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HomeMy WebLinkAbout19766A 13 Land ~ecords Commission; Department of Community Affairs l / 35 / / Program Statement January 1976 30B 26 23 24 25 69-4 25B gSA I . MICHAEL S. DOKAKI$ Governor WILLIAM G. FLYNN Secretary January, 1976 To Governor Michael S. Dukakis and Members of the Great and General Court of the Commonwealth: The Land Records Commission was organized in our Division of Community Services in October, 1974, to develop a program for improving and coordinating the disparate records concerning land that are maintained by the State, county and local governments of Massachusetts. Through a combination of basic research, task force discussions an4 many meetings with people having interests and ex- perience in related subjects, the Commission has produced this statement of its recommended program. We now face the question of how and when to respond to the challenge presented by the Commission in this outline of the steps that would move the Co~nonwealth toward a modern, integrated land and resources information system. For example, you may want to consider the need for legislation such as House No. 2350 of 1976, sponsored by Representatives Donald Gaudette and Bruce Zeiser, and Senator Ronald MacKenzie, reprinted here as Appendix F for your reference. The Commission has advised me that it will be recommending a number of changes to the original language of House 2350 as reproduced here, for presentation to the legislative committees. Without some such legislation, most of the State initiatives in coordinating these efforts will cease when the present appropri- ation for the Land Records Commission runs out on June 30 of this year. Meanwhile, you can look forward to at least four more technical publi- cations from the Land Records Commission in the remaining five months of the fiscal year, containing more specific guidelines for certain elements of its recommended program (see back cover of this report). Much effort during these remaining months will also be devoted to obtaining support for a major demon- stration project from the Federal government or a private foundation. To Governor Michael S. Dukakis and Members of the Great and General Court of the Commonwealth: January, 1976 We are indebted to the twenty-four members of the Land Records Commis- sion, and the eighteen others who have participated in its task forces, all listed in Appendix I, who have given many hours and even days of their time to further this program. We likewise are grateful for the interest and hospitality of the seven registers of deeds and the officials of the ten municipal governments of the Commonwealth, and seven governmental offices elsewhere in the New England states, plus the several professional associa- tions, that have been visited by the staff and consultants of the Commission. Particular credit should go to the representatives of the Massachusetts Conveyancers Association and to the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, New England Section, for their untiring support of this effort. We look forward to the continuing involvement of all of these parties in the evolution of improvements to these vital public services. Respectfully submit~ William G. Flynn ~ Secretary of Communities and Development WGF/mb -2- MASSACHUSETTS LAND RECORDS COMMISSION PROGRAM STATEMENT CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF LAND RELATED INFORMATION INMASSACHUSETTS RECORDS OF TITLE OTHER PUBLIC RECORDS CONCERNING THE LAND A STRATEGY FOR CREATING A CURRENT LAND DATA SYSTEM FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSE"TS GOALS: 1. More Efficient Records for Transactions 2. Data Base for Assessment ~nd Tax Collection 3. Rapid Access to Records f~r Land Management 4. Analysis for Policy Development and Planning 5. Modernizing Land Records Procedures APPROACH: 1. Requirements Identification 2. Data Element Determination 3. Parcel Index Numbering 4. Property Index Maps and Boundary Locations 5. Data Processing System Design 6. System Operation FINANCING THE COSTS OUTLINE OF A PLAN FOR A PILOT PROJECT OBJECTIVES: 1. A Model That Can Be Extended Nationally 2. Services to the Demonstration Area 3. Measure the Benefits and Costs 4. Evaluate Public Certificates of Title Evidence WORK PROGRAM LEGAL REQUIREMENTS 12 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 20 21 24 25 26 32 32 32 33 34 35 37 ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SYSTEM 39 APPENDICES: A. Sununary of Registry of Deeds Activity in Massachusetts B. Data Elements Considered for the Start-up Phase of an Integrated Current Land Data System C. Resolution on Parcel Index Numbers D. Conclusions and Resolutions of the Conference on Specifications for a Geodetic Survey E. Characteristics of Selected Land Data Systems F. Proposed Act Providing for Improvement of Land Records G. Criteria for Selection of a City or Town for the Land Records Pilot Project: Minimum and Optimum H. Pilot Operations Plan I. Sponsoring Organizations J. Selected Bibliography MAP: Massachusetts County Registries of Deeds. FRONT COVER: Northeast corner of Section 69-3 of the property index map series of Fairfax County, Virginia, courtesy of the Fa~rfax County Mapping Division. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY The Land Records Commission was appointed by the Secretary of Communities and Development of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts in October, 1974, and charged with developing plans and financial support for demon- strating and testing a modern, multi-purpose public land records system. By the end of the fiscal year in June, 1975, the Commission completed a review of present sys- tems for maintaining the essential land records of state, county and municipal agencies, in comparison with im- proved systems that have been established or proposed elsewhere. The Commission has endorsed the general con- cept of an integrated, current land data system recom- mended for Massachusetts, technical solutions to certain critical steps such as parcel index numbering, and the work program for a demonstration and test of these pro- posals in one city or town of the Commonwealth. This report provides an overview of the recommended system and strategy for its further development, while at the same time serving as the formal report of the Commission on its activ~ties for Fiscal Year 1975. The Commission bas found that each of the many governmental agencies that require records of conditions of land parcels is forced to maintain its own separate files and maps for its individual purposes. Lacking an organized system of references to these records, others who wish to use them must contact many separate public offices at dispersed locations to assemble the essential records that pertain to a single parcel of land. The Commission recommends that the State government begin now to assemble th~ resources it will need to pro- vide leadership in establishing a common base of land data for governmental agencies, and for the private enter- prises that also depend upon their records. Eventually, the State must establish the uniform standards that will make possible the cross-referencing of selected state, county and municipal land data files in an integrated system. Such standards must extend at least to the areas of survey control, large-scale mapping, data coding, data processing, personnel and do~'umentation. Eventually, the State ~must also provide the supporting services of pro- duction of standard property maps, data system design, technical supervision, and possibly the actual data processing, storage and retrieval for the many agencies that maintain and use these files. The strategy recommended by the Land Records Com- mission for assembling these resources is the sponsor- ship of a pilot project to demonstrate and test the com- plete sequence of operations involved in establishing and maintaining a modern land data system in one city or town. The work program should include the economic studies that will measure the prospective benefits, which should be substantial, in relation to projected costs of a statewide system. Feedback should be obtained from agencies that will have to make inputs and from pros- pective users, to reconcile the designs for a permanent statewide system with their own special needs. A phased program should be proposed for installation of the sys- tem, area by area, in relation to available funding. The work program should also include drafting of the neces- sary legislation. The Land Records Commission has embarked upon the recruiting of the broadest possible support for this pilot project, design of a system that meets the re- quirements of the prospective sponsors, and drafting of procedures for the first basic steps such as parcel index mapping and numbering, as the most urgent tasks for 1976. ~2 SIGNIFICANT PBOBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF LAND-RELATED INFORMATION IN MASSACHUSETTS Traditionally, the maintenance of land-related in- formation in Massachusetts has been the responsibility of several independ~,nt governmental organizations. For many years the separate fi]es of the registries of deeds, the probate courts, the Land Court, municipal assessors, engineering and tax offices, county engineering depart- ment~, the department of public works, public authorities, state commissions, state agencies and other such organi- zations have been individually available to serve the needs of land purchasers, conveyancers, assessors, muni- cipalities, state and regional planners, and the public. It is becoming increasingly apparent, however, that the needs of these users of land-related information are no longer being adequately served by the uncoordinated sys- tems currently in use in the Commonwealth. The information is needed for a variety of essential functions, among which the Land Records Commission has focused its attention on 1) the facilitation of land trans- actions, 2) providing data required for both public and private land management, 3) enabling local governments to operate the property assessment and taxation process, and 4) building a common data base for land policy analysis and planning. The retrieval of land-related information for these purposes is becoming more and more difficult, while at the same time the complexity of society is ex- tending our requirements for up-to-date information to in- clude zoning, ownership, assessment, flood plains, his- torica] districts, land use, and environment for both in- dividual parcels of land and larger areas including entire towns, districts, or regions. RECORDS OF TITLE Historically, the repositories of basic land-related information have been the registries of deeds and the muni- cipal offices of the cities and towns. Central to the existing land records system is the complex indexing of title and land-related instruments currently employed at the various registries. Access to the ~ecords is gained through the names of parties rather than through the iden- tity of the parcel affected, specifically, through the names of grantors and grantees which appear on recorded instruments such as deeds, mortgages, attachments, as- signments and other documents relating to interests in land. This requires the time-consuming and risky work of identifying the copies of instruments which relate to a specific parcel. The problems faced by a user of these indexes include variant name spellings, name changes, re-identification of land affected for each instrument and gaps in the chain of title evidence. The closing of these gaps may require an additional search, using the name of a previous owner, at the regis- try of probate. Copies of certain other types of instruments af- fecting land which are recorded at registries of deeds must be located by using indexes separate from the grantor and grantee indexes, which means a multiple search each time current data is desired about a specific parcel of land. These instruments include liens, attachments, plans and bankruptcy records. Such searches have an inherent risk of error and lack of completeness. The effort required to gather needed information from these sources can be illustrated by the requirements placed upon an attorney in conducting an examination of the title of land which his client intends to purchase, as related by Frederic B. Dailey, Esquire:~ "The traditional title search begins with the lawyer or his title examiner searching in the registry of deeds in bound volumes of indexes which are maintained under the names of present and former owners rather than by reference to the land parcel. The indexes lead him to copies of deeds and other legal documents found in another series of volumes. He tries to find a copy of a deed made many years ago which looks as if it transferred title to the land that his client wants to buy (the locus) and which looks as if it was intended to disclose any mortgages, easements and other outstanding rights in locus. Taking that old deed copy at face value, with the help of the in- dexes, he~examlnes all later records that he can find af- fecting locus. He makes notes and copies so that he can review the information that he collects. He then draws inferences as to who owns locus, what rights exist in other land as appurtenant to locus and what rights exist in favor Of others that are a burden upon locus. "The inferences drawn by the title examiner are not authoritative. He cannot be sure that he has seen all the relevant records. Some facets of legal significance are not proved by the records. The conclusions that he reports to bis client are binding on no one but himself. Land Law Reform is on the Way - 11/4/74 UnpubliShed paper by Frederic B. Dailey, Esq. Boston, Mass. When his client sells to a new buyer, there must be a new title search. Mortgage lenders and others who need to know who bas the right to control a piece of land must have title searches too. "The land records are the result of recording acts that were passed to prevent the disputes arising when an owner sold inconsistent interests in land to different persons. The recording acts say that the first to re- cord his instrument prevails. So, any careful buyer has the records searched. If no adverse instrument is found, he pays the purchase price, takes his deed apd immediately records it. Since the early recording acts there have been all sorts of statutes passed relating to land which call for the recording of various documents. Lawyers have taken to recording other documents as a matter of practice. The courts bare rendered decisions in many dis- putes involving the consequences of recording or not. That accumulation of laws, practices and decisions forms the body of law on which title examiners base their in- ferences and conclusions as to land title and rights. But the development of land las has been episodic. There has never been a coherent system - apart from the Regis- tered Land System (similar to the Torrens System) - de- signed to assure buyers of the legal rights they will get when they buy. In times past, this situation has been tolerated. "The problem of protecting buyers against legal hazards is quite different now from what it was in colonial days. Consider these changes: Today we buy and sell real estate almost as commonly as we buy and sell merchandise. The volume of transactions has increased tremendously. (In a typical Massachusetts county with records starting in 1793, half the records are since 1943.) Not only are there many more transactions, but new kinds of ~nstruments too. The proliferation of records makes it much more difficult to eon- duct the necessary search of the volumes of indexes and records. Since colonial times Congress and the state legislatures have im- posed many new legal burdens, including vari- ous tax liens and zoning, subdivision and environmental controls, often without regard to their effect on the reliability and ex- pense of title searches. To protect the in- terests of the buyer, the lawyer must often consult several government agencies for data not to be found among the usual land records. The investigation of how public rights and controls apply to locus has become a substantial part, often the major part, of the task of protecting the interests of the buyer. Indexes by the names of the sellers, buyers, mortgage lenders and other parties to instruments, were good indexes when land transactions were few~and nearly every- one stayed in his native town until he died. But now that nearly everyone moves his place of residence at least once or twice and in some distant place may be divorced, remarry, change his name and die, the individual name is an unsatisfactory key to the land records. For the same reasons that numbers are re- quired for our telephones, bank accounts, drivers' licenses and tax returns, names are unsatisfactory for indexing our land records. The advent of land use controls has hastened the obsolescence of name indexes because such controls are imposed on a territorial basis rather than by names of current owners. Zon- ing, wetland laws, airport approach path re- strictions, urban renewal districts, historic districts and the like just cannot feasibly be shown in name indexes. Persons served by the land records formerly were local buyers and lenders. Local varia- tions in land law, not only from state to state but even sometimes from one part of a county to another, caused little inconvenience. Now there are many regional and national corp- orations dealing in land and the Federal government too has frequent need to search the land records. Local differences in land law are a real hindrance to such dealings. These differences deter the development of a secondary mortgage market and so perpetu- ate differences in the availability and cost of mortgage money from place to place." Many of the operating characteristics of the regis- tries of deeds are prescribed in Chapter 36 of the Mass- achusetts General Laws. Included in that chapter are statutes dealing with registry operations, locations, personnel duties, recording methods, indexing require- ments and other matters which are involved in filing and maintaining records of instruments relating to land. Appendix A provides a summary of current activity of the registries throughout Massachusetts. A special set of files of land-related information, covering only those parcels that are in the registered land system, is maintained at each registry of deeds under the supervision of the Land Court. Using the general ap- proach of the Torrens System, by which the title and rights in land are conclusively established, the registered land system saves a buyer from searching for the documents af- fecting the locus because it identifies all of them for him on a certificate of t~tle. In addition such a system saves the buyer from deciding whether the documents are valid because it spe,~ifies the current owner and excludes all except identified bnrden~; on the locus. The operation of the land registration system in Mass- achusetts is the res~onsibility of the Land Court. Created by the enactment of Chapter ]85 of the Massachusetts General Laws in 1898, the La,d Court deals strictly with land and has the function of perfecti,g title to land and its bound- aries. The court maintains public records of such regis- tered land titles by reference to the parcel itself as identified on Land Court plans. The records of the Land Court are maintained separately from other records in the registry of deeds and now cover approximately 15 percent of the Massachusetts land area. OTHER PUBLIC RECORDS CONCERNING THE LAqD The current approach to the maintenance of land- related information is characterized by partial systems, limited as to purpose and useful life. There exists no uniform method of parcel identification and indexing, no uniform surveying and mapping standards, and no method of maintaining and utilizing a previously compiled record except for the land registration system referred to above, Each municipality, county, region, state, and agency of the U.S. Government maintains different land-related records in difIerent ways, so that one level of government can not easily consolidate or abstract land records from another and, therefore, must go to the expense of assem- bling and maintaining its own set of files. The useful life of data now available is short be- cause uncoordinated, special-purpose surveys and censuses lose their validity and value in a few years. Instead of being currently maintained at a fraction of cost in an integrated land records process, data must be collected anew when updating is required. Periodic land use surveys and the separate censuses taken by municipalities, regions, state and the Federal government are typical of these uncoordinated activities. Existing data systems all have limited purposes. Each agency maintains land records for its own ends, instead of having access to an integrated land records ~ystem which would be more useful and economical to r~aintain. Today in order to acquire information about a parcel of land, one must often go to the local assess- ors, planning bpard, conservation commission, building z_nspector, and public works department, as well as to the county registry of deeds and to additional offices ~uch as the regional planning agency and the Massachu- ~etts Departments of Natural Resources and Public Works. It is often difficult to find out where to gather needed information about a particular parcel, group or region. ~ning, environmental~ land use, flood and l~lstorical district restrictions are examples of data which may be relatively inaccessible because of the pro- liferation of agencies and lack of any practical guide ~o the specific record or agency which has the needed ~nformation in any readily retrievable form. Govern- mental decisions or land management policies may be made without the benefit of needed information which is kept by other agencies but is inaccessible. Each time that ownership of a land parcel changes, ~t is common to have a separate title search, a check of the boundaries by a surveyor, and a check of building and occupancy permits, soil percolation tests, tax as- ~essment or abatement records, etc. The costs of starting from scratch every time instead of looking at only the changes that take place since the last search, are econom- ically unjustifiable -- whether such costs are borne by each new owner or by the public. The assessors of each of the c~ties and towns of Massachusetts are major users, as well as sources, of land-related information. Operating under the Massachu- setts General Laws, especially Chapters 58 and 59, these local officials collect data concerning each taxable property within the municipality. Records concerning taxable property being maintained by the assessors' of- fices may be indexed by property maps, parcel numbers, field cards or books, valuation lists and other files of assessment data. Such records may indicate parcel di- mensions, land are~, structural details, improvement descriptions, owners' names, deed location in the regis- try of deeds, assessed value, land use, zone, and other specific information concerning the property. Although required by law to make an annual assess- ment of all property at fair market value, municfpal assessors gen~rally ~ave not done so. Assessments that were initiall,- at fair market value have become less ac- curate with the passage of time. Most assessors' offices today must se,~k out for themselves the data generated by other public offices concerning such factors as flood plain designations, zoning, historical districts and other ].and use controls which may have a crucial effect on the value of land. This time-consuming and costly process could be by-passed completely if the assessor and the other agencies could make joint use of an inte- grated parcel file. The aggregation of such data for more than a single municipality is difficult. Until the data is uniformly collected and maintained by the municipal assessors' of- fices, its retrieval for several towns, or for a region, or for the entire state requires substantial time and resources. The existence of multiple data files containing land- related information is not in itself a problem for the agencies and organizations maintaining such information, since each has legitimate requirements for specific data to fulfill its own responsibilities and functions. How- ever, the users of this data who require a variety of information concerning a specific parcel of land may find that the multiple files are indexed in different ways in- cluding: owner's name, street address, taxpayer's name, school district, community, neighborhood, Land Court case number, plan, block, census area, precinct, or other grouping. The existing indexing procedures make the re- trieval task a difficult one, for the user is left in doubt, not only as to whether he bas located all the files containing information applicable to the specific parcel of concern, but also as to whether he has been able to utilize the appropriate index characteristics to gather all existing information covering the parcel Public records relating to land are maintained in many agencies at the state, county and municipal levels. Because these records are uncoordinated, however, the various elements of data, e.g., names, town identifiers, geographical areas, addresses, time period covered, for- mat, map scales, etc. are often incompatible with one another and the search for information concerning a single land parcel may require a considerable translation or other conversion in order to make the data useful. The maintenance and updating of the public records in order to produce current data also occurs in an uncoordinated manner so that while certain records (such as lists of building permits or certificates of occupancy issued) may be up-to-date, the records in the office of the municipal assessors' office may be considerably at vari- ance with the existing land conditions. There is also considerable redundancy in the cover- age of land-related information by public records. Several agencies frequently collect, process and main- tain data which duplicates data provided by several other agencies. Records of land ownership may, for instance, be maintained by the registries of deeds, assessors' offices, licensing offices, tax offices, water depart- ments, Land Court, Federal and other state and local agencies. Several cities and towns have attempted to utilize modern data processing techniques in order to meet the growing demand for the effective retrieval of land- related information. Those municipalities without any data processing capability of their own are forced to rely upon private data processing vendors who supply such services on a contractual basis, often at consider- able expense. In addition, the lack of statewide standards for the data processing of land-related information can leave the municipality without any outside technical sup- port, using its own resources for products that bear lit- tle or no relation to the needs of other users of the same information. If the assessors of our larger cities and towns are to meet the constitutional requirements for updating their fair market value assessments annually, they will require the support of standards and technical assistance that go far beyond simply the integration of land parcel files of other public agencies. Assessors in certain other states, notably New York and Arizona, have demon- strated how the new prices established by the sales of a small fraction of the homes in each community in any one year can provide sufficient indication of probable changes of value of all homes in the community. However, this requires maintenance of records of a dozen or more of the most basic value-related attributes of each property, and analysis using computerized statistical techniques such as multiple regression. Without leadership and tech- nical support from the state, for example, as presently being considered in plans being prepared by the Department of Corporations and Taxation, the chances of developing adequate land parcel data files at the municipal level for such revaluation studies are remote. 10 Maps of land parcels that meet minimum standards of accuracy are another basic element in a land data system. Normally, the only sources for such maps are the municipal governments, some of which maintain a high quality of property maps updated annually, others of which, in rural areas, may have none. The Depart- men~ of Corporations and Taxation has assumed responsi- bility for enforcing minimum state standards for "tax maps" that show all land parcels, given their importance in assuring equitable property valuations by local as- sessors. Municipalities have been given general guide- lines for these maps,* but must still produce and pay for them individually as parts of their separate programs for property assessment. Given the expen~e of preparing and maintaining ac- .curate property maps, public agencies quite naturally seek to make multiple use of maps prepared by others rather than duplicate the process. However, a major obstacle to sharing of maps is the variation in map scales and content from one municipality to the next, and es- pecfat]y the uncertainty as to their accuracy. The most obvious way to avoid wasteful duplication of mapping would be for the Federal and state governments jointly to sponsor a standard series of large-scale maps at a level of ac- curacy suitable for all major users. Such maps are pro- vided by the land records agencies of most industrialized nations. However, our Federal and state governments in the U.S have avoided making the large "front end" public investment that would be required. Nor has the state yet acted to set tight enough standards for municipal mapping (which is underway in many localities as part of a revalu- ation program) to assure that the resulting maps can be pieced together for those who must analyze land parce] data for broader areas. * Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation, "General Guidelines for a Municipal Mapping Project," a memorandum from the Commissioner dated July, 1975, and "Tax Mapping: A Supplemental Insert for the Mass- achusetts Property Assessment Manual," dated June, 1975. 11 A STRATEGY FOR CREATING A CURRENT LAND DATA SYSTEM FOR THE COI~MONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS The Land Records Commission was given a mandate by the Secretary for Communities and Development to develop for the Commonwealth a deliberate, step-by-step strategy for moving from the current situation described in the preceding sec- tion into the sponsorship of an integrated system of current land data files. The Coam,ission has selected the following five areas of improved services to users of land information as its initial goals for an integrated, current land data sys- tem. Each is explained further in the following pages. The approach recommended by the Commission in response to these goals is outlined later in this section. GOALS 1. More efficient retrieval of records for real estate transactions; 2. A standardized data base for real estate assessment and tax collection; 3. Rapid access to the basic public records required for land management, both public and private; 4. Analysis of land-based information for public policy .development and planning; A foundation of legal and technical resources for modernizing land recordation procedures, building upon the experience of the Massachusetts Land Court. EXPLANATION OF GOALS 1. More Efficient Records for Transactions As the key to meeting the goal of more efficient re- trieval of records for real estate transactions, the Commission has endorsed the indexing of all land title documents at the registries of deeds by a number that uniquely identifies each parcel affected, in the manner described in paragraph 3 of the following section on the recommended approach. The referencing of any document filed at the registry after the start up date according to such a parcel index numbering system would: 12 (a) Reduce and in due course substantially elimin- ate the time spent for each purchase and mort- gage in reconstructing the chain of title and also the risks of errors and disputes in such reconstruction work; (b) Make available a current data sheet for each parcel, readily available for all parties, giving a common factual base to speed agree- ments, checking and closin~ of transactions; (c) Provide a common base for indexing of tax zoning and other related land use data, as well as for more efficient public administration; (d) Coordinate public processing of transactions in unregistered with those in registered land, and reduce the confusions of the present dual system; (e) Make possible the rapid reproduction of the data sheets for sale to prospective buyers, sellers, lending institutions, etc., to help defray ex- penses. (f) Provide a basis for property law reforms and in- centives toward further simplications. ?. Data Base for Assessment and Tax Collection The Land Records Commission not only has set as a major goal the standardization of a data base for real estate assessment and tax collection, but also recognizes that asses- sors must be considered as partners in the creation of an in- tegrated land data system. Local real estate assessors typic- ally must maintain more exuensive records of current conditions of individual land parcels than any other single public admin- istrative agency, and in many cities they have automated their files, both for their own purposes and for reference by other agencies of local government. However, their work has pro- ceeded without the benefit of a standard, statewide format for coding, filing and retrieval of this data, and without a sup- portive role by the registries of deeds in providing machine- readable files regarding current ownership of the parcels. In their revaluations, assessors seldom have the benefit of a history of title and encumbrances to the land, given the cost of assembling this information from the present files of the registries of deeds. In Massachusetts, guidelines for maintaining assess- ments at 100 percent of fair market value are being promul- gated by the State Tax Commission following the ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court on December 27, 1974, that the State must provide direction and leadership for this purpose. The Land Records Commission is cooperating with the State Tax Com- mission in the sections of the new guidelines that involve mapping, parcel identification and record-.¢eeping. Designs 13 for the integrated, current land data system will be aimed toward efficiencies for the assessors of all communities, with capacity to expand at a future date to serve other operations of local government as well. 3. Rapid Access for Land Management A large portion of governmental regulation of pri- vate enterprise is administered through restrictions on activities that may be carried out at specific locations. Records of these restrictions, and of the resulting loca- tions of the 'activities, have long been an essential func- tion of municipal government, for zoning, subdivision con- trol, code enforcement, historic preservation, etc., and more recently for state and Federal agencies assuming re- sponsibilities for environmental protection. By reducing the time and cost to a user for simply establishing the extent of his rights to develop his land within these overlapping Federal, state and municipal regu- lations, the new land data system will help remove a signi- ficant damper on new private enterprise. The new land data system would be designed to provide rapid access to the records of restrictions and existing uses of all parcels that are required by law to be matters of open, public record. The increasing demands for the preservation and pro- tection of the state's natural resources have stimulated a renewed interest in the problems of public land management. These include the need to develop new programs for acquisi- tion, transfer and withdrawal of public lands, policies for the protection of public lands against vandalism and tres- pass, and the planning, management and regulation of alter- native (and often competing) uses. Effective landmanage- ment will require accurate inventory for all public lands (and for the buffer zones between public and private lands) including.boundaries, acreages, existing use, soil, and vegetation type. Among the governmental interests that will be served by the rapid accessto land management information are the following: (a) Protection, management and acquisition, and dis- posal of public lands, including establish- ment of land assemblies, trust lands, land banks, etc.; (b) Identification and protection of critical re- source areas such as floodplains, wetlands, areas of historic and archaeological importance, ~reas of special scenic beauty, essential water- sheds and groundwater recharge areas, coastal zones, etc.; 14 (c) regulatory process for resolving and/or minimizing conflicts among land uses; (d) planning and engineering of public facili- ties; (e) planning and si~ing of subsidized housing (using data on .~ge, tenure, space, quality, location, etc.), (f) economic analyses of fmcs'ors such as land values, rights/restricti,,ns, absentee owner- ship, speculati.n, squatting, etc.; and (g) maintenance of sound agriculture and forestry. 4. ~nalysis for Polic~ )evelopment and Plann[n~ Accomplishing the fo,~rth goal, analysis o~: land- based information for public policy analysis and p~.anning, will in large part depend upon the achievement of the first three. Governmental interests require comprehensive planning for actions that relate to conditions on the land in a variety of areas, most notably conservation of natural resources, pro- tectJon of environmental quality, economic development, housing, recreation facilities, transportation, water supply, and waste disposal, as well as the programming of co--unity development funding in relation to these ~lans. The scope of data needs for planning ranges from the ~:ingle neighborhood where environ- mental impact is being analyzed, to an entire regional plan- ning district, and at times the entire state. However, the data fo~ such studies is seldom grounded xn the current records of on-going governmental operations and, therefore, must be created by special surveys designed for each separate planning function. In comparison with a current land data system, the specia] survey data base serves only a limited number of purposes, cannot be updated within a reasonable cost, and places a tremendous burden of collecting i~tventory data upon a budget intended primarily for research and policy develop- ment. Land-based policy and planning studies, and the development of overall land use policies for the state and the nation, will experience a quantum leap in their effectiveness when they can rely on rapid access to areawide data built upon the characteristics of individual land parcels~ all updated on a continuous basis as the plans and activities related to each parcel grow and change. An on-line data base can provide ~he "universe" for future sample surveys as well as reflect trends of basic indicators such as land values and construction. 15 5. Modernizing Land Recordation Procedures State statutes define the organization and pro- · cedures of the registries of deeds in Massachusetts, and also the types of documents which, when properly filed at the registry, can be accepted as a valid claim to land title. However, no public agency is responsible for sum- marizing the status of the title to any given parce~,_or even for listing the documents pertaining to a parcel that are on file at the registry, unless the title to that par- cel has been confirmed or registered by decree of the Land Court. It is only the registered land parcels which en- joy some form of continuing public certificate of title, in contrast with motor vehicles based in Massachusetts, which all are covered by the title certificates of the Reg- istry of Motor Vehicles. A public certificate of title to land provides a variety of benefits. For a prospective buyer, it provides certainty as to the title he will ac- quire: the Land Court has assumed liability for any ancient claims not listed on the certificate. The boundaries of the parcel are established by a control survey approved by the Chief Engineer of the Land Court, specifying coordinate locations of all of the corners, for the benefit of abut- tors and public agencies operating in that area, as well as the owner. The parcel has a unique identity in the public records, indexed for retrieval of the Land Court re- cords according to case number and subdivision number. Registration by decree of the Land Court is a ju- dicial process, with emphasis on accuracy and completeness rather than speed or cost control. The sponsors of leg- islation which established the Land Court in 1898 decided that registration should be a judicial process so that it would not deprive anyone of a claim to property without due process of the law. In principle, this registration process is complete and comprehensive, with the notable exception of Federal claims, most of which remain immune to state laws. However, it is also voluntary, piecemeal and relatively expensive. After seventy-five years of operation of the Land Court, registered land forms a patch- work that covers no more than one-sixth of the area of the Commonwealth. The prospect of a system that guarantees a unique identification Dumber for each parcel of land in the Com- monwealth, plus reasonably accurate mapping of boundaries, offers the chance to develop alternatives to registration of title which might be applied to all parcels, at much less expense per parcel. For example, the indexing of all 16 public records pertaining to [and according to parcel num- bers promises immediate acces~ to at least those claims filed since the date the inde~ was started, plus other per- tinent records such as payments of real estate taxes, water bills, etc. This raises the ~ossibility of some public certification as to the completeness of the title evidence_ so assembled, or a series of levels of public certification allowing for a gradual "maturing of title." One model worthy of further study is the "quali- fied certificate of title" issued by the Registrar-General of New South Wales, Australia (which includes the City of Sydney), under the Real Property (Conversion of Title) Amendment Act of 1967. After issuing such a certificate, he may then use any of several types of justifications for converting it to an ordinary certificate of title, at his discretion, among which is the statement of the complete title record as offered by the owner on the occasion of a subsequent sale or first mortgage of the property. Legislation to establish general public registra- tion of land title is also before the provincial legisla- tures of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Is- land. These proposed acts have been drafted by the Land Registration and Information Service of the Council of Maritime Premiers, which is completing accurate property maps of the entire region. A major goal of the Land Records Commission is the development of plans for modernizing land recordation procedures through alternatives to the present all-or- nothing approach to registration in Massachusetts. Improve- ments in the system of title records are needed for those who cannot afford to register their land. Along with state initiatives to identify land parcels, to index the registry of deeds records by parcel numbers, and to cross-index with other public files, the prospects for general improvements in land title recordation services should be explored. APPROACH The Land Records Commission is following a work pro- gram which calls for resolving the key issues in design of an integrated, current land date system, as well as ob- taining commitments from the appropriate funding sources, from county and local officials and from the Land Court, in order to move ahead with a pilot project in at least one city or town during 1976. The new land data system is in- tended to provide, in ~ts initial phases, rapid access to basic public information on any specified parcel such as name of owner, zoning, physical conditions, assessed value, and any encumbrances to title filed at the registry of deeds since the date of start-up of the system. Access to the data base would be available at the essential locations 17 for its use by public agencies and for inquiries by others - e.g., at the municipal assessing, engineering and planning departments, the county engineering department and the reg- istry of deeds - and also at any other location where the users could support the cost of a terminal (e.g., at offices of lending institutions, conveyancers, real estate brokers, etc.). The Commission has embarked upon a multi-phased state program designed to plan, specify and implement an improved system of land records. The Commission seeks to join with the agencies developing similar programs in the other New England states, so that research and system design efforts might be shared, for mutual benefit. The program as developed to date for Massachusetts includes the following activities: Identification of the specific requirements to be served by a modern land data system; Determination of the specific data which will be collected, updated and maintained by the system; Development of a system of individual parcel in- dexing to meet the need for a unique land identi- fier; Drafting of standards for the survey control and large scale mapping of property index numbers and boundaries; Design of a data processing system to collect, store and retrieve the land data in order to meet the needs of the users; 6. Planning for the operation of the system by exist- ing governmental agencies and organizations. EXPLANATION OF APPROACH 1. Requirements Identification Utilizing a questionnaire circulated among members of the Land Records Commission and others involved in the use of land records in Massachusetts, the Commission soli- cited information concerning: (a) the comparative import- ance of the various uses suggested for the new system; (b) the fe;~sibility of designing and implementing a system to meet the information requirements for the suggested uses; and (c) the formation of planning task forces to develop system requirements. As a result of the questionnaire, the Commission determined that the design requirements for an integrated land records system must be tailored to its event- ual us~ in any and all of the following functions of public 18 and private organizations, regardless of where it starts: Governmental Requirements:* Management of natural resources (N) Land use policy analysis (N) Economic development policy analysis (N) Monitoring of real estate and construction activities (N) (for economic statistics, consumer protection, etc.) Standard system of large-scale reference maps (N) Current geographic data base for census and surveys (N) Land use planning (S) Public land management (S) Environmental impact analysis and regulation (S) Planning, engineering and management of public systems (S) (transportation, water supply, waste disposal, etc.) Planning and siting of subsidized housing (S) Planning and monitoring of municipal assessment procedures (S) Indexing of land title documents (L) Real estate assessment (L) Real estate tax collection (L) Urban renewal and community development (L) Regulation of land development and use (L) * N - General requirements for all governments, nation-wide. S - Requirements for both state and local governments. L - Requirements of individual county and municipal governments. 19 Additional Requirements of Private Enterprise: Land tenure and transactions Land development and redevelopment Land management. 2. Data Element Determination A Land Records Co~,~ission Task Force on Data Stand- ards has been established to develop specifications for the data elements to be entered into the modernized land data system, responding to the five goals listed in the previous section. The Task Force reco~ended data elements which would serve the following functions: (a) Location and identification; (b) Indexes to records at the registry of deeds and at municipal and state offices; (c) Descriptions of the parcel; (d) Signals of potential changes of records. The complete listing of the 51 data elements sug- gested by the Task Force on Data Standards for an integrated, current land data system can be found in Appendix B. A mini- mum of 27 of these elements are listed as basic for the start- up phase of the system. 3. Parcel Indexing Number The Land Records Commission Task Force on Mapping Standards has been established to recom,~nd specifications both for property indexing maps and for the sets of index numbers needed to identify each separate land parcel on the maps, files and data base of the improved land records system. This Task Force was aided in its work by a report prepared for the Commission by Dr. Hartmut Ziemann of the Canadian Nati6nal Research Council.* As a result of its detailed evaluation of a number of alternative parcel identi- fication procedures, the Task Force prepared a recommenda- tion to the Land Records Commission covering the unique num- ber to be used in the pilot project for indexing, filing and retrieving of the records of each land parcel. The configu- ration of the parcel index number was chosen to assure flexi- * "Land Unit Identification: An Analysis," prepared for the Massachusetts Land Records Commission by Dr. Ziemann under an agreement with The MITRE Corporation, Ottawa, Canada. 1975. 2O bility so that each separate land parcel in the Common- wealth that enters into any future land transaction can have its own unique index number no matter how small or how short-lived that parcel may be. Once assigned, the number will be permanent unless changes ara required by a lmnd transaction involving that parcel, following uni- form, statewide procedures. The full text of the Resolution on Parcel Index Numbers adopted by the Land Records Commission can be found in Appendix C. 4. Property Index ~aps and Boundary Locations From the very beginning, an integrated land data system that is based on land parcel records will require a complete set of maps blanketing the entire area served and providing an index to the location and index number of every current parcel. Such a set of maps must be kept constantly up to date for each area served by the system by some mapping office designated for that area. Users must be able to establish, up to the minute, whether a sub- division of any given parcel has occurred, and the index numbers of any new parcels created; this would be done by checking the latest revised index map plus subsequent daily logs maintained by an office responsible for subdivision records for that area. Current property maps in any standard series with a known level of accuracy will have substantial use and value in their own right, beyond their essential func- tion of identification of parcel index numbers. With land parcels as the building blocks, such maps will provide an invaluable tool for geographic analysis, planning, and vis- ual presentations. A great variety of additional informa- tion can then be overlaid on the parcels, in special edi- tions of the maps for use by municipal administrators, environmental planners, permit-granting authorities, site planners and engineers, real estate investors, and many others. In fact, the direct sale value of such a set of maps may be the greatest immediate benefit of the new land data system, considering the amount of time required to build other components (e.g., filing and retrieval systems) for the land parcel data. Massachusetts presently has no coordinated program for maintaining the variety of large-scale maps needed sim- ply in the administration of governmental programs. Rather, each agency ~f state, county and local government must pro- duce maps for its own purposes, unless it is fortunate enough to be able to use those produced by another agency 21 for that agency's purposes. Certain municipal governments provide conendable exceptions to this pattern, where there has been leadership in designing a multi-purpose "atlas" of property maps, usually depending upon the municipal en- gineer and assessor for the major inputs. Any state that plans to sponsor an integrated land parcel data system for statewide use must eventually face the need to produce a uniform, standard series of large- scale property maps under some statewide authority. Cer- tain municipalities with their own mapping resources may be able to gain a head start in setting up the new data system for their own areas, if they have accurate municipal maps and resourceful engineering departments. However, many towns simply cannot afford to provide this service to a multi-purpose inter-agency data system. Furthermore, the economies of large-scale production, and the value of stand- ardization in map content and accuracy must eventually bring the state into the process of producing the large- scale property maps for use by all cities and towns. The benefits have been demonstrated, and the programs are al- ready under way in other states - notably in Vermont, among our New England neighbors.* Beyond the question of the graphic representation of land parcel boundaries on an index map is the issue of whether, or how soon, the public record system should con- tain a statement of the location of those boundaries. In order to be definitive, such a statement should include a description of the markers that exist along the boundary, plus the measurements to each property corner from the es- tablished monuments in the immediate area of each property. Where available, such measurements can be conveniently de- fined by the coordinates of each corner, along with the coordinates of the monuments, on a statewide grid. This type of specific locational data for all pro- perty corners is part of the public record for parcels that have been registered through the Land Court - but at con- siderable cost to the land owners. It would be an inherent part of a public "cadastre" of land holdings, which has been proposed by some as the only long range solution to the problems of land records. A widespread network of ac- curate survey control monuments would be required, as noted in the conference on "Specifications for a Geodetic Survey: Prerequisite to the Establishment of a Cadastre", held in Boston, on July 17 and 18, 1975. The conclusions and reso- lutions of this conference of experts from the surveying The Vermont Department of Taxes has embarked upon a phased program of property mapping, producing orthophoto maps from aerial photography with overprints of property lines, at scales of 1:5,000, 1:2,500, 1:1,250 and 1:625, depending upon the density of development in each area. 22 and mapping fields, which was sponsored by the Land Records Commission, among others, are presented in Appendix D. For the state to establish a cadastre of land hold- ings would require a major commitment to improvement of title records along the lines suggested under Goal 5 in the preceding section, including changes in basic proced- ures of the Land Court as well as the registries of deeds. A unit of state government would have to be given the bud- get and the authority to assure that geodetic control points and accurate property maps would be available in advance of each extension of the cadastre across the state. Regardless of the obvious long-range benefits that would accrue from a public cadastre that defines all pro- perty boundaries, this should not become an excuse for de- laying the start of a much more modest integration of the public files relating to land that are already being main- tained by local, county and state agencies. Further study and planning for a cadastre of land holdings are recommended, anticipating the day when the political con~mitment and the financing of such a basic reform may prove feasible. In the meantime, the building of an integrated land data system, indexed to the parcel numbers shown on "provisional property maps," can go forward on a separate and much more modest budget. The Land Records Commission has embarked upon the design and specifications for a system of large-scale pro- perty maps that might be established by the state. A re- port on the recommended map content, scales, orientation, sheet size, projection system and survey control require- ments for such ~ system is now in preparation, and is due for circulation early in 1976. Coordination of such a map grid with the programs of neighboring states is one of the factors being considered. Resolving these issues of map design will require an overall plan for public mapping serv- ices, responding to specific needs of users for delivery of the information (format, schedules, etc.), and considering the future possib~lity of digital coding for more efficient storage and delivery of the mapped information. Systems that use computers to provide "interactive graphics" to display maps of selected land parcels, on video-screen term- inals or with mechanical plotters, are already operating in Nashville, Tennessee, and were demonstrated by the Land Records Commission for a meeting of the New England Governors in Boston.* Exhibit of the Interactive Land Graphics System, produced for the Land Records Commission by Computer Research Corporation of Arvada, Colorado, at the McCormack State Office Building in Boston on November 7, 1975. 23 Until such time as more exact standards are de- veloped, the Land Records Commission recommends the "Manual of Instructions for the Survey of Lands and Preparation of Plans to be filed in the Land Court" as the goal for sur- veys and plans throughout the Commonwealth.* 5. Data Processin~ System Design The Land Records Commission has developed an over- all concept for the design of a data processing system to meet the needs of the users of land-related information. The system concept includes the following features: (a) Retrieval of information from the data base by an inquirer who can access the data through such identifiers as parcel index number, name, address, geocode, land court case number, etc. (b) Computer terminals and other devicem which allow communication with the data base, lo- cated in the registries of deeds, Land Court, assessors and other municipal offices, con- veyancers' offices and other such locations. (c) Procedural and other security-related restric- tions on personnel authorized to enter or change land-related information in the data base, to prevent misuse or other abuses of the system. (d) Utilization of a "check-digit" or other numeri- cal self-checking procedure in the parcel in- dex number to reduce erroneous entry or re- trieval of data. (e) Consideration of the use of "distributed data" techniques, where separate sections of the data base may reside in several locations rather than in one single central place. Such a procedure would allow those agencies, such as assessors, to have not only the responsi- bility for the input and updating of their records (as at present) but also management control of those records and files as portions of the larger land-related information base. (f) Training current employees of the participat- ing organizations to operate their facets of the data processing system. * Manual prepared by Robert L. Woodbury, Chief Engineer of the Land Court, and published by the Land Court in 1971. 