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SELECTMEN'S MEETING
January 13, 1953 1
A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was
held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building,
on Tuesday, January 13, 1953 at 7 :30 P. M. Chairman
Nickerson, Messrs. Gay, Driscoll and Reed were present.
The Clerk was also present. Mr. Gay acted as Chairman
for the evening.
Mr. Nickerson reported that the cost of snow re-
moval to date in January has exceeded the amount paid
in any one month for 1952, and it will be necessary
for both the Selectmen and the Appropriation Committee
to vote authorizing payment of the bills incurred.
Snow Upon motion of Mr. Nickerson, seconded by Mr.
Removal Driscoll, it was voted to give written approval under
the authority of Chapter 5 of the Legislative Acts of
1948 for the incurring of additional liability for
snow and ice removal to an amount not in excess of
$J3o'*.-o, ' during the interval between December 31,
1952 and January 15, 1953.
At 8:00 P. M. Chief Rycrott met with the Board
to discuss budgets for 1953 which were acted on as
follows :
Budget Requested Approved
Police Dep't.- Capital Outlay $ 600.00 $ 600.00
Police Dept. - Personal 98,892..21 No decision
Police Deptt. - Expenses 8,700.00 8,900.00
The Chief explained that he had a conference with
Roy Cook of the Fire Department, and they arrived at
these figures so that both departments would be sub-
mitting the same salary requests.
Mr. Nickerson explained that the Board has not
taken any action on personal. service budgets and said
that there is a pattern to make, and the Board probably
will not arrive at any conclusion this evening. He
stated that the Board would discuss the subject with
the Chief and with heads of other departments in the
same category and then make up its mind on what is to
be recommended. He said that the Selectmen are of the
opinion that the Chief's request for a differential
between patrolmen, lieutenant, sergeants and chief is
warranted in order to give some incentive to the men to
become officers. He said, however, that the Board will
probably be unwilling to approve any raises for the
patrolmen.
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Chief Rycroft stated that a sergeant now receives
only 57X more per day than a patrolman, and the
lieutenant receives only 54 more per day than a
sergeant. In a year, the sergeants receive $216
more than the patrolmen, and the lietenant receives
$201 more than the sergeants.
He stated that the increases he is requesting will
amount to $1384 additional, not including the Clerk. Police
He said that he has some good men who will make good Budget
officers, but they do not want to study, take the
examination and assume more responsibility for the
small difference in pay.
He said that his hours are about sixty per week
and he believes that the Chief, whether it is he or
someone else, should receive a minimum of $100 per
1 week.
The Chief said that he would also like to add
$200 to his expense budget to cover the cost of sending
two mord men to the State Police School for officers.
Budget Requested Approved
Dog Officer - Personal $ 235.00 $ 235.00
Dog Officer - Expenses 550.00 650.00
Mr. Nickerson asked how much of this work is done
I by the Officer during his regular hours and how much Dog
is done after hours. The Chief replied that the Dog Officer
Officer has no standing and explained that he may be on Budget
nights. He stated that the majority of his work as Dqg
Officer is done on his own time and he uses his own car.
However, if anything comes in during the day he will
take care of it while hb is working. If he is off, one
of the other men answer the call. He sends out all his
cards on his own time .
The Chairman explained that if the Board approves
the budget for an additional amount, it will expect more
work to be done and the violations followed through. The
Chief explained that the list given to the Dog Officer is
not always correct and agreed to discuss the matter with
the Town Clerk.
Chief Rycroft retired at 8:50 P. M.
Mr. James J. Collins, Welfare Agent, met with the
Board.
The Chairman explained that the Board has not de-
cided what pattern will be followed in regard to Personal
Services, and the following action was taken on the other
budgets submitted by Mr. Collinst.
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Budget
Requested A roved
Public Welfare - Administration f 925-.00 .00
Public Welfare - Aid & Expenses 16,600.00 16,600.00
Disability - Aid & Expenses 6,500.00 6,500.00
Dependent Children - Aid & Exp. 14,614.00 14,614.00
Qid Age Asst. - Aid & Expenses 84,900.00 84,900.00
Mr. Collins retired at 9:15 P. M. , and Mr. Maurice
Healy, Veterans ' Agent, met with the Board.
The chairman explained that the Board has not arrived
at any decision in regard to Personal Services for 1953 .
Mr. Driscoll asked how much time Mr. Healy devoted
to his work and he replied that he is in the office every
duly from 9:00 A. M. until noon and on the average of two
afternoons each week.
His budgets were acted upon as follows :
Budget Requested Approved
Personal Services $ 1,266.47 $ 1,2.66.47
Aid & Expenses 10,000.00 10,000.00
Expenses 350.00 350.00
(This item is made of of $250 for car allowance
and $100 for files, Stationery, etc. and is to
be included in the Selectmen's Unclassified
Account. )
Soldiers ' Burials 150.00 150.00
Mr. Healy retired at 9:40 P. M.
Action was taken on other budgets as follows :
Budget. Requested Approved
Law Dep t. - Personal $ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00
Law Dept. - Special Fees 5,000.00 5,000.00
Law Dept. - Expenses 1,500.00 1,500.00
Animal Inspector - Personal 680.63: 680.65
Cary Memorial Library - Expenses 14,805.00 14,805.00
Police Pensions 10,160.73 10,160.73
Fire Pensions 5,391.48 5,391.48
Contributory Retirement 20,410.27 20,410.27
Contributory Retirement - Expenses 325.00 325.00
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Budget Requested Approved
Printing_Town Report1,600.00 1,600.00
Ambulance Maintenance 300.00 300.00
Administration Trust Funds 175.00 175.00
Water Constr. - Capital Outlay 163,400.00 163,,400.00
Maturing Debt 313,000.00 313,000.00
Interest on Debt 58,651.25 58,651.25
The meeting adjourned at 10:20 P. M.
A true record, Attest :
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