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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1927-09-22-STM-MIN 3 1 For Committee Report see page 146 . 13 For Sept . 22 , 1927 warrant, see page 138 . TOWN MEETING SEPTEMBER 22 , 1927 W The meeting was called to order by the Moderator , Robert H . Holt , at 7 : 45 P . M . The Town Clerk proceeded to read the Warrant but upon motion the further reading of the '?arrant was dispensed with and the return of the Constable thereon was then read . Art . 2 . Under this article on motion of Theodore A . Custance it was unanimously , " Voted that the report of the Committee New mm ttee on the Z own Office Building , copy of which has been mailed to all the voters . together with the Warrant , be accepted and placed on file . " Committee report . Art . 3 . On motion of Theodore A . Custance it was voted to discuss Articles 3 and 4 together . Under article 3 Mr . Custance offered the following motion : • • " Voted that there be raised and appropriated the sum of $ 106 , 500 , fer . the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a new town office building and to meet said appro- priation there be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account , the sum of $ 5001 $ 11 , 000 be transferred from the proceeds of the sale of Rindge property and that the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of $ 95 , 000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor , said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provision of Section 19 , Chapter 44 of the General Laws , so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and Sel -7? ctmen may determine . It is also voted that a Special building Committee , consisting of Theodore A . Custance , Albert H . Burnham , James G Robertson , William H . Ballard , Francis Chamberlain , Albert B . Tenney , Fred H . I,ioulton , Arthur N . Maddison , Edwin B . Worthen , Norman C . Hooper , and George W . Nary shall have full authority to construct and equip said Town Office building as herein authorized within the sums appropriated , said building to be constructed substantially in accordance with the plans recommended by the Special Committee reporting under Article 2 for the warrant of this meeting . " Under Article 4 Mr . Custance offered the following motion : " Voted that the town accept the written proposal of Eugene G . Kraetzer to purchase the Town Hall property for $ 50 , 000 ( Fifty thousand dollars), and that the hoard of Selectmen or a majority of them be and they hereby are authorized to execute and deliver in the name of and on behalf of the Town an agreement for such purchase and sale substantially in the form annexed to the said proposal and to execute and deliver with the counter signature of the Treasurer a deed of the said property pursuant to the said agreement . " 134 _ O ZO William H . Ballard then offered an alternative motion for discussion under Article 4 as follows ; " Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to sell the present Town Hall property or any part thereof , on such ter asT449yoog idli.i for ikft i� their dis on R re n or on t on of inn or an ease for such temporary occupancy , and that the Board of Selectmen or a majority of them be and they hereby are authorized to execute and deliver and the Treasurer to counter - sign in the name of and on behalf of the town a deed to the • purchaser thereof . " Robert P . Clapp then offered Mr . 9allard ' s motion as a substitute motion . Daniel J . O ' Connell stated that he did not feel that the bid referred to in Mr . Custance ' s motion was the h' ghest bid that could be received for the property and was very much opposed to passing the vote accepting Mr . Kraetzer ' s bid . He was assured that a larger bid could be obtained but that the form of proposal set forth was such that bids could not be obtained . Remarks were also made by Charles S . Cutter , ':fesley T . Wadman , and Arthur N . Maddison in regard to the motion . Mr . Custance then called attention to the fact that action . should be taken upon Article 3 first . The motion as offerad under Article 3 by Mr . Custance was then read by the Moderator , and was passed by a rising vote of 203 in the affirmative and 11 in the negative . The vote reads as follows ; " Voted that there be raised and appropriated the sum of $ 106 , 500 for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a new town office building and to meet said appro - priation there be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus • Account , the sum of $500 , $ 11 , 000 be transferred from the proceedslof of ?e Rindge property and that the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of . $ 95 , 000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor , said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provision of Section 19 , Chapter 44 of the General Laws , so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and selectmen may determine . It is also voted that a SpEecial Building Committee , consisting of Theodore A . Custance , Albert H . Burnham , James G . Robertson , William H . Ballard , Francis Chamberlain , Alb e.rt B . irp nrkp y F�e I R u1 , . ad s r�,* yr or �gi g�T0 a ri , � od e ;a is o-rn ice ft hg a�etb 3 authorized within the sums appropriated , said building to be con- structed substantially in accordance with the plans recommended by Special Committee reporting under Article 2 for the Warrant of this meeting . " The Appropriation Committee approved of the appropriation . Article 4 was then taken up again and .k' rederick L . Emery offered as an amendment to Mr . Clapp ' s substitute motion as follows : " that the present Town Hall property be sold to the highest bidder and that in any event , any sale of the property shall be conditioned upon the demolition of the present building within two years from the transfer of title by the town . " • Mr . Emery ' s amendment was lost by vote of the meeting and Mr . Clapp ' s original motion was passed unanimously . 135 5 Mr . Clapp ' s motion reads as follows : " Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to sell the present town hall property or any part thereof on such terms as they shall think best , including in their discretion a reservation or condition of a right of temporary occupancy Of the premises after passing title or an agreement or lease for such tempor - ary occupancy , and that the Board of Selectmen or a majority of them be and they hereby are authorized to execute and deliver and the Treasurer to countersign in the name of and on behalf of the Town a deed to the purchaser thereof . " Art . 