24 (g) Procedures for continual evaluation of the benefits and costs of collecting, storing, updating and retrieving each proposed data element of land-related information. (h) Consideration of the use of low-cost mini- computers at user sites which perform local functions and which connect through com~nuni- cation networks with other computing facili- ties. (i) Microfilm, microfiche or other copies of docu- ments recorded at the Land Court or regis- tries of deeds available for inspection or duplication at selected locations throughout the Co~onwealth. 6. System Operation The land data system to serve the needs of Mass- achusetts users of land-related information is expected to operate as a joint venture of the registries of deeds, the Land Court, municipal assessors and the Commonwealth. The complex relationship of an integrated information sys- tem involving maps, parcel index numbers, data processing systems, retrieval techniques, agency personnel, conveyanc- ing offices, state agencies, municipal departments and other user groups requires that as far as possible there be state- wide standards and procedures which govern the specifics of system operation and which assist both local municipalities and state agencies in using the new sy.~tem effectively. These standards should be issued by the State, in- volving the Land Court in the process, and should include: (a) Survey Control Standards: including avail- ability and accuracy of survey control monu- ments, survey requirements for any recorded plan, and horizontal and vertical control requirements for large-scale topographic mapping. (b) Large-Scale Mapping Standards: including co- ordinate system definition, standard map scales, orientation and coverage of map sheets, con- tents, and regional mapping coordination. (c) Data Coding Standards: including data ele- ment definitions, format requirements, parcel index number assignment procedures and up- dating requirements. 25 (d) Data Processin~ Standards: including system report formats, terminal and co~mmunication device standards, entry and retrieval pro- cedures. (e) Personnel Standards: including job descrip- tions and training requirements. (f) Document Standards: including recorded in- strument formats, parcel description require- ments, and parcel index number references. It is expected that when the land data system is in operation a person seeking information concerning a land parcel will be able to request to see such informa- tion at the registry of deeds or the Land Court. If the files are computerized, then access can also be provided at other locations, where a fee or subscription rate would be charged for this service (but not for servicing the needs of a participating public agency). Using a name, or street address, or parcel index number, or Land Court case number or other identifier, the information seeker will be shown on a television-like ter- minal the latest data concerning that parcel, gathered from instruments filed for recording as entered by assessors, other municipal officials, and other agencies generating land-related information. If the person seeking informa- tion desires a copy of the displayed data he will be fur- nished a copy upon payment of the appropriate fee. FINANCING THE COSTS The public expenditures required to establish an in- tegrated land data system such as described in the pre- ceding section in a typical Massachusetts town of 20,000 to 25,000 population, assuming the system design and pro- cedures had already been developed elsewhere, might be in the order of magnitude of $100,000, that is, greater than $50,000, but much less than $500,000. This estimate is based on a rough costing of the work elements listed in the following section, and its appendices, with substantial additions for new mapping and for contingencies. More pre- cise projections of the costs are urgently needed, and will be attempted by the Land Records Commission as time permits. However, to have any confidence in these projections will require the experience of a pilot project in the New England context. A substantial part of these expenditures would go to the preparation of index maps showing the boundaries of all properties with reasonable accuracy. Many comunities that have alreadyinvested in such maps will be ahead by 26 this amount, assuming the maps have been maintained up-to- date. A great many other cost factors will vary from one co~unity to the next, causing the expenditure requirements to go higher or lower, for example: 1. Need for densification of geodetic control points. Capacity of the present engineering department staffs of the city, town or county to maintain the property index maps constantly up-to-date. 3. Condition and contents of the assessors' records on land parcels. Capacity of the present staff of the register of deeds to administer new rules for parcel identi- fication, and capacity of the registry for the data processing required to compile the geographic indexes. Extent of the records to be computerized, arid the capacity of computer systems available in public agencies serving that locality. Extent of integration of the work into an area- wide program organizing the land records system for perhaps an entire county, realizing economies of scale in mapping, indexing and many other pro- fessional services. The level of expenditures suggested above for estab- lishing a new land records system amounts to a capital in- vestment of about $4.00 to $5.00 per capita, which is not out of line with the annual operating costs of about $1o00 per capita for just the present registries of deeds (See Appendix A). The resulting increases in income from fees for the wid~ range of new data services should greatly ex- ceed any increases in operating costs. Such fees would be derived from sale of copies of indexes, plans and other documents produced by the land data system, for example, by computer-driven printers at remote locations, and also from monthly charges for access to the computerized files from remote terminals. There is a good prospect that the per-unit costs of operating a registry of deeds can eventually be held to a much lower level after the introduction of geographic indexing coupled with modern data processing. The figures in Appendix A indicate that per-unit costs are already significantly lower~ at least among the large, metropolitan registries, where computers are being used. 27 An attempt at estimating the potential for such savings was made by Everett O. Alldredge in the mid-1960's. After a review of the registry of deeds process in Washington, D.C., he estimated that the total public expenditures for land records in the United States could be cut roughly in half, but with the following caveat: "..,.a variety of offices need to be combined; the files need to be centralized on a much larger geographical base than the county; and land use records need to be computerized so the data can be aggregated, manipulated and compared to simi- lar data aggregated and manipulated elsewhere. This soon turns out to be a major political pro- blem. Smaller savings would result if the thou- sands of small offices could be given a standard- ized system acceptable to local authorities." The propsective increases in fee income for the ex- panded data services, over and above any increases in operating costs, may in fact be enough to amortize the development costs of the new system. To provide any as- surance of this will require much more accurate predictions of the expenditures required, the market for the data, and the schedule of work for establishing the system. Never- theless, the~following statement of conclusions of an eco- nomic study for the maritime provinces of Canada by H. K. Larsen, though couched in several pages of qualifications, suggests the degree to which the benefits of the then- proposed surve~ control, mapping, land title and data bank program should exceed the costs: " .... The benefit-cost ratios vary accordinm to model specification, size or scale of agency, selection of time period, and selection of discount rate. We tend to favor Approach #3 (on the basis of over- all evidence)-- this approach aims to bring all parcels to class A level about 1980 (or as soon as possible after that year) -- using a 10% rate of discount the regional benefit-cost ratio, dis- couhting to 1968, equals 1.14, discounting to 1980 the ratio equals 3.22. It mppemrs that the annual benefit-cost ratio stream for Approach #3 will con- verge toward 2.3 to 3.7 (a convergence around 5.0 would probably emerge if we were able to quantify the intangible benefits too).''*~ m Alldredge (see bibliography), page 8 ~Larsen (See bibliography), page 208. 28 Larsen's extensive report describes how his conserv- ative estimates of benefits in combination with his liberal estimates of costs led him to conclude that these benefit- cost ratios are understated. In the following_statement, he expresses, in economists' language, his confidence of the long-range value of the proposed coordinate control, mapping, land title and data bank program: " .... the programme in question has a true long- run effect .... The programme will, furthermore, not impose heavy financial burdens on future gen- erations nor will it present future generations with idle structures and/or collections; also there appear to be ~o significant, adverse spill- overs of any kind associated with this particular project at least not directly."* This report was instrumental in the creation of the Land Registration and Information Service by the Council of Mmritime Premiers, as the first land title cadastre to be established by the English-speaking peoples of this hemisphere. To establish the integrated land records system on a pilot basis, and thereby develop the needed estimates of future cost~ and savings in the New England context, will obviously involve far greater expenditures than the $4.00 to $5.00 per capita suggested above for simply ex- tending the system into a new area after it has been oper- ated successfully elsewhere. The cost of preparing property index maps for a pilot project should be about the same as in later stages, except that the limited area of such a project would prevent economies of scale. Nevertheless, the total cost of a pilot project is expected to exceed $250,000 for a town of the same approximate size of 20,000 to 25,000 population, given the substantial cost of pro- fessional services required for system design and develop- ment. The sponsors would be expected to seek a location for the project where major elements such as property in- dex maps are already availabte, and where shares of the total work load could be carried by the present staffs of the municipal, county, regional and state agencies. Speci- fi~ expectations for such support are listed in Appendix G, the Criteria for Selection of a City or Town. Several municipalities currently are developing sys- tems of index numbers for their own records on land par- cels, and have asked the Land Records Commission to help assure that their numbering systems will be compatible with future state-wide standards. These communities have com- Larsen (See biblfograpny), page 95 -29- mitted their own resources to the completion of new pro- perty maps, for multiple uses including planning, en- gineering and tax assessment. Through their cooperation, it may be possible to finish the mapping and parcel index numbering in advance of a pilot project in several muni- cipalities, so that a pilot project in any one of them might devote all of its resources to the other elements such as system design and operation of the files as de- scribed in the next section. It is unlikely that Massachusetts can move much be- yond these preliminaries of an integrated land data sys- tem without some investment of outside capital. Based on the potential cost savings and many indirect benefits, the Land Records Commission believes there is a strong case for Federal funding of a demonstration project such as outlined in the following section. The Land Records Commission is further convinced that most of the invest- ment in system design and development for Massachusetts would be equally beneficial to the other five New England states. The Commission therefore seeks to organize the pilot project under the auspices of the New England Governors' Conference, to permit a sharing of program development resources that should put the six states to- gether far ahead of what any one of them could develop on its own. Without some such support for continued state leader- ship in land records system design and development, Mass- achusetts may continue with a patchwork of individual municipal and county record systems, some of them modern- ized, but most of them antiquated, and none of them inte- grated with each other. 'The highest cost alternative for our public land records system will be to continue with- out making the basic changes needed in present procedures. In the conclusions of his economic study for the Canadian maritime provinces cited above, H. K. Larsen opens with the following warning: "This study has attempted to predict the demand for, and estimate the benefits and costs asso- ciated with coordinate control, mapping, land title services and data bank services .... "The overall-study findings indicate a strong and growing demand for all four service cate- gories. There is absolutely no doubt that the services in question are essential to a wide variety of activities -- no organized society can function effectively and develop efficiently without access to standardized, timely information 3O services of adequate quality. It is equally clear that the old "sy~te~," will no longer suffice -- modern technology and procedure re- quire co-ordinate control, and the maintenance and development of the Region's resources, en- vironments, and facilities require maps compiled via modern detailed mapping techniques -- the traditional land registry system did never pro- vide fully adequate services in the first place; it always constituted a highly unsophisticated, incomplete collection, too often riddled with errors and omissions. In any event, there are strong indications that major bottlenecks will develop in the near future if the old system was to continue unchanged; this statement is particu- larly relevant to the situation which exists within the old land registries -- the (deed) regis- tration system will require very considerable staff and facility expansion in order to cope with (~) the increased tendency to register docu- ments, and (ii) in order to meet the general in- crease in demand for services. Very considerable procedural and methodological changes will be re- quired to bring the quality of registry services up to an acceptable level. In short, the old system is not considered a viable alternative (neither in terms of its scale and capacity, nor in terms of the standards and methods which it utilizes)."* *Larsen (See bibliography), page 205. 31 OUTLINE OF A PLAN FOR A PILOT PROJECT The Land Records Commission has developed a plan for the evaluation, demonstration and implementation of a modern land data system in Massachusetts, hopefully as part of a Joint program of the six New England states. The first phase will be the establishment and operation of a pilot project, where basic system elements can be evaluated in a realistic environment and where these experiences can be used to further refine and enhance the system design. This project is intended to provide Massachusetts and the nation with an operating model of a multi- purpose land records system which can be extended quickly to serve the entire state (and other states willing to co, it the necessary resources) providing the base for expansions in the scope of the data as they become feasible. No state has yet succeeded in putting into operation such a system, based on comprehensive records of the ownership status of each land parcel as filed in the official land registry, although successful examples are available in Canada, Mexico and Europe. (See Appendix E for the char- acteristics of seven projects that have set valuable pre- cedents.) OBJECTIVES For this initial project, the following four objectives will be paramount: 1. Provide a Model of a Land Record System That Can be Extended Statewide and Nationally The lack of adequate land records has placed bur- dens on the economy and on individual opportunity in this nation which extend far beyond the five major goals of this proposed project. The pilot project most be designed to test the groundwork for a general land data system that can be expanded and transferred to other localities to meet a wide range of national, state and local requirements, to whatever extent is feasible for each area. The pilot project should test the implications of the legal status that might be given to certain filing and 32 indexing procedures. The precedents and experience ex- tablJshed by the Land Court provide ~ unique resource to be evaluated, along the lines suggested under Goal 5, above. The legal analysis must also consider the detailed proposals contained in the draft of a "Uniform Land Trans- actions Act" currently under review by the National Con- ference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Proposed statutory language such as the latter will be required as the model for detailed changes in the laws of the various states to establish the new land data base as the defini- tive legal record of evidence of land title from a speci- fied date forward. The need for an integrated land records system to meet the information requirements of at least the func- tions listed under "Requirements Identification (Part 1 of the preceding section) is becoming more apparent with each passing month. Any state or locality that attempts to start up its own land records system without preplanned transferability throughout the nation will sooner or later find its system supplanted by one that was prepared in a national context. 2. Provide Services to Users in the Demonstration Area A substantial commitment of professional expertise and manpower will be required of certain public agencies in the county and town that join with the state in carrying out this demonstration project. Part of the compensation to them must clearly be the direct services provided by the new land records system, both during the demonstration period and thereafter as the base upon which they can readily ex- pand their record-keeping operations. An objective in the design of the land data sys- tem for this demonstration will be the feasibility of con- stant maintenance, updating and use of the new integrated files thereafter, most likely by the municipal assessors, the planning board and the town clerk. The new files, un- less the demonstration fails to justify them, should con- tinue to be integrated with those of their registry of deeds, while additional funding is sought for expansion of the sys- tem to cover other cities and towns. The local chief ex- ecutive will be asked to participate frequently in guiding the project, to assure that the resulting data system will support his management information needs. 33 3. Measure the Benefits and Costs for Each Level of Government of Inte~ratin~ Selected Land Data Files Before an integrated land data system can be launched, there must be evidence that it will provide serv- ices of sufficient value that the public agencies involved will see it in their interests to continually update the files and maintain them permanently. The plans must re- late to the needs of each level of government, as well as individuals, corporations, and private interest groups. The proposed pilot project will analyze costs and savings separately for each of the data elements. The substantial costs of maintenance and expansion would have to be defrayed at least in part by charges to users which are reasonable in relation to alternative sources of the same information. Thus, a major objective of the proposed project will be an economic survey of prospective users to determine what cost savings they realize through the new system, to be weighed against the demonstrated costs of providing the records. The experience of the Land Regis- tration and Information Service of the Canadian Council of Maritime Premiers has shown 1) that the potential benefits are substantially greater than the costs; 2) that a pro- fessional analysis and report of this information will be demanded as the basis for any major commitment of funds, and 3) that the economic data for the benefits-costs analy- sis are almost impossible to obtain except in the context of an operating example of the proposed new system. 4. Evaluate the Potential of Moving in Stages Toward A System of Public Certificates of Title Evidence Many benefits would accrue from a system of re- cording land tenure by means of public certificates con- firming the evidence of title, rather than by the various and other instruments by which land parcels, or parts of them, have been conveyed. However, the counties, towns and conveyancing industry of the United States remain deeply committed to a deed registry system. Any changes toward a more modern system must be incremental, with sub- stantial commitments by a consortium of public agencies and private interests. A major objective of the proposed pilot project will be to evaluate the need for such a commitment at the state level, which is probably the only practical level at which to start a new system. Explicit measures of economic benefit will be required to demonstrate this need. 34 Planning and design of the parcel identifier numbers and the eventual statewide mapping system must consider their possible use in establishing an official, although provisional, record of title evidence. These proposals must be tested against the precedents of seventy- five years of title registration under the Massachusetts Land Court, and against the procedures developed for public registration of boats, airplanes, and earthbound motor vehicles. WORK PROGRAM Until the necessary legislation is passed, the pres- ent indexing system must be continued in its entirety in parallel with any pilot operation and, in fact, it is ex- pected that there will be a need to satisfy a strong de- mand for the existing indexing system for some indefinite period. Ail of the grantor, grantee and other current.in- dexes could easily be generated by the same computerized system that provides the geographic indexing. Several of the basic legal requirements for geographic indexing at the registries of deeds would be met by enact- ment of a bill which has been filed in the Massachusetts legislature for 1976, providing for a land records improve- ment program, reproduced in Appendix F of this report. The bill has been endorsed by the Land Records Commission, sub- ject to further refinements to be recommended at the legis- lative hearing (see the following section on "Legal require- ments). Although it is not a prerequisite to a pilot pro- ject, enactment of this bill would make the project much more feasible for a register of deeds, and much more effec- tive as a test of legal requirements. The municipal offices of the pilot city or town, rather than the registry of deeds, are most likely to be the loca- tions for the accomplishment of the first steps of coding and entering land-related data for the pilot project. The Commission expects to rely on municipal maps for the de- lineation of parcel boundaries. Each parcel (public or private) will then be assigned its lnique parcel index num- ber and the process of continuous updating will be started and maintained as subdivision and other plans for new par- cels are received at the registry. It is expected that the assessors' files will provide an existing geographic index to documents recorded at the registry, through the notation of the book and page num- bers of the latest recorded deed, and by entries for as 35 many as one-fourth of the list of data elements being suggested in Appendix B for the initial phase of the new system. In addition, the working relationships estab- lished with the municipal assessors during the pilot proj- ect should pave the way for the use of the new system as the data base for periodic property revaluations. Once the initial data coding for each parcel has been completed as far as possible from the available municipal data, the latest deed recorded at the registry will then be located for verification of the reference found in the assessors' file so that it may subsequently be used as legal evidence. In addition, the parcel index number may be noted in the margin of the latest deed record pages or certificate in the registry to provide assurance to the parties in future land transactions that the proper refer- ence number is being used. (In the pilot project, for example, a set of small, gummed stickers covering all par- cels in the test area could be generated by a computer, sorted in the order of the registry record book and page number, and attached to these latest deed records to re- main for as long as necessary.) Monitoring of all documents filed at the registry concerning land in the pilot area will begin as of the date when the latest revisions of the entries in the as- sessors' files and maps available at the city or town hall are completed. The subsequent documents for "current" entries will start to accumulate as of that date, placing the pilot project under considerable pressure to move quickly through the coding and verifying routines and in- to position to index documents directly after they are filed. Once the files are "on line", data from the other sources, such as municipal and state permit granting agencies, can be added in batches, and the evaluation of the files and data delivery mechanisms can begin. The selection of the city or town will be a critical decision, both for the success of the pilot project and for the prospective impact on that locality. The Land Records Commission will invite proposals from city and town governments as soon as the resources for the pilot project have been secured. A draft of the "Criteria for Selection of a City of Town for the Land Records Pilot Project: Minimum and Optimum" has been reviewed and edited by representatives of each type of agency having major in- terests at stake, and is presented as Appendix G. 36 The pilot project will provide the opportunity for testing of the preliminary standards to be drafted by the Land Records Commission in the six areas listed under "System Operation" (part 6 of the preceding section). It is proposed to have four stages, as follows: (a) Project Organization (b) Project Initiation (c) System Operation (d) System Evaluation. Appendix H presents a detailed description of the work program tasks under each of these stages. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS A major task of the pilot project will be to identify the statutory and regulatory changes that would be re- quired in order to establish a modern land records system in Massachusetts. A common element of all of these changes would be the referencing of the records to the unique in- dex number for each affected land parcel, though not to the exclusion of other identification. The bill which has been filed in the Massachusetts legislature for 1976, providing for a land records improve- ment program (see Appendix F), would leave with each city and town the responsibility for mapping parcels and as- signing index numbers, according to regulations to be es- tablished by the Land Court. It would authorize, but not require, the register of deeds to establish a geographic index covering all deeds and instruments relating to land in a city or town that chose to prepare such index maps. If enacted, this legislation will permit the geographic index that is started at the registry of deeds for a pilot project to be continued indefinitely on a permanent basis, with continuing regulation of procedures by the Land Court. Once the value of a geographic index can be demonstrated for the registry and for the municipal parcel files, this should point the way toward a common geographic indexing system for all types of public records on the land, and the appropriate use of electronic technology for collection, indexing and display of records consistent with a modern land records system. A variety of laws which now require records to be kept in books hy certain persons and in cer- tain places for specified fees would have to be amended. 37 In general, the changes in statutes and regulations that would be needed to assure that the desired records will be referenced with the right identifiers in the data base fall into four categories: 1. Records now kept on a parcel-by-parcel basis, such as deeds, mortgages, tax assessments, building per- mits and zoning variances, will be relatively easy to deal with. In most cases the identification of the record with the new number of the parcel affected can be accomplished by the record keeper unassisted. 2. Some of the records to be included ia the new data base are now kept on a geographical basis, but not parcel by parcel. Special skill will be required to link them with the proper parcel identifiers. For example, zoning maps are not made by reference to parcel boundaries; thus a legislative change will be needed to charge some agency with determining authoritatively for each parcel the zon- ing district or districts in which it lies. If the system is to include information about the parcel's ward and pre- cinct, school district, wetlands status or the like, more changes in the law will be required. 3. Other land-related records are now kept on a personal name basis. Real estate attachments, transfers by death or bankruptcy and liens for various taxes are examples. Some of the records kept on a name basis reach forward - that is, they may affect a parcel not owned by the person named when the record is made but acquired by him later. Such rights are established by bond mortgages and certain deeds and tax liens. The records now kept on a name basis can be linked to specific land parcels by a search procedure. A modern land records system would work much better if all recorded rights in land had to be tied to specific parcels. But such a requirement would signifi- cantly weaken the position of creditors and, therefore, is not in~ninent. The language of the bill filed for 1976 is probably deficient in that it would not require a register of deeds to retain a name index for at least attachments and notices of bankruptcy, once he has started a geographic index. This is one of the revisions to the bill that is likely to be recou~nended to the legislative committee. 4. Some r~ghts that need to be included in the sys- tem are governed by Federal law. Bankruptcy, U.S. tax liens, Federal court orders and the Federal navigation servitude are the chief examples. A modern land records system should show the effects such rights have on a par- cel of land, but that can be accomplished only by Con- gressional action. 38 The pilot program is meant to expose mistakes and indicate desirable changes in a new venture before too much time and expense are committed to it. The more closely such a program simulates the real thing the better. The legislation filed for 1976 would permit the proposed new land records system to be started for a small part of the state for at least a short period, with the possibility of being continued indefinitely. There may be no consti- tutional obstacle.* However, the Land Records Commission would support a demonstration of geographic indexing by an interested city or town with a willing register of deeds even if the new legislation mentioned above is not available at the time. A make~believe program for one area and period, run on a voluntary basis parallel to the old system, may yield most of the benefits of a legally enforced pilot project. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SYSTEM Following the evaluation of the pilot project, and the completion of any required modifications to the sys- tem design, the Land Records Commission or its successors would then seek to establish the operations of the land data system in whatever manner is indicated as most appro- priate, expanding from the pilot project either geograph- ically or in scope of data made available to users, or both. Expansion would be largely dependent, of course, upon ar- rangements for financing the in~tial costs. Additional data elements concerning each parcel can be included in the land-related data base whenever this appears cost-effective. The benefits to be achieved through the availability of such data would be balanced against the costs of collecting, processing, storing and retrieving the data for users of the system. Geographical expansion of the land data system would take place on a town-by-town basis within the registry of deeds district serving the pilot conmaunity. This would be followed by expansion in turn to each of the registry districts. In order to accomplish the expansion, many of the steps performed in implementing the pilot opera- tion could be repeated as each city, town or district is incorporated within the system operation. These steps in- clude map preparation, parcel index number assignment, data collection, publicity for the program, entry of the data into the system and processing user requests for information. * With respect to an experimental treatment program for drunken drivers, the Supreme Judicial Court has said, "There is no constitutional equal protection requirement that such a program be available to all defendants from its inception. /Citations omitted~' Healy v. First Dis- trict Court of Bristol, 1975 A.S. 1623. 39 The key to the successful evolution of a modern land records system, and of the pilot program, will be continued state leadership, drawing upon the resources of the agencies and professions having special exper- tise and concern. It s~ould be noted that the new function of "State Recording Officer" is proposed in the draft of a "Uniform Land Transactions Act" now under discussion by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, to administer standards for procedures and forms of the registries of deeds. This model statute also suggests that the state recording officer should be empowered to appoint one or more advisory boards broadly representative of recording officers, surveyors, attorneys, title ineur- ance companies, consumers and others interested in the recording system, to assist him in the formulation of policy for maintaining and improving the recording system. The present Massachusetts Land Records Commission de- pends upon informal sponsorship of the Secretary of Com- munities and Development, and is vulnerable to any of his budgetary or policy requirements. The bill filed in the Massachusetts legislature for 1976 would make statutory provision for a land records advisory co~nnittee of 15 members, to work toward these ends through the auspices of the Secretary of the Executive Office of Administra- tion and Finance plus the Judge of the Land Court. Pass- age of some such provisions, with whatever changes prove necessary as the bill moves through the legislature, will assure that the Commonwealth has the vehicle to move for- ward into a modern, integrated land and resources inform- ation system. 4O LIST OF APPENDICES A. Summary of Registry of Deeds Activity in Massachusetts - 3 pages B. Data Elements Considered for the Start-up Pha:~e of an Integrated, Current Land Data System - 5 pages C. Resolution on Parcel Index Numbers - 4 pages D. Conclusions and Resolutions of the Conference on Specifications for a Geodetic Survey - 2 pages E. Characteristics of Selected Land Data Systems - 3 pages F. Proposed Act Providing for Improvement of Land Records House Bill No. 2350, Massachusetts Legislature G. Criteria for Selectfon of a City or Town for the Land Records Pilot Project: Minimum and Optimum - 3 pages H. Pilot Operations Plan - 7 pages I. Sponsoring Organizations - 6 pages J. Selected Bibliography - 2 pages. Page I of 3 REGISTRIES OF DEEDS IN MASSACHUSETTS ~XST~Y OF DEEDS Land Area (Sq. Miles} 306 3~7 ~94 726 636 547 163 1,413 4,432 Population (000} ~9 8t 16 62 462 1~2 96 560 1,~71 Non-Registered Land Total Instru~nts 1974J75 3663 7556 2024 7500 31,679 ll,300 7043 NO Peak Year 4317 9537 2725 glS1 ~,357 14,163 98~ (47,401) Peak Day 64 238 29 94 ND 209 108 Land Court Parcels Certificates Issued 1974-75 30 101 ~ lO 423 16 ~l Peak Year 43 118 4 15 1,975 39 ~S NO - Peak ~ay 3 3 I l' ND 2 lO NO Docu~nts Recorded 1974-75 171 358 8 ag 1,625 7~ 71 NO Peak Year ltl 392 18 4B ND 138 101 (1,163) Peak Day 32 13 3 3 NO S 17 ND Total Document Volu~ 4,531 10,047 2,747 9,214 43,957 14.)dO lO,OOR (48,564) (143,4~) (Peak years) Volume per capita .09 .12 .17 .15 .09 .10 .10 (.Og) (.09) ~mputer used? No ~0 ~0 NO NO ~0 NO Yes Muter of Employees S 8 2 6 43 9 9 NO Total Budget 1974-75 {~00) 69 104 30 95 441 lll 103 (490) Budget pe: capita $1.40 $1-~4 $1,87 $1.53 $0.96 $0.78 $1.07 ($0.88) ~ee Revenue (SOO0} 1974-75 37 72 22 71 ~7 103 66 Peak Year 63 ~ ~9 gO (386) 134 ~ (Sil) (1,393) Tax Stamp Revemie ($000) 1974-75 36 93 21 67 383 132 62 Peak Year aS t12 34 93 C516) 190 I05 (592) (1,687) ND: No data provided in 197! canvass o~ registry of deeds activi~y, ( ): Numbers in parenneses are from survey by Hampshire County Register o[ Deeds ~or 1971 or 1973, or Lnclude APPENDIX A Page 2 of 3 REGISTRIES OF DEEDS IN I4~SSACHUSETTS oo REGISTRY OF DE[DS ACTIVITY Land A~ea (Sq. mtles) 90 424 204 640 408 55 1,82~' Populatfon (000) 148 608 266 1,169 623 702 3,406 Non-Reot st~d Land Total lnst~n.mmnts 1974-75 9,6001_ *MD 30,627 72,113 FID HQ Peak Year 12,020 ND 45,201 91,846 ND ND Peak Day RD ND 186 640 ND ND Land Court Parcels Cert.1 ftcate$ Issued 1974-75 160~_ FID 566 2,689 HQ NO Peak Year 162 ND 714 3,122 ltd FID Peak Day ND fid 13 ND FID NO Oocument$ Recorded 1974-75 $50! NO 2,218 10,915 ND ND Peak Year 664 ND 2,056 13,049 ND fid Peak Day NO NO 41 FID FID ltD TOTAL DOCUMENT VOLUME 12,846 (72,407) 47,971 108,017 FID fid (373,700)* (Peak )'ears) Volume Per Capita .09 (.14) .19 .09 ND ND (.11)* Cmnputer used? ND Yes No Yes Yes No Number of Emplo)'ees 25 ND 29 146 NO 70 Total 6udget 1974o75 (S~00) 268 (652) 356 (I,387) 648 753 (3,964) Budget per capita $1.81 (S1.09) $1.39 ($1.19) $1.04 ($1.07) ($1 Fee Revenue 1974-75 ND HQ 125 ND 415 ND - Peak Year 113 (482) (260} (990) (673) ND Tax Stamp Revenue 1974-75 ND ND 260 ltd HQ ltD Peak Year 156, (707) (330) (1,736) (1,027) ND fiD: Oata not provided tn 1975 canvass of registry of deeds activity. ( ): Numbers i~ parentheses are f~um survey by. Hampshire County Register of Deeds for 1971 or t973, or tnclude such data. * Numbers based on arbitrary estimate of volume per capita of .10 for t~o registries not reoortlng. APPENDIX A Pe~ 3 of 3 REGISTRIES OF OEEOS IN MASSACHUSETTS ' ~G[$TRY OF DEEDS ACTIVITY Land Area (Sq. miles) 411 301 168 106 112 50 691 1,839 8,093 I Population (0001 121 173 1613 134 7.5 4.5 384 973 5,850 Non-Registered Land Total Instruments 1974-75 27,400 ND 12,812 NO 297/I 907 '39,5~9 Peak Y. ear 38,761 (18,1161 15,157 ND 3858 1,120 54o215 - - Peak Day 275 ND 175 ND 75 19 418 Land Court Parcels Certificates Issued 1974-75 2,6~0 ND 248 NO 112 254 1,594 - Peak Year 3,B42 ND 280 ND 281 348 1,993 Peak Day ND ND S ND 2 17 21 - Docuraen ts Recorded 1974~7B 10,000 ND 810 ND 243 800 6,124 Peak Year 13,446 (4911 ~0 ND 656 i,002 7,692 - Peak Day ND ND 23 ND 1 36 62 - - TOTAL DOCUMENT VOLUME 55,749 (18,6071 16,357 (10,?lg) 4,7gO 2,470 63,g00 (172,$971 689,700)* ~ (Peak Years) Volume Per Capita .46 (.111 .10 (.08) .64 ,55 .18 (.181 Computer used? No NO RD ltd No No No - Number of Employees 46 lid 16 liD 2 2 4B - 'Total Budget 1974-75 ($,0001 608 (1571 181 (1511 38 (23) 466 (1,6241 (7,0311 Budget per capita $5.00 ($0.911 $1.13 ($1.131 $5.01 ' ($5.02)$1.22 ($1.651 ($1.201 Fee ~)evenue ($00a) 1974-75 480 NO 111 NO 39 21 521 Peak Year 658 (207) 146 (1031 47 24 650 (1,835) Tax Stamp Revenue 1974-75 ~50 ND 116 ND 31 26 $2~ Peak Year 744 (258) 163 (1191 61 ~0 730 (2,1151 ND: Data not oravided in 175 canvass of reeistr~ of deeds ectTvttv. ( ): Numbers in parentheses are from survey by Hamoshire County Register of Deeds for 1971 or 1973, or include such data. * Numbers based on arbitrary estimate of volume Der capita of .10 for two registries sot rel)orting. 0 0 O 0 ~0 0-~ O~ 04~ 0 0~ o~ I Z 0 0 I 0 0 t~ t~ 0 q~ 0 O~ 0 ~0 0 o3 H I o o ~0 o o 0 o 0 o o o oo t~O o~ 0 0-~ o o o o APPENDIX C COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND RECORDS COMMISSION RESOLUTION ON PARCEL INDEX NUMBERS May 23, 1975 The Massachusetts Land Records Commission recommends for purposes of th~s pilot project the use of a number for indexing and f~l~ng of the records of each land parcel in the Commonwealth consisting of five sets of digits, initially derived from the following: town area desig- nator, parcel group designator, source parcel designator, suffix for any changed parcel, and check digit. This parcel index number may con- tain a maximum of fifteen (15) numeric characters, separated by four dashes. The index number for any given parcel of land will be a unique number within the Commonwealth. Once assigned, the number will be per- manent unless change is required by a land transaction involving that parcel, according to uniform, statewide procedures established by the Land Court, the Land Records Commission, 9nd associated agencies. The recommended configuration of the parcel index number, as out- lined below, will assure sufficient flexibility and extra digits so that 9very new, separate land parcel that enters into any future land transaction can have its own unique identifier number no'matter how small or how shortli~ed that parcel may be. However, a separate parcel index number should not be assigned for the area or space affected by a lien, right-of-way, easement, or other holding that involves less than a fee simple interest in the land. Rather, its existence should be flagged by a special indicator in the land data system, and its identi- fiers should be entered as separate data elements. A large scale map showing the index number and relative size, shape and position of every parcel must be provided as part of the land data system, and maintained up-to-date. The Commission further reco:mends that the geographic coordinates of the visual center of each parcel, as measured on the State Plane Co- ordinate system, be included among the characteristics recorded in the proposed land records system. The coordinates will be essential as loca- tion identifiers, and should also be evaluated in the 1975-1976 pilot project for their possible use as the primary parcel index numbers. Other characteristics recorded for each parcel should include the parcel numoers and the block or map numbers of any small area identifier system currently in general use within each specific area, e.g., assessor's map c-1 Resolution on parcel index numbers - (cont.) May 23, 1975 number, street address, census block, block and lot number of the re- corded subdivision plan, Land Court case number, etc. Reports should be available from the data files by an inquiry regarding any recorded characteristic of land parcels, whether a relatively unique character- istic such as street address or one relating to thousands of parcels such as a category of land use. The Commission further requests the preparation of a manual of pro- cedures for assignment of parcel index numbers in all foreseeable local circumstances, drawing upon the expert assistance of the Massachusetts Land Court, the professional associations of the registers of deeds, assessors, surveyors, conveyancers, and any others whose interests are directly concerned. A brief example of the types of situations to be covered in the manual of procedures is attached to this resolution. Recommended configuration:* Maximum of 15 digits, as follows: xxx-xxx-xxxx-(xxxx)-x Town Designator ..........' ' ' ' ' .... Check Digit Parcel Group Designator ---' ' '--- Suffix for any changed parcel Source Parcel Designator .... ' SUB-GROUP a. Town Area Designator 3 Possibly an exist- 476 ing Municipal Code {Lexington} NUMERIC CHARACTERS SOURCE EXAMPLE b. Parcel Group Designator 3 c. Source Parcel Designator 4 d. Suffix for any changed parcel l, 2, 3 or 4 e. Check Digit 1 New Local Maps 978 New Local Maps 0014 Sub-Division Plan 6 Computation algorithm 2 The configuration and numbering procedures recommended for this unique parcel index number are based upon the report prepared for the Mass- achusetts Land Records Commission by Dr. Hartmut Ziemann, of Ottawa, Canada, entitled "Land Unit Identification: An Analysis". c-2 Resolution on parcel index numbers - (cont.) May 23, 1975 The Commission further urges that a single public agency be desig- nated to proceed with the preparation or assembly of property maps and the assignment of parcel index numbers, starting with the area for the 1975-1976 pilot project. The personnel engaged in both the original assignment and the required maintenance and updating of the parcel index numoers should be thoroughly trained and familiar with the manual of procedures requested above. As the next step in the Land Records work program, the Commission urges the agencies of the Co~monwealth to embark upon studies to deter- mine She most approoriate format for a statewide system of large scale property maps, establishing the parameters of map scales, definition of the grid coordinate system, orientation and coverage of map sheets, re- quirements for survey control, and the availability of survey control in those areas most likely to be covered by the first maps in the new sys- tem. Such parameters must be established at the earliest feasible date to assure the Commonwealth the opportunity of coordinating with mapping programs now under way in the States of Vermont and New Hampshire, in the creation of a regional mapping system. The Commission finds that sound plans for a mapping system for at least the New England region are likely to be a prerequisite for the substantial Federal funding that will be required to realize these objectives. EXAMPLES OF PARCEL NUMBERING PROCEDURES Source Parcel 14 'in Parcel Group 978 in Lexington will have the following primary inde× number for use with the land data system: 476-978-0014-0-6 14-0-6 After Source Parcel 14 in Parcel Group 978 in Lexington has been divided for the first time, the undivided remainder of Lot 14 will have a new suffix on its primary index number for us with the land data system; viz, the next avail- able for assignment within that source parcel: 476-978-0014-1-7 The newly formed parcel will have a similar number with a different suf- fix for use with the land data system such as: 476-978-0014-2-8 14-2-8 14-1-7 C-3 If the remainder of the Source Parcel 14 in Parcel Group 978 in Lexington is sub- sequently again divided, the remainder will have the next available suffix added to its primary index number: 476-978-0014-3-g The newly formed parcel will have a number for use with the land data system such as: 476-978-0014-4-0 14-2-8 14-3-9 14-4-0 do If the newly formed parcel 476-978-0014-4-0 is itself divided, the remainder of that parcel will have another new number such as: 476-978-0014-5-1 14-2-8 14-3-9 14-5-1 I 14-6-2 If two numbered source parcels or portions of parcels are merged, forming a new parcel, the new parcel will have a new primary index number that retains one of the former source parcel numbers, selected according to some standard convention. 19-1-3 37-0-2 19-2-4 19-6-8 C-4 APPENDIX D CONFERENCE ON THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR A GEODETIC SURVEY: PREREQUISITE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CADASTRE JULY 17 and 18, 1975, Boston, Massachusetts Sponsored jointly by the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Land Court, Office of State Planning, Department of Public Works, and Department of Community Affairs; AMERICAN CONGRESS ON SURVEYING AND MAPPING New England Section, and the FEDERATION OF NEW ENGLAND SURVEYORS' ASSOCIATION CONCLUSIONS Horizontal and vertical control networks are required to provide a uniform geodetic reference system to support the orderly collection, recording, updating and use of land related data. These control networks are the bases upon which an automated land data service center, serving the requirements of the various governmental and private agencies for geographic reference informa- tion, must be built. RESOLUTIONS It is recommended that an extensive and comprehensive review be made of the control networks in each of the New England States and that this review should include: (a) The quality of the control networks (b) The density and location of monumentation (c) The administrative support for the extension and maintenance of the systems It is recommended that a qualified organization be established or designated within each state government to be the authority to coordinate the present and future efforts throughout each state pertaining to the collection, recording, updating and use of geographically referenced land related data including, but not limited to surveying, mapping and charting. RESOLUTIONS 2 of 2 It is recommended that a pilot project be carried out in a suitable location within the New England region to verify the results of a cost/benefit analysis previously obtained for the Land Records Information System of the Canadian Maritime Provinces. (It is suggested that this pilot project could be selected in the state of Massachusetts to investigate at the same time possible benefits accruing from title registration and to take advantage of the existing Land Records Commission.) 4 It is recommended that (a) Task Force (s) be formed to: (a) Canvass Federal, State and Municipal agencies and other organizations to determine their needs and requirements for geographically referenced land data. (b) Disseminate information on the potential advantages of an automated land data service center. (c) Suggest methods for increasing the cooperation between these agencies. (d) Suggest methods for improving the quality of the collected data. (e) Investigate and suggest sources of funding to ensure adequate financial support for the organization recom- mended under #2 above. APPENDIX E CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED LAND DATA SYSTEMS The attachment presents a comparison of the most salient characteristics of several land data systems. It is the result of a survey of existing and prop?seal sys. temso A brief descrip- tion of each is given below, followed by a description of each characteristic, The systems compared were selected on the basis of their relev~__~ce to this study as well as the availability of detailed data on their operation. The Maritime Provinces are developing a comprehensive program of land surveying and mapping property, land tenure registration, and land use information. Entitled the Land Registration and Information Service, it is not oriented toward m~i cipalities ~ operations. The operational state-wide Land Use Data Bank in the State of Hawaii is an information system primarily for the state and county governments° Its orientation is analyticalo Forsythe Co~mty, North Carolina, is developing at the county level a map-based land records system, the Forsythe County Land Records Irdormation System. Analytical in nature, it will also benefit municipal assessment /~nctionso Fairfax County, Virginia, has implemented an Urban Development Iz~formation System for county an~t public use. Its orientation is toward land use analysis. The city of Nashville and Davidson Count-y, Tennessee, are designing an Inter- Departmental Location and L/zapping l~rograrn for municipal and county use which will be a rnulti-purpose, inter-departmental geo-location system. ~upported by a large computer' capability, it will be oriented toward municipal planning. Wichita Falls, Texas, under the sponsorship of HUD, developed a Geographic Base Index System which has the cal~bility to perform many municipal operations, as well as managertal analysis and planning. The Lawyers Title Search System is a private system developed by the Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation. It is used specifically for ownership information. The characteristics compared were selected from ~ list compiled for the Land Hecords Commission. The purpose was to facilitate a cursory evaluation of each system and to reveal the types of efforts Being performed elsewhere. ^ppendix E (cont.) The Number of Parcels of land in the district indicates the relative size of the operation. The Operating Agency indicates the level of government which has primary control and responsibility, or whether the system is autonomously run. The Current Opera- tional Status is necessary in evaluating the system's success, as the costs, problems, and usage of the system are known in an operational system. The Mapping Techniques Used serves to distinguish between map-based programs, in which mapping is generally a major step undertaken early in the system development, and record-based systems. The Map Scale also highlights the degree of mapping emphasis by the relative detail of the mapping effort. Because of limited sources, data detailing these two characteristics were not available for Hawaii and Fairfax County. The Parcel Identifier defines the basis of the record identifier being used. Among the alternatives are a random or sequential identifier tied to the parcel; title or ownership; the geographical state plane coordinates (SPC) recommended at the 197Z conference on Compatible Land Identifiers The Problems, Pros- pects, and. Payoffs; the traditional census tract or block numbers; or the DIME (Dual Independent Mapping Encoding) System, developed by the Bureau of the Census to represent map features numerically. The Indexing Parameters are useful in evaluating the narrowness of current applications and flexibility to incorporate potential ones. The capability to access or tabulate by multiple parameters can benefit users who are not part of the original system. The Orientation and the Analytical Capabilities/Applications reflect the limitations or depth of capabilities provided. The general areas of application are operations, such as tax assessment, census, school districting, etc., and analysis, such as demographic or land use tabulations. Some systems have successfully integrated both, whereas others have specialized in analysis. The Data Processing Equipment Used, although an incomplete listing, denotes the size of, and the capabilities available to, the system. An example is the graphic plotting of maps. The Physical Storage also reveals the extent of the system, such as whether it handles the actual documents. Costs were incomplete from the available sources, but were considered useful when available. E-2 APPENDIX F IN I llL ~ hAR OrgE TI IOUgAND NINE I IUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX AN ACT PROVIDING FOR £MPROVEMENT OF LAND RECORDS IN THE COMMONWEALTH (Filed jointly by Representative Donald Gaudette of New Bedford and Representative Bruce Zeiser of Wellesley; sponsored by Senator Ronald MacKenzie of Middlesex County. ) SECTION !. Section 4 oI Chapter 7 of I:he General Laws, as amended by Chapter 704 of the Ac~s of 1969, is hereby an,onded by striking the semi-colon after the word "comn~0nwealth" in linc 15 o~ thc second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the followi~g:- and, in m;~[~c~-s affecting coordination of procedures for mapping and for keeping of public records nffectia~i land, of uni[s of the county and municipal governments of the conm~onwealth; SECTION 2. Chapter 7 ol Lhc (moral Laws is further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new NOTE. - tJsa ONE side of paper ONLY. DOUt3LE SPACE. insert additional leaves, if necessary. Section 39. To advise and assist the commissioner and the judge of the land court in the administration of a land records improvement program, there is hereby established in the executive office of administration and finance the land records advisory committee consisting of fifteen members, including as ex-officio members with full voting privileges the following eight officers of the commonwealth or their designees: president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, judge of the land court, attorney general, secretary of the commonwealth, secre- tary of environmental affairs, commissioner of corporations and taxation, and direc- tor of the office of state planning; and including seven members to be appointed by the governor, one of ~om shall be a representative of the registers of deeds, one of whom shall be a representative of the conveyanclng profession, one of whom shall be a representative of the surveying profession, one of whom shall be a representative of the municipal assessors, and one of whom shall be a representa- tive of consumer interests in real estate. The governor, after consultation with the judge of the land court, shall designate the chairman and the vice-chairman from among his seven appointees to the advisory committee. Members or officers of the advisory committee appointed by the governor will serve until removed by him or until three months after the end of his term of office. The duties of the land records advisory committee shall be to advise and as- sist the commissioner and the judge of the land court in the administration of a land records improvement program., which shall include the following:% (a) reports a~d recommendations by the commissioner and the judge of ~be land cot~rt to the goveruor, the chief justice and the general court on or before December 1, i977. and revisions of said reports and recommenda- tions following the encl ~-~f cacl~ fiscal year thereafter, including evalua- tions of results of previous t'ecommendations, on the following subjects: (1) proce~urus for i~proving the s~orage and retrieval of public records relating to real estate by the use of ~niform and combined indexes thereto based ~pon a ~'~'~raph~. system using numbers, letters or other symbols or devices relating to u~its of land as an alternative no systems based upon the names of (2) changes i, the laws an:i customs relating to the recording of deeds and other ins~rumencs that may be necessary or desirable to accom- plish the foregoing; (3) changes in otl~.