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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1951 ADVISORY REPORTREPORT-: 1951 IT CONTAINS: · All Articles to be voted upon · Recommendations as to each Article · Information whicl~ you should have before you vote PLEASE PRESERVE IT FOR YOUR USE AT THE TOWN MEETING OF MARCH 17, 1951 Please Preserve This Re~ort ~o~ Use at the Town Meeting REPORT OF THE NORTH ANDOVER ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CITIZENS OF NORTH ANDOVER: Your Advisory Board respectfully submits this Report to you with our recommendations for action on the Articles appearing in the Town Warrant. The Board has tried to reach decisions which it believes will serve the best interests of all the citizens of the Town. Your Board feels that you, the voters, are entitled to know the aims we have sought to accomplish through our recommendations. Our aims have been to: 1. Study carefully with representa.tives of all town departments their budget figures for 1951. Our aim has been to provide fair compensation for town employees and to provide necessary funds for the efficient operation of town departments. 2. Maintain the financial stability of the town by providing for prudent use of funds and by recog- nizing the value of a sound stabilization fund as a reserve. 3. Support the luther improvement of our town school system. 4. Provide for a careful study, at reasonable cost, to see whether more efficient administration of town departments is possible. 5. Encourage reasonable purchases of capital equip- ment for town departments so as to promote in- creased efficiency and dependability in carrying out necessary functions. 6. Support the continuous development of the town by authorizing funds for the establishment and maintenance of public facilities. 7. Recognize the need for adequate personnel and necessary facilities for the protection of the peo- ple and property of the town. 8. Provide adequate, safe, recreational facilities for the young people of the town, and at a cost within reason for a town of this size. The 1951 Tax Rate Ii' its recommendations are followed, your Advisory Board anticipates a $5.20 increase over the 1950 tax rate. This increase may be slightly underestimated due to the possibility that moneys coming to the Town from the State may be somewhat reduced as compared to previous years. However, the following table tells the story as far as is possible at this time. Effect on ¥oted 1950 Recommended Increase tax rate I951 of increase Budget Salaries $366,624.00 $401,266.00 $34,642.00 $2.77 53% Expenses 354,376.00 378,206.00 23,830.00 1.90 37% Total $721,000.00 $779,472.00 Articles From taxes $35,695.00 $42,300.00 "Free cash" (76,815.00) (82,514.00) $58,472.00 $4.67 90% $6,605.00 $ .53 10% (5,699.00) None To be raised by taxation $756,695.00 $821,772.00 $65,077.90 $5.20 Your Board has tried to present these figures and those that follow in such a way that all can see the effect as well as weigh the merits of each expenditure. The effect on the tax rate is calculated on the basis that each dollar on the tax rate will bring in about $12,500.00 in the tax levy. Therefore, it can be seen from the right hand column above that a-oproximatetly 53% of the predicted increase in tax rate is accounted for by the increase in salaries alone, and 90% of the increase is in Departmental Salaries and Expen- ses combined. Your attention is directed to the figure of $42,300.00 recommended in 1951 to be raised from taxes for speciM Articles. This amount includes $17,000.00 for the purchase of land for the proposed high school as covered by Article 62. It is your Advisory Board's recommendation that it is in the Town's best interests to acquire this land at this time as the initial step in the high school building program. WAGES Before any discussion of the requests for increased wages contained in all budgets submitted to your Advisory Board this year, it might be well to reoeat that your Ad- visory Board may review only those wages paid to Town employees and department heads who are beyond the juris- diction of the School Department. Your Advisory Board's review consists only of a recommendation or a series of recommendations - - -advice with which the Town Meeting is not compelled to comply under penalty of the law as it is in the case of School Department budgets. Not since 1949, excluding call firemen who were voted an increase at the 1950 Town Meeting, have your regular full- time Town employees had an increase in pay. Your advisory Board feels that such a situation should be corrected, and in addition your Board is confident that the taxpayer recog- nizes the need for correction. After a conference with de- partment heads at which three members of this Board at- tended and after exhaustive discussion between members of your Board it was unanimously its opinion that all per- manent Town employees as well as department heads should receive a $260 cost-of°living increase, which is a gross pay increase of $5.00 per week retroactive to January 1st, 1951. Your Board, in addition, recommends a $50.00 per year increase to call firemen. These increases have been included in the salary and wage items found in that part of your Advisory Board report devoted to the Town budget. In making this recommendation your Board recognizes the general increase in the cost of living. No one can ignore the hard fact of the larger grocery bill and an.in- crease in other necessities such as clothing, to take two examples. In fairness to the men and women permanently em- ployed by the Town, North Andover is morally obligated to take action under present conditions. In fairness to the individual taxpayer, the men and women employed by the Town are equally obligated to exercise restraint. TOWN MANAGER STUDY Over the past several