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Town of Wakefield
Population, 1975 State Census — 26,438 1970 Federal Census — 25,268 Congressman, 7th District — Torbert H. Macdonald of Maiden Councillor, 6th District — G. Edward Bradley of Somerville Senator, 3rd Middlesex District — Stephen J. McGrail of Maiden State Representative, 31st Middlesex District - Anthony M. Gallugi of Wakefield
Town Officers, 1975-76
* Selectmen James E. Good, Chairman, 1977
John F. Carney, 1978 John Wally Moccia, Jr. , 1976 John J. Murphy, 1978 George J. Toth, II, 1977
Town Clerk Thelma E. Rennard, 1978
*** Assistant Town Clerk Virginia L. Climo
* Moderator Roger H. Wingate, 1976
•Treasurer Paul Lazzaro, 1977
Tax Collector Thomas Hennessy, 1976
**Town Accountant
John J . McCarthy
Assessors Term Expires Roger A. Curran, Chairman 1976 John E. Anderson 1978 Kenneth E. Morang, Jr. 1977 Asst. Assessor, Dante C. Volpe (App.) 1976 .
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* Municipal Light Commissioners Edward D. Conway, Chairman 1976 Joseph R. Sardella 1977 Philip C.Siciliano 1978
Board of Public Works
Ralph P. DeCecca. , Chairman 1978 Bartholomew D. Barry 1978 Frederick A. Beyer, Jr. (Resigned) DianaJ.Lowry 1977 James M.Scott 1976 Burton F. Whitcomb 1976
School Committee
Anthony J. Pietrafitta, Jr., Chairman 1976
John B . Encarnacao 1976 William F. Kenney 1978 Robert A. Morley 1976 Alfred A. Palmerino 1977 Louis R. Sardella 1977 J. Edward Surette, Jr. 1977 Donald A. Winsor 1978 Richard A. Wood 1976
Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School Representative
Philip L. McAuliffe, Jr. 1977
Trustees Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Virginia M. Jackson, Chairman 1978 Albert Leon Burbine, Jr. 1977 James A. Curley, Jr. (Resigned) Derek D. Ober 1976
Thomas M . Hourihan 1978 Walter A. Howlett 1978 Ethel S. Koulouris 1977
John M . Landers 1976 John B. Shevlin, Jr. 1977 RuthE.Finlay 1976
Board of Health George O. Richardson, Chairman 1977 A. Louis Giamarco 1976 MerleA.Peabody 1978
Town Planning Board [5 yrs.] Joseph S. R. Zagarella, Chairman 1976 Angelo D'Ambrosio 1978 Charles M. Imbracsio 1977
Arthur A . Knight , Jr 1980 Ruth A. Woodbury 1979 .
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* Wakefield Housing Authority [5 yrs.] Philip H. DePasquale, Chairman 1980 Carney D. Daniels 1976 Steven D. Harrington 1977 Mary S. Sweeney 1979 Rev. John V. Thorp (State Appointee) 1977
* Constables Harold R. Anderson, (Town Appointee) 1978 Kenneth Lowry 1977 James T. McKeon 1977 Robert A. Westcott 1977
* * * Registrars of Voters Bertram A. Hudson, Chairman 1977 Lawrence C. Brown, Jr. 1976 Ellen A. Lee 1978
Thelma E . Rennard , Clerk 1978
***Finance Committee John A. Hanson, Chairman 1977 David N. Berry 1976 Philip C.Boody 1978 M.Kent Fletcher 1976 Steven J. Hegarty 1977 Roscoe E.Irving 1978 William H. Littlewood (Deceased) David F. Carpenter 1977 Melvin Murley (Resigned) Henry A. Stahle 1977 Francis C. McGrath, Jr. 1976
William H . Patriquin 1977 Edward G.Riess 1978 George A. Snow 1978 James E. Tamagini (Resigned) Henry F. Sampson 1976 Charles D.Willis 1978 Robert L.Wixted 1976
* * *Board of Appeals
Leonard I. Singer, Chairman 1977 Daniel Sullivan 1978 Richard D.Ellis 1976
** 'Building Board of Appeals
William J . Benedetto 1977 Dominic DiGiorgio 1980
John J . MacKay , Sr 1976 Charles F. Storella 1978 James H. Sen 1979 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
"'Recreation Commission George E. Koulouris, Chairman 1976 J. Frank Anderson 1977 Fred A. Roberto 1978 Louis J. Racca 1976
* * * Personnel Board Henry C. Anzalone, Chairman 1976 Francis A. Johnson 1978 Delbert W. Lawson 1977 Leonard Lewis 1976 Maurice A. Walter (Resigned) JohnB. Anderton 1978
Elected ***Appointed **Tenure
Attest: THELMA E . RENNARD Town Clerk -
164th ANNUAL REPORT
When you VOTE you ELECT
i Board of Public Works Board of Selectmen
Town Treasurer —Moderator
Tax Collector _Town Clerk
Planning Board- —Board of Assessors
School Committee- —Board of Health
Constables— —Board of Library Trustees
Municipal Light— —Housing Authority Commission 8 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The Board of Selectmen Appoints and supervises the work of:
Executive Secretary. -Town Accountant Town Counsel _ Police Chief
Fire Chief. Veterans Agent Building Inspector..
_Wire Inspector Sealer of Weights.. Gas Piping & Appliance Insp. Plumbing lnsp._ —Board of Appeals Recreation Comm.- _ Retirement Board
Election Officers- _Dir. of Civil Defense — Board of Registrars Various Special Committees Not Appoint- ed by the Moderator
The Moderator Appoints
I Finance Committee
Personnel Board ' Special Committees ..
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VOTING IN WAKEFIELD, ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
Prepared by the League of Women Voters
To Be A Voter, A Person Must Be
an American citizen (native-born or naturalized) 18 years or more in age a resident of Massachusetts a resident of Wakefield registered as a voter
To Register As A Voter, A Citizen Must
appear in person before an authorized Registrar of Voters and make sworn affidavit
When and Where to Register:
8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday in the Town Clerk's office. 7: 00 to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday evenings in the Town Clerk's office. Or at especially designated places in precincts, within two weeks of the closing of registration, scheduled by Board of Registrars and announced in the Wakefield Item.
However no registration takes place between the 32nd day preceding and the day following the State and Presidential Primaries and the State Elections nor between the 20th day preceding and the day following the annual Town Election.
Registration is permanent unless a voter moves to a new city or town or changes name by marriage. A voter, moving from one precinct to another within the town, should immediately notify the Registrars of the change to assure being able to vote in the new precinct, otherwise he must vote in his former address.
Registrations are administered by the Board of Registrars. The Board is composed of three citizens, appointed for three year terms by the Board of Selectmen, and the Town Clerk, who by virtue of his office, serves as clerk of the board.
Polling Places
1 Precinct 1 — First Baptist Church 2 Precinct 2 — Greenwood School 3. Precinct 3— St. Joseph's Hall 4 Precinct 4 — Hurd School 5. Precinct 5 — Franklin School
Local elections are held annually on the first Monday in March to elect certain officials and members of boards for their respective terms. Local elections are non-partisan. Write-ins are permitted, and absentee voting is allowed in local elections. . . . .
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To Become a Candidate for Local Office A Citizen Must . .
secure nomination papers from the Town Clerk (one set of papers for each office to appear on the ballot) obtain signatures of 50 registered voters submit nomination papers with the Board of Registrars for certification 7 days preceding the 35th day before the Town Election
file with the Town Clerk by 5 P.M. on the 35th day before the Town election. (This places the candidate's name on the ballot officially, providing the papers are properly certified). The Town Clerk administers election. The Board of Selectmen annually in August appoints election officers to supervise voting at the polls. These include five wardens and five clerks.
To Join a Political Party . .
A voter must declare his party choice as he enters the polls to vote in the primary elections.
To Change or Cancel Party Enrollment . .
A voter must appear in person at the Town Clerk's office and present the request in writing. This may be done any time except when registration is closed, immediately preceding elections. 30 days for this to become effective.
A party member is eligible to be a delegate to his party conventions. Membership on the town Democratic and Republican Committees is determined by ballot every four years at the Presidential Primary. A non-party member is called an "Independent" voter, or an "un-enrolled" voter.
The Annual Report of the Town Officers is published each year and is available at the time of Town Meeting and also at the public library. The report includes all financial data pertaining to the costs of town operating expenses.
Procedure of Town Meeting . .
The Moderator, an elected town official, presides at town meetings. He begins to read the call for the meeting. Usually a motion is made to waive further reading of the warrant (with the exception of the constable's return which the
law demands be read ) and the motion is carried. Articles in the warrant are taken up in order as they are printed in the warrant unless it is requested by a two- thirds vote that they be taken up otherwise.
The recommendations of the Finance Committee are given before voters discuss or act upon an article. For the annual town meeting, these recommendations are available a week to ten days before the meeting in booklet form, called "Annual Appropriations for 197-," and may be obtained at the Selectmen's Room at Town Hall.
Following the Finance Committee's recommendations or the recommendations of such special department as may be permitted to make recommendations, the sponsor of the article is usually allowed to present his case. The voters may then debate the question according to rules of parliamentary procedure prescribed by the town's bylaws such as: —Stand, address the Moderator, give name and address clearly, confine remarks to the question under debate and avoid personalities. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 11
-Speak for not more than 10 minutes at any one time, unless granted permission by the meeting. No voter may speak more than once on any question if other voters desire to be heard, and no voter may speak more than twice on the same question without permission of the meeting. —Speak not more than two minutes on any one of the following motions: Motion to adjourn Motion to lay on the table Motion to take from the table Motion to put the previous question (These motions only are in order when a question is under debate. Total time allowed for debate on each motion is six minutes).
A two-thirds vote of the assembly is necessary on a motion which requires a bond issue. A vote may be reconsidered at the same session or at adjourned session upon two-thirds vote of the assembly. The Moderator may request a voter to put his motion in writing. Should seven voters doubt the accuracy of the Moderator's count of hands on a motion, tellers are appointed to make the count. The Moderator clarifies motions when they are especially complex.
Conduct at the town meeting is further governed by the rules of practice, as they are pertinent to town meetings, in Cushings' Manual of Parliamentary Procedure.
The Town Meeting Warrant and the Annual Report*
The warrant is composed by the Selectmen, with articles being entered by request or petition. Individual voters may have an article inserted by petition. The Selectmen receive all petitions for the warrant, except those having to do with sidewalks, drainage, sewers and streets which must be submitted to the Board of Public Works. Signatures of ten or more registered voters are required on articles for annual town meetings; 100 signatures are required for articles filed by citizens in warrants for special town meetings. Signatures on petitions must be exactly as the voters' signatures appear on the voting list. Voters may request the advice of the Town Counsel in drawing up an article. Customarily, public announcement is made of the opening and the closing dates of the warrant. Citizens, however, may take their petitions to the Selectmen at any Board meeting during the year and the Selectmen will hold such articles for insertion in the warrant for the next town meeting. Department heads enter their articles by the process of request.
Town Meeting Warrant — A collection of articles presented by departments, committees and voters for consideration by voters at an annual or a special town meeting. General Government
Reports of BOARD OF SELECTMEN PERSONNEL BOARD BOARD OF ASSESSORS BOARD OF APPEALS PLANNING BOARD 164th ANNUAL REPORT 13
Report of the Board of Selectmen
James E. Good, Chairman George J. Toth, Secretary John W. Moccia, Jr. John F. Carney John J. Murphy
At the Board's organizational meeting, following the Annual Town Meeting in March, James E. Good was elected Chairman and George J. Toth was elected Secretary. Other Board members are John W. Moccia, Jr., John F. Carney, and John J. Murphy. Margaret M. Brady was re-appointed Clerk of the Board.
The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Board of Selectmen continue to be broadly diversified in approximately seven hundred sections of law applying directly to selectmen together with the hundreds of other sections of law that bear upon Town problems in general.
The Town has continued to function under the Board of Selectmen -Executive Secretary plan of municipal Administration. This plan maintains the selectmen in their traditional role as the elected directors of the municipality as it gives cognizance to the need for an administrator to carry out administration assignments within a policy framework established by the Board of Selectmen.
The broadly diversified powers, duties and responsibilities of the Board of Selectmen affect the administration of all town departments and a central coordination is essential to an effective and efficient municipal administration.
The Board of Selectmen and the Executive Secretary represent the Town's interest before governmental officials, committees and commissions at the various levels of government for the purpose of presenting information and evidence on matters which concern the Town of Wakefield.
The necessity for effective liaison and representation between the Town, the state government and metropolitan agencies has become increasingly important due to metropolitan and state involvement. The further erosion of home rule as exercised by statutory Town Boards and town meeting requires counter-balance by local officials as active participants in the governmental structure which, although outside of local management organization, bears heavily upon the ef- ficiency of local government. The Executive Secretary has served on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Advisory Board since its in- ception, in addition to his current tenure on the M.B.T.A. Board of Directors. He continues to serve as the town's designated representative to the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, a member of its Executive Committee and President in his sixth term. The Town's active participation is necessary to the Town's ef- fective representation in an area of activity that involves significant dollar cost as well as a progressively increasing socio-economic impact.
A systems study has been initiated for all town departments as authorized under the provisions of Article No. 10 of the Special Town Meeting of 1973. This study has been proceeding under the direction of the Executive Secretary -Town Accountant. All town departments payrolls have been studied and adapted to 14 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
computerization. Further study and computer applications of billing processes and accounts payable records are planned to be completed within the next year. There are several other areas of administrative activity that appear to have potential for improved efficiency and information under the operation of com- puterization, and these functions will receive attention in the progression of the overall study.
The Fire and Casualty Insurance program which extends to all municipal departments and provides for various types of required protection amounted to premium cost of $75,469.56. The Workmen's Compensation insurance program extends coverages to all insurable departments of the Town at a premium cost of $53,067.00.
The Group Insurance program of medical -surgical hospitalization and life insurance benefits authorized for Town employees by referendum action in March 1958 and extended to cover employees who retired after original acceptance of the legislation which provided group insurance benefits to Town employees (Chapter 595, Acts 1959) continues to present the best features of any plan of protection for Town employees. There are presently 630 employees, 90 pensioners, and 139 Optional Medicare members of the Town included in this program. The gross premium cost amounts to $429,820.13 of which amount the Town contributed $259,756.68.
Chapter 763 of the Acts of the year 1965 became effective on February 16, 1966 is legislative enactment of collective bargaining for municipalities. Municipal employers are prevented from (a) interfering with the right of em- ployees to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining, (b) dominating or interfering with any employee organization, (c) discharging or discriminating against any employee who testifies before the State Labor Relations Commission on a certification proceeding, (d) refusing to bargain collectively in good faith
with a designated exclusive bargaining agent, and (e) refusing to discuss grievances with the bargaining agent. The statute states "the municipal employer shall be represented by the Chief Executive Officer, whether elected or appointed or his designated representative or representatives." It has been determined that
the Board of Selectmen is the Chief Executive Officer in Towns for the purpose of this statute, except as applies to School Department Personnel. This legislation continues a costly and complex impact on municipal administration in Massachusetts. The Board of Selectmen appointed Executive Secretary John J. McCarthy, Town Counsel Mario L. Simeola and Public Works Director Richard
C . Boutiette as delegated representatives in collective bargaining procedure with the established Public Works unit. The Board of Selectmen appointed Executive Secretary John J. McCarthy, Town Counsel Mario L. Simeola and Fire Chief Walter V. Maloney as delegated representatives in collective bargaining procedure with the established Fire Department Union. Town Counsel was authorized to engage the services of Special Counsel on Labor Negotiation and Attorney Edward Schneider was so engaged.
Chapter 1078 of the Acts of the year 1973 has made the position of the Town in Labor Contract negotiations a matter of very serious concern. The Board of Selectmen have long recognized the necessity for professional representation at the bargaining table and have accordingly engaged specialized legal services in this important relationship. The new law provides that collective bargaining agreements prevail over personnel bylaws, fire and police regulations and certain specified statutes whereas the reverse was previously the case. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 15
Police and firefighters have the right to final offer arbitration though the scope of arbitration for police excludes matters involving the appointment, promotion, assignment and transfer of personnel. This form of compulsory ar- bitration is relatively new in that it limits the arbitrator's choice to the last best offer of the employer and the last best offer of labor. Although this brief citation of some important features of the referenced legislation is not intended to be a complete summary, it may serve to identify the implications and complexity of labor contract relations as has developed in the public sector.
In accordance with Chapter 234 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Board of Selectmen are responsible for the preparation of a jury list of qualified citizens for the selection of service in Superior and Federal Courts.
The Board observed with regret the deaths of the following active and retired employees.
Nellie T. Hurton Richard J. Curley Charles DiFederico Francis E. Wallace Kenneth Shaw Herbert K. Noble Stanley Bryson
Appointments made by the Board of Selectmen for 1975: Clerk to the Board of Selectmen, Margaret M. Brady Building Inspector, David D. Cardillo Wire Inspector, Charles F. Rice Sealer of Weights and Measures, Pasquale J. Carisella Gas Inspector, Leo J. Curran Fire Inspector, Walter J. Maloney Lock-up Keeper, William R. Connors Constable, William R. Connors Veterans' Service Agent, Richard J. McGrail Fence Viewers, Earl A. Turner, Frank D. MacKay, Gaston E. Loubris Dog Officer/Animal Inspector, John J. Donaher Director of Civil Defense, William P. Hurton Sweetser Lecture Committee, John J. Murphy, John W. Moccia, Jr., James E. Good, John Carney, George J. Toth Certified Weighers, John M. Lucey, Edward Saletnick, Richard Dennis Committee on Election Procedures, John J. McCarthy, Mario L. Simeola, James E. Good Conservation Committee, Thomas G. Johnston, Mary M. Egan, Howard M. Allen, John D. Gillis, Peter D'Arcangelo, David E. Murch, Lawrence Blandini Council on Aging, Arthur J. Rotondi, Jr., Evelyn Shulman, Rosemary Yasi Registrar of Voters, Ellen A. Lee Recreation Commission, William Boodry, Fred Roberto Youth Activities Commission, Martin Moore Zoning Board of Appeals, David Sullivan, permanent. James Sen and Walter Howlett, alternates. Building Code Board of Appeals, Domenic DiGiorgio, James Sen, Charles F. Storella, William J. Benedetto, John J. MacKay, Sr.
The Board appointed the following permanent reserve patrolmen:
Richard J. DeFelice, Frank J. Sullivan, John J. MacKay, Jr., Gerald A. Curran, Robert J. Caristo, Gerald C. Holleran, Douglas J. Skane, Robert M Joseph, David L. Dushane, William R. Martin, Wayne R. Ulwich. Richard J. 16 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
De Felice was subsequently appointed a permanent patrolman to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert A. O'Neil. The following were appointed to the Wakefield Auxiliary Police Department: Scott Batson, Arthur DiDonatis, Jr., Steven P. Kessel, James V. Maguire. Town Clerk, Mrs. Thelma Rennard was appointed Municipal Census Supervisor for 1975.
The following were appointed to fill vacancies caused by resignations from Town Boards, Committees or Commissions: Louis Racco, Recreation Commission, William Boodry, Youth Activities Commission, Juliette A. Quinlan, Council on Aging
The following resignations were accepted with regret: William Climo, Warden at Precinct Three; From the Recreation Com- mission, William Jefferson, Richard Wood. From the Conservation Committee, John S. Egan. Reserve Patrolman Frank J. Sullivan, Robert J. Caristo. Patrolman David Cusato. Fire Captain John M. Riley, Fire Fighter Arthur C. List. From the Council on Aging, Anthony Cerullo, Evelyn Shulman.
David Akin was promoted to Fire Lieutenant.
The following were appointed provisional fire fighters: Roy E. Fanjoy, Thomas C. Ronan, Thomas S. Labriola, David Currier, Michael Robbins.
The following women were appointed traffic supervisors: Marilyn L. Wenzel, Sally A. McCauley, Helen N. Hogan and Edythe J. Babcock.
Appointments to the Wakefield Bicentennial Committee are as follows: William D. Berggren, Thomas P. Carey, Jr., Burton Clayman, Peter D'Arcangelo, Edward J. Hennesey, Elliott Y. Klasky, Beverly Oliphant, Louise L. Sylvester, Ruth A. Woodbury, Sabatino Benedetto, Richard F. Yasi, Joan Cardile, M. Arlene Lightbown and Daniel McCarron.
The following were elected to membership on the Employee Advisory Committee of the Group Insurance in accordance with Chapter 32 -B of the Mass. General Laws:
School Teachers Union Joseph F. Neale III Fire Department Union David J. Lowry Clerical Union June Pizzano Public Works Union Stephen M. Sardella Clerical Union of the School Department Jeannette M. Daly At Large Roger A. Curran Custodial Union School Department Paul K. Burbine
The Board appointed 59 election officers and 37 tellers for service at the polls for the year 1975 and the Committee on Election Procedures was continued in its function of reviewing election procedures and providing liaison between the Board of Selectmen and precinct wardens. This Committee has enabled the Selectmen to remain in closer contact with the functions of elections for which they are responsible.
The Board approved a rate of 3.50% for an amount of $89,000 for school purposes and a rate of 4.80% for an amount of $300,000 for a sewer loan. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 17
Derek Ober was elected to the Board of Library Trustees to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James J. Curley, Jr.
Executive Secretary, John J. McCarthy, was reappointed as the Town's representative to the Metropolitan Area Planning Council for a three year term.
Mario L. Simeola was reappointed as the Town Counsel for a three year term.
Report of Personnel Board
During these time of inflation and high unemployment, it is necessary, more than ever, to have a just and equitable system of job compensation. This can only be achieved by setting up fair and honest job descriptions that will in turn result in proper grades for proper jobs. This has been the goal and endeavor of the Personnel Board of the Town of Wakefield.
Other functions of the Personnel Board deal with problems of seniority, personal and medical leaves, questions of overtime pay and hours of work. Yet, another phase of the personnel group is that of assisting in negotiations of con- tracts of the employee groups within our town.
Sincerely yours, HENRY C. ANZALONE Chairman of the Personnel Board Town of Wakefield, Mass. 18 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Board of Assessors
COMPUTATION OF TAX RATE — FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1975 THRU JUNE 30, 1976
Gross Amount to be Raised $ 18 ,458 , 658 .06 Estimated Receipts and Available Funds 7, 163,635.44
Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation $ 1 1 , 295 ,022 . 62 Real Property Valuations $78,420,240.00 Personal Property Valuations 3,427,750.00
Total Property Valuations $81 ,847,990.00 Tax Rate 138.00
Real Property Tax 10 ,82 1 ,993 . 12 Personal Property Tax 473,029.50
Total Taxes Levied on Property $11,295,022.62
Items Not Entering Into The Determination of The Tax Rate Betterments, Special Assessments and Water Liens Added to Taxes: Committed Amount Interest Total
a. Water Liens 115,784.53 — 115,784.53 b. Sewer Betterments 24,664.84 8,846.40 33,511.24 c. Street & Sidewalk Bettmt. 15,611.79 4,647.32 20,259.11 d. Water Betterments 312.42 118.27 430.69 e. Special Lien 1,100.00 1,100.00
$171,085.57 Rate of Taxation: School Rate (48.03%) $66.72 General Rate (51.07%) 71.28
Rate per $1,000.00 of valuation $138.00
Number of Motor Vehicle and Trailers Assessed in 1975 20, 150 Valuation of Motor Vehicle and Trailers Assessed in 1975 19, 186,200 .00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax levied in 1975 1 ,007,417.31
Number of Dwellings — Residential 6,279 Apartment Houses 104 Commercial Buildings with Apartments 63 Commercial Buildings 248 Industrial Buildings 68
Respectfully Submitted BOARD OF ASSESSORS ROGER A CURRAN, Chairman JOHN E. ANDERSON, Secretary KENNETH E. MORANG, JR. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 19
Report of Board of Appeals
The Wakefield Board of Appeals, a quasi-judicial body with three members and three alternates appointed by the Board of Selectmen, operates under the Zoning By-laws of the Town of Wakefield and Chapter 40A of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. During the year ending December 31, 1975, the Board held nineteen hearings. Ten petitions were granted, three denied, three withdrawn, and three are still pending.
The members of the Board of Appeals are Leonard Singer, Chairman, Richard D. Ellis and Daniel Sullivan. The alternate members are Bernadette E. Casavant, Walter Howlett, and James Sen. Mrs. Richard F. Morello, Jr. is stenographer.
Report of the Town Planning Board
The Town Planning Board held 25 meetings and two public hearings in 1975.
The article for the adoption of Flood Plain Zoning presented by the Planning
Board was defeated at the 1975 annual town meeting. With some minor changes it was adopted at the special town meeting held in June.
The Jennifer Park subdivision, southerly of Albion Street, and the sub- division extending Reynolds Road were completed in 1975.
The Planning Board therefore is recommending that Longbow, Fairlane, and Jennifer Roads and the extension of Reynolds Road be accepted by the town at the annual meeting in March 1976.
A preliminary plan of a new street, Confalone Circle, north-westerly of Sycamore Road was approved.
Del Carmine Street, the subdivision plan of which was approved in 1964, has been completed.
Two articles in the 1975 annual town meeting warrant to delete the High Rise Apartment District section from the Zoning Bylaws and to rezone the High Rise Apartment District in the former Pleasure Island land back to an Industrial District resulted in action on the part of Institutional Investors Trust to preserve the High Rise zoning of the tract, so zoned in 1970. Institutional Investors Trust held a mortgage on the tract; the owner was the Fairbanks Amusement Corp. A Land Court plan of the area dividing the tract into three lots was submitted to the Board and since it was in complaince with the law, the Board signed the statement that no approval of the plan was required under the Subdivision Control Law. The filing of this plan automatically extended the High Rise zoning for another three years, whether or not the Board endorsed it and regardless of the rezoning action taken by the 1975 town meeting. A preliminary subdivision plan of "Pleasure Island Subdivision" was filed in which much of the engineering data did not comply with the Rules and Regulations Governing the Use of Land in Wakefield. This plan was disapproved by the Board. Approval of the plan would have extended the High Rise zoning of the area for a period of seven years, again regardless of the town meeting action. .
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In October, a development company consulted the Board about the use of the Pleasure Island land for apartments, but nothing further has developed regarding the area.
The Board currently has before it a preliminary plan of the northerly part of the so-called Ryan land which is southerly of Salem Street abutting the Wakefield -Lynnfield Town line along the Saugus River. Access to this land is by way of Walton Street. The plan shows 42 new Single Residence building lots.
During 1975 members have represented the Board at several hearings before the Board of Appeals and in some instances has made recommendations to that Board.
In March Charles M. Imbracsio was elected to the Board.
Town Engineer Michael T. Collins was again appointed Engineering Con- sultant to the Board. The Board elected Ruth A. Woodbury to the position of Clerk -Treasurer
Wakefield Town Planning Board JOSEPH S. R. ZAGARELLA, Chairman RUTH A. WOODBURY ANGELO R. D'AMBROSIO ARTHUR A. KNIGHT, JR. CHARLES M. IMBRACSIO Protection of Persons and Property Report of POLICE DEPARTMENT
Dog Officer FIRE DEPARTMENT FOREST WARDEN CIVIL DEFENSE BUILDING INSPECTOR
Gas Inspector
Plumbing Inspector
Wire Inspector SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1
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Report of the Chief of Police
YEAR 1975
Number of Arrests 2244 Number of Arrests on Warrants 67 Number of Arrests without Warrants 374 Number of Arrests on Capias 29 Number of Arrests on Default Warrants 20 Number of Summons Served 1754 Males 1922 Females 322 Residents 886 Non-Residents 1358
AUTOMOBILE LAWS, VIOLATIONS OF:
Allowing Improper Person to Operate Attempted larceny of a MV Break and enter of a MV 7 Causing property damage 7 Failing to stop on signal of Officer 16 Improper lights 27 Improper plates 16 Larceny of a MV 2 Mechanical signal, not stopping 92 Motor running 1 MV with altered serial number Not keeping to right of way 61
One way street , violation of 14 Operating after revocation of license 9 Operating after suspension of license 5 Operating failing to slow down at intersection 5 Operating no registration 17 Operating so as to endanger 13 Operating speeding 608 Operating under the influence 56 Operating with studded snow tires Operating with unnecessary noise 1 Operating a motorcycle without headgear 9 Operating without a license 69 Operating without official inspection 99 Parking violation 340 Possession of a forged inspection sticker Stop sign, not stopping 254 Uninsured car 21 Unregistered car 35 Using without authority 27 Refusing to show license to Police Officer 1 Motor Boat Violations 6 1
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FOR THE FOLLOWING CRIMES: Accosting Arson Assault and Battery 19 Assault with dangerous weapon Attempted arson AWOL from armed forces Breaking, entering and larceny in the night time 30
Breaking , entering and larceny in the daytime 2 Break and enter misdemeanor Burglar tools in possession 10 Carrying dangerous weapon 1 Carrying loaded shotgun Arrested for Other Officers 7
Children:
Delinquent 2 Stubborn 1 Conspiracy to commit robbery Contributing to delinquency 1
Dog law , violation of 63 Drinking alcoholic beverage in public Exposing person 2 Fugitive from justice 2 Idle and disorderly 22 Illegitimacy Indecent assault Insane 4 Kidnapping 4 Labor law violation Larceny 70 Larceny, attempt to commit 2 Larceny from person Lewdness 2 Malicious mischief 4 Minor carrying alcoholic beverage 9 Murder, assault with intent to commit
Narcotic drug laws , violations of 56 Non-support 14 Possession of false I D card Probation, Violation of 15 Receiving stolen property 17
Revolver, earring without a license 1
Runaway boys and girls 1 Robbery, armed 4 Robbery, Attempt to commit School bus violation 4
Sounding false alarm of fire 1 Trespass 4 Uttering 3 Wilfully and maliciously destroying Town property 9 24 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Defraud Innkeeper
Murder 1
Rape 1
Safekeeping 1 Discharging Firearm w/in town limits 1 Procuring Liquor for a minor 2 Health Law Violations 2 Possession of Fireworks 3 Carrying Firearm w/o Permit 1
HOW DISPOSED OF:
Appealed 19 Continued 261 Concord Reformatory Defaulted 248 Delivered to other Officers 34 Discharged 6 Dismissed 92 Grand Jury 8 House of Correction 7 Insane Hospital 7 No Service 28 Placed on file 20 Probation 4 State Prison suspended sentence 4
Released 1
Youth service board cancelled 1 Restitution 21 Youth service board suspended sentence 2 Suspended sentence to the house of correction 3
Custody, Probation Officer 1 FINES IMPOSED:
at $1.00 0.00 13 at 2.00 26.00 11 at 3.00 33.00 296 at 5.00 1,480.00 130 at 6.00 780.00 11 at 7.00 77.00 354 at 10.00 3,540.00 at 11.00 0.00 158 at 15.00 2,370.00 15 at 20.00 300.00 397 at 25.00 9,925.00 2 at 40.00 80.00 21 at 50.00 1,050.00 2 at 75.00 150.00 64 at 100.00 6,400.00 1 at 200.00 200.00
1 at 300.00 300.00
1 at 500.00 500.00
1477 Total 27,211.00 1
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MISCELLANEOUS REPORT:
Accidents reported to police 997
Amount of lost property recovered $3 , 308 . 10 Amount of property left outside stores and cared for $2,085 .00 Amount of stolen property recovered $189,977.00 Bicycles found 49 Broken wires reported 18 Buildings found open and secured 573
Burglary , false alarm 456 Complaints and cases investigated 5357 Dead and stray cats reported 18 Dead bodies cared for 4 Dead dogs reported 1 Defects in gas pipes reported 7 Defects in hydrants reported 4 Defects in streets and sidewalks reported 17 Defects in water pipes reported Detail for private assemblages 685 Dog bites reported 15 Dogs killed Fires discovered and alarm given 91
Fires discovered and extinguished without alarm 1 18 Gunshot wounds 2 Lights found burning in buildings
Lost children cared for 1 Lost dogs found and returned to owners Medical examiner cases 25 Obstructions removed from streets 32 Officers at fires 363 Persons missing 105 Runaway boys cared for 4 Runaway girls cared for 4 Sick and disabled persons assisted 484 Street lights not burning 44 Traffic signs borrowed Traffic signs put out at dangerous places
Water running to waste 1 Messages delivered 186 Annoying and obscene calls 59 Water Dept. calls taken 79 False alarms of fire 140
Number of Duty Calls 65 , 679 POLICE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS
Number of ambulance cases 504 Miles covered by Ambulance 100X 8284 Miles covered by car 92 1 1234 Miles covered by car 93 733 Miles covered by car 94 56579 Miles covered by car 95 18540 Miles covered by car 96 55370 26 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Miles covered by Motorcycle #1 2473 Miles covered by Safty Car #91 31410
Total Mileage 184,623
Legal papers served for out of town Departments 699 Legal papers served for our Department 1824 Parking three way citations issued for 1975 1413 MOTOR VEHICLE VIOLATION CITATIONS ISSUED
Court summoned 1241 At the time of arrest 99 Warnings 260
Total 1600 MONEY COLLECTED AND TURNED OVER TO THE TOWN TREASURER
Bicycle Registrations $32.25 Firearms -License to carry 1840.00 Firearms -Identification cards 1830.00 Firearms -dealers 18.00 Photocopies of records 1703.50
Taxi - license to drive 195.00
Total $5618.75 MONEY COLLECTED AND TURNED OVER TO THE COURT OR COMPLAINANT Non-Support $1760.00 For restitution and bad checks 14,707.75
WILLIAM R. CONNORS, Chief of Police
1975 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
Stray dogs picked up 418 Stray dogs returned 321 Stray dogs disposed of 97 Quarantines Issued 92 Dead Animals picked up 185 Court Citations Issued 282 Complaints answered 2305 Wild Animals picked up 27
JOHN J. DONAHER Dog Officer and Animal Inspector 164th ANNUAL REPORT 27
Report of Chief of Fire Department
The following report of the Wakefield Fire Department for the year 1975
Bell Alarms 429 Still Alarms 1890
Total 2319
False Alarms 101 Mutual Aid Given 102 Melrose 59 Reading 23 Stoneham 11 Lynnfield 5 Saugus 4 Medical Aid Calls 189 Multiple Alarms 2 Two Alarms 2 Mutual Aid Received 69 Reading 30 Melrose 26 Stoneham 10 Lynnfield 2
Saugus 1 APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT USED
Booster hose used 144,900 ft.
