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SELECTMEN'S MEETING
January 28, 1953
A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen
was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office
Building, on Wednesday, 7anuary;, 28, 1953, atm
7 :30 P. M. Chairman Nickerson, Messrs. Emery,
Gay, Driscoll and Reed were present. The Clerk
was also present.
Further consideration was given to the Fire
Commissioners' request that the Selectmen adopt Fire Dept .
Section 59A of Chg) ter 77 of the General Laws Mutual Aid
which pertains to the response of Fire Departments
to calls for aid from municipalities in States ad-
joining this Commonwealth.
Upon motion of Mr. Emery, seconded by Mr.
Driscoll, it was voted, subject to approval of
Town Counsel, to authorize the Fire Department
(Under Chapter 48, Section 59A, G. L. ) to go to
aid another city, town or fire district in this
Commonwealth or in any adjoining State in extin-
guishing fires therein.
IIThe meeting was held for the purpose of dis-
cussing personal service budgets for 1953, and the
Chairman read a letter from the Appropriation Com- Personal
mittee advising that said Committee is recommending Services
the following rates for Junior and Senior Clerks
Junior Clerk Minimum $36.00 Maximum $42.00
Senior Clerk Minimum 42.00 Maximum 48.00
He reported that the School Committee is plan-
ning to advise the teachers that it will not recommend
a 10% increase, as requested by the teachers, but would
recommend to the town that it bring the minimum teacher
pay up $200 to the average of teacher's pay in this
State (?C ) or to the minimum which the State recommends.
This policy will set a flat increase to all teachers of
$200 and will be written into the contracts signed next
September.
The Clerk left the meeting at 8;25 P. M.
The Chairman reported to her the next day that the
Board decided on the following pattern in regard to
salaries for 1953 :
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All changes in rates to be effective April 1, 1953,
and none retroactive to January. Figures used are
quoted yearly and weekly basis, to be figured from
April 1st.
Police and Fire Departments
PatrOlm®n& Privates $3550.00 per year
Lieutenants 4100.00 1* t°
Sergeants 3700.00 '" '"
Chiefs 5000.00 Ui i°
Town Office Building, & Welfare Department Personnel
The Selectmen concur with the Appropriation Committee's
recommendation of maximum for Senior Clerks, $48.00 per
week and minimum for Junior Clerks of $36.00. Junior
Clerks now receiving $36.00 per week will be increased
to $38.00 per week. Senior Clerks now receiving $45.98
will be increased to $48.00 per week. No Senior Clerk
will receive less than $42.00 and none will receive over
$48.00, with the exception of Miss McDonough, Assistant
Town Clerk and Assistant Town Treasurer, who will re-
ceive $53.00 per week.
The Assessors' request to classify the Senior Clerk
as a Special Senior Clerk was not approved and her rate 11is to be the same as all Senior Clerks in the building,
$48.00 per week.
The Selectmen did not act on the salaries of Tax
Collector, Town Clerk & Treasurer inasmuch as they are
elected officials and left these for the Appropriation
Committee to act on.
Accounting Department
Town Accountant $5,000 per year
(Total salary - no appropriation approved
for secretary to Appropriation Committee )
Senior Clerk $ 48.00 per week
Male Clerk 42.00 per week
The maximums and minimums for Senior and Junior
Clerks also apply to the Clerks tai the Department of
Public Works.
No conclusion arrived at in regard to the men in
the Public Works Department or the Engineering Depart-
ment.