years, there has been an increas- ing interest in the Town Manager form of government. Dis- cussion for and against a Town Manager reached a climax last year when an article calling for the study of this form of government was inserted in the 1950 Warrant. Upon favorable vote of the Town Meeting, the Moderator was in- structed to appoint a committee of five to examine into the various forms of Town Managerships and to report their findings and recommendations, if any, to the 1951 Town Meeting. The report of the Study Committee concludes that it is not in the best interest of North Andover to have a Town Manager at this time. In that recommendation, your Advisory Board agrees. The Study Committee recommends, however, that a Committee of five appointed by the Moderator be author- ized to hire a professional expert who would be instructed to make a thorough study of the organization and administra- tion of town government. Following his examination the expert would be required to submit his specific recommen- dations to the Town. Instead of having an outside expert, your Advisory Board has reason to believe there are citizens of the Town who are well qualified to make an adequate study. In addi- tion, a number of citizens are familiar with the history and present practices of the Town and the various problems peculiar to North Andover. Such familiarity should more than offset the perfection of detail possible in a professional report. The Board wishes to thank the Town Manager Study Committee for its faithfulness and long hours of unpaid work voluntarily given for the best interests of our Town. SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM The Advisory Board and the School Building Committee are unanimous in their belief that the Town must presently have a new high school, both to improve the standard of ed;{cation it is now possible to provide for the children of North Andover and to accommodate the increased school population that has been estimated for the future. The cost of a new high school is presently estimated at $1,500,000.00 gross. When State Aid is taken into ac- count this cost would result in an increase in the tax rate of about $4.50 over a 20 year period. It is not necessary at this time to make a final com- mitment for the large sum of money eventually involved. However, the Advisory Board believes it would be wise to safeguard the project by immediate purchase of the essen- tial site. A SUGGESTED SIMPLIFICATION In order to expedite certain routine matters in the Town Meeting your Advisory Board recommends that cer- tain groups of Articles be considered with a single vote. The particular Articles for which this procedure is sugges- ted are those dealing with the acceptance of streets, and those for water and sewer installations where the length is reasonable and utilization is assured. This simplification of procedure eliminates the necessity for rereading for each Article the very lengthy conditions which apply. CONCLUSION 'four Advisory Board has fully investigated and dis- cussed ali of the recommendations 1~ereinafter made. It has viewed all of the areas with which the special Articles are concerned, and has satisfied itself that its recommendations are warranted by the information which i~ has gathered. The thanks o£ your Board are extended to the many Town officers who have been called upon £or assistance during the past two months. In every instance, the infor- mation sought was promptly and accurately give~, a~d all of the officers have been most cooperative and help£ul at all times. Respectfully submitted, NORTH ANDOVER ADVISORY BOARD EDWIN C. MURPHY, Chairman JOHN J. FITZGERALD KENNETH M. CRAWFORD WALDO H. HOLCOMBE HARVEY J. LEBOW ROBERT SALTONSTALL LEONARD WINDLE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO ARTICLES IN THE TOWN MEETING WARRANT THE 1951 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING (Article I of the Warrant is the Call for the 1951 Town Election, held March 5, 1951; under the Warrant, the 1951 Annual Town Meeting then stands adjourned, under the bylaws, until Saturday, March 17, 1951, at 1:30 P. when it reconvenes at the Town Hall to take action upon the following Articles :) ARTICLE 2. To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot. Recommended that this be referred to the Selectmen for action. ARTIC][2E 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of receipts and expenditures as presented by the Select- Recommended that the report be accepted. ARTICI~E 4. To see what act]on the town will take as to its unexpended appropriat{ons. Recommended that all unexpended appropriations be returned to the Treasury, with the exception of the follow- ing amounts as of January 1, 1951, which were originally appropriated under the Articles indicated: Article 69 1949 School Program $81,323.07 Article 12 1950 Massachusetts Avenue Play- ground 725.00 Article 17 1950 Massachusetts Avenue Swings and Sa~vs 82.99 Article 29 1950 Fire Department Forest Fire Truck 6,495.50 Article 36 1950 Sidewalk Project 1,240.65 Article 60 1950 Fire Hydrants 946.26 Article 64 1950 Water Service, Main and Greene Streets 1,416.66 Article 69 1950 New High School Plans 9,691.15 1950 Transfer from Reserve Fund to Civil Defense 500.00 1950 Transfer from Reserve Fund to Police Dept. for radio 2,000.00 AItTICLE 5. To see what action th~ town will take as to he reeornmendations of the Advisory Board. Recommended that each item of the proposed budget be considered separately. (See page 23) ARTICI~E 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to ~}orrow money £rom time to time iu anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1952 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 ]ess than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Favorable action recommended. AI~TICI~E 7. To consider the re]~ort of all special com- mittees. Recommended that the reports of all special committees he heard. It is further recommended that the Town Man- agership Study Committee and the Fire Department ~quip- merit Committee be released from further duty with the thanks and appreciation of the Town. ARTICI~E 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to appoint one of their members to the posit[on of Board of Health Physician and to fix his compen- sation, in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41, General Laws. Favorable action recommended on the basis of eom- pensation i~ the amount of $751).00 for the year 1951. This amount has been included in the Board of Health Budget recommended by your Advisory Board. AI~TICI~E 9. To see if the town wi!