~ flaws r.~laning, substantially or procedur- ally, to the creation, ownership and transfer of rights in real estate, in- cluding chapter 185 of the Gc'~eral Laws. that might, without undue prejudice to the purposes of such lz~ws, reduce the length and the expense of title ex- amination and the risks iul~er~;nt in purchases of real esta~-e. (b) plans, gu~d_q, ines and standards established by the con~nissioner for impro'.:emcnt of maps and 1. c~nd records in the commonwealth, and evalua- tion of their results, i~cludin~, the follow~ng, among others: (1) g~ido[in~s f-r each .~gency of the commonwealth that admin- isters regulations afro's'ting ]~n~ pa,'eels, relative to maintenance of its assigned elements of the land parcel data base; (2) management stc~udc~rds for the surveying and geodetic control operations of the comm~nwealth; (3) mimimum stz~ndards for the mapping of extended areas by any · sp~p ~o s~!aas!~z ~qa ~e sI~zed pu~I ~o spzo~z ~q~ uo p~seq m~sfs uo!~emao~u! s~znos~z pu~ pueI P~aez~au! u~ ~o '~m!a gu!Maom pu~ saeiiop u! ~A!ad pue ~!iqnd pue s~!~u~q ~q~ ~e=~suom~p pue ~s~a o~ ~[oad ~oi!d ~ ~o ~npu0~ P~Inb~a ~u!pun~ I~a~p~ pu~ '~=~oad Maoa ~uo!~z!u~o (9) pu~ puli I~np!A!pu! ~o q~I~q ~!Iqnd go suo!~!puov =o ~u~mdoi~A~p ,uois!A!pqns '~u!uoz ~q~ ~u!~ s~uamua~Ao~ ie~oi ~o s~!~aad ao suo!~in~aa ~mei~q ~$oou~u~pao Mu!uzoouo~ spzooo~ ~o o~u~uo~u!~m ao~ sou!iop!n~ fs~os$oss~ i~d!m!unm Xq spao~oa pup sdem io~a~d pu~I ~o ~ueuo~u~m aq~ ao~ fsd~ s~D~nos~ i~an~eu pu~ fsd~ osn pu~I fsd~m xopu! tlaodoad fsdmm i~zTsep~o ao la~s!~oa pu~I :aoq~ou~ o~ aIe~S auo moa~ uo!saaauo~ sa~e~!I!Oe~ ~eq~ soie~s dmn ~o fq~aeaa!q ~ ~ulsn ~m~sXs d~ ~p!m-~s ~ ~o s~u~m~i~ s~ ~sn p~u!pzoom ai~q~ zo~ ~p!Aozd o~ 'sd~m ~o s~d~ ~u!moiio~ ~ ~s~I ~ ao~ ~uii~P!n~ pu~ '~u~ its task for,~es shall serve wit[lout compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them in tl~e perfot'mance of their duties. SECTION 3. The com~f~ission~..r of administration shall assume responsi- bility for t~e reports and files of the land records commission funded in the deparcme~t of communicy affairs by chapters 363 and 423 of the Acts of 1974. The commission]er siva.Il ('onsi¢ler continuity with the prior work of said commission as an object[v© in l~is rcco~:~mendations regarding membership of the ]and records advisory cotm~itteu and staffing of the land records improvement program. SECTION 4. Chapter 36 of th~ Ge~eral Laws is hereby amended by in- serting after Section 13B thc follo~.~ing new section:- Set]ion 13C. Any ci~-y or town which accepts this section may sub- mz~ index maps of its te~rito~.'v ~o thc land court in accordance with regula-- ]ions established from time ~o time by ~he court, together with such informa- nion as the court may requ£re, l.f it de~ermines than the maps are adequate for the purpose, and that the register of deeds for the registry district in which the city or town lies has offered evidence that he is prepared to main- ~ain a geographic index, the court may assign an identifier to each grid ~ectang~e or parcel thereo~, as the ca.~e :m~y be. Upon such assignment, sets of the n~aps, bearing the identifiers, shall be delivered to the city or town and to s,'~id r~gister of deeds, who shall post a notice of such receip~ ~ ~ registry~ an~ the city or town may send to ,;ach owner of land therein, whether or non exempt from taxation, a copy of t~e map, or portion thereof, tidal shows his land. Such regulations may prescribe (1) methods of preparing and dis- tributing index maps that show the locations of units of land in rela- tion to either a rectangular coordinate grid or the boundaries of a hier- archy of parcels and groups of parcels, (2) methods of subsequently altering, prospectively, the size of the rectangles on any grid map or the size and shape of parcels on any parcel map, if such parcels are in- correctly depicted or altered by agreement, (3) methods of changing from grid to parcel maps and vice versa, and (4) methods of abolishing index maps and reverting to grantor-grantee indexes. Parcel maps shall be admis- sible as rebuttable evidence of the boundaries of the parcels shown thereon. SECTION 5. The first sentence of Section 14 of chapter 36 of the General Laws is hereby amended to read as follows:- When he has received one or more index maps from the land court, pur- suant to Section 13C, he shall add a seventh column, with the heading "Geo- graphic Identifier." SECTION 6: Section 25 of chapter 36 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:- When he has received one or more index maps from the land court, pur- muant to Section 13C, he shall keep a geographic index, divided into seven columns, with headings as follows:- Date of Town ~ere Geographic Reception the Land Lies Identifier Grantors Grantees Book Page SECTION 7: Section 26 of chapter 36 is hereby amended to read as follows:.~ Unless a deed or ouher instrument which he is by law required to record bears a recital or ar. ~mdorsement by the party presenting it from which ~t appears that all the land affected thereby is in a town or city for which aher~ are ~ndex maps~ he shall, and notwithstanding any such recital or endorsement he may, winhin twenty-four hours after it is lef~ for record, ca,se the name ol each grantor, the grantee or other party thereno ~o be entered at lengt~ and alphabetically in the appropriate in- dex, and in the appropriate column, if any, the name of the town where the land described in the ~nsnr~en~ ]ies~ if the same is therein disclosed. Within a reasonable time after such inatrument has been recorded, he shall affix to s~c~ entry the nnm~er of the book and leaf or page where recorded. If it appears that any of the ].and affecEed is shown on an index map, he shall, within such twenty-fou~ hours, cause the foregoing entries to be made in the geographic ink]ex, arranged alphabetically and numerically ac- cording first to the ciEy or Eown and then to the grid or parcel identifiers. SECTION 8: The iirst s~nt~nce of Section 28 of chapter 36 is hereby ame~zded to read a~ follows:- Each register shall an~ually, at the expense of the county, cause competent persons to make cop~es of the indexes of the preceding year. In- dexes of grantors and gray, tees shall be classified by their respective sur- na~,~es in a~phabetica] order, and arranged thereunder in the order in which the deeds and other conveyances to ~hich they refer were left for record. lie may also cm~so the Chri.~'i:m ~ames of the grantors and grantees, as well as their surnames, to bE, arraufl~.d in aiphabeticai order in such lists. Such copi.~s shall in other respa, ets be in the form required for the original in- dexes. A geographic index shall list all instruments affecting land show~ on index maps alphabetically and numerically according~first to the city or town and then to the grid or parcel identifiers, and may be consolidated with geographic indexes of preceeding years where appropriate. SECTION 9: Section 29 of chapter 36 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following words at the end Of the first sentence:- and of the index maps or any part thereof. SECTION 10: Section 4 of chapter 183 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph at the end: No instrument presented for record more than sixty days after the posting of notice of an index map, as provided in Section 13C of chapter 36, shall, whether or not accepted for record, be valid as against any per- son except as aforesaid, with respect to any land shown on such index map, unless, and only to the extent that, it bears on its face the appropriate grid or parcel identifier or identifiers of tracts having boundaries that contain said land or lie within ten meters of said land. Where said land is indi- cated as rural on said map, said instrument may be valid with respect to land that lies within twenty meters of said boundaries. SECTION 11. The first sentence in the first subparagraph of Section 38 of chapter 262 of the General Laws is amended to read as follows:- If the paper contains more than one page, at the rate of one dollar for each page after the first; if it contains the names of more than two par- ties thereto other than spouses of parties, an additional fee of seventy-five cents each shall be charged for indexing the names of the additional parties, and if the paper contains one or more grid or parcel identifiers, an addi- tional fee of seventy-five cents each shall be charged for indexing the paper in the geographic index. SECTION 12. The provisions of sections four through eleven of this act shall be deemed severable from sections one, two and three. If any of the provisions of either portion of this act shall be held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provisions of the remaining portion of this acn shall continue in full force and effect. o u~ o ~ [] ~ ~o~o o ~ APPENDIX H PILOT OPERATIONS PLAN I. Project Organization Executive or legislative authorization for new procedures at the registry of deeds for the pilot project will be requested. If necessary, the project could proceed without this special authorization, since the current indexing and recording system can remain fully operational during the test period. Utilizing the "Criteria for Selection of a city or town" (Appendix G), following visits to local municipalities and registries of deeds, a par- ticipating community will be selected for the pilot project on the basis of its suitability, available maps and other resources. o A pilot project director will be designated and a lead agency will be selected. The director will have responsibility for conducting the p~lot project, d~recting personnel, planning and man- aging the program and presenting the findings and recommendations under the overall cognizance of one of the agencies forming the joint venture. An advisory group of users of land-related inform- ation in the pilot area will be formed to advise in the design of the pilot project, monitor prog- ress and assist in carrying out the project's ob- jectives. Suitable working space and office equipment will be arranged for use at the participating commun- ity offices and at the appropriate registry of deeds for use of the staff of the pilot project. The staff necessary to conduct the pilot project will be recruited and trained to perform the vari- ous program activities. It is expected that the staff will perform geographic indexing, data col- lection, parcel numbering and preparation of land data files and records. The facility to be used for the automated process- ~ng of the pilot project data will be selected. Such a facility will include data preparation equipment as well as suitable computing and tele- communications capability. H-1 I~. ?ro~ect ~nitiatio~ A complete set of maps covering the pilot project community will be acquired. It is expected that assessors' or tax maps which indicate the approxi- mate boundary lines of each parcel in the munici- pality will be suitable as a base for the conduct of the project. The selected maps will be modified as required to create a set of property index maps to remain un- der the control of the pilot project. Such modi- fications may include photographic reduction, re- moval of extraneous map data, addition of state plane coordinate indicators and other changes be- fore the maps are used for the land data system. Procedures for the assignment and change of par- cel index numbers will be developed. Such pro- cedures will be based on the Resolution on Parcel Index Numbers adopted by the Land Records Comm~s- sion (See Appendix C). The procedures will be s,~marized in a booklet of rules, including guide- lines and examples, for use by personnel assigned the responsibility for parcel index numbering dur- ing the pilot project, and in other municipalities wishing to undertake parcel indexing. The data elements for the pilot operation will be selected from the Data Elements Suggested for the Start-Up Phase of an Integrated Current Land Data System (See Appendix B). In addition, coding, procedures will be developed for use in preparing the data for entry into the land data system. Using the modified maps and the parcel indexing procedures developed as a part of the pilot.pro- ject, parcel index numbers will be assigned to each parcel and indicated on the maps. Such as- signments will be made for all parcels, public and private, and will include all streets, highways, and federal land within the boundaries of the muni- cipality. An individual record and coding sheet will be pro- duced for each assigned parcel index number. The land-related data collected concerning each parcel will be prepared in coded form and entered on this sheet for conversion into a machine-readable format. Design and programming of the computer software required for the processing of the land data will be performed. Whenever possible, the wealth of existing designs and computer software will be utilized to save time and expense. Land-related data concerning each parcel in the participating community will be collected from such sources as assessors' files, the latest re- corded deed, Land Court certificate, probate court files and other municipal files. The co]lected data will be coded and entered onto the appropriate coding sheet for each parcel along with the source of the data and the date of collection. III. S_y. stem Operation Reproductions of the land data system maps of the selected community which include the assigned par- cel index numbers will be prepared and distributed to the municmpal offices, the Land Court, the regis- try, local conveyancers and other interested in- dividuals and organizations. Each parcel coding sheet will be converted into machine-readable form through keypunching or key- to-tape or key-to-disc procedures. The converted data will then be ready for processing at the selected hardware facility. Procedures for the use of the assigned parcel in- dex numbers on all documents offered for recording relating to land within the participating munici- pality will be developed and implemented. The formats to be used for the presentation of re- ports, query responses, statistical analyses, etc., will be developed, reviewed by the user advisory group, and modified as required on the basis of experience with the operation of the pilot project. Special copies of the current grantee and grantor indexes entries and current copies of recorded deeds in the registry of deeds relating to land within the pilot area will indicate the assigned parcel index number, possibly in the margin of the index or record book. H-3 A public information activity will be maintained to inform homebuyers, lending institutions, legis- lative and executive offices and other such groups of the pilot project and its goals and operations. In the case of changed parcel boundaries requiring the assignment of new parcel index numbers, the change will be made and appropriate cross-reference indicators will be established in accordance with the parcel indexing procedures. When additional or changed data concerning each par- cel become available, such data will be collected, coded onto the record sheets, coverted into machine- readable form and entered into the land data system. When approved subdivision or other plans covering land in the participating municipality are recorded at the registry of deeds, the changed parcel bound- ary lines will be indicated on the land data system maps together with the added or modified parcel in- dex numbers. Copies of the revised map sheets will be distributed to holders of copies of the initial land data system maps. 10. Pilot project system operation will include the routine use of the files maintained by parcelin~ dex numbers, the preparation of reports and analy- tical statistical s-mm~ries, and hard copy of re- sponses to user inquiries on the basis of name, parcel index number, address or other identifiers. 11. The pilot project will include the trial assignment of the geographic coordinates of the visual center of each parcel as measured on the state plane co- ordinate systemin accordance with procedures de- veloped at the Land Court. The coordinates will be recorded on the parcel coding sheet and entered ~nto the land data system as an alternative parcel identifier. IV. System Evaluation The operating experience of the pilot project will be documented so that an analysis and evaluation can be made of the operations as guidance to the Land Records Commission for the expansion of the land data system. A user benefit study following the pilot project w~ll be performed to determine the usefulness of the data system to the various users of the land- related information. The user advisory group will be asked to review and participate in the study. An evaluation of the pilot program will be per- formed by the Land Records Commission and will be based on analyses of the costs and benefits of maintaining each data element in the land data files, the degree to which the program has realized its stated objectives, and any opera- tional problems with the system design which are uncovered during the pilot project. An analysis will be conducted to identify any modifications to existing laws relating to the indexing, filing, storage or retrieval of land- related data that would be required for the sys- tem to expand beyond the pilot project stage. Drafts of legislation would be expected as out- puts of this activity. H-5 APPENDIX THE MASSACHUSETTS LAND RECORDS COMMISSION AND ITS SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS The twenty-four members of the Land Records Commission were ap- pointed by the Secretary of Communities and Development of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, pursuant to the appropriation of funds for this special project in Chapter 363 of the Acts of 1974. The members represent a broad range of interests in thedevelopment of a modern land records system, including both the professions and the public agencies to which this work is of vital concern. They include lawyers, surveyors, information system specialists, planners, and public administrators. They represent agencies of state, county and local government, statewide professional associations, and private practicioners in their respective fields. They provide essential lisison with many organized interests, as listed on the following pages. State funds have been appropriated for the Land Records Commission, and are administered by the Massachusetts Department of Comzmnity Affairs, through the Division of Community Services. The Department has hired and supervised a staff, and has employed consultants to carry out certain priority tasks, subject to mutual agreement with the Commission. Task forces have been organized from time to time to carry out the detailed reviews and drafting of proposals. Each of the four present task forces includes other specialists in addition to members of the Commission. This has brought an even broader representation of the technical resources of the Commonwealth into the development of the proposed land records program. LAND RECORDS COMMISSION NAME Ellis Goldman, ~airman *Howard Bennett Gerald F. Clohecy William J. Cronin PROFESSION Administrator; Urban Planner Engineer; Photogrammetrist Surveyor; State Geodesist Computer Systems Designer Frederic B. Dailey Lawyer Deborah Ecker Harry Feldman Barry T. Hannon, Esq, Thomas Humphrey Publia Administrator Surveyor Register of Deeds (Norfolk County) Engineer; Transportation Planner Richard B. Johnson Lawyer Philip Kingman Matthew B. Connolly Thomas Madigan Lawyer, Surveyor & Title Co. Official Environmental Planner and Administrator Urban & Regional Analyst Robert A. Mulligan Lawyer Carl D. Orio Gordon R. Perry Computer Systems Designer Surveyor REPRESENTING Massachusetts Department of Commmanity Affairs Boston Redevelopment Authority Federation of New England Surveyors' Associations Municipal data systems design Massachusetts Conveyancers Association Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation National Lawyer/Surveyor Ad Hoc Committee Registers of Deeds Associa- tion Massachusetts Department of Public Works Abstract Club; National Lawyer/Surveyor Ad Hoc Com- mittee Massachusetts Conveyancers' Association Massachusetts Executive Of- fice of Environmental Affairs Citizen interests Office of the Attorney General, Eminent Domain Division Association of Technical Professionals Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers *Mr. Bennett resigned in December, 1975, due to his move to New Jersey to accept a position with an aerial surveying and mapping firm. 1-2 LAND RECORDS COMMISSION (Continued) NAME PROFESSION Douglas A. Randall Lawyer Alvin J. Sanders Linda Stack William J. Tinti Juris Odris Thomas Wenham Information Systems Designer Information Systems Designer Lawyer Lawyer Assessor Albert B. Wolfe Lawyer Robert L. Woodbury Surveyor; Engineer REPRESENTING City Solicitors' and Town Counsels' Association Office of State Planning; Data Council Executive Office of Man- power Affairs Municipal government (Salem) Conveyancing profession Association of Massachu- setts Assessors Conveyancing profession and historical preserva- tion agencies Massachusetts Land Court TASK FORCE ON SYSTEM OUTPUT REQUIREMENTS *Howard Bennett Engineer; Photogram~etrist Constantine Constantinides Land Use Planner Stephen C. Flashenberg Lawyer **Barry T. Harmon, Esq. Register of Deeds W. (Luke) Harward ** Thomas M. Wenham Engineer; Trans- portation Planner Assessor (Lexington) Boston Redevelopment AuthOrity Office of State Planning Conveyancing profession Registers of Deeds Associa- tion Massachusetts Department of Public Works Association of Massachusetts Assessors TASK FORCE ON DATA S~ANDARDS **Gerald F. Clohecy Surveyor; State Geodesist Stephen C. Flasheuberg Lawyer * Resigned in December, 1975 ** Member of the Land Records Commission Federation of New England Surveyors' Associatio~ Conveyancing profession I-3 TASK FORCE ON DATA STANDARDS (Continued) NAME PROFESSION *Gordon R. Perry Surveyor *Alvin J. Sanders Information Systems Designer REPRESENTING Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers Office of State Planning; Data Council TASK FORCE ON MAPPING STANDARDS Emerson F. Baker **Howard Bennett *Gerald F. Clohecy Donald F. Cooke Surveyor Engineer; Photogrammetrist Surveyor; State Geodesist Information Systems Designer Vermont Department of Taxes Boston Redevelopment Authority Federation of New England Surveyors' Associations U.S. Bureau of the Census Stephen C. Flashenberg W. (Luke) Harward Lawyer Engineer; Transporta- tion Planner Conveyancing profession Massachusetts Department of Public Works *Thomas Madigan Urban & Regional Analyst Citizen interests Stephen McCabe Economist Massachusetts Bureau of Local Assessment *Gordon R. Perry Surveyor Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers Fritz Petersohn Surveyor American Congress on Sur- veying and Mapping, New England Section Gabor S. Szava-Kovats David Sinton David Weaver Surveyor Computer Systems Designer Geographer ~Surveying Profession Harvard Graduate School of Design Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Alec Zaleski Urban Planner Southeastern Regional Plan- ning and Enonomic Develop- ment Commission * Member ~f the Land Records Commission **Resigned in December, 1975 NAME *Frederic B. Dailey Robert Ralfyard *Barry T. Harmon, Esq, TASK FORCE ON LEGAL REQUIREMENTS PROFESSION Lawyer Lawyer Register of Deeds (Norfolk County) *Richard B. Johnson Lawyer Surveyor Fritz petersohn Lawyer Lawyer *Juris Udris *Albert B. Wolfe *Robert L. Woodbury Surveyor; Engineer John F. Zamparelli, Esq. Register of Deeds (South Middlesex) REPRESENTING Massachusetts Conveyancers' Association Massachusetts Bar Association Real Estate Committee Registers of Deeds Associa- tion Abstract Club; National Lawyer/Surveyor Ad Hoc Co.~tttee American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, New England Section; National Lawyer/ Surveyor Ad Hoc Committee Conveyancing profession Conveyancing profession and historical preservation agencies Massachusetts Land Court Pilot project candidate Paul Carey *Deborah Ecker Fritz Petersohn *Albert B. Wolfe *Robert L. Woodbury TASK FORCE - STATE LEVEL ORGANIZATION Urban Planner Office of State Planning Public Administrator Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation Surveyor American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, New England Section; National Lawyer/ Surveyor Ad Hoc Co,-,-fttee Lawyer Conveyancing profession and historical preservation agencies Surveyor; Engineer Massachusetts Land Court * Member of the Land Records Commission I-5 NAME STAFF PROFESSION REPRESENTING MacDonald Barr D. Kerry Dugan Margaret M. Brough Urban Planner Computer Systems Analyst Secretary Executive Director, Land Records Commission CONSULTANTS Burton Kreindel A. Robert Crudale John McLaughlin Hartmut Ziemann Lawyer; Engineer; Systems Designer Cartographer Surveyor Surveyor; Photogrammetrist The MITRE Corporation (Project leader) The MITRE Corporation Department of Surveying Engineering, University of New Brunswick; National Lawyer/Surveyor Ad Hoc Committee National Research Council of Canada I-6 APPENDIX J SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Akillian, Michael H., et al, AMore Perfect Union--A Report on Our Knowin8 the Land~ America, Sponsored and published by the New England Section of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping in cooperatiouwith the Federation of New England Surveying Associa- tions, Boston, Mass., April, 1975, 51 pages, Alldredge, Everett 0., Benefits Aceruin~ from an Improved Land Records System, unpublished paper, 1972, 9 pages. 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Canadian Institute of Surveying, Canadian Bar Association, National Research Council of Canada, Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources, and National Advisory Committee on Control Surveys and Mapping, Concepts of Modern Cadastre, eleven papers from the conference held in Ottawa, Canada, in October, 1974, published in The Canadian Sur- veyor, March, 1975, 126 pages. Chatterton, William A., ...recommendations with regard to the scope of the feasibility study to be conducted by the Department of ~ousin~ and Urban Development in implementing the mandate of the peal Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (RESPA)..., a "white paper" addressed to Arthur S. Newburg of HUD, from the Cou~nittee on Improvement and Modernization of Land Records of the American Bar Association, December 23, 1975, 22 pages. (submitted for publi- cation in the Journal of the American Bar Association). 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J-2 c 0 FUTURE TECHNICAL PUBLICA?IONS OF ~E LAND RECORDS COMNYS$ION (Scheduled for MaT and June, 1976) Geodetic Referencin of Location in a Land~t Ziemann, Ottawa, Canada (currently in final draft fo~m). cal___~e Ottawa, Canada. ~videlines and Instructions for.Ass~gmaent of Parcel ~ndex Number's, being prepared by Robert Foster of Schofield Brothers, Inc., Framingham, Massachusetts. ~tandards an~ Procedures for Qualifying Pro err Index Ma s (tentative title), being prepared b~ Gunther Oreulich of Boston Survey Consultants, Boston, Massachusetts. 01 Further infommation on these or other reports of the Land Records Cosmission can be ob- tained from the Division of C~unity Services, 1 Ashhurton Place, 16th floor, Boston, ~aas- achusetts, 02108 (address as of April, 1976), telephone 617/727-6~06 or-7001. REPORT OF THE LAKE COCHICHEWICK STUDY COMMITTEE TO THE TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER TABLE OF CONTENTS PARAGRAPH NUMBER Introduction Existing Limnological Conditions Aesthetic Considerations Recreational Utilization Summary of Existing Conditions Directions for Possible Action Recommendations APRIL 24, 1976 1. INTRODUCTION A Town Warrent article proposing the rezoning of a major portion of the Lake Cochichewick watershed and the attendant proposal of a high density development of the 86 acre Campion Hall site focused the attention of the commnnity upon La~e Cochichewick and its environs. The Town Meeting rejected these proposals and directed the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Study Committee for the purpose of recommending to the Town a long range plan which would protect and, if possible, enhance the water quality and the aesthetics of the watershed region. It soon became evident, to the committee, that the development of a scientifically based watershed quality program evolves on thm~ee levels; 1. The determination of the existing conditions. The establishment of scientifically based standards which are politically, socially, and economically attainable. The development of a land use and monitoring program which will insure the maintenance of the standards. This report acknowledges that the assignment is not complete but is an interim report which outlines the information gathered to date, analyses this data, and gives tentative direction for future actions. The Committee is grateful for the aid given to it by Dr. Robert B. Pojasek, Ph.D. and Dr. Vincent Turano, Ph.D. Their expertise has been invaluable in the anslysis and interpretation of the existing data. The Committee is also appreciative of the help and encouragement given to it by the Board of Selectmen, Board of Health, Planning Board, Board of Public Works, and the Conservation Commission. Respectfully Submitted; Mr. Joseph B. Cushing, Chairman Mrs. Patricia C. Trombly, Secretary Mr. Henry Donovan Mr. Clifford Elias, Esq. Mr. Frank C.' Gelinas Mr. Donald N. Keirstead Mrs. Louisa King Mrs. Lillian Lafond Mr. William McEvoy Mr. Gayton Osgood Mr. William N. Salemme 2. EXISTING LI~OLOGICAL CONDI. T. IONS' Lake Cochichewick is classified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a great pond, approximately 593 acres in size. The lake is, in reality, two separate impoundments; The Big Lake of 574 acres with a maximum dept of 44'and The Hatch which is 19 acres in size and, in general, less than lC' deep. The Big Lake was originally impounded by a dam located in the Narrows near the south pumpin, g station. The Big Lake was enlarged and the Hatch formed as a result of the damming of'the lake outlet. This was accomplished so as to insure a controlled flow of water for the operation of the woolen mills, located along Cochichewick Brook. With the development of the Millpond Townhouses on the old Stevens Mill site the water right's to the lake and the control over its flow passed to the 'Town of Nor{h Andover. Because of the variation in size, depth, and location and control of the outlet; there exists two different sets of limnological conditions. The Big Lake provides the ' drinking water supply to the Town. Due to the direction of flow there is little, if any, exchange of water between the Hatch and the Big Lake. This is fortunate, because the water quality in the' Big Lake is much better than that of the Hatch. The Big Lake is a large but closed basin. It is estimated that more than 85% of the water which flows into this basin is ground water which has percolated through the soil of the watershed. The remaining 15% enters a sheet flow over the ground surface or via intermittent brooks. Because of this drainage pattern, She water in the Big Lake is relatively free of those organisms associated with sewage. However, several of the brooks which flow into the lake have abnormally high conductivity rates which usually indicates pollution o~ the water by body salts which are a normal part of sub-surface disposal systems. It is reasonable to assume that this condition also exists in the ground water since certain dissolved materials are not filtered out by the soil. Therein lies the problem. Along with the body salts there are dissolved nitrates, nitrates and phosphates. These chemicals act as fertilizing materials for the aquatic plants in the lake in much the same manner as they would on a garden or lawn. This is the biological process of eutrophication or nutrient enrichment. Relatively few of the dwellings in the watershed are served by municipal sewerage; most have sub-surface disposal systems. Every sub-surface dispos~l system in the watershed must be considered a source of these eutrophying agents. Lakes have been classified in accordance with their trophic level as eutrophic, mesotrophic, or ol~gotrophic. A typical eutrophic lake has a high surface-to-volume~ ratio an~'~ .an .. abundance of nutrients producing heavy growth of aquatic plants. 'It contains highly organic sediments, and may have seasonal or continuous low dissolved-oxygen concentrations in its deeper waters. ~ typical oligotrophic lake has a low surface-to-volume ratio, a nutrient content that supports only a low level of aquatic productivity, a high dissolved-oxygen concentration, and sediments largely inorganic in composition. The characteristics of mesotrophic lakes lie between those of euthophic and oligotrophic lakes. The Big Lake would probably.be best defined as mesotrophic- eutrophic lake. This classification denotes the fragile condition which now exists. Because the Big Lake is a closed basin, there is no flushing except that which occurs when the water level is drawn down in order to prevent flooding, as has been noted above. Therefore, there is little elimination of the nutrients, and they tend to concentrate in the lake. ~It is fortunate that significant portions of the lake are more than forty feet deep. This allows a large part of the nutrients to settle into these areas where they add to the enrichment during the spring and fall, rather than all year long. In the shallower parts of the lake, twenty feet or less in depth, all the nutrients are readily available to encourage alEae growth. These algae blooms have an adverse affect upon color, taste, and odor qualities of the water. Some have suggested that these obnoxious conditions are already apparent during the sgring and fall turn-over periods. These conditions; color, taste, and odor are the most difficult to correct in water treatment plants. Additionally, the phenolic compounds, which are a normal pa~t of domestic sewage, react with the disinfecting chlorine to form the odorous chlorophenol compounds. Presently the Big Lake is in a critical balance. At any time a unique set of conditions may cause an irreversible upsetting of this critical balance. This may occur this spring, next fall, or ten years from now, depending upon the rate of enrichment. The Hatch is a separate entity. The direction of flow is from the Big Lake into the Hatch, and hence to Stevens Pond. Additionally, the construction, both in width and depth at the Narrows, limits the amount of mixing usually associated with wind induced currents. The Hatch illustrates what can be expected in the Big Lake if additional protective measures are not developed and implemented. The accelerated rate of Change in the Hatch as compared to the Big Lake is a result of the shallowness of the water and its smaller size. The Hatch exhibits an abundant growth of aquatic plants during the growing season and it is the opinion of most observers that the growth is greater now than in the past. The water is turbid. This turbidity is obvious to the most casual observer and is readily increased when the water is stirred-up by the wind. The brook whichempties into the south end of the Hatch has always carried a load of silt, as is evident by the alluvium at the mouth of the brook. However, although the silt load has increased markedly with the increase in upstream development, fortu- nately the degradation of the water quality in the Hatch does not effect the public d~inking water supply. AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS While it is' popularly thought that the "aesthetic" values of any component of the visual landscape cannot be measured, it is true that there are discrete, observable aspects of the landscape which determine the visual impression one receives. Once identified, these can be measured and put on a scale of relative values. The specific characteristics include contrast,'diversity, size, and naturalness. Because of its present rural flavor, the lake and its watershed rate high when put on this scale of relative values. An examination of the rate of development of the watershed shows that this development has increased f rom eighty-three (83) homes in 1952 to three hundred and thirty-four (33~) in 1974, a four-fold increase. Continued development at this rate could be critical. As a result of inquiries made during the summer of 1975, the following information was compiled regarding the recrea- tional uses of the lake andland surrounding the lake. Campion Hall There is only a skeleton staff remaining to maintain the.buildings and grounds. ~rooks School Brooks School has a school-year enrollment of 260 students and a summer program which has an additional 130 participants. The facility utilizes both the ~land surrounding the lake and the lake itself. In addition to the athletic field, the school has a boathouse situated on the lake shore and an accompanying boat landing ar6a. The boating facilities include 5 sailboats, 4 boats with 5 hp. motors, 6 rowboats, ll racing shells, and canoes. rolling Ridge 'The center is used primarily for retreats~ with seven to eight thousand participants yearly. The facility is situated on the lake shore, but it makes no use of the lake for recreational purposes. No boating is provided. No fertilizers or chemicals are used on the lawns, except for an occasional spraying of poison ivy. North Andover Countr~j Club The Country Club has a year-round membership of one hundred and seventy-five (175). The recreational provisions include golf, tennis, swimming, and sailing .on the !m~e in privately own boats by individual members. No fertilizer has been used on the lawns and fairways for the past three years. Inquiries were also made of the various Town Departments regarding recreational use of the lake and surrotmding area, as well as the keeping of livestock in the watershed. The following information was obtained: Police Department An attempt was made to determine the use of Weir Hill, the Town Farm and lake shore for parties, snow-mobiling and trail~bikingo The Police Department reported that there were relatively few complaints. They receive an occasional complaint of a "beer party" on Weir Hill during the Spring season. An arrest was made for swimming in the lake this past Spring, but it was dismissed in Court, which will result in a reluctance on the part of the Police %o prosecute for this offense in the future. Public ~orks Depa~tment~ Mr. Borgesi reported that requests for a boat ramp are numerous. There have also been requests for broader permission for skating. Presently, skating is forbidden without permits. Requests for the use of larger boat motors are frequent, but are denied since this is controlled by the State. He confirmed the report from the Highway Department that large amounts of t~ash are removed from the Flats Bridge area. Snow-mobiling and plane landings a~e forbidden. Tq..wn Clerk's Office Records show the following: 300 boats were registered in 1975 !11 boat motors were registered in 1975 5. SUMMARY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS There is no evidence to suggest that the drinking water supply is polluted by disease-causing organisms or is in danger of this type of pollutioQ in the near future. Odor and taste, which are rarely separable, are the prima~y means by which the user determines the acceptability of water. Although odor cannot be directly correlated with the safety of the water supply, its presence may require the community to seek other supplies. The water supply may be in danger of this type of pollution which does not readily lend itself to removal using the usual methods of water treatment. The lake is used for recreational purposes. Many of these uses are compatible with the primar~ function of the lake. However,. many are not. .4. Between 1952 and 1972 residential development in the southern and eastern areas of the watershed increased by a factor of four. Until recently, this development has occurred in areas relatively remote from the lake. However, last year there was a proposal for high density housing on the lakeshore, and it is anticipated that similar development in the watershed will be proposed. The nature and character of this development and land use will determine if it will or will not have an adverse impact on water quality. e The community has become complacent about Lake Cochichewick. Little effective action has been taken by the community to insure the continuation of an uncontaminated water supply. The 1972 North Andover Comprehensive Plan strongly recommendedt--~he town closely monitor--~e water quality in the lake and to review the land use plan of the watershed with respect to its potential impact on the lake. Now, fou~ years later, still no action has been t~en in either regard. This may be the most ironical condition of all. 6. FUTURE DIRECTIONS It is basic that the community know what is the quality of the water entering the water supply. Samples of raw water are t~_ken every other week and sent to the Experimental Station in Lawrence for testing and analysis. Both the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering and the North Andover Board of Public Works receives the results of this analysis. Under present testing procedures any pollution of the water supply will be detected after the harm has been done. The incoming water should be monitored so as to give warning in ample time' for corrective action to take place. The primary recommendation is that a year long testing program be undertaken to determine the base-line quality of the lake water and that a continuing monitoring program be set up under the management of an existing town agency. 2. Evaluate the types of public use which would not be deterimental in the watershed. Included in this evaluation would be an examination of the "Open Space Emphasis Concept" as suggested by the North Andover ,Comprehensive Plan of April 1972. The implimentation of a sanitary survey in order to determine the number of septic system failures and the effect of livestock in the watershed upon the water quality. The development of regulations which will require reasonable design and construction constraints upon builders and developers to conduct their earth- disturbing operation so as to have minimal adverse impact upon the watershed environment. The location and identification of the major aquifers and recharge areas in the watershed. Any town agency having jurisdiction in the watershed review their regulations regarding those activities which could adversely affect the Water quality with a view to thei~ suitability, and effectiveness of enforcement. The Board of Selectmen should appoint the Lake Study Committee or other appropriate Board to act as tiason with the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission to give responsible input concerning regional land-use plans and programs which could affect the laI(e watershed. 7. RECOMMENDATIONS The North Andover Department of Public Works has submitted two articles for action by the town meeting relative to a sewer line along the southern shore of the lake. The Lake Cochichewick Study Committee feels that it is ine best interest of the community to accept these two articles. .7 ~ 42'30' Pond .% Tentative Determination of the Watershed Area Denoting the Higher Elevations. Annual Report North Andover, Massachusetts [1976 On Our Covers DAWN bursts over Lake Cochichewick on a chill fall morning. Ice has already formed on the edge of the water (foreground), perhaps a harbinger of the severity of the winter to follow. The front cover photo shows one of the town's most valuable and beautiful assets, providing the community's chief water supply. The picture was taken from the north pumping station, looking east as the sun cas'~ its early glow on the sky, with reflections in the clear water below. Lake Cochichewick is especially important in these times of national environmental consciousness. It is not only a material resource, but also provides pleasure to resident boaters and those whose interest is fishing. Town officials keep a watchful eye on the lake and its surroundings. On the rear newest of the to Municipal Gara~ Street, which ho and offices of th Works and Tree The structu for valuable tow protection from t offices for pers¢ these departmen a new salt shed convenience to t department in w~ TOW COM Geor Thon John Davii Rayn Briar Cover Colc By George cover is shown the ~/n's buildings, the e Facility on Osgood uses the equipment e Highway, Public Departments. 'e provides housing ,vehicles, providing te weather, as well as lnel who work in Is. Also on the site is ~vhich is a great 3e highway nter weather. N REPORT MITTEE ge J. Cullen, Chron. las J. McEvoy J. Lyons I F. Roche iond N. Maynard F. Sullivan r Photos J. Cullen *Elected Offic **Appointed by ***Appointed ~by *MODERATOR (1~ Donald F. *TOWN HIGHWAY William A. TOWN ~BOARD OF SEL Thomas J. Joseph A. John F. Co **TOWN INSPECT( Building-C~ Ass't. Builc Gas-Mitchel Ass't. Gas Electric-J Ass't. Ele Animal-Dr. **TOWN REPORT Selectman Town Clerk Accountant George J I Raymond ~. Administra' Brian F. *TOWN CONSTAI James D. I George R. Robert P. Carl Lang Michael F SUPERINTENDENT by Board of Joseph J TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OFFICIALS AND TERM EXPIRATION DATES ials Selectmen Npderator m~th, Esq. *TOWN CLERK (Tenure) John J. Lyons *TOWN TREASURER 1977) James H. Dewhirst SiURVEYOR (1979) *TOWN TREE WARDEN (1979) **TOWN ACCOUNTANT (1979) cyr Leo E. Lafond David F. Roche OUNSEL (Appointed by Special Committee) rlnold H. Salisbury, Esq. (1977) ;;TMEN *LICENSING BOARD c!Evoy (1978) ulthrie(Chairman)(1977) dy (1979) Thomas J. McEvoy (1978) Joseph A. Guthrie (1977) John F. Coady(Chairman) (1979) RiS **BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE a!rles H. Foster, Jr. i!))g-William A. Cyr 11P. Bootman Wiilliam A. Geremia hin J. Thompson tir~ic-Vincent A. Landers Eidward C. Bulger :QMMITTEE 'hiomas J. McEvoy Jiohn J. Lyons Da~vid F. Roche iUl.len Maynard ~iiv:e Ass't, Sullivan JLES (1977) I~C:abe Ma, cKenzie ~ord Oi!s iThompson OF PUBLIC WORKS 'Ublic Works) Appointed Peter V. Rossiter, Chairman Mary Ellen Ostherr David M. Knepper Barry S. Rumack Charles Bazarian Irene Doucette Patricia Long Martha Larson Joan Thompson Anne Erikson ***TOWN BY LAW STUDY COMMITTEE Arnold H. Salisbury, Esq. Alfred L. Gardiner John P. Kirk William A. Finneran John J. Lyons Henrx E. Lund Donald F. Smith, Esq., Chairman *BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Arthur R. Drummond (Deceased) (1978) Philip A. Busby, Jr. (1977) Raymond J. Canty /1979) George H. Sanford (Unexpired ,-978) term) . Borgesi *BOARD OF ASSESSORS MERRIMACK VA Edward W. Phelan, Chairman (1979/ Joseph N. Hermann (1978) George P. Barker, Jr. (1977} *BOARD OF HEALTH Dr. Julius Kay, Chairman (197B) R. George Caron (1977) Edward J. Scanlon (1977) *SCHOOL COMMITTEE Richard G. Haltmaier (lg77) Charles W. Trombly, Esq. (1978) James P. G~rdon (1978} Mark DiSalvo (1979) John W. Graham (1979) Paul La Gayton **SUPERVISO Leo E. **TOWN BUIL COMMITTEE Andrew ~ank G~ A1 fred Louis Kr Anthony *PLANNING SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS (Appointed by School Committee) Peter V. Garofoli SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE J. Phillip Arseneault, Esq. (1977) Mark DiSalvo Richard G. Haltmaier A1Gardiner*** {1976) John A. Collins (1977) Charles W. T.rombly, Esq. D. Robert Nicetta(Chairman) (1978) CIVIL DEFENSE William John J. Fritz Of Paul R. William *HOUSING AL Thomas L Bernard Chair~ Joseph ) TreasL James D. Nicholas by Sta Director, John J. Coco 1st Alternate, John J. Lyons Co-2nd Alternates Joseph W. Lawlor, Police Chief James P. Daw, Fire Chief Commanding Officer Aux. Police R. Dennis Dionne Communication Officer Ridge Underwood **FOREST FIRE WARDEN James P. Daw **BOARD OF James P Da. ha N. Stewart **FENCE VIEW Thomas J Alexande **SPECIAL CI Joseph W *REPRESENTATIVE TO GREATER LAWRENCE R~ IONAL VOCATIONAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE John J. Caffrey (1980) .LEY PLANNING COMMISSION nprey (1979) )sgood OF INSECT PRST CONTROL afond ~ING CODE BOARD 0~? APPEALS vino, Jr. inas Gardiner ilec ~alvagna .OARD Chepulis, Jr. (1981) Monterio {1980) therr (1977) Lamprey (1978) N, Salemme (!979) THORITY Foulds, Treas. (1979) ~. Bingham, Vice lan {1981) orkeski, Ass't. Per (1978) McCabe,Chairman (1980) D. DiBetto, App. te (1977) IRE ENGINEERS Daw, Chief Fisher, 1st Deputy . Wilson, 2nd Deputy RS McEvoy McKinnon IL CONSTABLE Lawlor TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL **PERSONNEL BC Walter O. William ~ Paul J. Anthony Be Roger Laws HEALTH OFFICIAL Health) Health Ph Plumbi Ass,t.n~l Mangano Sanitariar Sanitary R.P.E. **SEALER OF WE Ernest J. **RECREATIONAL William P. Nicholas , William C Herbert T( John J. D~ William B~ Ri chard SI **DOG OFFICER Ernest Ga~ **VETERANS AGEI Bernard C **KEEPER OF THI Joseph W. **GAME WARDEN James M. **CUSTODIAN & PROPERTY James H. Klohl (1978) iClancy, Jr. (1978) bison (1976) riry, Chairman (1976) o!n (1977) Si i(Appointed by Board of siician-Dr. Julius Kay n)sp.-Edward J. Welch ~b~ing Insp.-Gaetano -iRQbert Rimbach nigineer-Frank G. Gelinas, GHATS & MEASURES Ro)berts COUNCIL iMcEvoy, Chairman ,i Evangelos iLafond omey .iislcoll .U~illier la~er ithier ~T,& BURIAL AGENT iBingham (Deceased 6/25/76) LOCK-UP Lawlor 4~tton NUCTIONEER OF TAX TITLE )ewhi rst ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AND PLANNING BOARD OF APPEALS Frank Serio, Jr., Chairman James D. Noble, Jr. Ralph Joyce R. Louis DiFruscio Alfred E. Frizelle Associate Members Walter Jamitkowski Steve Doherty (1976) (1976) (1978) 1978) 1979) 1977) 1978) NORTH ANDOVER ADVISORY BOARD Richard J. Kulpinski, Chmn. Mrs. Daniel F. Cahill Raymond M. Holland Harold Morley, Jr., Esq. Charles A. Salisbury Thomas F. Dunn William F. Hickey George T. Matthes John J. Greenwood Carol G. Good, Secretary 1977) 1978) 1978) 1976) 1977) 1976) 1978) **SURVEYOR OF WOOD, BARK & LUMBER John C. Farnum **GRAVES REGISTRATION OFFICER Edward A. Bardsley LIBRARY TRUSTEES (Replacement by vote of remainin§ members) Theodore Peters, Chairman Henry L. Donovan Mrs. John B. Osgood Roland B. Hammond, Jr. Mrs. Ruth Maker Mrs. Mary F. Flinn William B. Duffy, Jr. Harry Turner Mrs. Ellen P. Spilka, Librarian **LAISON OFFICER TO LAWRENCE AIRPORT COMMISSION Francis J. Trombly ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TECHNICAL REVIEW Mark Henry **NORTH ANDOVER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Edward W. Phelan, Chairman (1978) Anthony Spinelli (1979) Leonard Albis (1979) John J. Willis, Esq. (1978) John Cronin (1977) Frank Rullo (1977) Nicholas Szabat (1979) James Roop Associate Members John J. Eaton P. H. Edwards **BOARD OF REGISTRAR OF VOTERS Fred M. McCormack, Chmn. John J. McDuffie William C. Lafond John J. Lyons, Town Clerk, Ex Officio **COUNCIL FOR THE AGING George E. Everson, Chairman Mrs. Andrew E. DeBarba, Treas. Myron B. Lewis Pauline Blood Charles McKinnor Arthur Lambert Donald E. Anderson Mrs. Francis T. Murphy Mrs. Robert Friis GQadys Thomas William Calder Associate Members JohnJ. Lyons **COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE Joseph Morkeski John J. Monteiro ***VETERANS' DAY COMMITTEE Lucien Clermont, Post 219, A.L. Clifton G. Stone, III, Post 2104 V.F.W. **PUBLIC WEIGHERS Joseph W. Ellsey Albert Houle **RE~GIONAL POLL AND AIR) STUD! John J. Mo) Arthur Rat Vincent Tu William B. Mrs. Jane Mrs. Shell Robert Gup (1978) **CONSERVATION Mrs. Patri Leo E. Laf William Ch Arthur Res Joseph DeA (1978) Vincent Tu (1977) A1 ternate (1976) Henry Fink Frank Lewil CAPITAL BUDGET Richard Ku Mark O. Hel Robert Pan Robert A. Fritz Osth Represen David F. R Ex Offi c Walter E. ***MEMORIAL DAY Lucien Cle Clifton G. V.F.W. **NORTH ANDOVER John N. Sl Peter V. R Anna C. Ho~ Mary Ellen David Knepl MUNICIPAL FACI L'. Joseph A. John F. Co Fred Chapu' Jospeh J. ITION ABATEMENT (WATER F COMMITTEE )teiro, Jr., Chairman ~e 'ano, Phd. Duffy, Sr. .ucia ~ O'Connor kill ]OMMISSION :ia C. T~ombly, Chmn. )nd, Treas. )pulis :a, Clerk ~gelo, Vice Chmn. rano, Phd. ~embers OMMITTEE pinski, Adv.Bd. Rep.(1978) ~ry )ione ~ (1979) lagg, Chairman (1979) )rr, Planning Board :ative )che, Town Accountant io [nsdort ~OMMITTEE -mont, Post 219, A.L. Stone, III, Post 2104, HISTORICAL COMMISSION pkowsky .ssiter ,es Ostherr ~er TY BUILDING COMMITTEE iuthrie ~dy lorgesi William ~ Robert N Thomas E Charles Richard Frank C. Leo E. L Francis Anthony REGIONAL SOLI COMMITTEE William ~ Edward J Philip A GREATER LAWREI BOARD John L. LAKE COCHICHE Joseph C Henry Do Clifford Frank Ge Mrs. Lou Mrs. Lil William Gayton 0 William Mrs. Pat Richard ~. Cyr Doucette Emmett I.~ Foster I.' Harrington Gell i nas ~on d !, Trombl y iia!rrusso l i~ASTE DISPOSAL STUDY ~. Cyr, Highway Surveyor Scanlon, Bd. of Health ~usby, Jr. ICG SANITARY DISTRICT :inneran I!CH STUDY COMMITTEE ~hing iovan El~ias, Esq. minas isa King lian Lafond 4cEvoy ;good ~, Salemme. -iCia Trombly <ulpinski DATA PROCESSING STUDY COMMITTEE John J. Lyons Michael Morris Thomas D. Baird, Jr. Charles A. Salisbury Brian F. Sullivan James H. Dewhirst David F. Roche Mrs. Bernice Fink NORTH ANDOVER GROWTH POLICY COMMITTEE Gayton Osgood, Chairman Michael Cahill, Vice Chairman Joan Fiorino, Secretaru William Chepulis Elizabeth Deyo Joseph Guthrie Dr. Julius Kay Arthur W. Lambert Thomas W. Leavitt Louis Minicucci Wayne Mitton Sandra Monroe Benjamin C. Osgood Robert Saltonstall Phila Slade Michael Smolak Rita A. Torrisi Patricia C. Trombly Seated, left to right: John J. Lyons, George Cullen, David Roche; Standing, left to right: Brian F. Sullivan, Priscilla Gosselin and Thomas J. McEvoy. MAIN STREET, looking west, in the downtown business district. Fire station and town building are at right. Mail truck leave5 post office area which is at left foreground. ENTRANCE to Edgewood Farm on Os?od Street. ,Acres of land ?cars ago were n:aintaincd for cattle, poultry and farming on a large scale. Agreeable to a W~ the Town of Nortl the designated p~ T~ the St. Mich~ f~ur the Kittred~ North Andover on upon the followi~ Moderator, one S~ Board of Assesso of Health and tw~ one member of th~ year terms. The I have notified qualified to ¥ot at the Town Offi, of the Town. Sa time of said mee March 12, 1976. ARTICLE 1. Elect and proceeded to empty and regist, total number of 724. Precinct F TOTAL VOTE IN EA MODERATOR FOR TH Donald F. Smith David Roberts James Daw Blanks TOWN TREASURER F James H. Dewhirs Blanks SELECTMAN FOR TH John F. Coady William N. Salem William Chepulis Robert Low Blanks HIGHWAY SURVEYOR William A. Cyr George Myers William Busby Blanks TREE WARDEN FOR Leo E~ Lafond Jim Bernie Blanks BOARD OF ASSESSO Edward W. Phelan John Thompson Blanks BOARD OF HEALTH Edward J. Scanlo Mary L. Foley Blanks ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ~rrant signed by the Selectmen January 26, 1976 the inhabitants of ~i~ndover qualified to vote in Town affairs, met and assembled at ~liling places. In Precinct One the Bradstreet School. In precinct els School. In Precinct three the Thomson School. In Precinct e School and in Precinct five the Franklin School, all in said ~nday the 22nd day of March 1976 at 7:00 A.M., and there to act § article: ARTICLE ONE (1) To elect a Treasurer for one year, one ~llectman, one Highway Surveyor, one Tree Warden, One member of the ,one member of the Board of Public Works, one member of the Board (2) members of the School Committee, all for three (3) year terms, Planning Board and one member of the Housing Authority for five ~olls will be open from 7:00 A.M., until 7:00 P.M. OFFICER'S RETURN md warned the inhabitants of the Town of North Andover who are ~ in Town Affairs by posting true and attested copies of this Warra t :e Building and at five or more public places in each voting precinct d copies not having been posted not less than seven days before the :i!~g. (si ROBERT P. LORD. CONSTABLE. ATTEST: (si JOHN J. LYONS. TOWN CLERK. on of officers anu any questions on the ballot. Took up Article 1 vote in-for Town Officers. The ballot boxes were all found to be ired 0000. The polls opend at 7 A.M., and closed at 7 P.M. The ~Otes cast were Precinct 0ne-492. Precinct Two-715. Precinct Three- )~r-530 and Precinct Five-550. ~H PRECINCT ~E YEARS )R ONE YEAR EE YEARS ne [OR THREE YEARS FBREE YEARS FOR THREE YEARS FOR THREE YEARS A total of 3011. NUMBER OF VOTES BY pRECINCTS ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE TOTAL 394 559 576 395 422 2446 1 1 1 1 98 156 146 135 128' 663 4)5 619 624 441 461 2560 77 96 100 89 89 451 298 417 323 299 337 1674 175 273 377 210 ~97 1232 1 1 2 ~1 1 19 25 24 18 16 lO~ 420 624 618 448 469 2579 1 I 2 1 1 72 91 106 81 79 429 425 635 627 455 466 2608 1 1 67 80 96 75 84 402 415 606 610 448 457 2536 1 1 77 109 ll4 81 93 474 244 368 375 310 286 1583 226 317 318 184 236 1281 22 30 31 36 28 147 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THREE YEARS Raymond J. Canty ~04 591 Blanks 88 124 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS (2 yrs Unexpired) George H. Sanford 404 620 Blanks 88 95 SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS (2) MARK S. DiSalvo 327 392 Richard J. Hillner 208 349 John W. Craham 265 457 Blanks 184 232 HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR FIVE YEARS Bernard W. BinQham 411 601 Blanks 81 114 PLANNING BOARD FOR FIVE YEARS William Chepulis, Jr. 397 559 5 Blanks 95 156 1 ABSENT VOTING REPORT Ballots requested 8 4 Ballots received and voted 8 4 ATTEST TOWN CLERK Agreeable to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen April 14, the Town of North Andover qualified to vote in Town alfa' Chapter 8, Section 9A of the Acts of 1974 and our North ~ Article l, Section 4, met in the Veteran's Auditorium of School on Saturday April 24, 1976 at 1:30 P.M., and ther articles: ARTICLE l. Concerning the election of all officers appeal been complied with in Warrant issued March 12, 1976. ARTICLE 2. To elect all other c~fficers not required by l, Petition of Selectmen. VOTED to adopt the article. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the rel penditures as presented by the Selectmen. VOTED to adop ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salar ted officers of the Tomn as provided by Section 108 of Ci Laws. Petition of Selectmen. VOTED to fix the following l, 1976. Board of Selectmen and Licensing Commission-ea, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen per annum $300. Boar, annum $3,000. The present Chairman of the Board of Asse~ votes all of his working hours to the performance of his Board of Health-each per annum $500. Board of Public Wo) Town Treasurer $18,510. Highway Surveyor $17,270. Tree for regular town meeting $100. and for each special town ARTICLE 5. To see what action the Town will take as to i: Petition of Selectmen. No recommendation fiscal year noi ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take as to tY of the Advisory Committee Petition of the Selectmen. ~ the recommendations of thJ following by the Advisory Boa~ the following Items: Item 45, Schools: Less applied FedE to $72,514 and less applied Court fine $26,688 to $26,68~ Salaries $3,688,373 to $3,678,012.50. EXPENSES: General $860,904. Total Expenses $867,199 to $863,199. Appropri $837,199 to $833,199. Article 49 Recreational Expenses Item 58 Special Legal Services from ~9,000 to $7,000. ITEM SAL & WAGES ~ Selectmen ~ Expenses 2. Treasurer 32,307 Expenses 3. Tax Collector i6,750 Expenses 4. AssessOrs 30,062 Expenses 6 0 1)4 6)1 1!3 5!4 3)3 3 9 2~2 6(4 1 0 431 455 2491 99 95 520 432 450 2507 98 100 504 303 288 1834 243 284 1387 326 344 1761 188 184 1040 426 431 2473 104 ll9 538 .5 413 427 238~ .9 ll7 123 630 2 8 5 27 2 8 5 27 1976 the inhabitants of rs and in compliance with ,ndover Town By-Laws our North Andover Middle to act upon the following 'ing on the ballot have ~w to be elected by ballot. ~ort of receipts and ex- the article. and compensation of elec- apter 41 of the General salaries effective July h per annum $2,000. of Assessors-each per sors provided that he de- duties as AssessoP $9,105. ks each per annum $500. Warden $2,600. Moderator meeting $50. s unexpended appropriations completed. e budget recommendations, OTED (BUDGET) to accept d w~th the exceptions of ral Funds $62,153 changed 50 and appropriate for Expenses $686,904 to ate for expenses from rom $7,260 to $8,260. EXPENSES T 0 T A L S , $6,000.00 6,000.00 32,307 4,000. 4,000 16,750 7,690. 7,690 30,062 9,059. 9,059 5. Accountar Expenses 6. Town Clerl Expenses 7. Elections Expenses 8. Town Coun Expenses 9. Moderator 10. Advisory Expenses 11. Capital B 12. Planning Expenses 13. Board of Expenses 14. Personel Expenses 15. Council f 16. Conservat' Expenses 16A. Lake Coch! 17. No. A. Hi 18. Town Hall Expenses 19. Annual To 20. Police De Expenses 2~A. School Cr Expenses 21. Fire Depal Expenses 2lA. Forest 22. Dog Offic~ Expenses 23. Civil Def~ Expenses 24. Building Expenses 25. Wiring In: Expenses 26. Gas Inspe Expenses 27, Sealer of Expenses 28. Board of Expenses 29. G.L. Sani G.L. Sani 30. Animal In 31. Garbage D 32. Board of 33. Sewer M'n Expenses 34. Water M' Expenses 35. Park & Sc Expenses 36. Tree Depa Expenses 37, Dutch Elm Expenses 38. Insect Pe Expenses ~ Registrars ~1 (Annual retainer) ~mmittee d!get Committee >ard ipipeals (Zoning) oard r Aging o!n Commission ichewick Committee. itlorical Commission !&! Garage Buildings. in Meeting Expenses artment sising Guards t me n t els r nse nspector pector tor Weights & Measures ealth ary-Per Share Capital ary Per Operation Pect~r sposal Contract 'ublic Works nee & Cons~t. tnce & Cons't. ool grounds 'tment Disease .t Control $35,000.00 19,935. 1,780. 6,800. 200. 1,000. 2,297.0, 1,760. 1,800. 500. 4,800. 465,170. 16,403. 658,395. 500. 7,000. 945. 24,144. 3,150. 800. 1,500. 16,472. 420. 1,500. 36,878. 122,485. 35,586. 40,266. 8,324. 17,700. $3,967 9,800 2,200 300. 1,O00. 810. 265. 215. 10,500. gO0. 400. 350. 15,450. 5,250. 46,000. 1,100. 23,000. J,200. 3,300. 3,O85. 800. 350. 450. 12,375. 53,997. 81,600. 20,156. 20,000. 120,000. 10,500. 8,800. 2,024. 4,428. .00 $35,000.00 3,967.00 19,935. 9OO 1,780 9,800 6,800 2,200 200 1,000 30O 1,000 2,297 810. 1,760. 265. 1,800. 215. 10,500. 500. 900. 400. 350. 4,800. 15,450. 5,250. 465,170. 46,000. 16,403. 1,100. 658,395. 23,000. 500. 7,000. 3.200J 945 3,300 24.144 3,085 3,150 8OO 80O 35O 1,500 450 16,472 12,375 53,997 81,600 420 20,156 1,500 36,878 20,000 122,485 120,000. 35,586. 10,500. 40,266. 8,800. 8,324. 2,024. 17,700. 4,428. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 8O 81 Under Article 88 the Acts of 1974 Street Lighting Streets, Gen'l~M)ntnce & Hghwy Svyr. Expenses Snow Removal Refuse Disposal Expenses Veterans Benefits Expenses Cash Grants Graves Registration Expenses Schools Less Applied Fed'l Funds. Less" Court Fines. Apnropriation -School Salaries Expenses Out of State Travel Total Expenses Less Applied Federal Funds Appropriation -School Expenses Regional Vocation Schhol Allocation. Memorial Library Expenses Playgrounds-Bathing Beach. Expenses Recreational Council Expenses Group' Insurance Essex Cnty Retirement Pensions. Rental of Veterans Quarters. Patriotic & Civic Celebrations. Bicentennial Celebrations. Insurance - General Industrial Commission Expenses. Land damage claims Special legal services Out of State Travel (not incl schools) Fire engine (Debt redemption) Highway Dept. School Bonds Tennis Courts Water Main notes & bonds. Sewer notes & bonds Fire Station Police Station Garage Sanitary Disposal Site ~re Engine (Interest on debt) Highway Equipment School Bonds Tennis Courts Water Main System bonds-notes. Sewer Fire Station Police Station Garage Sanitary Disposal Site. Bond Issue expenses Short term borrowing TOTALS it was voted to take and apply to Item 40 155,637.00 107,371 6,205. 200. 3,777,214. 72,514. 26,687.50 3,~78,012.50 89,817. 32,086. 15,770. $5,712.946.50 $3 the sum of $58,917 of (Budget) Genera' lO 75,000,00 90,560.00 90,000. 30,000. 350. 32,000. 500. 860,904. 2,295. 863- , 99. 30,000. 833,199. 117,079. 26,000. 8,000. 8,260. 248,180 339,609 1,200 815 6,450 90,000 ]00 3,000 7,000 0 7,000 0 510,000 15,000 75,200 17,000 10,000 10,000 105,000 20,000 137 0 311,455 3,848 21,874 4,742 5,185 858 21,713 4,590 3,000 20,000 668,625 O0 from Mntnce 75,000 155,637 90,560 90,000 107.371 30,000 6,205 350 32,000 2OO 500 O0 O0 O0 833,199. 117,079. 89,817. 26,000 32,086 8,000 15,770 8,260 248,180 339,609 1,200 815 6,450 90,000 lO0 3,000 7,000 0 7,000 0 510,000 15,000 75,200 17,000 lO,O00 lO,O00 105,000 20,000 137 0 311.455 3,848 21,874 4,742 5,185 858 21,713 4,590 3,000 20,000 O0 $9,381,571.50 CH.825, Sec.l of Expenses). Under 3,678,012.50 860,904. 2,295. Article 89 it w~s VOTED to take from Revenue Sharing Funds the sum of $175,000.00 apply to Fire D~pt salaries and $125,000.00 to Poli~e Dept salaries. Under Article 92 it was VOTEDito take the sum of $435,000.00 from Available Funds to reduce the take rate. ARTICLE 7. To s~ val of the Sele~ years all as pr~ VOTED unanimousli borrow in anticii 1976 in accorda~ issuina a note said Chapter. ARTICLE 8. To c. VOTED TO ADOPT ARTICLE 9. To s, one of its memb. ction 4A of Cha the article. ARTICLE 10. To Memorial Librar der the provisi Trustees of Ste Stevens Memoria ARTICLE 1!. To the year 1977, a term of three tion to be held shall be electe ARTICLE 12. To presently also rsuant to the p that capacity ti supply system a! for all other mi ices, boards ani Articl~IV, Seci the sum of $---~ add Tax Colleci of Selectmen. from the Warra~ ARTICLE 13. To! office.of the ei be elected buti visions of Sectl as many constaL resident of th~ ointee with th ARTICLE 14. To appoint an Admi their discreti( men to appoint ending June 30 candidates subr appointed by t~ above four meml ARTICLE 15. To $16,000.00 to I compensating ti Petition of Se' expended under Administrative priation~ ARTICLE 16. To of its Personn~ e if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the appro- time~, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue for the next fiscal vided by Chapter 44 of the- ~neral Laws. Petition of Selectmen. y to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to pation of the revenue for the twelve month period beginning July 1, ce with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, by r notes payable within one year in accordance with Section 17 of nsider the reports of all Special Committees. Petition of Selectmen. he article. e if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to appoint rs to the position of Board of Health Physician, as provided by Se- ter 41 of the- ~neral Laws. Petition of Selectmen. VOTED TO ADOPT ee if the Town will vote to appropriate for the use of the Stevens the sum of $6106.50 which the Town has received from the State un- ns of Chapter 78~ Section 19A of the ~eneral Laws Petition of the ens Memorial Library. VOTED to appropriate for t~e use of the Library the sum of $6106.50 under the provisions of Ch.78,S19A, ~L. ee if the Town will vote at the annual Town election to be held in .nd triennially thereafter, the Town Treasurer shall be elected for years. Petition of Selectmen. VOTED that at the annual Town elec- in the year 1977, and trennially thereafter, the Town Treasurer I for a term of three years. .ee if the Town will voteto authorize and direct the Town Treasurer, ~cting as the Collector of Taxes, to act also as Town Collector, pu- · o¥isions of Section 38A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and in ~collect all bills for consumption of water fromthe public water ~d all bills for the use of the Towns sewerage system, and to account )heys which may from time to time be paid to him by other Town off- ~ committees, or by other persons, pursuant to the provisions of ;ion 5, of the Towns ~eneral By,Laws, and to raise and appropriate to be paid to him, in addition to his compensation as Treasurer ~r, as'compensation for his services as Town Collect Petition IOTED to grant leave to the petitioners to withdraw the article ;ee if the Town will vote, at the conclusion of the present term of lected constables of the Town, Town constables shall not thereafter hall be appointed by the Selectmen, and that, pursuant to the pro- on 9lA of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, the Selectmen may appoint es as they deem necesary, whether of not any such appointee be a Town, to serve civil process, upon the compliance by such an app- governing provisions of said Chapter 41. VOTED TO ADOPT the article. see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Selectmen to nistrative Assistant for a term of one year, and to remove him at n. Petiton of Selectmen, VOTED TO authorize and direct the Select- and Administrative Assistant for a term not to exceed one year and 1977, said Administrative Assistant to be selected from a list of iit~ed by a committee composed of five members, two of whom shall be e Advisory Committee and the fifth member to be appointed by the elrs. see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of e, expended unde.r the direction of the Selectmen for the purpose of e~ A~ministrative Assistant if the Town adopts the preceding Article. ectmen. VOTED TO raise and approprite the sum of $16,000.00 to be thee direction or'the Selectmen for the purpose of compensating the As,sistant at a monthly rate not to exceed one-twelfth of the appro- ~e!e if the Town will vote to amend Schedule B included in Section 7 1! By-law by incr'easing all of the salary rates listed therein by -% II excluding, However, the compensation of those Town empl to be established by collective bargaining procedures. VOTED TD amend ~chedule B ~ncluded in Section 7 of the ing all of the salary rates listed therein by 5% and to sum of $12,900.00 for the purpese of the article, ex¢lud tion of those Town employees whose enumeration is to be bargaining procedures. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend Secti by increasing the salary rates listed therein by %. VOTED TO emend Section 8 of the Personnel By-Laws by in listed therein by 5% and to raise and appropriate the su pose of the article. ARTICLE 18.To see if the Town will vote to amend Section by increasing the salary rates listed therin by %. V the Personnel By-Law by increasing the hourly rates list raise and appropriate the sum of ~555. for the purpose o ARTICLE 19.To see if the Town will vote to amend Schedul sees whose renumerat~on is Petition Personnel Board. ersonnel By-Law by increas- raise and appropriate the ing, however, the cpmpensa- established by collective n 5of its Personnel By-Law etition Personnel Board. reasing the hourly rates of $1,212.00 for the pur- 9 of its Perconnel By-Law OTED TO amend Section 9 of ed therein by 5% and to the article. E of Section 7 of its Personnel By-Law by increasing the compensation listed positions: Reserve patrolmen, school crossing guards, Ve Benefits Clerk. Petition of the Personnel Board. VOTED Section 7 of the Personnel By-Law by increasing the comp, 5% for the following posityions: Reserve patrolmen, Sch, ans Agent and Veterans Benefit Clerk and to raise and api for the purpose of the article. ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and apl to be ,expended under the direction of the Tree Warden a 1975 3/4 ton pick up truck, a 1970 Ford 1/2 ton pick u the Tree Warden. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum under the direction of the Tree Warden for the purpose o' up truck with one 1970 Ford 1/2 ton pick up to be traded t erein for the following :erans Agent and Veterans TO amend Schedule E of ~nsation listed therein by ~ol Crossing Guards, Veter- >ropriate the sum of $1,125. ,ropriate the sum of $6,000. the purpose of purchasing to be traded. Petition of of $5,500 to be expended purchasing a 3/4 ton pick ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and alPropriate the sum of $16,000 for the purchase of four new 1976 cars, three 191'5 and one 1973 cars to be turned in, in trade, and all equipment to be changed ove]', such as police radios, sirens, and similar accessories. Petition of Chief of Pi,lice. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $14,000 to be expended under the ,lirection of the Selectmen and Police Chief for the purpose of purchasing no sooner than January 1, 1977 four new cars, three 1975 and one 1973 cars to be turned in, 'n trade and all equipment to be changed over, such as police radios, sirens and sirlilar accessories. ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept the p]'uvisions of Chapter 20C of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, which requires police of"icers to tag motor vehicles parked in violation of regulations relative to the parkirg of motor vehicles within the Town. petition of Chief of Police. VOTED TO adopt lhe article. ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and apl.ropriate the sum of $5,000 for the purchase of a new controller and accessories for traffic lights at Massa- chusetts Avenue and Waverly Road. Petition of Selectmen VOTED to adopt the article ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and aplropriate the sum $25,000 to be expended under the direction of the Fire Engineers to purchase a new ambul- ance complying with the requirements of the statutes of qhe Commonwealth an? any appropriate r~aulation of the State Department of Public,Health, the present ambul- ance to be tra~ed. Petition of Fire Engineers. VOTED TQ raise and appropriate the sum of $22,000 to be expended under the'direction of the]Board of Fire Engineers for the purpose of purchasina and equipping a new ambulance complying with the re- quirements Of the statutes o~ the Commonwealth and any a~propriate regulation of the State Department of Public Health, the present ambulance to be traded or sold and the cost of the new ambulance unequipped not to exceed $19,000. ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $23,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Tdeasurer for the purpose of instal;~n~ a computer terminal in the Tax Office. Petition of ~own Treasurer. VOTED TO ~aise and appropriate the sum of $20,000 to be e~pended under the direc- tion of the Selectmen for the purpose of providing comput_r services in the Town Office Building. ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and app to be expended under the direction of the Town Clerk and voters for the purpose of providing data processing servi 12 ropriate the sum of $2,500 Board of Registrars of ;es for the office of the Town Clerk for ~sle on all data for street listing, street listing books, dog list- ino, aqe group listing and other computer relating data. Petition of Town Clerk an~ the Board o~ Registrars of voters. VOTED to adopt the article. ARTICLE 27. To/~ee if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $17,000. to be (xp. ended under the direction of the Selectmen and the Town Account- ant for the purIOse of replacing the Towns present machine accounting system with a modern electr(nic capable of handling warrant writing, appropriation accounting, classification f expenditures and receipts and adaptable handling payroll prepara- tion and additi nal programs. Petition of Selectmen and Town Accountant. VOTED to strike the arti le from the Warrant. ARTICLE 28. To ~ee if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of S--- to be expended lnder the direction of the Selectmen, for the purchase of such eq- uipment and supIl!ies as may be necessary for the proper filing and storing of the historic record~ !of the Town in the basement of the present town office building, or in some othe~ suitable location, all as the Selectmen may determine Petition of the Historic~ll Commission~ VOTED to grant leave to the petitioner ~o withdraw the article fro~ithe warrant. ARTIC.LE 29. To ee if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 to be~expended ~nder the direction of a committee to be appointed by the Selectmen for the purpose Of decorative lighting within the Town during the Christmas Season of 1976, and to pay any expenses incident upon a Christmas parade in the Town, the arrangements fo~'iwhich shall be made by said committee. Petition of John J. Burns and others. Vo"ED to strike the article from the Warrant. ARTICLE 30. To ee if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $30,000. to be ~pended under the direction of the Assessors for the purpose of complying with ;he legislative and judicial mandate requiring the re-evaluation of all properties ~ithin the Town, with the understanding that such re-evaluation shall be comple~e~ on or before January l, 1979. Petition of Assessors. VOTED to raise and appro,~$ate the sum of $8,000. to be expended under the direction of the Assessors durin.~the next fiscal year for the purpose of commencing compliance with the legislativejudicial mandate requiring the re-evaluation of all properties within the Town ARTICLE 31. To ~e~ if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $35,000. to be }~ced in the Conservation Commission for the promotion, development and better util ~tion of the natural resources of the Town, for the protection of watershed resou-ces of the Town, for acquiring options for the purchase of real es- tate and for an~ other purpose authorized by Section C of Chapter 40 General Laws as amended, inc'l~ing the purchase of land. Petition of Conservation Commission. VOTED to reject ~e article. ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500. to be expended ~n~er the direction of the Conservation Commission for the purpose of obtaining a ~a~ural resource inventory of the Town. Petition of the Conserva- tion Commission.! VOTED TO raise and appropriate the sum of $500. to be expended under the direction of the Conservation Commission for the purpose of obtaining a natural researc~iplanning program of the Town. ARTICLE 33. To ~ee if the Town will vote to amend ints General By-Laws by adding the following n~ Section to Article IV thereof: Section 120. The Conservation Co- mmission shall ~e empowered to require a performance guarantee for work authorized by an order isB~ed by said Commission under Section 40 of Chapter 131 of the Gen- eral Laws, Such W6rk may be secured by a proper bond or deposit of money or negotia able securities,!$uffcient in the opinion of the Commission to to secure perfor- mance of the wolrk authorized. Such bond or security if filed or deposited shall be approved as ~ form and manner of execution by the Town Counsel. Release of any such performanc~i~uarantee shall be made upon issuance by the Commission of a cer- tificate of compliance with its order. Petition Conservation Commission. VOTED to reject the a~cle.~ ARTICLE 34. To~ee if the Town ~ill vote to amend its Zoning By-Law by striking therefrom the p~OVisions of each of the following sections: 4.121 (6) (b), 4.122 (6) (b), 4.123 K6)(D), 4.124 (lO)(b), 4.125 (19)(b), 4.i26 (20)(b) 4.127 (13)(b), 4.129 (13)(b), ~n~ 4.130 (13)(b), which was originally Section 4.130 (14)(b) and inserting in p 1 lace thereof, in each section, the following: "On any parcel of land of at least three (3) acres owned or lawfully occupied and used by a single person entity, or group! of persons, the keeping of a total of not more than three (3) of any k~nd or assoirtment of animals or birds in addition to the household pets of a 13 family living on such parcel, and for each additional acre of said parcel size to nine (9) acres the keeping of one such additional animal ior bird. Petition of the Planning Board. VOTED to reject the article. ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zo the last phrase of Sections4,121 (4), 4.122 (4), and 4.12 "dwelling, such home occupations shall be carried on by n one of whom shall be the owner of the home occupation and Petition of Planning Board. VOTED to adopt the article. ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Z¢ following new paragraph to Section 4.132-Industrial "S" use customarily incident to any of the above per.mitted us accesory use shall not be injurious, noxious, or offensi~ Petition of the Planning Board. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to adc ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zor therefrom Section 4.129 (14) and inserting in place the~ tion 4.129 (14) Warehousing, wholesaling and distributin secondary use or as a primary use with a Special Permit. Simmons and others. VOTED to reject the article. ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to amendits Zon therefrom Section 4.129 {14} and inserting in place ther( 4.129 {14} Warehousing, wholesaling and distributing." \ Article from the Warrant. (Petition of Jeffrey M. SimmoF ARTICLE 39. To see ff the Town will vote to amend its Zo~ Zoning Map of the Town to include the parcel of land her( the General Business District; A piece of land along th( zoned General Business area formerly known as Lunds Gard( to Chickering Road 320', then bordering on Walker Road 21 dius of 59.87' then bordering on land owned by S.S.Realty ering on land now or formerly owned by New England Indust 45~870 square feet more or less. Betition of Normand R. to grant leave to the petitioners to withdraw the Articl ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Z the Zoning map of the town to include the parcel of land thin the Business 1 District: Beginning at a point on th Street which is 102.08 feet southerly of the southerly si~ thence running easterly 89.95 feet by land N/F of John J to a point; thence turning and running northerly by land thy A. Lewis, 120.D feet to a point which is on the cent( thence turning and running again easterly by centerline o fee +- to a point; thence turning and running again north Thomas J. Flatly, Inc,, 120.0 feet to a point; thence tut by land N/F of Viola Hart and Emily Parker and said Thoma to a point on. theeasterly side of Andover Street; thence erlY along the easterly side of said Andover Street 245 Petition of Benjamin C. Osgood and others. VOTED to gran to withdraw the article from the Warrant. ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to establish Coa by accepting the Selectmens laying out of the same as her Clerk; provided, that his acceptance of Chachmans Lane as come effective until the petitioners (1) shall have reco~ gistry of Deeds an instrument, executed by all persons ha interest in, or title to, the land lying within in the li to.the Towns permanent easement for public travel and pas {2) shall have filed with the Selectmen a certification there are no m~her persons having any right, title or iht Petition of Benjamin C. Osgood and others. VOTED TO reje¢ ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to amend itz the Zoning Map of the Town to include the parcel of land thin the General Business District; Land located to the erty on the Andover By-Pass, bounded and described as fol land N~F!of the Maryemma S. Trombly and land N/F of Harol Southeasterly by land N/F of the Downing Estate, 325 feet N/F of said Downing Estate 5~5 feet more or less; Northwe Merrimack College, 450 feet. Petition of Francis J. Tromb 14 ning By,Law by changing 3 (4) to read as follows: at more than three persons, residing in such dwelling. ning By-Law by adding the istrict: "12) Any accesory es, provided that such e to the neighborhood." pt the article. lng By-Law by striking eof the following: "Sec- shall be permitted as a Petition of Jeffrey M. ng By-Law by striking of the following: "Section OTED to strike the s and others) ng By-Law by changing the nafter described within rear line of the presently Center running parallel (' with a curve with a ra- Trust 289.40~ then bord- ries Inc. 45' containing orals and others. VOTED from the Warrant. ning By-Laws by changin~ ereinafter described w~- easterly side of Andover e of Prospect Terrace; and Mary R. Reilly III, t/F of Frank G. and Doro- rline of Prospect Terrace; f said Prospect Terrace 70 erly by land N/F of The ning and running westerly s J. Flatly, Inc. 210.OB' turning and running south¢ -to the point of beginning leave to the petitioner )mans Lane as a Town way, etofore filed with the Town a town way shall not be- ded at the North Essex Re- ving any legal right or mits of said way, granting sage over said way, and y an attorney at law that erest in and to such land. t the article. lng By-Laws by changing hereinafter described wi- rear of the Trombly prop- )ows: Northeasterly by d W. Trombly, 365 feet; .; Southwesterly by land sterly by land N/Flor y and others. VOTED to grant leave to ARTICLE 43. T~ Jean McGovern which has not and authorize on B~ilding Pe ARTICLE 44. To tion of School on plan of lan~ 2, 1975, drawn scribed as fol' Street as it p~ Messina; North~ theasterly 58.! ing. Petition ARTICLE 45. To the City of Lal Town may have Northerly by land now or fo' by the Shawshe~ the purchase p the City of the petitioners to withdraw the article from the Warrant. ~ see if the Town will vote to authroze the Town Treasurer to pay to ~he sum of $57 as a refund of the permit fee on Building Permit 2193 ~nd will not be used. VOTED to rase and appropriate the sum of'$57. ~he Town Treasurer to pay Jean McGovern as a refund of the permit fee ,mit 2193 which has not and will not be used. Anna Donahue Petitioner/ see if the Town will vote to discontinue the most southwesterly por- Street as a public way, being that area of land shown as "Parcel B" I in North Andover for Shelia M. and Vincent B. Landers, dated July bY the Pembrook Land Survey Co.~ said parcel being bounded and de- ows: Southwesterly 40.01 feet by the southwesterly end of School · esently exists; Northwesterly 59.50 feet by land nor or formerly of ~asterly 40.02 feet by the remaining portion of School Street; Sou- i2 feet, by land now or formerly of Landers, to the point of beginn- of Selectmen. VOTED TO ADOPT the article. see if the Town will vote to authorize.the Selectmen to convey to Irence, for the sum of $ , whatever right, title and interest the n and to that parcel of~ bounded and described as follows; md now or formerly ov C.V. and M.A. Waites, Commonwealth Avenue and · merly of W.J. and M.L.McMahon, and easterly, southerly and westerly ~n River. Petition of the Selectmen. VOTED TO ADOPT the article, 'ice to be such sum of money as the Selectmen and Representatives of Irence may agree upon at some later date. Unanimous vote. below the canl cumference of ing at the bot words "Town of at its bottom. riking therefr ARTICLE VIII. center of a do dian in a canoi ow the canoe, ference space Andover" at th ARTICLE 47. To for the implem raise and appr ARTICLE 48. To to be expended Town Office Bu sum of $3,500. mates related immediate real ARTICLE 49. To tion of its pr Town Farm and ARTICLE 46. To,see if the Town will vote to amend its General By-Laws by striking therefrom ArtiCle VIII, and inserting in place thereof the following ar{icle. ARTICLE VIII. Fhe following shall be the device of the official Town seal: In the center of a dopble circle, a view of the Portion of Lake Cochichewick, showing an Indian in a canoe upon its surface, with the words "Lake Cochichewick" appearing )e, and with the words "Settled 1642" appearing at the top of the cir- ;he inner circle, and the words "Incorporated April 7, 1855" appear- :om; in the space between the inner and outer circles appear the North Andover" at the top of the seal and the word "Massachusetts" Petition of Selectmen. VOTED TO AMEND the General By-Laws by st- em Article VIII and inserting in place thereof the following Article: The following shall ve the device of the Official Town Seal; In the ible circl'e, a view of a portion of Lake Cochichewick, showing an In- k,upon its surface, with the words "Lake Cochichewick" appearing bel- ~d with the words "Settled 1642" appearing at the top of the circum- ~etween the inner and outer circles appear the words "Town of North ~ top of the seal and word "Massachusetts" at the bottom. see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500. ~ntation of the foregoing article. Petition of Selectmen. VOTED ~0 ~Priate the sum of $350, for the i. mple mntation of the article See if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $ under the direction of the Selectmen, for the refurbishing of t~ lding, Petition of Selectmen. VOTED TO raise and appropriate the for engineering services to obtain ~reliminary plans and cost esti- :o refurbishing the ~own Office Building and for costs related to the ~gnment of office space. !See if the Town will vote to aubhorize the Selectmen to convey a por- bperty on Dale Street comprising the building tradionally known as the Io~ more than three acres of land to any person making the highest bid therefor, whic id shall not be less than $10,000 per acre of land. Petition of Selectmen. VOTED TO reject the article. ARTICLE 50. To)see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct its representative to the great a~d general court of the Commonwealth to file a bill therewith propos- ing the'enactment of legislation prOviding Veterans preference for Eric J. Korb, Bruce A. Allen~amd Terrence Joyce, notwithstanding any presently existing provision of the General)Laws. Petition of Eric J. Korb and others. VOTED TO grant leave to the petitioner~ to withdraw the article from the Warrant. ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approp,~ia.t'e the sum of $10,000.to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for the purpose of providing payment for twelve months of service rendered, or to be rendered, by the ~eater Lawrence Mental Health Center, for or in behalf of some of the children 15 of the Town, allas the Committee may determine. Petitio~ of School Committee. VOTED TO adopt the article. ~ ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and a~propriate the sum o $7,110. to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for the purpose of spon- soring an comprehensive drug treatment program which wil1 provide the following ser- vices under the direction of the- ~eater Lawrence Community Drug Council, Inc.; 1.) An educational program for parents, teachers and children under the direction of qualified educators and in cooperation with the Health c(ordinator and Guidance De- partment of the North Andover School System. 2.) A coun!eling Center which will offer individual and group counselin programs. 3.) A 24. hour, 7 day week, hot line to be manned by qualified personnel in the area of crisi intervention. Petition of School Committee. VOTED TO adopt the article. ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to provide for he indemnification of the members of the School Committee and of the Superintenden of SChools, under the pro- visions of Section IOOE of Chapter 41 of the- bneral Law~, by obtaining insurance coverage, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,100 for such purpose. Petition of School Committee. VOTED TO provide for the indemific(tion of the members of the School Committee, under the provisions of Section IOOE ol Chapter 41 of the G.L., by obtaining insurance coverage, and to raise and approp~iate the sum of $1,100. for such purposes. ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and alpropriate the sum of $9804. to be expended under the direction of the School Committ(e for the purpose of pro- viding dehumidification and ventilation to the new wing area crawl spaces of the North Andover Middle School, said funds to be utilized to provide material, equip merit, labor, and appurtenances applicable to the scope o4 the work to meet all sa- fety and building code requirements. Petition of School ommittee. VOTED TO adopt the article. ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and a propriate the sum of $10,000. to be expended under the direction of the H~ghwo yfSurveyor for the purpose of engineering, plans, and execution of State Department Public Health require- ments to upgrade the present Sanitary Landfill Site on Holt Road. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. VOTED to strike the article from the Warrant. ARTICLE56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000. to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor for the purpose of landfill site development, Petition of Highway Surveyor. VOTED TO strike from the Warrant. ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $85,000. to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor for the purpose of resurfacing, oiling, repairing and maintenance of any street in the Town. Peti- tion of Highway Surveyor. VOTED TO raise and appropriate the sum of $75,000. for the purpose of the article. ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap>ropriate the sum of $15,000. to be expended under the direction of the Highwa Surveyor for the purpose of instaling drainage in problem areas througheut the TowI. Petition of Highway Surveyor. VOTED TO raise and appropriate the sum of $121 500. for purpose of articl6 ARTICLE 59, To see if the Town will vote to raise and appI opriate the sum of $8500. to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyo~ for the purpose of in- stalling new and repairing existing sidewalks. Petition pf Highway Surveyor, VOIED TO ~aise and appropriate the sum of $6000. for the purpos~ of the Article. ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3000. to be expended under the direction of the Highway SurveyoK for the purpose of re- placing eXisting catch basin frames and grates which are ~maller than standard size. Petition of Highway Surveyor. VOTED TO adopt the article. ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000. to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyo ineering drainage easements throughout the Town. Petiton TO strike the article from the Warrant. ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and app to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyo ting and replacing guard rails throughout the Town. Petit VOTED TO adopt the article. ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and app to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyo and placing street signs throughout the Town~ Petition o TO raise and appropriate the sum of $1000. for the purpos 16 ~ for the purpose of eng- )f Highway Ruveyor. VOTED -opriate the sum of $3000. ~ for the purpose of erec- ion of Highway Surveyor. ~opriate the sum of $2000. for the purpose of making Highway Surveyor. VOTED of the Article. ARTICLE 64, To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $44,739. to beI expended under the direction of the Hiqhway Surveyor for the purpose of meeting the~$tates share of Chapter 765, Acts of 1~72, funds ($44,759), said am- ount to be reimbursed, and upon receipt to be restored to unappropriated available funds in the TpWn Treasury. Petition of Highway Surveyor. VOT£D TO adopt Article ARTICLE 65. To|See if the Town will vote to amend its General By,Laws by adding therto the following new Article~ ARTICLE XII.~F: The removal from a public side- walk, way of any usual point of residential rubbish pick-up, of any materials spe- cifically set apart from ordinary household rubbish for the purpose of being recy- cled~ under the recycling program of the Town, by persons other than thos properly authorized to p~ck up such material, is hereby expressly prohibited. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. VOTED to strike the Article from Warrant. AT THIS POINT IT WAS 6:45 P.M., AND A MOTION WAS DULY MADE AND SECONDED THAT THE MEETING STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 7:30 ?.M., MONDAY EVENING APRIL 26, 1976. ARTICLE 66. TO SEE IF THE TOWN WILL VOTE TO RAISE AND APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF $40,600. to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor for the purpose of purchasing t!he following equipment: one sidewalk plow ($13,000) no trade, one Ep~OKE sand spreader to be mounted on dump truck ($4600)no trade, one new dump truck ($13,000), 19~8i dump truck to be traded. One ton pickup truck ($5000) 1971 pickup to be traded, and one leaf vacuum ($5000) no trade. Peti'tion of Highway Surveyor. VOTED TO adopl the article, ARTICLE 67. T¢ ~see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to file applicatioins under Section 466E, Title 33, of the United States Code, for gr- ants to be mace by the United States to aid in defraying the costs of construction of the sewerace! treatment works, to authorize the Board of Public WOrks, to furnish such informatioin and to take other such action as may be necessary to enable the Town to qualiiy for and use such grant, to agree that if such a grant is made, the Town wilt pay aql of the remaining costs of the approved project over and above the amount of the grant, to or to take any other action relative thereto. Petition of Board of PLblic Works. VOTEDTO reject the article. ARTICLE 68. o see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $79,000. and o authorize the Town to borrow $57,000. less Federal and State con- struction gra ts, for engineering services to prepare construction drawings and specification~ for the proposed sewerage system, and to authorize the Board of Pu- blic Works to contract for engineering services to prepare said drawings and spe- cifications aId to act in any other way relative thereto, or take an other action relative thereto. Petition of Board of Public Works. VOTED TO striek from ~arrant. ARTICLE 69. T~ see if ~he Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $27,000. to b~ ex~ended under the direction of the Board of Public Works for the purpose of exiending the sewer on Sutton Hill Road a distance of 1000 feet towar Johnson Stree~i ~Petition Board of Public Works. VOTED TO reject the article. ARTICLE 70. T~ isee if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5000. to be expende~ under the direction of Board of Public Works for the purpose of ex- tending the s~er mains, subject to regulations of said Board, which may not have ~ at or for this meetin§. Petition Board of Public Works. VO~ED TO been petiti°n~icle from the Warrant. strike the ar ARTICLE 71. T to be expende extending wat have been pet adopt the art ARTICLE 72. $4488.22 to purpose of p to tie in the TO adopt the ARTICLE 73. 1 to be expend~ hewing water frames and c¢ Works. VOTE[ ARTICLE 74. 1 to be expend~ rmanently pa isee if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5000. iunder the direction of the Board of Public Works for the purpose of r mains, subject to the regulations of said Board, which may not tione for at this Meeting. Petition Board of Public Works. VOTED TO icle. isee if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ~e×pended under the direction of the Board of Public Works for the ~mg a bill from the Greater Lawrence Sanitary Disrict for work ~one house sewers on Ferry Street, Petition Board of Public Works. VOTED rticle. ~see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4500. under the direction of Board of Public Works for the purpose of re- ;~rvices, ~lacing gate valves on hydrant branches and raising manhole ~ers on streets which are bing reconstructed, Petition Board of Public TO adopt the article. see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5000. di under the direction of Board ef Public Works for the purpose of pe- Ching water and sewer trencheson Town Street. Petion Boar od PuBlic 17 Works. VQTED TO rais~ and appropriate the sum of $3000. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and a $5000, to be expended'under, the direction of the Board o rpose of installing corrective drainage and rehabilitati training grounds on Peters Street. Petition of Board of strike the article from the Warrant. ARTICLE 76. To see i'f the Town will vote to raise and'api to be expended under the direction of the Board of Publi~ purchsing playground equipment for the new Reynolds Play! Petition Public Works. VOTED TO adopt the article. ARTICLE 77. To see i'f the Town will vote to raise and apl to be expended under the direction of the Board of Publi, installing corrective drainage and paving the driveway al Petition Public Works.VOTED TO raise and appropriate the ARTICLE 78. To see if the Town will'vote to raise and apl to be expended under the direction of the Board of Publi~ hot topping the driveway and the area suroQnding the sou' Great Pond Road. Petition Public Works VOTED to reject' ARTICLE 79. To see if the Town will vo~e to raise and apl $146~000. to be expended under the direction of the Boar, purpose of relining the old 8~' cast iron water main on M, Osgood Street to Greene Street-a distance of approximate' Public Works. VOTED TO appropriate the sum of $146,000. direction of the Board of public Works for the purpose o water main. of 8" in diameter on Massachusetts Avenue fro) Street, a distance of approximately 4650 feet, with a lil of an inch, and that to raise the~ appropriation, the of the Selectmen, is authorized to borrow $146,000. unde ded. the vote was unanimous. ARTICLE 80. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap~ $1B,O00. to be expended under the direction of the Board purpose of purchasing the ]following equipment; one 1 1/~ one'3/4 ton pick up truck with utility body and one riel( let cab and chassis to be traded. Petition Public Works. ropriate the sum of $11,400. to be expended under the di~ Public Works for the purchse of one new 1 1/2 ton cab an( ceed $9400, with trade of one 1969 Chevrolet cab and chas field marker not to exceed $2000. with trade of one fielc ARTICLE 81. To see if ~he Town will vote to raise and ap~ $120,000. to be e'xpended under the direction of the Boar( purpose of covering the two 1 1/2 million gallon reservoi formity with state law. Petition Public Works. VOTED TO ARTICLE 82. To see if the Town will vote to raise and apr $66,000. to be expended under the direction of the Board purpose of lining the two 1 1/2 million gallon reservoirs of Public Works, VOTED TO adopt the article. ARTICLE 83. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap~ to be paid to the M~Grail Family Trust in consideration Town of a parcel of land containing approximately 4850 sc Lot 12 on Desk Plan No. 0321 at the North Essex Registry of the Aplin Playground. with the understanding that said said Trust for the purpose of purchasing and placing a b Playground granit~slab presently standing on Clarendon S Thomas J. McGrail, Jr., May 10, 1919 - August 11, 1966" Healey. VOTED TO raise and appropriate the sum of $100 Article, with the understanding that said sum shall be e for purpose of Article. )propriate the sum of Public Wor, ks for the pu- ~g Becky's Pond at the old Public Works. VOTED TO ~ropriate the sum of $4000. Works for the purpose of round on Johnson Street. ropriate the sum of $8000. Works for the purpose of the Kittredge School. um of $3500. for Article. )ropriate the sum of $7500. : Works for the purpose of :h pumping station at 420 :he article. ~ropriate the sum of I of Public Works for the ~ssachusetts Avenue from y 4650 feet. Petition of to be expended under the lining the old cast iron Osgood Street to Greene ing of not less than 1/16 )asurer, with the approval ~.L.c.rr,s.8(5) as amen~ ropriate the sum of of Public Works for the ton cab and chassis truck marker (one 1969 Chevro- VOTED TO raise and app- ection of the Board of chassis truck not to ex- sis truck, and one new marker. ropriate the sum of of Public Works for the rs on Sutton Hill in con- stri~ from Warrant. ropriate the sum of of Public Works for the on Sutton Hill. Petition ropriate the sum of $100. f its conveyance to the uare feet and shown as of Deeds, to become a part ~um shall be expended by )nze plaque upon the Aplin reet, "in memory of Petition of Rita McGrail for th~ purpose of this ,ended by the McGrail Family Trust for the p~rchase and placing a bronze plaque upon a boulder to be pl- aced upon the property conveyed to the Town bearing the w,rds "In memory of Thomas J. McGrail, Jr., May 10, 1919-August ll, 1966. Unanimous vote. ARTICLE 84. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $937.90 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works for the purpose of erecting a chain ling fence at the Aplin Playground in order to finish the enclosing of that playground. Petition of William B. ]oyce and others. VOTED TO rais,e and appropriate the sum of $937. to be expended Jnder the direction of 18 Board of Public Works for the purpose of erecting a chain link fence at the Aplin Playground in order to finish the enclosing of that playground, provided that the owners of Lot!13, as shown on desk Plan 0321 at the North Andover Registry of Deeds grant to the ~own all of their right, title and interest in and to any land within the boundarie~ of Lemere Street as shown on said plan, and that the petitioners cause a duly ~xecuted document making such a grant to be recorded at said Registry of Deeds. ~ ARTICLE 85. Tn see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $23,500. to b( expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works for the purpose of exlending the water main on Summer Street from its present terminus 1000 feet toward Farnum Street. Petition of Mrs. Mary Ann Mandry and others. VOTED TO rais( ~and appropriate the sum of $12,000. to be expended under the direc- tion of the B(ard of Public Works for the purpose of extending a water main on Summer Street f~rom its present terminus 520 feet toward Farnum Street. ARTICLE 86. T( see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of th~ second sentence of Section 5, Paragraph 5.1, Subparagraph (5), the following: Th(l~r expiration date"and/or annual review." Petition of the Planning Board and Boa d of Appeals. VOTED TO amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of the second sentence of Section 5, Paragraph 5.1, subparagraph (5), the following and/or annual review." ARTICLE 87. T( see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $ for the purpose of implementing collective bargaining agreements reached or to~ reached with ~o~wn employees. Petition of the Selectmen. VOTED TO raise and appro- priate the su~ o~ $?8,440. for the purpose of the Article. ARTICLE 88. Tq see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $ to be ex- pended under qbe direction of the Selectmen, from Chapter 825, Sec. T'-~--f--the Acts of 1974 (an Aqt to provide local aid transportation to assist Highway and Transit Development) 1o be expended as follows: ~neral Maintenance, Budget of the Highway Surveyor. Petition of Selectmen. VOTED TO appropriate the sum of $58,917. for the purpose oi ARTICLE 89 Tc pended under I Assistance to and 2 Police [ sum of $200,0C ment Salaries ARTICLE 90. Tc meeting may d~ of the General funds $65,000. ARTICLE 91. Tc Meeting may d( Chapter 40 of ARTICLE 92. T Funds to redu( Funds to redu( UNDER ARTICLE BY THE COURT 1 Moderator Smil Advisory Boar( all and for t~ his wife Earl and ~reparati for all the" personal than Anderson Bud Milt Howard, Lou Kmiec, Ro Eleanor Mallo~ Leonard Windl Gene Northam less microoho with Town Clel newly elected Pledge of All the article. see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $ to be ex- he direction of the Selectmen from Revenue Sharing Funds (Fiscal State and Local Government as follows: 1 Fire Department Salaries epartment Salaries Petition of Selectmen. VOTED TO appropriate th 0 from Revenue Sharing Funds as follows: $175,000. for Fire Depart- and $125,000. for Police Department Salaries. see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sum as this termine to the Reserve Fund, as provided by Section 6 of Chapter 40 Laws. Petition of Selectmen. VOTED to appropriate from available for the purpose of the Article. see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sum as this termine to the Stabilization Fund, as provided by Section 5B of General Laws. Petition of Selectmen. VOTED TO strike from Warrant. see if the Town will vote to take the sum of $ from available e the tax rate. VOTED TO take the sum of $435,000. ~rom available e the tax rate. 6 (BUDGET) ITEM 45 SCHOOLS: "LESS APPLIED COURT FINES" WAS ORDERED 0 'REDUCE THE BUDGET, h expressed his personal thanks ~od tile thanks of the Meetinq to the for the time, the effort and interest they gave in the interest of e Town. To Town Clerk John J. Lyons, despite the serious illnes of ne at this time, completed the many requirements, necessities, detail ns necessary for a town meeting. To Arnold Salisbury, Town Counsel ible Wlrk" of a Town meeting. Town Clerk John Lyons expressed his s to Dan McCarthy and his Middle School Staff, to Elsie Bolster, Don yr, Helen and George Eaton, Henry Fink, Natalie and Esther Forgetta, im Hurrell, Phyllis and Elmer Jackson, Frank Elander, Ralph Joyce, crt Lord, Ed Mahoney, Charles Manzi, Jack McLay, Bill McEvoy, Ed and y, George Myers, Charoloot Olms, Ken Rollins, Pete Rossiter, Mary and and all others for ~heir assistance at the Meetings, and to,ur two nd Richy Rokes of Troop 81 Boy Scouts for their fine job as the wire- e men. The Saturday April 26th, 1976 Town Meeting opend at 1:$0 P.M., k John J. Lyons making all official announcements and introducing To~n Officials and newly appointed Librarian Mrs. Ellen P. Spilka, giance was led by Scouts Gene Northam and Richy Rokes. Opening Pray-- lg er was offered by Rev. David Blanchard of North Parish tered voters were present. Meeting adjourned after Art Monday evening April 26, 1976 at 7:30 P.M. Meeting op 26, with Moderator Smith presiding and adjourned at 8:4 voters were present. ATTEST: JOHN J. LYONS. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT: J COMMONWEALTH'~F MASSACHUSETTS. ESSEX XX. In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you a fy and warn the inhabitants of the Town o~ North Andovei in Town Affairs to meet in the Veterans Auditorium of oi School for a Special Town Meeting on THURSDAY EVENING, i at 7:30 P.M., and there to act upon the following articl ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote that there,is a ment of an existing cemetery in the Town, and to dorect Ch., 114, Section 11, to make application to the Essex I quires for the purpose of such a cemetery, that land de~ Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston to Planning Office 1 deed recorded in the North Essex Registry of Deeds, Boo~ of Anna Donahue and others. VOTED TO reject the article ARTICLE 2. To see if Town will vote t o direct the Sele~ be filed in behalf of the Board of Appeals, from the dec Superior Court in Civil Actio No. 2647. Petition of Ant VOTED TO adopt the ~ticle. And you are directed to to serve this Warrant by postin! of this Warrant at the Town Office Building and at five each voting precinct of the Town. Said copies to be po~ before the time of said meeting. Hereof, fail not and r Warrant with your doings theron at the time and place ol Clerk. Given under our hands at North Andover, Massachl March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred JOSEPH A. GUTHRIE, JOHN F. COADY, THOMAS J. McEVO¥, Sel~ OFFICER'S RETURN I have notified and warned the inhat hurch. 368 duly regis- cle 68 at 7:40 P.M., until ~nd Monday evening April P.M. 224 duly registered CONSTABLE OF NORTH ANDOVER ~e hereby directed to noti- who are qualified to vote r North Andover~ fiddle he 18TH DAY OF MARCH 1976 es; necessity for the enlarge- the Selectmen, under G.L. ounty Commissioners to ac- cribed in the deed from or Urban Affairs, Inc., by 1262, Page 325. Petition ~men to cause an appeal to ~ision of the Essex County a Donahue and others. true and attested copies or more public places in ted not less than seven day~ lake due return of this ~ said meeting to the Town setts the 8th day of and Seventy-Six. ~ctmen, North Andover ,itants of the Town o~ ~o'rth ~ndo'ver who are qualified to vote in Town Affairs by posting true and attes- ted copies nf this Warrant at the Town Office Building and at five or more public places in eaci~ voting precinct of the town, Said copies having been posted not less than seven days before the time of said meeting. North Andover~ Mass., March 9, 1976. JOHN J. LYONS. TOWN CLERK. CARL LANG~OIS. CONSTABLE. Meeting opend at 7:30 P.M., on Thursday evening }arch l~, 1976. Moderator Smith presiding. Meeting adjourned at 9.00 P.M, 541 registered voters present. A true copy: ATTEST: 2O JOHN J. LYONS. TOWN CLERK. LIAT OF JUR[RiS FOR NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. JULY 1975 to JULY 1976 NAME ALLISON, Jo BARTLETT, C BEIRNE, Rob BINGHAM, Ma BLACKWELL J BURKE, Oobn BURKE, Walt, COMPARONE, ~ CITRON, Mari CLAUGHTON, ~ DALY, Eugen( DePARIS, Au( DETORA, Esti DINEEN, Jer~ DOLAN, Eilei DO~NS, Paul DRISCOLL, B DUFRESNE, R EASTWOOD, ENRIGHT, E FOULDS, Tho GURKA, John HILBERT, Wi HUMPHREYS -G HYMANSON, IPPOLITO, JUDGE, May LAFOND, Ri LAWSON, Ro LONERGAN LoPIANO, ~ McCALEB, Ja McEVOY, Jar MAHONEY, Te MARTONE, Ai MEDICI, Say MELVIN, Job MELVIN, Wi MILTON, A1 MORSE, Mel OTIS, Herbe PELLICONE, PETRELIA, E ROCHE, Phil SAALFRANK, SCOTT, Dons SERIO, Frar SHOLA, Juli SPICER, FrE STALLARD, SCOTT, Oea TEMPLE, Ar~ TOOMEY, Ri n E arles R. rt M. r S. ellie e R. arcia M. A. ustine er y J. n A. ne rbara E. ,bert H. ] sie F. zabeth M. las L. J. liam A Jr. ~rdiner R. )bert E. ~omas D. I. lard, C er B. ~ugustine J. gel o J. ne A. e§ A resa E. da;P. er]o nB. l~am E en H. in ~. rt . Mary A. sther C. ip E. Herman ld F. k Jr. ~eri ck, W. ula M. ette, W. bur, J. a W. ADDRESS 38 Sargent St. 28 Mo ody St. 23 Mifflin Dr. 701 Waverly Rd. 35 Boxford St. 9 ChadwiCk St. 9 Chadwick St. B Village Green Dr. 35 Surrey Dr. 36 Russett Lane 27 Young Rd. 52 Elmcrest Rd. 86 Maple Ave. 4 Ashland St. 114 Union St. 371 Stevens St. 32 Second S~. 23 Adams St. 138 High St. 7 Johnson St. 76 Buckingham Rd. ll Silsbee Rd. 25 Wood Ave. 322 Turnpike St. 162- reene St. 514 Mass. Ave. 70 Farrwood Dr. 321 Osgood St. 16 Dufton Ct. 1 Bannan Dr. 62 Autran Ave. 36 Chapin Rd. 22 Harkaway Rd. 200 Andover St. 27 Sawyer Rd. 33 Columbia Rd. 28 Beacon Hill Blvd. 271 Stevens St. 70 Mablin Ave. 21 Belmont St. 456 Summer St. 95 Colgate Dr. 19 Little Rd. 159 Osgood St. 314 Mass. Ave. 15 Young Rd. 250 Hillside Rd. 36 May St. 20 Hodges St. 60 Bradstreet Rd. 62 Moody St. 18 Herrick Rd. 43 Brightwood Ave. OCCUPATION Painter Post 0 ffice Asst. Supt. At Home Western Electric Student Flight Purser Rrtired At Home At Home Retired Clerk Western Electric At Home Clerk At Home Molder Teacher's Aide Baker Western Electric Western Electric Electrician Accountant Writer Clerk Insurance N.A.H.D. Mailman Millwright Salesman Tel. Operator Auditor Presser Western Electric Engineer Guard Driver Banker Western Electric Western Electric Retired Custodian-Retired Linesman Accountant Student At Home Western Electric Craig Systems Winder ATTEST: JOHN J. LYONS, TOWN CLERK 21 SELECTMEN The Selectmen started off 1976 with a reorganiz turned Joseph A. G~thrie as Chairman of the Board, John F the Licensing Commissioners and Thomas J. McEvoy, Clerk o March elections Mr. Coady was reelected for another three Guthrie was elected President of the Essex County Selectm their annual meetinq at North Andover in May. The Selectmen have had to make a greater commit Town Fathers in this Bicentennial year. The Boards invol department problems and in regional areas with our surrou increased the demands on each Selectmans' time and effort The action of Town Meeting in providing the Sel the first time to hire a Administrative Assistant has bee by the Board. Mr. Brian Sullivan was selected to fill th~ exhaustive screeninq process by a committee made up of: MI Mrs, Julia Kay, Mr. James Poor, Mr. Walter Demers and Mr. Town is indebted to these citizens for their efforts. A special Town meeting was held in November to ~ to apply for Federal Funds under the Public Works Employm~ As Bargaining Committee, the Board spent many h( Fighters, Police Officers and the Municipal Employees Uni~ duce a finalized contract with any of these groups were ur we have been able to continue under old existing contract~ of our town employees, and with no loss of services to thc should be finalized before negotiations start for the conl The most difficult action of the Selectmen in 1 the suspending of two officers from the police force for officer. Every effort was taken by the Board to protect officers and the interests of the Town during this unfort Routine administration which keeps the Selectmer approving traffic restrictions and installing Stop Signs w ApProving pole location and gas excavation Petitions, appl of liquor and other annual licenses, jury and precinct lis gas storage permits given. The Board of Selectmen' acting sioners, set new license fees for all establishments requi New fees were also voted for other licenses. Annual police car, gasoline and fuel oil bids we ance programs approved and many complaints were resolved most citizens. The matter of new street light installati concluded, Unemployment in the Town was again relieved by C.E.T.A. program. Many town departments have taken advan that provided 27 jobs for our citizens. Throughly enjoyed by the Selectmen was their par activities -- parades, holiday celebrations, recreational banquets. 