IV2" hose used 23,900 ft.
2V4" hose used 11,700 ft.
3" hose used 13,200 ft.
Ladders raised 3,078 ft. Smoke ejectors used 36 times Smoke masks used 1 1 times Salvage covers used 16 times Dry Powder Extinguishers used 6 times C02 Extinguishers used 3 times
PERSONNEL
The Department consists of a Chief, Four (4) Captains, Four (4) Lieutenants,
One (1) Firefighter-Mechanic, Forty -three (43) Firefighters, One (1) Female Clerk, and Twelve (12) Call Firefighters.
Capt. John Riley, Lieut. Frederick Graham, and Firefighters Ralph Mc- Cann, Edgar Russell, and Arthur List retired during the year 1975. These men served the Town with many years of dedicated and devoted service, and I extend our best wishes to them all.
The following men were appointed Provisional Firefighters during the year until such time a new Civil Service Exam can be certified. Roy Fanjoy, Thomas Ronan, Thomas Labriola, David Currier, Michael Robbins. .
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Firefighter David Akin was promoted to Lieutenant on October 2, 1975.
TRAINING
Thirteen department members have qualified as Emergency Medical Technicians after completing an 81 hour course and Federal Exam.
There will be twelve (12) additional department members enrolled in Emergency Medical Technicians courses by January of 1976.
Department members have taken courses on pumping, arson, auto ex- trication, sprinklers, Officer Training and ladders during the year which were conducted by the Mass. Fire Academy at various locations in the Commonwealth.
FIRE PREVENTION
In service inspections of Commercial, business, and mercantile buildings, schools, and nursing homes were conducted during 1975.
Fire Drills were conducted in public and private schools
Nursing and Convalescent Homes were inspected four times during the year as required by law.
All new residential homes and those existing homes that have extensions or remodeling, now must install a complete fire alarm system. This is a State Law which came effective January 1, 1975.
A Baby Sitting Course was conducted during the year for Jr. High and High School pupils.
PERMITS ISSUED
Oil Burner Installations 145
Fuel Oil Storage Class B Gals . 60 , 700 Blasting Operations 128 Tar Kettles 6 Fireworks 1 LP Gas 4 Storage for flammables Class A 5 60 ,000 rounds small arms cartridges 1
100 lbs . gun powder 1
APPARATUS
Apparatus consists of the following: 1975 Maxim 1250 GPM Pumper 1975 Maxim 100' Aerial Ladder 1973 Chevrolet Sedan (Chief's Car) 1970 Chevrolet Pick-up 1967 International 750 GPM Pumper 1960 Mack 750 GPM Pumper (Reserve) 1956 Mack 750 GPM Pumper (Reserve) 1955 American LaFrance 85' Aerial Ladder Reserve 1954 American LaFrance 750 GPM Pumper 164th ANNUAL REPORT 29
WAKEFIELD FIRE ALARM
43 hours spent on circuit trouble overhead 519 hours spent on circuit improvement 49 hours spent on equipment repairs 88 hours spent on inspections
699 Total Man Hours Worked
3 Master Boxes Connected 2 Damaged Boxes repaired 5180' Overhead wire run 260' Underground cable run 10 Pole Terminal Boxes Installed
Lake St., Foundry St. completely rewired and improvements to Central Office equipment almost completed.
BUILDINGS
An office addition to the north side of Fire Headquarters on Crescent St. was the first major change to the building since it was built in 1900.
This addition was built by CETA personnel under the direction of the Board of Public Works. The completion of this addition is expected by early January 1976. This office will provide space for the Administration, Fire Prevention and Training Division.
An Emergency Generator was delivered in December of 1975, which will provide power for both the Police and Fire Stations.
In conclusion, I would like to express my personal thanks to the Officers and members of the department and other Town Departments who assisted me in any way.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER V. MALONEY, JR. Chief of Fire Department
Report of Forest Warden
During the year there was a total of 291 woods and grass fires.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER V. MALONEY, JR. Forest Warden 30 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Director of Civil Defense
The Civil Defense organization continues to function under the general direction and control of the Board of Selectmen as is required under the provision of Chapter 639 of the Acts of the year 1950.
There is one paid employee serving the position of office clerk and field agent. The director and all other members of the organization are serving on a volunteer basis.
The management, control and direction of the Auxiliary Fire and Police Departments have continued under the jurisdiction of the Chiefs of their respective departments, as has the operation of the Civil Defense Rescue Truck. The Civil Defense Communications Group remained effectively available during the year under the direction of Chief Radio Officer J. Henry Sleeper.
At the present time there are 694 shelter spaces stocked with food and emergency supplies.
All auxiliary agencies operated both effectively and efficiently to the ad- vantage of the Town during the year 1975.
Respectfully submitted WILLIAM P. HURTON Director of Civil Defense
Report of the Building Department
Reports of all divisions of the Building Department for the year 1975 are as follows:
Building Division
Building permits granted 185 Sets of plans for new houses, apartment buildings, commercial buildings, schools, alterations and additions approved 185 Building inspections made 842 Inspections with State Inspector 28 Inspections with Fire Chief 38 Inspection of fire jobs 13 Complaints investigated 196 Complaints investigated regarding Zoning Bylaws 86 Sign inspections 57 Shingle permits issued 47 Sidewalk and sign permits issued 23 Buildings condemned 3 Buildings razed 4 Board of Appeals meetings attended 1 New dwellings 35 Swimming pool permits issued 40 164th ANNUAL REPORT 31
Planning Board meetings attended 2 Multiple dwellings inspected 188 Certificate of Occupancy permits issued 43 Inspection Certificates issued 84 Lodging houses inspected 10 Kindergarten and nursery schools inspected 12 Permits refused 26 Hotel inspections made 7
Permit fees received $1 1 , 143 .00 Total valuation of permits granted $1 ,649,959.00
PERMIT VALUATIONS FOR LAST SIX YEARS
1970 $4,307,431. 1973 $2,469,561. 1971 2,927,363. 1974 1,642,869. 1972 4,581,147. 1975 1,649,959.
GAS DIVISION
Permits granted 277 Inspections made 292 Inspections approved 273 Installations not passing inspection 19 Installations corrected and passed 19 Meetings with pipe fitters or plumbers on the job 129 Inspections requested by Municipal Light Department 20 Inspections requested by Fire Department 10 Inspections after fire damage 10 Complaints investigated 36
Permit fees collected $996 . 00
PLUMBING DIVISION
Permits granted 282 Inspections made 1090 Number of fixtures installed 845 Bath tubs 74 Lavatories 157 Water closets 142 Showers 23 Sinks 113 Laundry trays 10 Tankless 21 Disposals 17 Dishwashers 32 Washing machines 29 Urinals 2
Drinking fountains 1 Water heaters 156 Sewer connections 40 Miscellaneous 24 Permit fees received $ l ,553 .00 1
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WIRING DIVISION Permits granted 565 Inspections made 735 Inspections approved 535 Temporary service permits 9 Change in service, two to three wire 30 Permits for larger three wire service 87 Permits for commercial light and power service 12 Installations not passing inspection 15 Installations corrected and passed 14
Meetings on j ob s with electricians 3 Inspections made with Fire Chief 10 Inspections requested by Municipal Light Department 12 Inspections requested by Fire Department 13 Inspections after fire damage 9 Inspections of kindergartens and nursery schools 12 Inspections of convalescent homes 8 Inspections of public schools 6 Inspections of public buildings 21 Lodging houses inspected 10 Hotel inspections made 7 Complaints inspected 18
Permit fees collected $2 , 80 1 . 00
Respectfully submitted DAVID D. CARDILLO, Building Inspector Building Department
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
The following is a report of the Sealer of Weights & Measures Adjusted Sealed Condemned Scales over 10,000 lbs. 6 100 to 5,000 lbs. 6 More than 10 lbs, less than 100 lbs. 4 38 10 lbs. or less 3 42
Weights
Avoirdupois 10 Apothecary 75
Vehicle Tanks (oil trucks) 5 15 Bulk Storage 7 Gasoline Meters 10 92
Oil 1 Leather Measuring Devices 2 Inspected 352 lbs. of meat, vegetables, bread, fish, butter, etc. Total 22 294 P.J. CARISELLA Sealer of Weights & Measures Health and Welfare Report of HEALTH DEPARTMENT VETERANS' SERVICES COUNCIL ON AGING HOUSING AUTHORITY YOUTH ACTIVITIES COMMISSION RECREATION COMMISSION . .
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Report of the Board of Health
1975 was a busy year for the Board of Health.
Mr. Merle A. Peabody was elected a member of the Board to replace Mr. Bernard Fitzgerald who did not run for re-election.
A Flu Clinic was held in the fall for Town Employees, Police and Fire Departments.
Dr. Peter Coakley has undertaken the Rabies Clinic and it was held in May.
A summary of Field Trips and Investigations by the Public Health Nurse is as follows: Visits to TBC patients and contacts. 92 Trips to Hospital for patient's checkups and X-Ray examinations. 40 Number of contacts X-rayed or TBC tested 58 Premature Baby Evaluations. 13
Miscellaneous Investigations 1 24
The following cases were reported during the year: Animal Bites 109 Chicken Pox 1 Streptococcal Infections 19
Meningitis 1 German Measles 2
Hepatitis 1
Viral Encephalitis 1
Salmonella 1
Tuberculosis 1
A listing of the Permits and Licenses issued for the year 1975 and the money received for them is as follows: Burial Permits 82 No Charge Funeral Directors 4 No Charge Milk-Retail 58 116.00 Milk-Dealers 12 22.50 Oleo 22 11.00 Ice Cream 5 25.00 Food Establishments 34 34.00 Mobile Food Servers 9 9.00 Massage and Vapor Baths 1 5.00 Offensive Trades 16 16.00 Registrations 21 105.00 Construction 1 3.00 General 15 116.00 Swimming Pools 3 15.00
$477.50
The Health Agent's Report is as follows: Number of Restaurant Inspections 128 1
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Number of Retail Food Inspections 67 Number of Nursing Home Inspections 1 Number of Milk Plant Inspections 1 Number of Ice Cream Inspections (Plants) 7 Plan Review 47
The following complaints were received and investigated: Rubbish Complaints 42 Overflowing Cesspools 24 Rodent Complaints 14 Miscellaneous Complaints 118 Complaints referred to other Departments 95
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE O. RICHARDSON, Chairman MERLE A. PEABODY, Secretary A. LOUIS GIAMARCO, DDS
Report of Veteran's Services and Benefits
Under Chapter 115, General Laws as amended, the Town of Wakefield is reimbursed one -half of all monies spent, provided that proper authorization from the State as to settlement, dependency and need is shown. Recipients expenses $112,547.00 Recipients aided 270 Cases Medical cases aided 80 Cases Fuel Cases aided 62 Cases Disability Compensation and Pension Applications 145 Cases Hospitalization at Veteran's Hospitals 52 Cases Education — House Loans — G.I. Insurance 275 Cases
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD J. MCGRAIL Veteran's Agent Veteran's Service Director
Report of Wakefield Council on Aging
The Wakefield Council on Aging sponsored the following activities during the year 1975.
RECREATION
1. Bus Trips These trips have been supervised by a sub-committee of the Council. A registered nurse accompanies each bus trip. 36 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
a. June 18 - 2 buses to Rockport — 82 persons; 2 buses to Plymouth — 82 persons
b. July 16 - 2 buses to Salem Willows — 60 persons
c. August 20 - 3 buses to Hampton Beach — 123 persons d. September 17-2 buses to Wiggin's Tavern, Northampton — 82 persons
e. October 22 - 4 buses to Winding Brook Lodge, Keene, N.H. — 164 per- sons
f. December 17-4 buses to Town Lyne House, Peabody — 164 persons
2. Programs
a. June 2 - Dolbeare School - Fashion Show • Refreshments — 200 persons b. December 17 - Musical Program for those who attended the Town Lyne House bus trip.
3. Picnic
August 9 - The annual Picnic was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mario Gallucci of 28 Valley St., Wakefield. Italian and American foods prepared by Mrs. Gallucci and served by her group of volunteers, 250 people attended. Transportation and a program were provided.
EDUCATION
1. Classes
Ten classes were offered in spring and again in the fall in Crewel Embroidery and Rug Hooking. The classes met at Hart's Hill Birch Hall. The Art class which offered instruction in water color, oil, and pastel chalk met at the Greenwood Union Church. Ten sessions in the Spring; ten in the fall. Instructors: Mrs. Elizabeth Therous, Crewel Embroidery Mrs. Doris Reid, Rug Hooking Mrs. Jane Jowdy, Art An exhibit of the three crafts was held in April at the First Baptist Church.
2. Lip Reading Classes
Ten weeks in the spring and again in the fall Lip Reading classes for the hard of hearing senior adult are held at the library. The Quota Club of Lynn, Massachusetts provided the instructor, Miss Eileen Connolly. Miss Connolly is a former principal of Horace Mann School for the Deaf.
3. Library Programs Once a month a program for senior citizens has been held at the library on the second Friday. Programs consist of travel films, book reviews, crafts instruction, and biographical films, presented by the library personnel.
SERVICES
1. Income Tax Assistance This was a new free service for senior citizens. Philip C. Boody trained by the VITA program gave assistance to many persons who needed this kind of help. The Council publicized this service.
2. Newsletter
This is the one service provided by the Council which reaches every older .
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citizen. Over 3,000 copies were mailed in February, June, and October, carrying information about current programs and services both local and statewide which are available to the elderly. The work of collating, labeling, and stapling was done by volunteers.
3. ID Cards ID Cards are issued to those persons 65 years of age and over. The cards entitle the holder to discounts at local stores, high school musical programs, and high school athletic events.
4. Social Security Assistance
The Council arranged for a representative from the Social Security office to come to the Council office monthly in the spring to answer questions pertaining to Social Security problems.
5. Remembrance The Council contributed $50.00 towards the baskets which were decorated and filled by members of the Drop-in-Center Club. These baskets were sent to patients in nursing homes who would otherwise not be remembered.
HEALTH SERVICES
1. Health Clinics
Sixteen health clinics were held during the year. The clinics were held at the First Baptist Church, Greenwood Union Church, and Hart's Hill. One or more visiting nurse is in attendance at each clinic to take blood pressure, check weight, and review any health problems.
2. Physical Fitness Class
A small class was held for six weeks in the spring, sponsored jointly by the Home Health Care Department of the Melrose -Wakefield Hospital and the Council. A physical therapist from the Hospital instructed the group.
3. Glaucoma Clinic Together with the Wakefield Lions Club the Council sponsored a Glaucoma Clinic. Approximately 150 senior citizens took advantage of the free clinic. Many volunteers were involved; advertising was provided by the banks of Wakefield, professional help was arranged for by Dr. Forrest Seavey
4. Flu Shots
On November 6, free flu serum was provided for 361 senior adults. The Wakefield -Lynnfield Kiwanis Club generously provided the serum and the at- tending physician. The Council on Aging arranged for space, time, nurses, publicity and additional volunteers.
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE
Many groups are now providing services for Wakefield's senior citizens. In addition to the Lions Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Quota Club of Lynn, the library personnel, and Philip C. Boody, our local merchants are giving discounts to senior citizens. The Wakefield YMCA has helped with printing our Newsletter, clinic bills have been paid by the Wakefield VNA. The Council expresses ap- preciation to all who have assisted in any way. .
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COUNCIL OFFICE
The Council Office in the First Baptist Church was closed during July and August due to circumstances beyond our control. Mrs. M. Jane McOuat, typist clerk resigned in October. Mrs. Marion Whiting was hired to replace her. Office hours are 9:00 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday. Many questions of in- formation and referral are answered by the office.
COUNCIL PERSONNEL
Two resignations have been received: Mr. Anthony Cerullo and Mrs. Evelyn Shulman. One new appointment was made: Mrs. Juliette Quinlan.
GROUP AFFILIATIONS
The Chairman of the Council is a member of the Geriatrics Committee of the Eastern Middlesex Mental Health Division; a member of a 5-town group of Councils on Aging; a member of a Regional group of 22 cities and towns. Other Council members may attend these meetings. The Chairman is a non -voting member of the Mystic Valley Home Care Corporation which meets monthly. A new Human Services for the Elderly Committee has been formed, represented by leaders of various groups serving the elderly in many capacities. Membership in all these groups serves to broaden horizons and help solve problems COUNCIL MEMBERS ALBERTA L. BARBEAU JOHN E. FLYNN MARY GALLUCCI THOMAS MULLEN ARTHUR ROTONDI, JR. ROSEMARY YASI EVELYN SHULMAN JULIETTE QUINLAN ANTHONY CERULLO, resigned ELSIE B. FREEMAN, Chairman
Report of Wakefield Housing Authority
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As required by Section 26-U of the Housing Authority Laws (Chapter 121 of the General Laws), a copy of this Annual Report is sent to the State Housing Board, to the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Wakefield and the State Auditor:
In 1975, the Wakefield Housing Authority has continued in its efforts to bring decent, safe and sanitary housing to those in need. Under a new federal program, Section 8, Housing Assistance Payments Program, we applied for and 164th ANNUAL REPORT 39
received funding for a period of five years for twenty -five units of housing.
These twenty -five units, divided into categories by bedroom size; 6 one- bedroom; 9 two-bedroom; 8 three-bedroom; and 2 four-bedroom; are for people of lower and very low income. Income limits are set by the federal government based on the median income for the Boston area. Fair market rents for the Boston area as found in the Federal Register are used in computing rents to be paid in Wakefield.
At the present time, all the eligible families have been given their certificates of participation and are presently looking for apartments to lease in Wakefield. We feel this type of program is one that benefits the home owner as well as the tenant since the money is going directly into the community.
Continuing improvements under Chapter 694, Acts of 1970, an act providing funds for use in renovating and modernizing existing State -Aided housing projects, are being made. In 1975, we had the interiors of 30 apartments repainted plus the front and back hallways of the older section of the development. All apartments in the original development have now been repainted. And, since television is one of the greatest pleasures for our elderly tenants, we added two UHF channels to our outside master antenna. At the time of construction of the older section of the development, these channels were not in existence. We are presently in the process of obtaining approval from the Department of Com- munity Affairs to purchase new stoves for the older section of the development.
Funds from our yearly budget were set aside for the re-painting of the ex- terior of the whole development and this work was completed by November.
Through CETA, it was possible for the Authority to hire a Social Coor- dinator to work with the tenants, both those in our elderly complex and those under the Rental Assistance program funded by the Commonwealth. Mrs. Mary Gallucci is now a member of the Authority staff, working with the tenants whenever they need assistance and also working part of the time in the office on the new rental assistance program.
Town meeting action gave the Authority approval to build further elderly units and we have submitted two articles for the 1976 warrant requesting ap- proval from the townspeople for the Board of Public Works to transfer to us land on Broadway for a new elderly development. The second article seeks approval for a zoning change from the present industrial designation to general residence. We feel that a third elderly development is a definite necessity since we have a long waiting list and although we had a vacancy rate of ten this year, the normal change is three to four per year. Thus, many of those on the waiting list will never be able to move into Hart's Hill Apartments. Townspeople are asked to bear in mind that several years pass from inception of a housing development to its actual completion.
Birch Community Hall continues to be the focal point for the various social activities of the tenants. They meet weekly to work on projects for the fair they hold each year prior to the Christmas holiday and have held luncheons and card parties which have been well attended.
The Council on Aging has also made use of our facilities for their meetings and for health clinics for the tenants and other elderly of the town. Classes sponsored by the Council are also held in Birch Hall. 40 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The Authority wishes to express their appreciation to the various town departments who have always been willing to help our tenants in any way possible, especially the Board of Public Works, the Police Department and the Fire Department.
Respectfully submitted, WAKEFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY Stephen D. Harrington, Chairman Reverend John V. Thorp, Vice Chairman Mrs. Mary S. Sweeney, Treasurer Carney D. Daniels, Assistant Treasurer Philip H. DePasquale, Member Mrs. Barbara L. Miller, Director
Youth Activities Commission
The Establishment, Wakefield's Youth Center in February completed six years of successful operation in the same inadequate location in the town hall. However; since the State of Massachusetts has phased out the local Armory the town very wisely obtained this piece of property to be used as a civic center. The Youth Center, after six long years, will finally have an adequate facility for our young people; which will include a lounge, game room and a cafeteria.
Members of the Youth Activities Commission are: Martin Moore, Martha Egan, William Boodry, Don McAuliffe, Harry Petrucci, Richard DeFeo, and Edward Hennesey. The staff is composed of: Director James Scott, Ass't Director Fred Roberto, Nancy Aucella, Marty Knight and Rick Custodies, Youth Advisors are: Kelly Layton, Wendy Comerford, Tom Schwarz, Ken Lundquist, Mark McCune, Don Mueller and Jim Scott.
Some of the many programs were; The Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Mountain Climb, Red Sox game, Community Clean-up, assist Friends of the Library in a book sale and Record Hops.
Appropriation 1975 $9,795.00
Money not used $ 1 , 774 . 44 Misc. Income 7/1/74 to 6/30/75 $633. 12
JAMES M. SCOTT, Director Youth Activities Commission 164th ANNUAL REPORT 41
Report of the Recreation Commission
In March of 1975 the Recreation Commission members voted as Chairman, Mr. George K. Koulouris, and as Vice-Chairman, Mr. William J. Boodry. Mr. Roger Maloney was appointed as Director of Recreation for the fifth consecutive year and Mrs. Marjorie Henderson was hired as Secretary to replace Mrs. Ethel Bisacre who resigned her position in May.
The office of the Recreation Department, located in the Town Hall, opened from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon on April 1, 1975, to accommodate the increasing number of tennis and other permits. A total of 16,511 tennis permits were issued from April 1, 1975 to October 31, 1975.
With the opening of the ten playgrounds and two beaches on June 16 (beaches) and June 30 (playgrounds), the office hours were extended from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
The summer program has a staff of some 35 young people of the town, the majority of whom are attending college. The playground supervisors attended a workshop on techniques and skills of a playground instructor. A new playground was opened this summer at Woodville School and proved to be a popular recreational spot for children in the area. During the summer the playgrounds continued to show an increase in new activities and attendance. Two field trips were sponsored by the Commission — the Red Sox Baseball game, and the popular Canobie Lake Amusement Park. Many mini-field trips were taken by individual playgrounds to such places as the Stoneham Zoo, Wal-Lex Roller Skating Rink in Waltham, Bowling, and Miniature Golf.
The ten playgrounds: Common, Moulton, Nasella, Sullivan, Mapleway, J.J. Round, Dolbeare, Woodville, Col. Connelly and Walton also offered numerous Arts and Crafts programs. The handicraft supervisor enabled each playground to have a specialized activity in Arts and Crafts at least once a week. Many of the handicrafts were on display in the lobby of the Melrose-Wakefield Trust Company for one week and at the Lucius Bebee Library for one week at the end of the summer.
The two beaches, Spaulding and Col. Connelly, were very popular this summer and attendance increased as the temperature rose. Identification tags were sold to residents for 25 cents for the entire season while non-residents were required to purchase identification tags each time they used the area. Free swimming lessons were given during the nine week season, with both beach areas having a record number of children sign up for these lessons. On August 15, the annual Long Distance Swim was held. This event was open to local boys and girls ages 10 thru 16. A large group registered and most finished the swim. A new dock enclosure at the Col. Connelly Beach proved popular and it is the hope of the Recreation Commission to add to this dock enclosure in the near future.
There is a free tennis clinic for youngsters from ages 8 thru 16 throughout the summer months, which has been oversubscribed each year.
The playgrounds and beaches closed for the season on August 22. This year instead of the Annual Demonstration Day and Parade, a Town-Wide Picnic was 42 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
held for the youngsters on the Common on August 14, 1975. Following the picnic, presentation of awards for the playground Arts & Crafts program were made, Little Miss Wakefield was crowned and the afternoon closed with a concert.
Events held during the summer at the various playgrounds were field trips, arts and crafts, track and field events, baseball, basketball, street hockey, soccer, checker tournaments, frisbee contests, bean bags, volleyball, softball, croquet and horse shoes. Free Ice Cream slips were given throughout the summer each week to participants for excellence in performance for the week.
Other activities sponsored by the Recreation Commission throughout the year are Adult Physical Fitness classes, Town Tennis Championships, Evening Summer Basketball League, Wakefield Slow Pitch Softball League, Concerts on the Common Bandstand, Adult Winter Golf Lessons, Winter Adult Basketball League, Saturday morning Basketball for youngsters, Men's and Women's Adult Indoor Tennis lessons, Free Family Swim at the Regional School, Saturday af- ternoon movies, and open gym classes at the new fieldhouse.
During 1975, the Recreation Commission reconstructed Mapleway Tennis Courts, bleachers at Sullivan and Veterans' fields; various fencing projects throughout the recreational areas and lights at Nasella basketball courts were installed. The program for updating and lighting facilities at Veterans' Field was continued with the relocation of poles and the replacement of lights, and the program of replacing the heavy playground equipment on all the playgrounds continued with the addition of climbing towers and permanent see-saws and merry-go-rounds at several of the various playgrounds. Also installed was a permanent water fountain at J.J. Round playground.
The recreation Commission also posted signs at both beach areas and the Tennis courts at Veterans', Moulton, Mapleway and Farm Street stating the rules and regulations for these areas. With the opening of the new courts at Farm Street and the reconstruction of the Mapleway Tennis Courts, the Recreation Commission predicts that approximately 17,000 permits will be issued during the 1976 season by the Recreational Department office for the 12 tennis courts available.
In line with offering recreation for all age groups, lighted facilities for ten tennis courts, four basketball courts a softball area and an all purpose area at Walton Field are provided. The Recreation Commission works in close cooperation with the many various sports groups and others in the town. In conjunction with working with these groups and our own programs through the coordination of the Public Works and School Department efforts, the Commission provides field maintenance and facility supervision. This has become possible through the newly instated program of central permitting of all town facilities by the Recreational Commission.
GEORGE E. KOULOURIS, Chairman J. FRANK ANDERSON, Commission Member WILLIAM BOODRY, Vice-Chairman LOUIS J. RACCA, Commission Member ALFRED ROBERTO, Commission Member ROGER G. MALONEY, Director Maintenance
Report of
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Engineering Division
Forestry & Park Division
Cemetery Division
Water Division
Sewer Division
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Report of the Director of Public Works
To the Board of Public Works:
As required by Chapter 48 of the Acts of 1950, an Act authorizing the Town of Wakefield to establish a Board of Public Works, I respectfully submit for your consideration a report of the work accomplished in 1975, with recommendations for the future.
The major accomplishments for the year were:
After extensive negotiations with RESCO, we have entered into contract and are presently using these waste disposal facilities. I feel this twenty year contract provides a long-range solution to the Town's solid waste disposal problems.
Special public works projects were completed in conjunction with the Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). The Town has fully utilized the labor force provided under this program and has benefited with the addition of a Team Room and Concession Stand at Landrigan Field, an office addition to the Fire Department Headquarters, and a storage facility for the Water and Sewer Division on Broadway.
A major sewer program was completed this year through a bonding program initiated by the Finance Committee. Sewer facilities are now available to June Circle, Stone Way, Farm Street, Water Street, Harrison Avenue, Bay Street, and Bay State Road.
