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Warrant for October 21 Town Meeting
<br />Middlesex, ss.
<br />To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading,
<br />Greetings:
<br />In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required
<br />to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading
<br />qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet at the
<br />Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road, in said Reading on
<br />Monday, October 21, 1974, at eight o'clock in the evening to
<br />act on the following articles:
<br />ARTICLE 1: To hear and act upon the Reports of Town
<br />Officers and Committees.
<br />ARTICLE 2: To choose all other necessary Town Officers
<br />and Special Committees and determine what instructions
<br />shall be given Town Officers and Special Committees.
<br />ARTICLE 3: To see if the Town will approve the recom-
<br />mendation of the Law Committee that Town Counsel be and
<br />hereby is authorized to enter into a consent judgment in the
<br />case of Barbara E. Winkler, Et Al v. Town of Reading, now
<br />pending in the Middlesex Superior Court as No. 35093, or take
<br />any other action with respect thereto.
<br />LAW COMMITTEE
<br />ARTICLE 4: To see if the Town will accept Section 99 of
<br />Chapter 32 of the General Laws relating to advance
<br />payments for retirement applicants, or take any other action
<br />with respect thereto.
<br />READING CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD
<br />ARTICLE 5: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the
<br />payment of bills remaining unpaid on July 1, 1974 for goods
<br />and services actually rendered to the Town during the fiscal
<br />period prior to that date, or take any other action with
<br />respect thereto.
<br />BOARD OF SELECTMEN
<br />ARTICLE 6: To see if the Town will amend the zoning by-
<br />laws and zoning map so as to change the zoning of the Depot,
<br />so- called, located on the Assessor's Maps at Plat 63, Lot 50
<br />consisting of approximately 3.04 acres bordered by Woburn
<br />Street, Lincoln Street, High Street and Washington Street
<br />and Lot 51 consisting of about 22,105 square feet, from
<br />Residence A -1 to Business B District, or take any other action
<br />with respect thereto.
<br />BOARD OF SELECTMEN
<br />EARTICLE 7: To see if the Town will accept Chapter 164A of
<br />the General Laws entitled "New England Power Pool ", or
<br />take any other action with respect thereto.
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<br />ARTICLE 8: To see what sum the Town will vote to trans-
<br />fer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate to
<br />the School Committee to be expended by the Town Clerk at
<br />the School Committee's direction for a census of school age
<br />children in accordance with the regulations of the Board of
<br />Education of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
<br />promulgated on June 25, 1974, or take any other action with
<br />respect thereto.
<br />SCHOOL COMMITTEE
<br />ARTICLE 9: To see what sum the Town will raise by
<br />borrowing, or transfer from available funds, or otherwise,
<br />and appropriate for the expenses of the Board of Public
<br />Works, including consulting engineering services, surveys,
<br />preliminary plans, designs, contracts, specifications, final
<br />plans and estimates for remodelling, enlarging and ex-
<br />tending the Town sewer system and for travel outside the
<br />State, such funds to be spent by and under the direction of the
<br />Board of Public Works, or take any other action with respect
<br />thereto.
<br />BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
<br />ARTICLE 10:
<br />That the Board of Public Works be directed to amend its
<br />rules and regulations for rubbish collection to permit the use
<br />of other than paper sacks for the collection of refuse as
<br />follows, or take any other action with respect thereto:
<br />4. Approved containers are "wet- strength ", two -ply, 50 lb.
<br />kraft paper sacks of 30 -gallon capacity; heavy -duty, two -mil
<br />thick, National Sanitation Foundation approved plastic sacks
<br />of 32 -gallon capacity; and metal or plastic trash barrels of 32-
<br />gallon capacity.
<br />5. Paper sacks shall be closed at the top by rolling. Plastic
<br />sacks shall be closed at the top by twisting and then securely
<br />tied. Metal and plastic barrels shall be left open to facilitate
<br />transfer of the contents to the collection vehicle.
<br />6. Newspapers shall be bundled and tied securely. Card-
<br />board cartons must be broken down or cut up and put into
<br />tied bundles not longer than three feet in length. Newspapers
<br />and cartons thus bundled should be saved for the next bi-
<br />monthly paper drive; however, they will be collected if
<br />placed at the curb with other refuse.
<br />7. Earth, gravel, stone, plaster, cement, or other materials
<br />from repair or construction of buildings will not be collected.
<br />Logs will not be collected.
<br />BY PETITION
<br />BOARD OF SELECTMEN
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