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ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the Town accept the reports of the Selectmen, the Board of Public Welfare, the School Department, Town Collector, Town Treasurer, Water Depart- ment, Assessors, Town Clerk, Civil Defense and other Town officials and committees as printed in the Town Report.
ARTICLE 3. Voted unanimously to fix the compensation of all elected Town Officers for the year beginning April 1, 1962 and ending March 31, 1963 as follows: Town Clerk, $2,340.00 per year (all fees to revert to the Town Treasury); Town Treasurer, $2,340.00 per year; Moderator, $50.00 Annual Town Meetings, $15.00 Special Town Meetings; Town Collector, $4,004.00 per year (all fees to revert to the Town Treasury); Tree Warden $1.75 per hour (includes use of car); Selectmen, 2 members $600.00 per year, Chairman, $650.00; Assessors, $1.50 per hour (includes use of car when needed); Constables, $1.50 per hour when called on duty by Selectmen, plus fees; Auditor, $200.00 per year; School Committee, no salary; Cemetery Commission- ers, no salary, $1.50 per hour for time spent at work; Water Commissioners, $150.00 per year; Library Trustees, no salary; Planning Board Members, no salary; Poundkeeper, Field Drivers, Weighers of Grain, Surveyors of Lumber, Measurers of Wood and Charcoal (all Town Officers elected otherwise than by offi- cial ballot) fees only as fixed by General Laws.
ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously that the Town's share of the Dog Tax for 1961, $1,049.53, be added to the Library Appro- priation under Article 5.
ARTICLE 5. Voted unanimously that the Town accept the report of the Finance Committee and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,423,342.87 to cover the necessary operating expenses of the Town for the ensuing year as follows: GENERAL GOVERN.
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MENT - Selectmen, $7,761.00; Accounting Department, $5,700.00; Town Treasurer, $4,898.00; Town Treasurer - Land Court, $50.00; Town Collector, $7,866.00; Board of Assessors, $10,813.00; Town Clerk, $3,659.00; Legal, $1,700.00; Elections and Town Meeting Expense, $1,730.00; Registrars of Voters, $1,050.00; Planning Board, $747.00; Town Office and Building Maintenance, $5,500.00; Town Auditor, $200.00. PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY - Police Department, $26,633.00; Fire Department, $23,904.00; Pest Control, $1,200.00; Dead Wood, $3,500.00; Forest Warden, $900.00; Aid to Agriculture, $100.00; Tree Warden, $3,000.00; Civil Defense, $1,154.93; Dog Officer, $150.00; Building Inspector, $2,450.00; Wiring Inspector, $1,250.00; Sealer of Weights and Measures, $325.00; Board of Appeals, $397.00. HEALTH AND SANITATION - Board of Health, $7,290.00; Dental Clinic, $1,050.00; Mosquito Control, $2,600.00; Inspector of Animals, $65.00; Inspector of Slaughtering, $50.00. HIGHWAYS - High- way Department, $55,172.00; Road Machinery Operating Ac- count, $7,300.00; Street Lights, $8,000.00. CHARITIES - De- partment of Public Welfare, $3,296.00; Aid: General Relief, $11,000.00; Old Age Assistance, $23,000.00; Aid to Dependent Children, $3,000.00; Disability Assistance, $2,000.00. SOLDIERS' BENEFITS - Veterans' Services, including Aid, $6,000.00. SCHOOLS - Local, $595,443.00; Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, $360,777.17. LIBRARY - $22,132.47. RECREATION AND CELE- BRATIONS - Parks, $600.00; Playgrounds, $2,650.00; Commu- nity Program, $6,000.00; Memorial and Independence Day, $250.00. PENSIONS - Assessment, Hampden County Retire- ment System, $9,781.80. UNCLASSIFIED - Printing Town Re- ports, $3,000.00; Insurance and Bonding, $8,500.00; Industrial Development Committtee, $1,000.00. PUBLIC SERVICE ENTER' PRISE - Water Department, Maintenance, $27,150.00. CEME- TERIES - $2,800.00. MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST - Matur- ing Debt, School Bonds, $100,000.00; Water Bonds, $15,000.00. Maturing Interest, School Bonds, $18,942.50; Water Bonds, $1,755.00; Temporary Loan Interest, $1,000.00.
NOTE: The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m., after noon recess. The Moderator appointed and swore in Andrew G. Duzsik as teller to replace Thomas F. Gallagher.
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At this point Mr. Hintze paid the following tribute to Mr. Albert E. Neale for his outstanding work on the Finance Committee. Mr. Albert Howes made a motion, which was seconded, that this tribute be made a permanent part of these minutes.