22 ~tion meeting that re- Coady, Chairman of F both Boards. In the years. Selectman ~ns' Association at nent to the Town as lement in bargaining, ~ding communities has ctmen with funds for greatly appreciated t position after an ~. John Connors, James Morehouse. The uthorize the Selectmen nt Act. urs with the Fire n. Our efforts to pro- successful. However, with the cooperation town. Contracts ract year 1977-78. 76 has to have been onduct unbecoming an .he rights of the ~nate matter. 's office busy were here necessary. ications fo[ renewal ts prepared and as Licensing Commis- ring liquor licenses. re granted, new insur- ~ the satisfaction of ns is still to be he refunding of the age of this program ticipation in town , athletic openings and Once more, the Board would like to take this opportunity to express their deep appreciation and thanks to all town committees, town department heads and empl)Yees, State officials and Legislators, their Administrative Assistant and ~electmen's Secretary who, by their continuous cooperation, assisted them n their administration of the town during the past year. Respectfully submitted, BOARD OF SELECTMEN Joseph A. Guthrie, Chairman John F. Coady Thomas J. McEvoy PERIOD COSTUMED Selectmen were hosts at town's Bicentennial Ball held as part of North Andover's official observance of the nation's 200th birthday. Town Fathers, left to right, are Thomas J. McEvoy, Joseph A. Guthrie and John F. Coady 23 TOWN CLERK This my 29th Annual Report I am pleased and proud to repo) actions of this office from July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976. of this office between records to be kept of a fiscal yeal mbined with the ever increasing amount of paper work, the the daily requests of this office for information, privat( many pertinent matters, the following is submitted: Birt) males and 91 females with two sets of twins. Marriages r( med in Town were 143 and out of Town were 78. 1st tim6 fl 177, 2nd time for groom- 42 and for bride- 39, 3rd time fl 4th time for groom- 1 and bride- O, 5th time for groom- 1 corded was 174: males was 81 and females was 93, the olde! was 96, youngest was 15 years for male and 3 months for f( 12 World War II Veterans. The average age was 77 years. MISCELLANEOUS: 34 Ma)es and 19 females were drawn for jurj ments (Deb'to'r & Security Parties) recorded. 15 Finance s' 4 withdrawals recorded. 48 new businesses recorded. 4 C( Trusts recorded, 7 raffle licenses issued, 72 gasoline in' issued, 43 Federal Tax Liens recorded, 98 combined teleph( recorded, 864 dog-kennel licenses issued, 1091 fishing lic ous amount of Planning Board and Board of Appeals rulings 7 court appearances made in interest of the Town, a vast a ine and miscellaneous yearly recordings were made. SeYera were made in the interest of the Town, all official Town b ELECTIONS: At our Presidential Primaries we had March 2, i6-6 ~ by the State Legislature with the Town election 54 Democratic Candidates with 2170 Democrats voting, Repub tes with 675 voting, 31 absentee ballots were cast. eligib crats, 1953 Republicans, 3530 unenrolled for a total of 9~ Town election we had 19 candidates seeking 12 offices, wit were cast out of 9414 eligible, 30 absentee ballots cast. a busy month with two elections, State on March 2, and Tom much detail, planning and changes in a very short period c sight and communications by State, At our Annual Town Me~ we had 92 articles in the Warrant, meeting opened at 1:30 6:45 P.M., until the following Monday evening April 26, at ned at 9;55 P,M., 368 voters were in attendance at the Sat were at the Adjourned Town Meeting, A Special Town Meetir March 18, 1976 with 2 articles on the cemetery issue, mee( and adjourned at 9 P.M, with 541 registered voters in att6 GRATEFUL THANKS: To may late wife (deceased) £arline who illness of one year on June 24, 1976, having assisted me with many varied details, work, recordings, new systems, ments of this office, Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, day o office. To Mrs, Elsie Bolster, grateful long time family a part-time basis to assist me, her experience, knowledge practical attitude has been most valuable and helpful to n fused days we live in. To Fred McCormack, John McDuffie, Registrars their assistance and "back-up". To Town Couns~ 't the many activities and Despite the confusion ' and a calendar year, co- "beaucracy in Government" and personal and a great s recorded total 184, 93 corded total 221, perfor- ,r groom-155, for brides ,r groom- 2 and bride- 9. and bride- O. Deaths re- t male was 93 and female .male, 6 World War I and ~ duty. 184 Finance State- :atements terminated and )mplete Declaration of ~lammable license renewals ne-electric light poles enses issued, a tremend- and decisions recorded. mount of many other rout- 1 trips to State House usiness. 1976 despite the confus- s by Town By-Laws, we had licans we had 45 Candida- le to vote was 3873 Demo- 56. At our March 22, h 8 wrote-ins, 3011 votes During March 1975 it was n on March 22, requiring f time, a lack of fore- ting Saturday April 24, P.M., and adjourned at 7:30 P.M., which adjour- urday meeting and 224 g was held on Thursday lng opened at 7:30 P.M., ndance. passed away after serious or the past ten years lings and the many invol- nights, at home or at 'riend who came in May on and plain common sense e in these trying and con- :Wm. Lafond our Board of Arnold Salisbury and Town Moderator for their invaluable assistance and guidanc in the many involved technacalities and official matters of these confused days to John Robinson of our Audio-Visual group, to the various school custodians for t: eir cooperation and ass- istance at elections and town meetings, and, to all the g~ their services at town meetings in checking and counting-~ all the fine friends associated with in the Town Departmen and helpfullness,knowledge-experiences with this office at Townspeople for sharing their experiences, events and man office, to all, my grateful and sincere THANKS. PERSONAL NOTE: During the year among the many fine citiz ns of North Andover who have pasS'ed bn' to their eternal reward were Ella Taylor, s:hool teacher of many years, Philip Clark, school bus co-ordinator, Arthur Drumm)nd, Board of Public Works Board of Appeals and the Town 4th July Committee of many y)ars, George FitzPatrick of our Advisory Board, Carolyn McQuesten long time school ~eacher and member of the School Committee and former Town Historian, Archie~ourley Jr., of our Fire Dept. 24 )d people who volunteer (UCH APPRECIATED, and, to ~s -for their cooperation all times, and, to all relations with this Rev. Alexande~ ant Town Cler~ isory Board a REWARDED PEAC cer Ernest Ga devotion to t ested people, Despite these and those who chichewick. 1 erate with th~ kind and hel~] death~ very many years of tions for Cit The patriotic The Veteran's S. Trombly, a fine humanatarian, my wife, Earline B. Lyons, Assist- , Marguerite M. Haley, School Teacher, Wendell M. Dillon of our Adv- d Bernard W. Bingham our Veterans Agent. MAY THEY ALL REST IN WELL · I would personally like to congratulate and commend our Dog Offi- ~hier and our Town.GBme Warden James Nutton for their interests and ~iir duties, despite much criticism, many complaints by selfish inter- }!olitical interference against them, all received by this office. )bstacles they have done a great job for those who love their pets e!njoy and appreciate our Towns greatest asset our beautiful Lake Co- h~eir is laws and their job is to uphold and protect, we should co-op- m. I would like to thank my many friends and Townspeople who were so ul to me and my family at the time of my wife Earlines illness and nld and much appreciated by me and my family. Still enjoying, after l!earning, from working with, and conducting all Boy Scout Examina- zenship in Community, State and Nation. Very rewarding. Respectfully submitted. JOHN Jo LYONS. C.M.C. TOWN CLERK. PATRIOTIC OBSERVANCES Qb~servance Committee of Post 219 American Legion, and Post 2104 of Foreign Wars wishes to thank all Veterans, past and present, male and female, t~q parents, relatives and friends of all Veterans who assisted and who participated ~a make the Patriotic Observances of Memorial Day of 1976 and Veter- and Day of 19~~ those of remembrances. They were wonderful days of remembrance for all Veterans,/dur programs arranged are one of respect and admiration for those of all wars who ~a~e died and who are presently suffering to make our Country the home of the free a~d.;the land of the brave. We thank the members of our Clergy who are always with u~i~n our prayers, remembrances and purposes, our Honored Gold Star Mothers, our Own Officials, our Veterans Organizations, our Ladies Auxiliaries. Our Boy Scout;i Girl Scouts, their subsidiarys and their leaders-directors, and to our two fine ~Orth Andover School Bands. Our grateful thanks· We do wish to present, with pation of all that in these gotten the me~ ently sufferi Mothers, Brot colors, don't nature. Be 1 honoring, of' Respectful an LUCIEN CLERMO POST 219, AME ask, to seek, to implore more Veterans, male and female, past and Or without uniforms, to please join us in the future in the Partici- our Patriotic Observances, which is fast diminishing. PLEASE, so cQnfused, selfish, political days we are living in, we have not for- ~ories, the respect, the admiration of those Veterans, past and pres- ~§ and who could not be with us. Remember, they are your Fathers, ~e~s, Sisters, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins and Friends. Show your true ~esitate, don't be on the sidelines, don't be of selfish political )yal, be faithful, be traditional to those we represent, those we are ~ch, someday, we will be included. Be with us and be a part of us. tigrateful thanks to all. ~T~ COMMANDER. CLIFTON STONE, III. COMMANDER ~AN LEGION. POST 2104, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. 25 ADVISORY BOARD The Advisory Committee has nine members with occupations who are appointed by the Town Moderator for duties and obligations are given in the Town's By-Laws, and in the General Laws of the Commonwealth, Chapter 3g, Our function is to inform and advise the towns business included within articles requiring their vote a town with a town meeting form of local government has a In preparation for the April, 1976 Annual Town. weekly, beginning in January, with officials, boards, ant proposed budgets and other requests for project funds. represent you in a detailed examination of all matters o 1 articles of a Town Meeting warrant. To add to our under! quiring your vote, we examine records of past expenditur~ roll maintained by the Town Accountant and view first ha~ ings, property and sites for which funds are requested. and justify the substance and purpose of each request an( we consider, as taxpayers, is essential and in the best · adopt. About ten days before 'Town Meeting we mail to eat report containing the Articles of the Town Meeting and In addition to expenditures voted by Town Meeti required to raise funds for County tax, charges by the ments, and for real estate abatements allowed by law for residents of the Town. We review the amount of these sti their change from the previous tax year because they are ditures for which the Town must obtain funds. We are col the expenditures we recommend at town meeting together wi the Assessors are required to raise are within the financ ity to pay. The Town obtains income from various sources taxes to pay its obligations. We give our attention to expect from fees for Town services and permits, motor veh and Federal assistance, and certified surplus funds. Wha needed after counting these is raised by taxing personal from outside the property tax are not guaranteed from ye~ ficant decrease in aid and other income will mean a highE taxes. Funds from outside the property tax applied this and is 38% of required income. Fortunately this is abou available last year. A summary of these various sources this report. The change in the value of assessed pro~er and new construction is also given our attention for in added income when the same tax rate is applied to new ta> tried backgrounds and ;hree year terms. Our krticle I, Sections 5 & 6, Section 16. )eople on matters of town meeting. Every iimiliar committee. Meeting, we met twice committees on their uring these meetings we business included within tanding of matters re- s for expenses and pay- d all machinery, build- Our task is to understand i to recommend to you what nterest of the Town to :h household a printed ~r recommendations. rig, the Assessors are ,mmonwealth, court judge- elderly and veteran itutory assessments and )art of the total expen- cerned that the sum of th statutory charges ial means of the commun- sides from property mounts the Town can icle excise taxes, State tever additional is and real property. Funds r to year. Any signi- r burden on property 'ear summed to $4,220,000 $347,000 more than s given further on in caused by additions sense it represents ~able property. The value of taxable property increased about $1.34 million lo a total of $43.08 million meaning additional income of $205,000 from prope~ in the tax rate. However, this year the Assessors saw th) revenue expected from property may not be realized, antic abatement of taxes on manufacturing facilities experienci work. Thus the Town could not expect more than $130,000 tax revenues without an increase in the tax rate. This y creased $6 to $159. Had the net value of property and fu not increased as they did, the tax rate would have been m $43,077 that must be raised from taxing property represen 26 ty taxes without a change at about $75,000 of ipating application for ~g prolonged loss of increase from property )ar the tax rate in- ,ds from other sources uch higher. Each ts $1 on the tax rate. Exp ditures requested in the warrant of the April 1976 Annual Town Meeting together with State, County and other statutory assessments were on the order of $1.5~million more than the expenditures of approximately $10.3 million for the 1975-'6~fiscal year. Even after taking into account the increased funds of about $480 000 from local receipts, state and federal aid and additional taxable prope'ty, the requested expenditure would require a $24 increase in the tax rate. Ew~n if funds for three capital projects totaling $402,000 were ob- tained by bor'owing, the remaining would still require a sizeable $16 increase in the tax ra';e.~ However the merits of requests may be reasoned, such an in- crease, when ',iewed with last years $15 increase and the depressed condition of the economy w,~ul!d no doubt have caused residents difficulty and in addition discourage pr~spects for economic growth on which our community depends for jobs and its tax b~se. Industry and business pay more than 25 percent of the revenue received from property taxes. Without them the tax bills on our homes would be much higher. The depressed state of the economy was clearly evident. Not only was inflation higl ~at 7.6% but severe unemployment, 12% was reported in Massachusetts, highest in th~ nation which had an average 8.6%. However, we may doubt how meaningful of icial unemployments statistics are the fact remains that Western Electric, the Town's largest employer and taxpayer, $1 million plus, had in the year priol to January 1976 reduced the number of its employees by 3000 to 7000 persons.I Others also had uncomfortable reductions in their work forces. Western Elect ic petitioned the Assessors for an abatement and the Assessors saw cause to gran: a 7.5% reduction in Western's property taxes for the year. In- flation and u)employment was compounded by increased State taxes on both resi- dents and employers. The seriously depressed economy caused havoc with the Commonwealth' ~inances. To pay its bills for the year ending June 30, 1975 the State borrowe $450 million. To avoid another borrowing in the following year, the legislatu e passed a massive tax increase in November 1975. The sales tax was increased 3% to 5%, a surtax of 7.5% on personal income was added and corporation t)xes were increased 8.5% to 9.5% in addition to other increases. Business spok) openly, conditions for investment and growth were better else- where. Resi )nts also felt too shackled by taxes. The~Advisory Committee, with the cooperation of many department heads, reduced the r~quests for budgets and other projects by $636,000. Many budgets were submitte~iat prior year levels. Expenditures voted at Town Meeting to- gether with s~atutory charges summed to $882,000 more than the $10.26 million for 1975-76. mThe cause of this increase is detailed in following paragraphs, and is not th~result of expanded Town services or programs. In an effort to further redu( borrowing $14 Massachusetts summed to $11 1976, follow tax rate whi Cos on the Annua appropriatio iei the amount to be raised in the current year, we recommended 61,000 requested to complete cement lining the water main on' Avenue. Excluding the amount borrowed, expenditures for 1976-77 .0 million, a 7~2% increase over the previous year. In August, hngireceipt of a supplemental cherry sheet, the Assessors set the ncreased $6 to $159 for the year beginning July 1, 1976. ~s to the Town occurred in many areas. The report of the Town Clerk 1 Town Meeting and that of the Assessors given elsewhere detail every Increases are summarized in the following. Wages of employees were increas and non schoI Adminlstrati $16,000. Fo health and r $70,000 (40%) ~i5% to adjust for their decreased purchasing power; total school 1 payroll increased $293,000 to $5.9 million. The position of )!Assistant to the Selectmen was approve ~ncreasing the payroll by the third consecutive year incredible increases occurred to Qaintain tirement benefits. Premiums for health and life insurance increased to $248,000 and the Town's assessment to the Essex County Retirement 27 Fund increased $125,000 (54%) to $357,408. The Greater i assessed the Town $81,600 for the first time as our shar~ operating cost of the sewerage treatment plant scheduledi January, 1977. The Town's share of the Greater Lawrencel School increased $15,300 (15%) to $117,000. More elderl~ for real estate tax abatements as allowed by law causing increase $25,000 (11~) to $233,000. Expenses voted for operation of Town departmen School Department expenses increased $81,409 (10.4%) to primarily by rate increases of heating fuel and electric awrence Sanitary District of the anticipated to begin operation Regional Vocational and veterans applied the total of these to Cs increased. For the ~864,000 and was caused ~l power, renewal of bus contracts originally bid three years ago prior to the st)ep rise in motor fuel and increased obligations of special education, Chapter' /66. For other Town budgets expenses increased $54,388 (7%) to $828,000 caus,)d primarily by rate in- creases of utilities, liability, property damage and wor~men's compensation in- surances, utilities for operation of the new Town garage~and the impact of in- flation on essential supplies for maintaining water and ~ewer systems, public safety, health, street lighting and street maintenance. ] Funds for projects of a capital nature for improvements and rehabili- tation of Town streets, water and sewer systems and for ;cheduled replacement and addition to Town machinery and equipment are petitio from department expense budgets. Requests for these sum which $402,000 was for three sizeable projects namely, ci reservoirs $120,000, cement lining Massachusetts Avenue engineering plans and specifications $135,000 for extens~ along Great Pond Road from Pleasant Street to South Bradl three only the Massachusetts Avenue project was voted an~ ized the Treasurer to borrow $146,000 for the project. I $410,000 was voted, increasing the sum expended for like year by $27,400. Many of the projects funded were for pi replacement of aging equipment and correction of conditi, more costly if not given attention. Estimated County tax $380,000 and State charge cherry sheet summed to $480,000 for 1976-77. For the pr, to about $464,000. These are no more than estimates by because the County budget isn't acted on by the legislat after the cherry sheet is printed in March. The estimat. in the following year and given as either under or over In 1975-76 an additional $ 90,000 to the figure given ab undercharges of prior years. For 1976-77 no amount for raised. In fact the cherry sheet for 1976-77 stated abo charged in 1975-76 and this available money is to be app obligations of 1976-77. The state charges include $64,3( areas outside metropolitan parks, $17,378 for special edt State schools, $9,365 for retired municipal teachers and charges. The 1975-76 Annual Town Meeting reduced the sc court judgement in September, 1975 restored $106,750. ready set, these funds were not included in the 1975-76 they were spent, requiring the Assessors to raise them i Because the amount restored by the court also remained i budget, ~nother $106,750 had to be raised. On top of th 28 ~ed in articles separate ~ed to $1.03 million of ~vers for the Sutton Hill later main $146,000 and on of the sewer system :ordStreet. Of these I the Town Meeting author- :or the remaining articles articles in the prior .eventive maintenance, )ns that would become $100,000 given on .the )vious year these summed :he State particularly ~re until a few months )d charges are adjusted :harges for prior years. )ve had to be raised for ndercharges had to be t $84,000 had been over- led by the Town for its 8 for State recreation cation youngsters in numerous other smaller ool budget $110,000. A the tax rate was al- ax rate, the same year the 1976-77 tax year. the 1976-77 school s the school committee increased the'r! budget further as previously discussed. On the other hand, the Town did not laive to raise in 1976-77 the $231,632 raised in 1975-76 as the final portion.oif school salaries deferred from the 1973-74 eighteen month tran- sition year. ~ Fun~s: from outside the tax rate are summarized and total $4,220,000. Funds are obt~ilned from fees for Town services, permits, fines, betterments and the like $156~1!63, Water Department receipts $268,805, motor vehicle excise taxes $839,183, interest on investment of funds by the Treasurer $64,344, State receipts including direct aid $1,904,822 and available funds from overcharges by the State 1584,996, Federal Revenue Sharing $300,000, Federal Public Law 874 in prior year~ for schools a) certified ava' crease in col' rise in the p, same this yea' some due to S and towns abo~ creased 20% dl bills with ful The Fund; an appr, expenditures. the Advisory appropriated in the Town's Town Meeting ) $65,000 was a We termined the for the 1976 observing, st time has been recommendatio We cooperative i plied to offset taxes caused by the school budget $102,514, and lia.ble funds for the Town $500,000. Significant is the $184,000 in- ected motor vehicle excise taxes no doubt reflecting the steep 'iice of vehicles. Direct aid from the Commonwealth is about the 'iais last year. While the Town's financial burden increases yearly, :ate mandated programs for schools, the State has kept aid to cities b t constant over the last three years.The State s udget has in- I~iing this period and the State is evidently paying some of its ~dsl due us. Advisory Committee is responsible for transfers from .the Reserve )priation made by TOwn Meeting for unforeseen or extraordinary i~For such purposes funds are transferred during the year by vote of ;Ommittee. For the 1975-76 fiscal year $27,073 of the $50,000 ~as transferred for reasons as listed under Reserve Fund elsewhere Annual Report. For the twelve months prior to the 1976 Annual ~6re than $50,000 had been transferred and based on this experience )propriated for the 1976-77 fiscal year. lave attempted to summarize in this report the many factors that de- 1976-77 tax rate and to which we gave our attention in preparation kmnual Town Meeting. We as your representatives spend many hours ~dying, and discussing matters related to the Town's finances. Our Well spent when you, interested voters and taxpayers, support our s at Town Meeting. hank department heads, boards and committees who have been extremely iresponding to our inquiries. Respectfully submitted, NORTH ANDOVER ADVISORY COMMITTEE Richard J. Kulpinski, Chairman Mrs. Daniel F. Cahill Thomas F. Dunn John J. Greenwood William F. Hickey Raymond M. Holland George T. Matthes Harold Morley, Jr., Esq. Charles A. Salisbury 29 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT The Highway Department herewith submits its re) June 30, 1976. SNOW -- An accumulation of 60.75" of snow was plowed fro~ S~reets were sanded when and where necessary. All sand ~ an additional thirty barrels. Stands were located at pr, sections of town. All barrels and boxes were returned t, stored. Twenty more inches of snow fell in the area in area was l0 inches above the 50.42 inch, 91 year average DRAINAGE -- Installed two catch basins and 40 feet of 12 frames and grates on Martin Avenue. Repair and adjusted corner of Park and Main Streets. Also put new frames anq paired catch basin at Beverly Street. Repaired and adjus Milk Street. Installed new frame and grate on Sutton Stt pairs to drainage junction box on Sutton Street. Rebuil poured floor and installed lO feet of 30" concrete pipe Installed 2 standard catch basin frames and grates on Sa two basins on Baldwin Street. Rebuilt basins on Dale St cast basin and cone. Old basin was made out of cement bt Installed new basin and added 24 feet of aluminum 12" PiE that was there. Repaired one basin and rebuilt two on SL new catch basin with new frame & grate on Court Street t¢ i:ing condition. Used 30 feet of 12" aluminum pipe and ( steel cover into drainage line existing on other side of culvert on Farnum Street, used 30 feet of assorted steel pipe installed in manhole at bottom of Sutton Street. BL ran water off street area on to the land owned by Mr. Ball quest and permission. Unplugged drain line at intersecti Streets, and tied Main Street line across from Dr. Belive Installed manhole in middle of intersection, Used 60 fee and new manhole frame & cover. Put new )ine from corner Streets to other side of intersection to re-install line when road was reguilt. Used 34 feet of 12" aluminum pipe on Milk Street between Mrs. Marino's and Heath Road. Use Put 2 egq sized holes in existing drain line and dug eigh on both sides and filled hole to grade with stone. Insta Academy Road near the church. Repaired basin on Hemlock frame and cover. Replaced broken frame and grate at 16¢ basin at corner of Wood Lane and Woodstock. Repaired bas and grate at corner of Prescott & Upland Streets. Repair Lane. Repaired basin at corner of Third and Main Streets 206 Waverly Road, and also Waverly & Norman Road. Extend by 8 feet at corner of Osgood & Academy Road. Installed aluminum and 5 catch basin units on Park Street to replac line. Installed 2 additional catch basins and 400 feet o ~ort for the year ending all town streets. )oxes were put out with )blem hills and inter- the yard, painted and 975 than 1974 and the pipe along with two two catch basins at grates on both. Re- ted catch basin on eet. Did extensive re- wall towards street, nd new basin at street. gent Street. Repaired eet, used standard pre- ick and all rotted out. e to end of open pipe tton Street. Installed eliminate a bad winter blind manhole with street. Installed new ~ipe. Had relief drain lt. new catch basin and Did so at his re- in of-~eene and Elm ~u's residence into it. t of 12" aluminum pipe ~f Main and Middlesex that had been eliminated · Installed drywell d 8 yards of tailings. teen inches below pipe lled new frame & grate on Street and installed qass. Avenue. Rebuilt in and put new frame ~d two basins on Wood · New frame & cover at ~d culvert at sidewalk ~OO feet of 2 foot old dilapitated drain 12" reinforced concrete pipe on Court Street, this should correct drainagJe probl standard catch basins on Osgood Street near Parson Barnar~ to brook from street. Used 250 feet of 12" aluminum pipe 9 catch basins on Main Street between Elm and Main Street basin units and 540 feeto of 12" reinforced concrete pipe stalled 3 new catch basins and approximately 230 feet of Chestnut Street. 3O e~ . Installed 2 new House and ran new line Repaired and adjusted Installed 5 catch on Winter Street. In- 2''' concrete pipe on GUARD RAILS -- Brook, Boston 30 feet on Aca STREET SIGNS - money making a to report that them up. CONCRETE SIDEW~ Buckingham Roal BITUMINOUS SIDI Main Street, B' Street, Greene Richardson. Ave~ Saunders Stree NEW BITUMINOUS Patriot Street Belmont Street SCRAPING, GRAD Siteel beam guard rail was installed on Johnson Street, BoSton tr~et; Intersection of Route 114, and Middleton Street. Added emy Road, to replace wooden fence. D, uring the past year we have spent a considerable amount of d installing street signs throughout the town, and I am sorry th,ey are be'~ng ripped down in Some areas faster than we can put L~S -- The following cement sidewalks were repaired and rebuilt; ii Edmands Road, Little Road, and Main Street, iWALKS ~- The following list is of new and resurfaced sidewalks; ×by Avenue, Elm Street, (all one side) Middlesex Street, Third Street, Maple Avenue, Union Street, Second Street, Beverly Street, JUe, Herrick Road, Sutton Street, Mass. Avenue, High Street, :, First Street, Park Street, and Cleveland Street SURFACE -- Johnson Street, 1300 L.F.; Salem Street, 7400 L.F.; !1400 L.F.; Gilbert Street 1000 L,F.; Baldwin Street 1200 L.F.; 400 L.F.; Park Street, 350 L.F.; Court Street, 300 L.F. NG & WIDENING -- The following streets were rebuilt with a new grav--~-l~B'a~ford Street approximately 3000 L.F., Sullivan Street 2000 L.F., Grey Street 30)0 L.F., Park Street (between Main & Chickering Road) 200 L.F., Ingalls Road apd also replaced culverts, Forest Street (from Ingalls Road to Lacy Street), ~ebuilt 140 feet of one lane on Clar6ndon Street, 300 feet of Court Street a~d around Triangle at Academy Road, Chestnut Street from Hansens to Hillside Ro~d. ROAD OILED WIT~ M.C. 800 SEALER ~- Ingalls Road, Forest Street, Lacy Street, S'Ulliva~"~S'tre~ti,'Grey St~'~inter Street (from Foster to Chase), Bradford Street (Rte 12 Barker Street Farnum Street Rea's to Ever Road, Wood Lai Appleton Stre( Bunkerhill St) Blvd. (off Ma~ SLOPED GRANITI Triangle, Ess( and Chestnut Davis Street, and Main Stre< around triang' RUBBISH DISPOI creasing prob commonwealth are not only disposal of r disposal prob The North Eas for the past 5: to Hilltop and Mazurenko's to Great Pond Road), Brook Street, Chadwick Street, Rea Street (from Johnson Street to Gil Rea's), Great Pond Road (400 feet from Pinecrest), Chestnut Street (George reen Drive, Johnson Street (Mill Road 600 feet to 114), Margate ei, Bacon Avenue, Foster Street (Boston Brook to Winter Street), t: (Dale Street to end), Dale Street, Martin Avenue, Concord Street, eiet, Princeton Street, Camden Street, Stevens Street, Beacon Hill sl. Avenue), Court Street, Marbleridge Road (Dale & Appleton Street). ~-- Installed 1,100 feet including Main Street; Louis Saunders~ --~ Street Triang1A, Marbleridge & Great Pond Road Triangle, Andover .~eet Triangle. 300 feet on Sutton Street. Installed 86 L.F. on 1!50 L.F. on Winter Street, installed 380 feet at corner of Greene ,ts, and up left side of Main Street to St. Pauls Church. 120 feet e of Academy Road and Osgood Street. ;AL -- As we all know rubbish disposal is getting to be an ever in- em, not only to this community but most other communities in the ~s well. We also know that landfill operations all over the state :n violation of existing operational requirements but also that the ~bbish by burying it in the ground is not the solution to our rubbish lem in the future. ~ Solid Waste Region, along with the State Bureau of Solid Waste has Chree years been working very diligently towards a rapid and positive 31 solution to our Solid Waste problem and hopefully in the near future we will see our proposed Resource Recovery Plant become a reality an a solution to eliminat- ing Landfill disposal methods. I feel the life expectancy of our landfill area is very imited and that the most we could hope to get, time wise, would be 18 months to 2 years, and I feel that our operation is run and operated in what I would call t~e upper bracket, as far as classifying it with all existing landfill or disposa operations throughout the State. When final closing of this disposal takes place you can parcel of land will be contoured as a hill not exceedin with existing contours of abutting lands in the area. manner that will make it a very desirable site for eith. or any other use the town may see fit to use it. It wil effect by visual or any other manner, that would be offi or businesses situated in this area. I hope that the State Board of Health will bear with us, for awhile longer so that we might get the maximum life out of our presentdi ~posal site. It would cost the town approximately $175,000 a year if our presel~t operation were term- inated and this amount represents only the cost of dispo!~ing of our picked up trash at a privately owned landfill, if we could find on~ at all. The people of North Andover who have taken for granted tie savings and conven- ience of having our own disposal area would (as other co~munities have, that have abandoned such operations) feel the pinch, not only in our tax base but also the expense and hardship encountered in trying to d spose of waste which could not be accommodated by town municipal rubbish pici:-up. What about local businesses and industry located in our town which depend and use our disposal operation? This is a complex problem, one that will have a great impact on our community, if we cannot accomplish our goal within the North East Soli Waste Regional Resource Recovery disposal plan in the near future. In %he meantime, I feel that we should use every effort o utilize what little space we have left at our Holt Road disposal site. I ha e contacted businesses and industry and have made them aware of our problem, an also asked them to separate and salvage, as much as possible, such as cardb ard and heavy metals. They have been co-operative and this has helped. I also have planned to expand our local recycling program which will go into effect very shortly. At this time I will as~ our people to put more effort into separating certain wastes that could be deposited at several recycling stations, that wi 1 be situated at several convenient locations in our community. VERTICAL GRANITE -- Installed 108 feet in front of Merri ~c Valley National Bank, 360 feet on Main Street, in front of Messinas. CULVERTS -- Installed new 64" by 44" squashed pipe on Jo nson Street at Boston Brook. Raised road approximately 18~' for about 60 feet Used 40 foot of pipe, 80 yards of gravel and built stone headwall on both side~ of the road. Installed new two foot culvert on Rea Street. Used 40 feet of 2 f(ot aluminum pipe and built stone head walls on either side of road. Dredge Qrook for approximately lO0 feet down stream to eliminate hold back of water. E~tended culvert on ~e assured that this grades that conform will be restored in a conservation, recreation in no way have any ill nsive to the residents 32 Pleasant StrE Installed 18 Installed 40 either side. aluminum pipe 30" aluminum Hillside Roac forced concr6 Osgood Street culverts. STONE SEAL -- 7451 sq. yds. Tavern Road 1 RECYCLING -- light iron an I would like Highway Depa~ cooperation North Andove~ ~t with five feet reinforced concrete pipe 36 inches in diameter. inch steel pipe culvert on Chestnut Street to replace stone culvert. Feet of 18 inch aluminum pipe on BOStOn Street. Built headwalls on This replaced old stone culvert, Installed 40 feet of 12 inch on Forrest Street to replace stone culvert~ Installed 40 feet of )ipe on Stiles Street. Installed 40 feet of !8 inch aluminum on near Andover line. Installed catch basin and 120 feet of rein- ~e pipe on Campbell Road. Installed two new catch basins on ~ear Alfrieda's Beauty Salon. Grade All has dredged out all major prepartation has been done on the following streets, Greene Street Lincoln Street 3212 sq. yds., West Bradstreet 2040 sq. yds., 223 sq. yds. Si,SOD.OD was turned over to the treasurer from the collection of d!waste paper. to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all the tment staff and the Town Boards and Departments for their help and hiroughout the past year and I would like to thank the people of !for the privilege of serving as your Highway Surveyor. Sincerely, William A. Cyr, Highway Surveyor 33 DOG OFFICER July l, 1975 - June 30, 1976 Complaints .................................. 1600 Dogs picked up .............................. 663 Dogs impounded .............................. 342 Found new homes or humanely put to sleep .... 45 Animals kelled by accidents ................. 70 There is a full time Leash Law in the Town of must restrain their dog or violators will be fined. All dogs must be licensed every April 1st, an, rabies at least once every 24 months. Every week dogs are accidently poisoned or ki of North Andover. Most of these deaths cnuld be avoide, restrained. Owners who properly care for, and restrain a healthy and happy pet. If your dog gets loose, you should call the N( and report him lost. You should also keep an up to dar( that you may be notified when he has been found. Respectful Ernest J. , Dog Office CAPITAL BUDGET COMMIT The objective of our Committee is to thoroughl requests, establish a set of budget priorities consisten Town. Each capital request is discussed with the variou insure that all factors are considered. Our recommendat many hours of deliberation, represents our best judgemen a project as well as the Town's ability to support such North Andover. Everyone be inoculated for led by cars in the town by keeping your dog their dog, always have rth Andover Dog Officer license on him, so y submitted, authier, 34 rEE review all capital with the needs of the department heads to ons, reached after t as to the need for programs. Respectfull submitted by you fellow taxpayers, Robert A. M gg, Chairman David F. Roche, P.A., Secretary Walter E. Ensdorf Mark O. Henley, C.P.A. Richard Kull)inski Fritz Osthe~'r TOWN ACCOUNTANT I ~erby submit a report of the financial operations of the Town for the fiscal ~r ending June 30, 1976. ~ sum of $8,781,834 was appropriated by budgetary accounts. (Salaries & ~ages & Expenses) at the Annual Town Meeting of April 26, 1975. Part of this sum was provided from Federal Revenue Sharing funds to be used for Police and ~i~re Salaries ($350,000). An additional sum of $403,781 was appropriateq for various specific article accounts~ 'The article accounts in- cluded $132~000 for collective bargaining and cost of-living increases, $52,000 forls~chool projects of a capital nature, $40,000 for equipment for Police, Tre~,! Highway and public Works departments, $15,000 for repaving school grounds, $69,i000 for road construction and $67,000 for water and sewer projects. Ir addition to the above, town meeting authorized the borrowing of $75,000 for tlhe new town garage, $i00,000 for a sanitary landfill site and $95,000 for tlhe Mass. Avenue water main project, for a total of $270,000. DLring the fiscal year, your Advisory Board authorized the transfer of $27,074 r,om the Reserve Fund for unforseen needs of several departments. d!er Article 88 at town meeting it was voted to use $400,000 from our availab e! funds to reduce the tax rate. Al the beginning of the fiscal year (July 1, 1975) the outstanding long term d(bit was $8,141,000 and at the end of the fiscal year it was $7,661,600. !$833,000 of this sum is inside our debt limit and $6,495,000 is outside our diebt limit, and $333,600 is for water department~debt. D(spite the growing budgetary outlay of funds the Town has been able to orevent ~m~jor tax increase principally because of our industrial tax base. ! ~o~uld like to express my appreciation for the willing assistance given me by ~y assistants, Cecilia M. Sheehan and Carolyn M. Melvidas, town officials, eip~rtment heads, committee members and town personnel. A dieitailed report of receipts and expenditures and a financial state- ment as of ~n!e 30, 1976 may be found in the financial section of the report. Respectfully submitted, David F. Roche, Town Accountant 35 CIVIL DEFENSE It is my pleasure to submit my fifth annual re Director of the Town of North Andover. The following is the Fiscal Year ending 30 June lg76. Again our 1976 Program Paper was approved by t~ Agency. This continues our eligibility for federal finai Our eligibility for federal reimbursement of $1,000 annu~ pays for one half of the Civil Defense Director's sallar assistance, and all other administrative expenses. We continue to explore all state and federal s recipients of surplus/excess property. Unfortunately oul unrewarded during this reporting period. We observed the usual hurricane alerts. Happi' However, we continue to maintain a readiness posture for cluding hurricanes, that may be forthcoming. We continue to expand our communications capab' Communications group and the Auxiliary Police force. Ou~ this period have also been centered on assisting Mr. Den~ Officer of the Auxiliary Police in revitalizing and equil small group of dedicated volunteers is continnall¥ striv' in training and are willing to undertake any additional local police and their community. Communications Dfficer Ridgely Underwood and h ~ort as Civil Defense a progress report for e Mass. Civil Defense cial assistance. lly continues. This , clerical/typing urces to become efforts have gone , none came to pass. any emergency, in- lities for both the ~ efforts during is Dio~ne, Commanding ,ping his group. This ng to reach new plateaus luties to assist the s communications per- sonnel continue to update and exercise their communicati~n's capabilities once weekly. Personnel are constantly rotated in activatin~ ~he EOC base station as well as their own mobile/fixed equipment. In this ~a~ we are assured of meeting our communications commitments in the event of e~ergencies. Our Auxiliary Police group under the able leadership of Mr, Dennis Dionne have increased their force from 7 to 9 men. This~group initiated a vandalism patrol during February 1976 of the town's public schools. According to School Dept. statistics, the conduct of this pa~tol to date has reduced vandalism at our public schools by approximately 75% sinc Both the Civil Defense mobile RACES communicato have participated in the annual Memorial Day, Forth of Ju celebration, Veterans Day and Santa Claus parades, provi control and communications traffic control respectively. groups supported the local Police Dept. in the conduct o to help curb vandalism. Further, the Auxiliary Police pr the Jaycees Winter Carnival during February 1976; provide the Muscular Dystrophy ftind raiser sponsored by the North association during November 1976; and assisted the local town functions as well as provide traffic duty in front weekly during peak traffic periods. The following training courses were completed First Aid - 4; Police patrol procedures - 8; Police cour Topsfield, Mass. - 2. Firearms training is a continuing police. Our Civil Defense membership presently includes Group - Communications Officer Mr. Ridgely Underwood, Wil its inception. s and Auxiliary Police ly Bi-Centennial lng security/crowd In addition, both a Halloween patrol ovided security at d their services to Andover Merchants ~olice in various other our local churches ring this past year. e at CD Academy, program of the Auxiliary · Radio Communications iiam Sherlock, Carleton Wilson, Dou Sullivan· J Ernest Harv Th voluntary du Au Executive Of Wagoner, Joh MacKenzie, a Af Auxiliary Po requested be to extend ou all the best Th voluntary du We the Auxiliar Th 24 hours dai successfully the Mass. C~ are capable on-the-air ( able to fiel force to as! from the ma' to be utili W serve with i are current' as well as c Selective rE limited bas' in some fie' North Andov~ The to the foll The Honorab staunch supl support in ( his exempla~ Lawlor for I the loan of Town Depart~ who contrib~ las Wilson, Richard Slade, Leonard Somers, ~rald Rowen, William eph Demers, James Rigoli, Edwin Adams, Joseph Sullivan, Jr. · ~, Richard Gacioch, Joseph Whitehead. ~iRadio Communications Group donated approximately 1900 hours of tY to the community during this reporting period. x!liary Police/Special Officers - Commanding Officer Dennis Dionne, ~icer Ernest Harvey, Patrolmen G. Fred Hopping, James Gillen, Carl i Monteiro III, Joseph Sullivan, Jr., Hilton Cormey, George id Edward Johnson. ter more than 40 years bf combined service to the community as ice Officers, Mr. Edward Johnson and Mr. George MacKenzie have ng placed on the retired list. On behalf of the community we wish thanks and best wishes to both these upstanding gentlemen, and in their future endeavors. Their experqence will be sorely missed. ~!Auxiliary Police group donated approximately 1800 hours of ty to the community during this reporting period. Wish to welcome newcomers Mr. James Gillen and Mr. Carl Wagoner to y Police Group. ~! local warning points at the Police and Fire stations are manned Y. Simulated "CHECKERBOARD" emergency messages continue to be itransmitted at random through these communications channels by ~iil Defense Agency to insure the integrity of this radio link. We oif placing trained, fully equipped fixed or mobile communicators nywhere within the community on very short notice. We are also d! in short order our fully trained, well equipped Auxiliary Police ist in any local emergency. The local warning sirens are activated n fire station once each month. 21 Public Shelters are available ed for emergency housing in the North Andover area if required. continue to search for any civic minded individuals wishing to he North Andover Civil Defense Agency on a voluntary basis. We in need of an Operations Officer and a Radiological Officer ualified communicators holding current radio amateur licenses. ,cr~uiting of potential Auxiliary Police Officers contdnues on a s. Any person, male or female, desiring to serve will be utilized d. It is mandatory that all potential members be residents of iilvil Defense Director wishes to extend his grateful appreciation ,wing individuals for their support throughout this reporting period: e Board of Selectmen, Deputy Director John Lyons for his usual ,oft, Communications Officer Ridgely Underwood f~r his outstanding ~lll communications matters, Commanding Officer Dennis Dionne for 'y contributions to the Auxiliary Police program, Police Chief Joseph lils suppOrt of the Auxiliary Police program, Mr. Joseph Borgesi for Public Works vehicle to help launch the Vandalism Patrol, all ~ent Heads for their support, and all the Civil Defense volunteers ~e their efforts and time so unselfishly to the community. Respectfully submitted, John J. Coco Civil Defense Director STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRAR' To the Citizens of North Andover, Massachusetts: The trustees of Stevens Memorial Library herew eithth report which is for the 12 month period, July l, This includes the report of the director. To the Trustees of Stevens Memorial Library: hereby submit the 68th report of the Directo PERSONNEL Mrs, Jean Wallick~ Children's Librarian, resig to move to Newton. She was replaced by Denise Johnson. B,A. from Salem State College and Masters in Library Sci of North Carolina. Before coming to North Andover, Miss Librarian in Ipswich, Massachusetts for three years. In January, Mary Beth Minick, Reference Librari to accept a position as Children's Librarian in Braintre~ was replaced by Sue Ellen Holmes, a Stevens. Memorial Libl years. Miss Holmes holds a B.A. from Merrimack College Masters in Library Science within the next two years, Miss Margaret Troy has replaced Miss Holmes as Chi. lderan's Department. Miss Troy holds a B.A. in Engli Education from Lowell State College. COLLECTIONS Inflation continues to be a disturbing factor that the library 'can purchase, In 1971 the average hard In 1974~ the average was $14.09. In 1975, it was $16.19. risen from an average of $1,01 in 1971, to $1,28 in 1974. Other library services such as magazines, reference matei expenses (paper, heating oil, electricity, etc.) continue Inflated prices for books, magazines, records, materials that the library loans free of charge, increase service. By borrowing and sharing these materials from t than purchasing them individually, any North Andover resi money without sacrificing the quality of his informationa needs. With this in mind, the library is trying to exp lection, provide art prints for loan, provide puzzles for of all kinds. The Children's Department loans toys, puzz well as books. PROGRAMS Adult programming this year was highlighted by programs in November on local history, given by Mary F. F Roper, and Roland B. Hammond, Jr. In addition, Friday ni programs for women on topics ranging from house plants to held. Two Sunday afternoon concerts were given by the Me 38 th present their sixty- '975 to June 30, 1976. ed in August in order Miss Johnson holds a nce from the University Johnson was Children's an resigned in order , Massachusetts. She ary employee for nine nd will receive a an Assistant in the h and Elementary n the number of books over book cost $13.25. Paperback books have to $1.46 in 1975. 'ials, and library to rise. puzzles, and other s the value of library he library, rather dent can save his own and recreational nd the record col- adults and information les, and records as ~iseries of three nn, Stephen J. ght films were offered, family budgeting were 'rimack Little Symphony. Informal bo¢ North AndovE TP arts and cra shows and Wa Sp Ukranian Eas the generosi and time to and exhibits Ellen Foulds Roland Hamm( go to Mrs. and several T print booksi Library Ext~ k discussions took place in the Spring and these were attended by r, high school students as well as adults from the community. e Children's Department has offered storyhours for all age levels, flts programs, Saturday films, and special programs such as puppet l~t Disney movies during school vacations. EXHIBITS ecial exhibits have included Russian folk art, antique kitchenware, eggs, a Bicentennial quilt, and Polish folk art. eie programs and exhibits, such as these, can only take place through ty of talented people who are willing to contribute their knowledge tlhe community. Helping the Stevens Library this year with programs , have been, Marlene Stekert, Mrs. Henry Donovan, Jack McClay, Mary , Julia Warchal, Julie Mofford, Mrs. Michael King, Nat Stevens, n)d, Helen Earley, Frank Comparone, and Debbie Roop. Special thanks alter Flinn, and Mrs. Arthur Larson who have provided both programs exhibits to the library this year. GIFTS AND A GRANT ei Stevens Library won a grant of $1500 for the purchase of large this year. The grant was awarded by the Massachusetts Bureau of nision, and has allowed us to double the size of our large print collection,l T~ei North Andover Women's Club donated two flags for the Library lobby .... a ~as~sachusetts flag and a United States flag. / M~niy North Andover citizens have given books to the library. Books are often p~ relatives. by Miss Mar and nursing handicapped for childrel North Andow V and visits al 1 year. T the week. a week duril of being av. a good loca Andover fun rChased by individuals and donated as memorials to friends SPECIAL SERVICES ok collections have been deposited at the Housing for the Elderly on Batchelder. Books are also available for delivery to shut ins homes in North Andover. Other services for the blind or physically are provided. Children's Room has pioneered in providing toys, games, and puzzles )i~ith special needs. This has been done in cooperation with the School System. sits to the schools have been carried out by the Children's Librarian :o the library by public and private school groups have taken place COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT )e library is the only building in North Andover open every day of le are open a total of 60 hours a week in the Summer, and 71 hours ig the other 10 months of the year. We therefore have the opportunity ~ilable to the public at convenient hours and are able to provide ;ion for meetings of community groups, sale of tickets for North :tions, and promotion of other North Andover organizations. 39 ! would like to take this opportunity to express a library staff that is, without exception, outstanding in to the library, competence in library work, and possessed ation. My special thanks go to Barbara Philbrick, Assi Theodore Peters, Board Chairman, for outstanding work in library. Thanks go also to the North Andover Advisory Bo with us in the effort to provide a quality library for the Respectfully Ellen P. Spil~! Director Beginning in October, 1975, the Stevens Memorial on Sundays from 2 to 5 p,m. This continued through May an enough to continue Sunday openings in the coming year. Su, possibl'e through the cooperation of the Stevens Library st through any increase in funding. Respectfully Theodore Pete Henry L. Dono Mrs. Joseph A Mrs. John B. Roland B. Ham Mrs. Walter H Harry W. Turn William B. Du Trustees Memorial Hours Open: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. LIBRARY STATISTICS Monday through Friday Saturday Sunday (October through May) Closed Saturdays and Sundays during July and August Telephone: 682-6260 Population Served: U.S. 1970 census 16,284 Total Circulation of library materials: 102,647 Total Circulation per capita; 6,3 4O my sincere thanks to qualities of devotion of a spirit of cooper- tant Director; and he interests of the rd for their cooperation town of North Andover. Submitted, Library began opening t proved successful )day openings are made iff, rather than ;ubmitted, 's, Chairman ~an, Treasurer . Maker, Secretary )sgood nond F1 inn :fy, Jr. of Stevens Library COLLECTION Adult circulat Adult referenc Children's boo Recordings Pamphlets and Pictures Children's toy Maps Microfilm Adult puzzles Art for loan Paperbacks (ad~ (ch Periodicals cu Museum passes Adult programs Adult attendar Children's pr( Children's att~ Exhibits: 12 books ~books ;lippings iand puzzles It) dren) Total · rently receivedz ~sed: 162 34 :e: 861 · ams: 129 ndance: 4223 35,103 2,501 9,023 1,213 10,821 1,500 239 13 260 5O 2O 7OO 452 61,895 209 STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRARY which has grown in ts services along with the town's expansion, is shown with the two new wings, added several years ago and which match the architecture of the original building. 41 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS lhe Board of Public Works herewith submits its the 78th annual report of the Water Department, the 69th Sewer Department, the 51st annual report of the Park Depa annual report of the School grounds Department for the ye Respectfully s Philip A. Bush Raymond J. Can George H. Sanf WATER DEPARTMENT - DEBIT Appropriation for Maintenance and Construction Article 19, 1973 - Raise Fluoride Content Article 32, 1972 - Replace 6" Water Main - Turnpike St. Article 69, 1975 - Engineering Study - Reservoir Article 74, 1975 - Replace Lime Feed & Chlorinator Article 78, 1975 - Renew Water Services Article 72, 1975 - Patching Water & Sewer Trenches Article 73, 1974 - Boston & Grey Streets Article 67, ~975 - Laying Water Main Lining Old Main WATER DEPARTMENT - CREDIT Expended Appropriation for Maintenance and Construction Article 19, 1973 ~ Raise Fluoride Content Article 32, 1972 - Article 69, 1975 - Article 74, 1975 - Article 78, 1975 - Article 72, 1975 - Article 73, 1974 - Article 67, 1975 - Replace 6" Water Main - Turnpike Stree Engineering Study Reservoir Replace Lime Feed & Chlorinator Renew Water Services Patching Water & Sewer Trenches Boston &-G~ey Streets Laying Water Main Lining Old Main Balance Mai Article 19 Article 32 Article 69 Article 74 Article 78 Article 72 Article 73 Article 67 ntenance and Contruction 1973 - Raise Fluoride Content 1972 - 1975 - 1975 - 1975 - 1975 - 1974 - 1975 - Replace 6" Water Main - Turnpike Stree Engineering Study - Reservoir Replace Lime Feed & Chlorinator Renew Water Services Patching Water & Sewer Tranches Boston & Grey Streets Laying Water Main Lining Old Main 42 ~gth report containing ~nnual report of the ~tment, and the 22nd r ending June 30, 1976. ibmitted, /, Jr., Chairman .y, Clerk ~rd $150,255.38 577.11 16,525.98 5,000.00 13,000.00 4,50D.00 2,500.00 13,152.29 95,000.00 $300,510.76 82,985.55 235.04 14,862.08 5,000.00 10,169.64 4,239.42 1,781.75 11,734.64 34,962.98 67,269.83 342.07 1,663.90 0 2,830.36 260.58 718.25 1,417.65 60,037.02 $300,510.76 Appropriation Article 20, Article 64, Article 70, Article 75, Article 79, Article 71, Expended Main1 Article 20, l~c Article 64, l~C Article 70, lC~ Article 75, 1~c Article 79, lc. Article 71, 1c. Balance MaintE Article 20, II Article 70, l! Article 79, 1' WATER BONDS $20,000 Due 197 7,000 Due $6 10,000 Due 197 8,200 Due 197 8,2 T4 ,TO-5 SEWER BONDS 5,000 Due 197 lO,O00 Due 198 197 2,000 Due 197 $17,000 SEWER DEPARTMENT - DEBIT Maintenance and Construction 1~7!3 - Sewer Wood Avenue 1~7~5 - Sewer - Johnson Circle 1~75 - Sewer Chestnut Street 1~74 - Turnpike & Hillside Road 1~74 - Philips Brook Roa~ to Andover Street 1~74 - Riverview Street SEWER DEPARTMENT - CREDIT enance and Construction ~3- Wood A~enue 75 - Johnson Circle 75 - Chestnut Street 74 - Turnpike & Hillside Road 74 - Phillips Brooks Road to Andover Street 74 - Riverview Street naince and Construction 73~- Wood Avenue 75,- Chestnut Street )4,- Phillips Brooks Road to Andover Street D iNOTES OUTSTANDING ~early 1976 through 198l iinterest @ 4.50 per cent ~early 1976 through 1977 , O0 due 1978 ~early 1976 through 1981 iiinterest @6.10 per cent ~early 1976 through 1976 iilnterest 06.10 per cent 0 due 1976 D,NOTES OUTSTANDING yearly 1976 through 1983 i~nterest 03.25 per cent yearly 1976 through 1982 ~+l19B6 05.00 per year !