~ vote to authorize the School Committee to appoint one of its members to the position of School Physician and to fix his compensation, in accordance with Section 4A, 0hapter 41, General Laws. Favorable action recommended on the basis of eom- pensation in the amount of $900.00 for the year 1951. This amount has been included ~n the School Department Budget. ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Eleven ttundred N~nety Dollars ($]1!~0.00) to be xmed for salaries of playground instructors and one supervisor for the six-week schedule in the summer o~ 1951 and for Playground Handicraft ;u?p!ies. Eight Hundred Forty Dollars ($840.00) for salaries (two instructors each at Grogan, Drummond and Massachusetts Avenue Playgrounds) and Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) to be used to purchase sup- plies. Petition of Reereatioual Council. Favorable action recommended. This is a eontinu, ation of the policy established in the Annual Town Meeting three years ago except that the Massachusetts Avenue Playgroun~l has now been added. 7 ARTIOLE 11. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for building and maintaining a skating rink, location to be determined at a later date. Petition of Recreation. al Council. Unfavorable action recommended. It has been the ex- perience of several members of your Advisory Board that the production and maintenance of ice in this climate ,_'s at best a laborious and costly venture, A skating rink must be carefully policed and sunervised, and the labor required for the removal of snow and scraping after hard use is more than most people realize. A sl>eeifie plan for maintenance would be essential for the success of such a project. ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the purchase of approxima*ely ten (10) acres of land on the called Sutton Field for future use as a play,'round and ball playin?:. Petition of Recreational Council. Since this Article was entered in the Warrant, the Recreational Council has indicated that they feel that $8,000.00 is a reasonable offer to make for this uarcel of land. Because this area has t~een usea as a playground for many years by the chil~r~a living locally for whom there is not now and certainly will not be in the future any other conveniently located play area, it w~.uld be very des~reable to add this to the Town's playgrounds. However, due to the loss of income from taxes (a~,out 8300.00, and considerably more if development were to take place) and the considerable cost of maintaining and suuer- vising (nearly $2,000.00 on the basis oS o~r wres,nt 91ay- grounds) unfavorable action is recommended. AIITICLE 13. To see if the town will vct~ to r-q;~,~ and appropria,te the sum of One, Hundred Sixty Dollars ($1~0.00) to do a wiring job at the Town Infirmary. Petition of the Board of Puble Welfare, Favorable action recommended, the appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Welfare. ARTICIfE 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and a~mroeriate the sum of Six Hm;dred Fifty Do]la,rs (~;850.005 to shingle one side of roof at Town lnfirma'ry ma;~x h,xildi~q the street side of the barn at the Town In~rm~ry. Petition of the Board of Public Welfare. Favorable action recommended, the a~propriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Welfare. 8 ARTICLE ]5. To see if the tow~ will authorize thc Mod- erator to appoint a committee to study the organization and admin~strati0n of the town departments of the town govern-. merit, including a study and survey of their employment prac-. rices, wage scales, and expenditures, for the purpose of ascer- taining if more economical and efficient methods of operatimx are possible; that the committee be authorized to employ such expert assistance as it. may deem necessary; and shall report its recommendations, with~specific plans for their adoption to the next annual town meeting; and that a sufficient suni of money be appropriated for the purpose of this survey. Petition of the Town 3~anager Study Committee. In accordance with the discussion in the preface of this report it is recommended that the Moderator be in- structed to appoint a committee of a minimum of five citizens of the Town, not present employees of the Town, to study the organization and administration of the depart. ments of the Town government for the purpose of ascer- taining if more economical and efficient methods of operation are possible, and report its recommendations to the next Annual Town Meeting. In addition, it is recom- mended that $800.00 be raised and appropriated for excenses [~_curre~ in the irT'afar[on o$ matzr~a} an~ for publishing a report. ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisiorm of Chapter 783 approved by the leU,_;s!atu:'~ Attg'ust 16, 1950: "An act makb_:g applicable increases in retirement allowances to those per:;ons retired after January First, lXTine- teen Hundred and Forty Six with a minimum allowance." Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended, for both Articles 15 and 17. Acceptance of the provisions of the Chapters named in these Articles makes the employees of this Town eligible for certain benefits under the County Retirement Program. North Andover will be assessed its share of the costs of this. program whether or not it accepts the benefits as described to your Board in a letter from the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 820 approved bv the legislature Aug'ust 19, ~.950: "An act providing for an'increase in the annual amounts of certain pensions, retirement a]lowances~ annuities and other benefits, payable by the CommonweaRh and its pol- itical subdivisions, to certain former employees and persons ela~ming' under them." Petition of the Bo.ard of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended. See recommendation under Article 16. ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate or ~cransfer from available funds, the sum of Forty-five Hnndred Dollars ($4500.00) to be expended by the Director of Civil Defense, with the approval of the Bc~ard of Selectmen, for the preserwation of health and the protection of persons and properW in the town; for the pm'chase of equipment, materials, uniforms and supplies; to provide for the training' of its citizens in matters essential to Civil Defense, and for any other pur- poses authorized by Chapter 639 of the Acts of 1950. Petition of the Committee for Civil Defense. Forbe~s Rockwell, Director. Unfavorable action recommended. The Director of Civil Defense already has had $500.00 placed at his disposal, and there has not been made evident any foreseeable need for more than this amount in the near future. In the event of an emergency a request fur a transfer from the Reserve Fund could be authorized without delay. ARTiC]DE 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and ~ppropriate or transfer from available fnnds, the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($~00.00) to be used with the present Police Oar, to purchase a new Police Car. Petition of Alfred H. MeKee, Chief of Police. It is recommendert that the sum of $600.00 be taken from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, to be used by the Chief of Police, together with the present Ford car for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 20. To see Jf the town xvill vote to transfer the unexpended balance of l%ur Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00) from Article No. 29 of the 1950 Warrant to be used for painting present eq~6pment in the Fire Station. Petitqon of the Board of Fire Eng'ineers. Unfavorable action recommended. Provision of funds needed for ordinary maintenance of equipment in the Fire Station customarily apeears in the departmental budget and not in a special Article. The sum of $450.00 no longer remains unexpended from Article 29 of the 1950 Warrant. Your Boarzl has consistently recommended that such expended balances should be returned to the Treasury. Articles 21, 22, 23, and 24 refer to streets that have been approve~l by the Planning Board, adjudicated by the Board of Selectmen, and l~roper notification of these actions has been made. Therefore, favorable action is recommended on all these Articles. It is suggested that they be acted on collectively by a single vote as discussed in the Foreword. AItTICLE ?l. To see if the town will vote to accept ttolbrook Road, from Putnam Road to Massachusetts Avenue, 10 according to the layout approved by the Planning Board and as adjudicated by the Board of Selectmen. Petition ef Alvah G. Hayes and others. Favorable action recommended. See above. ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will vote to accept Hamilton Road. from Putnam Road to Massachusetts Averme; according to tt~e layout approved bv the Planning Board anti as aAjudicated by the Board of Selectmen. Petition of the Board of Seleetmen. Favorable action recommended. See above. ARTICLE 23. To see if the town will vote to accept Peru- brook Road from Greene Street northerly for a distance of Four Hundred Forty-five Feet (445), according to the layout approved by the Planning Board and as adjudicated by the Board of Selectmen. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended. See above.. ARTICLE 24. To see if the town will vote to accept Tyler Road for its complete length (between Pembrook and Wood- bridge Roads), according to the layout approved by the Plan~ ning Board and as adjudicated by the Board of Selectmen. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended. See above. ARTICLE 25. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the purpose of shaping, grading, graveling a~ad oiling Foster' Street, from ~losqui~o Brook to Winter Street. Petition of Anthony Camasso and others. Unfavorable action recommended. Your Advisory Board does not feel that it is in the best interests of the Town to make this expenditure at this time. ARTICLE 26. To see if thc town will vote to increase the Reserve Police Force from seven(7) to ten (10) men and have the Board of Selectmen appoint three (3) of the duly elected Constables who have been elected ten years or more as Reserve Police Officers, and petition the Massachusetts State IJegislature to put the me~ named under the Civil Service laws. Petition of Raymond ,Y. Cushman and others. Your Advisory Board recommends that this Article be stricken from the Warrant since the request contained in this Article can quite properly be referred to the Board of Selectmen, as its substance is within their jurisdiction. ARTICIbE 27. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($1,325.00) to be used with the present 1940 pick-up: 11 truck to. purchase a new truck for the use of the Highway Department. Petit[on of the IIi~'hway Surveyor. Your Advisory Board recommends that $1,325.00 be taken from unapl~ropr~ate,J available funds in the Treasury to b~ used by the Highway 8urveyor together with the Present 1040 Chevrolet pick-up truck for the purpose of purchase_rig a new truck for the use of the Highway Depart- ment. ARTICLE 28. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00~ to be used for a sidewalk projec.t; the town to pay one-half the cost and the applicant to pay the other half. Petition of the Hi~o.hway Surveyor. It is recommended that $1,000.00 be raised and approp- riated for the purposes of this Artlele to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor. This amount should be adequate for the current year in view of lhe fact that $1,240.65 is being carried over from the unexpended balance of Article 36 of the 1950 Warrant. ARTICLE 29. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hnndred Dollars ($200.00) for the pur- pose of painting' and replacing street signs. Petition of the Hi~'hway Surveyor. Favorable action recommended, the appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor. AI~TICLE 30. To see ~f the town will raise and appro- prlate the sum of Two Thousasnd Dollars ($2,000.00) for main- tenance of any street in town under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used in eo~nnetion with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other ae, t~on in relation thereto. Petition of the Hig. hway Surveyor. Favorable action recommended, the appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 31. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the rebuilding of Great Pond goad from the jmtetion of Osgood Street a; far as the money will allow, nnder Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used with any money which m,qy be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the High,ray Surveyor. It is recommended that the sum of $~,000.00 be taken from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury for 12 the purposes of this Article, to be expended under the direc- tion of the Highway Surveyor, under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, together with any money which may be al- lotted for such purposes by the State or County or both. ARTICLE 32. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) to pipe the ditch at the corner of Railroad Avenue and lk~assaehusetts Avenue for a distance o£ One Hundred Fifty Peet (150). This to eliminate a danfferous situation caused by the drainage from Massachusetts Avenue, Lyman Road, IIamflton Road and brook l~oad which runs into this ditch. Petition of the Hig~hway Surveyor. Unfavorable action recommended. In view of the major expenditure required for the purposes of this Article, and after discussing the matter with the Highway Surveyor, your Board feels that the Town's best interests do not re- quire the completion of this project th;_s year. ARTICLE 33. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to r~xtend the surface drain on Lyman Road Three Hundred Fe,'t (300) from Pembrook Road, with 12-5~eb pipe and two catch basins. Petition of the Hig'hway Surveyor. It is recommended that $1,000.00 be taken from the available unappropriated funds in the Treasury for the purnose of this Article to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor, but only after he has bee_n_ duly notified by the Selectmen that they have taken _al! action necessary to lay out an adequate drainage system_ for Ly- man Road, and to provide for the assessment of better- ments for the installation of such system under the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws, as amqnded; and the Selectmen are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to take such steps as provide for the assessment of betterments therefore under said Chapter 80, as amended. GENERAL SEWER RECOMMENDATION Articles 34, 36, 38, 40, and 44 below all deal with the installation of sewers in streets with Plannin~ Board or equivalent approval. It is suggested that they be acted on collectively by a single vote as discussed in the Foreword. It has been the policy of the Town to appropriate the money for this type of project from unexpended available funds in the Treasury subject to certain conditions which ensure that the petitioners actually have need of the sewer, that the sewer assessments do ~uarantee a reasonable re- turn on the investment to the Town, and that the streets 13 will be restored to a reasonable degree of repair. In the event that a petitioner does not satisfy these conditions, the money appropriated is returned to the Town Treasury. Therefore, it is recommended that the amounts desig- nated for each article be taken from unappropriated avail- able funds in the Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works, for the l~Orposes of the designated article, upon the following conditions: I The posting' of a bond on or before May 15, 1951 by petitioners and/or owners with the Selectmen, in such form that six months after the completion of the project, the road and sidewalks affected thereby shall have been so reconstructed and repaired, including the installation of all necessary drainage systems, therein, as to meet such re- quirements as the Highway Surveyor shall have imposed as conditions precedent to his certification of such ways under the Selectmen's "Regulations for Laying Out Streets°" 2. That, on or before May 15, 1951, the construction of homes shall have been started. Article 34 Silsbee Road 2500.00 Article 36 Woodbridge Road 4760.00 Article 38 Putnam Road 560.00 Article 40 Beacon Hill Boulevard 650.00 Article 44 Sawyer Road 2500.00 GENERAL WATER RECOMMENDATION Articles 35, 37, 39, 41, 42, 45, 48, and 49 all deal with the installation of water in streets which have had Plan- ning ~oard or equivalent approval. It is suggested that they be acted on collectively by a single vote as discussed in the Foreword. It is the pol;_cy of the Town to make