The inflow -infiltration study of the Town's Sewer System was completed and the results show a favorable report in order to qualify for Federal funds to con- struct a new force main from the Farm Street Sewer Station to the Melrose city line.
The study of the Town's Water Distribution System was completed which shows that the Town's ability to deliver adequate flows throughout the Town is good. In order to provide an adequate supply of water for the future, a second connection to the M.D.C. through Stoneham is recommended.
The Town acquired the Armory this year from the State and is presently in the process of installing a sprinkler system and emergency lighting, along with other improvements prior to opening this facility as a Community and Civic Center early in 1976.
For details of the work accomplished this year, I refer you to the following reports of the Division Supervisors.
Respectfully submitted, RICHARD C. BOUTIETTE, Director of Public Works
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
In the year 1975, the Board of Public Works can once again report that it has had a very successful and satisfactory year in carrying out the administrative . .
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responsibilities assigned to it in vital areas affecting the services provided to the townspeople by the Department of Public Works.
At its organizational meeting, the Board chose Ralph P. De Cecca to be its Chairman; and James M. Scott as its Secretary. Elected as a new member at the March election, the Board welcomed Mrs. Diana J. Lowry, the first woman to serve in this capacity since the Board's inception in 1951
The ever present problem of refuse disposal was finally solved when a long term contract was signed with Refuse Energy Systems Company, and in November the Town's solid waste was accepted at the new incinerator at the former DeMatteo landfill site in Saugus. A substantial savings has been realized with the combined collection of both rubbish and garbage.
With a bond issue of $300,000.00 and favorable contracts, the Board has swelled the percentage of the Town being served by available sewers to over 92 % Eighty -seven percent of the Town is now connected to the public sewer system. Two of the largest sewer projects completed this year were the Farm Street and Bay State Road projects. A number of smaller contracts and new street con- nections were included in the appropriations.
The continued service of water relay has reached the stage where it has been almost totally completed. A phasing out of this program is expected in this department.
The Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) has provided us with funds for special public works projects. These projects have supplied many citizens of the town with employment opportunities this past year. Under the supervision of Director Richard Boutiette and members of his staff, the CETA employees have completed new building construction and a large amount of maintenance of both buildings and recreational facilities. All this has been accomplished with a savings to the taxpayers.
Numbered among the projects completed are the addition to the Central Fire Station, the new field house at the Col. James Landrigan Field at Memorial High School, and a storage building at the Broadway Pumping facility. Extensive repairs and improvements have been made at both the Lucius Beebe and Mon- trose Branch Libraries. Repairs have also been done at the Lafayette Building and at the Armory.
The acquisition of the State Armory has insured the Towns' people a Community Center for many years to come. With CETA manpower and previously appropriated funds, the building will be available for occupancy before Spring.
The Board acknowledges its indebtedness and wishes to express its gratitude to the Director, the employees of the Department and the various other Town Boards and officials for their unselfish cooperation; all of whom contributed to make this a successful year for the application of commitments by the Board and Department of Public Works.
RALPH P. DE CECCA, Chairman Board of Public Works 46 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ENGINEERING DIVISION
Submitted herewith is the report of the activities of your Engineering Division for the year ending December 31, 1975:
Plan Work
Sewer, drainage and highway easement plans were prepared and filed in the Registry of Deeds.
Construction plans for sewer, sidewalk and drainage projects were prepared along with specifications and cost estimates.
Building construction plans were prepared for the construction of the Concession Stand and Team Room built by CETA personnel at Landrigan Field; also the Storage Facility now under construction at the Water Division complex on Broadway.
Record sewer and drainage plans were made for all work completed this year.
Sanitary Sewers
Sewer projects completed this year consisted of the design, plans, specifications, contracts prepared and the supervision of installation of the following projects: Farm Street Bay Street Angelus Street June Circle Bay State Road Western Avenue Stone Way Main Street Sewer Lift Station Harrison Avenue Mt. Pleasant Avenue (Bay State Road)
For detailed locations see Highway Supervisor's report.
Drainage Major drainage projects completed this year consisted of the design, plans, specifications, contracts prepared and supervision of installation of the following: Old Nahant Road Renwick Road
General
Inspection services were provided for all subdivisions under construction, in accordance with plans approved by the Planning Board, acting under the provisions of the Subdivision Control Law. Technical assistance was furnished by this division to the Conservation Committee, Recreation Commission, Board of Selectmen and the Board of Ap- peals.
This division utilized the services of CETA personnel in upgrading record drainage plans.
Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL T. COLLINS Town Engineer ,
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FORESTRY & PARK DIVISION
It is my pleasure to inform you of the maintenance program performed by the Forestry & Park Division during 1975.
The Forestry section, the first of the year commenced the routine clearance of utility power lines within the general areas of Precincts 1 and 4 in Wakefield. Approximately 647 trees were pruned during this operation during the months of January, February and March.
New tree plantings were introduced in the spring, planting mostly replacement of trees which were removed in past years, with the exception of Stark Avenue, which was partially lined with flowering trees. A total of 125 shade trees were planted in 1975.
During the spring, summer and autumn months many more requests were made by local residents for various shade tree problems. We have estimated a total of 261 requests were answered by this division and all work performed.
The decline of healthy shade trees along our public streets in the community is still evident by the number of 144 shade trees removed by this division.
The Park section has a routine winter schedule of snow and ice work and maintenance of all picnic tables and storage boxes belonging to the Recreation Commission and beginning in the spring, the regular grass mowing maintenance and ball diamond care of eight of our public baseball diamonds.
With the assistance of the C.E.T.A. Program, much has been accomplished within the park areas including the regrading and sodding of the Little League Field located off Del Carmine Street appropriated under Article 47 of the Annual Town Meeting. Also with the assistance of the C.E.T.A. personnel, this division has accomplished the replanting and installation of sod to the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library and the Montrose Branch Library. Also new shrubs were planted at these libraries.
The Boat Ramp has been reconstructed to be a safe entrance for motor boat launching during the summer months. Removal of unwanted weed growth to the shores of the Veterans Field area and the replacement with clean gravel has enhanced the shores of Lake Quannapowitt.
In conclusion, I am indebted to L.R. Hart Hardware & Paint, Inc. for continuing the shade tree planting of flowering trees that has improved that portion of the business area. I am looking forward to planting other trees pur- chased by the merchants of Wakefield within the business district with the assistance of this division. The citizens of Wakefield are indebted to the Lions Club for their donation of an Oak Tree which was planted in the Upper Common.
Respectfully submitted
ROBERT J. BELANGER, Supervisor Forestry & Park Division TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
CEMETERY DIVISION
Old Cemetery — [Church Street]
Our regular maintenance work consists of:
(1) Constantly mowing and trimming around monuments.
(2) Repairing broken monuments.
(3) Raking leaves and hauling them away.
(4) Filling in sunken graves.
Forest Glade Cemetery
A section of approximately an acre (named Section I) is laid out for sale of graves in 1976. We have been removing overgrown shrubs throughout the year. The following statistics are taken from the 1975 Cemetery Records: INTERMENTS Adults 122 Infants 6
TOTAL 128
FOUNDATIONS: 88
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP J. COLANTUONIO Supervisor
WATER DIVISION
Water Main Extension
By Contractor: Mt. Pleasant Avenue — from an existing water main near #11 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, 170 feet of8"C.I.C.L. pipe to the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Avenue and Everett Street, thence easterly 505' of 8" C.I.C.L. pipe along Mt. Pleasant Avenue to a dead end. Everett Street — from the intersection of Everett Street and Mt. Pleasant Avenue, 250' of8"C.I.C.L. pipe along Everett Street to a dead end.
Water Main Relay
By Town: Atwood Avenue — 645 Feet of 2" P.V.C. pipe from Forest Street to dead end.
Las sell Street — 170 Feet of 2" copper from Hanson Street north to dead end. Crystal Street — 810 Feet of 6" C.I.C.L. pipe from Greenwood Street to dead end. Mt. Pleasant Avenue — 200 Feet of 8" C.I.C.L. pipe to a point 30 Feet beyond #11 Mt. Pleasant Avenue.
New Hydrants — 1
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New Services — 32
By Town 15 By Contractor 17
Services Relaid During the Year — 33
Number of feet of pipe laid on public land 106 Ft. -number of feet of pipe laid on private land 952 Ft. (NEW SERVICES BY TOWN)
Number of feet of pipe laid on public land 612 Ft. -number of feet of pipe laid on private land 1,040 Ft. (RELAYS)
Distribution System
Total number of miles of pipe now in use — 81.83 Number of hydrants in service — 578 Range of pressure on mains — 20 pounds to 110 pounds Number of service taps now in use — 7251 Percentage of active services metered — 99.7% During the year 600 pounds of copper sulphate was applied to Crystal Lake.
I would like to thank all Public Works employees, all Division heads, and the office staff for their cooperation and assistance throughout the year.
FRANCIS REED, Supervisor Water Division i i 1
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Farm Street — From a manhole near #2 Stone Way westerly 57 feet to a manhole near #141 Farm Street, thence southerly to a dead end manhole near #157 Farm Street. Stone Way — From a manhole at the intersection of Stone Way and Farm Street easterly 266 feet to a manhole, thence 326 feet through private lands to a manhole on June Circle. June Circle — From a manhole near #4 June Circle westerly 150 feet to a dead end manhole near #1 June Circle. From a manhole near #4 June Circle easterly 80 feet to a dead end manhole near #7 June Circle. Harrison Avenue — From an existing manhole at the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Kendrick Road southerly 345 feet to a dead end manhole near #24 Harrison Avenue. Water Street — From a manhole at the intersection of Water Street and Doherty Lane easterly 301 feet to a dead end manhole near #526 Water Street. Water Street — From a manhole at the intersection of Water Street and Doherty Lane westerly 515 feet to a dead end manhole near #492 Water Street Lassell Street — From a manhole at the intersection of Lassell Street and Hanson Street northerly 226 feet to a dead end manhole near #15 Lassell Street. Angelus Street — From an existing manhole at the intersection of Angelus Street and Nahant Street near #255 Nahant Street southerly 458 feet to the intersection of Angelus Street and Everett Street. Everett Street — from a manhole at the intersection of Everett Street and Mt. Pleasant Avenue westerly 190 feet to a dead end manhole near #32 Mt. Pleasant Avenue. Mt. Pleasant Avenue — from a manhole at the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Avenue and Angelus Street westerly 550 feet to the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Avenue and Everett Street thence northerly 297 feet to a dead end manhole at the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Avenue and Carey Street near #10 Mt. Pleasant Avenue. Mt. Pleasant Avenue — From an existing manhole on Nahant Street near #232 Nahant Street southerly 365 feet to a dead end manhole near #7 Mt. Pleasant Avenue. Western Avenue — From a manhole near #8 Western Avenue southerly 170 feet to a dead end manhole near #16 Western Avenue. Bay State Road — From a manhole near #49 Bay State Road easterly 1,060 feet to a dead end manhole. Bay State Road — From a manhole near #49 Bay State Road westerly 960 feet to a dead end manhole near #15 Bay State Road. Bay Street — From a manhole at the intersection of Bay Street and Bay State Road southwesterly 725 feet to a dead end manhole near #2 Bay Street. 52 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Main Street — From an existing manhole at the intersection of Main Street and Lakeview Avenue northerly 475 feet to a manhole near #13 Main Street, which intercepts the 6" force main from Camp Curtis Guild. Bay State Road Force Main — From an ejector station near #49 Bay State Road westerly 1,330 feet to an existing force main, which pumps across Route #128 into Main Street. Ejector Station — Located near #49 Bay State Road. Sewer Connections made during the year — 122 By Town 76 By Contractor 46 Number of connections made to date 5984. FRANCIS REED, Supervisor Sewer Division HIGHWAY DIVISION I hereby submit the report of work accomplished by this Division for the year 1975. Again this year, our work has primarily been devoted to maintaining our existing facilities. Sweeping Streets All streets were swept in the Spring and were re-swept as often as required. The business section was swept four times weekly, weather permitting. Traffic Lines The following work was completed by contract, under Town supervision: 110,000 lineal feet center and guide lines 1,500 lineal feet stop lines 20,000 lineal feet parking lines 13,000 lineal feet crosswalk lines 90 letters 10 Traffic circles 20 arrows Street Maintenance Normal patching as required for maintenance and patching in conjunction with resurfacing programs was completed. The following streets were resurfaced with bituminous concrete: West Water Street; Chapter 90 on Vernon Street from Cordis Street to Lynnfield Line. The following streets were resurfaced with S.T. Mix: Avon Court; Emerson Street; Houston Street; Swain Place and Grafton Street. The following streets were treated with a crack filling process applied by contract with Sealcoating, Inc. , under our supervision: Vernon Street from Aborn Avenue to Water Street on Vernon Street; Church Street from Main to North Avenue on Church Street; North Avenue from Church Street to Lakeside Avenue on North Avenue. Normal patching as required for maintenance and patching in conjunction with resurfacing programs was completed for the following Chip Sealing program 164th ANNUAL REPORT 53 or oil and stone cover: Ashland Street; Charles Street; Everett Avenue; Flint Street; Francis Avenue; Grove Street; Hillis Avenue; Humphrey Street; Lind- bergh Road; Meriam Street; Morel Circle; Nowell Road; Oak Ledge Road; Or- chard Street; Orchard Avenue; Overlook Road; Pine Ridge Road; Tamworth Hill Avenue; Warren Avenue; Bennett Street; Brook Avenue; Central Street; Cyrus Street; Kimball Avenue; Perham Street; Traverse Street; White Circle; Bartley Street; Clarina Street; Oakland Road; South Street East; Stedman Street; Sylvan Avenue; and Woodland Road. All permanent patching of water and sewer trenches is the responsibility of the Highway Division and this year we completed all 1974 trenches; also 85% of 1975 trenches. The remainder of 1975 will be completed as soon as possible in the Spring of 1976. Sidewalk Maintenance 3,878 lineal feet of concrete and bituminous concrete sidewalks, averaging six feet in width was removed and replaced this year on the following streets: Salem Street; Richardson Avenue; Cedar Court; Emerson Street; Park Avenue; West Water Street; Charles Street; Foster Lane; Paon Boulevard; Lincoln Street; Wolcott Street; Cutter Street; Willow Street; Armory Street; Water Street and Murray Street. Drain Maintenance Manholes, catchbasins and drainpipes were repaired or replaced as required. Repaired were as follows: Chestnut Street two catchbasins; North Avenue five catchbasins; Main Street two manholes and four catchbasins; Aldrich Road one catchbasin; Vernon Street two catchbasins; Heritage Lane two catchbasins; Farm Street one catchbasin; Yeuell School one catchbasin. Also approximately 3,200 lineal feet of open brooks were cleaned by hand of debris. More will be cleaned through the winter months, weather permitting. Approximately 99% of all manholes and catchbasins were cleaned this year; numerous catchbasins in low areas were cleaned twice. New Drainage Installed new catchbasin at intersection of Mt. Pleasant and Nahant Street — 180 feet 12" R.C. pipe to correct a severe icing problem; intersection of Vernon Street and Wayland Road catchbasin and 28 feet of 8" cast iron pipe; Greenwood Street from an existing catchbasin near 152 Greenwood Street to open Brook — 100 feet A.C.C.M. pipe 12"; at the intersection of Mitchell Lane and Eunice Circle a new catchbasin was installed on Mitchell Lane to a manhole on Eunice Circle, 26 feet of 12" R. C. pipe. Drain Construction The following work was completed by J. Cardillo & Son, Contractors under Town Supervision: Spring Street Extension; Renwick Road and Humphrey Street: From a constructed ditch 200 feet along the Boston & Maine Railroad to near #10 Spring Street Extension, thence from a headwall with 24" R.C. pipe near #10 Spring Street Extension, thence across the Boston & Maine Railroad property to a manhole on Renwick Road; thence along Renwick Road to the in- tersection of Renwick Road and Humphrey Street - 254 feet of 24" R.C. pipe, 605 feet of 15" R.C. pipe, and 481 feet of 12" R.C. pipe - 7 manholes, 7 catchbasins. 54 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Pine Ridge Road to Renwick Road: From an existing catchbasin near #58 Ren- wick Road across Renwick Road to two catchbasins on Pine Ridge Road - 62 feet of 12" R.C. pipe, 2 catchbasins. Forest Street: From a constucted open ditch 60 feet to a headwall, thence 12" R.C. pipe along the side of the Boston & Maine Railroad property to two catchbasins on Forest Street - 100 feet of 12" R.C. pipe, 2 catchbasins. J.J. O'Brien & Sons Inc., Contractors: Old Nahant Road from an existing ditch near Old Nahant Road and Oak Street to a manhole in front of #28 Old Nahant Road - 103 feet of 24" A.C. pipe, one manhole. In closing my report, I would like to thank all Public Works employees, all Division heads and our office staff for their cooperation and assistance throughout the year of 1975. Respectfully submitted GLEN H. MELTON, Acting Highway Division Supervisor For William E. Curran, Highway Division Supervisor EDUCATION Report of SCHOOL COMMITTEE School Superintendent LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Library Trustees Library Director 56 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Report of School Committee Reorganization — 1975 Mr. Anthony J. Pietrafitta, Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1976 40 Converse Street Mr. William F. Kenney, Secretary Term Expires 1978 6 Curve Street Mr. John B. Enearnacao Term Expires 1976 15 Walton Street Mr. Robert A. Morley Term Expires 1976 41 Park Avenue Mr. Alfred A. Palmerino Term Expires 1977 42 Eustis Avenue Mr. Louis R. Sardella Term Expires 1977 8 Kennedy Circle Mr. J. Edward Surette, Jr. Term Expires 1977 8 Indian Lane Mr. Donald L. Winsor Term Expires 1978 23 Parker Road Mr. Richard A. Wood Term Expires 1976 3 Richardson Street REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE The election of 1975 brought two new members to the School Committee, Mr. Donald L. Winsor and Mr. Richard A. Wood. Reelected was Mr. William F. Kenney. The community involvement and experience of each of these individuals have provided a balance that has been of much value to the Committee. I would like to recognize Albert J. Turco, Esq. and Mr. F. Leo Delory, neither of whom sought reelection to the Committee, for their years of selfless and untiring devotion to the entire Committee. At the Organizational Meeting in March, Mr. Anthony J. Pietrafitta, Jr. was elected Chairman and Mr. William F. Kenney was elected Secretary of the School Committee. The appointment of Mr. Lucian J. Colucci as Superintendent of Schools was made in October, 1975, after lengthy evaluation of several candidates from across the country. Mr. Colucci, the former Assistant Superintendent, has served over thirty -five years in the Wakefield School System and his accession to the Superintendency insures a high degree of continuity in the administration of the School Department. As this report is written, Mr. John Sardella continues to serve as Acting Assistant Superintendent of Schools pending the appointment of an Assistant Superintendent, a task to which the Committee has directed itself. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 57 The Committee continued to support the requirements of Special Education with the creation of new positions for reading specialists, learning disabilities specialists and an additional school psychologist. Health services and outside tuition have required additional financial support. The Committee has encouraged and monitored improved educational programs. Implementation of new science curriculum in grades seven, eight and nine were authorized, as was a summer workshop to permit professional staff to develop appropriate syllabi. Also authorized was a curriculum to phase in the Metric System. The last few years have witnessed a significant decline in the birth rate. The Committee has recognized the changing demographics and has directed the School Department, with the complete involvement of the School Building Needs Survey Committee, to develop long-range educational plans which address the issues created by declining school enrollments. This type of planning will enable us to prepare for the future and insure the most effective use of resources available to the School Department. During the year, the Committee has enlisted the efforts of civic-minded citizens by inviting their service on ad hoc committees to which they have been assigned a specific project. Projects with which they have dealt ranged from the elementary school lunch program to the structure of our public school system. I wish to thank all of those citizens who gave of their time in the interests of fur- thering education. A sub -committee of the School Committee is deeply ap- preciative of the many years of dedicated service, and extends its best wishes on the retirement of: Mrs. M. Suzanne Andrews — Doyle School Mrs. Marjorie F. Boyd — Warren School Miss Katharine Nichols — High School Miss Zelda MacKenzie — High School Mr. James Walsh — High School Mrs. Geraldine Mills — High School Clerk Mr. Clarence W. Meuse — Bus Driver Mr. Vito Perna — Greenwood School Custodian The School Committee notes with sadness the passing of Mr. Charles DiFederico, Custodian at the Franklin School. The Chairman wishes to express his thanks to each member of the Committee for his support and cooperation during a period of greatly expanded respon- sibilities. Respectfully submitted, ANTHONY J. PIETRAFITTA, JR Chairman REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS TO THE WAKEFIELD SCHOOL COMMITTEE Submitted herewith is the Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools for the Town of Wakeifield. 58 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD The 1975 graduates of Wakefield High School left school in June with a variety of educational and career objectives. The following data is a summary of the class disposition by percentages as compared to the state: State Wakefield State College (4 year) 13.58 18.88 Independent College (4 year) 18.46 14.91 Community College (2 year) 10.43 6.52 Independent Jr. College (2 year) 4.26 1.39 Nurses Training 1.96 3.03 Other Post Secondary 6.40 8.39 Military 2.91 .7 Work 32.62 37.81 Other 9.37 8.37 Wakefield High School had four semifinalists in the National Merit Com- petition: Jean Baglione, Lawrence Elliott, Steven Falabella and Thomas Russo. National Merit commended students were: Alan S. C apian, Susan N. Foster, Philip F. McCarty, Charles Stohl and Joseph A. Trotta. Many changes have been initiated at the High School. In Industrial Arts, a career-oriented course concentrating on teaching basic skills in home construction and maintenance was introduced. In Science, a new ninth grade Science Program was developed. Entering freshmen now can be accelerated into College Preparatory Biology (BSCS), and can become involved in Science Advance Placement. At the Junior High School, a middle level General Science curriculum was developed by the staff. Both the programs at the junior and senior high levels will be evaluated before the conclusion of the 1975—1976 school year. In the English Department, at the senior high school level a Junior Elective Program was initiated. There were significant curriculum additions in Home Economics, namely; Homecrafts II, Specialty Foods, Bachelor Living, and a Child Development Program. A Federal Grant in the sum of $12,186. for a Comprehensive Home-making Program was awarded to this department. Revised course outlines and tests were provided in the following areas of the Mathematics Department: 1. Consumer Mathematics. 2. Grade 7 and 8 Mathematics. 3. Senior Mathematics. 4. Intermediate Algebra. 5. Geometry. Wakefield Junior High School continues to focus on the basic communication and mathematical skills started in the lower grades. The seventh and eighth grades provide a large group of subjects for students to explore so that they can make personal decisions regarding their high school program of studies. Beyond the regular cirriculum, teachers have volunteered to teach over forty minicourses. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 59 The Metropolitan Achievement Tests were taken in the spring of 1975, with the following results expressed in grade level averages: Arith. Arith. Reading Spelling Computation Concepts Grade 7 8.0 8.1 7.7 7.5 Arithmetic English Problem Solving Language 8.1 8.7 Arith. Reading Spelling Computation Grade 8 9.3 9.1 8.5 Arith. Arith. English Concepts Problem Solving Language 8.5 8.8 9.8 The sixth grade Atwell School has been functioning for a full year. The construction of the building has allowed the staff to make the most of different educational techniques. The excellent library allows instruction in library skills and has good resources for practicing research skills. As reading is basic to all school work, a major emphasis has been on developing and improving reading skills. The sixth grade results of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills as taken in the spring of 1975, are expressed in average student scores as follows: Vocabulary Reading Spelling Grade Level 7.04 7.12 7.53 Capitalization Punctuation Usage Grade Level 7.18 7.28 7.19 Total Language Total Math. Grade Level 7.29 7.2 The Holt Databank Social Studies Program has been extended into many of the elementary schools. The Science Curriculum Improvement Study Program was first introduced on a pilot basis in 1972. It has been expanded to all grades three through six, and also included the Life Science segment in grade two. Wakefield has completed the third year of Individualized Mathematics System. The Greenwood, Walton, Warren, Montrose and Franklin Schools and the Sixth Grade Complex have been in the pilot program. Evaluation of the program has supported the extension into the Hurd and West Ward Schools. These three curriculum areas are currently under intensive review by the staff and the administration. 60 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Wakefield's Kindergarten Program is now well established as an integral part of our total elementary school offering. The efforts of our Kindergarten Planning Committee proved to be effective in providing Wakefield with a well designed Early Childhood Program. The Fountain Valley Teacher Support System in Reading is being used as a pilot program in the Dolbeare, Lincoln and Woodville Schools. This approach delineates an organized program of instruction for each child in the areas of phonetic analysis, structural analysis, vocabulary, comprehension and study skills. The past year much time has been spent in observance of the Bicentennial of the United States. Individual schools have coordinated the Social Studies, Language Arts, Music and Art Studies to develop historical programs. The results of these efforts will be to impart a keener knowledge and ap- preciation of the history of Wakefield and our country, as well as to install a greater awareness of civic responsibility and pride in the children for their im- mediate environment and America. Fourteen Junior High School vocalists and instrumentalists were selected to perform at the Northeastern Junior District Concert held in Beverly on March 15, 1975. The High School Music Department hosted an exchange concert program with the East Longmeadow High School Band and the Salem High School Or- chestra. The Madrigal Singers, Wakefield High School's vocal ensemble, per- formed at no less than ten community events as well as offering concerts in neigh- boring cities and towns. The Department of Physical Education and Athletics at the Wakefield High School is enjoying its new facilities at Farm Street. All areas are in full usage. Programs are varied and diversified. Each elementary school district now has its own professional physical education instructor, responsible for those neighborhood schools in that locale. This addition is a continuing step in updating vital programs of our school system. Chapter 766 continues to have a financial, educational and sociological impact. Redistribution of children from self-contained programs in keeping with the goal of mainstreaming were implemented. Although declining enrollments are occurring within the schools, the children with special needs enrollments continue to grow steadily. A pre-school screening program for children, ages 3 - 5 was conducted for the first time; some 502 children received these services. The annual painting program this year included the exterior of the Montrose, Woodville and Franklin Schools and the Junior High School on Main Street. Through the cooperation of the CETA Program, the interior of the Woodville School was painted this summer. The fire escape at the Greenwood School was repaired and repainted. The teachers' parking area was graded and bituminous paving was installed. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 61 All of the boilers and oil burners have been inspected and repairs made where necessary. New stage curtains were installed at the Junior High School and at the Hurd School. To insure the safety of the children playing at the Dolbeare School, a chain link fence has been erected on the Lowell Street side of the school. LUCIAN J. COLUCCI Superintendent of Schools 1975 FINANCIAL REPORT WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL Total Elementary Jr. High High Administration School Committee Salary — Clerk $ 1,954, 32 Other Expense 16,229, 54 Superintendent's Office Salaries 178,914, 29 Other Expense 10,126, 19 Instruction Supervisors Salaries 113,761 95 50,569.31 25,795.37 37,397.27 Other Expense 2,257 31 830.26 711.05 716.00 Principals Salaries 353,990 80 157,906.38 47,693.87 148,390.55 Other Expense 16,620, 09 4,109.03 2,424.42 10,086.64 Teaching Salaries 2 ,932,395 92 ,705,383.32 694,494.29 1,532,518.31 Other Expense 172,695, 50 50,467.59 23,818.38 98,409.53 Textbooks 92,385, 59 62,706.93 9,373.27 20,305.39 Library Services Salaries 77,951, 41 35,441.93 17,891.01 24,618.47 Other Expense 16,704. 45 12,597.32 1,238.55 2,868.58 Audio Visual 6,313, 92 2,787.06 789.31 2,737.55 Guidance Services Salaries 254,814, 38 40,909.08 73,004.66 140,900.64 Other Expense 8,408, 84 3,957.93 2,486.64 1,964.27 Psychological Svcs. Salaries 17,575, 24 8,787.62 4,393.81 4,393.81 Other Expense 924, 98 453.61 184.80 286.57 Other School Services Attendance Salary 10,593, 15 Other Expense 191, 51 61a TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Health Salaries 49,020.40 Other Expense 3,032.94 Pupil Transportation Salaries 33,632.77 Other Expense 164,474.85 Food Services Salaries 25,707.00 Operation and Maintenance Operation of Plant Custodial Services Salaries 351,663.54 160,162.29 114,194.10 77,307.15 Other Expense 78,841.31 13,780.09 11,990.33 53,070.89 Heating of Buildings 127,109.93 48,557.24 33,177.17 45,375.52 Utility Services 143,107.86 29,542.45 30,813.13 82,752.28 Maintenance of Plant Salaries 65,974.14 Grounds 3,638.32 Other Expense 57,601.37 39,812.67 7,935.14 9,853.56 Maintenance of Equip- ment 19,911.23 5,435.31 4,588.37 9,887.55 Fixed Charges 5,035.00 Tuition 40,483.60 Trade Schools 7,579.11 Out of State Travel 3,451.27 Adult Education 8,597.00 Capital Outlay 8,786.98 Summer Schools Salaries 27,340.16 14,353.00 7,727.00 5,260.16 TOTALS $6,509,798.16 $2,448,550.42 $1,114,724.67 $2,309,100.69 PUBLIC LAW 874 Revolving Fund Balance June 30, 1974 $94,265.01 Receipts July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 42,802.00 $137,067.01 Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 45,524.53 Balance on Hand June 30, 1975 $ 91,542.48 PUBLIC LAW 85-864 III Revolving Fund Balance June 30, 1974 $ 6,520.46 Receipts July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 1,013.16 $ 7,533.62 164th ANNUAL REPORT 61b Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 Balance on Hand June 30 , 1975 $ 7 , 533 . 