~nterest 04.00 per cent yearly 1976 through 1977 iinterest 04.10 per cent 1975 Interest 5,400.00 836.40 3,660.00 500.20 $10,'396.60 1,300.00 3,600.00 164,00 $ 5,064.00 43¸ $ 75,793.0l 543.37 3,000.00 40,000.00 6,629.64 15,619.16 10,000.84 $151,586.02 62,224.26 0 3,000.00 28,262.23 6,629.64 14,331.55 10,000.84 13,568.75 543.37 ll ,737.77 1,287.61 $151,586.O2 Total Outstandin9 120,000 20,400 60,000 8,200 $20'8','6'0'0' 40,000 90,000 4,000 $134,000 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT -- There were installed in 1975-7, inch, 1416 feet of six inch and 686 feet 4" cast iron pip] inch gate valves and 15 fire hydrants. The contract to i main on Massachusetts Avenue was awarded to H. W. Murphy Peabody, Mass. The water main distribution system now consists pipe, two 12" check valves, one twelve inch Altitude, inch, 215 eight inch, 1189 six inch and four four inch ga fir hydrants. SIZE OF PIPE (Inches) 14 12 l0 8 6 LENGTH OF PIPE (feet) 788 137,849 9,930 103,447 289, There were installed in 1975 either wholly or p services, 1 encoder, and 6 old services were replaced. T~ services equaled 2.23 miles of type "k" copper service pi were installed and 56 old meters were removed, inspected, Five service leaks, and 6 split mains were repaired. Two of~ by cars and trucks were replaced. All hydrants were painted where necessary. Hydrants were cleared of snow i for freeze ups. The usual inspection of over 1500 gate v the water distribution system was carried out. The department issued 274 boat registration plat were granted permits to boat and fish in Lake Cochichewic~ supply. Fluoridation has been continually maintained by ~ Department and the State Department of ~nviromental Healt~ examinations of the water supplied the town was made by t~ Environmental Health. Annual inspections of the double c~ between the public water supply and other sources of suppl commercial uses have been made in cooperation with the De of the Commonwealth. PARKS-SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS: The park system now consists o acre} Training- rounds, 1.9 acres; Memorial Park 2.7 acre~ acres; and the Historical Society Plot, Farrington Buryin plots at street intersections, a total of fifteen acres. Rea~s Pond, Steven's Pond and Becky's Pond at t flooded and cleared of snow for skating. All park areas w and maintained as usual. Gravestones were straightened an grounds at the Old Burying-Grounds on Academy Road were es the assistance of the Tree Department. In 1954, under the provisions of Chaper 80 of th improvement and maintenance of School Department property buildings was assumed by the Public Works Department. Th~ Brandstreet School - 1.20 acres, Thomson School - 3.00 ac~ 6.57 acres~ North Andover Middle School and Atkin~on Schoo School 8,77 acres.and the new Senior High School - 44.52 102.40 acres. The varsity and junior varsity baseball fields a vents facilities at the Middle School were marked out and [,er thirty times from April to June for competitive schoo 44 , 6696.5 feet of eight , ll eight inch, 24 six stall eight inch water ~onstruction Co., Inc. of of 103.5 miles of main twelve inch, 18 ten ~e valves with 656 public 4 3 43 1 ,262 160 rtially 166 new water e new and renewed water e. Sixty one new meters repaired and reset. fire hydrants, broken nspected, repaired and the winter and inspected lyes and valve boxes in es and 342 residents the source of water otb the Public Works · Constant bacterial e State Department of eck valves installed y for industrial and artment of Public Health the Center Common 8.1 ; Old Burying Ground 1.1 Ground and 20 small e Training Ground were ere fertilized, mowed ! repaired and the )ecially maintained with ) Acts of 1954, the care, )xclusive of school areas involved are: es, Kittredge School - 1 - 38.34 and Franklin acres - a total of nd the track and field especially prepared events with outside schools, as wel and freshman hc three baseball and aerated. 1 installed, to cc school has add~ and Franklin ar fields were fe) at the .High Sci Snow pipes wet( vehicles from PLAYGROUNDS DE acres, Drummon( Playground - 4. 4.1 acres, a t The regraded, ston was rotatilled for the junoo league diamon Club grammer Grogan~s Fiel built and mai maintained fo Pond was paint for the North five evenings The Post 2104 held September 1 ma Director Walte children to en season. ThedP repainted an grounds conti The particular tha William A, Cy~ SEWER DEPARTME dlvisions: T~ Brook from La with its trun River to the Middlesex Str and Main Stre The with 3032 hou 1 as constantly maintained for practice. Varsity, junior varsity ck~ey playing area was also prepared for games and maintained. The fields at the new high school were regraded, reseeded, fertilized h:ree catch basins and one hundred fifty feet of drain pipe were ~rect a drainage defect at the Kittredge School. The new high d nearly 40 acres to the area we maintain. The Thomson, Kittredge, d Atkinson School Grounds and the Middle School grounds and athletic tilized, mowed, and maintained as usual. The football bleachers oo:1 were repaired, scraped and sanded where required and painted. placed along the driveways at all the schools to prevent snow a~aging turf areas. ARTMENT , The playground system now cohsists of Grogan's Field 4.7 Ii~ield - 5.0 acres, American Legion Beach, 1~4 acres, Carl A. Thomas 1 acres, Aplin Playground - 1.8 acres, Chadwick Street Playground- tal of 21.7 acres. '61ilowing work was done at Grogan's Field, the baseball infield was ~idust was used to build up the pitchers mound, the skinned area and trimmed back, the baseball diamond was laid out and maintained !eague, the intermediate league and the police league. Four farm iWere laid out at the Chadwick Street playground for the Booster :EOol football games and the portable bleachers were moved there from i 'The Little League Diamond at the Carl A. Thomas playground was re- :ained for the Boosters Club Little League and the adjoining diamond ~he farm teams of the Booster Club. The chain link fence at Stevens eU, The softball diamond at the Drummond Playground was maintained Ah~over Softball league and other league teams using the field ai~eek. 26th annual Swimming Meet sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars ~n August was the usual success. The beach season from June 15 to de it possible to give over 4000 swimming lessons under Beach r!C ' Roberts, and the lifeguards and for over 60,000 men, women and joy the fine recreational facilities provided during the beach layground swings, see-saws, and merr-go-rounds were removed, repaired, re~et by department employees. The basketball courts on all play- u~ly in use, were kept clear of snow. c!oOperation of all other departments is gratefully acknowledged and nik~ is given to Tree Warden, Leo Lafond, and Highway Surveyor, Respectfully submitted, Joseph J. Borgesi Superintendent N~ - The North Andover Sewerage System is designed to flow in three e iEast side drainage area with its trunk sewer flowing Cochichewick e Cochichewick to the Merrimack River, the West side drainage area ion Massachusetts Avenue~ Waverley Road and along the Shawsheen ~errimack River, the ~entral drainage area bounded by Waverly Road, et and Water Street with trunk sewer on Waverley Road, Water Street, t to the Merrimack River. are 46.55 miles of main sewers in the North Andover Sewerage system connections. 45 SIZE OF SEWERS (inches) 27 24 20 18 15 12 LENGTH OF SEWERS (feet) 1858 11,785 9547 26,787 3626 11,56 Twenty Four sewer connections totalling 1930 fee building and main sewers. Cleared were 85 particular sewE with roots. All main sewers were inspected, cleared and t as usual with the Flexible Sewer Roder. Manholes were raj before the following streets were reconstructed: Chapin R( nut Street. The sewer on ~illside Road, Chestmnut Street, Riverview Street was installed by Reno Construction Compai bidder. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS Date of construction - 1898. Source of supply - Lak( of supply - pumped direct overflow to reservoirs. Two res 1,50D,O00 gallons each. One standpipe - 1,O00,O00 gallon~ PUMPING STATISTICS 1. (a) South Pumping Station. One Warren 2.0 MGD Electric pump. (b) North Pumping Station. Two Delaval 2.0 MDG Electri fugal pumps. (c) Wells Pumping Station. Two Layne 1.0 MGD Electric( pumps. 2. Description of fuel: Electricity 982100 HWH average pti 3. Total pumpage for the year: Venturi meter 762,100,000. 4. Average static head against which pumps work: a. 245.0 5. Average dynamic head against which pumps: a. 287.0 b. 6. Number of gallons pumped per HWH 775.99. 7. Cost of pumping figured on Annual Pumping Station expen 8. Per million gallons pumped - 130.03. 9. Per million gallons raised on foot dynamic (average) - STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER 1. Population 1970 census - 16,185 2. Estimated population of lines of supply - 15,000 3. Estimated population supplies - 15,000' 4. Total consumption of the year (gallons} - 762,100,000 5. Passes through meter - 704,180,400 6. Fires, flushings, known losses - 12,000,O(~O 7. Percentage of consumption accounted for - 92 4 8. Average daily consumption - 2,087,945 9. Gallons per day to each inhabitant - 129.00 10. ~allons per day to each tap - 453.90 ll. Gallons per day to each customer - 139.20 12. Cost of supplying water per million gallol~s based on a( maintenance, pumping, plus interest and uonds - $446.8~ 46 8 6 0 70,494 83,248 t were laid between rs most of them blocked lushed in the spring sed to proper grade ad, Dana Street, Chest- Johnson Circle and ,y of Lawrence, the low Cochichewick. Mode ervoirs, capacity - capacity. ally driven Centrifugal cally driven Centri- lly driven Submersible ce per KWH. b. 239.0. 258.6. ses - $58,610.52. .0291. ,ministration, general 1. Kind of 2. Sizes - 3. Extended 4. Disconti~ 5. Total no~ 6. Number o' 7. Number o' 8-. Number o' 9. Number o' 10. Number o' 11. Number o' 12. Range of 13. Kind of 14. Size of 15. Extended 16. Disconti~ 17. Total nol 18. Number o' 19. Number o' 20. Average 21. Number o' 22. Number o~ 23. Percenta 24. Percenta Appropriatio Article 18 - Article 73, Article 79, Expended Mail Article 18 - Article 73, Article 79, Balance Main Article 18 - Article 73, Article 79, STAtiSTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ip~e - Cast Iron inch to 12 inch feet during the year - 9195 feet ued - 1763 in use in miles - 104.0 hydrants now in use - 656 ~hydrants added during the year - 15 stop gates now in use - 1556 stop gates added during the year - 35 stop gates smaller than 4 inches - none flow-offs - 6 pressure on mains - 26 lbs to 148 lbs. ervice pipe - cement lined, lead lined, copper and cast iron ervice pipe - 3/4" to lO" - 2.23 miles ~ued - None lin use in miles - 60.87 service taps added during the year - 166 service taps now in use - 4532 en~gth of service - 70.91 meters added - 61 !meters in use - 3966 e of receipts from metered water - 100% le of service metered - 100% PLAYGROUND - DEBIT J Maintenance and Construction Reynolds Playground 975 -Repaving Bradstreet School 975 - Equipment PLAYGROUND - CREDIT ,~e~nance and Construction Re~nolds Playground 975 -Repaving ~Bradstreet School 975 - Equi.pment enance and Construction Reynolds Playground 97'5 -Repaving Bradstreet School 975 - Equipment 21,134.32 2,134.32 15,000.00 4,000.00 42,268.64 20,171.42 2,134.32 14,403,10 3,634.00 962.90 596.90 366.00 $ 42,268.64 47 SAMPLES OF WATER FROM THE GREAT POND HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE AND THE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SAME RETURNED AS FOLLOWS: Date Turbidity Sediment Color Cold Ammonia Chlorides 3/2/76 0 0 15 0 O0 8 6/8/76 0 0 3 0 O.1 19 Ph Iron 6.6 .06 6.8 .02 WATER DEPARTMENT -- The total amount collected for water ra amounted to $"318,362.63. MAIN WATER PIPE -- During the year 1975-76 there were inst~ cement lined ca.st iron pipe as outlined in the Superintendel STATE BOARD OF HEALTH Hardness Alkalinitx 6 4 25 4 :es during lg75-76 ~lled 9195.2 feet of )t's Report. WATER AND SEWER RECEIPTS FOR 1~975-76 Collected Water Rates for Oct. '75 - Oct. '?.6 ColleCted Sewer Rates for July and October 1976 Collected Water Construction & Maintenance Collected Sewer Construction & Maintenance SERVICE PIPE - 1975 Service Pipe Installed on Private Property Service pipe Installed on Town Property $31B,362.63 100,078.78 15,426.94 7,498.41 Renewals 187.80 68.40 New Installations 6486.5 4196.4 ELEVATION OF WATER IN LAKE COCHICHEWIC January 1 )ll.60 October 1 January 16 112.40 October 16 February 1 112.80 November 1 February 16 112.70 November 16 March 1 112.60 December 1 March 16 112.30 December 16 April 1 112.60 January 1 April 16 112.60 January 16 May 1 112.50 February 1 May 16 112.65 February 16 June 1 112.30 March 1 June 16 112.50 March 16 July 1 112.05 April 1 July 16 lll.80 April 16 August 1 111.45 May 1 August 16 lll.30 May 16 September 1 lll.lO June 1 September 16 llO.gO June 16 Lowest Temperature of water Highest Temperature of water 36~ Febru 82° Augus 48 ry 18 4 lll.lO lll.lO 111.55 ll2.10 112.75 llO.O0 llO 50 ll2 70 ll2 BO ll2 80 ll2 40 III 8O lll 9O ll2 l0 ll2 3O ll2 60 ll2 60 ll2 20 z l w 52' 51 49 48 47 46- 45 40- 39- 38-__ 37- 56 54- $3' 32' $1 29- 28- 27- ELE' ANNUAL RAINFALL YEAR MEAN RAINFALL 4.1.42 v'ATION OF WATER ESSEX CO. RECORD IN LAKE COCHICHEWICK ¸49 -52 -5l -50 __ - 49 -48 -47 - 46 -45 -44 -42 -41 -40 Z - 3,9 - ;58 ~J Z ' 35 ,,~ '34 aC -3:5 -:52 -31 -29 - 28 -27 bJ -115 > -114 .j -I15 ,,~ -112 W Z - 109 W - 106 ~O - 105 "~ 5O 51 SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of North Andover: ,At a meeting held December 6, 1976, it was votec of the Superintendent of Schools to the Town as the Annual Committee. NORTH AND( Richard G. Mark S. Di JamesP. G John W. Gr Charles W. .ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF Dear Members of the School Committee and Citizens: Again, it is a privilege to present to you my ar Superintendent. This is my ninth annual repg__rt ~he 1 series. Also, this is the 89th' report prepared by the Su North Andover Public Schools and covers the period from J 30, 1976, Annual school reports always contain certain the ooeration of the school system for the p~evious year. The the experiences of the past year. The theme could be expr cern because of inflation and demands for services, or it terms of pride and satisfaction because of significant pro curriculum, progress in pupil achievement and progress in of the School Dep~rtment. As this report develops, I am certain that it wi the past year has been one of pride and satisfaction with all areas of local education. Of course, there have been such concerns will also be evident, Enrollment and Building Needs Our October l, 1975 enrollment figures showed an 91 pupils as compared with the October l, 1974 figures. October l, 1975 was 3,584 pupils as compared to 3,493 for This increase of 91 pupils was amazing inasmuch'as most scl declining enrollments. Last year I reported that the High School contini and would do so each year for the next two years. I also increase would be in the vicinity of 40 pupils each year. figures reflected an increase of 32 pupils onOctober 1st. Kindergarten classes also showed an increase of previous year. However, based upon our census information kindergarten rate of growth will continue unless all the h, planned for the Town materialize overnight, or in the near 52 to submit the Report Report of the School VER SCHOOL COMMITTEE Haltmaier, Chairman Salvo ~rdon ~ham Trombly, Attorney CHOOLS nual report as your s_t.of a con~im_uo_u.s_ ~rintendent of the y l, 1975 to June ]es that pervaded the se themes arise from essed in terms of con- ould be expressed in ress -- progress in he overall efficiency ll become evident that the progress made in areas of concern, and overall increase of )e total enrollment on :he previous October 1st. ~ool systems reported ~ed to show an increase ~rojected that such an The 1975 High School ~2 pupils over the I do not think that the )using developments future. Aga ment complexe once the plan' ary school wi Aga level can implement its' one school to exist in orde Again, I wish move their ch highest objec Cur in, I state that barring any sudden development of housing or apart- ;~ we should have adequate school space for the next two years, but ~ed projects for precinct 5 are completed, a new 400-pupil element- i1 be necessary in that area of the Town by the early 1980's. n, I am forced to point out that adequate school space on the K-5 be guaranteed provided that the School Committee continues to policy of the transferring of students from, overcrowded classes in another school' where space exists. This p~licy must continue to '~to assure all parents and pupils of equal educational opportunities. to commend the parents for their cooperation by allowing us to ldren -- equal educational opportunity is, indeed, one of their :ives. Curriculum and Instruction · iculum and instruction continue to be the major components of the educational all students list all the However, the of our princi 1. ~ecial Ne The grants for ad programming A. Titl Thi (a) a compreh development o disabled pupi B. Titl Thi reading progr disabilities. C. Ti tl The mitted a prop The designed to vided funds 2. Special Ne Duw garten progra 'ecess by which and with which we provide a meaningful education for Again, this report, due to space limitatioDs, will not allow me to Iork accomplished or all the problems we faced during the past year. ~ajor contributions and concerns, as reported to me in the reports ~als, supervisors and administrators were: Department of Special Needs !~ - Federal Grants Special Needs Department was pleased to have been awarded three litional programming and materials to be used in the educational ~?pupils with special needs. Public Law 89-313 $3200.00 s~rant provided materials and equipment for the establishment of e~Sive language development and stimulation program and (b) the fi'a program to increase pre-vocational sk~lls in developmentally S, III, Public Law 85-864 $3452.00 : , s!grant provided materials and equipment for development of a total a~ifor pupils at the Middle School who have substantial reading ~, Part B $10,400.00 D~rectors of the Greater Lawrence Special Needs Collaborative sub- o~al under which funds for three classes were provided. !North Andover Public Schools assumed responsibility for a program e!r~ice older adolescent multi-handicapped pupils. The grant pro- o~r one teacher, materials and equipment. e!ds - Kindergarten Screening ilng the month of October, the 286 children enrolled in the kinder- received individual or group assessments in the areas Of speech 53 and language functioning, and visual, auditory and motor tasks and activities. This completed the compulsory kind outlined in Chapter 766. The teachers utilized the resul service training program in an attempt to provide for the in the regular classroom. 3. Special Needs -.Pre-Kindergarten Screening In compliance with Chapter'766, 211 pre-school for vision and hearing disorders which could interfere wi Results: 211 Tested 20 Re-Tested 13 Referred 7 Vision 6 Hearing The screening in additional areas will be compl and October, 1976. 4. Special Needs - Early Recognition Intervention Network From October through June, all kindergarten tea elementary school learning disability staff participated program under the direction of Dr. Peter Hainsworth. Mon d kCted by Dr. Hainsworth and/or Ms. Donna Carroll, a membe Monthly follow-up workshops were held on curriculum after 5. Special Needs - Specific Learning Disabili.ty Staff During the last two weeks of the school year, t collaborated daily to: A. Define the parameters of the program B. Discuss and develop assessment instruments C. Standardize curriculum D. Develop comprehensive educational plans E. Develop follow-up procedure and parent involvemeni 6. Special Needs- Resource Room/Developmental Disability During the last few weeks of the school year, f¢ ance counselor collaborated to: A. Define the parameters of the programs B. Develop curriculum C. Develop comprehensive educational plans D. Develop follow-up procedure and parent involvemenl The results of these two workshops will be combi descriptions and collated for'inclusion in a book describ~ programs and services. 54 functioning in ~ractical ergarten screening as ts during the ERIN in- needs of the children children were screened :h school performance. )ted during September :hers and full-time in a staff development :hly workshops were con- , of the ERIN staff. loon throughout the year. tutorial staff taff ur teachers and a guid- ned with other program ng the Special Needs 7. Special New,ds - Core Evaluations A. New R~ferrals: Full Core 47 B. Re-Evtl tlati ons: ~ Ful 1 Core t 51 C. Total As ( people are be' much expertis~ I mi private day al The State Men' hospitals bec~ them in priva' year. I urge legislators t~ young people. 1. A.V. A Depart- ment 2. Data G Process- t ing a t V 3. Art A Intermediate 172 Intermediate 223 Full Core Intermediate 98 395 ~videnced by the statistics above, the Special Needs of our young ng studied and the children programmed as fast as possible and with ist caution the School Committee, however, about the costs of some id residential placements for students with severe emotional problems. ;al Health Department has refused to admit such pupils to State ~us.e of already overcrowded conditions, and we are forced to place :~ settings at costs ranging from $4,600 to $15,000 per student per the School Committee and you, the citizens, to prevail upon our imake State hospital provisions available for our severely disturbed System-Wide Curriculum Programs iThe A.V, Department and the Librarians continued the joiht project ~of codifying all A.V. software materials utilizing the Dewey Decimal System. Implementation will be delayed until certain book class- ification deadlines have been met. The mobile radio system (installed by Mr. John Robinson at no cost to the School Department) proved to be of great value in facili- tating A.V. operations throughout the school system. Of special interest is the fact that the Federal Communications Commission has awarded the North Andover School Department a radio station license, KAF 429, 27.430 MHZ, in the Safety and Special Radio Service. Our public relations film, "The School and Community", was updated and was shown at various places throughout the school year. eater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical High School continued ~upply data processing services for the Middle and High Schools at annual savings of $9,000. Report card and pupil schedule time bles were established -- as a result, all deadlines were met by the )ke. The art program in North Andover is based upon complete continuity of lessons and experiences throughout the twelve levels. The child 55 4. Music Bo 5.Commu- n ~ven- ing Schoo~ & Alt~rna- Wive H.S. Bo is given an understanding of the elements space, color, texture and also what is mea mentals of organization, rhythm and balanc level and lesson presented, we try to deve in our children as possible, while encoura freely in a wide variety of art media. The past year saw the. Art Department takin community related art activities. Activit Lawrence Campaign for "Better Health", an gallery, participation in the National Sch Exhibits sponsored by the Boston Globe, bi a joint arts festival with Lawrence High S Art Class program sponsored by the Massach Miss Mary Healey, Supervisor of Music, sta "The 1975-76 school year has been a succes Department. The music staff achieved its which was in September of 1975 defined as solidify and strengthen our existing Music that the Music Program over the past few y trial and error period, its novelty attrac and needed an all-out effort by the music felt, and pave the way for a future mainte music education at North Andover. The years of the First Good Marching Band, Band, or Chorus, or Orchestra were and are, First Young Artist Night, Exchange Concerl longer going to appeal to the community an~ being 'New' They will now continue to ex' 'Good' I feel that this 1975-76 school year gave ) in quality education. At the same time, t / strike that happy medium where good does ni enrollments are concerned." I concur with the Music Supervisor's remarl concern about the High School drop in enro' Programs. It behooves all of us to asc~rt~ attained at the risk of discouraging any s' any segment of the field of music -- be it guitar, music theory, concert band or stril would, indeed, be a dull place without peol for music. This past year was an outstanding one for' School and the High School Evening Divisiol of 1,603 people having aKNed themselves o' of the program. The High School Evening Division graduated who were allowed to complete their require~ tion in and successful completion of our pr total for our first two years of operation 56 of art, i.e. line, form, nt by the art funda- e. Regardless of the lop as much creativity ging them to experiment g part in many school- les such as a Greater Exhibit in a local art plastic Art Awards centennial art projects, chool and the Saturday usetts College of Art. ted in her annual report- sful one for the Music ~rimary objective, ;he need to unify, Program. ~t was felt ~ars had undergone its :ion to the community, ~taff to make its impact )ance program of quality the First Good Stage over. The years of the Chamber Night are no students simply by st and grow by being ~itness to this growth )e Staff was urged to ~t mean less as far as is and wish to add my lment in our Music ~in that quality is not :udents from exploring marching band, chorus, ~gs -- for the world ,le imbued with the love :he Community Evening with a record number the varied offerings line additional seniors ents through participa- ogram. This brings the to 21 students who have 6. Bicen- tennial 7. S umme r 8. Heal th ~iFi o n 1. Readin~L received diplomas as a result of the Evening Division. This is certainly a more than adequate return on a very small investment of some $8,000 for two years, or approximately $381 per student. 1975-76 was a year of implementation for the Bicentennial. Plays, musicals, festivals, art displays, field trips and the study of U. S. History~layed a very important role almost every week during this historical year. Many thanks to Mr. Aliquo and Miss Ericson for their planning and direction, and above all, our compliments to Mr. Peter Rossiter, Mrs. Joan Thompson and their committee for their cooperation. The sixteenth annual session of the North Andover Summer School had a total of 260 students -- an increase of ll pupils over the previous year. The Summer School was in session from July 6 to July 30 for the review and enrichment courses, and from July 6 to August 13 for make-up credit courses. The cost to the Town of North Andover, after deducting receipts, was a total of $1,934.38 or $7.44 per pupil -- an excellent accomplishment in these days of inflation. An indepth survey was begun regarding the effectiveness of the Health Program in the Middle and High Schools. Students, parents, teachers and administrators were sent questionnaires to determine their reactions to the program. Some of the questions were: Is the curriculum repetitious at those levels? Are the teaching methods and materials stimulating to early teenagers? Is the curriculum addressing itself to the real health problems of that age group? The results showed that the material and the teaching methods must be updated to include many professional speakers and above all that the lessons must be well planned and presented with enthusiasm. Meetings were held with all Health teachers, and new and better methods of presentation were discussed. This area of the Heaqth and Physical Education Program will be studied very diligently during the 1976-77 academic year. Elementary Schools K-8 The newly revised Reading Curriculum Guide K-8 has been distributed to all teachers. The 1975 summer workshop group did an outstand- ing job in compiling the guide. Aided by the guide and the acqui- sition of suitable reading texts, we consider the Grades ? and 8 Reading Curriculum to be well established and functioning well. Grade 5 and 6 teachers have completed the assignment of all fifth grade students based on achievement testing and teacher recom- mendations. For the first time next year, students at the Middle School will be able to cross team lines in order to locate appro- priate ability grouping in reading. The assignment of a full-time Reading Specialist to the Middle School has been most beneficial to remedial reading in particular, and to Middle School reading programs in general. We anticipate 57 ana Hana- writing 3, English La~guage~ 4. Soci al 5. Ari th- m~eTf~- - improvement in reading scores and reading and beyond as a result of the new Middle Spelling scores on the Stanford Achieveme approximately one grade level above expecl samples submitted to Rinehart Company rec( both these areas, we urged teachers to pay functional uses of these skills. One re( made this year was th'e awarding of certifi The Language Arts area is of critical con( out the country from kindergarten to the L wide and locally, college board scores hal recent years, To this extent that this dE curricul.um, it behooves all educators to s 1975 SAT test in Language, system mean sc( G~ade 4 - 4.6, Grade 5 - 5.6, Grade 6 - 7. Grade 8 - 9.7. While these results were gl more of the mechanics of language and litt: creative writing, composition and basic wr skills. A major curriculum emphasis that increased written expression in Grades 2- more writing assignments be given during In the first year of operation, the reorg curriculum Grades 7 and 8, using the new g appeared to be successful. For the first the English teachers in Grades 7 and 8 curriculum. A considerable effort was made by all Soci the Middle School to define priorities in weigh course offerings to make sure that w sizing some and underemphasizing others. that not enough American History/American being taught in the existing Social Studie of meetings were held to resolve the probl Beginning next September, the meetings wi curriculum for American History in Grades The emphasis placed on arithmetic computa has been of much benefit to all students. computation test on SAT would be consisten the arithmetic battery. In 1975-76, it wa slightly below other tests of the math bat 4. In Grades 5, 7 and 8, it was the stroh 6, it was the middle score. The periodic system-wide math tests have c swing in computational proficiency. They ability in Grades 8, 9 chool reading program. t Test consistently run ancy. Handwriting ved high ratings. In daily attention to the istic change that was :ares to Grade 6 students ern in schools through- .niversities. Nation- :e been declining in cline has to do with Bek remedies. In the res were as follows: l,.G~ade 7 - 8.7, ~od, the tests measure e or none of the tten communication ~e urge in 1976-77 is . We intend to require qe next school year. nized language arts uide and new texts, time at the Middle School owed the same basic ~l Studies teachers at Social Studies and ) were not overempha- gur conclusion was Studies content was ~ curriculum. A number Bm and develop solutions. resume to develop and 8. on in recent years few years ago, the tly the weak area in equal to or only tery in Grades 2, 3 and gest area, and in Grade ~ntributed to the up- have achieved the goal intended, i.e. improvement in the skills and scores of students in arithmetic computation. Math achievement tests were administered t~l all fifth-grade pupils as a placement ~nstrument in assigning pupils to the advanced math sections in Grade 6. 58 6. Science 7. Title I A. Duri~ syllabi and. Some of thes~ the coming s, B. We w~ "Seminars in and the gues' this course C. We h past year. ' this is a cr~ D. With' basic skills students haw assessment p our major goal in arithmetic next year will be the planned imple- mentation of the metric system in our schools and community. A representative committee has been appointed to begin the task. The School Committee, administrators, teachers at various levels and of various subjects, as well as community members will be involved in this major effort for 1976-77. Noteworthy development in science this year was the introduction of the biological science units to t~;e 7th and 8th grade science curriculum during Term IV. Preliminary evaluation indicated that the innovation was worthwhile and that the needs of pupils were effectively met with the new program. Further evaluation is required and recommendations for next year will be forthcoming. Our affiliation with the Massachusetts Elementary Science Imple- mentation Project (MESIP) and Dr. George Ladd at Boston College was extremely useful to us. Our local team was comprised of Henry Shelley, team leader, Cheryl Remash and Michelle FitzPatrick. The team has attended and conducted many training sessions during the year. A big undertaking for the team was the administration of a science process skills test in Grades K-6. Results have been forwarded to Boston College for computer analysis and printout. These tests will provide us the information as to the process skills that are strong and those that are weak. Title I was instituted in 1968 to assist elementary pupi'ls in the areas of reading, arithmetic and language. Suffice it to say in this report that Title I was a rapidly expand- ing program with increased funding which will permit services for the first time in both the Atkinson and Middle Schools. Prelimi- nary examination of pre and post-test results indicated excellent growth on the part of the students. Perception surveys conducted with principals, classroom teachers and parents attested to a very high regard for the Title I program. High School 9-12 Curriculum the past year, all departments were involved with rewriting courses, leveloping specific objectives for programs within their departments. revisions are complete, however, others will be continued throughout ihool year in conjunction with our self-evaluation. ~re most pleased with the changes that have been effected in the Selling" course. The field trips to local business establishments :S~who have come into our school to talk with our students have made 16re interesting for our students. ~ve been happy with the progress made in Industrial Arts during the 'he work of our students has improved significantly and, obviously, ~dit to the teachers in this area of our program. n our English curriculum we experienced an emphasis on writing and that appears to be a step in the right direction to insure that our developed good skills in these critical areas. The state-wide '~gram conducted this past year indicated that students have a good 59 understanding of specific skills, such as correct punc~tuati>n, capitalization, agreement, spelling and word choice skills; however, the as essment results indicate that students in the Commonwealth have difficulty .pplying mechanical writing abilities. We believe that the changes in our writ)ng program for next year wil-1 help to give our students more oportunities for writing practice. The "theme a week" concept is a legitimate approach to the improvement of writing abilities of students. E. Our Developmental/Remedial Reading Program in the H(gh School is now one year old. It is our opinion that this area should be reviei)ed and studied during the next year to determine how effective we have been in me~ting the reading needs of our pupils. F. Chapter 766 (Special Needs) has made many gains in Teacher, Miss Martha Sullivan, has given the staff the dire identify these students and to develop individual programs areas of the curriculum. G. A major concern of our staff during the 1976-77 aca complete the self-evaluation phase of the work in preparati team that will visit North Andover High School in the fall High School Student Activities A. North Andover High can be proud of the accomplishme who received Letters of Commendation and three students who ficates of Merit from the National Merit Scholarship Corpor these young people are bright, but it is significant to not program has filled their needs well. B. Our Math Team, under the direction of teachers, Ant Judith M. Watson, distinguished itself in the Massachu.setts composed of thirty-seven member schools, by finishing secon of the year, competing in the second of four divisions, Nor division. C. Our student newspaper, "The Squire", enjoyed anothe Testimony to its quality were the awards that the publicati Squire" received a second-place award; Springfield College an award for overall excellence; and from Suffolk Universit received an Honorable Mention certificate in Typography. E Mary Parlock and Tony Furnari, along with their advisor, En complimented for an outstanding year in journalism. D. Under the capable direction of English teacher, Leo another publication, "The Page", emerged as a piece of work favorably upon the kind of writing instruction that is an i~l English curriculum. "The Page" has established a standard that will be difficult to improve .in subsequent years. E. The yearbook, The Knight, years because of its consistently esting to note that more than one yearbook staff. Total paid cir,cu is the highest percentage of subs England States. Our advisor, Joh mended for the high level of qual has been taken for grante high quality. However, w, hundred students were act lation reached an all time cription to yearbooks for n F. Minihan, and staff me ity maintained. 6O the High School. :tion and know-how to ;or them in various lemic year will be to )n for the evaluating )f 1977. ~ts of four students were awarded Certi- tion. Obviously, that our educational ony T. McGowan and Mathematics League, ~. In its final meet th Andover won its ' successful year. ,n earned: "The warded our newspaper , our publication itors, D. J. Griffin, d Allen, are to be lard A. DeSimone, that reflects most ~tegral part of our )f student writings during the past ten believe it is inter- ve as members of our high of 825 -- this ny school in the New ~bers are to be com- F. In ~ student cour be a viable dents was ma Galvagna, wa delegate to G. Anyc and enthusia and home ecc H. Our on proficiep I. The Part Football Soccer Field Hockey Cross Countr Cheerleadin I ventative ma two years. The fol A. Over B. Over C. Inst D. Ins~ Sch< E. Repi F. Pai G. Ins H. Ins' I. Ins' J. Ext~ K. Reb~ n era w~mmany student councils have had credibility problems, our cil, under the leadership of advisor, Stephen W. Buco, continued to extension of our student body. Our entire activity program for stu- naged by our student council. This year one of our students, Maria s chosen by the Eastern Mass. Association of Student Councils as its the National Convention of Student Councils in Portland, Oregon. ne who attended our Arts Festival had to be impressed with the work sm of our students and our teachers in music, industrial arts, art nlomics. Business Education students won the Tri-County Business Skills Contest c~ tests in stenography and typewriting. flollowing report outlines the 1975-76 athletic activities: icipation: IlO Boys' Basketball 45 Girls' Track 82 50 Girls' Basketball 45 Boys' Track 55 40 Skiing 30 Baseball 48 28 Wrestling 35 Softball 31 18 Ice Hockey 24 Golf l0 Boys' Tennis 12 Girls' Tennis 12 Total 675 (Excellent) School Plant Maintenance and Planning slhould like to thank the custodial and maintenance staff for the pre- iintenance program introduced into our school syst6m during the past We continued to plan projects that updated our equipment and buildings. lowing was accomplished during the past year: hiaul of Middle School condensation tanks, water coils and traps. hiaul of Middle School boiler #1. a!llation of smoke detector on Middle School boilers. aillation of dehumidification system under new addition to the Middle oil. iin~ing of twenty-five percent of classrooms in Middle School. ting of Kittredge School exterior. a!llation of new corridor ceiling in Kittredge School aillation of new corridor flooring in Bradstreet School. allation of entrance chains at Middle and High School entrances. ~ior painting of all portable buildings (5). i)c,king of chimneys at Thomson, Franklin and Middle Schools. 61 L. Repainting of cafeteria at High School. M. Emergency installation of new sewerage pipes under High School. N. Installation of new vinyl tile in Guidance Departmen damage. O. Installation of new fencing at High School. P. General painting of classrooms in elementary school~ Q. Installation of 50 new seats in Middle School audit~ R. Insta)lation of new stage curtains at Middle School We have many projects to consider during the next our program of. updating our buildings and equipment. Retirements After many years of faithful and dedicated service and staff, the following staff members retired. iuidance area of the t as a result of water in selected areas. rium. 'ear to continue with to our young people Mr. Clarence Mosher Mrs. Mary Galloni Mr, MaPio Trovato Department Music Supemvisor & Teacher Lunch Attendant Custodian Years of Service 28 2O 7 We wish them happiness, pleasure and many'years oi In Memoriam Miss Ella M. Taylor Dedicated Teacher from 1913-1956 North Andover Public Schools Died October 26, 1975 In A.Ppreciation Mr. Richard J. Hillner completed two terms (six ye Andover School Committee in March of 1976, and his associati be remembered for his objective and positive contributiorr~.q in the Town of North Andover. m Mr. Hillner was succeeded by Mr. John W. Graham wh annual elections in March lq?~ Also re-elected at the annd happy retirement. ~rs) on the North on with us will always excellent education was elected at the 1 Town 'elections~in March of 1976 was Mr. Mark S. DiSalvo who was re-elected to the Committee after having served for one year to complete ~Mrs. Caroline K. Jeffrey. This report is but a brief summary of the past ye cates to you that the North Andover Public Schools do strive update proqrams, buildings and equipment i~ it is in the bes 62 his first full term on he unexpired term of r 1975-76. It indi- to review, study and t interests of the school popula state that we always encour In pals whose co~ the entire st this school s~ To the year, and and Tree Depa i!o.n, and you, the citizens of the Town. Once again, permit me to are proud to serve you and your children, and hope that you will §e us to strive for good education for all North Andover citizens. llosing, I thank all the teachers, directors, supervisors and princi- ~tributions to this report made it possible. I also wish to thank Iff of the North Andover Public Schools who by their dedication made ~stem a living example of realistic education. Ill groups, officials and Town Departments who have assisted us during in particular the Public Works, Police, Auxiliary Police, Highway ,tments, we also express our thanks and gratitude. Respectfully submitted, Peter V. Garofoli Superintendent of Schools MASSED COLORS were carried in the town's Bicentennial Parade, the longest and most elaborate ever staged in North Andover. The color bearers and color guards were dressed in Colonial costumes and led by William J. Deyermond. --Photo by Peter V. Rossiter 63 U 0 '~ 0 0 0 0 0 64 66 10,2 '7- GRADE K 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sp, Class Total Elem, Total Kind, Element. 6 7 8 Sp. Class Total Uppe Total Midd 9 10 I1 12 Sp. Class P. G. Total High TOTAL ENRO * Grade Re will be el will be el stated, ma April 30. Lmtary )rgarten & Lry ENROLLMENT ON OCTOBER 1 1976 1975 1974 1973' 1972 224 286 254 258 275 236 248 238 247 244 242 230 240 263 243 237 242 263 250 241 251 261 253 258 247 275 255 263 266 274 26 22 21 18 33 1500 1549 1511 1533 1591 Elementary eSchoO1 274 271 262 286 271 281 292 283 308 281 298 275 307 286 5 8 8 9 831 858 837 885 594 315 301 304 317 281 301 311 316 281 257 295 302 271 269 248 285 259 247 231 246 5 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 School 1201 1177 1145 1105 1033 LMENT 3532 3584 3493 3523 3218 >rganization, September, 1973 A~ OF ADMITTANCE Children reaching the age of four on or before January 1 of any year igible for kindergarten in the following September. Children reaching the age of five on or before January 1 of any year igible for the first grade in the following September. Any request for an exception to the established entrance age, as y be submitted to the School Committee for consideration before 67 NO SCHOOL SIGNALS Three blasts of the Fire Signal: Radio Broadcasts: 6:45 A.M. Stations: *NOTE: The signal at 7:00 A.M. applies to the elementary NORTH ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CLASS OF 1976 PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL -- "Pomp and Circumstance" .................... Elgar North Andover High School Band--Direcotr, Dou las W. Rogers INVOCATION -- The Reverend James C. Shaughnessey "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" .................................. Key ~aduates and Audience CLASS SALUTATORY--"To everything there is a season. " Kathryn J. Lowell PRESENTATION OF AWARDS Daniel L. Desmond, Principal CLASS HONOR SPEAKERS--"In My Life" Jan Clare Sullivan Kim E. Rheaume PRESENTATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS Peter V. ~rofoli, Superintendent of Schools PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Richard G. Haltmaier, Chairman, North Andover Charles W. Trombly, Esq., Member, North Andove VALEDICTORY-- "Time is but the stream..." Mary L. Parlock "IN MY LIFE" .............................................. Beatles Chorus Conducted by Richard E. Williams, Jr. BENEDICTION-- The Reverend Herbert I. Schumm RECESSIONAL -- "The Patriots". ........................... Williams North Andover High School Band--Douglas W. Rogers, Conductor 68 -- 7:00 A.M.* 12:15 P.M. WCCM, WLLH, WBZ, WHAV, WMEX, WHDH schools only. chool Committee School Committee SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President--Karen Ann Brown Vice-President--David H. Armitage Secretary-Treasurer--Kathleen Marie Connor SENIOR MARSHALS David H. Armitage Nancy E. Breen Davi Clark Peter!Coco Eile)m Dean Char)erie Eaton Rosemary Eldred Mar .!Galvagna Les eGood Lin Gundal Rob n)Hazarvartian Cyn ~ia Longton Add nigio, Mary Theresa Ala ~o, Julie Ann Ang ~ii Thomas Paul Arm ~hi Darlene E. *Armi~age, David H Aust~n~ Sharon Marie Bagl~Y~ Peter David Baril~ Elizabeth M. Bark~ri Cynthia Anne Bark Bart Bart +*Bate Beat Beni Bern Birc Blac Bli Boe *Boy Boyd Brad Bras Bree Brie Bro~ Brya Burn Bush *Butu Call Cam ~r, Elizabeth Ellen o!Otta, Joseph John, Jr. o)Otta, Nancy jean s!, Douglas John on~ Deborah Ann n~to, Paul P. arUin, Ruth Ann hi,!Judy ki, Carol hl, Mary Ellen l~, Scott D. ,iCheryl Anne ,i~ary Elizabeth I~Y, Nancy Jo s~Ur, Beverly A. ni, iNancy E. ni,:Priscilla Jean ni, Karen Ann n~i, Charles P. s!,~Susan E. n~)l, John J. ril~a, Reid S. aihan, Susan E. b~)l, Joan Marie USHERS James Mandry Oscar Marina John Mascola Lilly Norris Richard Pierro James Rullo Donald Scheipers Ellen Somers Tara Stiglin Lisa Welch 1972 -- GRADUATES -- 1976 Cantone, David M. £arano, Lori Beth Carney, Susan Marie Caron, Ronald J. Carrier, Andre J. Caruso, Matthew G. Chaput, Edward J. Charlton, Ellen Anne *Chooljian, Steven A'. Cochrane, Karen J. Cole, Robert A. Compagnone, Marie K. Conceicao, Julio C. F. Connor, Kathleen Marie Connor, Richard F. Connors, Bonita M. Conway, Edward James Cookson, Paula Ann Cormey, Susan M. Cunningham, Cloyde D. Dargan, Nancy Dorothy DeFusco, Jacquelyn K. Degnan, Judith M. DeMarco, Joseph A. Demers, Donna Marie Demers, Susan H. Deyermond, Mary Jo Deyermond, Susan Dilendik, Sandra Lynne DiVincenzo, Sandra A. DiZazzo, Linda J. *Donahue, Joseph B. Donahue, Robert'F. 69 Dow, Christopher Driscoll, Edward R, Driscoll, Martin J. Driscoll, Michael Patrick Dube, Joanne M. Dubois, Ann Marie Dunlap, Sarah Ellen Dunn, Bonnie Lyn Dunn, Carrie Lea Dunn, Dorothy A. *Elias, Marsha Keyes Ellard, Donald Richard Enaire, Gary L. Farr, Norman Farrell, Edwin J. Farrow, Jay Farrow, Jill ~eld, David J. Fiorino, Catherine Firth, Carol *Flinn, Kathryn Louise *Fontaine, Antoine Francois Forzese, G~ry J. Foss, Jane K. Francis, Darrell Darnell Fraser, John W. *Furnari, Anthony E. *Gallagher, Brian Matthew G~llagher, Kevin M. ~llant, Norman J. Galper, Michael Jay Giarrusso, Frederick David Gidley, Thomas R. Giles, Janice Elaine Gioseffi, Lisa Margaret Gorman, Thomas H. .Greenwood, Patricia A. *Griffin, Daniel James Guillmette, Carol Guthrie, David M. *Haggerty, Judith Ann *Haltmaier, Richard ~, Jr. Hanlon, Colleen Mary *Hazarvartian, Kim Eric Heafey, J. Michael Healey, Daniel W. Heinze, Beverly A. Hennessey, Joan Christine Hennessy, John D. Henshaw, Virginia Jane Higgins, James D., Jr. Higgins, Patricia Ellen Hilbert, Deborah R. Hoar, Robert Thomas III Howarth, Sharon Hudson, Mary Catherine Hughes, James R. Hurley, Mary E. 7O Hutchins, Ro Joyce, Paul Keller, Jame Kelley, Will Kingsley, Su Kotc~, Josep K6tce, Susan Lacayo, Pabl Lacey, Thoma Landry, Don LaRochelle, Laudani, Gi Lawlor, Alb Lawlor, Bri Leland, Mar. Lentz, EYel Lewis, Cathy *Licare, Kare Little, Trac Long, Debora *Long, Elizab *Lowell, Kath )ert C. ~ P.~ Jr. iam . san Elaine ~ Kenneth Donnelly M. iane E. ~Marie 't James q Kevin ~ret A. Elizabeth Lee J. th A. ryn J. Lundquist, T~omas N. Lustenberger, June C. MacCannell, I)onna M. Mahoney, Mar~ E. Malandrino, inza R. *Marshall, ti)ida K. Martineau, Di~niel F. Martino, Garj, James Mathison, Heen M. McAloon, Mar' McBride, *McCarthy, Ka~ McCarty, Sus, Elizabeth M. en ~n Ao McCarty, Wil'iam James McConaghy, D,~rlene Ann *McLay, Kathl,)en Ann McLoughlin, !latthew John McMahon, Wil lam Joseph, Jr. McManus, Johl Medolo, Lind~ Medolo, ~ary Melillo, Val, Midgley, Alb~ Miller, Robe' Miller, Stua' Mino, Jorge I Mitchell, JoJ Moody, Aileel Morgan, Will Munroe, Sand Murgo, Steph, Laura )rie Marie ;rt R. .uis ~eph D. e tester, Jr. · a Do !n M. *Murphy, Coll,;en E. Murphy, Stev,!n J. Nassar, Keny,~n P. Nelson, Karel) Et Nickerson, D.~vid W. Nig *O'C, O'C~ Olel Ord Oti: *Owel Pah *Pal, *Pan~ *Par: Per' Picl Pol PUOl Qui, Quil Ran, Red~ Rei Reyl *Rhei Ric, Rocl Rocl Rok~ Rom, Ros, Rul Sanl San San.. San *Say Sci. Sha Sif Sim~ Sim + I * I elli, Louise P. ~e, Daniel J. ~nnor, Elizabeth A. ~nnor, Elizabeth J. ~io, Thomas A. ~endy A. , Charles s, Jane Marie lian, Cary L. !rmo, Mary Jo lione, Cindy L. ock, Mary L. · y, Andrea C. :ard, Sandra M. zzotti, Charles R. ~olo, Jane Susan ~lan, Daniel J. ital, Robert J ), ~Susan J. lan, Robert D. ;ano, Nina Maria )olds, Lawrence Dale ~ume, Kim E. :ardi, James P. )on, John G. :well, Shawn A. !s, David J. ~no, Diane Marie ;, Pamela Ann I°, Michael J. )Om, Sharon )~trom, Peter ~oucie, Gaylemarie Anne ;omas, Richard James ikinas, Karen Jean )rle, Carolyn A. I~oup, Victoria K. "erlen, John J., Jr. ~ons, Jonathan D. )son, Mark C. Slade, Rebecca Ann Smolak, Stephen Snell, Callie Jo Spinelli, Donna J. Spinney, Donna Elaine Starr, Gary F. Steele, George F. *Stewart, Carrie Lynn Stone, Valerie *Sullivan, Ann M. *Sullivan, Jan Clare Sullivan, JoAnne P. Sybert, Mary T. Sybert, Paul J. Tamagnine, John A. Tarlian, Elaine F. *Taylor, Kathleen Patricia *Thoren, Julie A. Tomaselli, Pamela Frances Tridenti, Sharon Marie Tripoli, Darlene A. *Trombly, Ellen Marie Turner, Daniel L. Uhl, Philip Edward *Uttley, Donna Jean Vincent, Dorothy Vincent, Gary C. Voris, Joanne A. Weber, Merle Wentworth, Christopher J. Wilkinson, Jill Lynn Wilson, Carlene D. Wilson, M. Curtis I~I Wilson, Kathy *Witz§all, John A. Wolfenden, John T. Wood, Deborah L. Wood, Robin E. Zahoruiko, John' A. l:Absentia i~icates Membership in the National Honor Society 71 uJ 72 0 73 '7, · ~= F= ~E E 74 75 0 76 77 78 79 o o o o~ ~ '7. > >~.~ 0 8O 81 CD, Z c~ O0 oo 0 >~o >~ 0 82 q- 4-; '7, 0 0 0 0 83 84 S been using the Commonw. and with a have offici T school. We project. 0 SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE ince our last progress report, the students of the high school have ;he safety overpass, which was built under the "TOPICS" Program b~ ~alth. ~e new high school along with the six tennis courts has been completed ;ense of pride and satisfaction, we of the School Building Committee, llly accepted them for our town. )is will be our last report on the construction of your new high thank the citizens of North Andover for their co-operation during the Ir children will benefit by it. Respectfully submitted, SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE D. Robert Nicetta, Chairman Charles W. Trombly, Attorney Richard G. Haltmaier Alfred Gardiner John A. Collins J. Philip Arsenault, Attorney Mark DiSalvo Peter V. ~rofoli, Clerk Superintendent of Schools RED BRICK BUILDING which houses general store and other organi- zat OhS is old landmark at the Center. Masonic Lodge is at left while North Andovem Historical Society white building may be seen in distance at right. --Visual Survey Photo 85 POLICE DEPARTMENT Crimes Committed and prosecuted during period July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976 Juvenile Delinquency for same period MOTOR VEHICLE Accidents over $200 reported Property damage accident (under $200--over $25) Motor Vehicle accidents--private property reported Passengers reported injured in accidents' Pedestrians injured by motor vehicles Accidents of motor vehicles (6 AM to 6 PM) Accidents of motor vehicles (6 PM to 6 AM) Bicycles registered Fatal accidents Fatal pedestrian accidents Cruisers traveled approximately 317,634 miles (July l, thru June 3'0, 1976) MISCELLANEOUS Business establishments found open while checking at n Complaints received by this Department Officers reports filed on the complaints Stickers issued for bathing beach and disposal site Homes checked by officers Officers finding the door open to the business establi it back to the desk officer who in most cases contacte the property. Respectfully submit Joseph W. Lawlor, CJ CRIMES COMMITTED & PROSECUTED IN 1975 & 1 Red ligh~ violations Drunkeness Speeding Operating an unregistered car Operating an uninsured car Non-support Breaking & Entering & larceny in the night time Capias Receiving stolen property Breaking & Entering & larceny in the day time Larceny Breaking & Entering with intent to commit felony Larceny by false pretense Assault & Battery Assault & Battery on a police officer Armed Robbery Uttering & forging 86 851 94 527 137 63 296 8 397 281 468 5 l 975 Iht 223 3472 1807 2918 987 hments reported the owner'of ed, ief 76 87 76 247 17 14 8 38 7 20 8 21 12 31 ll 4 3 3 Conspira Refusal Refusal Possessi Operatin Operatin Trespass Defraudi Stop Sig Fraud Leaving Assault' Unauthor ?ossessi Operatin Sticker School b Yellow 1 Transpor Causing Passing Turning Possessi Transpor Operatin Possessi Violatio Attachin Sale of Possessi Being pr Being kn narco Larceny Conspira Disturbi Lewdness ~y to commit larceny ~o produce license or registration kO stop for police officer )n of bombs & explosives without license or registration after suspension of lic,ense ng ~g an innkeeper ~ Violation ~he scene ~th a dangerous weapon Zed use of motor vehicle )n of a dangerous weapon ~to endanger ~iolations as violations ine violations ration of persons to Danvers )ersonal injury )n the right vhere signs prohibit )n of alcholic beverage being a minor t~ng alcholic beverages being a minor liwithout lights on a motor vehicle ,n of burglarious tools of law of the road ~!wrong plates narcotic drug on of a narcotic drug esent where narcotic drugs are fuound ow~ngly in the company of a person possessing a tiic drug f!rOm a building cy to commit larceny & assualt & Battery n~g the peace Neglect~oif family Non-sup~oirt Default|wiarrants Disorder Accosti Operati Breakin Indecen Operatin Operatin Failing Defacin, Assault Unlawfu 1~! person gi a person of the opposite sex ~, after revocation of license gl& entering a motor vehicle ie~posure gl without a helmet g on a one-way street & driving in the wrong direction ~o stop !