"I would like to pay tribute to a very lovable man, a member of the Finance Committee, by the name of Mr. Neale, who has very, very carefully worked out these financial statements for your convenience. On page 105 for instance, you will see where the money comes from. The Cash Disbursements for various departments on which we have been pre- viously talking, you will find on page 113. Again on page 99, the breakdown of recommendations for 1962. It is inconceivable the amount of time, work and effort this man has put into this account, par- ticularly in segregating salaries and expenses for the budget for the coming year. You will recall last year we voted on a single amount and had no idea how it was arrived at. He has also, on page 128, shown us the Non Appropriation Expendi- tures and where they come from and a recap of Estimated Receipts on page 129.
I would ask that Mr. Neale stand and take a bow."
ARTICLE 6. Voted by a majority that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $7,878.00 to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 81 Highway work, and that in addition the sum of $17,325.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the State's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State to be restored, upon their receipt, to unappropriated available funds in the treasury.
A motion for an amendment to this article was made and seconded that the Selectmen appoint a committee of five members to study the feasibility of forming a Public Works Department or Highway Commissioners, and report back at the next annual town meeting. This motion was voted and defeated.
ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to meet the Town's share of
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the cost of Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance and that, in addi- tion, the sum of $4,000.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the State and County's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to unappropriated available funds in the treasury.
ARTICLE 8. Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,303.00 to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Highway Construction, and that, in addi- tion, the sum of $18,900.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the State and County's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored upon their receipt, to unappropriated available funds in the treasury.
ARTICLE 9. Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $6,500.00 to pay the Garbage Collector, the receipts from garbage collection subscribers to be restored as received by the Town Collector to unappropriated available funds in the treasury.
ARTICLE 10. Voted by a majority that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 to pay the 1962 portion of the cost of the Assessors' Revaluation Program, under contract authorized at the last annual town meeting.
ARTICLE 11. Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 to be expended under the joint supervision of the Planning Board and the Board of Assessors for the preparation of maps and plans for the use of said Planning Board and Board of Assessors.
ARTICLE 12. Voted by a majority that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen acting as the Board of Public Welfare to enter into a Welfare District or combination contract with the Town of East Longmeadow under the provisions of Chapter 118B of the General Laws and upon such terms as said Board in its own discretion shall deem to be for the best interests of the Town of Wilbraham.
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ARTICLE 13. Voted by a majority that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to purchase a cruiser for the use of the Wilbraham Police, said sum representing the net cost to the Town after deducting the turn in value of the present cruiser.
ARTICLE 14. Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and transfer from the Road Machinery Fund the sum of $700.00 to purchase mowing equipment for the use of the Highway Department, said sum representing the net cost to the Town after deducting the turn in value of the present mowing equip- ment.
ARTICLE 15. Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and transfer from the Road Machinery Fund the sum of $825.00 to purchase a snow plow for the use of the Highway Department.
ARTICLE 16. Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,285.00 and that, in addition, the sum of $4,975.00 be transferred from the Road Machinery Fund to purchase a 21/2 ton truck with two way radio for the use of the Highway Department.
ARTICLE 17. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Rochford Drive, as shown on the subdivision plan of "Scenic Park" drawn by Durkee, White, Towne & Chapdelaine dated April 12, 1962, and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at Tinkham Road and run- ning southerly for a distance of 1730 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 18. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Russell Road, as shown on the plan of lots, South Easterly Section of Oak Ridge drawn by C. E. Anderson Associates, dated January 1957, and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at Arbor Lane running southerly for a distance of 705 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 19. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Pidgeon Drive, as shown on subdivision plan of Shady Acres, drawn by G. M. Granger and N. F. Pigeon, dated January, 1960, and filed with
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the Planning Board, beginning at the intersection of Main Street and running westerly for a distance of 1378 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 20. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Mohawk Street, as shown on subdivision plan as drawn by Durkee, White, Towne and Chapdelaine, Section B dated May, 1961 and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at Linwood Drive and running south- erly for a distance of 200 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 21. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Edward Street, as shown on subdivision plan drawn by Cobb, Beesley and Miles, dated June, 1953 and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at Fairview Road and running easterly to Mountainbrook Road for a distance of 512 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 22. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Mountainbrook Road, as shown on subdivision plan drawn by Cobb, Beesley and Miles, dated June, 1953 and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at Tinkham Road and running southerly for a distance of 1616 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 23. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Fairview Road, as shown on subdivision plan drawn by Cobb, Beesley and Miles, dated June, 1953 and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at Tinkham Road and running southerly for a distance of 1315 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 24. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Linwood Drive as shown on subdivision plan drawn by Durkee, White, Towne and Chapdelaine dated July, 1960 - Section "A" - and Sec- tion "B" - dated May, 1961 and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at the now accepted portion and running easterly thence northerly for a distance of 740 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 25. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Oxford Drive, as