a~pro~riations for this purpose from available funds in the Treasury subject to certain conditions which ensure that the petitioner has need of the installation, that the Town will receive a rea- sonable return for its investment, and that the streets will be restored to a reasonable state of repair. It is recommended that the amounts designated for each Article be appropriated from the unexpended available fnnds in the Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of the designated Article upon ful~ fillment of following conditions: 1. That cq or before May 15, 1951, the petitioners and]or owners deposit with the Town Treasurer, for the 14 use of the Town, 25% of the sum estimated for the desig- nated Article, and also will make a guarantee, acceptable to the Board of Public Works, of 6% of the cost of the pro- ject annually as water rates for a period of ten years. 2. The posting of a bond on or before May 15, 1951, by the petitioners and/or owners with the Selectmen, in such form and amount as the latter may require, to assure the Town that 6 months a£ter the completion of the project the road and sidewalks affected by the project shall have been so reconstructed and repaired including the installa- tion of all necessary drainage systems therein, as to meet such requirements as the Highway Surveyor shall have prescribed as conditions precedent to his certification of such ways under the Selectmen's "Regulations for the Lay- ing out of Streets." 3. That, on or before May 15, 1951, the construction ~of homes shall have been started. Article 35 Silsbee Road 1450.00 Article 37 Woodbridge Road 2900.00 Article 39 Putnam Road 550.00 Article 41 Beacon Hill Boulevard 1150.00 Article 42 Beacon Hill Boulevard 1900.00 Article 45 Sawyer Road 980.00 Article 48 Mifflin Drive 1300.00 Article 49 Sawyer Road 670.00 ARTICLE 34. To see if the town will vote to raise and · ar, pronriate, or p'rov;de by bond issue, or transfer from avail- :able funds, a sufficient sum of mo~ey to extend the sewer system on Silsbee Road from Herrick Road to Lyman Road. Petition of Richard S. Hilton and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL 'SEWER RECOMMENDATION. ARTICLE 35. To see if the town will vote to ra~:e and appropriate or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a suf~cient sum of money to extend the Water sys];(~/Ol On Lym~m R, oac] from prev~m~s terminus to S]lsbee Road and Two tlnndred Seventy Feet (270) on Silsbee Road. Petition of Riekard S. Hilton and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL WATER RECOMMENDATION. ARTICLE 36. To see if tt~e town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond ~ss~e, or ~ransfer from avail- 'able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend tt~e sewer system on Tavern Road from Bradstreet Road to Woodbr~dge 15 Road and on Woodbridge Road from Tavern Road to Greene· Street. Peri.riCh of Louis H. McAloon and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL SEWER RECOMMENDATION. ARTICLE 37. To see if the town will vote to raise and, appro~)riate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able fun&s, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Woodbridge Road from Greene Street to Tavern Read. Petition of Louis H. MeAloon and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL, WATER RECOMMENDATION. AP~TICLE 38. To see i~ the town will vote to raise and: appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer- system on Putnam Road One Hundred Twenty-five Feet (125) from Hamilton Road. Petition of Aisdon H. Arold and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL, SEWER RECOMMENDATION. ARTICUE 39. To see il the town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a su::~e!ent sum a~ money to extend ~he water system on Prttnam Road One Hnndred Twenty Jive Feet (126) from Ilamilton Road. Petition of Alsdon H. Arold and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL, WATER RECOMMENDATION. ARTICLE 40. To see if the town will vote to raise and: appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Beacon Hill Boulevard from the present terminus. One ttundred Fifty Feet (150) towards Chiekering Road. Petition of Philip T. Miller and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL SEWER RECOMMENDATION. ARTICLE 41. To see if the town will vote to raise and' appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufl~cicnt sum of money 'to extend the water system on Beacon Hill Boulevard from the present terminus Three Hundred Feet (300) southwesterly toward Chickering' Road. Petition of John F. Sullivan and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL WATER RECOMMENDATION. 1§ : ARTICLE 42. To see if the town will vote to raise and :appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from. avail- .able funds, a sufficient sum of money tO extend the water system on Beacon Hill Boulevard from the present terminus :southwesterly to Chickering/toad. Petition of Pauline M. Blood and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL WATER RECOMMENDATION. ARTICLE 43. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system from Chestnut Street Four Hundred Fifty Feet (450) along Mill Road. Petition of Frayne Bredbury and others. The cost of this project is estimated at $1800.00. Since this is an accepted street, your Advisory Board recommends that $1,800.00 be taken from the unappropriated available funds in the Treasury to be expended under the direction ,of the Board of Public Works for the purposes of this Arti- cle, upon fulfillment of the following conditions: 1. That, on or before May 15, 1951, the petitioners and/or owners shall make a guarantee, acceptable to the Board of Public Works, of 6% of the cost of the project annually as water rates for a period of ten years. 