted and that said Fund express the appreciation of the Town for said gifts:
From various pupils and other individuals $2,700
From Trustees of Westford Academy $ 300
ARTICLE 5. Voted that the Town accept a gift of Forty-Five Hundred (4500) Dollars made to it by the Murray Printing Company and that the Town Clerk express to said Company the appreciation of the Town for said gift.
ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously that the Town amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by adding, after sub-paragraph 11 of
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paragraph 10, SECTION 3, ARTICLE XII, the following new sub-paragraphs:
"12. Commercial ski, toboggan, and ice skating areas, in which may be used ski-tows, snow-making machines, and in which may be rented or sold the rights to ski, skate or toboggan, and skiing, skating or toboganning lessons, and skiing, skating or toboganning equipment and accessories, and refreshments, and in which may be placed or erected neces- sary structures to house the same."
Planning Board report was read by Denis Maguire, Esq., Chairman. Recommended by Planning Board after approval by Board of Appeals.
"13. Horseback riding academies involving the sale and giving of lessons with respect to horseback riding on the premises, but not involving the boarding or renting of horses."
Planning Board report was read by Denis Maguire, Esq., Chairman. Recommended by Planning Board after approval by Board of Appeals. Both paragraphs unanimously voted.
unanimously
ARTICLE 7. Voted/that the Town amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Residence District to an Industrial B District, a certain parcel of land owned by The Murray Printing Company, in Forge Village, bounded and described as follows: Northeasterly by Pleasant Street, 125 feet;
Southeasterly by Pond Street, 72.49 feet;
Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Lamy 69.99 feet; Northwesterly by land now or formerly of Healy 94.59 feet; and Northwesterly again by Bradford Street, 77.70 feet. Planning Board report was read by Denis Maguire, Esq., Chairman.
ARTICLE 8. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to the Town amending its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Residence A District to a Business District, a certain parcel of land, belonging to Allan Fletcher and Lewis Caldwell, situated on the Northwesterly side of Boston Road, sometimes called Snake Road.
Planning Board did not approve.
ARTICLE 9. Voted unanimously that the Town amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Residence A District to a Business District, a certain parcel of land, containing 1.2 acres, more or less, situated on the northeasterly side of Car- lisle Road, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Northeasterly side of Carlisle Road, said point being Southerly two hundred (200) feet from Littleton Road; thence Southeasterly along Carlisle Road, one hundred ninety-three (193) feet, more or less, to a point of curvature; thence Southeasterly along a curved line-radius 759.62' length of 50' to land of Burley and Irene Herget; thence Northeasterly by land of Herget two hundred (200) feet through an iron pipe at a stone wall at land of Stanley J. and Mary P. Wajda; thence Northwesterly by land of Wajda two hundred sixty-seven (267) feet, more or less, to a point, said point being two hundred (200) feet
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distant from Littleton Road; thence Southwesterly two hun- dred fourteen (214) feet by land of Ivan V. Whitney to the beginning. This described land contains one and two tenths (1.2) acres, more or less, as shown on the plot plan entitled "Plan of Land in Westford, Mass., belonging to Ivan V. Whitney".
Denis Maguire read report of Planning Board. Recommended by Planning Board.
ARTICLE 10. Voted unanimously that the Town amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Residence B Dis- trict to a Business District, a certain parcel of land in Nabnasset, belonging to Chester L. Ellis, Jr., and Barbara A. Ellis, situated on the northwesterly side of Brookside Road and on the southwesterly side of Nabnasset Street, being shown as Lot A on a plan recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 77, Plan 12, and thus bounded :
Southeasterly by Brookside Road, two hundred twenty-one and 42/100 (221.42) feet;
Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Edwards, three hun- dred seven and 66/100 (307.66) feet;
Northeasterly by land of owners unknown, one hundred eighty- nine and 3/100 (189.03) feet;
Northwesterly by said land of owners unknown, seventy and 10/100 (70.10) feet; and
Northeasterly by Nabnasset Street, seventy-seven and 88/100 (77.88) feet.
Denis Maguire read report of Planning Board.
Recommended by Planning Board.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
A True Record, Attest:
Alice A. Hildreth Assistant Town Clerk
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Board of Selectmen met and organized on March 5, 1963; present were Horace F. Wyman, John J. Kavanagh, and George S. Fletcher. Horace F. Wyman was elected Chairman and John J. Kavanagh Secretary.
Reports submitted by departments, committees and individuals, under the jurisdiction of the Selectmen, appear elsewhere in the Town Report.
The Selectmen have continued the practice of holding joint meetings with various departments, boards and committees to the end of providing an open forum for the discussion of common problems affecting the present and future needs and interests of the Town. Such meetings con- tinue to be of significant value, particularly in obviating some of the controversies publicized in certain other towns of the area.
The Selectmen have conferred with the more active members of the Development and Industrial Commission and have made certain appointments which ought to produce a more progressive and constructive program for the future. The Commission's job involves many factors which must be carefully weighed, particularly from the tax viewpoint; but it is hoped that various conferences, one having been with a representative of the Massachusetts Department of Commerce, may result in a program which will be of net value to the Town. The proposed Industrial Complex, La Croix 495, in the Howard Road area, remains dormant.
The report of the Merrimack River Pollution Commission, prepared by the engineering firm of Camp, Dresser & McKee, has been made, and is in the custody of the Board of Health. Lucien J. Menard, member of that Board, has been continuously active in this field. On December 20, 1963, the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Health were advised by telegram from Congressman Philip J. Philbin that the federal Community Facilities Administration had approved a $12,000 advance for preliminary sewer facilities planning.
As the result of competitive civil service examinations, Sgt. Joseph R. Connell was appointed Chief of Police, and Stuart B. Hildreth, Jr., was appointed Permanent Patrolman. Officer John F. Sullivan was appointed Sergeant of Police. The Selectmen have continued the policy of having new members of the force attend the State Police Academy at Framingham for a six week course in police methods and training.
The books of the Town were audited as of December 5, 1963, by state auditors, and were found to be in order. The official audit report is not yet available.
Acting under the authority vestedin them by the Town at an Annual Town Meeting held in March, 1963, the Selectmen duly appointed a Personnel Board Study Committee which, after diligent and constructive effort, has prepared a comprehensive report for submission at the
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Annual Town Meeting to be held in March, 1964. The members of the com- mittee are: Roland C. Campbell, Chairman, Harold H. Hoover, Jr., and John B. McDermott.
All residents are requested to report improperly functioning or dead street lights to the Clerk of the Board or to any police officer.
During the year 1963 the Selectmen issued 232 Building Permits, charging as fees therefor $2.00 or $3.00, depending upon type and size of construction. The total amount of fees received was $617.00. Said permits were classified as follows: Houses - 147; Porches - 4; Garages - 6; Additions - 53: Business Buildings - 4; Alterations - 6; Sheds - 8; Fire Station - 1; Roadside Stand - 1; Barn - 1; Church - 1.
Horace F. Wyman, Chairman John J. Kavanagh George S. Fletcher BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Communications Center Committee Town of Westford, Mass. November 12, 1963
Final Report to The Board of Selectmen
Pursuant to Article 4 of the Special Town Meeting held July 2, 1963, the Communications Center Committee, appointed by the Selectmen, was organized on September 17, 1963.
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