5 . Under this article on motion of Mr . Theodore A . Custance it was unanimously , " Voted that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to consider and report to the next Town Meeting on the matter of housing any or all of the pres nnt fire alarm system . " Committee appointed , Edward W . Taylor , Galt F . Parsons , Walter G . Black Art . 6 . Under this article on motion of Mr . Theodore A . Uustance it was unanimously , " Voted that the Board of Selectmen be instructed to install street lights in the unaccepted portions of Bloomfield Street and Grant Street . " Art . 7 . Under this article Ir . Theodore A . Custance offered the following motion : $ " Voted that the Town amend the firdt paragraph of Article III , section 5 of. the Code of By-Laws of 1922 by ! substituting therefore the following : ' The annual meeting of the Town shall be called for twelve o ' clock noon and thereafter the polls shall be open continuously for voting until eight o ' clock in the evening . Immediately upon the announcement of the result of the voting , such meeting shall stand adjourned until eight o ' clock in the evening of the following Monday'. " After some discussion as to the advisability of passing this motion , it was ' voted to indefinitely postpone the article . Art . 8 . Under this article on motion of Mr . Theodore A . Custance it was unanimously : ' Voted that the following amounts be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus Account to the following accounts : Elections and Registrations $ 170 . 00 Waltham Street Damages 47 . 00 Bedford Street Damages 1010 . 50 The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee stated that ,the Committee approved of these appropriations . Art . 9 . Under this article on motion of Mr . Theodore A . Custance it was unanimously , Voted that the sum of $280 be appropriated for the payment of a pension to a retired member of the Fire Department under Chapter 32 , General Laws , and that this uum be transferred from the General Revenue and Surplus Account . The suggestion was made , however , that the name of the retired member , namely William P . Wright , be inserted in the vote , and this was accepted by the meeting . The Appropriation Committee approve the above payment . 136 , Art . 10 . Under this article on motion of Theodore A . c:ustance , it was unanimously " Voted that the Sele " tmen be authorized to provide for the laying of sewers in the following streets : Locust Avenue , from Mass . Avenue to Tower Street ; Plainfield Street from Mass . Avenue to Tower Street ; Percy Road , from present end a distance of approxi - mately 300 feet ; Lincoln Street from Parker Street to Audubon Road : Audubon Road from Lincoln Street to Mass . Avenue ; and Woburn Street from Fletcher Avenue , a distance of approximately 650 feet , and that the sum of $25 , 000 be appropriated , and for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell , under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen , bonds or notes of the town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 41% per annum, issued and pay - able in accordance with law . " The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee , Dr . Clarence Shannon , stated that the committee approved of this appropriation . Art . 11 . Under this article on motion of Theodore A . Custance , it was unanimously , • " Voted that the . Selectmen be authorized to install water mains in the following streets : Watertown Street , from Pleasant Street a distance of approximately 1850 feet ; Lincoln Street , approximately 1000 feet ; Middleby Road , approximately 100 feet , and Cherry Street , approximately 70 feet , and that the sum of $ 15 , 000 , be appropriated for the purpose , subject to the usual guarantee , and that for the purpose of raising the money so appropriated the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell , under the direction and with the approval of the Selectmen , bonds or notes of the Town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 4.% , issued and payable as provided by law , and further voted that any unexpended balance after complet - ion of the work may be used for other construction . " The uhai_rman of the Appropriation Committee stated that the committee approved this appropriation . The meeting dissolved at 9 : 26 P . M . A true record , Attest ; j1,1009V9(1 Town Ulerk . •1 • • • • . V F • ~ - _ 137 BY- LAW RELATIVE TO ESTABLISHING RATE FOR USE OF WATER . Adjourned Town Meeting . March 14 , 197 . Article 8 . To see if the Town will adopt the following by- law : " The Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to adopt regulations establishing rates and charges for the use of water supplied by public water works and for the in- spection, materials , construction , alteration , or use of pipes and fixtures through which water is supplied by public water works , either throughout the town or within a limited portion thereof , and to prohibit the use of such water by persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith ; and the Town hereby prohibits the use of such water by such persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith . " articleOn motion of James G . Robertson it was voted to adopt the following by- law : "The Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to adopt regulations establishing rates and charges for the use of water supplied by public water works and for the in- spection , materials , construction, alteration, or use of pipes and fixtures through which water is supplied by public water works , either throughout the town or within a limited portion thereof , and to prohibit the use of such water by persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith ; and the Town hereby prohibits the use of such water by such persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith . " Lexington, Mass . March 28 , 1927 This is to certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Article 28 in the Warrant for a Town Meeting on March 7 , 1927 , and also of the vote passed under Article 28 at the adjourned Town i+Leeting , March 14 , 1927 as the same appears of record . Attest : John H . Kane, Town Clerk . Boston , lass . , September 7 , 1927 . The foregoing by- law is hereby disapproved . krthur K . Reading Attorney General . e -