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SELECTMEN'S MEETING
February 14, 1942.
A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was
held in the Selectmen's Room on Saturday, February 14,
1942 at 2;30 P.M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter,
Rowse, Locke,,and Sarano were present. The Clerk was
also present.
The following members of the Appropriation Committee
appeared before the Board: George C. Sheldon, Lewis L:
Hoyt, George M. Hynes, Richard W. Maynard, and Aar.es E.
Spellman.
Mr. 'George M. Morse appeared to discuss budgets:
Mr. Morse had rewritten his budgets so that the total
appropriation for all forms of charities, including personal
services is $110,971.92. The Chairman asked Mr. Morse if
he had any fear that this amount of money would not be
sufficient and Mr. Morse said the only item he was afraid
of was Chapter 111. This is the Military Aid Chapter.
The Chairman said that he wasn't afraid that there would
be much call for aid to military dependents this year,
but that next year the call might be serious. The Chair-
man asked if the Boards would agree that no one could pre-
dict now and that it might be well too on a basis of
waiting and seeing what happens. Mr. Sheldon said that
he hated to have to call a Town Meeting later on to trans-
fer from. the Excess and Deficiency Account as it would be
defeating their purpose. It was decided to leave the
budget at $110.971.92 for all types of aid.
Personal services were discussed next.
The Chairman asked Mr. Morse if the salaries
recommended by him were obligatory under the Merit
System Laws and Mr. Morse said his instructions were
that they are obligatory. The Chairman read the law
relative to compensation for welfare employees and
said that the law applied to persons handling Old Age
Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children. Mr. Rowse
asked if Mr. Morse could separate his employees and
have certain ones working on each brancheof aid and
Mr. Morse said perhaps it could be done. There was a
lengthy discussion on salaries for the welfare em-
ployees.
Mr. Morse retired at 3:30 P.M.
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The Chairman asked the group if they felt that
the report of the Salary Committee had been given
sufficient study for the Selectmen to bring it before
the Town Meeting. Mr. Sheldon said that the majority
of his Committee approved the report of the Salary
Committee although most of the members had objections
to certain items.
Public
works
employees
Salaries
Mr. Paxton before the Board.
appeared
The Chairman told the group that the Public Works
employees had requested the insertion of an Article
In the warrant asking for a 44 hour week, an increase
of 10� per hour.,, and time and one half for overtime.
He asked Mr. Paxton what the 44 hour per week meant. Mr.
Paxton said the men feel that they might get the 10�
per hour raise and they want a guarantee that if they
get it, they will continue on the same basis as they
now are. They want to be sure that they will average
44 hours per week. In 1941 the Water and Sewer and
Park employees averaged 42 hours per week and the High-
way employees averaged 46 hours per week. He said
that the 10� per hour increase was a 15% increase. Mr.
Paxton said that there were five weeks when the majority
of the men did not receive$25.00 per week. Five men
in the lowest bracket were there because they did not
report for work every opportunity they had. The Chair-
man said that Mr. Paxton was not worried about the poor
men, but he was worried about losing his good men. He
said he thought the way to handle the matter would be
to give the good workers increases later on, after Town
Meeting. Mr. Paxton said that if the men were paid
time and one half for overtime on snow removal, based.
on 1500 man hours it would cost $1500.00 additional.
This $1500.00 would include snow removal and ten
emergency breaks,,:
The Board then discussed the Salary Committee's
report. Mr. Paxton said he favored a range of $15.00
to $21.00 with a $2.00 per week increase per year for
the Junior Clerks and a range of $21.00 to $25.00 with
a 42.00 per week increase per year for the Senior
Clerks. He then made his recommendations to the Board
on employees under his jurisdiction. He recommended
that the salary of Charles H. Brenton be considered
when the Public Works Department employees wages are
considered after Town Meeting. Mr. Paxton recommended
that an assistant Mechanic be employed. He said that
the large pieces of equipment have been increased from
19 to 34 and with the smaller units, there are 58 pieces
in all. He thought a mechanic should be hired to work
every night after the equipment is brought to to take
care of small repairs.
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Mr. Paxton and Mr. Potter retired at 4:25 P.M.
The Chairman asked the group if they felt that
the report of the Salary Committee had been given
sufficient study for the Selectmen to bring it before
the Town Meeting. Mr. Sheldon said that the majority
of his Committee approved the report of the Salary
Committee although most of the members had objections
to certain items.
Public
works
employees
Salaries
Mr. Hynes said that most salary schedules were subject
to annual revision and he did not believe that the re-
port would last a number of years. Both Boards felt
it would be best to submit the report to the. Town Meet-
ing, and to have the Chairman present a vote under
Article 2 that it be the sense of the meeting that the
report be accepted and carried out as far as possible.
The Clerk was instructed to m&meograph copies of the
Salary Committee's report to be sent to the Town Meet-
ing members.
The Clerk left the meeting at 4:45 P.M.
A true record, Attest:
Clerk
Further action
taken by
the Board on Saturday,
February 14, 1942 was as follows:
Name
Pres.
Increase
Sal.
Recommended
Approved
Cidaliza Sousa
$15.00
$1.00
to
$16.00
$16.00
Rita McNamara
15.00
2.00
"
-17.00
17.00
John C.Lichtenberg
22.00
1.00
"
23.00
23.00
Leigh V. Farnham
.75
.05
"
per hr.
per hr.
.80
.80 per hr.
John F. O'Connor
35.00
2.00
"
37.04
37.00
George 0. Harrington
29.00
4.00
"
33.00
33.00
Frank T. Barry
35.00
3.00
"
38.00
38.00
Charles E. Moloy
37.00
1.00
"
38.00
38.00
John L. Murray
25.00
1.00
"
26.00
26.00
Anthony J. Rochette
22.00
1.00
'_'
23.00
23.00
Esther Charbonneau
15.00
1.00
"
16.00
16.00
Gertrude Clifford
13.00
1.00
"
14.00
14.00
Helen E. Ready
24.00
1.00
"
25.00
25.00
Mary I. Ormand
13.00
1.00
"
14.00
14.00
G. Mildred Thompson
22.00
1.00
"
23.00
23.00
Stanley A. Higgins
44.00
2.00
46.00
46.00
J. Bruce Lewis
34.00
1.00
"
35.00
35.00
Hazel J. Murray
18.00
2.00
°
20.00
20.00
Eleanor M. Lowe
36.00
2.00
_'
38.00
38.00
James E. Collins
25.00
1.00
"
26.00
26.00
Thomas F. Fardy,Jr.
20.00
3.00
"
23.00
23.00
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•
0
•
Pres.
Increase
Name
Salary
Recommended
Gertrude E. Mitchall
$20.00
$1.00 to
$21.00
Mary E. Casey
20.00
3.00 "
23.00
Muriel C. Edkins
17.00
1.00 tt
18.00
Katherine H. Crosby
18.00
1.00 "
19.00
U
•
Approved
$21.00
23.00
18.00
19.00
It was voted to reduce the Highway Maintenance appro-
priation from $36,000.00 to $30,000.00.
It was voted to'restore the Elections -Expenses, Town
Clerk from $125.00 back to $181.92.
It was decided to inform Mr. Morse that the amount
approved for all forms of charities is $110,971.920 less
the changes made in the salaries.
The meeting adjourned at 6:00 P.M.
A true Record, Attest:
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Chairman