&~ removing motor vehicle serial numbers !p~ossession of a firearm 87 4 2 8 1 26 6 10 3 33 0 ll 12 8 6 18 15 9 21 4 2 3 17 14 5 2 9 2 5 6 ll l0 1 15 3 4 4 8 15 3 ll 8 6 3 3 5 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Transporting alcholic beverage being a minor Minor possessing alcholic beverage Stubborn child Runaway chile Operating unregistered & unisured Operating without license Larceny (false pretense) Using motor vehicle without authority Drunkeness Juvenile deliquency by reason of failing to stop aft knowingly causing damage Breaking & entering in the daytime Breaking & entering in the nighttime Larceny Possession of a narcotic drug Being present where narcotic drugs are found Hunting out of season Illegal possession of a pheasant Receiving stolen property Speeding Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle B & E in a dwelling with intent to commit a felony Lewdness Operating a motor cycle with learners permit Operating under the influence Respectfully submitte( Joseph W. Lawlor Police Chief 88 2 3 7 14 6 6 13 4 7 TREE DEPARTMENT A la~ge number of dead maples and diseased elm trees was the major problem of the~Tree Department during the past year. Sixty-six maples were re- moved as w.ell ~s sixty-nine diseased or beetle infested elms. The North Andover Improvement SoCiety again contrib~.ted the money to pay for a thousand Scotch Pine seedlings whic~were packaged and labelled by the Tree Department employees and distributed to, pupils in the fourth a~d fifth grades of the North Andover school system. This year fifty-eight trees were planted along roadsides as well as twenty-eight s~rubs and trees at the new town garage facility. A new lawn at this facility ~as also established by members of the Tree Department. Other services provided by the department include a limited insect pest control program on town shade trees, poison ivy and brush control along town roads, cabling and bracing of dangerous trees where necessary, chip out stumps and loam or hottop holes in tree removals where necessary, maintain newly established trees, provide pickup and disp]osal of Christmas trees for town residents, maintain Town Forest of 87 acres and Town Forest Picnic area and give advice and literature to towns- people on various tree problems. Respectfully submitted, Leo E. Lafond Tree Warden HOUSING AUTHORITY As Ixiecutive Director of the North Andover Housing Authority I am pleased to pr~s!e~t to you on behalf of the members of the Board of Directors our annual report oif activities throughout the fiscal year ending September 30, 1976. This report, ~he twenty-ninth since the beginning of this Authority was prepared in accordance~with the requirements of Chapter 12lB of the State statue governing the Authorityf Dun¸ low rent subs rent units ar, Chapter 667,, units are hou: Way, Foulds T, terms which a living condit Thi all utilities utilities. T of North Ando combination o and Federal G operating rec development c The $36,000 recei the Communiti particularly ng the past year the North Andover Housing Authority has provided dized units for approximately 300 citizens of our town. These low ~distributed in four developments which consist of 134 units of lld!erly housing and 24 Chapter 200, Veteran's housing units. Ti~ese ed within 25 multi-unit buildings located at Fountain Drive, Bingham rrace and the Veteran's project at Baldwin and Francis Streets. In e meaningful to our tenant residents these units provide high quality on~s for both family and elderly citizens at moderate rental rates. year's elderly average rent was $59.48 per month which included and $65.28 per month for Veteran's housing which does not include }e financial responsibilities, however, are at no cost to the Town ~er. The expenses which are incurred by the Authority are met by a rental income and a Commonwealth contribution. This year's State ,ants will total approximately $200,000, which when coupled with )tpt$ will provi.Ue employment, purchases, contractural services and st liquidation, all to generate our local economy. Authority is particularly proud of the recent Federal Grant of Ied from the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development under s Development Block Grants Entitlements. Although the grant is not arge the Authority as established a solid foundation for future 8¸9 applications under this program. With the major portion o completed any town department or a town's citizen group cai $100,000 annually under the C D program with a minimum elf, 4 years of the program. Reconfirming our management policy of high stan( tained public housing was evidenced this Fiscal year by ex( ations which was complimented by the CETA Program, (Compre~ T'raining Act). Renovations included refurbishing and pain apartments, exte~or painting, installation and renovation addition, engineering and architectural plans and specific, pared for the installation of 24 new heating systems, 18 h( creased electrical service, landscaping and drainage stie formed at theJ Veteran'§ project. The record to date of the Authority has been sub numbeP of housing units constructed as well as the high ca Thus with this foundation the Authority will pursue additi~ in'the same manner The Authority is most concerned that' public housing wit~ the community produces positive result: all town residents. The Authority currently has made appl elderly housing units under the Commonwealth's Chapter 667 the Authority has an application pending with HUD to secur~ rent subsidized program for 94 moderate and low income lam The program will coordinate both the private and It will offer the f~mily in need of housing a choice of re: apartment complexes or a unit in a 2 - 6 family dwelling in approanh to housing assistance does not expand the housing assistance for long time residents of our community. The assistance grows daily. Although, growth in housing assis' must be growth that is comprehensive and produces results the needs of all town residents. The North Andover Housing Authority shares with responsibility for adequate and equal housing opportunitie · is eager to work with others who demonstrate genuine conce dedication. Respectfully sub Louis P. Minicuc Executive Direct BOARD OF DIRECTO Joseph Morkeski Thomas Foulds, ) James D. McCabe Anna P. O'Connol 90 the preliminary work apply for up ~o rt for the remaining rds of quality main- ensive capital renov- hensive Employment lng of interior of of 24 bathrooms. In tions are being pre- t water tanks, in- ork, all to be per- tantial both by the ibre of the developments. nal subsidized housing he interactions of and is equitable to cation for 60 additional program. Additionally funds to establish a ies. .ublic housing sector. idence among large our community. This stock but provides emand for housing ance is inevitable it hich are equitable to ts community a common for its residents and n and share in its mitred, ci, Jr. r S Chairman ice Chairman Treasurer , State Appointee Type of Permi 1 & 2 Family Additions, al conversions ( ;wellings ferations & esidential) Business & Industrial Additions & A)terations Garages, shed~, etc. Swimming pool~i Signs Razing Nursing Home Chimney & fir)place permits Total: All permits Total receipt for permits Total certifi ation fees: Total estimat Number of Pe nits issued: Number of Pe Total receip Re ing in the g) permits issu( dollar value work load of and John Thor i With availab' appears that Co) for the sewe BUILDING INSPECTOR NO. of Per- Est. Cost of No. of Family mits Issued Construction Units Added 102 $3,309,000.00 109 57 166,175.00 159 $3,475,175.00 Non-Residential 14 9 13 44 11 2 1 94 104 357 issued: 151,200.00 201,850 O0 30,200 O0 121,220 O0 9,350 O0 3,lDO O0 863,37O O0 1 ,380,290.00 15,232.21 1,150~00 16,382.21 2 lll )d cost of Construction: 4,855,465.0'0 ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR 293 GAS INSPECTOR 5,235.00 :its issued: 91 604.00 ~ all departments: 22,221.21 idential building increased by leaps and bounds during 1976, result- e~atest number of new homes ever built in one year. The number of dl for one and two family dwellings jumped from 59 to 102, and the io~fl new homes built was double that of last year. Consequently, the Jill inspectors increased significantly. Bud Cyr~ masonry inspector, ~ison, wiring inspector, both performed a record umber of inspections. new subdivisions provide approximately 300 open buildable lots. land, relatively low taxes, excellent services and schools, it o~me building will continue at the present record level for some time. )mercial and industrial construction continued at a slow pace except 'age treatment plant that is rapidly nearing completion. The issue of 91 the $15,000 permit fee for this facility has not been dec Hopefully, a ruling in favor of the town will soon be mad Certification of existing buildings and uses re~ Building Code is proceeding very slowly. Mr. Harold Graw department during 1975 as an assistant building inspector program, is no longer available to this department becaus, However, the town still urgently needs an assistant Build the Building Department to handle its ever increasing resl We wish to thank the various town departments ti job. Charles H. Fos~ William A. Cyr John J. Thomps~ Vincent P. Lan~ Mitchell P. Bo~ William Geremii Anna Donahue, FIRE DEPARTMENT We, the undersigned Board of Fire Engineers, re report of the Fire Department for the period from July l, Residential Non-Residential Mercantile Manufacturing Garage Grass or Brush Cars or Trucks iFalse Alarms Smoke Scares Burning Complaints Mutual Aid Service Calls Ambulance Calls Total BREAKDOWN OF ALL FIRE CALLS 46 27 5 ll 4 59 68 62 (35-Incendiary) (28-Acci dental ) 45 16 15 65 523 920 1443 Respectfully s~ BOARD OF FIRE E James P. Daw, C Dana N. Fisher Stewart P. Wils, 92 [ded by the courts. uired by the State )s, who worked for this under the C.E.T.A. the program has expired. ng Inspector to enable ~onsibilities. ~at helped us do a better ;er, Building Inspector , Assist. Bldg. Inspector )n, Electrical Inspector lers, Assist. Elec. Insp. ~tman, Gas Inspector i, Assist. Gas Inspector iecreta ry )ectfully submit the 975 to June 30, 1976. mitred, iGINEERS lief HISTORICAL COMMISSION During this year the composition of the Historical Commission changed slightly. Pe~e~r V. Rossiter resigned and was replaced by Martha Larson. The ~olmmission is completing arrangements to have produced identifying plaques for htsitoric buildings in North Andover. The plaques will show the date, or approximate date, of construction and will be sold to homeowners by a private firm, accordi ,g, to a design approved 'by the Commission. In a sociation with the North Andover Historical Society the task of completing ar~hitectural surveys on all significant properties within the town was continued The Society appropriated funds to hire an architectural historian, Alan Munkitri :k, to conduct the project, which was begun by Stephen Roper. The ~;Ommission continues its efforts to establish a permanent archival center for th~ proper storage of the town's records. Robert Devine, the first town archivis' hired under the CETA program, was unable to continue his work due to illness. ~fter a rather lengthy search Thomas Mofford was hired with CETA funds to cont nue the work of restoring order to the town's records. The ~:Ommission's ~ajor project during the year was the preparation of a map showing tl~e sites in town of architectural and/or historic significance. A master map wa~presented to the Planning Board and a smaller version of the map, together with/a guide, was printed for interested citizens of the community. Maps and guid~s are available at the Selectmen's Office and at the reception desk in the M~rimack Valley Textile Museum. Durilg May the Commission, in association with the North Andover Historical So:iety, sponsored Historic Preservation Week. This included an open h~use at Campion Hall on May 16, 1976, attended by occupant/owners of the properties on the National at this meeti Thro to place the approved this Those now on Samuel Osgood At t effort to cha a scene of La designing the The 7:00 P.M. on the Roper-Munkitrick inventories and the owners of local homes on ~egister of Historic Places. Historic sites maps were distributed jgh the efforts of Martha Larson an application has been submitted Kittredge House on the National Register of Historic Places. If will bring to four the number of local sites so designated. the Register are the Parson Barnard House, Campion Hall, and the HOuse. he suggestion of Robert Devine, the Commission launched a successful nge the town seal. The new seal includes the date 1646 and depicts k~ Cochichewick. The Commission wishes to thank Michael King for prototypes submitted to the Board of Selectmen. Cpmmission continues to be very active. Meetings are held at the first Monday of every month at the Stevens Memorial Library. Respectfully submitted, David M. Knepper, Chairman Ann E. Howes Martha Larson Thomas Leavitt Mary Ellen Ostherr Louisa M. King, Associate Maria Ward, Associate 93 TOWN ARCHIVIST On July 26, 1976, I commenced my job as archivist the Town Hall' continuing the work undertaken by Robert Dei August, 1975, and halted by his serious illness. CETA maintenance employees helped to organize a me, constructing tables, clearing shelves and hanging ligh area formerly used by the Public Works Department has been. and the vault housing certain records made more accessible Town reports were studied to ascertain dates whe were created, so that materials could be collected and org~ The Town Clerk and representatives of the various town dep~ to determine what records were extant and where they could hope of depositing town materials in one central archival I center. I have studied methods which other towns have empl their own town archives and have consulted with librarians practical aspects of archival organization. A complete inventory is now underway on all extar These materials are in various stages of identification, cl evaluation. A card catalog system for easy reference is i preparation. The archivist must not only assess and label wha found in specific published and manuscript volumnes, but m evaluate the condition of historic records. Although sundr records between the years 1855-1936 have been located, som~ even deplorable condition~ having been long kept in an abar North Andover poor-farm. These damp volumes were treated , Document Conservation Center, housed at The Merrimack Vall~ I have been directed in my efforts by David Knepl chairman of the North AndoYer Historical Commission and Tho director of the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum and member Historical Commission. I have made monthly reports to tha my findings and progress on the town archives. The goal is to ensure the preservation of the rec~ officials and town departments and make them accessible to importance of their preservation and the improvement of the they are to be kept cannot be overemphasized. If necessary they should be restored to u~able condition and made avail whose history they document, as well as to students and res town's past. Records of such permanent value deserve clean and a catalog system for ready reference. Respectfully su Thomas F. Moffo 94 in the basement of 'ine from April- uitable work area for ~s. The basement cleared and cleaned various departments nized chronologically. rtments were consulted be found, with the esearch and resource oyed in setting up and texts on the t town records. assification and the process of material is to be st al~o determine and y volumes of town are in deteriorating, doned vault at the t The New England y Textile Museum. er of Merrimack College, mas W. Leavitt, of The North Andover commission regarding rds kept by our public the public. The environment in which and whenever possible, able to the public earchers of this safe storage space mitred, rd GREATER LAWRENCE REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL As Technical Sc curriculum, instances th administrati GRADE MUNICIPALITY ANDOVER LAWRENCE METHUEN NORTH ANDOVE TOTALS Ev as the previ Program. St order to ent Evening Scho you~ representative to the Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational tool District, I submit my annual report. No major changes in taff, or administration took place during the school year. In most !year could be characterized as a period when instructional and systems were consolidated and improved. REGULAR DAY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OCTOBER 1, 1976 g 10 ll 12 13 14 PG PG SPECIAL TOTAL NEEDS 35 28 32 18 ll 0 1 0 7 132 354 304 282 261 27 3 21 3 6 1,261 88 98 130 123 23 2 l0 1 3 478 23 21 32 10 9 1 3 0 3 102 500 451 476 412 70 6 35 4 19 1,973 EVENING SCHOOL ening School registrations maintained approximately the same level ou$ year. Total registrations numbered 2370 students in the Evening udents entering the Evening School must meet certain requirements in er specific programs. Listed below are the registrations for the ol participation by community and by program. City Lawren¢ Methuer North Andover Massac~ New Hah TO1 Course Trade E Prepar( Eveni n( Novice' Appreni TO' Town Male Female e 511 474 345 256 ndover 109 102 169 146 u~etts Non-Resident 172 35 )s h i re 40 I 1 ~:L 1,346 1 ,024. Male Female xtension 352 46 tio~y 616 292 P~actical Arts 136 492 131 194 ice 111 0 '~L 1 ,346 1 ,024 95 SUMMER SCHOOL 1975-1976 The Summer School program followed the same gene vious years. Students could elect full vocational or full Male Femal Andover 50 27 Lawrence 202 167 Bethuen 125 49 North Andover 53 18 430 ~ INDUSTRIAL ENTRY 1975-1976 The Industrial Entry program is designed specifi grades seven and eight. The course offerings and curricul cally to give the student a high level of activity and at the various trades and technologies of an industrialized s Male Femal Lawrence 174 121 Methuen 79 North Andover 52 2 Andover 52 In conclusion I would say that the major accompl staff~ and administration of the Greater Lawrence Regional projects as the House Building Program. In a joipt venture undertaken by the Greater Law and the Greater Lawrence Revolving Loan Fund, Inc., in coo Greater ~awrence Chamber of Commerce, a five room ranch wi finished playroom in the basement was constructed. All school construction trades participated in b volving upwards of 300 students from Air Conditioning, Car Metal Fabrication, Painting and Decorating, Pipefitting a Plant Maintenance Departments. In the area of Occupational Education, an Area pational Education based in the Greater Lawrence Regional moved to create closer ties between the Regional School a within the District by facilitating the growth of Career a The school administration and the School Committ watch on thb job placement of seniors and graduating stude are eligible for job placement through the Cooperative Wo school year. The rate of placement each year along with placement is a fairly reliable indicator as to the status and the demand for graduates in specific vocational areas 96 ral format as in pre- academic programs. Total 77 369 174 71 691 cally for students in um are selected specfi- the same time introduce iciety. . Total 295 126 8l 59 shments of the students, Vo-Tech included such · ence Regional Vo-Tech oeration with the th a garage and a uilding the house in- pentry, Electrical, Plumbing, and the ordinator of Occu- ~o-Tech High School has d the school systems 3d Occupational Education. 9e maintain an active 3ts. Senior students K Program during the ~ta on previous year's tf curriculum, training ANDOVER LAWRENCE METHUEN NORTH ANDOVER I s Lawrence Sani Wot and efficient percent compl Principal En§ commending to to operate th February 15, The BUDGET SHARE FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY OF DISTRICT TOTAL PAYMENT 124,595.70 1,176,848.52 534,951.62 101,783.16 1 DEC. '75 1 AUG. '75 1 APR. '76 PAYMENT EACH PAYMENT 1 JUNE '75 PAYMENT 39,626.64 294,212.13 170,134.45 25,445.79 28,323.02 294,212.13 121,605.73 25,445.79 28,323.02 294,212.13 121,605.71 25,445.79 Respectfully submitted, John J. Caffrey, III, Treasurer Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical School District GREATER LAWRENCE SANITARY DISTRICT ubmit to you my annual report as representative on the-G~eater tary District. k~on both the Pump Station and Treatment Plant progressed rapidly lY during the past year. The contract is now about ninety (90%) ete. The District hired Mr. James Brown in August to be the ineer. Mr. Brown is now in the process of interviewing and re- the Commission personnel to cover the seventy positions needed e plant. Present plans call for the opening to take place about 1977. Respectfully submitted, John L. Finneran Vice-Chairman Greater Lawrence Sanitary District ANIMAL INSPECTOR annual report of the-Animal Inspector is as follows: Premises and farms inspected 47 Health inspection certificates (cows) 3 Rabies Quarantines (dogs) 15 Respectfully submitted, Edward C. Bulger, V.M.D. Animal Inspector 97 BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEI The North Andover Bicentennial Committee hereby S iscal Year 1976. Since the Bicentennial is officially over and tl centennial Committee was disbanded as of December 31, 1971 nial celebration will be reported on now even though parti belong in next year's report. On September 25, 1975, the Committee was notfiel lution Bicentennial Administration in Washington that Nor~ designated a National Bicentennial Community. This recogl nationally to those communities that devised comprehensiw all phases of the Bicentennial. After notification of th chusetts Bicentennial Commission presented the town with ' nial flag, This flag, with others purchased by the Comm~ town building, Memorial Park and the fire station in the On October 18, 1975 a Harvest Day was held at M Stevens Memorial Library. Patterned after the colonial pi a successful harvest, and only slightly dampened by a rail got under~ay with the official presentation to the town o' nial flag by Representative James Hurrell. The raising o~ Park was dramatically highlighted by the smell of gunpowd( Brown Bess' being fired by the Andover Militia. Children the Girl Scouts provided cider and doughnuts. A "goblin delighted children modeling their scariest costumes. On Saturday evening, June 12, 1976, the Bicente its gala Independence Ball. Through the generosity of th~ tration of the Brooks School, the dining hall and adjaceni by the Bicentennial Ball Committee into the "Red Eagle Ta~ Flowers adorned each table and refreshments were served b( under the huge green and white stiped marquee on the lawn not have been more beautiful, with a warm summer breeze al splashing the dark blue evening sky with reds, oranges an( hundred guests enjoyed dancing to the John Charles Orchest Dance Society demonstrated Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centm everyone to join them in the fun. The evening drew to a ation of the doorprize, a magnificent set of cutom molded wlanut case with a memorial plaque inscribed for the occa! a gift of the North Andover Historical Society, to whom w( Saturday morning July 3, 1976 ushered in North ~ Weekend. The morning began with one of the largest parad( history, led by the world famous British Tenth Regiment oi scarlet coats. Half a dozen of the finest marching bands ed. Many town organizations entered colorful floats and i school children were invited to join the parade in costumi The Old Center became a sea of humanity enjoyin! and around the Common, Last year's very successful craft were the costume promenade (with a commenorative ribbon f¢ The Mason's pancake breakfast and open house at both the North Parish Church. Games organized by the LiOns Club oi rained children on both days. 98 submits its report for le North Andover Bi- , the entire Bicenten- of it technically by the American Revo- h Andover had been )ition was awarded ~ programs to observe s honor, the Massa- :he national Bicenten- ttee, flew over the )ld Center. ~morial Park behind the 'actice of celebrating ~storm~ the activities the national Bicenten- the flag over Memorial r and.the crack of bobbed for apples and ~arade" followed with )nial Committee held Trustees and adminis- rooms were transformed ern" for the event. ,th in the Tavern and The weather could a breathtaking sunset I yellows. Over three ra. The Boston Country ry dances and invited lose with the present- pewter spoons in a ion. The spoons were are deeply grateful. ndovers' Bicentennial .s in the town's 'Foot in their blazing in the East participat- 11 of North Andover's the many events on fair was repeated as r every participant), istorical Society and North Andover enter- SL ecumenical ~ represented that the cht fessional cc local and n~ Harry Suttor approached, appetite foY hundred hun( a full prog Alumni Chor. Kandrut. T~ fireworks a Nc two years. Lawrence ~ it and dedicate of hours of of the Bicer worked so ha nday morning was opened by a beautiful and very well attended elrvice on the Common. Hundreds of families took part in the service by most of North Andover's churches. The service was so successful r~ches are already planning on making it an annual affair. A pro- libre art show and sale was held exhibiting the works of talented tional artists representing all media, with special exhibits by , Jr. of North Andover and Ralph Fasenella of New York. As evening the smell of chicken barbequing on a charcoal fire whetted everyone's this long-established annual event. More than two thousand, four ry North Andoverite's enjoyed this year's barbeque. Again this year, am of entertainment was presented including the Merrimack College l:e, a twenty piece dance band and a square dance called by Stan e celebration concluded at 9:00 P.M. with a thunderous display of the Middle School. r~th Andover's Bicentennial celebration spanned a period of more than Truly the most complete and successful celebration in Greater never would have been possible without the generous cooperation d work of so many people and organizations. Literally, hundreds planning and preparation were involved, especially by the members t~ennial Committee. My sincerest thanks are extended to everyone who rd. Donald M. Beverage Marlene F. Brown James N. Crane, Jr. Anne L. Ericson Anna C. Howes David M. Knepper Martha J. Larson IPa~ricia A. Long James D. Noble, Jr. Respectfully submitted: Peter V. Rossiter, Chairman Dianne Norwood Mary Ellen Ostherr John R. Pryor Anne B. Ratte Anita D. Raymond Nancy L. Rossiter Joan Thompson John P. Thompson, Jr. 99 PLANNING BOARD Planning Board membership remained the same fol Election. William Chepulis was re-elected to a 5-year te took place at the organizational meeting as fol-lows: William Chepulis, Vice-Chairman; John J. Monteiro, Clerk: was appointed Planning Board representative to the Merri~ Commission with Gayton Osgood, actiye citizen of the Towr sentative to the Commission. The Board held 23 regular monthly and semi-mont special meetings during this time which attests to the la merits in process. In addition, numerous on-site insPecti and special sub-committee meetings were conducted. One public hearing was held encompassing all pr amendments and five additional public hearings on propose subdivisions were approved: Salem Forest, Willow Ridge, M Benchmark Estates. One subdivision was denied: The Andov Boa.rd meetings are Very well attended by intere valuable input is always welcome. The Planning Board wishes to extend its thanks townspeople, other Town Boards and officials and Town Cou tion and assistance. Respectfully s PLANNING BOARD Fritz Ostherr, William Chepul John J. Montei Paul R. Lampre. William N. Sal 100 lowing the 1976 Town rm. Changes in officers ~z Ostherr, Chairman; and Paul R. Lamprey ~ck Valley Planning as alternate repre- ly meetings and four rge number of develop- ons, project reviews oposed Zoning By-Law d subdivisions. Four ~rbleridge Estates and ~rs. sted townspeople whose and appreciation to the nsel for their coopera- bmitted, Chairman s, Vice-Chairman ~, Clerk nme report for ti Th~ activities f On This include and Grease p SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ~ Department of Weights and Measures herewith submits it's annual ~e fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. ) Sealer's report relative to inspection reweighing and sealing )r the year is as follows: hundred and twenty three fuel pumps were inspected and sealed. one hundred and eight gasoline fuel pumps and fifteen Deisel mps. A ~otal of one hundred and seventy nine scales and other various types of weighing ~nd measuring devices were also'tested, adjusted and sealed. Legal sealing fees amounting to $568.90 were collected and turned over to the ~own Treasurer. A ~otal of thirty one complaints from consumers were investigated and resolved~to the satisfaction of all parties involved'. Re of weighing Re and other co were found t weight. Si and articles Th Chapter 98 s I their coope quests for additional services relative to retesting .and inspections ~mu measuring devices.were complied with promptly. veighing of prepackaged items including prepackaged meats, vegetables l~umer products totaled 2,792 items, of the articles checked 2,569 )~be correct, 177 were overweight and 56 were under the indicated Kteen peddlers and transient and vendor licenses were inspected for sale examined. )annual report and legal notices were posted in compliance with )ction 37 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Mass. ~sh to thank the personnel of the various business concerns for ~t(on and courtesy extended to this Department during the year. Respectfully submitted, Ernest J. Roberts, Sealer of Weights & Measures 101 COUNCIL FOR THE AGING PROGRAM COMMITTEE REPORT - July l, 1975 to June 30, 1976. HOT LUNCH PROGRAM - Every day of the week during School s lO0 meals, are prepared and served the Senior Citizens out From 12:30 to l:O0 o'clock a walk in service ~is available are delivered to the Towns Elderly Housing Units by 11:30 using the Mini Bus delivers from 25 to 40 meals daily to Seniors. The program is under the direction of Mr. Wayne of Hot Lunch Programs for North Andover schools. His exc copied bY several other towns affiliated with the Merrima Services. HEALTH CLINIC SERVICES - Mrs. Diana Bourbeau of the Lawre Visiting Nurses Association, and Mrs. Yvonne Lambert - ad services to the Elderly of North Andover. Blood pressure and readings - Urine tests lweig discussions are available from professional persone~ . Mrs. Barbeau has compiled over 300 separate rec visits to the weekly clinics. Every .Wednesday morning from 9:30 A.M. to ll:30 On Aging Center on Main Street, Clinical Services are ava Alternate Wednesdays and Fridays a clinic is he HousiQg Units from 1100 to 3:30 P,M, also. For informati Center. SENIOR AIDE PROGRAM - Mrs. Winifred Hurrell, Senior Aide been coordinator oT services for the Elderly through the Aging, under the sponorship of the Merrimack Valley Elder formerly the Home Care Center. During the past year, Mrs. Hurrell made 1294 ho of North Andover. Assisted in Transportation, personal s legal aid for many of her clients. Has been instrumental deliveries to the shut-ins. We thank Mrs. Hurrell for su MINI BUS SERVICE - In February, the Council on Aging rece from the Commission of Elderly Affairs. This inaugurated portation to Shopping areas, Doctors appointments, Hospi Group outings to the Shore. Center. Appointments must be made 24 hours in advance Mr, Michael Lawlor was engaged as the driver a Bus, His affable and kindly treatment of his passengers by them. This method of Transportation for the Elderly o popular and in constant demand. ARTS AND CRAFTS CLASSES - Mrs. Ruby Crabtree, instructor needlework for the Senior Ladies of North Andover, has i 102 )ssions, an average of of the Atkinson School. Hot packaged meals Mn Michael Lawlor ~hut-ins or disabled Morris, administrator )llent method has been :k Valley. Elderly nce General Hospital ~inistrator health mt problems and dietary ~rds of Elderly Citizens A.M. at the Council lable. d at one of the ~n call the Senior for North Andover has ~ffice of Council on y Services Corporation mse calls to the Elderly hopping, financial and in the Hot Lunch ch devoted services. veda grant of $2,000.00 our service of Trans- tls for treatment, calling the Senior custodian of the Mini s greatly appreciated North Andover is very f Handicrafts and ntroduced many lovely patterns to C1 on Monday fr and Fountain A1 ~er pupils that have become area works of art. ~sses are hald three times a week. They are held at Foulds Terrace )m 9:15 to ll:15 A.M. Bingham Way on Tuesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 AM Drive Tuesday afternoon l:O0 to 3:00 P.M. Elderly Citizens are welcome to attend any of these classes. DRESSMAKING ~ Mrs. Connie Finnocchiaro teaches dressmaking and redesigning of attend r clothes to t~e: ladies who he classes. Cl!asses are held on Monday at Bingham Way from 9:00 t~ ll:O0 A.M., at Foulds Terr~ice on Wednesdays at the same time. All North AndoVer Seniors are welcome to ~ke the~e M)is!. Finnocchiaro is a popular teacher with the Adult Education Program of iorth Andover. PROGRAM PROE Hot Lunch P Control, Phi Home Visiti. T~ Articles. purpose of terms of th TI the Advisor! TI hearing. TI creases, lol ployees inc iECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE ~ A Drop-in Center for the Elderly, a Summer oQram for Shut-ins. Health programs to include Weight and Dietary s~ical Fitness, Continued Blood Pressure Alert, Home Chore Service, ns and Seasonal Social Activities. Respectfully submitted, George E. Everson - Chairman Emily M. Murphy - Program Chairman PERSONNEL BOARD e 1976 Annual Town Meeting Warrant contained four Personnel Board 'or the benefit of the Town meeting voters, an explanation of the a~c~h article was printed in the Warrant to clarify the technical B~-Law. ~e cost of living articles was set at 5% whic~ was also agreeable to 'iCommittee and was accepted by the Town Meeting. ~oughout 1976 the Personnel Board held monthly meetings and a public ~e Personnel Board is the authorization board for all step-rate in- ~gevity increments, terminal leave and classification of Town em- uding the members of the various local unions. Restpecfully submitted, Anthony J. Barry, Chairman Roger Lawson Paul Dobson William Clancy, Jr. Walter O. Kohl Personnel Board 103 BOARD OF HEALTH As this report is being written many great chanc public health. Nearing completion is the sewage treatmen~ this area. This very necessary improvement in the handlir the culmunation of many years of endeavor by a group of pL and area health departments. Another change within the next few months will ~ a regional solid waste facility, operated under private cc cial aid of surrounding cities and towns. ~r three years been an active member of the North East Solid Waste Commit review and evalua.tion of pcospective sites for the propose Facility. COMMUNITY HEALTH Communicable diseases must be reported according Board by the attending physician, school nurse or parents. and diagnostic testing supplies, free of charge, are dist¥ State with this Board as the dispensing agent. Most impor of complete reporting of communicable diseases, home visit for the taking of cultures and the education of the family Through the efforts of our public health nurse, a constant surveillance on all persons known to have tuberi and their contacts. There are 4 current active cases runn 70. All are followed on a routine basis. We have 22 inac patients who are contacts or positive re-actors to skin tei regular check-ups and some are on prescribed drug therapy through the pharmacy of the Lawrence ~eneral Hospital. Ch~ appointments are arranged for them by our public health nu Hospital free of charge. Home visits are made by our nurse to all prematu dents of this Town. At least one visit is made to determi receiving the proper treatment and progressing. Seven pre) during this period. Influenza immunization clinics sponsored by this October, 1975. Vaccine was administered to 240 senior citi employees. In Octoer, 1975 Lead Paint Poison Prevention Clil various schools and kindergartens. A total of 185 childrel child fo. und to have an unusually high lead level was given in a local hospital. Children with slightly higher than a! were all retested and referred to their pediatricians wheri were checked by the lead paint detections crews and repairi necessary. Similar programs are planned for the future. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Restaurant & Retail Market Inspection Program: In North A food service establishments, restaurants, retail markets, cafeterias, mobile units and nursing homes. Swab tests ar~ 104 es are taking place in plant that will service g of liquid waste is blic spirited citizens the establishment of tract with the finan- our department has tee concerned with the d Resource Recovery to State Law to this Biological vaccines ibuted through the Cant is the promotion tions of acute cases in proper procedures. his Board maintains :ulosis, former patients lng in age from 35 to Live patients and 79 ;ting. They have ~upplied by the State )st x-rays and clinical 'se at the General -e babies' born to resi- de if the child is nature babies were born Board were held in zens and 130 town lics were held in were tested and one immediate treatment ~erage percentages necessary. All homes ordered where dover there are 71 ndustrial and school taken on dishes, glasses, sill together wit) There are on( inspections The quality this period through its Bathing Area~ period was a( at Stevens Pc stands are al of private pc pool, often ~ dangerous to crease operat throat. Insl The semi-publ general rule erware, etc. Strict adherence to State Sanitary Code Regulations, our monthly inspections, keep North Andover in the 98% range. or two food service establishments that require more frequent nd notices. f milk is tested each month on a random basis and the reports for ndicate that this Town is offering good quality milk for sale arious establishments. land Swimming Pools: Bacterial quality of water tested in this c!~. Emphasis is placed on the water testing of the Town Beach hid during the bathing season and the bath houses and take-out so included in these inspections. We get frequent calls from owners o~ls for operational advice. While we do not license this type of o~meowners fail to understand problems that can be physically the swimmer. People often add too much chemicals which simply in- i~onal expenses and also can cause irritation to eyes, ears, nose and ructions on commercial products should be followed carefully, ic pools in apartments, motels, etc. were well maintained as a and most have qualified life guards on duty. Nuisance ComF1)aints: For the first time in several years there has been a marked decrease in qhie number of complaints b~th justified and unjustified. Lack of heat in rentql units and plumbing malfunctions still top the list. Whenever there are reqs)onable grounds for a violation of the State Sanitary Code, notice is promptly ~i~ven to the owner or agent of the property, Most are cooperative in the matte1 ~of quick repairs. Sub-surface the approval remaining bui accounts for approvals. C conducted num tank may be ~ repairs to el ~lumbin9 Ins) completed 22~ and all repaii Approximatelj this period ( the Town Tre~ e~wage Disposal Systems: More and more problems 'are developing in oif'private sub-sUrface disposal systems. Practically all of the lidable land in North Andover is in the unsewered areas and this a large increase in the number of percolation tests and septic tank u~r engineer supervised 192 percolation tests for this period and erous inspections and complaints. According to State Law no septic nistalled without an approval and permit from this Board and all ilsting systems must also be approved before start of repairs. eictions: Our plumbing inspector and assistant plumbing inspector inspections. Permits are required by this Board on all new plumbing r!s. 141 permits were issued during this period. !700 permits related to all the above activities were issued during hid fees for such permits amounting to $8200.50 were deposited with siurer. Respectfully submitted, Juli-us Kay, M.D., Chairman R. George Caron Edward J. Scanlon Board of Health 105 BOARD OF APPEALS The schedule from July l, 1975 to June 30, 1976 one as the Board of Appeals held 12 regular meetings and s 27 petitions were filed for variances and special permits to the Board at public hearings, ll were granted, 6 denied 1 determined a moot question. Most requests were for setback variances. 2 Spe Removal operations were granted and a Special Permit reque~ building on Chickering Road was denied. A use variance fo: materials and equipment was denied by the Board with an aPi presently pending in court. Appeals to the Board of a decision of the Buildil a parking permit and of a Board of Health ruling on denial were recorded. Both appeals were denied. The public hearings of the Board of Appeals were the second Monday evening of each month in the Town Office During this period William N. Salemme resigned h ular member of the Board. Walter Jamitkowski, Associate M replacement for Mr, Salemme during the interim period prio Mr. Jamitkowski then resigned his post as an alternate. R appointed as a regular member filling the vacancy of Mr. S Mun.roe and Mr. Daniel J. Leonard were designated as the ne, of the Board. Frank Serio, Jr. is currently serving as Ch Many thanks and much appreciation is expressed t officials of the Town for the cooperation extended to us d Respectfully s BOARD OF APPEA Frank Serio, J Alfred E. Friz Chairman Louis DiFrusci James D. Noble Ralph R. Joyce Associate Memb Stephen R. Doh Sandra Munroe Daniel J. Leon 106 ,roved to be a busy ~veral special meetings. ~nd, after presentation 9 withdrawn and ial Permits for Earth ;t for a professional · outside storage of Deal of the decision ~g Inspector denying of a stable permit customarily held on Building. !s posit~on as a reg- ~mber, served as a to annual appointments. ~lph R. Joyce was ~lemme and Mrs. Sandra associate members ~irman. the citizens and Jring this time. Jbmi tted, .S · , Chairman lle, Esq., Vice- , Clerk Jr. Esq. rs: rty rd, Esq. Aggregate Val Aggregate Val Real Personal Tax BOARD OF ASSESSORS ~e of Real Estate -- 12 months Je of Personal Property -- 12 months Estate T~x Levy 12 months _evy -- ii months School Rate -F 12 months General Rate~- 12 months Appropriati~nt: Town War~ent Availabl~ Funds School L Library County State Pa Under Es Elderly Motor Ve Air Pol Ipswich Veteran Overlay Planning Tax Tit: School Special Elderly Health County Estimated Re Availab' Availab' Federal Local, Over Es' Net to Water Liens: $ 89.79 $ 63.21 inch Program lid tX rks & Reservations t~mates qetiree Program ~dcle Excise Tax Bills u~ion Control District R!iver. Water Shed District D~strlct Fee C~urrent Year Fiscal 1976 iDistrict e Foreclosure and Education {Chapter 766) L)unch Program n)surance for Elderly Retirees a:x -- 1974 eipts & Available Funds: e Funds to Reduce Tax Rate e Funds Revenue Sharing tare & County Receipts imates e Raised by Taxation ~ith Interest: 107 Betterments Chapter Chapter Chapter Committ. $ 38,818,260..00 2,918,540.10 $ 5,939,193.78 446,536.62 380 Sewer 40 Water 380 Drains ~d Interest $153.00 per thousand 8,835,615 O0 612,912 O0 19,342 80 6,106 50 358,958 12 71,189 81 45,156 79 8,401 79 1,630 80 1,433 92 2,268 03 1,292 10 207,709 60 1,887 63 1,440 O0 3,937 14 19,116 O0 12,240 O0 1,28950 46,680.48 400,000.00 262,912.00 350,000.00 2,852,588.46 7,377.15 2,416.96 5,259.65 5,459.36 379.14 3,122.50 41,736,800.10 6,385,730.40 10,258,608.01 3,872,877.61 6,385,730.40 Number of 1974 Motor Vehicles Taxed in 1976 Fiscal Levy of 1974 Motor Vehicles Taxed in 1976 Fiscal Number of 1975 Motor Vehicles Taxed in 1976 Fiscal Levy of 1975 Motor Vehicles Taxed in 1976 Fiscal Number of 1976 Motor Vehicles Taxed in 1976 Fiscal Levy of 1976 Motor Vehicles Taxed in 1976 Fiscal Rate Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of 2 350. 5o5: of Motor Vehicle Excise Tax - $66,00 per Thousa Dwellings Assessed Ponies Assessed Horses Assessed Cattle Assessed Fowl Assessed 42 664.76 5773 517.16 10266 491.65 3718 45 190 291 852 Property of the United States M. I. T. Lincoln Laboratory (Radar Station) Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Forest and Wild Life Land on Osgood, Sutton Streets, Chickering Highway, Harold Parker & Boxford Forests Literary (Educational) Boston University, Trustees of Brooks School Merrimack College Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston Prppe.r.ty of Begevolent Organizations Cochichewick Lodge Community Centers of North Andover Knights of Columbus Association, Inc. Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, Inc. North Andover Grange #128 North Andover Historical Society Properties of the North Andover Hay Scales· North Andover Improvement Society Trustees of Reservations Essex County Green Belt Association Property of Charitable Organizations North Andover Committee for a Better Chance New England Conference Board of Education, Inc. Society of Jesus of New England Real Estate $ 58,000 1 1,000 ~4,480 ]43,250 2,718,590 186,870 4,~ 2,190 7,600 8,510 26,740 94,030 5,300 127,160 47O 240 32,490 980 ;3,520 6,940 17,530 2 ;5,210 '3 ~9,680 Property of Incorporated Orqanizations of War Veterans Veterans of Foreign Wars of North Andover Post #2104 108 2,640 Personel 20,000 275,000 660,000 35,000 990,000 2OO 1,O00 5,000 20,000 5OO 20,000 10,000 56,700 25,000 75,000 T 6,0oo 5,000 Houses of Rel Roman Catholic Fellowship Bi~ Trustees of F North Andover St. Gregory A~ Trinitarian Cc North Andover Trustees of Si Trustees of Ur Fellowship Bi Roman Catholi Trustees of ~F North Andover Trustees of S- South Congreg~ Trinitarian C~ North Andover Trustees of U~ The Church of Universalist First United Grace Episcop Cemeteries: North Parish I Ridgewood Cemi Roman Cathol Town Propert Town Office Town 8uildin Fire Station Fire Station Stevens Libri Water Departr Police Stati~ ious Worship: Archbishop of Boston le Church rst United Methodist Church menian Apostolic Church ngregational Church of · Paul's Society i:tarian Society ,lle Church Archbishop of Boston rst United Methodist Church of Paul's Society tional Church .ngregational Church of of )itarian Society the G~od Shepard Unitarian Lawrence ~resbyterian Church of Lawrence Church of Lawrence )f North Andover )~ery Association :Archbishop of Boston uq)ding iAnne~ ~Main Street iSalem Street ry e:nt (Including Mains) Schools Highway Depaltment Infirmary ~ Cemeteries (~ld Burying Ground Westerly) Tax possessi+ns North Andovet Housing Authority - Veterans' North Andove~ Housing for the Elderly Memorial MonUments Parks and Pl~y§rounds 86,430 18,700 46,07O 50,000 48,050 33,880 31,240 314,370 5,480 50,940 5,5'80 3,120 3,460 6,850 6,400 6,310 6,930 8,320 103,390 1,350 5,010 3,440 9,800 63,990 lO,O00 45,42O 29,310 66~260 122 240 16 06O 3,281 350 18.660 9.970 1 000 4260 69,780 434,520 59,820 4,232',640 50,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 25,000 5,000 10,000 105,000 50,000 25,000 1,774,920 700,000 4,500 26,000 275,000 3,700 2,859 120 109 All Other~ Boston & Maine Railroad City of Lawrence Airport Western Electric (Chemical Treatment Plant) Greater Lawrence Sanitary District Grand Totals Respectful ly Edward W. Phe Joseph N. Herr George R. Bark Board of Asses 230 7,410 4,470 6,420 8,530 6,760 ubmitted, an ann er, Jr. , sors 4,115,820 INDUSTRIAL landmark is this building of the Davis and Furber Machine Company at Elm-and Water Streets, one of the oldest build- ings in the firm's complex. --Visual Survey Photo llO As Ow.n June 30, 1976~ Balance on har Receipts for Disbursements Reconciliatio) Bay State Nat' Arlington Tru~ Arlington Tru~ Harbor Nation~ First Nationa' State Street' I Bay Bank Merr Bay Bank Merr Boston Safe New England National Sha U.S, Trust Co Community Say Certificates General Revenue Shari TOWN TREASURER Treasurer I submit my report for 12 months, year ending d, July l, 1975 ilscal year 1976 for Fiscal 1976 $ 2,466,536.49 12,853,697.43 15,320,233.92 13,669,166.32 $ 1 ,651 ,067.60 , of Cash Onal - Lawrence .t Co. Lawrence t Co. - (School Lunch) '1 - Boston - Boston lank - Boston mack Valley - Andover mack Valley - Andover Savings Account ~Posit & Trust Co. ~Ychants National Bank - Boston ~Ut Bank - Boston ~: Boston in§s f Deposit unds g Funds 113,611 66 197,069 74 85,791 51 280 37 249,111 52 48,171 89 155,175 98 2,193.35 30,555.54 22,204.90 39,611.28 74,962.56 9,550.62 700,000.00 150,000.00 $ 1,651,067.60 Respectfully submitted, James H. Dewhirst, Treasurer lll As Town T~x June 30, 1976. TAX COLLECTOR · Collector I submit my report for 1 Total Commitments Jqly Real Estate Personal Motor Vehicle Motor Vehicle Miscellaneous Uncollected Balances Real Estate Personal Motor Vehicle Miscellaneous SUMMARY 1975 , June 30, 1976 1976 1976 1976 1975 1976 1975 1974 1973 1976 1975 1974 1973 1976 1975 1974 1973 5,939,193.) 446,536.6 504,525.~ 357,373.2 16,637.6 OF COLLECTOR'S CASH Motor Vehicle 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Real Estate 1973 1974 1975 1976 Personal 1974 1975 1976 Farm Animals 1975 Chapter $40 1975 1976 Chapter #380 1976 Chapter #80 1976 Committed Interest 1975 1976 Water Liens 1976 Municipal Liens 1976 Interest on Late Payments Betterments Paid in Advance Miscellaneous 413,061.1 33,898.3 1,528.1 973.9 2,573.4 641.1 229.5 627.0 248,554. 28,021. 14,909. 11,537. 6,742. ACCOUNT 16. 539. 1 ;240. 4,853. 26,055. 408,746. 237,996.3! 1,684.11 7,437.61 79,776.0~ 5,320,456.3! 117.7( 1,241.9~ 443,446.81 789.5! lO5.O 5,546.9( 4,806.9! 430.2 36.6 3,024.5 2,313.3~ 2,412.0( 14,413.2] 7,015.9( 63.6( Respectfully Submitte~ James H. Dewhirst 112 months, year ending $ 6,574,566.93 VETERANS' SERVICES 29 years of served as D' his retiremc for Barney so richly Nc The aid he c by those wh( fully this employment I will make e~ predecessor ei end of fiscal year 1976 was to see the completion of better than flaithful service to the Towns of North Andover and Boxford that he s!trict Director of Veteran's Services. Barney Bingham had announced n~t at the end of fiscal year 1976. Unfortunately "Taps" were sounded eifore he could enjoy the retirement that he worked so long for and s~erved. will be long remembered by all those who c~me in contact with him. xitended to Veterans and their Dependents will be gratefully remembered !had need of his help. p!enditures for the Fiscal Year 1976 were down about one-third. Hope- s! ~ sign that the economy is turning around and the area of un- si easing. iJoseph Willis, appointed to Barney's positon effective 10/1/76 eiry effort to carry on the tradition of service established by my Respectfully Submitted, Joseph Willis District Director Veteran's Services TOWNSPEOPLE, men, women and children had a happy time on the Old Center Common as they took part in the North Andover observance of the United States Bicentennial observed in 1976. Balloons,. bicycles and babies were all part of the mid-summer scene as they participated in the observance. --Photo by-G~yton Osgood 113 Treasurer SALARIES: Appropriation Cost of Living Expended (Details below} Balance to Revenue Detailed Salaries James H. Dewhirst Rose S. McEvoy Helen DeSimone EXPENSES: Appropri. ation Expended {Details below) Balance to Revenue Defailed Expenditures Postage Office Supplies & Forms Telephon'e Meetings & Dues Surety Bonds Tax Collector SALARIES: Appropriation Cost of Living Transfer from Reserve Exp'ended (Details below} Balance to Revenue Detailed Salaries James H. Dewhirst Mary Stone Helen Eaton $ 26,653.00 944.00 27,597.00 27,574.52 22.4~ 13,800.00 8,945.95 4,828.57 27,574.52 3,500.00 3,473.59 26.41 817.00 1,615.22 374.36 194.37 472.64 3',473.5~ 19,103.00 1,152.00 26.00 20,281.0~' 20)280.04 .9¢ 3,745.00 8,670.95 7,864.09 20,280.04 EXPENSES: Appropriation Transferred from Expended (Details Balance to Revenu( Detailed Expenditl Postage Telephone Binding Deputy Collector Supplies Bonds Forms Contractural Serv Seals Wei§hts am SALARY: Appropriation Expended (E. J. R Sr.) EXPENSES: Appropriation Expended (Details Balance to Revenu Detailed Expendit Supplies Crane Hardware Mileage Allowance Stamps & Stationai Telephone Fi Hobbs & Warren (Si Labor performed Joseph Shea E. J. Roberts ll4 )serve )elow) res :ces r of [ Measures )berts, Below) "es ,rms & !als) Jr. $ 6,535.00 799.00 7,334.00 7,128.48 205.5~ 3,443 05 403 35 166 40 250 O0 378 45 689 O0 489 19 1,309 04 7,128.48 1,500.00 1,500.00 .00 450.00 447.54 2.46 19.78 14.60 168.20 33.96 35.00 50.00 25.0O 100.00 447.54 Build~§ Inspector Apbro~riati,)n Expended (D~tails Below) Balance to ~evenue Detailed Expenditures: Charles H. ~o~ter Anna Donahu~, Longevity G61da BlackStock Theresa Rin)ldi Mary Lachap~lile Hone Watson~ EXPENSES: AppropriatiOn Expended (D~tails Below) Balance to le~enue Detailed Expenditures: Publication~ Telephone Seminars Dues ..ete Build~ng Codes Postage & ErYelopes Printing, f(rms, etc. Supplies ~ Engineering Services Type. contr.~ct William A. (iYr, Assist. Bldg. [nspecto~ Trans. allo' ance, meetings, etc., Ch rles H. Foster Ha Old L. Graves, Atsist. Bldg. Insp. m SALARY: !as Inspector Appropriati~n Expended(Delails below) Detailed Exieqditures: Mitchell P. Bootman $ 24,411.00 24~069.75 341.25 14,814.00 8,671.00 125.00 54.14 133.50 160.26 98.10 24,069.75 2,991.00 2,988.00 3.00 44.33 549.06 40.00 15.00 40 O0 62 20 103 lO 215 91 35 O0 35 O0 850.00 633.32 365.08 2,988.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 EXPENSES: Appropriation $ 350.00 Expended (Details below) 342.00 Balance to Revenue 8.00 Detailed E.x.penditures: Telephone 20.00 Postage 26.00 Dues lO.O0 Printing, forms, etc. 17.50 Supplies & Equipment 95.22 Trans. allowance, inspections, etc. 173.28 342.00 Ele~ricallnspector SALARY: Appropriation Expended (Details below) Detailed Exp99~itures: John J. Thompson EXPENSES: 3,150.00 3,150.00 3,150.00 Appropriation 800.00 Expended (details below) 793.80 Balance to Revenue 6.20 Detailed E~penditures: Telephone 40.00 Postage 26.00 Dues & meetings 34.75 Printing, forms, etc. 46.00 Supplies 120.35 Trans. allowance, inspections, etc. 526.70 793.80 115 Civil Defense SALARIES: Appropriation $ 945.00 Expended (John J. Coco, Director) 945.00_ EXPENSES: Appropriation 3,300.00 Expended(Details Below) 3,298.36 Balance to Revenue 1.64 Detailed Expenditures: Conferences, Dues, Meetings Telephone & Alarm Systems Clothing & Uniforms Training Communications, Equipment, Repairs Office Supplies Clerical, Typing Local Gevernment Radio Net 225.00 557.34 415.59 128.33 875.50 114.50 681.60 300.50 3,298.36 Tree Department SALARIES: Tree, Insect Control and and Dutch Elm Disease Departments Leo E. Lafond 14,553.00 Theodore Iminski 10,230.30 David K. Bailey 9,786.58 James Calder 9,728.34 Albert L. Gagne 8,928.96 Alfred J. Wholley 8,509.76 Henry G. Armitage 1,386.24 John G. Leach 1,222.40 Robert F. Lafond 588.80 James R. Greenwood 588.80 65,523.18 TREE DEPARTMENT SALARIES Appropriation Expended Balance to Revenue 40,266.00 40,221.40 44.60 INSECT PEST CONTROL SALARIES Appropriation Expended Balance to Revenue 18,200.00 16,975.28 1,224.72 DUTCH ELM DISEASE Appropriation Expended Balance to Revenue TREE DEPARTMENT EXF Appropriation Expended (Details Balance to Revenue Detailed Expenditur Hardware & Tools Trees Equip. Maintenance Gas & oil Supplies Telephone Equipment Hire Meetings & Dues INSECT PEST CONTROL Appropriation Expended (Details Balance to Revenue Detailed Expenditur Hardware & Tools Insecticide Equip. Maintenance Protective Equipmen Supplies Telephone Equipment Hire DUTCH ELM DISEASE Appropriation Expended (Details Detailed Expenditur, Supplies Equipment Hire ARTICLE 45: Tree DeI Appropriation Expended (Peirce Fo Inc.) Balance to Revenue 116 ALARIES NSES: ,low) es: EXPENSES: low) S: E PENSES b low) )S: ~t. Truck · d Sales, 8,824.00 8,326.50 497.50 8,800.00 8,778.23 21.77 556.01 2,146.72 1 ,203.47 1 ,294.50 461 .76 113.19 2,834.00 168.58 8,778.23 4,428.00 4,427.58 .42 182.02 808.65 646.27 790.43 313.58 356.13 1,330.50 4,427.58 2,024,00 2,020.50 3.50' 880.50 1,140.00 2,020.50 9,000.00 6,314.00 2,686.00 Steve~ ~s Memorial Library SALARIES AND WAGES: ADpropriatiol Cost of Livilg, Art. 35 Expended (De~ails below) Balance to R venue Detailed E~p Ellen Spilka Barbara Phil Elaine D. Jo Sally Dunlap Sue Ellen Ho Margaret Tro James Spanks Elizabeth A1 Viola Wilkin Adele McCona Jean Wallick Mary Beth Mi Esta Sofman Debbie Beatc Gayle SansDb Jill Wilkin$ David Robins EXPENSES: Appropriatic State Aid, Expended (D Balance to Detailed Ex ~itures: )rick l~$On Imps h~ ~ck r!t. l0 tails below) elvenue e!n~itures: $ 83,878.00 6,101.O0 89,979.00 86,368.58 3,610.42 14~090.26 12,227.30 8,568.14 9 875.36 8 251.66 1 386.24 9 424.14 3,785.60 4 326.84 3 563.56 I 832.16 5 206.74 18.58 1,249.20 1,282.55 988.25 192.00 86,368.58 24,450.00 6,106.50 3O.556.50 30,554.53 1.97 Heat, Light Books Periodicals Microforms Recordings Stationery Other Offic Building Ma ~Water, & Tel. iPrinting ~E:xpenses nit. & Repair 7,224 13,994 1,931 659 1,089 2,120 1,780 1,755 30,554 .34 09 O8 O0 18 68 58 58 53 117 Board Of Assessors Appropriation $ 35,965.00 Cost of Living 792.38 Transfer from Reserve 1,600.00 38,357.38 Expended (Details below) 38,333.92 23.46 Detailed Expenditures: Assessors Salaries Edward W. Phelan 3,0~ '1 Joseph N. Hermann 3,0L .~ George R. Barker, Jr. 3,000.00 Assessors (Full time) Edward W. Phelan 8,000.00 Clerks ~ank H. Dushame III 7,905.78 Jean Fogarty 4,299.58 Paula Eaton 428.61 Expended 29,633.97 Balance to Revenue 23.41 ~9,610.56 Detailed Expenditures: Real Estate Billing Service 1,152.37 Printed Forms 262.90 Office Supplies 320.94 Telephone 258.66 Charles Martin Assoc. Engineering & Plans 4,320.00 K. Duggan Probates 28.55 North Essex Registry of Deeds 557.50 Binding Records 67.90 Postage & Envelopes 317.90 Meetings & School 155.38 Equipment & liaintenance 513.30 Association Dues 84.00 Milage in Assessing 599.60 Evaluation Study 60.95 8,699.95 Balance to Revenue .05 Total Expended 38,333.92 Fire Department Appropriation Transfer from Article 82, 1976 Authorized from Revenue Sharing Fund Expended (Details below) Balance to Revenue Detailed Expenditures: James P. Daw, Chief James Fitzgerald Donald Fountain Thomas Casale Kenneth Long Edward Snell James Tamagnine John Sullivan Ronald Fountain P. Henry Martin William McEvoy ~rdon Rokes Robert Beaudoin Edward McAloon Daniel Glynn Raymond MacLean Robert Cunningham Peter Dugan Frederick Stevenson Francis Devan Bruno Szelest Richard Shafer John Duxbury Dou§la~ Rams. den Stephen Broderick George Adams James Swarbrick Albert Ouellette Charles Faro Robert Shea William Tomkiewicz William Iminski leonard White Thomas Vernile Sean Fountain Dennis Currier James P. Daw, Jr. Richard Dufresne Robert McIntyre Terrence Joyce Stuart Summers $400,482.00 45,694.00 446,176.00 200,000.00 6~6,176.00 638,124.33 8,051.67 24,656.77 16,769.28 17,498 86 16,912 56 17,333 82 16,686 79 16,822 87 17,096 79 17,344 45 12,854 33 12,589 17 13,784 03 12,518 15 12,428 83 12,834 13 12,706 45 12,326 16 12,637 88 12,348 49 12,612 47 12,495 28 7,525 21 7,717 87 12,718 72 12,562 34 12,659 61 8,083 46 12,651 66 12,727 15 12,504 87 12,B76 51 12,853 82 12,762 34 12,628 29 12,757 32 12,844 20 12,669 lO 12,275 76 12,238 35 11,458 20 13,253 42 Eric Korb Bruce Allen Joseph Jacques Robert Turner Edward Morgan Thomas Casale Stephen Long John Driscoll William Dolan Michael Long Robert Fogarty Dana Fisher Stewart Wilson Archie Gourley Frederick Christie John McGuire Philip Miller John Butcher EXPENSES: Appropriation Transfer from Rese Expended (Details Detailed Expgn.d.i.tu Apparatus & Repair ment Maintenanc Fire Equipment, Maint. of Build Grounds Repairs, Janitoria LaundrY & Light Other Expenses, Of Supplies & Tele Capi~l BudBe Appropriation Expended (Details Balance to Revenue Detailed Expenditul Dues Printing Clerical Assistant Postage & Other 118 9,054.79 10,188.37 Il,171.31 11,342.69 11,129.37 11,277.45 3,878.37 4,455.62 3,454.29 2,416.74 2,025.15 1,260.00 1,260.00 7O8.7O 439.92 567.00 1,292.70 1,176.10 638,124.33 21,250.00 ~ve 2,000.21 23,250.21 )elow) 23,250.21 -es: Equip- 17,653.00 2, Radio, Supplies, lng and Supplies, 2,969.00 'ice hone 2,628.21 23,250.21 Committee 1,O00.O0 elow) 816.51 183.49 35.00 669.09 52.92 59.50 816.51 A~ :Countant SALARIES: AppropriatioN: $ Cost of LiviNg Expended (De~ails below) Balance to RIVenue Detailed Expenditures; 30,77O.00 2,513.00 33,283.00 33,072.38. 210.62 David F. Roc Cecilia M, Carolyn M. EXPENSES; Appropriati¢ Transfer fr¢ Expended Balance to Detailed Ex Office (AdvE ing, pos & forms) Machine Sup Telephone Meetings & [ Maintenance Rental of C( le leehan )lvidas 15,753.30 8,947.20 8,371.88 33,07~.38 ni.Reserve tails-below) )¥enue .e~itures: rittsing,, bind- ag~, supplies liies ues of Machines pier 3,730.00 727.00 4,'457.