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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-06-30 Special Town Meeting Minutes Special Town v' eetin;_;, June 30, 1949 158 w. the date of posting being more than seven days prior to the date set for the meeting in this warrant, and I also caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in tie toadin,-; ' Zronicle, in the issue of June 23, 1949, the date of publication bein„ more than one day prior to the date of the meetin;. LEON �. B ;ivT Constable of rieadin" SPACIAL TOWN 1IL 1I vu Shepardson Hall June 30, 1949 Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable ' s Return thereon, a Town P eetin�- was held at tze place specified in t:le warrant, and was called to order at :3:10 p.m. by t.ie Ioderator, Charles P. Toward. The Clerk taen partially read tine warrant when on motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to dispense with the further read- in, of the warrant except for the officer' s return, which was then read by the Clerk. Article 1. On motion of Kenneta C . Latham it was noted that Article 1 be laid on t_ne table. Article 2. On motion of iienneth C . Latha-,,i it was voted that Section 4 of Division No. 1 - Administration of the By-Laws for the Construction of Buildins - be and t-ie same aereby Is amended by insertin` after the first para`;raph t:nereof tine followin ,: No buildinc; permit for a dwellinr- house stall be issued until the Board of health '_ias approved of the proposed lot as suitable from a sanitary point of view for TaLunan habitation, and no building permit shall be issued for a dwellinj house on an unsewered str,,et until a permit for a cesspool has been obtained from the 3oard of ilea.lt_n. Article 3. On motion of Charles _'. 'wilkinson it was voted that tiie term of office of the three members at lar e of the Capital Lxpenditures Planning Committee be fixed at three years, and t.-,at the Selectmen sAall appoint one for a terra of one year, one for a terra of two years, and one for a term of three years, and -that annually t'_iereaf ter there shall be a-,poirnted by the Selectmen a member for tze term of t:iree years in t_ne place of t1ne member whose term is to expire; and t iat u-aon tae appointment and qualification of tie t-nree members as provided in tris vote, the terms of office of tne three then existin- members shall terminate, and that in the event tiat a vacancy occurs in the membership of the three appointed at large the same scall be filled fortawitli by the Board of Selectmen for the unexpired term. Article 4. On motion of C. Lawrence Roberts it ; as voted gnat Section 2A of rirticle I of the By-Laws of the Town be and the same ':nereby is f urt:ier amended by makin the Chairman: of the Personnel Board a Town Meeting, T-iember at lar ;e, so as to read as follows: Section 2A. Any representative 'town Leetin, held under the -provisions of Chapter 7, of the r'�cts of 1943, shall be limited to the voters elected under Section 3 thereof, to-ether witri the following; desi`;nated as Town Iti eetin- Ii embers at lar_-re; namely, any member of the General Court of the Commonwealth, from the Town, the Moderator, tae 'Town Clerk, the members of the Board of Selectmen, the Chairman of the Scnool Committee, the Chairman of the Finance Coramittee, the Chairman of the Board of Public `Works, the Chairman of the Paiunicipal Light Board, the Chairman of the Special Town Peeting, June 30, 1949 'Je Board of Public Welfare, the Chairman of Trustees of the Public Library, the Chairman of the 3o rd of Assessors, the Chairman of the 0anning Board, the Chairman of the Board of Cemetery 1rustees, the Chairman of the Board of health, the Chairman of tie Personnel Board, the Town Accountant, the Town Counsel and the Town Treasurer. Article 5. On motion of James E. Calvin it was voted tiat the sum of live Thousand ( 05,000) Dollars be appropriated by transferring said sum from the Water Available Surplus tothe later Department Account for Salaries and that tie Town Accountant be L,J and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account. Article 6. On motion of James E. Calvin it was voted t4a t the sum of Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of laying water mains of net less than six ( 6) inches but less than sixteen ( 16) inches in diameter and for the development of additional wells including suction mains of which sums Tan Thousand ($10,000) Dollars is for salaries and Fifteen Thousand ( $15,000) Dollars is for materials and ex- penses, and to meet said appropriation, the Treasurer, with the Approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow Twenty-five Thousand ( 125, 000) Dollars under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in not more than ton ( 10) years from the date thereof or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen maydqtermine. 98 voted in theeffirmative; 0 voted in the negative. "rticle 7. On motion of 0. Lawrence Roberts it was voted that the schedule of Minimum and Laxinru,.-,q Salaries to be paid to employees in positions included in the Employees Classification 21an be and the same hereby is furtner amended in the followinS manner: insert after "Foreman" in Section 2, Supervisory Employees (Full time Supervisor) the job title of SUPERVISOR! aMPLOYEAS, AN, SHOVEL OPERATOR: Hourly Weekly Min. Max. Min. Max. 1.33 1.40 59.19 62.30 Insert after "Unskilled Labor" in Section 3, Hourly Paid Employees, the job title of UNCLASSIFIED LABORI Hourly Weekly Min. Yax. Min. 14ax. .65 1.00 23.93 44.50 Insert after "AssIt. To Supt. and Relief Pumping Zn3r." in Section 4, Board of Public Works, the job title of CHISF OF SURVEY PARTY., Hourly beekly n. Lax. i n. T;'l a.x. 1.30 1.111:5 57.85 64.53 insert after "Transit, Rodman, and Draftsman" the job title l.._,.".-.".... of METER REPAIRMAN: Hourly Weekly Win. Max. din. Max. 1.01 1.20 44.95 53.40 Insert after "Lineman, 2nd Class" in Section 5, Municipal Light Department, the job title of LINEMAN 3RD CLA33: 1-iourly `u e-1 I y I Min. Max. Min. Max. 1.30 1.35 52.00 54.00 Special Town Meeting, June 30, 19491 Insert after "Assistant Librarian" in Section 7, Public Library, the job title of LIBRARY CLERICAL: Hourly yin. Max. &5 .75 Amend Section 1, Clerical Employees under the job title of "Junior Clerk" by striking out the minimum weekly salary and I r substituting in place thereof a minimum salar-;r of !124.38. Amend Section f, Hoprly Paid Employees under the job title of "Unskilled Labor by striking out the minimum hourly rate and minimum weekly salary and substituting in place thereof a minimum of, 1'1®til hourly, end a minimum weekly of �144.95. Article 8. On motion of Harold B. Currell it was voted that Article 3, be postponed indefinitely. Article l® On motion of Anneti Q . Latham it was voted that Article 1 be taken from the table . Article 1. On motion of Kenneth C . Latham it was voted that Article 1 be postponed indefinitely. On motion of Kenneth C . Lqtham it was voted to adjourn, sine die. Adjourned 9:10 P.M. Attest: C /l/