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shown on subdivision plan as drawn by Durkee, White, Towne and Chapdelaine, Section "B", dated May 1961 and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at the now accepted portion and running easterly for a distance of 157 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 26. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Longview Drive, as shown on the subdivision plan drawn by Smith and Wallen Engineering Co., Inc. dated March, 1959 and filed with the Plan- ning Board, beginning at Tinkham Road and running southerly for a distance of 1118 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 27. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Katie Street, as shown on the subdivision plan drawn by Smith and Wallen Engineering Co., Inc. dated March, 1959 and filed with the Planning Board beginning at Longview Drive and running easterly for a distance of 516 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 28. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Becker Street, as shown on the subdivision plan drawn by Smith and Wallen Engineering Co., Inc. dated March, 1959 and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at Longview Drive and running east- erly for a distance of 493 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 29. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Brooklawn Road, as shown on the subdivision plan drawn by C. E. Anderson Asso- ciates, dated July, 1954 and filed with the Planning Board, begin- ning at the now accepted portion and extending northerly for a distance of 1362 feet more or less, and that the sum of $410.00 be raised and appropriated for construction of said Brooklawn Road, and that betterment assessments be levied in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 30. Voted by a majority that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Ely Road, as shown on a plan drawn by Cobb, Beesley and Miles dated October, 1950 and filed in the Assessors' Office, beginning at a point on Ridge Road and running easterly for a distance of 382 feet more
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or less; then southerly for a distance of 425 feet more or less, and that the sum of $2,856.78 be raised and appropriated for con- struction of said Ely Road, and that betterment assessments be levied in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 31. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Joan Street, as shown on the subdivision plan drawn by C. E. Anderson Associates, dated July, 1954 and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at Brooklawn Road and running easterly for a distance of 480 feet more or less and westerly for a distance of 319 feet more or less - a total of 799 feet more or less, and that the sum of $239.70 be raised and appropriated for construction of said Joan Street, and that betterment assessments be levied in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 32. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Shirley Street, as shown on the subdivision plan drawn by C. E. Anderson Asso- ciates, dated June, 1955 and filed with the Planning Board, be- ginning at Brooklawn Road and running easterly for a distance of 221.46 feet, thence westerly for a distance of 400 feet, making a total of 621 feet more or less, and that the sum of $186.30 be raised and appropriated for construction of said Shirley Street, and that betterment assessments be levied in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 33. Voted by a majority that the Town accept as a public way the private way now known as Railroad Avenue, as shown on a plan drawn by Francis O. Bready dated November, 1958 and filed with the Planning Board, beginning at the now accepted portion and running northerly for a distance of 396 feet more or less, and that the sum of $898.92 be raised and appro- priated for construction of said Railroad Avenue, and that bet- terment assessments be levied in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 34. Voted by a majority to take no action on this article.
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ARTICLE 35. Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,250.00 to resurface Main Street, from Boston Road to Merrill Road.
ARTICLE 36. Voted by a majority that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,400.00 to resurface Main Street, from Bulkley Road to Woodland Dell Road.
ARTICLE 37. Voted by a majority not to amend town by-laws to provide that the Annual Town Election of Town Officers to be chosen thereat be held on the first Saturday of March each year and that all matters to be considered at the Annual Town Meeting, other than the election of town officers, shall be in order only at a town meeting held within thirty days after the date of the Annual Town Election, the date thereof to be determined by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 38. Voted unanimously that the town amend the by-laws by striking out Article 4, Section 16 and substituting therefor a new Section 16 to read as follows:
"Section 16. Any person violating any of the provisions of the town by-laws shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $20.00 for each offense, unless otherwise provided by the General Laws or by a particular by law."
ARTICLE 39. Voted by a majority that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,500.00 to purchase an ambulance, such vehicle to be assigned to the custody and use of the Wilbra- ham Fire Department under such operating rules and regulations as may, from time to time, be determined by the Board of Select- men.
ARTICLE 40. Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $30,000.00 and that, in addition, the sum of $45,000.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury for the purpose of increasing the Stabilization Fund.
ARTICLE 41. Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from the Overlay Surplus
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Account and the sum of $10,000.00 from unappropriated avail- able funds in the treasury for a Reserve Fund.
ARTICLE 42. Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $11,000.00 for new water installations, the cost of which is to be collected by the Town from those requesting such installations and restored to unappropriated available funds in the treasury.
ARTICLE 43. Voted unanimously that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey in the name of and on behalf of the Town, a certain parcel of land situate on the north side of Boston Road, taken by eminent domain by Order adopted by the Board of Selectmen on March 22, 1961 as described in Order of Taking dated March 29, 1961 and recorded in Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 2799, Page 169, to State Line Potato Chip Company, Incorporated, sometimes known as State Line Potato Chip Co., Inc., said parcel being no longer needed for the purposes for which it was taken.