62 PUBLIC LAW 89313 Title VI Balance July 1, 1974 $ 51.51 Receipts July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1974 — $ 51.51 Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 Balance on Hand June 30, 1975 $ 51.51 PUBLIC LAW 92-318 [P.L. 90-576 Home Economics] Revolving Fund Balance July 1, 1974 $ 117.71 Receipts July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 — $ 117.71 Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 107.13 Balance on Hand June 30 , 1975 $ 10 .58 PUBLIC LAW 92-318 Comprehensive Home Economics Balance July 1, 1974 $ Receipts July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 12,186.00 $ 12,186.00 Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 7,889.93 Balance on Hand June 30, 1975 $ 4,296.07 PUBLIC LAW 92-318—Construction Part B Balance July 1, 1974 $66,670.00 Receipts July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 50,630.00 $117,300.00 Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 69,899.02 Balance on Hand June 30, 1975 $ 47,400.98 PUBLIC LAW 89-10 Title I School Year Balance July 1,1974 $1,449.28 Receipts July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 $ 1,449.28 Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 1,449.28 Balance on Hand June 30, 1975 $ 61c TOWN OF WAKEFIELD PUBLIC LAW 89-10 Title I Summer Balance July 1, 1974 $28,444.63 Receipts July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1975 $ 28,444.63 Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 28,444.63 Balance on Hand June 30, 1975 $ PUBLIC LAW 89-10 Title I School Year Balance July 1, 1974 $ Receipts July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 17,483.50 $ 17,483.50 Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 17,350.88 Balance on Hand June 30, 1975 $ 132.62 PUBLIC LAW 89-10 Title II Balance July 1, 1974 $ Receipts July 1 , 1974 — June 30 ,1975 1 13 . 72 $ 113.72 Expenditures July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1975 113.68 Balance on Hand June 30, 1975 $ .04 PUBLIC LAW 89-10 Title II Balance July 1, 1974 $7,074.67 Receipts July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 $ 7,074.67 Expenditures July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1975 7,074.30 Balance on Hand June 30, 1975 $ .37 Adult Education Registration Fees Balance July 1, 1974 $7,934.76 Receipts July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1975 5,611.50 $ 13,546.26 Expenditures July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1975 4,948.34 Balance on Hand June 30, 1975 $ 8,597.92 164th ANNUAL REPORT 61d METCO PROGRAM Balance July 1, 1974 $14,558.78 Receipts July 1 , 1974 — June 30, 1975 27,045.00 $ 41,603.78 Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 39,522.10 Balance on Hand June 30 , 1975 $ 2 ,08 1 . 68 LAND TAKING BENNETT STREET Balance July 1, 1974 $ 800.00 Receipts July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 $ 800.00 Expenditures July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 Balance on Hand June 30 , 1975 $ 800 .00 REVENUES July 1, 1974 — June 30, 1975 School Aid Chapter 70 $ 786,853.32 Vocational Education Chapter 74 General Maintenance, Tuition and Transportation 150,710.00 National Defense Education Title III 1,013. 16 School Building Assistance PN 1808 316,333 .33 School Building Assistance PN 1752 592,436.35 School Building Assistance PN 877 37,914.65 School Building Assistance PN 677 2,085 .01 Public Law 89-10 Title I 17,483.50 Bureau of Library Extension Title II 113.72 Public Law 874 42,802.00 Metco Program 27 ,045 .00 Special Education 199,632.00 Special Education Tuitioned-in Students 6,620. 17 Child Guardianship 22 , 790 . 18 Transportation Chapter 71 122 ,873 . 74 Adult Education Registration Fees 5 , 6 1 1 . 50 Education State and Federal Assistance (Regional) 73 ,4 13 .22 Public Law 92-318 50,630.00 Learning Lab Bus 14,000.00 Chapter 766 48,926.00 Summer School Tuitions 8,985 .06 Public Law 92-318 Home Ec 12, 186.00 Woodworking 167.07 Miscellaneous 1,013.54 $2,541,638.52 62 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD AGE AND GRADE CHART October 1, 1975 lfiI r fee* -A 13 fetal J ft 7 ft J_ 19 U u M 15 11 17 1ft 1? 29 ?1 U l 1 l 1 2 2 5 12 6 31 8pac. 1 1 I 1 1 4 2 11 B 27 is; 20 199 Klad. 79 132 12 173 20 140 39 1 200 1 28 121 13 1 143 11 131 44 1 187 2 76 123 17 1 147 13 129 34 1 177 3 27 112 14 153 20 137 38 195 4 23 130. 23 I It? 14 157 49 220 3 23 128 19 170 1 117 87 8 213 6 13ft ftO 204 2 125 74 7 208 7 167 60 2 141 98 5 244 8 149 81 1 M3 40 146 28 5 217 9 47 18ft 72 244 30 L52 31 4 3 1 l 222 10 38 lift 21, 1 2 221 41 L30 28 1 1 201 11 ft 17 I "37 144 43 1 1 ill 12 13} I 228 JB8 .A TOTAL BOYS 27 172 171 J83 1?? 187 198 170 214 268 293 239 293 178 46 3 2 1 2742 '* lflfi isi 169 r>9ft I?ft3 9A1 ,, , ' 1 GIRLS ?? Iftf 160 164 1*7 in ?A?' " 9HAO Mi L\42 Lpl ffft* Si . 333 331 347 347 173 J49_ CM 473 Mi 331 ftfl 3 2 1 1 5311 CENSUS REPORT October 1, 1975 Under 5 5 - 7 7 - 14 14 - 16 Over 16 Total GRAND SCHOOLS B G B G B G B G B G B G TOTAL Public 27 29 344 320 1415 1308 523 554 433 438 2742 2649 5391 Nurseries and Kindergartens 139 98 139 98 237 Institutions 1 2 2 1 5 3 8 6 14 St. Joseph's 30 41 49 50 79 91 170 Hasareth Ac&deay 1 11 10 22 22 Private Schools 1 1 1 29 19 37 3 18 10 86 33 119 Trade Schools 12 44 6 48 24 104 30 134 Hone Students 3 1 1 2 4 3 7 TOTAL 168 128 375 361 1510 1381 605 575 504 487 3162 2932 6094 164th ANNUAL REPORT 63 Report of Library Trustees 120th ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Wakefield, Massachusetts 1975 TRUSTEES OF THE LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Mrs. Webster P. Jackson, Chairman John M. Landers, Vice Chairman Mrs. Charles Finlay, Secretary Mrs. George E. Koulouris John B. Shevlin James J. Curley * Walter A. Howlett Thomas M. Hourihan Albert L. Burbine, Jr. Derek D. Ober DIRECTOR Margo C. Trumpeter ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Mary Ellen Donahue ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIAN Judith Czimbal REFERENCE LIBRARIAN Maureen Nevin CATALOGUER Blanche Butler YOUTH LIBRARIAN Ruth Wrigley CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN Isabel Wilber GREENWOOD LIBRARIAN Carol Kiley MONTROSE LIBRARIAN Beatrice Wheeler CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR Mae Keenan SENIOR CLERK M. Catherine Henderson 64 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD SENIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANTS Susan Sardella Marguerite Bianco Edward W. Hanson * Mary Katherine LeRoy Selma Touber * Suzanne MacLeod JUNIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANTS Lois Lee Patricia Beitel PART-TIME ASSISTANTS Brian Boutilier Virginia Coogan Connie A. White Janice Shaw Doris Gallant SENIOR BUILDING CUSTODIAN CarlH. Brown, Jr. PART-TIME CUSTODIAL ASSISTANTS Theodore L. Roache, Jr. Bradford Foss * Robert Callan Mark Sardella MATRONS May Belle Brown Mary M. Partridge Joan Smith Resigned REPORT OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES— 1975 One of the major responsibilities of the Trustees of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library is the innovation and approval of policies that affect the welfare of the library. In 1975 the Board approved policies on reference procedures, materials selection, use of the meeting rooms, and overdues and fines. Fines were re-established after an experimental no -fines year. An article in the Special Town Meeting Warrant to purchase a microfilm camera and a reader /printer was sponsored by the Trustees. The need for this specialized equipment had been of major concern to the Trustees for many years. The patron's use of the rare book collection had been curtailed because of the fragile condition of the books. All materials in the genealogical collection had to be used in the library. This restriction presented some problems to patrons who did not have time to copy the materials they needed. The acquisition of the microfilming equipment to reproduce the rare book collection will not only preserve this material, but make it more readily available to interested patrons. We were fortunate in securing the services of a CETA worker to do the filming. The equipment will be available to any of the town departments who wish to use it. The establishment of a Friends of the Library group demonstrated the community's active interest in the library. The group conducted a successful book ". 164th ANNUAL REPORT 65 sale in the Spring and an open house at Montrose Branch in December. They are currently selling postal cards of the Paul Revere bell, sewing carrying cases for the circulating art collection, and assembling historical photographs of Wakefield in an album for permanent display in the library Mrs. Ethel Koulouris did the research necessary for establishing the Friends of the Library and serves as liaison to this group. The purpose of this group is "to stimulate the interest of the community in the needs and services of the library and to enrich the cultural life of the community. When the new Board organized in March, Mrs. Virginia Jackson was elected Chairman, Mr. John Landers Vice-chairman, and Mrs. Ruth Finlay Secretary. Mr. Thomas Hourihan was welcomed as a new member of the Board. In November, the resignation of Mr. James Curley was accepted with deep regret. Mr. Curley moved to Reading. We are grateful to him for his service to the library. Early in December at a joint meeting of the Trustees and the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Derek Ober was appointed to the Board of Trustees. Mr. Ober's professional experience in banking will be of great value to the Board. Each year some of the trustees attend the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Library Trustee's Association. This all-day meeting gives the trustees an opportunity to attend workshops, listen to excellent speakers, and to become acquainted with legislation that affects libraries. It is gratifying to discover that the programs offered by the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library compare favorably with other libraries of the same size. We wish to thank Ms. Trumpeter and the staff for their efforts in making our library such a vital part of the community. The residents of Wakefield can be justifiably proud of their public library. Respectfully submitted, RUTH FINLAY, Secretary REPORT OF THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR — 1975 Building Calendar year 1975 has been the "year of the building." Renovations, repairs and maintenance of the three buildings have taken much time, attention and money — most of which was possible only because of CETA. CETA crews of painters, laborers, carpenters, electricians, and masons have done everything from patching and painting walls, to dismantling a heat ex- changer, building storage shelves, installing smoke detectors, and repointing steps and roof parapet. The Montrose Branch has undergone extensive renovation. There is a new floor, new front doors flanked by lanterns, and gold lettering identifying the building. Landscaping has been done and fencing installed. The back rooms have been patched and painted, shelving units built and lighting improved. The wiring throughout the building was checked and additional wiring installed. 66 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD The extensive heating renovations and repairs in the Main library building have been accomplished. The rugs were cleaned, the reading room lights were changed, insulated glass was installed in the catalog room, repairs have been made to the roof, and landscaping has been designed and carried out on the Avon Street side of the building by Bob Belanger and his crew. Collection Any collection of items is of questionable value unless it is organized in a manner that makes it accessible to its users. A collection of maps existed, but with no access roads to it. A method for organizing the maps was devised this year and the collection is growing. Most of the maps circulate for a period of one week. Included are road maps of Mexico (in Spanish), of Canada, of the United States and Michelin road maps of sections of Europe. There are historical maps, including a large wall map of this country in 1776, some maps of Wakefield which are in a fragile condition, and an extensive collection of National Geographic maps. There are two more large wall maps — an aerial view of Wakefield and an index of Greater Boston and vicinity which are hanging and always available for perusal. There was a conscious emphasis on up-dating our business collection this year. Most of the additions were annotated and published in the Daily Item. The Wakefield Authors collection continues to grow. Ms. MacLeod has written a reference source detailing the bibliographies of Wakefield's authors and sketching the lives of those who have published books. With the bi-centennial came an interest in the historical pictures and clip- pings of Wakefield and the library. We gathered all the visual data we could find in the building and divided what we found into two groups. The identified clip- pings and postal cards have been entered into a scrap book. The unidentified photographs have been turned over to the Friends of the Library who are organizing them, identifying them, supplementing them with photos from other sources and placing them all into a handsome scrapbook which will be on display in the building. A number of new prints have been added to the collection of framed prints which now circulate for a period of two months. We have a first come, first served policy on the loan of these prints. We are beginning to add tape cassettes to the collection. They were first purchased by the children's librarian in a book and cassette package. Cassettes are being bought for the adult patrons when the medium of tape suits its message. Of equal importance with the building of a collection is the culling of that collection. The process of re-evaluating the worn, out of date, little-used volumes is a continuous one which reduces holdings, but increases the accessibility of what there is. Services Ninth graders have joined the rest of the high school students in the adult section of the library. They are being served by the adult reference librarian, while the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders are being served in the youth room by the youth librarian. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 67 A correlation between the inflationary economy and the increased use of the public library has been noticed in Wakefield, as well as in other cities across the country. There have been many more people spending time in the building. Jig saw puzzles have been provided for patrons to work in the building. A coupon exchange and a pattern exchange have both been very popular. Film series have continued to be well attended, both feature films in the summer and travel films in the winter. Community Relations The library is a community center. The meeting rooms have been used this year by: North Shore Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, sub -committees of the Cable Television Advisory Committee to the Selectmen, Common Cause, Republican Town Committee, Democratic Town Committee, International Meditation Society, Friends of the Library, Ekankar, Council on Aging, American Association of University Women, and groups of librarians such as Roundtable of Children's Book Reviewers, library Assistant Directors, Greater Boston Public Library Administrators, and Co-operating Librarians. The following artists exhibited their work in Tall Hall during the year: - Costas Lathuras, Janet Hobbs, Robert Gallant, Kevin Flynn, Mary Economou, Bill Velmure, Karen Velmure, and Holly Healey. The Historical Society started a program of displaying articles of historical interest from its storehouse of im- plements. A collection of paintings of Wakefield by Franklin Poole, antiques with a bi-centennial theme, an antique sled, a Cyrus Wakefield rattan baby carriage, and utensils used to "get ready for Thanksgiving in the 1830 's" have been at- tractively displayed throughout the year. The interest shown by the banks and businesses in town indicate their support of the library's activities. Our book marks are supplied by the Co- operative Bank, plastic book bags are given to us by the Wakefield Savings Bank, and the Shawmut supplies the envelopes for our borrowers' cards. A sixty second spot about the library in relation to the history of the town was written and broadcast by WEZE. The Shawmut sponsored that radio announcement. The Chamber of Commerce held a career day at the high school and arranged for the Wakefield Rotary Club to sponsor the library's booth. McDonald's cooperated with us during National Library Week in April by supplying us with coupons for free hamburgers and french fries. These were distributed to children who checked out books during that week. Both the circulation of materials and the in -house use of the library have increased this year. Conscious efforts to listen to patrons have been made. A suggestion box is available for comments by patrons. Each suggestion is carefully considered and a response made to those who sign their names and addresses. Purchase Request forms are available at the circulation desk and each request is assessed with the materials selection policy in mind. Staff members of the library are available for speaking and book reviewing engagements. The Kosmos Club, the Sisterhood of Temple Emmanuel, and the Rosewood Circle of the First Congregational Church have taken advantage of this service. We are making efforts to inform the townspeople about library activities as well as to listen to their suggestions. Quarterly calendars are being printed to tell 68 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD of our programs and services. A monthly column called Beebe Byline is appearing in the Daily Item. These articles are designed to be in-depth descriptions of the library's services, collections, employees, and trustees. For the first time in the library's history a brochure of services has been published for distribution to the public. The Board of Library Trustees continues to represent the public interest in the library. They have not wavered in giving the library staff the support needed to effectively serve the Town of Wakefield. For their interest and the time they have taken to discuss problems and plans with me, I thank them. Respectfully submitted, MARGO C. TRUMPETER, Director CIRCULATION STATISTICS — 1975 Periodicals Non- Fiction Fiction Total Main Adult 8,262 39,996 42,254 90,512 Youth 686 6,442 3,521 10,649 Children 839 7,950 17,758 26,547 TOTAL 9,787 54,388 63,533 127,708 Greenwood Adult 1,267 1,403 2,893 5,563 Youth 1 639 512 1,152 Children 194 1,948 4,984 7,126 TOTAL 1,462 3,990 8,389 13,841 Montrose Adult 1,753 1,575 3,621 6,949 Youth 3 412 336 751 Children 91 990 2,664 3,745 TOTAL 1,847 2,977 6,621 11,445 Grand Total of all circulation: 152,994 Circulation Books and periodicals 152,994 Recordings 5,252 Pictures 4,374 Films 51 Framed Prints 117 Books loaned to other libraries 35 Total Circulation for Year 1975 - 162,823 164th ANNUAL REPORT 69 General Reference Department use 10,559 Recorded reference questions 2,810 Books borrowed from other libraries 142 Films borrowed for library use 136 Library Resources Gifts total 324 Volumes added 1975 6,910 Volumes discarded 1975 6,710 Total volumes December 3 1 , 1975 9 1 , 778 Periodicals purchased (no. of titles) 253 Periodicals received as gifts 36 Total periodical titles 289 Recordings and cassettes added 1975 198 Recordings and cassettes discarded 1975 27 Total recordings and cassettes December 31, 1975 2,034 Total mounted pictures December 3 1 , 1975 42 ,952 Total pamphlets December 3 1 , 1975 7 ,392 Total framed prints December 3 1 , 1975 42 Total museum memberships December 3 1 , 1975 3 Registration Figures — 1975 New Active Borrowers Borrowers Adult Main Library 2,066 7,846 Greenwood 121 675 Montrose 62 248 Non-residents 710 710 Children Main Library 411 1,524 Greenwood 65 437 Montrose 31 305 Non-residents 22 22 TOTAL 3,485 11,767 Public Service Report of MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT 164th ANNUAL REPORT 71 Report of the Municipal Light Board To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield: We submit for your consideration the eighty-second annual report of the Municipal Light Board from July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975. The net profit of the Department was $433,551.36 for the twelve month period. The balance in our Operating Fund was $10,067.23. The sum of $200,000.00 was paid to the Town to be used in computing the tax rate for Fiscal 1976. The total amount paid to the Town is $3,783,440.56. The Manager's report including financial statement for the year are included in the report. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD D. CONWAY, Chairman JOSEPH R. SARDELLA, Secretary PHILIP C. SICILIANO Due to recessionary period, sales of gas and electricity were less than the previous year. Our construction program was considerably reduced because of lack of growth and capital funds. As a result of supplier increases, it was necessary to increase both gas and electric rates during the fiscal year. In May, 1975, a decision of the Federal Power Commission in the Boston Edison rate case, ordered Edison to make refunds to wholesale customers. This will eventually result in refunds to our customers. As a member of the New England Power Pool and the Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, we continue to arrange the most economical future power supply for Wakefield. Sale of Gas and Electricity $5 ,470, 125 .91 Cost of Gas and Electricity 3 ,588,369 . 14 Gross Revenue $1,881,756.77 Operating Expense 1,384,555.80 Operating Revenue $ 497,200.97 Other Revenue 8 , 7 18 . 65 Total Gross Revenue $ 505,919.62 Other Expense 72,368.26 Net Income $ 433,551.36 Paid to Town for Reduction of Real Estate Taxes $ 200,000.00 Net $ 233,551.36 72 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Balance Sheet June 30, 1975 ASSETS Plant Investments: Gas Department (Schedule A) $ 508,369.61 Electric Department (Schedule B) 2,548,859.14 General Equipment (Schedule C) 83,505.86 Combination Gas and Electric Building 15,778.06 Office Building 5,414.02 Unfinished Construction 78,250.15 TOTAL $3,240,176.84 Current Assets: Depreciation Fund $ 119,974.98 Operation Fund 10,067.23 Special Deposits 67,860.53 Special Deposits MMWEC 677,063.85 Imprest Fund 300.00 Change Fund 200.00 Fire Alarm Fund 994.02 Main Street -Salem Street Traffic Control Fund 1,500.00 Data Processing Contractual Service Account 6,000.00 Accounts Receivable 579,040.21 Materials and Supplies 247,929.81 TOTAL $1,710,930.63 Prepaid Accounts 82,101.97 TOTAL ASSETS $5,033,209.44 LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS Current Liabilities: Consumer Deposits $ 67,860.53 Interest Accrued on Bonds 2 , 673 . 52 Interest on Consumers Deposits (5,522.10) TOTAL $ 65,011.95 Bonds 1,070,000.00 Bonds -MMWEC 771,131.19 Appropriation for Fire Alarm 994 .02 Appropriation for Main Street-Salem Street Traffic Control 1,500.00 1 164th ANNUAL REPORT 73 Appropriated Surplus: Loans Repayment $ 743,300.00 Appropriation for Construction Repayment 5 1 , 632 . 86 TOTAL $ 794,932.86 Surplus [Schedule D] $2,329,639.42 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS $5,033,209.44 MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Statement of Income and Expense Period Ending June 30, 1975 GAS DEPARTMENT Income from the Sale of Gas: Residence $ 298,101.79 Heating 450,643.66 Commercial 92 , 104 . 1 Municipal 8,814.81 Special Gas Charges 2,228.35 TOTAL $ 851,892.72 Deduct -Operating Expenses: Gas Purchased $ 387,007.37 Distribution 231,270.86 Commercial 49,059.73 New Business 1,152.34 General 61,215.53 Depreciation 70,043.68 TOTAL $ 799,749.51 Gross Operating Revenue $ 52,143.21 Add-Other Income: Jobbing 499.39 Income from Rents 450.00 TOTAL 949.39 Gross Revenue $ 53,092.60 Deduct-Other Expenses: Bad Debts 6,675.05 TOTAL $ 6,675.05 Net Profit to Surplus (Schedule D) $ 46,417.55 74 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Statement of Income and Expense Period Ending June 30, 1975 ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT Income From the Sale of Electricity: Residence $1,391,256.25 Commercial 558,532.87 Power 1,440,271.36 Municipal Lighting 80,000.00 Municipal Power 37,559.87 Street Lighting 124,487.01 Outdoor Private Lighting 24,206,00 Electric Fuel Charge 961,919.83 TOTAL $4,618,233.19 Deduct-Operating Expense: Electricity Purchased $3,201,361.77 Distribution 369,442.38 Commercial 110,411.99 New Business 2,994.22 General 169,391.12 Depreciation 319,573.95 TOTAL $4,173,175.43 Gross Operating Revenue $ 445,057.76 Add-Other Revenue: Jobbing $ 2,132.78 Income From Rents 1,050.00 Interest Dividend Income-MMWEC 4,586.48 TOTAL $ 7,769.26 Gross Revenue $ 452,827.02 Deduct-Other Expenses: Interest on Bonds $ 53,386.03 Bad Depts 12,009.75 Amortization Debt Discount-MMWEC 297.43 Total $ 65,693.21 Net Income to Surplus (Schedule D) $ 387,133.81 MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Plant Investment Gas Department • Schedule A Land $7,104.47 Gas Meter House-Montrose 1,648.50 164th ANNUAL REPORT 75 Boiler Plant Equipment 50 .49 Street Mains 200 ,803 .91 Services 220,506.41 Consumers Meters 52,168.22 Consumers Meter Installation 26,087.61 TOTAL $ 508,369.61 Electric Department • Schedule B Land $28,819.00 Structures 13,551.14 Station Equipment 124,784.95 Montrose Station 1 ,380 . 42 Poles, Towers and Fixtures 208, 102.49 Overhead Conductors and Devices 321,629.84 Underground Conduits 342,226.33 Underground Conductors and Devices 147,619.72 Underground Conductors 1 15 ,000V 268 , 257 .02 Line Transformers 295 ,002 . 12 Transformer Installation 137,655.40 Services 82,784.44 115 K Volt Power Supply Line 502,731.70 Meters 70,423.44 Consumers Meter Installation 755 . 27 Street Lighting Equipment 3, 135.86 TOTAL $2,548,859.14 General Equipment - Schedule C Office Equipment $358.68 Transportation Equipment 39,932.89 Stores Equipment 3,345.03 Tools, Shop & Garage Equipment 28,959. 10 Laboratory Equipment 101.22 Communication Equipment 3,228.38 Miscellaneous 7,580.56 TOTAL $83,505.86 MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Surplus as of June 30, 1975 Schedule D Balance, July 1 , 1975 $2 , 182, 133 . 70 Profit from Electric Operation 387, 133 .81 Profit from Gas Operation 46,417.55 Income from Sale of Junk, Wire, Cable, etc. 5, 197.04 TOTAL $2,620,882.10 76 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Debts Paid to Town for Reduction of Real Estate Tax 200,000.00 Bonds Paid 65,000.00 Property Abandoned 26,242.68 TOTAL $ 291,242.68 Balance, June 30, 1975 $2,329,639.42 Cost of Gas Total Cost at Plant 387,007.37 Cost per M.CU.FT. 1.3318 Average Cost Delivered per M .CU.FT. 2.6981 Average Selling Price per M.CU.FT. 2.8740 Total Gas Purchased-CU.FT. 290,575,400 Total Gas Sold- CU.FT. 296,409,100 Cost of Electricity Total Cost at Switchboard $3,201,361.77 Cost Per KWHR .02709 Average Cost Delivered per KWHR .03867 Average Selling Price per KWHR .04225 Total Electricity Purchased-KWHRS 118,156,886 Total Electricity Sold - KWHRS 109,315,719 Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL F. COLLINS, Manager Vital Statistics TOWN CLERK'S REPORT Town Meetings Voting Results Jurors, Births, Marriages, Deaths TOWN TREASURER CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD 78 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Report of Town Clerk ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 10, 1975 Moderator Roger H. Wingate read the call for the meeting at 7:30 P.M. in the Auditorium of the Wakefield Junior High School. He welcomed the students of Mr. Miksen's Government Class and other observers. Appreciation to the pages was expressed at this time as well as the announcement of the evenings tellers. A standing ovation was then tendered Miss Ruth Woodbury, Town Historian, by the 450 in attendance for the first session of the Annual Town Meeting of 1975, in honor of the dedication of the Annual Report to her. On motion by Chairman John A. Hanson, Finance Committee: Voted: That further reading of the warrant, with the exception of the Constable's return, be dispensed with. Constable's return read by Town Clerk. Unanimous consent of the meeting was granted to allow students and non- voters to attend and observe the meeting. ARTICLE 1 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue for the fiscal period July 1, 1975, to June 30, 1976, in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and acts in amendment thereof, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17. Paul Lazzaro and Others On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue for the fiscal year July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976, in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and acts in amendment thereof, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17. ARTICLE 2 To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for General Government, Protection of Persons and Property, Health and Sanitation, Public Works, Veterans' Benefits, Education, Recreation, Un- classified, Employees' Contributory and Non-Contributory Retirement System and Contributory Group Health, Accident and Life Insurance, Public Service, Enterprises, Interest and Maturing Debt, specifying what appropriations shall be taken from the receipts of a department. Board of Selectmen That the Town raise and appropriate the sums of money as detailed in the following budget recommendations for the fiscal period of July 1, 1975 through June 30, 1976, the grand total amounting to the sum of $14,473,923.32. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 79 The Finance Committee's motions will provide for the breakdown of this amount in the various classifications described in the Finance Committee's Recommendation Report. GENERAL GOVERNMENT That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $440,903.61 for General Government as follows: Selectmen's Department: Salaries of the Board $ 3,000.00 Personal Services 27,219.94 Materials & Supplies 565.00 Contractual Services 1 1 , 7 14 . 50 Sundry Charges 608 .00 Capital Outlay 1,500.00 Total $44,607.44 Accounting Department: Personal Services $78,885.63 Materials & Supplies 2,000.00 Contractual Services 9,720.00 Sundry Charges 240.00 Out-of-State Travel 387. 19 Capital Outlay 1,685.00 Total $92,917.82 Data Processing Department: Personal Services $27,193.60 Materials & Supplies 400.00 Contractual Services 14,520.00 Sundry Charges 25.00 Out-of-State Travel 300.00 Capital Outlay 200.00 Total $42,638.60 Treasurer's Department: Salary of Treasurer $ 8,250.00 Personal Services 19,220.03 Tax Title 1,500.00 Materials & Supplies 450 .00 Contractual Services 9,212.25 Sundry Charges 180.00 Out-of-State Travel 387 . 19 Total $39,199.47 80 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Legal Department: Personal Services $25,726.75 Materials & Supplies 765.00 Contractual Services 7 , 6 1 3 . 25 Sundry Charges 165.00 Total $34,270.00 Legal Damages: $ 8,000.00 Collector's Department: Salary of Collector $10,800.00 Personal Services 28,328.95 Materials & Supplies 250.00 Contractual Services 6,075.00 Sundry Charges 25.00 Total $45,478.95 Assessors' Department: Salaries of the Board $ 4,002.00 Personal Services 41,589.81 Materials & Supplies 385 . 00 Contractual Services 7 , 793 . 00 Sundry Charges 250.00 Out-of-State Travel 350.00 Total $54,369.81 Town Clerk's Department: Salary of Town Clerk $ 9,900.00 Personal Services 16,705.87 Materials & Supplies 300 . 00 Contractual Services 4,015.00 Sundry Charges 100.00 Out-of-State Travel 150.00 Capital Outlay 850.75 Total $32,021.62 Election & Registration: Personal Services $ 8,983.20 Materials & Supplies 50.00 Contractual Services 6,270.00 Total $15,303.20 Election Expense: Personal Services $ 3,612.65 Contractual Services 2,650.00 Total $ 6,262.65 164th ANNUAL REPORT 81 Personnel Board: Personal Services $ 2,053.15 Materials & Supplies 30 .00 Contractual Services 2 , 695 . 00 Sundry Charges 35.00 Total $ 4,813.15 Finance Committee: Personal Services $ 7,886.40 Materials & Supplies, Contractual Services, Sundry Charges 5,075.00 Total $12,961.40 Planning Board: Personal Services $ 4,054.50 Materials & Supplies 175.00 Contractual Services 1,200.00 Sundry Charges 250.00 Total $ 5,679.50 Board of Appeals: $ 2,380.00 This portion of the General Government Budget was discussed by Chairman, John A. Hanson. The Moderator, Roger H. Wingate, declared: VOTED: Majority PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,732,942.55 for Protection of Persons and Property, and to provide therefor; The sum of $722,724.00 be appropriated by transfer from the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund, P. L. 92-512, State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972; to be allocated as follows: to Police Department, Personal Services account, the amount of $361,362.00; and to Fire Department, Personal Services account, the amount of $361,362.00; and that the sum of $1,010,218.57 be raised and appropriated from tax levy as follows: Police Department: Personal Services $458,268.57 Materials & Supplies 26,552 .30 Contractual Services 20 , 420 .00 Sundry Charges 3 , 777 . 86 Out-of-State Travel 355 .00 Capital Outlay 10,500.00 Total $519,873.73 82 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Fire Department: Personal Services $370,591.72 Materials & Supplies 17,367.00 Contractual Services 1 , 055 . 00 Sundry Charges 1 , 5 75 . 00 Out-of-State Travel 150.00 Capital Outlay 7 , 490 . 00 Total $407,228.72 Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights: $ 21,100.00 Civil Defense: Personal Services $ 3,402.80 Materials & Supplies 3 , 159 . 10 Contractual Services 1 , 000 . 00 Sundry Charges 25 . 00 Total $ 7,586.90 Building Department: Personal Services $ 34,149.85 Materials & Supplies 5 70 . 00 Contractual Services 2 , 445 . 