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SELECTMEN'S MEETING
December 14, 1963
A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was
held in the Selectmne 's Room, Town Office Building,
on Saturday morning, December 14, 1963, at 9;00 A.M.
for the purpose of discussing 1964 budgets . Chairman
Lincoln e. Cole, Messrs. Cataldo, Burnell and Sheldon
were present. Mr. Gray, Executive Assistant, and
Miss Murray, Executive Clerk, were also present.
Mr. Burnell arrived at 9:40 A.M.
The Board of Fire Commissioners met with the Board.
1 Mr. Cataldo mentioned that, according to the budget,
Fire Com- the Commissioners were asking for eight men
missioners ' Mr. Fitzgerald explained that three men are for
udget coverage and five are for the 50.4 hour week
Mr. Cataldo said he would not want to give them
$6300 and than go th the 50.4 hour week at one time
as he felt the Town couldn't afford both. He said
he would be in favor of giving the men more money
and keeping the hours as they are.
Mr. Robbins explained the eight men will give a
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shorter work week, plus an additional man at head-
quarters at all times and an additional man at East
Lexington. He said the Commissioners feel the addi-
tional manpower is more essential than the shorter
work week. However, they have a package deal which
works out very well. He said the Town cannot be
covered with the present number of men. He said if
the Board approves five men, the department can go
to the 50.4 hour week. If the Board does not want
to go to the 50.4 week, the Commissioners can, with
five men, have extra coverage at each station. However,
both will require eight men; three men would be useless
on the present shift
Mr Sheldon asked how many men were on limited duty,
and Mr. Fitzgerald replied that there are six at the
present time.
The Chairman said putting on five men would give
the coverage which the Commissioners think is most
important. He stated that if the Board is thinking
of doing anything, the number one is to put on five
men.
Mr. Robbins said that w s correct .
Mr. Fitzgerald said that within a period of two
years, there would be both.
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Mr. Cataldo asked about the men who work on holidays .
The Chairman asked if they were given time off or
money.
Mr. Fitzgerald replied that they do not give any
extra money.
Mr. Cataldo said the police and fire working with
a schedule should be entitled to the ten days and not
upset the schedule.
Mr. Gray mentioned that the Bond has already voted
that the police and fire would be entitled to the same
number of holidays as other Town employees.
The Commissioners retired at 10:15 A.M.
W. Arthur Burrell and Chief John W. Rycroft met
with the Board.
The Chief said he would like to put Mrs . Desmond on
duty Monday to fillthe vacancy at the Fletcher Avenue Policewoman
crossing and have the cruiser take care of the Oak Street
crossing. He explained that if he does not put her on
now he will not be able to put her on the first of next
year.
The Board had no objection.
Mr. Cataldo said the Board would like a standardi-
zation of the radios .
Mr. Burrell said the Chief understands the situ-
ation.
The item for 16 policewomen was increased from
$19,250 to $19,437.50
Chief Rycroft was requested to obtain an estimate
on cruiser replacements.
Chief Rycroft and Mr. Buvrell retired at 10:10 A.M.
The Recreation Com ittee and Mr. Bertini met with Recreation
the Board. Committee
Mr. Kelly said the committee is asking for reclassi- budget
fication of three people.
The Chairman asked if they were classified under the
Evans ' report.
Mr. Kelly said in the swimming pool, they have every-
one classified the same as instructors. There is a super-
visor who should be classified independently, and the Com-
mittee is asking for an MW. It is asking to have two In-
structors classified upward and they will be required to
have a Red Cross Certificate. These two would be one
grade higher, MW 4 and 5 instead of MW 3 and 4.
Mr. Kelly said that there was a Supervisor but he
was called an Instructor and the Committee is akking now
to introduce this position.
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The Chairman asked if they were requesting a new
position.
Mr. Kelly said this year they paid a weekly salary
and had the man work extra hours. They paid this man
$80 a week. They are now asking for $70 a week start-
ing, $75.00 the second year and $80 the third year.
This is what they did this year but they paid him weekly
and then paid him for overtime. All they did was to pay
what was paid the year before the vans' report was in ex-
istence. He said they do not have a classification for
that position.
Mr. Burnell asked if the Committee was creating a
new position.
Mr. Kelly replied on paper, yes .
Mr. Burnell said he wanted to be sure the Committee
was not trying to pay a better than qualified Instructor
He said the Committee appeared to be trying tojustify
this by creating a new position and this to him was wrong.
Mr. Kelly said the Committee wants to pay the top
man at the swimming pool the going rate of what Super-
visors normally get. He said next year, they would not
be able to hire a Supervisor.
Mr. Burnell asked why this wasn't discussed when
the Evans ' Report was made.
Mr. Kelly replied partly through an oversight and
partly by misunderstanding. He said the fact that
there Vhould be a man at the pool all the time was
ignored. He said the Swimming Pool Supervisor posi-
tion should have been in the Evans ' Report .
Mr. Kelly said there are five instructors at the
pool and the pool is a place where an extremely qualified
person is needed. They would like to have the next two
people go up one rate because they want the right-hand
man and right-hand girl to pass the Red Cross course.
The Recreation Committee retired at 11:1+5 A.M.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
Meeting to hold a Special Meeting in the Selectmen's Room on
Saturday, December 21, 1963, to continue work on 1964
budgets.
The meeting adjourned at 12:20 P.M.
A true record, Attest:
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