(2/3 vote required) In favor 122
Opposed 0
ARTICLE 44. Voted unanimously that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to take by eminent domain, or to acquire by purchase or otherwise, for park, playground and recreational purposes the fee simple in land, together with all trees thereon if any, and structures affixed thereto, if any, situated in the Town and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a concrete bound on the northerly line of Boston Road, said Northerly line being as shown on an alteration plan of Boston Road recorded in the Hampden County Registry of Deeds, Book of Plans 35, Pages 110 to 112 inclusive at Page 112; and from said point of beginning running thence N. 02° 46' 50" E. by land of State Line Potato Chip Company, Incorporated, sometimes known as State Line Potato Chip Co., Inc., six hun- dred fifty four and 43/100 (654.43) feet to a concrete bound in the Southerly line of lot three (3) as shown on Land Court Plan 26520B filed in the Land Registration Office for the Regis-
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try District of Hampden County with Certificate of Title #9971; thence S. 87º 55' 10" E., ten hundred thirty one and 33/100 (1031.33) feet to a concrete bound at the Southeasterly corner of said lot three (3); thence S. 46° 35' 40" W., nine hundred seventy one and 65/100 (971.65) feet to a concrete bound on said Northerly line of Boston Road located at the Easterly end of a curve with a radius of six hundred forty (640) feet; thence Westerly along said Northerly line of Boston Road, by said curve, a distance of two hundred eighty nine and 38/100 (289.38) feet to an iron pin at the Westerly end of said curve; and thence N. 70° 49' 10" W. along said Northerly line of Boston Road, sixty five (65) feet to the concrete bound at the point of beginning.
All as shown on an unrecorded plan entitled Vicinity of Specta- cle Pond, Wilbraham, Massachusetts dated January 1, 1962 by C. E. Anderson Associates, Civil Engineers, plan number 1292-01.
Excepting and reserving to the State Line Potato Chip Com- pany, Incorporated, sometimes known as State Line Potato Chip Co., Inc., the right to use, for all purposes of a public street, the access road ten (10) feet wide as shown on said Land Court plan from said Northerly line of Boston Road to said Southerly line of said lot three (3) and also a ten (10) foot strip of land from the Westerly line of the above described premises to said access road along the Southerly line of said lot three (3), the Southerly line of the last described ten (10) foot strip shall be ten (10) feet Southerly from and parallel to the Southerly line of said lot three (3).
Said premises are supposed to be owned by State Line Potato Chip Company, Incorporated, sometimes known as State Line Potato Chip Co., Inc.
(2/3 vote required) In favor 120
Opposed 0
ARTICLE 45. Voted unanimously that the Town authorize the Selectmen to sell at public auction, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some con- venient and public place in the Town 14 days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure,
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provided the Selectmen, or whomsoever they authorize to hold such public auction, may reject any bid which they deem inade- quate.
ARTICLE 46. Voted unanimously that the Town authorize the Selectmen to institute or defend suits and employ counsel for the purpose of protecting the interests of the Town.
ARTICLE 47. Voted unanimously that the Town authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1962, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 48. Voted unanimously that all appropriations made at this meeting unless otherwise provided for, be raised by assess- ment against the polls, personal properties and real estate of the Town.
Voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 5:00 p.m. until 8:30 a.m., Saturday, March 17, 1962 at Memorial School when the Annual Town Elections will be held.
Attest: DORIS G. COCHRAN, Town Clerk
Report of Special Town Meeting JUNE 18, 1962
In accordance with the warrant as posted, the voters of the Town assembled in the Wilbraham Memorial School Auditorium.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Ernest W. Furnans, Jr. at 8 p.m. with more than 20 voters present which constituted a quorum and took recess until the people who were at the door were seated.
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote taken under Article 12 at the March 10, 1962 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action relative thereto.
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Voted unanimously that the Town rescind the vote taken under Article 12 at the March 10, 1962 Annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract or contracts with one or more towns or combinations of Towns in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 118B of the General Laws as amended, to form a Welfare District, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted unanimously that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract or contracts with one or more towns or combinations of Towns in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 118B of the General Laws as amended, to form a Welfare District.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, the sum of $4,800 or any other sum, to be spent by the Water Department in conducting the first phase of a ground water exploration program in various areas within the limits of the Town, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted that the Town appropriate and transfer from unap- propriated available funds in the Treasury, the sum of $4,800 to be spent by the Water Department in conducting the first phase of a ground water exploration program in various areas within the limits of the Town.
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