2. The posting of a bond on or before May 15, 1951, by the petitioners and/or owners with the Selectmen, in ,such form and amount as the latter may require, to assure the Town that 6 months deter the completion of the vrojeet the road and sidewalks affected by the project shall have been so reconstructed and repaired including the ;nstallation of all necessary drainage systems therein, as to meet such requirements as the Highway Surveyor shall have pre- scribed as conditions precedent to his certification c¢ such ways under the Selectmen's "Regulations for the Laying out of Streets". 3. That, on or before May 15, 1951, the construction of homes shall have been started. ARTICLE 44. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro~r~ate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a suf~cicnt sum of money to extend the sewer system on Sawyer Road from Pembrook Road to Middlesex Street. Petition of Dean Ross and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL SEWER RECOMMENDATION. 17 ARTICLE 45. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a snffieicnt snm of ~noney to extend the water system on Sawyer Road Two Hundred Forty Feet (240) from Pembrook Road. Petition of Dean Ross and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL WATER RECOMMENDATION. ARTICLE 46. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond ~ssne, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficie~t sum of money to extend the sewer system on Pembrook Road and Miffilin Drive Seven Hundred Feet (700) to Bradstreet Road. Petition of Dean Ross and others. Unfavorable action recommended. So far as is known at present there are no plans for building on the parts of the streets named in this Article. Therefore, your Advisory Board feels that so large an investment by the Town is not justified. ARTICLE 47. To see if the town wilI vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a snffie~ent stun of money to extend the water system on Pembrook Road and Miffilin Drive Seven Hundred Feet (700) to Bradstreet ]Road. Petition of Dean Ross and others. Unfavorable action recommended. As for Article 46, it is the understanding of your Board that there is no. building contemplated at this time on the streets to be serviced under this Article. ARTICLE 48. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Miffllh] Drive Two Hundred Forty Feet (240) from Massachusetts Avenue. Petition of Dean Ross and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAL WATER RECOMMENDATION. ARTICLE 49. To see if the town wiI1 vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water~ system on Sawyer Road One Hundred Fifty Feet (150) from ~{[ddlesex Street. Petition of Dean Ross and others. Favorable action recommended. See GENERAl,, WATER RECOMMENDATION. 18 ARTICLE 50. To see i£ the town will vote to raise a~d appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or traus£er from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Moody Street from Furber Avenue Three Hundred Feet (300) towards Chadwick Street. Petition of George F. It, Moody and others. Unfavorable action recommended. It is the understand- ing of your Board that there is no building contemplated on this street at this time. AI~T]~CLE 51. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) to provide a ~ew sand box at Gregan's Field, a storage locker at Drummond Field and a sand box, work tables, benches and seed the entire area at the "Sanclbank" playground on Massachusetts Avenue as requested by the Recreational Council. Peti~tion of the Board of Public Works Favorable action recommended, the appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works. At~.TICLE 52. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) to erect a five-foot wo~'en wire fence ~long the Massachusetts Avenue side of the "Sandbank" playground. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended, the appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works. ARTICI:I~] 53. To see if thc town will raise and appro- priate Fifty five Ilundred Dollars (,95500.00) to clean and cement line water mains Jn the water works system. Petition of the Board of Public Works. It is recommended that $5,,500.00 be taken from the unappropriale~l available funds in the Treasury to be ex- pended by the Board of Public Works for the purposes of this Article. AlgTIOI~]~ 5~. To see if the town will appropriate from avai]ab!e funds, the s,m ot~ Seven Thousand Three H~mdred Nineteen Dollars and Eighty-three cents ($7,319.83) being the amount of water department receipts in exce:~s of water partm~mt operating' expenses for 1950 to a Stabilization Fund as provided for by Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945, with the understanding thai it is to be used by the town for capital i~tprovements in the water works system under the provisions ,of the above act. Petition of the Beard o'f Public Works. It is recommended that $7,319.83 be transferred from the unappropriated available funds in the Treasury to the 19 Stabilization Fund as ~rovided for by Chapter 124 of the· Acts of 1945 with the understanding that it is to be used by the Town for capital improvements in the Water Works System under the provisions of the above act. This is part of a long range plan to modernize the pumping station and increase its capacity to keep pace with increasing consump- tion. AI~TICDE 55. To see if the town will vote to transfer from the Stabiliza,tion Pllnd Eleven Thousand IVom. Hundred Sixty-two Dollars and Twenty-six ¢ent. s ($11,462.26) to be used to purchase and install a gasoline or Diesel engine power unit at lhe pumpNg station. Petitio~l of the Boarct of Public Works. It is recommended that $11,4fi2.2~ be transferred from the Stabilization Fund to be used to purchase and install a gasoline or Diesel engine power unit at the pumping sta- tion. This am~un~ includes the sum of $7,310.83 recommen- ded to be transferred te the Stabilization Fund in Article 54, and $4?