00 Sundry Charges 75.00 Total $ 37,239.85 Sealer of Weights and Measures: Personal Services $ 4,132.00 Materials & Supplies 120.00 Contractual Services 3 75 . 00 Sundry Charges 5 . 00 Total $ 4,632.00 Animal Inspector: Personal Services $ 8,636.35 Materials & Supplies 477.00 Contractual Services 3 , 444 . 00 Total $ 12,557.35 The Protection of Persons and Property portion of the budget was discussed by William Patriquin. The Moderator declared; Voted: Majority 164th ANNUAL REPORT 83 HEALTH AND SANITATION That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $36,556.65 for Health and Sanitation as follows: Health Department: Salaries of Board $ 414.00 Personal Services 26,357.65 Materials & Supplies 800 .00 Contractual Services 5 , 450 . 00 Sundry Charges 3,535.00 Total $36,556.65 Chairman Hanson discussed Health and Sanitation. Moderator declared: Voted: Majority PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,216,693.39 for Public Works as follows: Personal Services $97 1 ,060 . 16 Materials & Supplies 145,400.00 Contractual Services 144,400.00 Sundry Charges 1 , 195 .00 Travel -Outside the Commonwealth 575.00 Sewer Connections 23 ,000 .00 Capital Outlay 39,825.00 Snow and Ice 150,000.00 Total $1,475,455.16 Less: Perpetual Care Income -11,386.16 To Be Appropriated from the Sale of Lots Fund -12,645.00 -24,031.16 TOTAL $1,451,424.00 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,216,693.39 for Public Works as follows: Personal Services $947,029.00 Materials & Supplies 145 ,400 .00 Contractual Services 144,400.00 Sundry Charges 1 , 195 .00 Travel-Outside the Commonwealth 575 .00 84 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Sewer Connections 23,000.00 Capital Outlay 39,825.00 Snow and Ice 150,000.00 Total $1,451,424.00 Less: Perpetual Care Income -11,386.16 To Be Appropriated from the Sale of Lots Fund -12,645.00 -24,031.16 TOTAL $1,427,392.84 Street Lights: $90,000.00 Water Division: Personal Services $240,069.48 Materials & Supplies 70,400.00 Contractual Services 75,975.00 Sundry Charges 3,500.00 Maturing Bonds 10,000.00 Maturing Interest 2,400.00 Professional Medical Services 200.00 Pensions Non-Contributory 23,118.15 Group Insurance 13,199.76 Workmen's Compensation Insurance 4,200.00 General Insurance 6,200.00 M . D . C . Water Assessment 211,032.00 Capital Outlay 14,975.00 Total $675,269.39 Edward Riess discussed the Public Works portion of the budget. Voted: Majority VETERAN'S BENEFITS That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $137,343.70 for Veterans' Benefits as follows: Veterans' Benefits: Personal Services $ 15,279.70 Recipients 120,000.00 Materials & Supplies 250.00 Contractual Services 1,600.00 Sundry Charges 35.00 Care of Veterans' Graves 179.00 Total $137,343.70 Veterans' Benefits portion of the budget was discussed by Chairman, Hanson. Voted: Majority 164th ANNUAL REPORT 85 EDUCATION That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $7,666,594.70 for Education as follows: School Department: Personal Services $5,858,708.00 Materials & Supplies, Contractual Services, Sundry Charges 1,296,284.00 Capital Outlay 34,638.00 Trade Schools 12,207.00 Travel-Outside the Commonwealth 4,822.00 Adult Education 8,572.00 Total $7,215,231.00 Less: National Defense Education Act P.L. 874 -48,549.60 TOTAL $7,166,681.40 Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School: $243 , 336 . 73 Library Department: Personal Services $202,511.77 Materials & Supplies 44, 149 . 69 Contractual Services 39,803 . 18 Sundry Charges 13 1 .00 Capital Outlay 160.00 Total $286,755.64 Less: Dog Tax Refund from County -3,054.77 Library Trust Fund - Income Available 1 7 , 598 . 55 State Aid for Free Public Libraries -9 , 525 . 75 Total -30,179.07 TOTAL $256,576.57 That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $7,711,594.70 for the Educational portion of Article 2, by adding to the Personal Services of the School Department Budget the sum of $45,000.00, so that the total School Department budget be in the amount of $7,211,681.40, said sum of $45,000.00 to be expended by the School Department for the hiring or retention of five elementary grade teachers in order to maintain separate grades in grades I, II, III, IV and V of the elementary schools. 86 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD The Educational portion of the budget was discussed by Charles Willis. The Moderator, Roger H. Wingate declared the Finance Committee motion as amended carried by a Majority Vote. RECREATION That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $77,188.95 for Recreation as follows: Recreation Commission: Personal Services $37,225.50 Materials & Supplies 8,510.45 Contractual Services 4,650.00 Capital Outlay 6,323.00 Total $56,708.95 Youth Activities Commission: Personal Services $ 6,550.00 Materials & Supplies 200.00 Contractual Services 2,765.00 Sundry Charges 1,200.00 Total $10,715.00 Council on Aging: Personal Services $ 3,370.00 Materials & Supplies 940.00 Contractual Services 5,435.00 Sundry Charges 20.00 Total $9,765.00 On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Majority UNCLASSIFIED That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $159,927.07 for Un- classified as follows: M iscellaneous Account $ 5 , 900 . 00 Rifle Range 500.00 General Insurance 74,090.00 Workmen's Compensation 46,800.00 Reserve Fund 32,637.07 Total $159,927.07 The Finance Committee recommended favorable action. Voted: Majority 164th ANNUAL REPORT 87 EMPLOYEES' CONTRIBUTORY AND NON-CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM & CONTRIBUTORY GROUP HEALTH, ACCIDENT AND LIFE INSURANCE That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,008,004.20 for Employees' Contributory and Non -Contributory Retirement System and Contributory Group Health, Accident and Life Insurance as follows: Retirement System: Pension Accumulation Fund $565,668.00 Expense Fund 22,186.95 Workmen's Compensation Credit 50 . 12 Non-Contributory Pension Fund 115,272.28 Assessments, Non -Contributory Veterans Pension Funds 3,319.22 Professional Medical Service 3,800.00 Total $710,296.57 Contributory Group Health, Accident and Life Insurance: Personal Services $ 12,530.79 Premium Cost to Town 285,176.84 Total $297,707.63 This portion of the budget was discussed by Philip C. Boody The Moderator declared the motion carried. Voted: Majority INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,720,492.50 for Interest and Maturing Debt as follows: Maturing Debt $1,329,000.00 Interest Debt 391,492.50 Total $1,720,492.50 The Interest and Maturing Debt portion of the budget was discussed by John A. Hanson. The Moderator declared the motion carried. Voted: Majority LIGHT DEPARTMENT That the Town appropriate the sum of $116,262.50 to provide for payments due for the period of July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976 on bonds of the Light Department and interest on such bonds; and to appropriate the sum of $414.00 for salaries of the Light Commissioners to be taken from the receipts of the Depart- ment for the above-mentioned period; and to transfer the sum of $21,150.28 from 88 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD the Light Operation Account to the Non -Contributory Pension Account; and to transfer the sum of $34,546.93 from the Light Operation Account to the Em- ployee's Group Insurance Account; and to transfer the sum of $5,000.00 from the Light Operation Account to Travel-Outside the Commonwealth; and to transfer the sum of $9,000.00 from the Light Operation Account to Workmen's Com- pensation Account, and the balance of the receipts of the Department from July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976 be appropriated for the use of the Department for other expenditures, provided, however, that if the income from said Department shall exceed the expenses of the Department for said period of time, the use of the excess, in whole or in part, to be determined by the 1976 Annual Town Meeting. The Light Department portion of the budget was discussed by Mr. Roscoe Irving. The Moderator declared the motion carried. Voted: Majority ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the rental of ice for the Wakefield Hockey Association, said money to be expended under the direction of the Recreation Commission. Daniel J. Devlin and Others On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 17 of the Bylaws of the Town, the so-called Personnel Bylaw, by deleting from Section 7, Schedule A, Ad- ministrative, the classification "Veterans' Agent (Part-Time) - M-6", and sub- stituting therefor "Veterans' Agent (Part-time) - M-7," and to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to provide therefor. Personnel Board On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend Chapter 17 of the Bylaws of the Town, the so- called Personnel Bylaw, by deleting from Section 7, Schedule A, Administrative, the classification "Veterans' Agent (Part-time) M-6", and substituting therefor "Veterans' Agent (Part-time) M-7," and to raise and appropriate the sum of $269.00 to provide therefor. ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to amend its Bylaws by adding to Chapter XI, Building ByLaw, Section 1, as follows: Section 1. There is hereby established a Building Code Board of Appeals consisting of five members, appointed by the Board of Selectmen for terms not to exceed five years for any member, said terms to be staggered so that not more than one appointment shall be made in any one calendar year. One of the members shall be a registered structural or civil professional engineer, and one member shall be a licensed professional architect. Members may be reappointed for 164th ANNUAL REPORT 89 successive terms. The Building Code Board of Appeals shall hear appeals per- taining to the Building Inspector's actions in accordance with the provisions contained in the State Building Code. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend the General Bylaws by adding to Chapter XI, Building Bylaw, Section 1, the following: Section 1. There is hereby established a Building Code Board of Appeals consisting of five members, appointed by the Board of Selectmen for terms not to exceed five years for any member, said terms to be staggered so that not more than one appointment shall be made in any one calendar year. One of the members shall be a registered structural or civil professional engineer, and one member shall be a licensed professional architect. Members may be reappointed for successive terms. The Building Code Board of Appeals shall hear appeals per- taining to the Building Inspector's actions in accordance with the provisions contained in the State Building Code, and further that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to appoint five members to the Building Code of Appeals, one member to be appointed for five years , one member for four years , one member for three years, one member for two years and one member to serve for one year, and thereafter, each member is to serve for five years or until his successor has been appointed, and to provide therefor that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $320.00. ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract or contracts with the Housing and Urban Development Department of the Federal Government in order to obtain federally subsidized flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and in general, to do any and all acts and to execute any and all documents, warranties or applications necessary or required to accomplish the foregoing. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract or contracts with the Housing and Urban Development Department of the Federal Government in order to obtain federally subsidized flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and in general, to do any and all acts and to execute any and all documents, warranties or applications necessary or required to accomplish the foregoing. ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the celebration of the Massachusetts Bicentennial Year within the Town of Wakefield, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen together with any other funds which are or may become available for a similar or like purpose; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of five citizens to be known as the Bicentennial Committee for the purpose of making recommendations to the Board of Selectmen from time to time. Board of Selectmen 90 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the celebration of the Massachusetts Bicentennial Year within the Town of Wakefield, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen together with any other funds which are or may become available for a similar or like purpose; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of five citizens to be known as the Bicentennial Committee for the purpose of making recommendations to the Board of Selectmen from time to time. On Motion by Finance Committee that the Town table the subject matter of Article 8 until a future time in this Annual Town Meeting. Moderator declared the motion carried. Voted: Majority ARTICLE 9 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available balances a sufficient sum of money to indemnify certain Police Officers of the Town of Wakefield for medical, surgical and hospitalization expenses as the result of injuries received by the officers in the performance of their duties, as provided for under Section 100, Chapter 41 of Massachusetts General Laws, in such amount and to such extent as may be recommended by the Board of Selectmen. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,082.44 to in- demnify certain Police Officers of the Town of Wakefield for medical, surgical and hospitalization expenses as the result of injuries received by the officers in the performance of their duties, as provided for under Section 100, Chapter 41 of Massachusetts General Laws. ARTICLE 10 To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the rental for the rental year commencing July 1 , 1975 to Dover Kline Company for land occupied as a parking area on Center Street. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article #10. ARTICLE 11 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the rental for the year 1975 to the Boston and Maine Railroad or its assignee for three parcels of land occupied as parking areas on North Avenue as set forth in an original lease dated November 10, 1955. Board of Selectmen 164th ANNUAL REPORT 91 On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $12.00 to carry out the purposes of Article #11. ARTICLE 12 To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain proceedings for school purposes a certain parcel of land bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point, said point being the southeasterly corner of land now or formerly of C. Harold Buxton thence the line runs northwesterly a distance of 49.50 feet to a point; thence northeasterly along land of the Town of Wakefield a distance of 81.16 feet to a point; thence southeasterly a distance of 48.67 feet to a point on the easterly property line of said Buxton; thence southwesterly a distance of 10.00 feet to a point; thence southwesterly by another course a distance of 70.0 feet to the point of beginning. All as shown as Parcel "B" on a plan by Michael T. Collins, C.E.; dated September 27, 1974 to be recorded herewith and containing approximately 4100 square feet, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1.00 to provide therefor. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Unanimously — Vz vote Required. That the Town purchase or take by eminent domain proceedings for school purposes a certain parcel of land bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point, said point being the southeasterly corner of land now or formerly of C. Harold Buxton thence the line runs northwesterly a distance of 49.50 feet to a point; thence northeasterly along land of the Town of Wakefield a distance of 81.16 feet to a point; thence southeasterly a distance of 48.67 feet to a point on the easterly property line of said Buxton; thence southwesterly a distance of 10.00 feet to a point; thence southwesterly by another course a distance of 70.00 feet to the point of beginning, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of one (1.00) dollar to provide therefor. ARTICLE 13 To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee to consist of five members for the purpose of designing, or causing to be designed, a Town flag, said committee to be designated as the Town Flag Committee and to report to a future Town Meeting. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee to consist of five members for the purpose of designing, or causing to be designed, a Town flag, said committee to be designated as the Town Flag Committee and to report to a future Town Meeting. Sabatino Bennedetto made the motion to adjourn the meeting to March 13th, 1975 at 7:30 P.M. in the Wakefield Junior High School Auditorium. The motion was passed by a majority vote at 10:30 P.M. 92 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD The attendance for the first session of the Annual Town Meeting was 597. A True Record: Attest: THELMA E. RENNARD Town Clerk ADJOURNED SESSION MARCH 13, 1975 Meeting called to order at 7:30 P. M . by the Moderator, Roger H . Wingate, in the auditorium of the Wakefield Junior High School. Mr. Wingate expressed his appreciation to the pages. ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purchase of a generator for the production of electricity during emergency situations, said sum of money to be expended by the Municipal Light Department. Board of Selectmen Voted: To take Article 8 from the table. On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $9,000.00 for the purchase of a generator for the production of electricity during emergency situations, said sum of money to be expended by the Municipal Light Depart- ment. ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter I , Section 8 of the General Bylaws of the Town by deleting therefrom the word "twenty" and substituting therefor the word "fifty" so that said Section 8 will read as follows: Section 8. Whoever shall refuse or neglect to obey any lawful order of any Town officer or board of Town officers, issued under any of these bylaws, directed to him and properly served upon him, shall, in cases not otherwise provided for, forfeit and pay for every such offense a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend Chapter I, Section 8, of the General Bylaws of the Town by deleting therefrom the word "twenty" and substituting therefor the word "fifty" so that said Section 8 will read as follows: Section 8. Whoever shall refuse or neglect to obey any lawful order of any Town officer or board of Town officers , issued under any of these bylaws , directed to him and properly served upon him, shall, in cases not otherwise provided for, forfeit and pay for every such offense a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,847.00 as its share of the Town's participation in Home Care Services Corporation, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to apply any Federal or State Grants for this 164th ANNUAL REPORT 93 purpose as such grants may become available and applicable, and to expend same without further appropriation. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. Chairman Hanson discussed this motion. Moderator declared motion carried. ARTICLE 16 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase a microfilm camera, microfilm processor and microfilm reader /printer, together with the necessary supplies, said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Library Trustees, or to take any other action in relation thereto. Library Trustees On Motion by the Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. The Vote was: Yes: 90 — No: 77. ARTICLE 17 To hear and act upon the report of the Wakefield High School Building Committee, appointed under Article 21 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1970. Wakefield High School Building Committee On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the report of the Wakefield High School Building Committee, appointed under Article 21 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1970, be accepted as a report of progress. Mr. Donald Winsor made the report of progress which is on file in the office of the Town Clerk. ARTICLE 18 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be used in conjunction with and in addition to any funds allotted by the Commonwealth and -or County for the construction, reconstruction, and im- provement of Town roads and to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the Town in an- ticipation of reimbursement from the State or County and to authorize the Board of Public Works to acquire by purchase or eminent domain proceedings, rights and easements necessary to connection therewith, or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Unanimously. That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article #18. This Article required a 2/z (Two-thirds) Vote. 94 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD ARTICLE 19 To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Public Works in laying out Town ways under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location as the private ways listed below, and to authorize the acquisition by purchase or eminent domain proceedings, rights and easements necessary in connection therewith for construction, reconstruction and maintenance, to slope land back from street lines and to construct retaining walls in land adjoining the location of said way in accordance with applicable sections of the Massachusetts General Laws: Scott Lane — beginning at its intersection with Water Street, said point being approximately 460 feet southeasterly of the easterly sideline of Montrose Avenue; thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly a distance of ap- proximately 990 feet to its intersection with Sycamore Road. Mackenzie Lane — beginning at its intersection with Montrose Avenue, thence southeasterly a distance of 950.33 feet to a dead end. Heather Lane — beginning at its intersection with Mackenzie Lane; thence northeasterly a distance of about 400 feet to its intersection with Briarwood Lane. Briarwood Lane — beginning at its intersection with Heather Lane, thence southeasterly a distance of about 155 feet to a dead end. Also, beginning at its intersection with Heather Lane; thence northwesterly a distance of about 700 feet to a turnaround. and that the Town vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the construction and-or acceptance of these ways as public ways, or the extension or widening thereof, including land damage and cost of pavement, retaining walls, sidewalks and curbs as necessary to conform to the specifications approved by the Board of Public Works, or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Unanimously. That the Town accept and adopt under the Betterment Act, the report of the Board of Public Works on the acceptance and layout of the construction described in Article 19 and to authorize the Board of Public Works to acquire by purchase or eminent domain proceedings rights and easements necessary in connection herewith for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair; and to further authorize the Board of Public Works to take slope easements on the land adjoining the location of said proposed town ways in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 83, Section 32-B of the General Laws, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $100 therefor. This motion required a 2A (two -thirds) Vote. ARTICLE 20 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and-or to transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to construct or reconstruct sidewalks and curbs on various public streets in the Town, and to authorize the Board of Public Works to acquire by purchase or eminent domain proceedings, rights and easements necessary in connection therewith for construction, to slope land back from street lines and to construct retaining walls. All new construction to be done under the Betterment Act. Board of Public Works 164th ANNUAL REPORT 95 On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Unanimously. That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $25,000 to construct or reconstruct sidewalks and curbs on various public streets in the Town and to authorize the Board of Public Works to acquire by purchase or eminent domain proceedings rights and easements necessary in connections herewith for construction, to slope land back from street lines and to construct retaining walls, all new construction to be done under the Betterment Act. The Moderator, Mr. Roger H. Wingate, declared that this Article required a 2/3 (two-thirds) Vote. And declared it unanimously carried. ARTICLE 21 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate by transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money for the replacement and- or repair of cement concrete sidewalks in various locations throughout the Town, or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $30,000 to carry out the purposes of Article 21. ARTICLE 22 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and -or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to replace curbing on various public streets in the Town, or to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor, or to take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. ARTICLE 23 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the construction or reconstruction of fencing and guardrails along various public ways within the Town or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 to carry out the purposes of Article 23. ARTICLE 24 To see if the Town will vote to authorize, the Board of Public Works to ac- cept, or to take by eminent domain proceedings, conveyances or easements from time to time, giving the Town the right to construct and maintain drains, sewers, water lines, retaining walls and streets, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purpose of this article. Board of Public Works . 96 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Unanimously. That the Town authorize the Board of Public Works to accept, or to take by eminent domain proceedings, conveyances or easements from time to time, giving the Town the right to construct and maintain drains, sewers, water lines, retaining walls and streets, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 24. ARTICLE 25 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the collection and -or disposal of garbage, rubbish and refuse, and to authorize the Board of Public Works to execute on behalf of the Town a contract or contract as required for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years for such disposal by incineration or other means in order to accomplish the above pur- poses. Board of Public Works That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $160,000.00 for the collection of and /or disposal of garbage, rubbish and refuse, and to provide therefor the sum of $112,229.91 be raised and appropriated from tax levy and the sum of $47,770.09 be appropriated by transfer from the following available balances: Year Article # Title Amount 1973 6 Lease, Center St. Pkg. Area 457.00 1973 7 Lease , North Ave . Parking Area 25 . 50 1972 42 Installation State Assessment System 1 ,0 10 .00 1972 26 Eminent Domain Conveyances & Easements 100.00 1973 Sp . Tn Meeting 20 Completion Renovations Public Works Bldg. North Avenue 62.60 1973 18 Reconstruction Tennis Court Surface Moulton Field 471.45 1974 31 Relocation Intersection Cedar & Prospect Streets 2 ,000 .00 1974 32 Street Acceptance 100.00 1974 43 Pave Parking Area-Moulton Field 1,796.51 1974 Sp. Tn. Meeting Ramp Construction-Lafayette Bldg 117.57 1968 69 Sewer Pumping Station, Farm & Water Sts. 3,176.40 1971 33 Sewer Pumping Station Construction & Force Main at Main Street 17,573.24 1971 Sp. Tn. Meeting 3-15 1 Purchase and/or Land Taking for Sewer Pumping Station-Main Street 6,337.00 1967 21 Construction Addition to Beebe Memorial Library 1 34 . 72 1973 10 Retarded Children's Camp Program 166.42 1973 49 Observance of Memorial Day 52 . 66 1973 50 Observance of Veterans 'Day 1 85 . 00 1972 Sp. Tn. Meeting 10-16 1 1 Wakefield Housing Authority Survey 1,101.21 1958 4 Capital Outlay Committee 136.21 164th ANNUAL REPORT 97 1960 55 Incinerator Committee 265.60 1960 37 Chapter 90 Construction Main Street By -pass 12,500.00 1973 Sp. Tn. Meeting 3-18 10 Purchase of Land -Light Department 1.00 $47,770.09 and to authorize the Board of Public Works to execute on behalf of the Town a contract or contracts as required for a period not to exceed twenty years for such disposal by incineration or other means as required or necessary to accomplish the purposes of Article 25. ARTICLE 26 To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to lay and -or relay water mains and appurtenances of not less than 6 inches, but not more than 16 inches in diameter in any streets or private ways, and for any other work of like construction where pipes of the same dimensions as mentioned above are used; to pay therefor, raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money and -or authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor, and -or by transfer from other available balances. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $34,200 to carry out the purposes of Article 26. ARTICLE 27 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and -or appropriate by transfer from available balances a sufficient 3um of money for the construction of storm drains across private land and in or across streets as the Board of Public Works may deem necessary, and to authorize the Board of Public Works to acquire by purchase or by right of eminent domain, easements in and over private lands, necessary for the construction, maintenance and repair of said storm drains. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Unanimously. That the Town authorize the Board of Public Works to construct storm drains across private land and in /or across streets as the Board of Public Works may deem necessary , and to authorize the Board of Public Works to acquire by purchase or by right of eminent domain, easements in and over private lands necessary for the construction, maintenance and repair of said storm drains, and to pay therefor, the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $34,200 to carry out the purposes of Article 27. ARTICLE 28 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to construct or reconstruct sanitary sewers across private lands and -or in or across highways hereinafter named and to see if the Town will raise and appropriate a . 98 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD sufficient sum of money therefor and-or authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor and-or appropriate by transfer from available balances and authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase or take by right of eminent domain easements and rights on and over private land necessary for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of said sewers: (a) Bay State Road — from a proposed manhole near #49 Bay State Road 1100' feet westerly to Haverhill Street (b) Bay State Road and Main Street Force Main — from a proposed pum- ping station near #49 Bay State Road 1,100 feet westerly, thence 600 feet southerly to an existing manhole on Main Street (c) Bay Street — from a proposed manhole on Bay State Road near #47 Bay State Road 160 feet southerly, thence 360 feet westerly to near #3 Bay Street (d) Bay State Road — from a proposed manhole near #49 Bay State Road, 800 feet easterly to the Wakefield-Lynnfield town lines (e) Farm Street — from an existing manhole at the intersection of Farm Street with Old Nahant Road, 1,700 feet southerly along Farm Street to near #157 Farm Street (f) Stone Way — from a proposed manhole near #9 Stone Way 340 feet westerly to a proposed manhole on Farm Street near #145 Farm Street (g) June Cirlce — from a proposed manhole near #9 Stone Way, 250 feet southerly through private lands to June Circle, thence 240 feet westerly to near #1 June Circle at Farm Street (h) Harrison Avenue — from an existing manhole on Kendrick Road 390 feet southerly to near #24 Harrison Avenue (i) Water Street — from an existing manhole on the Saugus River Trunk at Water Street, 459 feet westerly to near #492 Water Street (j) Various streets as the Board of Public Works deems necessary and feasible to construct or extend main sewers for the safety and convenience of the general public. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Unanimously. That the Town authorize and instruct the Board of Public Works to construct sewers in the following streets (a). Baystate Road (b). Baystate Road and Main Street Force Main (c). Bay Street (d). Baystate Road (e). Farm Street (f). Stone Way (g). June Circle (h). Harrison Avenue (i). Water Street (j). Various Streets as described in Article 28 and in /or across various streets as the Board of Public Works deems necessary and feasible, and to pay therefor, the Town raise and 164th ANNUAL REPORT 99 appropriate the sum of $316,000.00 and to provide therefor the sum of $16,000.00 be raised and appropriated from tax levy, and the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be authorized to borrow $300,000.00 for a period not exceeding five years, and to authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase or take by right of eminent domain proceedings, easements and rights in and over private land necessary for the construction, maintenance and repair of said sewers. The Moderator declared this Article required a Vz (Two -thirds) Vote. ARTICLE 29 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase or take by eminent domain proceedings an easement for access purposes to the Nasella Playground, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly sideline of Water Street, said point being located a distance of 24.70 feet easterly of a stone bound, the line runs N09°-16'-30"E a distance of 462.00 feet to a point; thence S80°-43'-30"E a distance of 40.00 feet to a point; thence S09°-16'-30"W a distance of 448.87 feet to a point on the said northerly sidelines of Water Street; thence S81°-06'-30"W a distance of 42 . 