~0 4~4.1.3..74 43.26 695.g0 653.41 377.31 280.75 473.31 1,933.06 4'~413.74 119 Health Insurance Motor Vehicle Excise Bills Air Pollution Control Special Education Ipswich River State Recreation Areas Estimates Payment Overestimate Balance brought forward Receipts Payments Arlington Trust Company Bay State National Bank Merrimack Valley National Boston Safe Harbor National State Assessment Estimate $ 9,691 .29 1 ,630.8O 1 ,433.92 19,116.00 2,268.03 17,189.81 105,329.85 County Tax Dog Licenses Due County Anticipation of Revenue Loans LOANS Bank 250,000.00 250,000.00 200,000.00 100,000.00 200,000.00 1,000,000.00 120 Actual $ 9,691.29 1,630.80 1,472.99 338.57 71,939.13 85,O72.78 403,035.41 279,077.43 123,957.98 207.75 1,950.45 2,158.20 2,158.20 PAYMENTS 250,000.00 250,000.00 200,000.00 lO0,O00.O0 200,000.00 1 ,000,000.00 Del AppropriatioF E×pended (De1 Detailed Exp( Town Garage Police S~ati¢ Fire Station Fire Engine Sewer Notes School Bonds Water Main N Inte Appropriatior Expended (Del Detailed ExpE Town Garage Police Stati< Fire Station Fire Engine Sewer Notes Sanitary Dis School Bonds Water Main N~ ApproDriatio~ Expended Balance to R, Shor Appropriatio Expended Balance to R t Redemptions ~ils below) niditures: iBonds t~es & Bonds rqst on Debt aii;ls below) nldiitures: n ~ B:onds ,qsal Site ~tes & Bonds ~d issue Expense venue ~erm Borrowin§ venue $ 749,400.00 749,4l~.00 102,000 O0 10,000 O0 10,000 O0 7,000 O0 23,40O O0 525,000 O0 72,000 O0 749,400.00 399,071.00 397,403.85 1,667.15 23,838.00 1,248.00 5,795.00 409.50 5,538.25 2,550.00 340,507.50 17,517.60 397,403.85 3,000.00 2,832.01 167.99 20,000.O0 3,465.79 16,534.21 121 Transfers from Reserve Fund Amount Available Transfer Lake Study Commission Article 31 - 1975 Assessor's Revaluation Health Expense Health Expense Local Growth Commission Local Growth Commission Town Building Maintenance Fire Expense Tax Collector Expense Town Building Salaries Dog Officer Expense Special Legal Expense Tax Collector Expense Accountant Expense Health Salaries Health Expense Sewer Expense School Equipment Historical Commission Water Expense Tax Collector Salary Town Building Maintenance Insurance Expense Water Expense Special Legal Expense Total Transferred Close to Revenue 50.00 795.00 1,600.00 836.00 1,O00.O0 50.00 lO0.O0 3,000.00 2,000.00 435.00 6O0.OO 500.00 2,455.00 364.D0 727.00 635.00 662.00 746.00 6~121 O0 16 O0 2,309 O0 26 O0 9O4 O0 667 O0 435.00 41.00 122 $ 5o,ooo.oo 27,074.00 · $ 22,926.00 Town Accountant's Report CURRANT YEAR ~ 1975-76 Personal~ Real Estqtie Farm AniNal PREVIOUS YEAR - 1974 P~rsonal~ Rea! EstUte PREVIODS YEAR Real Est( WATER LIENS Al Levy of INTEREST: Deferred Tax Titl Currant Motor Ve Motor Ve Motor Vel Charity Invested -General Revenue Town Gar TAX TITLE REE - 1973 te ~DED TO TAXES 976 Taxed )S laxes )icle Excise 1976-75 ~icle Excise 1974-73 )icle Excise 1972-71 :urlds Cash Purchases :ur)ds ;haring EMPTIONS Alcohol Class I Class II Class III Common Victualer Disp. Works ns%aller Estab. Ret. ~ Firearm Ideni fication Food Handlin~ Hypo Syrlnge~ I. D. Liquor~Card Ice Cream t LicenseLiquor to Sill LICENSES RECEIPTS TAXES $ 444,260.43 5,400,232.41 805.31 117.76 7,437.62 1,684.15 2,313.38 1,365.45 406.15 10,968.86 1,088.62 1,231.41 187.31 401.76 6~74Q.65 11,743.06 8,188.01 3,547.57 AND PERMITS 16.00 lO0.O0 200.00 150.00 90.00 535.00 45 O0 276 O0 257 O0 50 41 O0 5 O0 10.00 14,180.00 123 5,845,298.15 7,555.38 1,684.15 2,313.38 45,868.85 2,425.48 Milk Offal Oil Burner Permits Percolation Pistol Permits Plumbing Septic Tank Swimming Pools Wine and Malt ll4.00 40.00 62.05 3,260.00 320.00 1~659.00 1,065.00 460.00 5.00 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Project Project Project Project P~oject Project Project 44 - Sex Disc. 69 - 71 - Special 70.- 76 - School 70 - 75 - School 74 - School 81 - Highway 497'- Highway 747 - School 766 - Spec. Ed. 825 - School 1122 - School 1123 - School 1495 - School ltl1 - School Project 91-380 Civil Defense Claus 17 - Widow Exemp. Loss of Taxes Lottery Planning & Research Senior Citizen Veterans Benefits Ed. 304 263 284 13 45 41 8 29 224 17 50.00 ,362.88 .364.49 815.69 874.63 916.72 462,12 676.00 264.59 853.05 924.00 9 960.00 13 670.60 350 315.78 4 850.39 845.94 7,038.00 79,508.60 73,042.15 1,160.74 2,000.00 7,819.67 GRANTS AND GIFTS Dog Fund Account - County From Federal Government: Public Law - 864 Public Law - 874 Public Law - 89-10 Title I Public Law - 89-313 Title I Public Law - 92-152 Fed. Rev. Public Law - 93-380 Title VI Bureau of Library ESEA Title II 3,032.71 1,085.65 24,856.12 21,617.00 3,200.00 368,826.00 5,400.00 10,278.00 Court Fines FINES AND FOREITS 124 22,890.55 1,784,776.04 438,295.48 3,256.00 Tax Collect jr: Betternlent Dis. Mun. Lilens 76-75 Misc. Accountant;~ Copy Mlchine Assessors: Misc. Bicentennial Comm: Fees Building In.~ p. Fees Board~of Apteals: Fees Conservatio~ Fees Electrical ns!p. Fees Fi re: Refund i' Daw Forest Land Misc. Dog Exp: Misc. Gas Insp: Fees Health Exp: Flu Va :¢ine Highway: Chapte i90 County Chapte 90 Const. Chapte 88 Scrap etal Waste >aper Ret. c~eck Art, 5 ~ 1975, San- !Landfill omm: ~rd: f~Maps itaw Historical Fees Planning Bc Sale 32.00 2,412.00 35,96 24,897 31 62,108 81 174 6O 1,260 77 2,428 80 159 75 100,000.00 DEPARTMENTAL 125 2,479.96 lO.O0 35.96 3,793.40 14,448.96 100.00 155.00 4,300.00 .21 19.80 3.00 563.00 34.80 191,030.04 lO.O0 134.81 Playgrounds: Misc. Police: Workmens Com. Foulds Police Duty Donald Recreational: Fees Veterans Benefits: Accts. Rec. Sealer of Weights & Measures: Fees Sew~r: Const. & Misc. School: Tuitions Rentals Misc. & Fees Town Clerk: Fees Water: Ret. Check Guarantee Dep. Art. 67, 1975 Library: Fees Temporary Loan: Anticipation of Rev. Accrued Interest P~emiums Blue Cross Blue Shield Kemper Prudeqtial Ins. P~tty Cash: Boar~ of Public Works Library Senior Citizens School Tax Collector 1,356.92 42,588.44 13,637.00 1 ,371 .00 142.95 40.00 3,420.00 cr. 95,043.56 REFUNDS 42.48 1,946.00 1,022~00 100.00 50.00 50,00 lO0.O0 100.00 126 66.21 43,94536 1,157,00 7,833~11 498,90 11,625169 15,15095 2,976 39 91,663 56 1,111 87 1,040,000 O0 76 50 70 20 400 O0 393,147.98 1,040,146.70 3,410.48 Revolving Fu~d Accounts: Schoo~l u!?nch Reg ~ar Stat~i Subsidy E1 del!ly Subsidy High Scliool Athletic Cha~ter 88, School Chapter 40 - Chapter 40 Chapter 80 - Chapter 80 - Chapter 380 Chapter 380 Chapter 40 - Chapter 40 - Chapter 380 Chapter 380 149,235.55 83,390.89 5,931.92 Sale of Watel' Water Constr~lct.ion & Miscellaneous SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Unapportione~l~Sewer Chapter 40 - Paid in Advance Apportioned - 1976 Co~mmitted Interest - 1976 Apportioned - 1976 Co~mmitted Interest - 1976 Apportioned - 1976 . Committed Interest - 1976 Apportioned - 1975 Co, mmitted Interest - 1975 Apportioned - 1975 iCommitted Interest - 1975 238,558.36 7,673.18 2,049.80 PUBLIC SERVICES ENTERPRISES 172,823.43 31,694.50 PRIVILEGES Trailer Excise Taxes Motor Vehicl~ and Levy of 1976 Levy of 1975 Levy of 1974 LevY of 1973 Levy of 1972 Levy of 1971 Levy of 1970 Dog Licenses - Due County Miscellaneou;: Telephole N.A. Ho4Sing in Lieu of Taxes Town Garage Prints Use of ;o~y Machine Gypsum ;o~rt Case Essex C)unty Gr. Law San. Dist. Sewer Art. 29 1974 Town Garage AGENCY 127 5,230.00 324.90 12,237.96 1,378.76 430.25 1,264.30 10,210.85 627.52 105.00 36.60 480.00 81160 234,843.86 411,898.98 24,138.40 6,770.63 1 539.~7 ,240. 4 16.50 620.40 285.89 864,00 500.00 48.52 210.12 161,858.71 2,556.29 75,000.00 248,281.34 204,517.93 32,407.74 1,856,029.63 241,943.93 EMPLOYEE PAYROLL DEDUCTION Federal Tax State Tax Teachers Retirement Fund Essex County Retirement Mass. Hosp. Service Mass. Hosp. Service Pen. Employee Group Ins. Colonial Ins. Group Ins. Exp. Acct. United Fund of Gr. Law. Tax Shld. Annuity N. A. Firefighters Ins. N. A. Public Works Union N. A. Teachers Union N. A. Firefighters Union N. A. Teachers Credit Union N. A. Municipal Credit Union N. A. Christmas Club 848,957 270,578 184,245 117,832 97,268 7,283 3,650 129 3,304 1,10B 30,451 2,034 408 21,509 2,060 96,511 158,097 10,601 TOTAL RECEIPTS 128 1,856,029.63 $12,953,697.37 ~- ';~2'2 >oo 129 130 131 iJ 132 0 CD 0 0 CD 0 0 133 To m Clerk Bicentennial Committee EXPENSES: Appropriation $ 6,450,00 Balance Brought Forward 724.70 Receipts from Activities 4,979.39 Transfer from Resgrve 138.17 12,292.26 Expended (Details below) 12,292.26 Detailed E~penditures: Parade 3,897.00 Fireworks 2,284.33 Chicken Barbeque 4,816.00 Entertainment 85.00 Police 90.00 Advertising 569.15 Printing llO.O0 Awards 324.00 Miscellaneous 116.78 $12,292.2~ Veteran's Services Appropriation 38,555.00 Expend6d (Details below) 29.,392'.39 Balance to Revenue 9,157.61 Detailed Expenditures: Administrative: Bernard W. Bingham,Agent 5,144.20 Ruth Bingham, Clerk 1,060.80 Office Supplies & Equip. 28.59 Dues 25.00 Postage 52.00 Telephone 158.87 Total Expenditures 6',469.46 Veteran's Benefits Cash Grant's 15,871.07 Doctors 496.00 Druggist 739,48 Hospitals & Nursing Homes 4,497,26 Special Medex 1,324.12 2'2,927 g3 SALARIES & WAGES Appropriation Article 35, 1975 Expended (Details Balance to Revenue Detailed Expendit.u John J. Lyons, Tow Earline B. Lyons Elsie Bolster EXPENSES: Appropriation Expended(Details Balance Carried gv Detailed Expenditu Stationery & Posta Certificates & Fori Repairs & Equipmen' Telephone All Others Election R, SALARIES & WAGES Appropriation Expended (Details Detailed Expenditu Fred McCormack John J. McDuffie William Lafond John J. Lyons EXPENSES: Appropriation Carried Forward Expended (Details Balance to Revenue 134 below) res: Clerk elow) 'es: le 15 ,§istrars ,elow) 'es: $19,285.00 564.00 16,866.38 2,982.62 11,770.00 4,176.36 920.02 16',866.38 8so.oO 642.12 207.88 228.54 118.90 57.04 104.28 133.36 642.1~ 1,780.00 1,780.00 420.00 42O.00 420.00 520.00 1,780.00 9,000.00 300.24 .8,013.05 1 ,287.19 Detailed ExpE dltures: Janitors Wardens Clerks Inspectors Deputy Inspecitors Counters Rental Street Listin~ Street Listin~ Books Postage & Stationery Warrants, BalIlots, Tally Sheets & Voting Lists Others State Census (Carried over) AnnlmalTownMeetin~ Appropriatio Balance Brou ht Forward Expended (De~ails Below) Balance to REwenue Detailed Exptnditures: Advisory Boa~di Report Town ReportsE Printing Wor~ All Others Typing Reporls! Da Appropriatiof Expended (Del Balance to R( Detailed Exp( Veteran's Da) Vals Restaur( Boosters Clut Oates Floris~ McLays Flori~ Seymour Flor' Forgettas Fl( Boynton Pres~ John Lyons :riotic Observances ails Below) ye:hue ndiitures: , 1976 nt t st .fist 240.00 578.00 210.00 660.00 660.00 2,070.00 70.00 1,586.00 107.44 1,155.70 385.67 290.24 8,013.05 5,250.00 475.00 4,943.49 781.51 1,968 29 2,434 O0 65 29 84 ll 391 50 4,943 49 818.00 672.00 1'4'6.00 105.00 25.00 25.00 20.00 15.00 18.00 15.00 5.00 228.00 Memorial Day 1975 Vals Restaurant Boosters Club Oates Florist McLays Florist Seymours Florist Forgettas Florist Boynton Press John Lyons 135 297.00 35.00 24.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 18.00 lO.O0 Board Of Health SALARIES & WAr, ES Appropiation Transferred from Reserve Fund Expended (Details below) Balance to Revenue DETAILED EXPENDITURES Julius Kay, M.D.,Board Chairman R. George Caron, Member Edward J. Scanlon, Member Julius Kay, M,D., Board Physician Mary J. JoyCe,.Secretary- Agent Part-time clerks: Grace Coupal Marilyn Ichton Robert W. Rimbach, Sanitarian EXPENSES Appropriation Transferred from Reserve Fund Expended (Details below) Balance to Revenue DETAILED EXPENDITURES Service Fees: Laboratory, R.W. Rimbach Plumbing Insp., ~. Welch -G( Mangano Sanitary Eng., F. Gelinas Telephone Car Expense Dead Animal Removal Office Supplies & Postage Dues & Meetings Drugs & Medical Supplies Biologic Supplies & Postage Public Health Nursing Service, Lawrence-G~neral Hospital $ 15,766.00 . ].,308.00 17,074.00 17,057.94 16.06 500.00 500.00 500.00 1~200.00 8,672.20 1,559.04 26.70 4,100.00 17,057.94 8~475,00 2,498.00 10,973,00 10,788.12 184.88 600 O0 1]050 O0 390 O0 6,157 50 398 14 135 24 20 O0 242 62 135 75 37495 28.00 1,255.92 10,788.12 136 GARBAGE DISPOSAt Appropriation Expended (Detai DETAILED EXPEND Dwellings, Manso Business Establ Emil Giard Persom SALARIES & WAGES Appropriation Cost of Living Expended (Detail Balance to Reven Detailed Expendi Constance A, Con EXPENSES Appropriation Expended (Detail Balance to Reven Detailed Expendi CONTRACT below) TURES Brown shments, el Board Suebel°w) tures lors Sjebel°w) Lures Association Dues Printed Forms & Printing of By-L~w Postage Stationery $ 19,606.00 19,606.00 16,156.00 3,450.00 $ 19,606.00 1,800.00 135.00 1,935.00 1,627.70 3O7.3O 1,627.70 215.00 188.92 26 .~ 35.00 40.72 87.20 26.00 188.92 Highv SALARI ES William A. Cy Mary F. Packa Part-time cle Cynthia Cy Patti Oake Mary Lacha Jean Fogar Jackie McG my ,Department elle ~ire Employees: 1 Charles B1 Ck John Chais)°n Robert Curren Denneth E1)sworth Leonard Entire Walter Ham Roger Laws Edwin Litt Philip Lon James Mars George Mye Jack Risac John Roche William Sm John Thoms Harold Win Michael Ca Donald Wil Kevin Knue Richard Fe Gary Mawso Stephen Sa Robert Wat Dale Devea Francis Bo Larry Stew Frank Stew Peter Lafo Richard Mc Paul Cahil Joseph McM Michael Ca Thomas Dun David Pack John Yemma ilton lefield fall let ~th ~le tanaugh liams )her )ton I rt ubb~n nus ~frey rd $ 16,370. 8,785 GENERAL MAINTENANCE SALARIES Appropriation Personnel Board Transfer O0 Expended .20 Balance to Revenue 637.92 GENERAL MAINTENANCE EXPENSE 571.48 13,08 Appropriation 276.76 Expended 98.91 Balance to Revenue 13,372.27 12,090,87 9,905.29 9,087.75 10,029,84 9,712.89 10,714.27 7,494,43 9,850.73 8,701.65 11,989.53 10,037.72 9,122.71 t0,810.97 9,333.03 9,037.41 13,178.16 9.235,90 8 ~303.36 8 934.06 8 438.21 8.859.94 4.409.81 3.243.56 3 508.06 3.877.02 1.646.69 1.855.16 835.92 1,216.95 1,072.69 987.88 1,208.96 4,069.27 9,804,32 $ 128,695.00 9,662.00 138,338.33 18.67 88,000.00 88,000.00 DETAILED EXPENDITURES Office Supplies Police Duty Hot Top & Bituminous Sand, Gravel, Stone, Loam Diesel, Fuel, Tires Culvert Pipe Equipment Rental Repairs to Equipment Contractual Services 2,886.16 545.68 16,320.32 12,243.85 21,460.47 516.92 5,988.87 20,706.12 7,331.61 88,000.00 REFUSE DISPOSAL SALARIES Appropriation Personnel Board Transfer Expended Balance to Revenue lO0,O00.O0 7,371.00 107,003.86 367.14 REFUSE DISPOSAL EXPENSE Appropriated Expended Balance to Revenue 30,000.00 30,000.00 0 DETAILED EXPENDITURES Tires Gas, Oil, & Diesel Sand & Gravel Equipment Rental Repairs to Equipment Contractual Services 2,958.48 4,694.82 1,369.20 5,455.25 15,096.25 426.00 30,OO0.00 SNOW Appropriated Expended Balance to Revenue 90,000.00 89,703.47 296.53 137 SNOW DETAILED EXPENSES Salaries Equipment Rental Repairs to. Equipment Office'SupDlies Contractual Services & Other Materials Tires, Fuel, Diesel Sand & Gravel Salt 90,000.00 32,495.65 6,612.58 464.66 1,790.46 2,366.08 12,665.46 20~316.14 89,703.47 ARTICLE #63, 1971 -- REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANNING Balance Carried Forward Expended Balance Carried Over Detailed Expenditures Town of Methuen N. E. Solid Waste Comm. ARTICLE #22~ 1972 -- PIPE BROOK AT DISPOSAL SITE 2,709.32 215,20 2,494,12 15.20 200.00 215.20 Balance Carried Forward Expended Balance Carried Over Detailed E.~penditures Torromeo Trucking Reno Construction Gilbert Rea National Trucking Ramey Contractors ARTICLE #66, 1974 EQUIPMENT Balance Carried Forward Expended Balance to Revenue Detailed Expenditures Lawrence Mack Sales 8,139.83 8,139.83 327 60 1,656 O0 552 O0 224 OD 5~380 23 8,139 83 14,321,61 14,20D.00 121,61 14,200.00 138 ARTICLE #51, l~ Appropriation Expended Balance Carrie Detailed Expert Camp Dresser ARTICLE #52, Appropriation Expended Balance Carried Detailed Expen¢ George Brox Independent Bit Prod. Torromeo Truckil Merrimack Pavin) Universal Fence Mystic Bitumino Bell & Flynn Rocco Zambino Ken Bailey Trimount Bitumi M. O'Mahoney ARTICLE #53, CH Appropriation Expended Balance Carried Detailed Expend Pyburn Excavoat iTorromeo Trucki N.E. Traffic Sa C & H Horton A.J. Barton George A. Bouts Lawrence Eagle Retelle Tree Se Paul & Sandra P Gilbert Rea National Trucki Hume Pipe 75-HOLT ROAD DISPOSAL 5,600.00 3,119.71 Over 2,480.29 tures IcKee 3,119.71 75 -- ANY STREET 75,000.00 75,000.00 Over 0 tures Jminous s Prod. ~ous Prod. 1,109.55 5,629 63 4,029 65 45,861 31 1,027 91 3,563 87 6,362 94 45 O0 18 O0 7,246 24 105 9D 75,000 O0 ~PTER 765 Forward 59,918.00 40,322.60 19,595.40 itures )rs lg Fety Lines )lis Fribune trice inney g 1,O00.O0 2,147.15 523.81 54.00 221.00 65.00 21.88 1,100.00 38.00 4,044.00 1,332.25 3,308.20 Penn Culvert Mistretta Consltruction Sundry Persons H.E. Fletcher N.E. Barricadq Bonanno Constquc~ion Merrimack Pavlng Co. d.d. [lynn ARTICLE #55, 1975 -- Appropriation Expended Balance Detailed Expe~ Penn Culvert E.A. Wilson M. O~Mahoney Maurice Concr~ Hume Pipe Pro~ C.M. White Andover Streei Rocco Zambino ARTICLE #56, Appropriation Expended Balance Detailed Expe~ Mistretta Con: Merrimack Pay Farnsworth Co E.A. Wilson H.E. Fletcher ARTICLE #57, Appropriation Expended Balance Carri Oetailed Expe Arnold Salisb DRAINAGE ditures te Prod. [. Biui 1 ders 975 -- SIDEWALKS ~ditures ;truction ng Istruction 1975 d Over dt tures jry 3,479.48 3,232.50 8,126.89 1,508.57 252.00 1,680.00 7,779.87 408,00 ARTICLE #58, 1975 -- FRAMES & GRATES Appropriation Expended Balance Carried Forward 3,000.00 2 ;403.60 Detailed Expenditures 40,322.60 C.M. Iron Works 2,403.60 12,5.00.00 12,500.00 0 3,242 81 93 O0 429 04 2,001 60 3,427 90 3,215 76 73 39 16 50 12,500.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 946.00 3,262.30 378.00 516.80 896.90 6~000.00 139 DRAINAGE EASEMENTS 1,000.00 5.75 994.25 5.75 ARTICLE #59,1975 -- GUARD RAILS Appropriation Expended Balance 3,000.00 3,000.00 0 Detailed Expenditures Universal Fence 3,000.00 ARTICLE #60, 1975 -- STREET SIGNS Approp~ ation Expended I,O00.O0 1,000.00 Detailed Expenditures New England Barricade 1 ,000.00 ARTICLE #50, 1975 -- SANITARY LANDFILL Appropriation (Bond Issue) Expended Balance Carried Forward lO0,O00.O0 35,000.00 65,000.00 Detailed Expenditures Worcester County Bank Northern Essex Reg. of 34,920.20 Deeds 79.80 35,000.00 ARTICLE # 54, 1975 -- EQUIPMENT Appropriation Transfer Art. 66-1974 Amount Available Expended Balance to Revenue 16,100.O0 4,400.00 20,500.00 15,264.00 5,236.00 Detailed Expenditures Anderson Engineering LaRochelle Ford 4,698.00 10,566.00 15,264.00 Police Department Appropriation Transfer Article 35, 1975 Revenue Sharing Expended (Details below) Close to Revenue Detailed Expenditures Joseph Lawlor, Chief Russell Donnelly Norman Fleming Charles McCubbin Robert Sanborn Edward Sullivan Frank Dushame John Lanni Paul Lafond Ernest Roberts Arthur Mawson Francis Hannay David Rand Edward Manning William McMahon Charles Nicosia James Lustenberger Thomas Giaquinta John Crane James Carabello Donald Foulds Donald Kendall Raymond Canty Walter Lagasse Maurice Lynch Michael Cavanaugh Sandra Munroe Walter Grady Richard Card Robert Steiner Glenn Annson Thomas Gilligan John Dolan Mary Hanover Expenses: Appropriation Transfer from Article 39 Expended (Details below) Close to Revenue $ 279,638.00 31,980.00 311,618.00 150,000.00 461,618.00 448,646.63 12,971.37 24 934.23 18 508.06 17 288.55 15 431.28 16 210.40 18 240.19 13332.81 14 467.72 12 509.44 16170.44 10,390.94 12,796.83 13,056 83 16,819 1 13,693 70 13,405 84 15,718 94 14,915 33 18,349 24 17,983 62 16,773 95 15,660 21 15,079 29 15,305 31 16,380 3 2,740 50 3,404 59 15,719 16 14,863 16 14,439 l0 772 67 1,790 22 1,477 52 17 32 43,000.00 700.00 43,70'0.00 43,699.25 .75 140 Detailed Expenditures: Motor Equipment, Radio repairs Apparatus Maint. Gas, Oil Heat,p.ight, Water, Road linting & Signs Office Equipmen:, School- ing & Telephole $ Article 46, 197 Police Cars Appropriation Expended (detai Close to Revenu. Detailed. E.x.p.end . . D. J. Nassar Co School Crossing Appropriation Transfer, Artic Expended (detai Close to Revenu Detailg.d' Expend _ Mary Hanover Janet Yule Edith Hayes Barbara Driscol Sandra Munroe Florence Snell Susan Northam Jean Dufresne Geraldine Bradl. Francine Riorda Expenses: Appropriation Expended (Detai Close to Revenu, Detailed Expend Uniforms & Expe Purchase s below) tures: Guards 15,407.00 14,596.00 13,696.25 43,699.25 3 1975 11 ,154.00 9,1 76.00 1,978.00 9,176.00 Salaries le 35, 1975 s~below tures: s below tures: ditures 15,340.00 1,151.O0 16,491.00 16,389.12 1,844.59 1,844.59 1,844.59 1,619.64 1,673.60 1,844.59 1,859.75 1,826.51 1,349.19 682.07 ~8 ~TTZ 1,100.O0 1,091.74 8.26 1,091.74 Police-ChapeF Balance carri Insurance're¢ Expended Balance carr Police Salar Receipts Expended Board SALARIES: Joseph J. Bo Superinten J. William Staff Engir Wilma Haddow Secretary Leah Burns Part-Time Employees: Archie Beaud Frederick Chi Morris Dunn George Sanfol Arthur Drumm~ Franklyn D. I Gleon Richar~ James Chase Eugene Hodgd( Matthew Janu~ Andrew Sulli~ Frederick Ch~ David Willis Kenneth Roll Frederick Sm Richard Ziel William Cant. James Nutton Walter Rober Donald Smith Stephen Beau Barry O'Neil Deborah Hagg Deborah Brya James Greenw Leif Korb Clifton Ston John Coskren 88-Revolving ~d forward overies ed forward es:- Extra Duty Of Public Works gesi ein~ uirchiak e~er lerk .in 'istie 'd (to Jan.1) )nd licos i a Is in ~an ns th nski Join ~rty it )od Mark Niziak 160.00 John Carney 643.52 279.93 Robert Donahue 515,20 994.76 John W. McEvoy 206.08 1,274.69 John O'Brien 260.00 1,138.36 Judy Haggarty 216.66 136.33 Mark Willis 216.66 42,577.58 42,577.58 19,196.74 13,486.02 8,947.20 7,425.07 13,330.41 11,944.49 10,596.98 8,546.60 8 881.77 10:848.08 lO 871.67 9 297.20 10 658.75 9 216.38 9 470.80 ll 131.76 8.227,92 8 856,74 8 089.20 9,130.49 2 067.95 1 285.92 2 333.33 1 750.00 1 280 O0 1 360 O0 1 360 O0 1 260 O0 1,063 35 916 66 360 O0 110 O0 Water Appropriation 126,486.00 Expended 126,482.49 Balance to Revenue 3.51 Sewer Appropriation 37,631.00 Expended 37,628.92 Balance to Revenue 2.08 Playgrounds Appropriation Expended Balance to Revenue Parks & Schoolgrounds Expended Balance to Revenue 31,370.00 30,973.65 396.35 32,852.00 31,270.52 1,581.~ Water Expenses: Appropriation 106,000.00 Transfer from Reserve 2,744.00 Expended 108,655.50 Balance to Revenue 88.50 Sewer Expenses: Appropriation 17,500.00 Transfer from Reserve 746.00 18,246.00 Expended 18,245.24 Balance to Revenue .76 Playgrounds Expenses: Appropriation 7,500.00 Expended 7,451.83 Balance to Revenue 48.17 Parks & Schoolgrounds Expenses Appropriation 10,500.00 Expended 10,500.00 Balance to Revenue 0 Detailed Expenses: Water Expenses: Administration General Services Pumping Station 8,831.16 17,334.89 23,878.93 58,610.52 108,655.50' 141 Detailed Sewer Expenses: Administration ~eneral Connections Detailed Playgrounds Ex.penses: Supplies Detailed Grounds Expenses: General ARTICLE ARTICLE 73, School Gr'ou 1975-Repaving Bradstreet rids $ 200.15 10,326.07 Appropriation 7,719.02 Expended 18,245.24 Balance Carri 7,451.83 10,500.00 20, 1973-Sewer-Wood Avenue Appropriation 543.37 Expended 0 Balance to Revenue 543.37 ARTICLE 75, 1974 - Sewer - Turnpike & Hillside Road Appropriation 6,629.64 Expended 6,629.64 Balance to Revenue 0 ARTICLE 79, 1974-Sewer~Phillips Brook Road to Andoyer Street Balance Brought Forward Expended Balance Brought Forward 15,439.10 14,331.55 1,1~'7.'55 ARTICLE 64, 1975-Sewer-Johnson Circle Appropriation 3,000.00 Expended 3,000.00 Balance to Revenue 0 ARTICLE 70, 1975-S~we~=Chestnut Street ARTICLE 32, Ii Main-Turnp]i]i Appropriation Expended Balance Carri ARTI.CL.E .1.8,. l. ~ppropriation Expended Balance to Re ARTICLE 19, 11 Content Appropriation Expended Balance Carri d Forward ARTICLE 73, 1 15,000.00 14,403.10 596.90 Appropriation Expended Balance Carri ARTICLE 67, 1 k i n'i 'n ]g .01 .d. ' Appropriation Expended Balance Carri ARTICLE 69, 1 Reservoi'r ' Appropriation 40,000.00 Appropriation Expepded 28,262.23 Expended Balance Brought Forward 1'1',7'37.'77 Balance to Re ARTICLE 71,J1975-Sewer-Riverview Street 2,030.00 7,970.84 1'0,000.84 10,000.84 0 Appropriation Transfer from Art. 22, 1973 Expended Balance to Revenue 142 ARTICLE 72, 1 Sewer Trenc Appropriation Expended Balance Carri. 72- Replace 6" Water e St'r6et )d Forward 16,525.98 14,862.08 1 ,663.90 73-Reynolds Playground 2,134.32 2,134.32 lenue 0 73-Raise Fluoride )d Forward 577.11 235.04 342.07 ~74- Boston &Grey Sts. :d Forward 13,152.29 11,735.14 1,417.15 )75-Laying Water ~ain ia'in' ' 95,000.00 34,509.83 60,490.17 }.75-En.gineering Study 5,000.00 5,000.00 lenue 0 )75-Patchin.g Water & )es d Forward 2,500.00 1,781.75 718.25 ARTICLE 74, 1 Chlorinator Appropriation Expended Balance Carri ARTICLE 78, 1 )75-Replace Lime Feed & 13,000.00 10,169.64 Forward 2,830.36 75-Renew Water Services Appropriation Expended Balance Carri ARTICLE 79, 1 Appropriation Expended Balance to Re Forward )7§-Equipment 4,500.00 4,239.42 260.58 4,000.00 3,634.00 lenue 366.00 143 School Department STATEMENT OF NET COST OF THE PUBLIC SCHO July l, 1975 - June 30, 1976 EXPENDITURES Salary'Accounts Appropriation 1976 Encumbered 1974-75 Encumbered 1974-75 P.L. 874 Public Law 89-10 Title I Public Law 93-380 Title VIB Expense Accounts Appropriation 1976 Out-of-State Travel Encumbered Funds 1974-75 Chapter 766 - Special Education Public .Law 89-10, Title I Public Law 89-313, Title I (Special Education) Public Law 93-380, Title VIB Public Law 89-10, Title II, Library Extension Article 31-1975, Kittredge Roof Article 32-1975, Bradstreet Roof Article. 33-1975, Gr. Law. Mental Health Article 34-1975, Gr. Law. Community Drug Council Total Operating Expense )LS $ 3,517 327.78 218 )72.95 12 /59.61 15 )52.25 6 100.00 778 184.10 1 122.83 1 )27.73 1 )84.64 3 )64.75 2 185.44 1 68.14 4 71.5O 38 )4.46 13 150.00 lO )00.00 RECEIPTS FrOm Local Sources Evening School Driver Training Fees l, Vacation School Fees (Summer 1975) 5, Adult Education Fees (Community School) 3, Adult Evening Practical Arts Fees (Community School) 2,1 Rental of School Facilities 1,~ Miscellaneous Revenues: Interest of Moses Towne Trust Fund Interest on Sarah Barker Trust Fund Commissions on Public Telephones Sale of Supplies & Obsolete Materials 15, From the Commonwealth School Aid Fund (Chap. 70) 413, State Aid to Member Towns of Regional Schools (Chap. 71,Sec. 16D) 49, State Aid to Pupil Transportation {Ch. 71, Sec. 7A) lO1, State Aid to Occupational Programs {Ch. 74, Sec. 9 & 10) 2, State Aid to Special Needs Programs (Ch.71B, Inserted Ch.766,Acts 1972) 193, Misc.: Division Special Ed.-Deaf & Blind 763 ,00.00 90.00 12.00 ?0.00 )0.00 171 .00 :62.25 46.40 85.89 3.20 80.74 07.44 25.16 36.22 Ol.O0 17.72 22.00 09.54 144 $ 4,636,266.18 From Federa P.L.. P.L. P.L. Ti P.L. 6 Dis P'Lins P'L~dI Total Rece Net Operating RECEIPTS OF SC New High Sc Atkinson Sc Franklin Sc High School Project Franklin Sc Total Rece 1000 ADMINISTI llO0 School Cc 1200 SuperintE Out of S 2000 INSTRUCT 2100 Supervis Out of S 2200 Principa Out of S 2300 Teaching Out of S 2400 Textbook 2500 Library Out of S 2600 Audio-Vi 2700 Guidance 2800 Special 2900 Educatio 1 Programs 1-874 Aid to Impacted Areas 24,856.12 5-864 NDEA, Title III 1,085.65 3,380 Library & Learning Resources, lle IVB 2,000.39 9!-10 Titile I, Aid to Educationally aidvantaged 18,917.00 9!-10 Title II, Distribution School rlaries 4,171.50 9!-313 Title I, Equipment for formerly tii~utionalized Students 3,200.00 31-380 ESEA, Title VIB, Special cia~ion 8,100.00 )its ]lost of Public Schools 1975-76 H!OOL CONSTRUCTION (SBAB) hiool 1972 - Project 1711 hio~l 1964 - Project 1122 hlool Addition 1967 - Project 1495 iA~dition (Now Middle School) 1963 11123 hiool 1958 - Project 747 )its on Construction 62,330.66 DETAILED ANALYSIS OF EXPENSES July 1, 1975 -- June 30, 1976 Expenses Salaries TION mmiittee nldient's Office ~t~e Travel 2,949.63 11,909.07 505.77 15,364.47 $ 730.O4 99,109.93 99,839.97 ON~ at:e Travel a~e Travel ate Travel ervices ate Travel ual Services eeds al! TV 2,383.46 388.54 2,702.60 275.32 66,763.88 175.00 62,033.14 20,118.63 78.20 9,601.13 7,972.65 66~539.36 0 $239,031.91 100,075.23 243,649.18 2,520,262.59 59,007,97 18,205.02 185,377.48 230,265.25 $ 3,356,8~'2.72 145 839.220.94 3,797,045.24 350,315.78 17,924.00 13,670.60 9,960.00 8,676.00 400,546.38 Total $ 3,679.67 lll,O19.00 505.77 115,204.44 102,458 69 388 54 246,351 78 275 32 2,587,026 47 175 O0 62,033 14 79,126 60 78 20 27,806 15 193,350.13 296,804.61 0 $3,595,874.63 3000 OTHER SCHOOL SERVICES 3100 Attendance 3200 Health 3300 Transportation 3400 Food Services 3500 Athl6tics 3600 Student Body Activities 4000 OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 4100 Operation 4200 Maintenance 7000 ACQUISITION OF FIXED ASSETS 7300 P.L. 864 - Matching 7300 New Equipment 7400 Replacement Equipment 9000 PROGRAMS.WITH'OTHER DISTRICTS 9100 Tuitions $ lO0.O0 1,171.99 145,237.59 BUDGET 41,545.26 2,488.76 190.543.60 235,817.54 79,079.18 314,896.72 2,252.21 13,534.92 3,615.60 19,402.73 667.50 667.50 TOTALS $779,906.93 Apgropriation Applied P.L. 874 Funds Court Decision Restored $ 25 1 29 32 5 94¸ 198. t9'8, $3,749,, 4,465 28 106 429.00 $ 529.00 852.27 27,024.26 103.00 146,340.59 578.39 29,578.39 180.00 73,725.26 306.00 7,794.76 4~'.66 284,992.26 328.99 434,146.53 79,079.18 32'8'.99 513,225.71 2,252.21 13,534.92 3,615.60 19,402.73 667.50 667.50 )60.34 $4,529,367.27 !49.00 )00.00 750.00 Encumbered 1974-75'Appropriation (Salaries) Encumbered 1974-75 P.L. 874 Funds (Salaries) Total School Budget Total Expended & Encumbered Balance EXPENDITURES School Salaries Available Funds Encumbered 1974-75 Appropriation Enqumbered P.L. 874 Funds 1975-76 Appropriation 1975-76 Applied P,L. 874 Funds Total Available Funds 218,872.95 12,759.61 3,790,209.00 28,000.00 146 218 12 4,831' 4,724 4,049,8 )72.95 ~5g.61 i31 .56 ~14.75 41.56 106,916.81 Expended Encumbe) Approp~ Encumbe) 1975-76 Toi ed1974-75 .iation e;d P.L. 874 Funds S!c~hool Appropriation a~l Expended within iscal Period Encumbered for 1975~76 Teacher -Accru~,d ~ail~a.ries 1975-76 Aplpropriation Ba'ance General Expen~ Available 1975-76 Expended Adminisi Instruci Other S( Operati Acquisi Program To~ Out-of-State Available~ Expended BALANCES, JUNI Salaries Returned t~ One Fed~ Salary Budgete~ 1976 APl Total R~ Balance in Expenses Returned t, Encumbered OutJof-State Returned t es unlds ~plpropriation ration i~ on ho~ol Services n & Maintenance iioln of Fixed Assets i~ith Other Districts al~ Expended within ijscal Period Balance 'raivel Balance '!30, 1976 ,)li977 Revenue ~lly-Funded Teacher li~ncrease 10% vs 7 1/2% ,~apriated Funds ~turned to Revenue P.L. 874 )~Revenue for 1975-76 Expenses ravel Revenue $ 218,872.95 12,759.61 3~517,827.78 14,858.70 238,114.85 190,543.60 314,896.72 19,402.73 667.50 9,500.0O 13,521.00 54,012.74 147 3,749,460.34 300,381.22 195,347.48 779,545.00 778,484.10 2,245.00 1,422.83 77,033.74 28,000.00 31.90 1,029.00 105,033.74 1,060.90 822.17 106,'9'16.81 105,033.74 1,060.90 822.17 $ 106,916.81 Detailed Expenditures Peter V. Garofoli Seth J. Hudak Joyce A. Bastian Edith A. Doherty Rita C. Petralito Margaret E. Smith M~aureen Kotce Rita L. Enaire Joseph F. Aliquo Mary A. Healey Robert C. Licare Henry C. Shelley H~ward E. Crozier Daniel L. Desmond Arthur J. Hamel Daniel J. McCarthy Joseph F. Devan, Jr Irene D. Fournier Charles F. Wiseman John C. Nelson, Jr. Albert A. Goebet, Jr. Mary O. Klueber Aniela V. Zimny Lillian McDonald Nancy A. Stevenson Jean A. Garofoli Kimberly A. Stevenson Marguerite R. McE¥oy Patricia C. Splaine Dorothy Currier ~orothy L. Powers Barbara J. Lyman Dorothy J, Connor Sheila Coskren Janet McCabe Elaine Ga~ofoli Marilyn Axtin Anne R. Kelley Clarence F. Mosher, Jr. Janet A. Riley Anne M..Wiseman Richard E. Williams, Jr. James A. Fraser Douglas W. Roge,rs Kevin J. Lynch Richard For§ione Debra J. Holmen Keith E. Pritchard Frank R. Savory Simone A. Schapker Additi)l Activil and/i Salary Overt 7/1/75-6/3D/76 7/1/75-6 32,358.00 19,350.00 8,792.00 8,792.00 8.792.00 5 540.24 2 244.69 13 241.00 18 973.35 16 379.15 17 592.02 24.056.22 17 .012.98 25 932.86 21 007.44 22 545.64 19 442.14 20.712.86 20.512.87 21.182.16 21 .347.50 8,792.00 8,792.00 8,917.00 6,042.10 1,327.50 385.00 7,760.54 7,117.65 2,135.37 7,365.38 8,059.56 7,212.55 8.25 59.13 54.72 16,894.36 18,288.51 15,080.64 1,923.19 1B,28B.51 11,473.19 14.923.19 8.722.98 10088.51 ll 009.68 12 069.36 16 165.53 2,365.53 13,650.00 $ 94 14: 18' 310 2,182 95: 23( 1,162 471 795 791 148 )nal :ies )r )me ~30/76 .27 .57 ~26 .94 ~00 .00 .00 ,00 ,00 ,00 ,00 Total Received $ 32,358.00 19,350.00 8,886.27 8,935.57 8,792.00 5,721.50 2,244.69 13,551.94 18,973.35 16,379 15 19,77402 24,056 22 17,965 98 25,932 86 21,007 44 22,54~ 64 19,442 14 20,71286 20,512.87 21,182 16 21,347 50 8,792 O0 8,792 O0 8,917 O0 6,042 l0 1,327 50 385 O0 7,760 54 7,117 65 2,135 37 7,365 38 8,059 56 7,212 55 8 25 59 13 54 72 16,894 36 18,288 51 15,0BO 64 1 ,923 19 18,288 51 11,703 19 14,923 19 9,884 98 10,559 51 11 ,009 68 12,864 36 16,956 53 2,365 53 13,650 O0 Mary C. Snyd~r Claire R. Sullivan Enid M. Alle~ Miriam I. Au~ry Laurel A. Ba~endam Robert C. Bennett, III Albert S. Be~man Joseph P. Be~ilacqua William Boutllier Stephen W. B~co Marion M. Colby Leonard ~i D~Simone Americo ch~ra Arthur H. Fol William T. Fc Mario T. Giol Raymond F. G~ Arthur P. Ha' Louise B. He~ Paula M. Vonl James L. Hil .getta ,ulds 'dano 'ady, Jr. 1 ~der$on $ John F. K~IK Richard berd Francis . K~Zdras Lorraine N. ~ostimolo Jerome March~§iani Mary J. Mart~n Mildred G. M, James W. McD~ Michael J. M. Anthony T. M, Irene T. McL Marcia A. Me John F, Mini James L. O'N itasso ~nald :Donald :Gowan lughlin 'rick lan ~ill George O'She@ Beverly A. p~mp Albert F. Pe~r,ult Margaret M. ~helan Anthony M. R~ynolds Vincent D. Rpgers, Jr. Richard M. ~)zzi Gerald A. Sa ferd Katherine C Paul A. Spa Cathy M. La David W. Stc John E. Str( Robert J. SL Claire T. T{ Philip A. T~ Francis J. Cynthia M. Judith M. W Virginia A. Sheridan ~fe re ,nd cking bel llivan rpey Nle roy ard tson Weaver 12,069.36 14,307.66 21 ,300.53 17,096.17 12,069.36 16,107.B4 19,184.68 18,154.04 10,088.51 18,750.00 15,173.19 15,807.66 18,627.02 21 ,419.68 12,646.17 14,011 .70 12,930 85 19,246 7 13,173 19 13,173 lB 2,654 04 18,288 51 15,307 66 13,173 19 16,761 70 12. 069 36 18 262 88 18 454 04 14 544.36 16 165.53 18 588.51 17 888.19 14 842.34 16 000.00 16 761.70 18 154.04 1 ,154.04 1 ,927.34 1 ,569.36 1 ,288.51 1 ,307.66 18,538.51 15,469.36 15,888 51 13,173 19 10,088 51 14,511 70 17,357 87 12,921 47 18,127 34 14,277 02 12,069.36 1 ,923.19 18,154.04 14,277.02 149 1,142.00 190.00 622.00 918.00 2,410.00 25.00 1,063.00 105.00 23O,00 622.00 320.00 1,241.00 173.00 591.00 921.00 2,151.00 1,735.00 914.00 1,498.75 72.50 230.00 690.00 1,773.00 1,134.00 570.00 300.00 12,069.36 14,307.66 22,442.53 17,096.17 12,069.36 16,297.84 19,806.68 18,154.04 11 ,006.51 21 ,160.00 15,173.19 15,832.66 19,690.02 21 ,419.68 12,646.17 14,116.70 12,930.85 19,246.17 13,403.19 13,173.19 2,654.04 18,910.51 15,307.66 13,493.19 16,761 . 70 13,310.36 18,262.88 18,454.04 14,544.36 16,338 53 19,179 51 17,888 19 14,842 34 16,921 O0 18,912 70 18,154 04 19,889 04 17,927 34 16,569 36 19. 202 51 15. 307 66 20 037.26 15 541.86 15 888.51 13 403.!9 lO 088.51 15 201.70 19 130.87 1 ,921.47 1 ,127.34 1 ,411 .02 1 ,069.36 ,923.19 18,724.04 14,577.02 Michael Cavanau§h Patricia L. Corkerton Bert H. Noyes Daniel A. Rorke, Jr. Herbert M. Zolot Anita B. Moulton Carol R. Scott Dennis A. Richards Charles W. Keller Helen Driscoll Gloria J. Brakel Robert S. Parker Martha G. Albondy Leo J. Axtin, Jr. Floreen G. Babin Robert C. Bailey Rosamond F. Bailey Judith A. Birtles Elizabeth Bombaci Michael R. Carnevale Donald F. Childs John J. Digney Kenneth C. Elliot Anne L. Ericson Carole D. Finneran Winthrop C. Fullford Paul A. Getchell Louis J. Gosselin Edward J. Keisling Robert K. Larson Thomas Licciardello Rosemary A. Macklin Gregory W. Mendonca Marilyn A. Prell Patricia E. Richardson Antonietta M. Romano Donald Ry~n Edward D. Schruender James J. Sheehan Marie M. Sommovigo Ellen T. Spanks Dennis J. Timony Robert H. Welch Henry P. Wrigley Eleanor M. Zdanowicz Susan Angell Donald Guthrie Patricia Morrison Marilyn F. Haykal F. Kathleen Thompson Michael F. Wallace Donna M. Cuomo Cynthia A. Helfrich Genevieve A. Carbonneau Bonnie P. Dulude Barbara J. Eldredge 14,277 02 2,038 51 14,923 19 14,307 66 15,030 85 12,069 36 12,311 37 8,970 O0 11,650 O0 8,970 O0 10,800 O0 11,509 47 12,650 O0 17,961 70 18,288 52 11,409 47 12,646.17 16,961.70 18,627.02 12,646 17 10,569 15 15,277 02 12,409 47 18,627 02 14,307 66 15,307 66 18,627 02 18,288 51 14,277 02 13,173 19 11,376 81 18,865 53 18,154 04 2,557 87 15,469 36 12,009 68 18,627 02 13,650 O0 16,115 53 18,538 §l 14,277 02 10,088.51 13,03B.51 15,469.36 11,009.68 1,923.19 11,473.19 11,009.68 11,473.19 10,569.15 10,800.00 8,970.00 8,970.00 18,984.68 13,173.19 16,707.02 150 l 2,4 .00 .00 1,1 4f 3.00 1,037.00 1,11 .00 48 .00 30D.O0 841'..00 231~.00 621'..00 12 ;.00 lJ;.O0 4611.00 14,450.02 2,038.51 14,923.19 16,729.66 15,030.85 12,069.36 12,311 .37 8,970.00 ll ,650.00 8,970.00 10,800.00 11 989.47 12 650.00 17 961.70 18 .288.52 ll 409.47 12 .646.17 16 .961.70 18 627.02 13 683.17 l0 569.15 15,277.02 12,409.47 18,627.02 14,307.66 15,307.66 18,627.02 18,288.51 15,393.02 13,173.19 ll ,376.81 18,865.53 18 634.04 2 857.87 15 469.36 12 009.68 18 627.02 13 650.00 16 957.53 18 768.51 14 277.02 l0 088.51 13 660.51 15 469.36 ll 009.68 1 923.19 ll ,598.19 12 127.68 ll 473.19 10 569.15 10 800. O0 8 970.00 8 970.00 19,444.68 13,173.19 16,707.02 Evelyn Estva~$k Evelyn B. Kr~mes Michelle M. ~itzPatrick Kevin F. McCarthy Sally Bryan Margaret P. Maureen L'. Bi Adela Dianow! Judith A. Hi Gwendol.yn M. Mona M. Manz Jacklyn E. M~ Barbara E. M Mary M. Mini Marianne A. Karen E. Mur Elena M. Nic Joan E. Redm Jane A. Schr Norman R. Sel Jane W. Shel'! Kathleen T. Nancy C. Squ Sharon L. Kn Mary L. Cos Carolyn Cul Jane N. Pot Maureen M. Richard A. Maureen'Rob Phyllis Koch Paula S. Mea Wflliam E. John M. Dea Catherine De Patricia F. Nancy M. Juk Lynn C. Matt Deborah L. G Sandra Coate Julie F. Fa Michael R. Brenda J. S Grace E. ~o~ law 'ennan ki liner ~annuccillo rsan Govern lan lulholland ,by ~olaisen n mender fel ey ~.zys k~ .trito ~pper ~!lo )n ~id )erman bChapelle 'ts nCzyk mstrdng .aney - GO(tden ins he$ esing S e ei)an ithenbank rey Marie T. Turner Joan R. Willlis Janet L. Mullford Cheryl Remash Kathleen A. Callagy William A. Gendron Patricia J. Martin Dorothy A. C'iConno~ Rita A. SchEna Priscill-a M. iVaughn Winifred Za Susan C. Fa o. 11,088.51 17,434.68 13,650.00 9,588.51 8,970.00 10,569.15 17,096.17 17,792.34 18,154.04 17,554.04 14,923.19 12,069.36 14,688.51 14,277.02 12,479.49 10,088.51 6,660.00 10,569 15 14,923 19 19,385 B5 18,288 51 1 , 769 36 17,396 17 14,277 02 9,588 51 2,365 53 8,161 70 7,915 32 13,173 19 8,970 O0 5,324 O0 5,555 O0 13,471.17 20.649.68 14688.51 16 961.70 12 646.17 13 093.21 lO 569.15 11 009.68 14 277.02 14 011.70 12 009.68 15 055.40 13 899.05 12 930.85 ,319.15 1 ,277.02 1 ,930.85 1 ,088.51 1 ,923.19 18,122.02 14,923.19 13,173.19 17,096.17 8,924.00 151 346.00 300.00 300.00 173.00 300.00 519.00 230.00 11,434.51 17,434.68 13,650.00 9,888.51 8,970.00 10,569.15 17,096.17 17,792.34 18,154.04 17,554.04 14,923.19 12,369.36 14,688.51 14,277.02 12,479.49 10,261.51 6,660.00 10,569.15 14,923.19 19,685.85 18,288.51 1,769.36 17,396.17 14,277.02 9,588.51 2,365,53 8,161.70 7,915.32 13,173.19 8,970.00 5,324.00 5,555.00 13,990.17 20.649.68 14,688.51 16,961.70 12,646 17 13,093 21 10,569 15 11,009 68 14,277 02 14,011 70 12,009 68 15,055 40 13,899 05 12,930 85 8,319 15 14,277 02 11,930 85 10,088 51 14,923 19 18,122.02 14,923.19 13,173.19 17,096.17 9,154.00 Sharon Ri9oli Susan A. Kierstead Mary L. Kilcoyne Carolyn T. Koczera Theresa J. Uttley Mary A. Weigel Edith A. Paradis Natalie Scire Mary Beth Cavanaugh Joyce Beauchesne Marilyn Perocchi Maureen Kelley Florence K. Collins Rita I. Fra§ala Joan Desmond William Buco Louise A. Busineau Richard P. Owens Priscilla Maher Barbara L. Olson Jane W. Dw~er Kathleen Henry James M. Palmigiano Sylvia R. Zimmer Maureen Daniels ~ace Bernadin Patricia Constantineau Mary. L. Lynch Deborah Wise Janet Marcotte Marcia R. Balin Holly M. G~annino Dennis Ackroyd Susan Soule Kathy J. Kuryak Shirley F, ~rman Edith I. Johnson Maryann Muhilly Susan Ackroyd Robert Dinsmore Steven Holbrook Maria T. Meyer Margaret Shlossberg Martha Harrin§ton Patricia Hart Sheila A. Kamal Peter D. Levin Sheila A. O'Connor Maureen E. Rooseboom Zona Sullivan Peggy A. Bove Paul J. McE¥oy Gail M. Bissonette Marjorie Richardson Brenda L. Dolan Cecilia Driscoll 7,430.64 4,229.40 4,229.40 4,095.84 4,207.14 4,229.40 325.50 63.00 367.50 819.00 1,102.50 1,050.00 2,472.50 210.00 672.00 189.00 21.00 2,711.50 21.00 1,260.00 21.00 567.00 105.00 21.00 1,407.00 1,102.50 63.00 514.50 252.00 63.00 1,774.50 514.50 1,134.00 126.00 73.50 42.00 168.00 4,016.00 B4.00 21 .00 21 .00 147.00 63.00 21.00 63.00 273.00 63.00 1,155.00 1,638.00 1,659.00 1,249.50 262.50 21.00 63.00 152 4;!5.00 1 ;0.00 ~5.00 1 ,12 ;.00 52 .25 7C .00 ? 430.64 4 229.40 4 229.40 4 095.84 4 207.14 4 229.40 750.50 150.00 85.00 63.00 367.50 819.00 * 1 ,102.50 * 1 ,050.00 2,473.50 210.00 672.00 189.00 21 .00 2,711 .50 21 .00 1 ,260.00 21 .00 567.00 105.0D 21 .00 1 ,407.00 * 1 ,102.50 63.00 514.50 252.00 63.00 1,774 50 * 514 50 1.134 O0 1 ,254 O0 73 50 42 O0 168 O0 4,537 25 * $4.00 21 O0 21 O0 147 O0 63 O0 21 O0 63 O0 273 O0 63 O0 1 ,155 O0 1 ,638 O0 * 1 ,659 O0 * 1 ,951 50 262 50 21 O0 63 O0 Charles T. F~ Alice M. Gif' Elizabeth M. Peggy S. Kit Kathleen Magj Lois C. Se,rg Cathy Crane Joan E. Dire Brian Lineha Annmarie Man Stephen A. L Michael Maho Maribeth Sul Marcia J. Be Leo Constant Julie Const,a Alton Davis Jo Ann Hodgk Jean L, MacC Marion G. Fe Martha J. Mo Patricia Law :ord Hosford :le 'as ihafer iRochel l e meY ivan irdsley neau iZa mnell 'racane · ~i s Or Frank Dunlev,: William G. Fp~ischmann John J. Petr~lito John Mugaver~i Tracy RobertkOn Joyce Cooper! Concettina F nocchiaro Barbara Furn~ri Catherine Go Betty Lou Go Violet Kondr Connie Malan Beverly Mann Florence Mat Madlyn Petti Julia Warcho Doris McCart Mary McDouga Margot Turan Patricia M. Mary Blackw~ Dolores Furp Thomas F. Bm Charles R. Maria T.' Lo Robert V. G LewisBJ. Hul John . Cote Claire S. O' Theresa H. ~ Mary L. Mas¢ Mary S. Har~ Elizabeth B John R. Rob )bel "don ~t trino ~he~s Y ri 'ke lyes )~ill ,ullivan >tin ~idl ey n)son 147.00 105.00 252.00 21.00 63.00 lis 50 462 O0 199 50 21 O0 42 O0 84 O0 42 O0 210 O0 63 O0 147 O0 147 O0 462 O0 189 O~ 367 50 21 O0 73 50 105 O0 105 O0 147.00 1,261.00 12,069.15 16,669.36 15,807.66 4,229.40 3,936.80 1,968.40 269.50 38.50 16,685.32 153 944;00 2,199.50 1,222 O0 515 O0 640 O0 640 O0 480 O0 640 O0 160 O0 320 O0 480 O0 800 O0 960 O0 320 O0 640 O0 320.00 160.00 640.00 320.00 320.00 320.00 480.00 480.00 320.00 147.00 105.00 252.00 21.00 63.00 115.50 462.00 199.50 21.00 42.00 84.00 42.00 210.00 63.00 147.00 147.00 462.00 189.00 367.50 21.00 73.50 1,049.00 105.00 147.00 3,460.50 1,222.00 515.00 640.00 640.00 480.00 640.00 160.~0 320.00 480 O0 800 O0 960 O0 320 O0 640 O0 320 O0 160 O0 640 O0 320 O0 320 O0 320 O0 480 O0 480 O0 320 O0 12,069.15 16,669.36 15,807.66 4,229.40 3,936.80 1,968.40 269.50 38.50 16,685.32 Thomas L. Regan John R. DeFlumeri Harwood A. Steele Nancy R. Yanofsky Margaret A. Ekholm Mark R. Powers Judy M. Handorf Barbara Grondine Margaret A. Macklin Jacklyn McVeigh David N. Freeman Hazel Coughlin Linda A. Hering Joyce J. Nardone Mary Scannell Barbara C. Binder Thisbe-l'Comins Ina B. C6plan Geraldine McGuire Barbara ¢. Somers Marlene St~kert Judy B. Nigrelli Kent VanHeukelom Debra Cooper Ellen M. Weslow Beth E. Odell Beverly A. BrQwn Kathleen M. Iminski Mary C. Curcio Deborah T. Kent Karen M. Mascolo ~elena L. England Joseph P. Santarlasci Martha Sullivan Blanche Wilson Mary Ann Sotera Barbara L. Paisner Susan St. Pierre Marie A. Furneaux Jill S. Charney Julius Kay, M. D. Virginia C. Foulds Marguerite Gerraughty W. Ottilie Guerrera Mary L. Foley Phil Clark Owen F.. Morris Mary J. Joyce Virginia Fleming Pauline M. Caruso Mary Galloni Barbara Shellnut Priscilla Bisson Evelyn H. Cole M. Norma Rokes Mary Trzcinski Mary Ann Cyr Georgette Holland 22,273.45 13,278.24 17,395.00 20,506.70 14,070.50 13,278.24 2,634.04 10586.73 19 568.67 12 626.00 16 552.19 8 917.00 21 162.18 6 298.02 13 261.70 1 225.64 4 148.09 3 725.45 3 206.79 3 096.42 12 419.19 7 915.32 ll 473.19 2 038.51 2 057.87 3 229.00 13 269.36 10 088.51 18 166.76 13 650.00 lO 588.51 ll 300.00 7 430.64 8 319.15 7 817.32 3 478.75 2,486.11 8,792.00 3,874.64 2,800.00 2,344.75 7,056.19 7,056.19 1,360.53 6,120.23 1,10~.00 10,261.32 1,306.34 966.32 945.76 858.38 1,002.30 303.26 904.64 997.16 997.16 1,002.30 940.62 154 125.00 22,273 45 13,278 24 17,395 O0 20,506 70 14,070 50 13,403 24 2,634 04 10,586 73 19,568 67 12,626.00 16,552.19 8,917.00 21,162.18 6,298.02 13,261.70 1;225.64 4,148.09 3,725.45 3,206.79 3,096.42 12,419.19 7,915.32 11,473.19 2,038.51 2,057.B7 3,229.00 13,269.36 10,088.51 18,166.76 13,650.00 10,588.51 11,300.00 7,430.64 8,319.15 7,817.32 3,478.75 2 486.11 8792.00 3.874.64 2.800.00 2 344.75 7 056.19 7 056.19 I 360.53 6 120.23 1 102..00 l0 261.32 1 306.34 966.32 945.76 858.38 1,002.30 303.26 904.64 997.16 997.16 1,002.30 940.62 Mary Coco Emily M. Robinion Judith Walsh Edith M. Nltzs~he Marcelle Hamel~ Claire C. Saluter Betty Little Marilyn M. Bre~nahan Carol A. DriscDll Ruth Higgins Ida E. Harwood Patricia A. Ly Patricia A Sz~lest John J. Hourih Carolyn Detora Jackie Giuffri Walter J. Fit2gerald, Jr. Deborah E. Bryant James H. Giuca Nunzio DiMarca Patrick E. Danlah¥ ~eg Paquette Arthur B. Bastian George F. Cunringham Ralph R. Gallant Carl R. Langl¢i~s George B. LumL Chester L. Lov Aldo C. Sommo igo Frank G. Lewi Robert B. Bar ett Joseph S. Betien¢ourt Dominic Verni'e Raymond J. Tul~cotte Walter J. Wal~er Daniel J. Penney James Manos George W. Mas~ey Kenneth M, Ra~si Wilbur E. Rok~s Mario J. Trov~to Stanley L. Wo~d Donald M. Thomson, Jr. William Gorto~ Charles A. WilsOn, Sr. 750 44 920 06 971 46 997 16 935 48 596 24 760 72 950 90 41 2 380 36 71 96 277.56 323.82 10.28 35.98 20.56 9,501.00 9,776.00 3,636 O0 8,958 O0 8,756 30 9,501 O0 4,423 80 9,676 OO 809 40 8,991 20 9,726 O0 8 891 31 8 991 20 6 817.50 9 501.00 9 626.00 9 501.00 9 501.00 1 900.19 9 501.00 8 991.20 9 512.94 8,891.31 * Re_imbursedtthe total of $200.00 under Title Workshop for feadership and Awareness. $3~674,023.66 IV 1,400.00 250.0O 794.00 518.00 794.00 518.00 413.90 547.28 113.40 528.92 440.16 537.54 359.86 60.5.22 164.51 687.38 395 12 780 97 462 12 2,317 82 1,123 08 873 30 1,906.46 359.64 177.50 541.98 41.48 $ 75,636.68 Chapter 622 750.44 920.06 971 46 997 6 935 48 596 24 760 72 950 90 41 12 380 36 71 96 277 56 323 82 l0 28 35 98 20 56 1,400 O0 250 O0 794 O0 518 O0 794 O0 518.00 9,914.90 10,323.28 3,749.40 9,486.92 9,196.46 10,038.54 4,783.66 10,281.22 973.91 9,678.58 9,726 O0 9,286 43 9,772 17 7,279 62 ll ,818 82 10,749 08 10,374 30 11,407 46 1,900.19 9,860.64 9,168.70 10,054.92 8,932.79 $3,749,660.34 200.00 155 ENCUMBERED FOR 1974-75 EXPENSES Total Funds Encumbered Expended 2000 - Instruction $ 1,061 3000 - Other School Services 71 4000 - Operation & Maintenance 132 7000 - Acquisition of Fixed Assets 62 Total Expended Returned to 1977 Revenue CHAPTER 766 - SPECIAL EDUCATION Funds Carried Forward Expended (Special Transportation) Balance June 30, 1976 PUBLIC LAW 89-313 Grant Received Expenditures (Classroom Supplies, Balance June 30, 1976 - SPECIAL EDUCATION Equipment) PUBLIC LAW 93-380 - TITLE VIB SPECIAL EDUCATION Grant Received Anticipated funds not received prior to 6/30/76 Expenditures Salaries Materials and Supplies Total Expended Balance June 30, 1976 6,?00. 1,368. PUBLIC Balance July l, 1975 Receipts - Title III Projects Project #74-155-ID Project #75-254-S Total Receipts Expenses Balance June 30, 1976 LAW 864 596. 489. 156 ,58 ,55 .60 ~00 O0 4 55 )0 $ 1,328.00 1,327.73 .27 1 ,984.64 1 ,984.64 3,200.00 2,485.44 714.56 10,900.00 2,800.00 8,100.00 8,06B.14 31.86 1 ,964.08 1 ,085.65 3,049.73 0 3,049.73 Balance Jul Receipts Pre-fin~ First Pi Total Rt Expenditur( Deferre( Balance Ju) Grant rece' Expenditur( Balance Jul Grant rece' Expenditur~ Balance Jul Receipts Expended Salarie Expense Returne Total E Balance Ju Detailed E Salarie Gall Mary Nanc Hele Shei Romo Jane Barb Total S y l, 1975 1 Payment 74-75 yment 75-76 ceipts S IiSalaries 1974-75 e 30, 1976 PUBLIC LAW 874 10,361.00 14,49~.12 PUBLIC LAW 89-10 TITLE II -- LIBRARY EXTENSION ~ed - FY76 Project :s - Books, Materials, AV Supplies ,e 30, 1976 red )S ie 30 PUBLIC LAW 93-380 TITLE IVB - LEARNING RESOURSES , 1976 PUBLIC LAW 89-10 - TITLE I Project #76-211-092 to State ~ended 30, 1976 <penses: A, Crane L, Lynch /M. Dowe M. Soucy a Coskren =a Terranova t B. McCabe )fa C. McCarthy ~laries 15,352.25 2,972.35 592.40 3,525 O0 337 50 3,202 50 3,568 13 1,351 50 1,332 42 1,383.30 651.90 157 102.351.94 24,856.12 127,208.06 12,759.81 114,448.45 4,171.50 4,171.50 2,000,39 0 2,000.3~9 18,917.00 18,917.00 15,352.25 Expenses Outside Evaluations In,Service Training Instructional Materials Instructional Materials Conferences and Travel Total. Expenses Reimbursement to State (Part C) 5( l( 1,3! 8( l, Balance. July l, 1975 Expended Balance June 30, 1976 ARTICLE 59 - lg73 FRANKLIN SCHOOL ROOF ARTICLE 31 - 1975 KITTREDGE SCHOOL ROOF Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund Total Funds Available Expended Architect Contractor Total Expended R~turned to Revenue ARTICLE 32 - 1975 BRANDSTREET SCHOOL ROOF Appropriation Expended Returned to Revenue 8,8: 29,96 ARTICLE 34 - 1975 GREATER LAWRENCE COMMUNITY DRUG COUNC Appropriation Expended Balance June 30, 1976 GREATER Appropriation Expended Balance June 30, 1976 ARTICLE 33 - 1975 LAWRENCE MENTAL HEALTH CENTEi 158 I0.00 ,8.00 ;0.57 .6.63 .46 .00 2,972.35 592.40 18,917.00 5,000.00 0 5,000.00 38,000.00 795.00 38,795.00 38,794.46 .54 14,000.00 13,150.00 850.00 9,600.00 9,600.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 0 CHAPTER 88 LOST BOOKS - INSURANCE RECOVERIES Balance Jul~ 1, 1975 Receiptsl Lost iBooks, fines, etc. Total Expendec Lost Re Insu A S( T( Si Total Balance Jut RECEIPTS Cash Balan, Sale of State R~ Other R~ Tota Total Avai EX.PENDITUR Food Milk Ice Cre Transpo Supplie Repairs Telepho Miscell Tota SALARIES G. Chas H. Start K. Camp A. Mars V. Clou V. Camp M. Alle R. Doyl P. Cava ance Recoveries Receipts B:ooks: glace stolen books aince Recoveries: kiinson boiler ailes at High School nks at High School gn at High School phalt at Kittredge Expended ei 30, 1976 NORTH ANDOVER SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES July l, 1975 - June 20, 1976 :e July l, 1975 Food ~imbursements ~¢eipts Receipts able Cash ~m -tation-Gvt. Commodities e leous Expenditures, Food, etc. ~ood ~gnone gh agna n e naugh 159 389.84 2,250.25 492.60 1,946.00 523.89 241.98 86.20 150.00 148,375.98 100,838.27 859.57 80,984. 5 51,462.36 7,633.70 1,568.50 9,208.84 2,564.37 928.28 2,634.11 15'6',984.31 5,532 38 2,025 30 1,922 l0 4,351 17 1 ,61 3 79 519 31 1 ,968.15 902.80 1 ,976.28 1,498.20 2,640.09 4,138.29 3,440.67 697.62 20,381.84 250,073.82 270,455.66 A. Kirk A. McCabe D. Bird G. Vanderbilt P. Taylor V. Mattos E. Foss J. Rokes A. Pappalardo A. Dellechiaie Rose Barnes A. G~ard J. McCabe A. Smith E. Belair T. Willette K. ~ood A. Sherlock J, Lemauk M. Trovato A. Melia V. Johansen B. Dillman L. Barcellona L. Hilbert E Vernile S Daly M Kenney A S~illwell M Landry J Caliri T Corradino C Regan C Massey R. McEvoy N. Fleet J. Flowers P. Wilson C. Laird S. Timmons P. Long J. Gendron Total Salaries Total Expenses and Salaries Cash Balance, June 20, 1976 160 2,03 1 ,67~ 2,02t 941 91t 4,851 2,37~ 1,48 4,85 2,341 3,40! 371 4,851 1,81 50 1,48 2,33~ 5,36; 4,12( 1,28~ 1,97i 1,25! 1,96( 1,974 2,421 3,45; 1,94~ 4,97~ 1,45q 1,38~ 1,442 895 911 75 4 97,03~ Respe Ma ry ).49 .40 ).14 .84 ;.22 ).08 ~.64 ).84 ,.89 .08 ), 84 1.93 1,60 1.32 .O1 .64 .30 :.61 .13 .42 .45 .57 .94 54 .86 .78 .20 .18 .88 .36 .84 .12 .92 .22 .92 .47 .34 .64 .88 .88 .14 .67 254,022.98 16,432.68 tfully submitted, Joyce, Accountant Athletic Re, Balance Jul' ~eceipts' Footb~ Baske Wrest Expenses Balance Jun. Total Athle School A Revolvin Total Expenses by Football Field Ho Cross Co Cheerlea Soccer Skiing Basketba Basketba Wrestlin Ice Hock Baseball Track (B Track (G Golf Softbal Tennis All Spo Aware Medic Misc Total E 'ol..vi ng Fund l, 1975 ll :ball ing ATHLETIC (See below) 30, 1976 i~ Budget )propriation Fund Expenditures S~ort: :key untry 1 (Boys) 1 (Girls) ey oys ) irls) ts S al Supplies (~dues, laundry, etc.) p~enses DEPARTMENT 161 5,090.18 2,291.00 292.00 28,813.91 7,436.38 11,822 76 1,888 16 162 35 452 27 1,255 22 411 O0 3,653.24 1,586.07 1,920.55 3,655.89 2,125.75 1,688.65 565.55 420.40 693.05 205.45 1 ,347.05 1 ,108.99 1 ,287.89 1,854.70 7,673.18 9,527.88 7,436.38 2',~91.50 36,25O.29 36,250.29 Balance July l, 1975 Expenditures Construction Site Development Tools & Apparatus Total Expenditures Balance June 30, 1976 SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE ARTICLE 2 (6/15/70) NEW HIGH SCHOOL ARTICLE 55 - 1974 $ 4,420 O0 958~02 8~30 CONSTRUCTION OF TENNIS COURTS Balance July l, 1975 Expenditures Construction Architect Total Expenditures Balance June 30, 1976 5,130 1,500 162 O0 O0 5,386.32 5,386.32 7,050.00 6,630.00 420.00 Street Lighting Expenses Selectmen Appropriation Expended Balance to Revenue Detailed ExpenSes: Massachusetts ~lie~tric Co. Towh ~Counsel Appr0p~iation Expenses Expended (Detaiil$ below) Detailed Expenditures: Arnold H. Sa]iibury, Esq. Do, Officer Appropriation Transfer from ~eserve Expended(Details below) Balance to Revlnuo Detailed Expen~i:tures: Salary: Ernest Gaut)ier Expenses: ~ Bulger Animal Hospital Pet Memorial Park Telephone ~ Mileage ~ Ani~allnspector Appropriation i Expended (Details below) Detailed Expen Dr. Edward B Ret VFW Appropriation Expended Legion American Appropriation Expended itures: lger tal o! Quarters $72,OO0.OO 70,105.41 1,894.59 70,105.41 6,800.00 2,200.00 9,000.00 9,000.00 9,000.00 10,000.00 500.00 lg,'500.O0 10,303.00 197.00 6,999.00 1,322.00 247.00 867.00 868.00 10,303.00 420.00 420.00 420.00 600.00 600.00 600.00 600.00 Salaries: Appropriation -- Transfer: Art. 34, 1975 Transfer: Sel. Expenses Expended (Details below) Expenses: Appropriation Expended(Details below) Balance to Revenue Detailed Expenditures: Salaries: Joseph A. Guthrie, Chrmn. John F. Coady Thomas J. McEvoy Joseph Willis Alice Letarte, Secretary Jane Lundquist, Temp. Sec. Mary Lachapelle,Temp. Sec. Expenses: Conferences & Travel Dues Supplies Advertising Telephone Claims Miscellaneous Town Building & Garage Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Expended (Details below Balance to Revenue Detailed Expenditures: Salaries: Robert McCarthy Expenses: Fuel Supplies Light & Power Repairs Miscellaneous 163 $15,059 660 130 15,849 15,849 5,600 5,581 18 .00 .00 .05 .05 .05 .00 .49 .51 12,085.0D 4,504.00 16,589.00 16,566.00 23.00 3,177.00 4,660.00 1,161.O0 6,223.00 321.00 422.00 16,566.00 712 69 1,279 O0 621 81 417 37 1,321 90 104 O0 1,124 72 5,581 49 2,300 O0 2,000 O0 2,000 O0 192 31 8,796 O0 437 38 123 36 15,849 05 Special Lesal Services Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Expended (Details below) Balance to Revenue Detailed Expenditures: Arnold H. Salisbury, Esq. Rosenberg & Rosenber9 Joseph Miragliotta Essex Deputy Sheriff Harold Morley John Ford Parker Denaco Irving Chipman Land Takin8 Appropriation :xpended (Details below) Balance to Revenue Detailed Expenditures: Leo M. Flynn $ 3,000.00 2,496.00 5,496.00 5,494.74 1.26 2,887.29 500.00 515.00 112 O0 401 25 800 O0 238 51 40 69 5,494 74 3,000.00 1,320.00 -~F,B1TO:.UU 1,320.00 Insurance~ Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Expended (Details below) Balance to Revenue Detailed Expenditures: R. C. Lafond Ins. Agency ~Peat Pond Ins. Agency 79,156.00 667.00 79,823.00 79,822.55 .45 75,244.95 4,577.60 79,822.55 164 Advisory Animal ~ Annual Bicenten Board of Board of Board of Board of Buildin Capital Civil D Council ~Dog Offi Electric Fi re Dep GBs Insp Greater Vocati School Greater Distri Hi ghway I N Board 26 lspector 97 )wn Meeting 7 lial Committee 98 Appeals 106 Assessors 107 Health 104 Public Works 42 Inspector 91 Budget Committee 34 fense 36 for the Aging 102 cer 34 ~l Inspector 91 ~rtment 92 ector 91 Lawrence Regional Dnal Tech. High 95 Lawrence, Sanitary ct 97 Department 30 FINANCIA~ REPORTS OF THE: ! AccountaDt Annual Tpwn Meeting Anticipation of Revenue 119 135 Loans Balance Bicenten Board Board Board of Board of Bond Iss Buildin, Capital Civil County 1 Debt Rec Dog Lice Electio Electri Fire De Garbage Gas Ins~ Highway Insuran¢ 120 Sheet 129 nial Committee 134 Appeals, 35 Assessors 117 Health 136 Public Works 141 ue Expense 121 Inspector 115 Budget Committee 118 fense 116 ax 120 emption 121 nses Due County 120 Registrars 134 al Inspector 115 artment 118 Disposal 137 ector 115 Department 137 162 D E Housing Authority North Andover Historical Committee Patriotic Observances Personnel Board Planning Board Plumbing Inspector Police-Department School Building Committee School Committee Sealer of Weights and Measures Selectmen Stevens Memorial Library Tax Collector Town Accountant Town Archivist Town Clerk Town Officers and Committees Town Treasurer Tree Department Veterans' Services Interest on Debt Land Taking Expenses Licenses Patriotic Observances Personnel Board Police Department School Building Committee School Crossing~ards School Department School Athletic Department School Lunch Sealer of Weights & Measures Selectmen Short Term Borrowing State Assessment Stevens Memorial Library Street Lighting Expenses Tax Collector Town Accountant's Report Town Building Town Clerk Town Council Town Treasurer Transfer from Reserve Fund Tree Department Veterans Services 165 89 93 25 103 100 105 86 85 52 lO1 22 38 ll2 35 94 24 1 lll 89 113 121 168 163 135 136 140 162 140 144 161 159 ll4 163 121 120 ll? 163 114 123 163 134 163 ll4 122 1 Notes Notes 167 Notes AREA - 27 1/ ELEVATION - INCORPORATED INDUSTRIES -! MILES OF STRi MUNICIPAL AIl MUNICIPALLY SCHOOLS - Pu~ 6th CONGRESS] COUNCILLOR, t SENATOR, 4th REPRESENTATI ACCOUNTANT ANIMAL INSPE ASSESSOR BOARD OF APPI BUILDING INSI BUSINESSES CIVIL DEFENSl CONSERVATION COUNCIL ON Al DOG OFFICER ELECTIONS ELECTRICAL FIRE DEPT. El R GARBAGE COLL GAS INSPECTO HEALTH DEPAR HIGHWAY DEPA HOUSING LIBRARY LICENSES ANNUAL ELECT VOTING PRECIN 1 Brad 2 - S%. ANNUAL TOWN DOG & KENNEL EXCISE TAX D FISH & SPORT LIQUORS - MA PERSONAL TAX REAL ESTATE APRIL 1 REGISTRATION WATER BILLS GENERAL INFORMATION isquare miles Ii feet .847 inches above sea level at Town Building ~ April 7, 1885 Co, mmunications, Textile Machinery, Plastics, Steel Fabrication, dairy and Poultry Farms, Market Gardenin9 ETS -160 miles, Town 17 miles, State RORT - Charter Flights, Air Taxi !Bathing Beach and five equipped Playgrounds liic, Parochial, Prep and College ONAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE - Michael J. Ha~rington th COUNCILLOR DISTRICT - John Markey ESSEX SENATORIAL DISTRICT - Sharon Pollard E 13th ESSEX REPRESENTATIVE DIS'T - Joseph N. Hermann DEPARTMENT TELEPHONES 682-9310 PLANNING BOARD 685-4775 :TOR 682-9905 PLUMBING INSPECTOR 688-2748 682-5137 POLICE DEPARTMENT 683-3168 ]ALS 688-8102 RECREATION DEPARTMENT 682-5231 ~ECTOR 688-8102 RUBBISH 683-2234 682-6521 SCHOOLS (SUPERINTENDENT) 682-5231 683-9344 SEALER WEIGHTS & ~IEASURERS 688-2097 683-9381 SELECTMEN 682-6483 ING 682-1776 SEWER DEPARTMENT 687-7964 ' 686-0336 TAX COLLECTOR 682-4734 682-6521 TOWN CLERK-GEN. INFORMATION 682-6521 ISPECTOR 683-3918 683-4209 )ERGENCY 686-3811 TOWN COUNSEL 683-2731 )UTINE 686-3812 TOWN MODERATOR 686-0141 iCTIONS 682-6400 TOWN TREASURER 682-1759 ~ 682-6398 TOWN WARDEN 683-9381 F~ENT 682-6400 VETERANS AGENT - SERVICE 682-6378 ~TMENT 685-0950 VETERANS HOUSING 682-6378 686-3816 VOTING REGISTRATION 682-6521 682-6260 WATER DEPARTMENT 687-7964 682-6400 682-6521 WELFARE DEPARTMENT 682-8237 682-6483 VITAL STATISTICS 682-6521 IONS - 1st Monday of March 7 Aid - 7 Pr4 - Various Precincts (5) CTS ~treet School 3 - Thomson School 5. - ~ ranklin School .lichael's School 4 - Kittridge School qEETING - Last Saturday in April - AUDITORIUM - MIDDLE SCHOOL DUE DATES LICENSES DUE EACH YEAR, MARCH 31st UE 60 DAYS AFTER ISSUE ING LICENSES AVAILABLE AFTER DEC. 20 EACH YEAR LT BEVERAGES - WINES, LICENSES DUE NOV. 1 E~ DUE JULY 1st, INT. CHA~E AFTER NOV. 1 TAxEs DUE MAY 1st & NOV. 1st -INT. CHARGE AFTER s~ & AFTER OCT 1st. FOR STORAGE O~ ALL INFLAMMABLES - APRIL 30 I~SUED 4 TIMES A YEAR, DUE AT ONCE TOWN CLERK TAX COLLECTOR TOWN CLERK BOARD OF SELECTMEN TAX COLLECTOR TAX COLLECTOR TOWN CLERK BD. of PUBLIC WORKS FINN~LIT