}85..97 which was transferred to the Stabilization Fund by Article 65 of the 1950 Warrant. This engine would enable the pumping station to be independent in the event of an electrical pewer failure, and with an additional pump to be bought in the future, the immping capacity will be apl~rax[mate~y doubled~ AI{TICLE 55. q'o ~.(*e i±' thc h>w~: will raise and appro- priate the sum of PRe Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to pur- chase a tractor-seoopba~ldozer. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended, the sum to be taken from available unappropriated fu,_ds in the Treasury and to be expended for the purposes of this Article under the direction of the Board of Public Works. The particular machine which is contemplated would economize the pro- eess of laying water and sewer pipe, and in addition, it is agreed that the machine would be available for snow re- moval operations in the winter and that is intended for municipal use only. ARTICLE 57. To see if the tow~ will raise and appro- priate the sum of Thirteen Hm~dred Dollars ($1300.00) to be used with the prescott International half-ton truck to purchase a new half-ton truck for the Park anti Playground Depart- n~ent. Petktion o~ thc Bosrd ¢~ Public Works. Favorable action recommended, the sum to be taken from available unappropriated funds in the Treasury and to be expended for the purpose of this Article under the direction of the Board of Public Works. 20 ARTICLE 58. To see if the town will vo.te to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able fm~ds, Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) to make such extensions of the water main system, under the regulations voted at the annual town meeting, as the Board of Public Works, on October first, considers most necessary, such ex- tensions not having been petitioned for at the annual meeting. Petition of the Board of Public Works. It is recommended that $1,500.00 be raised a_nM approp- riated to be expended for the purposes of this Article under the direction of the Board of Public Works. This would enable a limited number of water extensions to be made for the purposes outlined in this Article. Since 85% of such exgenditures in unaccepted streets or 60% in accepted streets, will be returned to the Town Treasury in such cases, the long range cost to the Town for this Article is not great. ARTICq[JE 5.9. To see if the town will raise and appro- pr;ate the sum of Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($15,g()0.00) to be added to the Stabilization Fund under Chap- ter ]24, Acts of 1945, as created under Article 3¢ of the War- racet for the Annua'~ Meeting held March 16, 1946, and as recommended in the Reeves' Survey. Pet2tion of School Building Committee. Favorable action recommende~t. Th;s is a continuation of the policy, established by the Town in 1946, of annually setting aside a proportionate share of tax money for the financing' of the longe range school building program of the Town. ARTICLE 60. To see if the town will place at the dis- posal of the School Building Committee for the ¢urpose of eom;~leting the program of element,aW school building, lined- sea.ping, and equipping, and any other school-building expen- ditures deemed necessary by the said School Buildin~ Com- m;~ttee, the stun of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) now held in the Stabilization Fund created under Article 36 of the Warrm~t for the Annual Meeting held on March 16. 1946, and having been added to at the Town Meetings of ~947, 1948, 1949. 1950 and 1951. Petition of School Building' Committee. Your Advisory Board recommends that $5,000.00 be taken from unappropriated available Funds in the Treasury for the por!~oses of this Article to be expended under the direction of the School Building Committee, and that the Stabilization Fund should be conserved as far as possible for a new High School. 21 AItTICLE 61. To see if the town will Yore to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money to be added to thc Stabilization Fund under Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945, Section 5B of Chapter 40. Petition of School Building Committee. It is recommended that the Town appropriate the sum ,of $26,800.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury to be added to the ~tabilization Fund under General Laws, Chapter 40, ~eetion 5-B. A[{TICLE 62. To see if the town will raise ~nd appro- priate, transfer from the Stabilization Fund, or otherwise pro- v~de a sum not to (~xeeed ~eventeen Thousand Dollacs ($]7~000.00) ~or the purchase o~ two parcels of land needed for access to the proposed s~te of the new high school: one parcel of aaproximately ten acres belongSn~ to the Stevens Estate, and/or the other parcel the adjob~ing lot on Main Street owned by Daniel Valpey of Methuen, or their sneees sors in title. Petition of School Buildh~g Commit[ce. The following vote is recommended: That the sum of $17,000.00 be hereby raised and appropriated for the pur- poses of th~s Article; and the Selectmen are hereby author- ized, empowered and directed to expend the same, and to execute, in the name and behalf of the Town, such agree- ments or other legal documents as may be necessary or advisable for said purposes. AgT[CLE 63. To see if the town wi1] vote to accept Gotuit Street for a distance o~ One Hundred Sixty Feet (160) from Andover Street, aceordb~g ~o the layout anproved by the Planning Board and as adjudicated by the Board of Selectmen. Pe[itlon o~ the Board o~ Selectmen. Favorable aeiion recommended, the requirements for laying ~ut streets having been eomplie~ w~th. 22 BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY ~t3-19 CONCORD STREET. LAWR£NC£. MASS. -