10 feet to the point of beginning. The above described access easement is a portion of Melvine Street (a private way) shown on Land Court Plan #19350A Sheet 2. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. ARTICLE 30 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pave the entrance and access road to Nasella Playground, or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. ARTICLE 31 To see if the Town will vote to abandon a portion of a sewer easement taken by the Town of Wakefield by order dated July 2, 1974, and duly recorded, said portion of easement being described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northwesterly sideline of Hart Street, said point being located a distance of 36.62 feet southwesterly of the southwesterly sideline of Melvin Street, the line runs southesterly a distance of 20.88 feet to a point; thence northwesterly a distance of 76.84 feet to a point; thence northeasterly a distance of 24.32 feet to a point; thence southeasterly a distance of 68.97 feet to the point of beginning. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: 100 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Voted: Unanimously. That the Town abandon a portion of sewer easement taken by the Town of Wakefield by order dated July 2, 1974, and duly recorded, said portion of easement being described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northwesterly sideline of Hart Street, said point being located a distance of 36.62 feet southwesterly of the southwesterly sideline of Melvin Street, the line runs southwesterly a distance of 20.88 feet to a point, thence northwesterly a distance of 76.84 feet to a point; thence northeasterly a distance of 24.32 feet to a point; thence southeasterly a distance of 68.97 feet to the point of beginning. The Moderator announced a Vz (two -thirds) Vote was required. ARTICLE 32 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter XIX, Article IV of the General Bylaws of the Town of Wakefield, the so-called Sign Bylaw, by adding thereto Section IV as follows: "Section IV - EXCEPTION Nothing contained in this Bylaw shall prohibit the use of a sign, as defined herein, upon a litter container located in a business district, provided that: (1) such litter container is of a size and shape approved by the Board of Public Works; (2) is regularly serviced in the normal course by the Department of Public Works; (3) the sign contained upon such litter container shall not project beyond the dimensions of such litter container. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. ARTICLE 33 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter XIII of the General Bylaws of the Town entitled "Lake Quannapowitt" by adding to Section 2 thereof the following sentence: "In no event shall the speed of power driven craft exceed 25 miles per hour on any part of the Lake" and by adding to Chapter XIII the following: Section 5. Water skiing is prohibited Sundays and holidays between April 1 and September 30, inclusive. Section 6. No aircraft shall land or take-off from the Lake except in the case of an emergency or with the prior written approval of the Board of Public Works of the Town of Wakefield and the approval of State and Federal authorities where applicable. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend Chapter XIII of the General Bylaws of the Town entitled "Lake Quannapowitt" by adding to Section 2 thereof the following sentence: "In no event shall the speed of power driver craft exceed 25 miles per hour on any part of the Lake" and by adding to Chapter XIII the following: Section 5. Water skiing is prohibited Sundays and holidays between April 1 and September 30, inclusive. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 101 Section 6. No aircraft shall land or take-off from the Lake except in the case of an emergency or with the prior written approval of the Board of Public Works of the Town of Wakefield and the approval of State and Federal authorities where applicable. Mr. Charles Willis discussed this Article. Boston, Mass. June 24, 1975 The foregoing amendment to the General By-Laws adopted under Article 33 is hereby approved. HENRY F. O'CONNELL Assistant Attorney General ARTICLE 34 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Municipal Light Board (i) to issue revenue bonds, and notes in anticipation thereof, under Chapter 164A of the General Laws, for the Town's share of project costs of the electric power facility known as Wyman Unit No. 4 or other electric power facilities sponsored by Central Maine Power Company and (ii) to enter into an agreement or agreements with one or more other municipalities participating in the same project (s) under which revenue bonds and notes authorized by participating municipalities may be issued by one participating municipality on behalf of itself and others or take any other action relative thereto. The agreement or agreements shall provide that the participating municipalities shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to provide funds necessary to pay their respective shares of principal and interest and this obligation of each participating municipality shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor under Chapter 164A. Municipal Light Board On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. ARTICLE 35 To hear and act upon the report of the Municipal Light Commissioners concerning the construction, furnishing and equipping of an electrical substation on Farm Street as authorized by Article 15 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1971. Municipal Light Commissioners Mr. Michael Collins, Manager of the Municipal Light Department discussed this Article. On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the report of the Municipal Light Commissioners concerning the construction, furnishing and equipping of an electrical substation on Farm Street as authorized by Article 15 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1971 be accepted as a final report. The Report is on file in the office of the Town Clerk. ARTICLE 36 To see if the Town will vote to construct and maintain a plant for the operation of a Community Antenna Television System for the use of the Town 102 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD and its inhabitants, and to determine whether the Board of Selectmen shall be authorized to petition the General Court for enactment of any special law which may be necessary or desirable in connection therewith, or to take any other action relative thereto. Municipal Light Department On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town construct and maintain a plant for the operation of a Community Antenna Television System for the use of the Town and its inhabitants, and to determine whether the Board of Selectmen shall be authorized to petition the General Court for enactment of any special law which may be necessary or desirable in connection therewith, or to take any other action relative thereto. This Article necessitated a ballot count. The vote was: Yes: 137 — No: 13. 100 was necessary for a 2A vote. The Moderator declared the motion carried. ARTICLE 37 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Municipal Light Department to reconstruct and convert a portion of 4000 volt overhead wiring to 13,800 volt overhead wiring within the Town of Wakefield, and to provide therefor that the Town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money and /or authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor, for a period not exceeding ten years in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 8, and /or by transfer from other available balances. Municipal Light Commissioners On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Municipal Light Department be authorized to reconstruct and convert a portion of 4000 volt overhead wiring to 13,800 volt overhead wiring within the Town of Wakefield, and to provide therefor the sum of $67,051.66 be appropriated by transfer from the available balances of Article 15 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1971. ARTICLE 38 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for mosquito control, such sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health. John Hanson, Chairman of the Finance Committee discussed this Article for Mosquito Control. On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $18,507.10 for mosquito control, said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health. Roger Wingate, Moderator, declared the motion carried. John J. Ruehrwein made the motion to adjourn which was defeated. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 103 ARTICLE 39 To see if the Town will vote to provide cooperative facilities to mental out- patient clinics and for payment for services to be rendered for such clinics in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health for the Town of Wakefield; and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purposes of this article. Board of Health On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town Raise and appropriate the sum of $26,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 39. ARTICLE 40 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to cover the cost of participation by the Town of Wakefield in a drug prevention and rehabilitation program for residents of the Town, and to authorize the Board of Public Health to enter into a contract or contracts with 735, Inc., a charitable corporation organized under law, to accomplish the above purposes, said contract or contracts to cover the period of July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976. Board of Health On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $32,026.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 40 and to authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract or contracts to accomplish the foregoing. ARTICLE 41 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expanded by the Board of Selectmen. John Keaney and Others On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,300.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 41. This session of the Annual Town Meeting was adjourned to March 17th at 7:30 P.M. in the Wakefield Junior High School Auditorium by a majority vote. The attendance for this session was 232. A True Record: Attest: THELMA E. RENNARD Town Clerk A request for reconsideration Article 16 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of March 10th was received in the Town Clerk's Office on March 14th. 104 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD ADJOURNED SESSION MARCH 17, 1975 Mr. Roger Wingate, Moderator, called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. in the auditorium of the Wakefield Junior High School. Once again he expressed appreciation to the pages and acknowledged the presence of the Government Class of Mr. Miksen. Mrs. Virginia Jackson, Chairman of the Library Trustees, was recognized by the Moderator. Her motion to take up Article 16 again was defeated. ARTICLE 42 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observances of Veterans Day, to be expended by the Board of Selectmen. John Keaney and Others On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 42. ARTICLE 43 To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the observance of the Christmas season illumination of public buildings and public streets, and the decoration of Christmas trees upon municipal land or what it will do in relation thereto. Chamber of Commerce On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 43. ARTICLE 44 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 to fill a portion of school property at the Yeuell School site and to provide loam and seed therefor, said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Wakefield School Department. John J. Ruehrwein and Others After discussion on this Article a motion that the previous question be now put was defeated. The vote was: YES: 190 NO, 143. Needed for a Vs vote was 222. The Moderator declared the motion did not carry. On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. ARTICLE 45 To see if the Town will vote to name a parcel of Town -owned land located on Main Street; and shown as Lot 52 on Plat 10 of the Assessor's Maps, as the George A. Cowdrey Park, or to see what the Town will do about it. Alice M . Courage and Others 164th ANNUAL REPORT 105 On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town name a parcel of Town -owned land located on Main Street and shown as Lot 52 on Plat 10 of the Assessors' Maps as the George A. Cowdrey Park. ARTICLE 46 To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to lease to the Wakefield Little League Association, for a nominal consideration, and upon terms acceptable to the Board of Selectmen a certain parcel of land containing approximately 70,400 square feet, being Lots 74F and 74K as shown on Plat 31 of the Wakefield Assessors' Plans and lying westerly of Del Carmine Street, or to take any other action in relation thereto. Wakefield Little League Association, Inc. On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease to the Wakefield Little League Association, for a nominal consideration, and upon terms acceptable to the Board of Selectmen, a certain parcel of land containing approximately 70,400 square feet, being Lots 74F and 74K as shown on Plat 31 of the Wakefield Assessors' Plans, and lying westerly of Del Carmine Street. ARTICLE 47 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide loam and sod for installation on Fernald Field, said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works. Warren L. Whiting and Others The Indefinite Postponement motion by the Finance Committee was defeated. Motion by Mr. Paiva: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $7,200 to carry out the purposes of Article 47. A motion that the previous question be now put, 'carried' declared the Moderator. The motion submitted for Article 47 by Mr. Paiva carried. ARTICLE 48 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the East Middlesex Association for Retarded Citizens in the im- plementation of its program under the provisions of Chapter 19 of the General Laws, said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health, as provided in Chapter 40, Section 5, Sub -section 40C of the General Laws. East Middlesex Association for Retarded Citizens On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 48. 106 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD ARTICLE 49 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover the cost of participation of retarded children of the Town of Wakefield in the retarded Children's Camp program in the Town of Stoneham. Retarded Children's Camp Program On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,540.28 to carry out the purposes of Article 49. ARTICLE 50 To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Map and Zoning Bylaws by changing from a High Rise Apartment District to an Industrial District, the land on the northerly side of Audubon Road, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly sideline of Audubon Road 580 feet northwesterly of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Highway Right of Way line, the line runs Northwesterly along said northerly side line of Audubon Road a distance of 2350 feet to a point; thence turning a right angle and running Nor- theasterly a distance of 600 feet to a point; thence turning and running Nor- thwesterly on a line 750 feet northeasterly of and parallel to the southwesterly property line of Lot 1, Plat 36W of the Assessors' Maps, a distance of 1100 feet to the Saugus River; thence Northeasterly along the said Saugus River to the Lynnfield-Wakefield town line; thence Northeasterly along said town line to the Saugus River; thence Southeasterly and Southerly along the Saugus River to a point; thence running Southwesterly along a line, said line being at a right angle to the said Northerly side line of Audubon Road, a distance of 1050 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel containing approximately 144 acres. Burton F. Whitcomb and Others On Motion by Planning Board: That the Town amend its Zoning Map and Zoning Bylaws by changing from a High Rise Apartment District back to an Industrial District the tract of land described in Article 50. A formal motion was made by Chairman, Joseph S. R. Zagarella. This motion required a 2A vote. Moderator, Roger Wingate declared: UNANIMOUSLY carried. The Report is on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Boston, Massachusetts May 13, 1975 The foregoing amendment to Zoning Bylaws under Article 50 of the Warrant is hereby approved. HENRY F.O'CONNELL Assistant Attorney General ARTICLE 51 To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Bylaws by deleting therefrom Section 5. High Rise Apartment Districts and that Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 9A, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 be re-numbered Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9A, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 respectively; and further that any reference to High Rise 164th ANNUAL REPORT 107 Apartment Districts be eliminated from the Zoning Bylaws wherever applicable. Burton F. Whitcomb and Others On Motion by Planning Board: That the Town amend its Zoning Bylaws by deleting Section 5, High Rise Apartment District, from the Bylaws, renumbering the foliowings Sections, and eliminating any references to the High Rise Apart- ment District from the Bylaws, all as set forth in Article 51. Town Planning Board A formal motion was made by Chairman, Joseph S. R. Zagarella. The Moderator declared the motion carried. 196 present and voting, in the affirmative 181, in the negative 15, required for 2A — 131. The Report is on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Boston, Massachusetts May 13, 1975 The foregoing amendment to Zoning Bylaws under Article 51 of the Warrant is hereby approved. HENRY F. O'CONNELL Assistant Attorney General That the Town vote to amend its Zoning Bylaws and Zoning Map by adding after the Section entitled Municipal Disposal Area, a new section Flood Plain Districts, as appears in Article 52, with the following amendments: 1. That the phrase, "but not including any non-profit social, civic or recreational use the chief activity of which is one customarily conducted as a business" be substituted for the phrase "but not including any use the chief activity of which is one customarily conducted as a business" in Section (3), paragraph 1, Permitted Uses in Flood Plain Districts. 2. That the phrase, "except in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 131, Section 40, as amended by Chapter 784 of the Acts of 1972," be inserted between the words "operation" and "except" in Section (3), paragraph 1, Permitted Uses in Flood Plain Districts. 3. That the phrase, "and if the use of such land will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare," be deleted from Section (5), Paragraph (a), Uses Allowed by the Building Code Board of Appeals. and 4. That a new Paragraph (d) be added to Section (5), Uses Allowed by the Building Code Board of Appeals, as follows: ARTICLE 52 To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Bylaws and Zoning Map by inserting a new section: FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICTS (1.) PURPOSE The purpose of this section, in addition to the purposes enumerated in the preamble to these Zoning Bylaws, is to provide that lands in the Town of Wakefield subject to seasonal or periodic flooding as described hereinafter shall not be used for residence or other purposes in such a manner as to endanger the health, safety or welfare of the occupants thereof. 108 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD (2.) LOCATION The location of the Flood Plain District shall include the areas shown on the "General and Zoning Map for the Town of Wakefield, Mass." dated November 16, 1925, as amended. The location of said district are more specifically described as follows: A. SAUGUS RIVER All that land along or sloping toward the Saugus River that is at or below the following elevations expressed in feet above mean sea level, U.S.C. & G.S. datum. 1. From the Wakefield-Saugus Town line at Water Street at elevation 57.0 feet above mean sea level, to the Wakefield-Saugus-Lynnfield Town corner ap- proximately 1.0 miles northeasterly along the river, at elevation 59.0 feet above mean sea level. 2. From the Wakefield-Saugus-Lynnfield Town corner at elevation 59.0 feet above mean sea level, to immediately downstream of Salem Street at elevation 64.0 feet above mean sea level. 3. From immediately upstream of Salem Street at elevation 66.5 feet above mean sea level, to the downstream end of the City of Lynn Diversion Dam at an elevation of 70.0 feet above mean sea level. 4. From the City of Lynn Diversion Dam at elevation 75.0 feet above mean sea level to the Boston and Maine Railroad at elevation 76.0 feet above mean sea level. 5. From the Boston and Main Railroad at elevation 76.0 feet above mean sea level, to the outlet of Lake Quannapowitt at Lowell Street at elevation 80.5 feet above mean sea level. B. MILL RIVER All that land along or sloping toward Mill River that is at or below the following elevations expressed in feet above mean sea level, U.S.C. & G.S. datum. 1. From the confluence of the Mill River with the Saugus River at elevation 58.0 feet above mean sea level, to the downstream end of Salem Street at elevation 58.5 feet above mean sea level. 2. From the upstream end of Salem Street at elevation 60.0 above mean sea level to Lowell Street at elevation 65.0 feet above mean sea level. The flood plain elevation for any land is determined by interpolation between the upstream and downstream flood plain elevations on the basis of its relative distance in feet from the upstream and downstream ends of the appropriate "reaches" of the river, stream or water course. All water bodies and wetlands delineated by an area shown on the Zoning Map or by description are hereby included within the Flood Plain District. (3.) PERMITTED USES IN FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICTS In a Flood Plain District no building shall be erected, enlarged or moved and no premises shall be used except for one or more of the following uses: 1. Municipal recreation, public water supply, drainage or flood control use, orchard, truck garden, nursery or similar open use of the land for the raising of agriculture or horticultural crops; and if authorized by the Board of Appeals, - 164th ANNUAL REPORT 109 commercial golf course or non-profit social, civic or recreational use, but not including any use the chief activity of which is one customarily conducted as a business; and buildings and sheds accessory to any of the above uses, as long as such use is permitted in the underlying district in which the land is classified, but no dumping, filling, or earth transfer or relocation operation except for utility trenches, driveways, landscaping, accessory building foundations, or municipal or public facilities enumerated above. Buildings and structures accessory to any of the above flood plain uses and driveways are permitted, subject to conditions stated in Section 5 of this Flood Plain Bylaw. 2. Dwellings lawfully existing prior to the adoption of these provisions, but which shall not thereafter be enlarged or extended. Accessory use as defined in Section 2B (9) of the Zoning Bylaws is permitted. (4.) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DISTRICTS All lands within the Flood Plain Districts are included in one or more of the other districts defined by this Bylaw. The permitted uses specified within the Flood Plain Districts, Sub-section (3) take precedence in area so classified. If, however, an exception under Flood Plain Districts, Subsection (5) is granted by the Board of Appeals then the permitted uses of the underlying zoning district shall govern. (5.) USES ALLOWED BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS (a) If any land shown on the Zoning Map or defined in this Bylaw as being in a Flood Plain District is proven by the applicant to be in fact not subject to flooding or not unsuitable for human occupancy because of drainage and topographic conditions , and if the use of such land will not be detrimental to the pubhe health, safety and welfare, the Board of Appeals may permit buildings for human occupancy on such land in accordance with the requirements of the un- derlying district after the necessary proof has been presented to and reported by the Planning Board and the Board of Health. (b) Such special permit shall be applied for in the manner required for regular building permits, but shall be superscribed FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT BUILDING APPLICATION. The Building Inspector shall issue such special permit only as directed by the Board of Appeals in accordance with the regular and Flood Plain zoning provisions and subject to any limitation or conditions imposed by the Board of Appeals after public hearings . Notice of each such Flood Plain Building Permit application shall be given to the Town Department of Public Works, to the Town Board of Health, and to the Town Planning Board. (c) The Board of Appeals, in hearing each such application, shall consider, in addition to any other factors said board deems pertinent, the following aspects with respect to flooding and Flood Plain District zoning provisions: 1. Geographic location of proposed building and security of driveway or walkway access to it during flooding; 2. Foundation elevations of proposed building and security of foundations during flooding, including assurance that foundations would not be undermined and that the proposed building would not be loated-off, swept away, or battered off during flooding; 3. Disposal of sewage from the proposed buildings and containment of sewage during flooding; 110 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD 4. Safety of water, sewage, gas, electric and fuel utilities from breaking, leaking, short-circuiting, grounding, igniting, electrocution or other dangers during flooding.; this Flood Plain District section to follow the Municipal Disposal Area section and to be listed in Section 1, Districts, Classes of Districts (a). Town Planning Board "(d) Any application to the Building Code Board of Appeals under this Section shall be accompanied by a site plan prepared in accordance with rules established by the Building Code Board of Appeals." And it is further moved that this Flood Plain District section be listed in Section 1, Districts, Classes of Districts (a). Town Planning Board A formal motion was made by Chairman, Joseph S. R. Zagarella. Moderator declared a 2A vote was required. The vote was: 2 YES, 94 - NO, 68 - 108 was needed for a /3 vote. The Moderator declared it did not carry. It was voted by a majority on motion by Selectmen, James Good to adjourn this session to March 24, 7:30 P.M. in the Wakefield Junior High School auditorium, Wakefield, Massachusetts. A True Record: Attest: THELMA E. RENNARD Town Clerk ADJOURNED SESSION MARCH 24, 1975 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Roger H . Wingate with 287 in attendance. The Moderator asked for a round of applause in thankfulness for the services performed by the pages. ARTICLE 53 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, and /or transfer from available funds, the sum of $53,000.00 to provide an aerial survey and the development of topographic maps and plans therefrom in order to delineate the flood plain in Wakefield, said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works. Town Planning Board The Article was discussed by Chairman, Joseph S. R. Zagarella. On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. " 164th ANNUAL REPORT 111 ARTICLE 54 To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Bylaws by deleting from Section 2A, Special Single Residence Districts, Yards (d) and from Section 2B, Single Residence Districts, Yards (d) the two clauses reading "provided that the width of one side year may be reduced one foot for each foot that the width of the other side yard is increased, but no side year shall be less than six feet wide," and by changing in Section 3, General Residence Districts, Yards (c) the side yard requirement from six to ten feet so that the first clause of the second sentence will read "No side yard shall be less than ten feet wide,". Town Planning Board On Motion By Planning Board: That the Town amend its Zoning Bylaws by deleting from Section 2A, Special Single Residence Districts, Yards (d) and from Section 2B, Single Residence Districts, Yards (d) the two clauses reading "provided that the width of one side yard may be reduced one foot for each foot that the width of the other side yard is increased, but no side yard shall be less than six feet wide," and by changing in Section 3, General Residence Districts, Yards, (c) the side requirement from six to ten feet so that the first clause of the second sentence will read "No side yard shall be less than ten feet wide. Town Planning Board A formal motion was made by the Planning Board which required a 2A vote. The Moderator declared the motion carried unanimously. The Report is on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Boston, Massachusetts May 13, 1975 The foregoing amendment to the Zoning Bylaws under Article 54 of the Warrant is hereby approved. HENRY F. O'CONNELL Assistant Attorney General ARTICLE 55 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the improvement of lighting at Veterans Field by the addition of nine lights, a new transformer, underground wiring, and the relocation of the control switch, said sum of money to be expended by the Municipal Light Department. Recreation Commission On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,300.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 55. ARTICLE 56 To see if the Town will vote to abandon as a way that portion of Lake Avenue extending from Spaulding Street to Lake Quannapowitt, and that the Board of Public Works be authorized to take whatever steps or process requireed under law to accomplish same, and that such abandoned portion of Lake Avenue be used for recreational purposes. Recreation Commission 112 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. ARTICLE 57 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to make application from time to time, for a grant or grants as such grant or grants may become available from the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the so-called Community Development Program, and to develop or cause to be developed under its direction programs, goals and objectives for submission to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with such application or applications, and to expend any funds received without further appropriation. Board of Selectmen Chairman John Hanson discussed the Article. On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to make application from time to time for a grant or grants, as such grant or grants may become available, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the so- called Community Development Program, and to develop or cause to be developed under its direction, programs, goals and objectives for submission to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with such application or applications, and to expend any funds received without further appropriation. ARTICLE 58 To see what sum the Town will vote to return to the Town Treasury from the balance in the Operating Fund of the Municipal Light Department as of June 30, 1975, and to authorize the Assessors to use said sum in computing the tax rate for the fiscal period ending June 30, 1976, and also to see what sum the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Department to transfer from the balance in its Operating Fund as of June 30, 1975, to the Construction Fund of the Municipal Light Department. Municipal Light Commissioners On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town return to the Town Treasury the sum of $200,000.00 from the balance of the Operating Fund of the Municipal Light Department as of June 30, 1975, and authorize the Assessors to use said sum in computing the tax rate for the fiscal year 1976. The balance remaining in the Operating Fund as of June 30, 1975 after the transfer, shall be retained in the Operating Fund and subject to further Town Meeting action. ARTICLE 59 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use such free cash as may be in the treasury or any part thereof in computing the tax rate for the fiscal period ending, June 30, 1976. JOHN J. MCCARTHY Town Accountant 164th ANNUAL REPORT 113 On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Board of Assessors be authorized to use an amount of free cash in the treasury not to exceed $600,000.00 in computing the tax rate for fiscal year 1976; and that the Assessors shall use an amount of estimated receipts not in excess of the amount authorized by statute in determining the tax rate for the fiscal year 1976. Selectman James Good arose to make the motion that the meeting be now dissolved. The motion carried by a majority. A True Record: Attest: THELMA E. RENNARD Town Clerk SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 24,1975 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Roger H. Wingate at 7:30 P.M. in the auditorium of the Wakefield Junior High School. On motion by Chairman, John A. Hanson, Finance Committee: Voted: That further reading of the Warrant with the exception of the Con- stable's return be dispensed with. The Constable's Return read by the Town Clerk. There were 384 in attendance. ARTICLE 1 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter XVII of the General By-laws of the Town, said amendment to become effective July 1, 1975, by deleting Section 7, Schedules B, D, and E therefrom and substituting the following: SCHEDULE B GENERAL WEEKLY SALARY SCHEDULE Grade Min. II III IV V S-l 106.50 112.25 118.50 122.25 125.95 S-2 112.25 118.50 125.95 129.65 133.35 S-3 118.50 125.95 133.35 137.65 141.95 S-4 125.95 133.35 141.95 146.85 151.70 S-5 133.35 141.95 151.70 157.10 162.60 S-6 141.95 151.70 162.60 168.90 175.15 S-7 151.70 162.60 175.15 182.20 189.20 S-8 162.60 175.15 189.20 196.95 209.70 S-9 175.15 189.20 204.70 213.50 222.30 S-10 189.20 204.70 222.30 231.90 241.30 S-ll 204.70 222.30 241.30 251.75 262.20 S-12 222.30 241.30 262.20 274.50 286.80 S-13 241.30 262.20 286.80 299.65 312.55 S-14 262.20 286.80 312.55 326.30 340.00 S-15 286.80 312.55 340.00 355.50 370.95 114 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD SCHEDULE D HOURLY WAGE SCHEDULE HOURLY RATES CONTROLLING WEEKLY RATES COMPUTED AT HOURLY RATE X 40 Compensation Grade Min. II HI Max/IV W-l H 3.78 3.92 4.10 4.27 W 151.20 156.80 164.00 170.80 W-2 H 3.97 4.13 4.30 4.42 W 158.80 165.20 172.00 176.80 W-3 H 4.13 4.30 4.46 4.58 W 165.20 172.00 178.40 183.20 W-4 H 4.30 4.46 4.61 4.75 W 172.00 178.40 184.40 190.00 W-5 H 4.46 4.61 4.78 4.91 W 178.40 184.40 191.20 196.40 W-6 H 4.61 4.78 4.96 5.10 W 184.40 191.20 198.40 204.00 W-7 H 4.78 4.96 5.13 5.29 W 191.20 198.40 205.20 211.60 W-8 H 4.96 5.13 5.33 5.54 W 198.40 205.20 213.20 221.60 W-9 H 5.13 5.35 5.54 5.79 W 205.20 214.00 221.60 231.60 SCHEDULE E MISCELLANEOUS COMPENSATION SCHEDULE FOR PART-TIME AND SEASONAL POSITIONS Basis of Compensation Min. II III IV Max./V M-l Hourly 2.90 2.95 3.01 3.20 3.35 M-2 Hourly 2.96 3.01 3.12 M-3 Hourly 3.82 3.98 4.19 4.35 4.52 M-3A Annual 1,974.00 2,074.00 2,178.00 2,265.00 2,356.00 M-4 Annual 2,995.00 3,190.00 3,381.00 3,517.00 3,671.00 M-5 Annual 3,670.00 3,904.00 4,096.00 4,287.00 4,442.00 M-6 Annual 6,240.00 6,492.00 6,761.00 7,033.00 7,323.00 M-7 Annual 6,532.00 6,781.00 7,033.00 7,323.00 7,612.00 and that the Town raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purposes of this article. Personnel Board On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend Chapter XVII of the General Bylaws of the Town by deleting Section 7, Schedule B, Schedule D and Schedule E, and sub- stituting Section 7, Schedule B, Schedule D and Schedule E, as described in 164th ANNUAL REPORT 115 Article 1, and to provide therefor the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $132,549.83, to be allocated as follows: Selectmen's Department — Personal Services $1,261.64 Accounting Department — Personal Services 5,925.39 Treasurer's Department — Personal Services 1,346.20 Legal Department — Personal Services 560.50 Tax Collector's Department — Personal Services 2,100.55 Assessors' Department — Personal Services 3,004.70 Town Clerk's Department — Personal Services 1,246.05 Registrars Department — Personal Services 160.00 Personnel Board — Personal Services 154.10 Civil Defense — Personal Services 254.84 Building Department — Personal Services 2,553.72 Sealer of Weights & Measures — Personal Services 310.00 Animal Inspector — Personal Services 646.60 Health Department — Personal Services 1,954.05 Group Insurance — Personal Services 887.22 Retirement Department — Personal Services 1,054.70 Veterans' Department — Personal Services 1,427.95 Library Department — Personal Services 13,773.44 Fire Department — Personal Services 601.55 Police Department — Personal Services 1,248.15 Data Processing Department — Personal Services 2,040.05 Public Works Department — Personal Services 69,418.80 Public Works , Water Division — Personal Services 1 7 , 769 . 63 Public Works, Snow & Ice — Personal Services 2,850.00 Moderator, Roger Wingate, declared the motion carried. ARTICLE 2 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter XVII of the General Bylaws of the Town said amendment to become effective July 1, 1975, by deleting Section 7, Schedule C, therefrom and substituting the following: SCHEDULE C POLICE-FIRE WEEKLY SALARY SCHEDULE Compensation Grade Min. II III Max/IV PF-1 205.00 214.00 222.00 231.00 PF-2 244.00 259.00 271.00 285.00 PF-3 285.00 299.00 315.00 330.00 PF-4 330.00 348.00 366.00 384.00 and to provide therefor that the Town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money. Personnel Board 116 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend Chapter XVII of the General Bylaws of the Town by deleting Section 7, Schedule C, and substituting Section 7, Schedule C, as described in Article 2, and to provide therefor that the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $136,115.73 to be allocated as follows: Police — , Department Personal Services $58 7 74 . 53 Fire Department — Personal Services 77,341.20 Chairman, John Hanson, discussed this motion. The Moderator declared the motion carried. ARTICLE -3 To see if the Town will vote to amend Schedule A of Section 7, Chapter XVII of the General Bylaws of the Town, said amendment to become effective July 1, 1975, by adding to "Manual Class" the following: Working Foreman — Mechanics W-9 Personnel Board On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend Schedule A of Section 7, Chapter XVII, of the General Bylaws of the Town, said amendment to become effective July 1, 1975, by adding to "Manuel Class" the following: Working Foreman — mechanics W-9 Favorable action recommended by the Finance Committee. The Moderator declared the motion carried. ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter XVII of the General By-laws of the Town, said amendment to become effective July 1, 1975, by deleting Section 12 (a) Paid Holidays, and substituting the following: "(a) The following days or dates shall be recognized as legal holidays within the meaning of this bylaw: New Year's Day First day in January Martin Luther King Day 15th of January Washington's Birthday Third Monday in February Patriot's Day Third Monday in April Memorial Day Last Monday in May Independence Day 4th of July Labor Day First Monday of September Columbus Day 12th of October Veterans' Day 11th of November Thanksgiving Day The Thurs. in Nov. so proclaimed Christmas Day 25th of December on which days or dates employees shall be excused from all duty not required to maintain essential Town services," and that the Town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide therefor. Personnel Board 164th ANNUAL REPORT 117 On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend Chapter XVII of the General Bylaws of the Town, said amendment to become effective July 1, 1975, by deleting Section 12 (a) Paid Holidays, and substituting the schedule appearing in Article 4, and to provide therefor that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,440.38, to be allocated as follows: Fire Department — Personal Services $3,230.82 Police Department — Personal Services 3,209.56 Chairman John Hanson discussed the Article. The Moderator declared the motion carried. ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter XVII of the General Bylaws of the Town, said amendment to become effective July 1, 1975, by deleting Section 14 (b) Sick Leave, and substituting the following: "(b) The employee occupying a position in the classification plan shall be credited with the unused portion of leave granted pursuant to subsection (a) up to a maximum of one hundred twenty days." Personnel Board On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend Chapter XVII of the General Bylaws of the Town, said amendment to become effective July 1, 1975, by deleting Section 14 (b) Sick Leave, and substituting Section 14 (b) as described in Article 5. The Moderator declared the motion carried by a majority. ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to implement the Employees Contributory Group Health, Accident and Life Insurance Budget by raising and appropriating thereto a sufficient sum of money therefor, to become effective on January 1 , 1976. Personnel Board On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town implement the Employees Contributory Group Health, Accident and Life Insurance Budget by raising and appropriating thereto the sum of $60,730.43 to become effective on January 1, 1976, and to provide therefor that the Town raise and appropriate from tax levy the sum of $54,526.44, and to transfer from the Light Operation Account of the Municipal Light Department to the Employees Group Insurance Account the sum of $6,203.99. Favorable action was recommended by the Finance Committee The Moderator declared the motion carried. ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to implement the Personal Services portion of the Police Department budget for expenditure to the Traffic Supervisors. Board of Selectmen . 118 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,380.00 to im- plement the Personal Services portion of the Police Department budget for ex- penditure to the Traffic Supervisors. At 8:40 P.M. Chairman Good made the motion that this Special Meeting be now dissolved. The Moderator declared the motion carried by a majority vote. A True Record: Attest: THELMA E. RENNARD Town Clerk SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JUNE 16, 1975 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Roger H. Wingate at 7:30 P.M. in the auditorium of the Wakefield Junior High School. On motion by Chairman, John A. Hanson, Finance Committee: Voted: That further reading of the warrant, with the exception of the Con- stable's return be dispensed with. The Constable's return was read by the Town Clerk. The Moderator recognized the pages and Boy Scout 7th grader, D. Rugato. There were 150 people in attendance. ARTICLE 1 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, by transfer or other- wise, a sufficient sum of money to purchase a microfilm camera and microfilm reader-printer, together with the necessary supplies; said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Library Trustees, or to take any other action relative thereto. Library Board of Trustees On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate from tax levy the sum of $1 1 ,505 .60 to carry out the purposes of Article # 1 ARTICLE 2 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, by transfer or other- wise, a sufficient sum of money to purchase a microfilm processor, together with the necessary supplies; said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Library Trustees, or to take any other action relative thereto. Library Board of Trustees On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite postponement. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 119 ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to supplement the Protection of Persons and Property Budget for the fiscal period July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975 by adding to the Police Department Budget and the Fire Department budget a sufficient sum of money, and to provide therefor that the Town appropriate such sum of money from the Excess and Deficiency Account, or to take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Fire Department Materials and Supplies Account the sum of $1,600.00, and to the Police Department Materials and Supplies Account the sum of $3,000.00 and to the Police Department Personal Services Account the sum of $39,000.00 to supplement the Protection of Persons and Property Budget for the Fiscal period July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975. Mr. Charles Willis of the Finance Committee discussed this Article. ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 17 of the Bylaws of the Town, the so-called Personnel Bylaw, by deleting therefrom subsection (d) (1) Police Classes, from Section 11, Overtime Compensation, and substituting the following: "(1) Police Classes An officer or patrolman shall be compensated at one and one -half times his regular hourly rate, such hourly rate to be his regular weekly rate divided by thirty -nine, for hours worked in excess of eight hours during a regularly assigned work day provided that he has been credited with payment at his regular rate for , his regularly assigned work week. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend Chapter 17 of the Bylaws of the Town, the so- called Personnel Bylaw, by deleting therefrom Section (d) (1) Police Classes, from Section 11, Overtime Compensation, and substituting the following: (1) Police Classes: an officer or patrolman shall be compensated at one and one half times his regular hourly rate, such hourly rate to be his regular weekly rate divided by thirty -nine for hours worked in excess of eight hours during a regularly assigned work day and for all hours worked on other than a regularly assigned work day, provided that he has been credited with payment at his regular rate for his regularly assigned work week. ARTICLE 5 To see whether the Town will approve the construction of a new housing project by the Wakefield Housing Authority, namely a Housing Project for Elderly Persons, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 121B of the Massachusetts General Laws and all Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, or to take any other action relative thereto. Wakefield Housing Authority 120 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town approve the construction of a new housing project by the Wakefield Housing Authority, namely a housing project for elderly persons, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 12 IB of the Massachusetts General Laws and all Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto. ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to amend its zoning map and zoning by-laws by changing from an "industrial district" to a "Apartment district" the land on the Northerly side of Broadway at its intersection with Foundry Street, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the Northerly sideline of Broadway, said point being the intersection of the Northerly sideline of Broadway with the Westerly sideline of Foundry Street, thence running Southwesterly along the said Northerly sideline of Broadway a distance of approximately 267 feet to a point; thence Northwesterly along the Westerly lot line of Lot 100 a distance of approximately 166 feet to a point, said point being the Northwesterly property corner of Lot 100; thence Southwesterly along the Northerly lot lines of Lot 100, Lot 101, Lot 102 and Lot 103 a distance of approximately 278 feet to a point on the Westerly sideline of said Foundry Street; thence Southeasterly along the Westerly sideline of Foundry Street a distance of 150 feet to the point of beginning, the same being Lots 100, 101, 102 and 103 of Plan 13 of the Assessors' maps, and containing 43,210 square feet. Wakefield Housing Authority On Motion by Planning Board: Voted: That action on the subject matter of Article 6 be indefinitely post- poned. Chairman, Joseph S. R. Zagarella made the report on this Article. The Report is on file in the Town Clerk's Office. ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote to convey for a nominal consideration to the Wakefield Housing Authority for the purpose of constructing additional units to the housing projects for elderly persons of low income, the following described premises: Beginning at a point on the Northerly sideline of Broadway, said point being the intersection of the Northerly sideline of Broadway with the Westerly sideline of Foundry Street, thence running Southwesterly along the said Northerly sideline of Broadway a distance of approximately 267 feet to a point; thence Northwesterly along the Westerly lot line of Lot 100 a distance of approximately 166 feet to a point, said point being the Northwesterly property corner of Lot 100; thence Southwesterly along the Northerly lot lines of Lot 100, Lot 101, Lot 102 and Lot 103 a distance of approximately 278 feet to a point on the Westerly sideline of said Foundry Street; thence Southeasterly along the Westerly sideline of Foundry Street a distance of 150 feet to the point of beginning, the same being Lots 100, 101, 102 and 103 of Plat 13 of the Assessors' maps, and containing 43,210 square feet. Wakefield Housing Authority 164th ANNUAL REPORT 121 On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite Postponement. Vera Spracklin made a motion to table Article 7 and to again take up Article 6. This motion did not carry. Article 7 was again taken up. Mr. Hudson made a motion that the question be now put. It was carried by a Vz vote, the Moderator declared. Mr. Morley made a motion to again take up Article 5. This required a 2A vote. This motion did not carry. ARTICLE 8 To see if the Town will vote to purchase from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for municipal purposes, the land with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Main Street at its intersection with the southerly side of Armory Street, the same being Lot 119C, Plat 13 of the Assessors' Maps, and to provide therefor, that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of One Dollar; and further, that the Board of Selectmen be authorized and empowered, for and in behalf of the Town, to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to effectuate said purchase upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen may deem necessary or required to accomplish the foregoing. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town purchase from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for municipal purposes, the land with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Main Street at its intersection with the southerly side of Armory Street the same being Lot 119C, Plat 13 of the Assessors' Maps, and to provide therefor, the Town transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of One ($1.00) dollar; and further, that the Board of Selectmen be authorized and empowered, for and in behalf of the Town, to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to effectuate said purchase upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen may deem necessary or required to accomplish the foregoing. 2 Chairman, John Hanson, discussed this Article. It required a /a vote. The Vote was: YES, 165 - NO, 11 Needed: 117 The Moderator declared the motion carried. ARTICLE 9 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, by transfer or other- wise, a sufficient sum of money to supplement the Public Works budget for the fiscal period July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976 for the necessary and required main- 122 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD tenance and operation of the Armory Building, or to take any other action relative thereto. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate from tax levy the sum of $42,100.00 to supplement the Public Works Budget for the Fiscal Period July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976 for the necessary and required maintenance and operation of the Armory building, said sum to be allocated as follows: Department of Public Works Personal Services Account $2 1 , 600 .00 Department of Public Works Materials and Supplies Account $12,500.00 Department of Public Works Contractual Services Account $ 8,000.00 ARTICLE 10 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by transfer or otherwise, a sufficient sum of money for necessary or required alterations, repairs and refurbishment of the Armory Building, said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or to take any other action relative thereto. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate from tax levy the sum of $33,500.00 to carry out the purposes of Article #10. ARTICLE 11 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter V, Section 13 of the General Bylaws of the Town by deleting therefrom the fourth paragraph, and substituting the following: "An owner or keeper reclaiming a dog confined under this bylaw shall pay an administrative fee of Ten ($10.00) Dollars, plus the sum of Two ($2.00) Dollars per day for each day of confinement for the care of such dog, to a total maximum of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars." Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town amend Chapter 5, Section 13 of the General Bylaws of the Town by deleting therefrom the fourth paragraph, and substituting the following: "An owner or keeper reclaiming a dog confined under this Bylaw shall pay an administrative fee of Ten ($10.00) dollars, plus the sum of Two ($2.00) dollars per day for each day of confinement for the care of such dog to a total maximum of Twenty ($20.00) dollars." Boston, Mass. September 23, 1975 164th ANNUAL REPORT 123 The foregoing amendment to the General Bylaws adopted under Article 11 of the Warrant is hereby approved. Francis X. Bellotti Attorney General ARTICLE 12 To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Bylaws and Zoning Map by inserting a new section: FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICTS (1) PURPOSE The purpose of this section, in addition to the purposes enumerated in the preamble to these Zoning Bylaws, is to provide that lands in the Town of Wakefield subject to seasonal or periodic flooding as described hereinafter shall not be used for residence or other purposes in such a manner as to endanger the health, safety or welfare of the occupants thereof. (2) LOCATION The location of the Flood Plain District shall include the areas shown on the "General and Zoning Map for the Town of Wakefield, Mass." dated November 16, 1925, as amended. The locations of said district are more specifically described as follows: A. SAUGUS RIVER All that land along or sloping toward the Saugus River that is at or below the following elevations expressed in feet above mean sea level, U.S.C. & G.S. datum. 1. From the Wakefield -Saugus Town line at Water Street at elevation 57.0 feet above mean sea level, to the Wakefield-Saugus-Lynnfield Town corner ap- proximately 1.0 miles northeasterly along the river, at elevation 59.0 feet above mean sea level. 2. From the Wakefield-Saugus-Lynnfield Town corner at elevation 59.0 feet above mean sea level, to immediately downstream of Salem Street at elevation 64.0 feet above mean sea level. 3. From immediately upstream of Salem Street at elevation 66.5 feet above mean sea level, to the downstream end of the City of Lynn Diversion Dam at an elevation of 70.0 feet above mean sea level. 4. From the City of Lynn Diversion Dam at elevation 75.0 feet above mean sea level to the Boston and Maine Railroad at elevation 76.0 feet above mean sea level. 5. From the Boston and Main Railroad at elevation 76.0 feet above mean sea level, to the outlet of Lake Quannapowitt at Lowell Street at elevation 80.5 feet above mean sea level. B. MILL RIVER All that land along or sloping toward Mill River that is at or below the following elevations expressed in feet above mean sea level, U.S.C. & G.S. datum. 1. From the confluence of the Mill River with the Saugus River at elevation 58.0 - 124 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD feet above mean sea level, to the downstream end of Salem Street at elevation 58.5 feet above mean sea level. 2. From the upstream end of Salem Street at elevation 60.0 feet above mean sea level to Lowell Street at elevation 65.0 feet above mean sea level. The flood plain elevation for any land is determined by interpolation between the upstream and downstream flood plain elevations on the basis of its relative distance in feet from the upstream and downstream ends of the appropriate "reaches" of the river, stream or water course. All water bodies and wetlands delineated by an area shown on the Zoning Map or by description are hereby included within the Flood Plain District. (3) PERMITTED USES IN FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICTS In a Flood Plain District no building shall be erected, enlarged or moved and no premises shall be used except for one or more of the following uses: 1. Municipal recreation, public water supply, drainage or flood control use, orchard, truck garden, nursery or similar open use of the land for the raising of agriculture of horticultural crops; and if authorized by the Building Code Board of Appeals, commercial golf course or non-profit social, civic or recreational use, provided such non-profit social, civic or recreational use is not one customarily conducted as a business; and buildings and sheds accessory to any of the above uses, as long as such use is permitted in the underlying district in which the land is classified; and dumping, filling, excavation, earth transfer or relocation operation shall be allowed in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 131, section 40, as amended by Chapter 784 of the Acts of 1972. Buildings and structures accessory to any of the above flood plain uses and driveways are permitted, subject to conditions stated in Section 5 of this Flood Plain Bylaw. 2. Dwellings lawfully existing prior to the adoption of these provisions, but not including improvements which increase ground coverage by more than twenty five (25%) percent. Accessory use as defined in Section 2B (9) of the Zoning Bylaws is permitted. 3. The portion of any lot within the area delineated in Section 2 of this bylaw may be used to meet the area and yard requirements for the district or districts in which the remainder of the lot is situated, provided that portion does not exceed twenty-five (25%) percent of the minimum lot area. (4) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DISTRICTS All lands within the Flood Plain Districts are included in one or more of the other districts defined by this Bylaw. The permitted uses specified within the Flood Plain Districts, Subsection (3) take precedence in area so classified. If, however, an exception under Flood Plain Districts, Subsection (5) is granted by the Building Code Board of Appeals then the permitted uses of the underlying zoning district shall govern. (5) USES ALLOWED BY THE BUILDING CODE BOARD OF APPEALS (a) If any land shown on the Zoning Map or defined in this Bylaw as being in a Flood Plain District is proven by the applicant to be in fact not subject to flooding or not unsuitable for human occupancy because of drainage and topographic conditions, the Building Code Board of Appeals may permit buildings for human .. . 164th ANNUAL REPORT 125 occupancy on such land in accordance with the requirements of the underlying district after the necessary proof has been presented to and reported by the Planning Board and the Board of Health. (b) Such special permit shall be applied for in the manner required for regular building permits, but shall be superscribed FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT BUILDING APPLICATION. The Building Inspector shall issue such special permit only as directed by the Building Code Board of Appeals in accordance with the regular and Flood Plain zoning provisions and subject to any limitation or conditions imposed by the Board of Appeals after public hearings . Notice of each such Flood Plain Building Permit application shall be given to the Town Department of Public Works, to the Town Board of Health, and to the Town Planning Board. (c) The Building Code Board of Appeals, in hearing each such application, shall consider, in addition to any other factors said board deems pertinent, the following aspects with respect to flooding and Flood Plain District zoning provisions: 1 Geographic location of proposed building and security of driveway or walkway access to it during flooding; 2. Foundation elevations of proposed building and security of foundations during flooding, including assurance that foundations would not be undermined and that the proposed building would not be floated -off, swept away, or battered -off during flooding; 3. Disposal of sewage from the proposed buildings and containment of sewage during flooding; 4. Safety of water, sewage, gas, electric and fuel utilities from breaking, leaking, short-circuiting, grounding, igniting, electrocution or other dangers during flooding. (d) Site Plan Approval In order that the Building Code Board of Appeals may determine that the above-mentioned conditions are met, a site plan at a suitable scale, prepared by a registered land surveyor and/or registered professional civil engineer, shall be submitted in quadruplicate to the Building Code Board of Appeals by the ap- plicant. The Building Code Board of Appeals shall, within ten (10) days after receipt of said site plan, transmit one (1) copy of said plan to the Planning Board, Board of Public Works and the Board of Health. Said Boards shall investigate the plan and report in writing their recommendations to the Building Code Board of Appeals. The Building Code Board of Appeals shall not take final action on such plan until it has received a report thereon from said Boards, or until said Boards have allowed thirty (30) days to elapse after receipt of such plan without a sub- mission of a report thereon. The site plan shall show at least the following: 1. The location, boundaries and dimensions of each lot; 2. Two foot contours of the existing and proposed land structure (Wakefield Sewer Base); 3. The location of existing and proposed structures, watercourses, drainage easements, means of access, drainage and sewer disposal facilities; 4 The area and location of existing or porposed leaching fields , if any 126 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD This Flood Plain District section to follow the Municipal Disposal area section and to be listed in Section 1, Districts, Classes of Districts (a). Board of Selectmen On Motion by Planning Board: Voted: That the Town amend its Zoning Bylaws and Zoning Map by in- serting a new Section, Flood Plain Districts, as set forth in Article 12. JOSEPH S. R. ZAGARELLA, Chairman Town Planning Board Chairman Zagarella discussed this Article. This Article required a 2A vote. The vote was: YES, 109 NO, 20 2 Needed for /3 vote — 86 The Moderator declared the motion carried. The Report of the Planning Board on Article 12 is on file in the Town Clerk's Office Boston, Mass. September 23, 1975 The foregoing amendment to the Zoning By-laws adopted under Article 12 of the Warrant is hereby approved with the exception that the language "Building Code" is deleted wherever it appears throughout Article 12. FRANCIS X. BELLOTTI Attorney General ARTICLE 13 To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Public Works Snow and Ice Account a sufficient sum of money to supplement the Public Works and Water Division Contractual Service and Materials and Supplies Accounts, or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town transfer from Public Works Snow and Ice Account, of the fiscal year July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975, the sum of $33,700.00 to the following accounts of the same fiscal period: Department of Public Works — Materials and Supplies Account the sum of $4,500.00. Department of Public Works — Contractual Services Account the sum of $16,200.00. Department of Public Works — Water Department Contractual Services Account the sum of $13,000.00. This Article was discussed by Mr. Willis. The Moderator declared the motion carried. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 127 ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available balances a sufficient sum of money to provide materials and services for projects to be constructed at various locations and for various Departments in the Town under the CETA Program, said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or to take any other action relative thereto. Board of Public Works On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate from tax levy the sum of $50,000.00 to provide materials and services for projects to be constructed at various locations and for various departments in the Town under the C.E.T.A. Program, said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will vote to lease for a period not exceeding three years a portion of Lot 74F, Plat 31, of the Wakefield Assessors' Maps for playground purposes and for a nominal consideration, the said land being described as follows: Beginning at the northeasterly property corner of Lot 74L as shown on Plat 31 of the Wakefield Assessors Maps, said lot being the property of the Town of Wakefield, thence running southeasterly along the northerly lot line of Lot 74H, a distance of approximately 82 feet to a point; thence running northwesterly a distance of approximately 75 feet to a point, said point being on the easterly lot line of said Lot 74L; thence running northeasterly along the easterly lot line of said Lot 74L a distance of approximately 30 feet to the point of beginning. The above described parcel containing approximately 1,125 square feet. And that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to enter into a lease with the owners thereof upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen may deem necessary or reguired to accomplish the foregoing, and to provide therefor that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1.00. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: Indefinite postponement. ARTICLE 16 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, by transfer or other- wise, a sufficient sum of money to supplement the Personal Services portion of the School Department budget for the fiscal period July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976, or to take any other action relative thereto. School Committee On Motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate from tax levy the sum of $145,759.00 to supplement the Personal Services portion of the School Depart- ment budget for the Fiscal period July 1 , 1975 to June 30, 1976. 128 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD ARTICLE 17 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available balances a sufficient sum of money to indemnify certain Police Officers of the Town of Wakefield for medical, surgical and hospitalization expenses as a result of injuries received by the officers in the performance of their duties, as provided for under Section 100, Chapter 41 of the Massachusetts General Laws, in such amount and to such extent as may be recommended by the Board of Selectmen. Board of Selectmen On Motion by Finance Committee: That the Town raise adn appropriate or transfer from available balances a sufficient sum of money to indemnify certain Police Officers of the Town of Wakefield for medical, surgical and hospitalization expenses as a result of injuries received by the officers in the performance of their duties, as provided for under Section 100, Chapter 41 of the Massachusetts General Laws, in such amount and to such extent as may be recommended by the Board of Selectmen. This Special Town Meeting adjourned at 10:10 P.M. on motion by Mr. James Good, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who thanked Mr. Roger Wingate, Moderator, on behalf of the town for his service in conducting the Annual and Special Town Meetings with such expertise. A True Record: Attest: THELMA E. RENNARD Town Clerk 164th ANNUAL REPORT 129 Result Of Town Election March 3, 1975 Precincts 12 3 4 Total BOARD OF SELECTMEN - THREE YEARS John F. Carney 585 413 666 436 340 2440 John J . Murphy 492 345 565 338 300 2040 Ella Lombara 1 1 Blanks 587 442 702 430 352 2513 TOTAL 1664 1200 1934 1204 992 6994 TOWN CLERK - THREE YEARS Thelma E . Rennard 684 498 765 483 382 2812 Blanks 148 102 202 119 114 685 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 MODERATOR - ONE YEAR Roger H. Wingate 661 495 749 471 372 2748 Blanks 171 105 218 131 124 749 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 ASSESSOR - THREE YEARS John E . Anderson 640 474 753 468 376 2741 Blanks 192 126 214 134 120 786 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 MUNICIPAL LIGHT COMMISSIONER - THREE YEARS Philip C. Siciliano 466 287 512 309 320 1894 Eric Reid 312 274 369 258 138 1351 Blanks 54 39 86 35 38 252 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS - THREE YEARS Bartholomew D. Barry 543 409 672 425 280 2329 Ralph P. DeCecca 555 393 600 394 361 2303 Blanks 566 398 662 385 351 2362 TOTAL 1664 1200 1934 1204 992 6994 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS -- TWO YEARS Diana J. Lowry 492 387 565 366 219 2029 Angelo Nicolai 280 153 295 171 236 1135 Blanks 60 60 107 65 41 333 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS - ONE YEAR Burton F. Whitcomb 615 448 696 450 347 2556 Blanks 217 152 271 152 149 941 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 130 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD SCHOOL COMMITTEE - THREE YEARS William F.Kenney 377 313 496 295 248 1729 LouisJ.Racca 465 280 375 296 283 1699 Donald L. Winsor 412 366 596 361 182 1917 Joseph A. Curley 1 1 Karen Hermillar 1 1 Blanks 409 241 466 252 279 1647 TOTAL 1664 1200 1934 1204 992 6994 SCHOOL COMMITTEE - ONE YEAR William A. Pollman 371 297 462 249 124 1503 Richard A. Wood 432 276 427 319 354 1808 Blanks 29 27 78 34 18 186 TOTAL LUCIUS BEEBE MEM. LIBRARY TR. - THREE YEARS Virginia M. Jackson 552 427 654 430 289 2352 Thomas M.Hourihan 511 376 601 374 288 2150 Walter A. Howlett 520 399 601 402 266 2188 Blanks 913 597 1045 600 645 3800 TOTAL 2496 1800 2901 1806 1488 10491 TOWN PLANNING BOARD - FIVE YEARS Arthur A. Knight, Jr. 619 429 695 439 338 2520 Blanks 213 171 272 163 158 977 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 TOWN PLANNING BOARD - TWO YEARS Charles M. Imbracsio 558 394 597 394 328 2271 Blanks 274 206 370 208 168 1226 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 WAKEFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY - FIVE YEARS Philip H. DePasquale 578 411 654 408 356 2407 Blanks 254 189 313 194 140 1090 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 BOARD OF HEALTH - THREE YEARS MerleA.Peabody 594 420 658 422 356 2450 William Ollis 1 1 Blanks 238 179 309 180 140 1046 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 QUESTION Yes 467 288 553 298 277 1883 No 144 211 161 167 71 754 Blanks 221 101 253 137 148 860 TOTAL 832 600 967 602 496 3497 . 164th ANNUAL REPORT 131 List of Jurors Name Residence Occupation Albanese, Joseph A. 74-75-76 346 Albion St. Student Alexander, Louise G. 74-75-76 26 WoodbriarRd. Accountant Anderson, Donald H. 75-76-77 14 Beebe Ln. Controller Antetomaso, Arthur A. 73-74-75 101 Cedar St. Engineer Anzalone, Richard J. 74-75-76 49 Emerson St. Office Mgr. Audet, Edmond J. Jr. 75-76-77 19 Swansea Rd. Gen. Mgr. Bacon, Warren L. Jr. 73-74-75 58 Meriam St. Asst. Mgr. Ballou, Yolanda R. 74-75-76 4 Cottage St. Librarian Balzotti, Salvatore P. 74-75-76 109 Pleasant St. Cashier Barr, Robert W. 75-76-77 24 Harrison Ave. Beasley, Joseph J. 74-75-76 19 Elm Crest Rd. Supervisor Beath, Stirling L. 73-74-75 80 Oak St. Teacher Bedell, Richard B. 73-74-75 8 Myrtle St. Engineer Belanger, Robert J. 75-76-77 12 Cedar Ct. Supervisor Benedetto, Sabatino 73-74-75 237 Water St. Blueprinter Bingham, Donald J. 73-74-75 20 Howard St. Product Mgr. Boccelli, Frank 73-74-75 29 Sycamore Rd. Contractor Bonner, John V. Jr. 74-75-76 64 Valley St. Office Mgr. Brock, William H. 75-76-77 51 Hopkins St. Banker Brown, Robert W. 74-75-76 21 Emerson St. Printer Buckley, Francis T. 73-74-75 10 Lawrence St. Ins. Super. Burbine, Paul K. 75-76-77 19 Park St. Custodian Burdick, George W. 75-76-77 2 Hanson St. Dispatcher Callahan, Edward J. Jr. 75-76-77 39 Madison Ave. Compositor Cannon, C. Newton 74-75-76 15 StedmanSt. Manager Canty, George D. 73-74-75 23 Plymouth Rd. Claims Adj Capone, Anthony J. 75-76-77 37 West Park Dr. Manager Carder, Elizabeth T. 74-75-76 18 Stark Ave. Expediter Cardillo, Patricia A. 75-76-77 10 Woodcrest Dr. Teacher Cardwell, William A. 75-76-77 27 Beebe Ln. Auto. Mech. Carradino, Gerald J. 75*76-77 48 Morrison Rd. West Distributor Caruso, Frank 74-75-76 6 NewhallCt. Custodian Caso, Louis A. 75-76-77 11 Bay St. Floor Mech. Cass, John F. 75-76-77 40 Harrison Ave. Manager Chitty, Roderick R. 75-76-77 12 Richardson Ave. Specialist Clark, William F. 75-76-77 5 Central St. Coffee Broker Cocozella, Edward F. 75-76-77 41 Madison Ave. Jet Eng. Analyst Collins, Thomas H. 75-76-77 24 Lawrence St. Firefighter Contant, Richard W. 75-76-77 91 Gould St. Distributor Cook, Cynthia M. 73-74-75 53 NahantSt. Pressman Cotter, Florence Anne 75-76-77 42 BartleySt. Toll Tester Courtenay, Francis X. 73-74-75 15 Walnut St. Examiner Coviello, Patrick R. 74-75-76 598 North Ave. Press Foreman Coviello, William O. 75-76-77 90 Spring St. Press Setup Cresta, Charles R. 75-76-77 6 Mill Brook Ln. Mechanic Crooker, Paul K. 75-76-77 22 NahantSt. Custodian 132 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Crusco, Thomas A. 73-74-75 2 Herbert St. Firefighter Cunha, Robert D. 73-74-75 4 Wiley PI. Owner Curran, Mary C. 74-75-76 49 Oak St. Repairman D'Ambrosio, Angelo R. 74-75-76 25 BonairAve. Letter Carrier D'Amico, Elizabeth M. 74-75-76 18 Wakefield Ave. Unemployed Davies, Thomas F. 73-74-75 254 Vernon St. Ret. Mechanic Davis, Richard C. 73-74-75 534 Salem St. Foreman DeMasi, Antonette M. 74-75-76 65 West Park Dr. Treasurer DeMeo, Gregory 75-76-77 14 Park St. Inspector DeRoche, Joseph E. 73-74-75 14 Walnut St. Civil Eng. DeSimone, Alfred 75-76-77 26 Gregory Rd. Welder DiGiorgio, Rosalie 75-76-77 18 Mountain Ave. Architect Dingle, Leon B. 75-76-77 119 Vernon St. Hd. Custodian Dooley, George H. 74-75-76 14 Muriel Ave. Exec. Asst. Dow, Edward G. 73-74-75 6 KarlRd. Operator Dufault, Leo R. 75-76-77 25 Shady Ave. Pipefitter Dulong, Joan H. 75-76-77 172 Vernon St. Act. Clerk Eager, Ralph 75-76-77 56 Harrison Ave. Truck Dr. Eames, Ralph G. 74-75-76 6 Drummer Ln. Owner Ellis, Richard D. 75-76-77 29 Gould St. Engineer Ellis, Robert 74-75-76 395 Salem St. Distributor Evangelista, Louis P. 74-75-76 18 Reynolds Rd. Cement Mason Farrell, Robert J. 75-76-77 6 Jackson Ln. Eng. Mgr. Fazio, John J. 74-75-76 540R Lowell St. Ret. Letter Carr. Flanders, Austin F. 75-76-77 7 Terrace Ct. Ret. Truck Dr. Fleming, Arthur H. 74-75-76 50 Chapman Rd. Dairy Mgr. Flynn, Henry F. 75-76-77 49 Hopkins St. Computer Acct. Foley, David 74-75-76 113 Greenwood St. Carpenter Frautten, Bradford L. 73-74-75 15 Pearl St. Foreman Frautten, Elmer W. 73-74-75 234 Albion St. DPW Frost, Betty E. 73-74-75 37 Madison Ave. Engineer Fuller, Harold 73-74-75 21 Jefferson Rd. Machine Opr. Furness, Herbert J. Jr. 73-74-75 107 Greenwood Ave. Ins. Auditor Gage, John H. 75-76-77 35 Converse St. Technician Gardner, Virginia I. 74-75-76 55 Cedar St. Accountant Gautreau, Norman G. 73-74-75 12 Newell Rd. Manager Gearin, Robert P. 75-76-77 1 Morrison Ave. Supervisor Geizer, Florence L. 75-76-77 824 Main St. Retired Gerniglia, Mathew A. 74-75-76 14 McKenzieLn. Plumber Gibbs, Lillian M. 73-74-75 12 Green St. Retired Gilfeather, Richard T. 73-74-75 10 High St. Installer Glidden, Beverly C. 75-76-77 20 Hanson St. Draftsman Glidden, Richard A. 75-76-77 20 Hanson St. Draftsman Grasso, Gene R. 75-76-77 25 NahantSt. Electrician Grazewski, Edward J. 75-76-77 140 Prospect St. Supervisor Haggerty, John G. 73-74-75 5 Pine Ridge Rd. Linesman Haladay, Fred J. Sr. 73-74-75 129 Vernon St. Self-employed Hallstrom, Eleanor K. 75-76-77 44 Church St. Retired Hamel, Edward A. 75-76-77 53 Prospect St. Security Officer Hancock, Robert F. 74-75-76 2 Lindbergh Rd. Mgr. &Treas. Hankard, William A. 74-75-76 12 Brook St. Bus. Agent Harrington, Daniel R. 74-75-76 14 Grove St. Asst. Supt. . 164th ANNUAL REPORT 133 Hartley, John D. 75-76-77 4 Hillside Ave. Coordinator Hartman, Robert J. 75-76-77 12 Howard St. Manager Hayes, William A. 75-76-77 11 Morrison Ave. Manager Herbert, John J. 74-75-76 39 Robin Rd. Retired Higgins, Robert 75-76-77 17 WoodcrestDr. Auto. Ins. Adj. Hogg, Phyllis S. 73-74-75 41 KendrickRd. Installer Holden, William J. 74-75-76 21 Orchard Ave. Control Mgr. Howard, John F. 73-74-75 27 SweetserSt. Library Aide Howlett, John A. 75-76-77 10 MorningsideRd. Student Hubbard, Joseph A. 75-76-77 10 Pearl St. Truck Driver Hunt, Earl N. 74-75-76 18 Fielding St. Engineer & Adj Izzet, Gerald W. 75-76-77 4 FairmountTerr. Specialist Jacquart, Judith 74-75-76 24 Traverse St. Professor Jensen, Barry C. 74-75-76 489 Lowell St. Manager Jeranian, David 75-76-77 61 PaonBlvd. Eng. -Consultant Joyce, John 74-75-76 4 Overlook Rd. Plumber Kane, Thomas H. 73-74-75 120 Vernon St. Bearing Worker Kelley, Albert S. 73-74-75 11 Orchard Circle Teacher Kelley, William P. 75-76-77 12 Nelson Ave. Manager Kelly, Michael L. 75-76-77 21 Bryant St. Retired Kiley, Margaret C. 75-76-77 73 AldrichRd. Retired King, Ralph H. 75-76-77 14 NahantSt. Haircolorist Kuklinski, John 74-75-76 106 Montrose Ave. Retired Acct. Landers, Raymond L. 73-74-75 7 Shetland Rd. Engineer Langley, Rose 75-76-77 63 Cedar St. Kit. Assistant Lawrence, Charles F. 75-76-77 5 Brig St. Car Inspec. Limerick, Peter 75-76-77 61 Gould St. Supervisor Logan, Carleton 75-76-77 10 Forest St. Manager Marshall, Lance G. 75-76-77 18 Hamilton Rd. Mail Carrier McCarthy, Edward B. 75-76-77 137 Prospect St. Publisher McCarron, Richard J. 74-75-76 21 Reynolds Rd. Student McLeester, George B. 75-76-77 24A Salem St. Civil Eng. Means, Ruth G. 75-76-77 13 Madison Ave. Retired Miller, Louis A. 74-75-76 129 Greenwood St. Ret. Bank Off. Moscella, Susan C. 75-76-77 51 Morrison Rd. W. Pres./Treas. Newman, Gray B. 75-76-77 235 Lowell St. Airline Pilot Palumbo, Frank J. 75-76-77 38 LineRd. Retired Pierce, John A. 75-76-77 29 Juniper Ave. I.R.S. Pietrafitta, Anthony J. 75-76-77 40 Converse St. Cert. Pub. Acct. Pizzuto, Michael 75-76-77 10 Gould St. Spray Painter Powers, Thomas E. 75-76-77 6 Walnut St. Custodian Previte, Catherine F. 75-76-77 221 Pleasant St. Barber Puglisi, Joseph 74-75-76 295 Water St. Bus Driver Qualters, Frank J. 75-76-77 7 Walnut St. Ret. Letter Carr. Quay, Frederick S. 75-76-77 50 Woodcrest Dr. Salesman Racamato, Louis A. 75-76-77 22 Traverse St. President Rattray, William A. 75-76-77 39 HillcrestRd. Self-employed Reynolds, John T. 75-76-77 176 Oak St. Formulation Mixer Richardson, Earle L. 73-74-75 17 LakeviewAve. Treasurer Rideout, Mabel H. 75-76-77 18 Keeling Rd. Ret. Banker Roberto, Armando J. 75-76-77 30 Summer St. Retired . . 134 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Robinson, Eli Harris 73-74-75 7 SpauldingSt. Maintenance Ronan, Thomas C. 75-76-77 42 Hopkins St. Milkman Rose, Francis W. 75-76-77 75 Prospect St. Glazier Salvati, Arnold A. 75-76-77 5 Linden St. Systems Analyst Saulnier, Leonard J. 74-75-76 6 Sherman Rd. Supervisor Sen, James H. 75-76-77 1 HillcrestRd. Civil Eng. Sexton, Bernard T. Jr. 74-75-76 20 Humphrey St. Jr. Clerk Shea, Charles L. 75-76-77 4 Melrose Ave. Tool & Die Pres. Sheehan, Elizabeth J. 74-75-76 71 Myrtle Ave. Letter Carr. Sheehan, Richard W. 74-75-76 71 Myrtle Ave. Letter Can*. Sheehan, Thomas J. 75-76-77 61 West Park Dr. Controller Sheffield, Edward 74-75-76 20 Forrester Rd. Director Smet, John E. 75-76-77 31 Summit Ave. District Mgr. Smith, Jennie M. 73-74-75 18 Yale Ave. Shoemaker Sorenson, George T. 74-75-76 7 Marion Circle Safety Eng. Stellati, Alice M. 73-74-75 6 June Circle Eng. Asst. Stinson, Leonard E. Jr. 73-74-75 1 DillawaySt. Meterman Sullivan, Daniel J. 75-76-77 10 Herbert St. Police Off. Insp. Sweeney, Edward J. 73-74-75 25 Morel Circle Pres., Sales Tabb, Richard J. 75-76-77 7 Madison Ave. Civil Eng. Taggart, Madaline A. 75-76-77 2 Auburn St. Retired Tapper, Alan 75-76-77 15 GriffenDr, Salesman Taylor, Howard A. 75-76-77 1 Walter Ave. Salesman Tecce, Michael J. 73-74-75 520 Water St. Meat Cutter Thresher, Harold F. 75-76-77 57 Plymouth Rd. Comm. Artist Turner, Ella M. 74-75-76 484 Salem St. Letter Carrier Turner, Ralph D. 73-74-75 6 Morningside Rd Chief Operator Twombly, Blanche L. 75-76-77 7 King St. Field Super. Vogt, Joyce L. 75-76-77 42 Chapman Rd. Sub. Teacher Wakefield, Alice L. 75-76-77 294 Main St. Retired Wallace, George Mann 75-76-77 1 Terrace Ct. Sec. Officer Weaver, Howard W. Jr. 75-76-77 11 Lakeview Ave. Truck Driver Wells, Judith I. 73-74-75 272 Albion St. Production Wentzel, Loring E. 75-76-77 11 Crystal St. Technician Winsor, Donald L. 75-76-77 23 Parker Rd. Elec. Eng. Yazinka, Henry R. 75-76-77 28 Armory St. Inspector Zell, Walter Z. 74-75-76 5 Terrace Ct. Vice Pres Zwicker, Jerome R. 74-75-76 22 Franklin St. Self-employed James E. Good George ' roth John W . Moccia, Jr. John J. Murphy John F. Carney Selectmen of Wakefield, Ma. 164th ANNUAL REPORT 135 Record of Births Date Name of Child Parents 1975 January 1 Heather Louise Muse Joseph F., Jr. and Carol L. (Alexander) 1 Holly Lynne Rotondi Arthur J., Jr. and Karen L. (DeMarchi) 2 Nicole Lyn Sheaff Robert C, Jr. and Susan J. (Kendrick) 6 Jason Peter Magner Peter J. and Lorraine F. (Andersen) 6 Tammy Marie Noonan Michael J. and Karen M. (Farry) 6 Lynnel Jean Sandstrum Philip C. and Sally A. (Fenzel) 7 Scott Alan Gisetto Paul E. and Jean (Shaughnessy) 8 Catherine Ellen Walsh Patrick M. and Joyce E. (McDonald) 10 Thomas Nicholas Bucci, Jr. Thomas N. and Eleanor (Bucchio) 11 Douglas Roy Meuse Peter A. and Cheryl A. (Chambers) 14 Gregory Glen Melton Glen H., Jr. and Rosemary A. (Stella) 15 Jonathan Dearborn Russell Douglas A. and Mary E. (McFarland) 17 Kimberly Jean Audette Roland C, Jr. and Carol J. (D'Alessandro) 18 Kevin Gregory Miller Paul D. and Donna M. (Hayes) 18 Hessie Schmidgall John H. and Kathleen A. (Rice) 19 Jonathan Paul Gallugi Pasquale P., Jr. and Rosemary H. (Perillo) 21 Michael Richard DiBella Robert A. and Elsie E. (Barahona) 22 Brion Christopher Butler James M. and Frances E. (Daly) 24 James Elliot Murray Michael E. and Lelia K. (Lassiter) 26 Trissa Dyanne Turner David S. and Carolyn M. (Costello) 28 Lawrence David Nutile Lawrence J. and Gail E. (Martignetti) 30 Gregory Scott Smith William F. and Pamela A. (Rozett) February 1 Cynthia Joan Anastos George P. and Joan M. (Paraskeva) 1 Julie Ann Dolbeare Thomas K. and Linda L. (Martin) 3 Steven Patrick Taylor Bruce E. and Darlene A. (Boodry) 4 Scott Patrick Allen James F. and Eileen C. (Tierney) 4 Kevin Allan Camponescki Samuel J. and Kathryn A. (Bean) 5 Michael Joseph Buchawiecki William J. and Barbara W. (Greene) 5 Joseph William Hill Banks D. and Linda A. (Parziale) 5 Tamara Dawn Smith Roger J. and Susan H. (Schwartz) 7 Anne Marie Frances Canto Robert C. and Frances M. (Laura) 10 Kristin Marie Scott Daniel J., Ill and Marie A. (DeFrancesco) 15 James Edward Kinne Bradford N. and Margaret R. (Palladino) 16 Lee Jacob Shuer Herbert M. and Bonnie D. (Mandell) 20 Lauren Elise Evangelista James A. and Bonnie J. (Cavanagh) 22 Matthew Blair Cooper Roger B. and Marcia E. (Beyer) 23 Jessica Lisette Capizzi Michael J. and Catherine C. (Rowley) 23 Carrie Elise Capizzi Michael J. and Catherine C. (Rowley) 24 Michelle Kathleen Henry John E., Jr. and Janice C. (Jezowski) 26 Chandra Lee Taylor David W. and Jeanne M. (MacDonald) 136 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Date Name of Child Parents March 1 Karen Marie Dresser Paul S., Jr. and Carol A. (Bolger) 3 Jonathan Damon Black Damon S., and Linda M. (Lanzo) 3 Steven Edwin Herbert Harvey A. and Carol A. (Bean) 5 Michael John Surette Michael E. and Darlene B. (Ellis) 5 Joshua Williams Dennis A. and Penelope A. (McCrae) 6 Katherine Madeline Leonard George C. and Diane M. (Richmond) 7 Carrie Catherine Coy Ronald A., Jr. and Elaine E. (DeMarco) 9 Aaron Philip Sypek Philip A. and Sheila K. (Espey) 10 Kathleen Elizabeth O'Brien Arthur T. and Charlotte E. (Dean) 10 Emily Fay Woods Stephen J. and Lynda (Lanzillo) 11 Garreth Arthur King Arthur E., Jr. and Cathryn S. (Mendonsa) 17 Patrick Jarlath Kilkelly Michael J. and Frances C. (MacDonald) 23 Heather Joy Toth Myron A. and Bonnie J. (White) 24 George Marino Laberis George A. and Pamela A. (Cox) 24 Holli Anne Stinson Glenn R. and Pamela J. (Hardy) 25 Christine Anne Reyno Kenneth C. and Donna E. (Covielio) 27 Timothy Jay Curley Jay J. and Annette (Kirkland) 28 Thomas Francis Coughlin Brian C. and Edith M. (Fisher) 31 Cara Elizabeth Luca Marc A. and Carol E. (Marinelli) April 2 Sandra Delia Porta Albert and Judith A. (DeAngelis) 3 Shawn Michael Ferullo Anthony V. and Nicolina L. (Sabella) 6 Amy Lynne Collins Kenneth C. and Sharon L. (Burke) 6 Roxane Lorena Deniso Rex A. and Sheryl D. (Sawvell) 14 Stephen James Stanton John J. and Ann (Pickering) 15 Sean Patrick Keon John E. and Claire T. (Savage) 15 Eric Donovan Wood William O. and Deanne M. (Krausman) 18 Gregory Richard Hunt Richard L. and Catherine M. (Williams) 18 Meenakshi Elizabeth Jacob Thaditharayil M. and Maya M. (Abraham) 19 Andrew James DeBenedictis Kenneth L. and Susan M. (Wallace) 19 Brian Timothy Dolan Peter and Maureen A. (Nellegar) 21 Shawn Richard Lucia Richard A. and Joyce (Fontaine) 28 Kristin Lee Hurton William T. and Leslie J. (Viland) 28 Janine Marie Rossetti Joseph P. and Barbara J. (Powers) 28 Jeffrey Robert VanHorne Robert H. and Corinne M. (Longo) May 1 Michele Leigh Barnard Frederick R. and Eleanor S. (Tebbetts) 1 Brett Andrew Hayward Geoffrey B. and Nancy A. (Crowley) 5 Brian James Trepaney James F. and Linda E. (Gray) 6 Julie Ann Mocklin Robert A. and Marcia (Nichols) 8 Michael Anthony Rassiccia Joseph M. and Pamela J. (Meads) 9 Shamus Patrick Curran John F. and Jeanette M. (Cleary) 10 Christian Thomas Haines Leonard E. and Patricia (Byrne) 12 Amy Lynne Silva John D. and Donna R, (MacKenzie) 12 Brian Henry Sutermeister, Jr. Henry E. and Catherine L. (Gipson) 14 Paul James Ciampa Paul J. and Diane L. (Tecce) 164th ANNUAL REPORT 137 Date Name of Child Parents 14 Michael-Robert Vincent Gregory Daniels James T. and Arlene R. (Pettinati) 15 Andrew Clever Gill David E. and Vicki L. (Clever) 15 Aimee Lynn Gillis John D. and Diane M. (Bordage) 16 Brendon John Duval John J. and Bernadette M. (Frechette) 21 Howard Errol Cutter Richard A. and Roxanne M. (Lipkin) 21 Jamison Stuart King Robert M. and Erlene E. (Florence) 24 Jon Ryan LeBlanc Larry L. and Carole A. (Fraughton) 24 Michelle Theresa Riesz Ronald A. and Teresa M. (Martin) 25 Mamie Elizabeth Sheeran Charles G. and Elizabeth R. (Bradley) 27 Mark Edward Connolly Michael G. and Frances M. (Langone) 27 James Paul Curley Paul N. and Judith A. (Robinson) 27 Jay Alan Rawson John C. and Nancy L. (Emery) 28 Michael Douglas Colclough Douglas E. and Janet (Russell) 30 Joseph Eric DeMeo Joseph J. and Gail L. (Aucompaugh) 30 Sean Harold Maguire John J. and Joanne M. (Butler) June 4 Erin Bridget McPhee Bruce A. and Sheila P. (Seward) 11 Benjamin Graves Fairbank Peter N. and Leslie B. (Graves) 11 Christopher Patrick Sullivan Walter F. and Linda S. (Layton) 13 Jon Douglas Meuse Gerald F. and Elaine R. (Garneau) 13 Sarah Ann Trow Richard C. and Karen R. (Leganowicz) 13 Marianne Quaratiello Nicholas and Cynthia J. (LeFave) 17 Shannon Marie Rea James E. and Linda M. (Curran) 19 James Edward Collins James W. and Rosemary E. (McNeil) 20 Lisa Beth Hornick Andrew S. and Jennifer J. (Jenkins) 29 Lisa Ann McLean Charles A. and Carol A. (Salisbury) July 3 Richard Anthony Sarno Joseph J. and Elaine Mary (Evangelista) 4 Thomas Hugh Nestor, Jr. Thomas H. and Carol A. (Sarno) 5 Brian Charles McCarthy Alan D. and Linda R. ( Dairymple) 6 Troy Mathew Babb Roy R. and Judith L. (Smith) 7 Brenda Jan Viland Eric E. and Elizabeth A. (Farrow) 11 Kerri Ann Allen Roger P. and Maryann (Sullivan) 11 Kimberley Allen Roger P. and Maryann (Sullivan) 18 Andrea Lyn Robinson Edward L. and Judith M. (Stiles) 19 Daniel John DiGiovanni Stephen G. and Margaret F. (Burke) 20 Leanne Marie Ferro Joseph P. and Marilyn (DeVito) 20 Jennifer Ellen Freeman Charles R. and Linda E. (Duffie) 21 Paula Laraine Lazzaro George V. and Maureen R. (Mulkerrin) 25 Kelly Michele Holt Chester J. and Theresa (Maczas) 25 Stephen John Malenchini Arthur J. and Ann M. (Turner) 28 Karin Jean Doucette Paul D. and Mary G. (Driscoll) 29 Gregg Richard Couture Richard L. and Linda A. (Varricchio) 30 Diana Lynne Cargill Edwin J., Jr. and Jean E. (Griffin) 138 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Date Name of Child Parents August 1 Mark Andrew Jaynes Robert C. and Kathleen S. (McCadden) 1 Christine Shea Richard F. and Cynthia (Carpenito) 4 Theresa Lee DelRossi Ronald N. and Kathleen (Ross) 5 Jason Matthew Zahlaway John M. and Daryl M. (Alger) 5 Elizabeth Anne Haley Richard C. and Eileen N. (O'Toole) 5 Douglas Matthew Sweezey Joseph D. and Barbara J. (Foley) 6 Patricia Marie Meuse Richard J. and Dolores M. (Dumont) 6 Derek Joseph Doucette Roy V. and Rebecca M. (Pothier) 7 Keith Allen Stephan Phillip P. and Diane A. (Muse) 8 John Bertram Murray, III John B. and Cynthia A. (Melanson) 8 David Matthew Walker Ralph P. and Kathleen A. (Fahey) 8 Rebecca Lee Houde Steven D. and Lynne M. (Ewing) 9 Timothy Ian Hilton Clifford I. and Janet E. (Schloss) 12 Mark Jason Pietrafitta Richard A. and Lucia M. (Wray) 12 Scott Michael Thompson Charles M. and Susan A. (Battaglioli) 13 Carolyn Varsenne Khachadoorian Harry A. and Priscilla J. (Kalber) 13 Nicole Ann Nuzzolo Fernando and Carolyn M. (DiNinno) 15 Jason Michael Taylor Alan W. and Janice M. (Muccio) 17 Danielle Ann DePatie Ronald E. and Ellen T. (Reddish) 19 Carla Haarmeyer John J. and Lena M. (DeCresce) 21 Pasquale Sergio Santorelli Salvatore and Carmela (Molinaro) 23 George Jeffrey Nickerson George H. and Phyllis A. (Thomson) 23 Maura Ann MacKay James J. and Maureen T. (Leary) 23 Robin Tobias McCune James E. and Ursula B. (Backmund) 23 David Joseph Moore, Jr. David J. and Jen A. (Moynihan) 25 Kristen Patrice Doucette William A. and Catherine A. (Galvin) 25 Amy Jean Lozzi Philip W. and Patricia A. (Muise) 29 William John Wallace, Jr. William J. and Judith A. (Quinn) 29 Sean Franklin Devine Steven J. and Sheila J. (Patch) 29 Jon Richard Hewitt Richard J. and Donna R. (Tennant) 30 Kenneth Elliot Goddard Robert P. and Elizabeth J. (Nichols) September 2 Amanda Elizabeth Andrews Herbert W. and Patricia A. (Bowers) 3 Robert Andrew Hoxie Stephen G. and Elizabeth R. (Britner) 4 Jeffrey Paul Burnett Paul R. and Carole A. (Cole) 9 Johanna Elisabeth Beers Stanley T. and Judith (Beres) 11 Amy Beth Nardone Peter R. and Carol C. (Iosua) 12 Robert Thomas Eason, III Robert T., Jr. & Dorothy M. (Cann) 14 Janet Mary Scanlon William J. and Enid M. (Rosen) 16 Bryn Evan Johnson Franklin C. Jr., and Gayle I. (Eames) 17 Timothy Frank DiTonno John P. and Mary C. (Meuse) 18 Jill Marie Curley Charles R. and Kathleen M. (Primmer) 24 Jill Suzanne Gaudette Peter D. and Ellen E. (Spark) 26 Gregory James Gargano Guy and Anne M. (Mansell) 26 Jason Michael Hay William T. and Janine M. (Chandonnet) 29 Michael Thomas Longmore Thomas W. & Cheryl A. (Dunn) 164th ANNUAL REPORT 139 Date Name of Child Parents October 3 Richard Paul Byrne, Jr. Richard P. and Deborah L. (Bloom) 3 Michael Paul Egasti Paul J. and Marsha L. (Grunewald) 3 April Lyn Spinney Chester L, III and Janet R. (Bernard) 7 Amy Katherine Savje Paul J. and Kim L. (Frayling) 9 David William Garrity George A., Jr. & Maureen E. (Shea) 10 Kristine Alice Ring Robert P. and Evelyn M. (Burgess) 10 Eric William Watson William K. and Joyce I. (Dzedulionis) 12 Kristina Marie Encarnacao John B. and Gertrude M. (Almeida) 13 Katrina Clark Hoop Bernard, Jr. & Nancy C. (Hulbert) 13 Michelle Prudence Long Joseph G. and Marsha P. (Mason) 15 Jennifer Jean McPhail Arthur P. and Harrine J. (Creede) 17 Brian Keith Clinton James H. and Donna R. (Flowers) 17 Amy Michele Natola Ralph J. and Raffaela E.M. (DeNicola) 17 Michael Joseph Surette Philip A. and Nancy R. (Kelly) 19 Jeffrey Paul Durney Paul R. and Karen A. (Tarentino) 19 Susan Ann Walsh John G. and Mary M. (Couture) 20 Jennifer Lynn Steniford Albert F., Jr. & Joan P. (Curran) 21 Kristen Mary Morris Lawrence G. and Mary F. (Clinton) 23 Michelle Anne Duncan Donald M. and Carol M. (Home) 23 Rebecca Ann Reid Robert N., Jr. and Diann E. (Pinson) 24 Erica Leigh Campbell Stephen J. and Gail M. (Higgins) 24 Tina Marie Savioli Vincent C. and Cynthia A. (Castine) 24 Tanya Marie Stepasiuk Paul R. and Barbara R. (Caulfield) 25 Stephanie Hart Doucette Stephen F. and Kathleen A. (Burke) 25 Scott Bradford Simpson Bradford A. and Judith E. (Patterson) 25 Tara Lynne Wright Kenneth T. and Lynda M. (Birch) 28 Amanda Mary Maher Thomas G. and Mary V. (Vacon) 29 Jeffrey Wayne Hardacker Wayne V. and Patricia A. (Viglione) 31 Christopher Andrews Snell William J., Ill and Joan M. (Andrews) November 2 Diane Elizabeth Dussault Richard L. & Mary R. (Mclnnis) 3 Laurie Ann Andreottola Louis J. and Loretta M. (Golini) 3 Michael Jon Conti Robert S. and Janice T. (Kelley) 3 David Alan Fazio Roy M. and Marjorie M. (Surette) 4 Michael David Crockett Philip A. and Jo-Ann N. (Ellsworth) 4 Paula Michelle De Felice Michael P. and Belinda M. (Aguirre) 5 Daniel Joseph Collins Robert J. and Carolyn J. (Chisholm) 5 Christopher James Montrond Anthony P., Jr. & Lillian K. (Hamory) 7 William Philip Walsh William J. and Janet C. (Broeg) 13 Steven Ernest Smith Clinton S. and Barbara A. (Houde) 18 Christopher Lawrence Swift Lawrence K., Jr. & Pamela L. (Miller) 20 Timothy Williamson Brink Daniel M. & Janice N. (Leighton) 21 Peter Andrew Cochrane Neil I. and Lela K. (Romano) 23 Philip Raymond Ayotte Raymond J. and Carmel I. (Chamberland) 23 Kenneth John Bilicki, Jr. Kenneth J. and Elaine F. (Haverty) 24 Eric Douglas Peterson Alan D. and Kim (Banghart) 26 Raymond Andrew Dorman Raymond J. and Rose Marie (Costa) 140 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Date Name of Child Parents 27 Kimberly Ann Ford Roger L. and Laurene R. (Orso) 27 Robert Raymond Mirabile Raymond S., Sr. & Marie E. (Tavanis) 30 Walter Herbert Avery Walter H. and Catherine J. (Ramsdell) December 3 Michael George Kett Herman F. and Janet R. (Manning) 3 Richard George Testa Richard B. and Valerie J. (Valentine) 4 Richard Arthur Curran Dennis C. and Gale P. (Spear) 4 Paul John Myette David E. and Christine A. (O'Brien) 4 Eileen Ruth Armstrong Carl J. and Priscilla R. (Denbow) 4 Lori Lynn Muise David M. and Jo -Ann (Menadue) 5 Sean Patrick McGonigle Daniel J. and Nancy Ann (Quirke) 6 Kevin Raymond Matthews Robert C. and Regina M. (Bartolomucci) 8 James David Keough David W. and Emily J. (Morse) 8 Paul Carmine DiPietro, Jr. Paul C. and Canine A. (Scaturro) 9 Eric Simpson Robert A. and Kathleen P. (Kirk) 11 Kelly Ann Gilchrist Kevin T. and Teresa M. (Mclsaac) 12 Brian Philip Hayes Robert E. and Veronica (Leahy) 15 Barry Joseph O'Connell James F. & Mary P. (Lamson) 17 Jill Susan Wood Ted L. and Linda K. (Maddox) 18 Sara Ann Boland Michael W. and Linda A. (Dodge) 18 Katherine Marie Cooney Richard K. and Concetta M. (Perillo) 19 Holly Marie DeSouza Louis A., Jr. and Mary F. (Russell) 22 Brian Patrick Griffin Leslie O. and Christine A. (Shea) 22 Tracey Jean Hegarty Stephen J. and Paula A. (DeFreitas) 25 Robert Fulton Roberson, III Robert F., Jr. and Susan J. (Dingle) 27 Kenneth Fred McPherson, Jr. Kenneth F. and Wendy R. (Barboza) 27 Amy Marie Paolella Thomas G. and Linda S. (Fecteau) 27 John Deane Spence John D. and Candice J. (Eidam) 28 Eric Peter Lyons Arthur L. Jr. & Kathleen A. (Sullivan) 164th ANNUAL REPORT 141 Record of Marriages Place of Date Marriage Name Residence January 1 1 Stoneham Warren Frederick Hanson Wakefield Gail Marie Tibbetts Stoneham 3 Bilierica Michael David Jansky N. Bilierica Carolyn Florence Kelley Wakefield 4 Wakefield Kenneth Paul Goodie West Haven, Conn. Margaret Mary Sheehan Wakefield 11 Wakefield David William Contant Wakefield Mirella Angela Watt Concord 20 Lynnfield Joseph Anthony Croce Quinn Wakefield Lisa Carolyn Johnson Wakefield 25 Wakefield Bradford Blackinton Cornell Wakefield Ellen Marie Burke Wakefield 25 Danvers Daniel Richard Neville Saugus Eileen Theresa Cassidy Wakefield 25 Wakefield Gary Steven Buxton Wakefield Nancy Marian Curry Wakefield February 1 Lowell Alexander Ernest Struzziero Wakefield Patricia Andrea Letford Lowell 1 Wakefield Thomas Michael Stoddard Wakefield Gail Marie Chiappini Melrose 1 Lynnfield Richard Albert Jay Wakefield Kathleen Mae MacKinnon Wakefield 7 Lynnfield Lawrence Robert Lucie Beverly Mary Marjorie Doucette Wakefield 8 Medford Morris Duncan Blaine Wakefield Joan Catherine Barry Medford 8 Wakefield Paul Mark Lanning Wakefield Rosemarie Perante Wakefield 8 Sudbury Timothy John Mulcahy Wakefield Diane Marie Spezzaferri Wakefield 13 Wakefield John Richard Baby, Jr. N. Reading Betty Jayne Bouchard Wakefield 14 Wakefield Roger Henry Masse Beverly Nancy Jean Collins Wakefield 14 Groveland Michael Palmerino Wakefield Dorothy Jean Webster Groveland 142 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 14 Melrose Thomas Edward Richer Wakefield Anne Kelliher Melrose 14 Wakefield Julio Alexander Secchiaroli Maryland Elaine Marie Craig Wakefield 15 Stoneham Donald Lee Kelloway Wakefield Ethel Ann LaSalle Wakefield 16 Wakefield Michael Grant Murphy Wakefield Kim Ellen Chapman Wakefield 17 Wayland Victor Francis John Anthony Agius Wakefield Sandra Lee Henderson Belmont 22 Wakefield John Anthony Fallica Wakefield Elayne Claire Michaud Wakefield 22 Wenham Robert Elliott Scott Everett Joyce Earlene Baggs Wakefield March 1 Burlington Gary Paul Castiglione Wakefield Janet Bartlow Viland Wakefield 1 Wilmington Ronald Roger Fairbanks Wakefield Susan Marie Delorey Tewksbury 8 Reading Wayne Peddle King Wakefield Ritamarie Collins Reading 16 Wakefield Steven Charles Corliss Reading Sandra Ann Meuse Wakefield 21 Lynnfield Michael Francis Jenkins Wakefield Marie Eva Pelletier Wakefield 22 Wakefield Donald Michael Duncan Wakefield Carol Marie Home Wakefield 23 N. Reading Paul Frederick Grasewicz Reading Rose Mary Richer Wakefield 29 Wakefield John Paul Egli Wakefield Judith Mildred Cornell Wakefield 29 Wakefield Peter Andrew Turkall Wakefield Gloria Fitzmaurice Arlington April 4 Wakefield Henry Joseph Jordan, Jr. Wakefield Kathleen Anne McCormack Wakefield 5 Wakefield Joseph Francis Greene Wakefield Mary Catherine Theroux Melrose 5 Wakefield William Richard Moore Saugus Donna Claire McLaughlin Saugus 164th ANNUAL REPORT 143 Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 6 Wakefield Peter Eugene Lewis Wakefield Linda Jean Boucher Wakefield 6 Revere Paul Anthony Zagarella Wakefield Elaine Reska Revere 11 Reading Ronald James Philbrick Wakefield Corrine Marie Walsh Boston 12 Wakefield Nicholas Thomas Fortune Lawrence Cynthia Court LaFond Wakefield 12 Wakefield Glenn A. Macomber N. Reading Deborah Lee Doucette N. Reading 12 Wakefield William Arthur Davidson, III Maiden Jean Marie Fraughton Wakefield 12 Wakefield John Lawrence Roberson Lynnfield Donna Marie Shea Wakefield 12 Winchester Richard Dale Saunders Woburn Susan Marie Griffin Wakefield 18 Reading Arnold Francis Meyer Wakefield Nancy Brown Zglinicki Wakefield 19 Wakefield Charles Leland Geier Wakefield Janice Marion McGrath Wakefield 19 Wakefield Ireneusz Orlowski Woburn Marie Elizabeth Feudo Wakefield 26 Wakefield Francis Crowley Melrose Rose Marie Puccio Wakefield 26 Woburn Thomas William Hogan Lowell Dorothea Tavanis Wakefield May 3 Wakefield Roger Clark Stretton Pembroke Joyce Jeanette Jordan Wakefield 4 Wakefield Anthony Armando Antetomaso, Jr. Wakefield Susan Ann Fondini Wakefield 4 Lynn Gary Winthrop Moore Wakefield Pauline Stacy Ramonas Lynn 10 Melrose Erick Lee Anderson Wakefield Judith Ellen Howe Melrose 10 Reading Raymond Grant Chesley, Jr. Wakefield Janet Ann G lines Reading 10 Lynnfield John Thomas Godin Wakefield Debra Ann Tullgren Lynnfield 10 Wakefield David Wallace Mette Stoneham Colleen Hazel Light Reading 144 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 10 Lynnfield James John O'Neill, Jr. Wakefield Jean Esther Bartol Wakefield 11 Wakefield Josepn Nelson Murray N. Reading Donna Marie Dillon Wakefield 17 Lawrence John James Gilfeather Wakefield Kathleen Ann Thomas Lawrence 17 Lynnfield Jacob Papierowitch Lynn Shirley Maureen Randazzo Wakefield 18 Lynn Paul Richard Black Wakefield Marina Portia Coule Saugus 18 Wakefield Lynn Gay Story Shrewsbury Sandra Jean Elliott Wakefield 18 Peabody Richard John Ricci Boston Diane Susan Goldstein Wakefield 23 Lynnfield Ronald Warren Olive Wakefield Mary Anne Bonney Wakefield 24 Wakefield Peter Collins Woburn Jacqueline M . Shea Woburn 24 Wakefield Kenneth Roy Downey Melrose Mary Ellen O'Connor Wakefield 24 Woburn Michael Charles Elias Wakefield Denise Lanpher Woburn 24 Lynnfield Henry Joseph Green, Jr. Wakefield Cheryl Ann Clifford Peabody 24 Reading Bruce Lester Hartman Wakefield Lois Ann Steadman Reading 24 Medford James Francis Maguire Wakefield Carol Marie Robitaille Medford 24 Wakefield Pasquale Quaglia Wakefield Giovanna Berardinangelo Wakefield 24 Wakefield Arthur Glenn Richardson Lexington Judith Anne Majeski Wakefield 25 Wakefield Robert Arnold Williamson E. Providence, R.I. Bonnie Lyn Stewart Wakefield 25 Reading Thomas Alan Edson Reading Joie Louise Rindone Wakefield 28 Framingham Roger Sewall Wales Wakefield Dorothy Davis Framingham 30 Wakefield Herbert Mark MacDonough Somerville Mary Ann Maguire Wakefield . 164th ANNUAL REPORT 145 Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 31 Wakefield Kevin Barry Corbett Yarmouth, Maine Susan Margaret Brennan Wakefield 31 Wakefield Richard J. Popp Boston Alice L. Whelchel Framingham June 1 Lynnfield Frank J. Shiebler Reading Margaret Mary DeLong Wakefield 1 Stoneham Dennis Paul D'Agostino Wakefield Diane Marie Keating Stoneham 1 Maiden Philip Joseph Russo, Jr. Maiden Patricia Ann O'Connor Wakefield 1 Burlington John Helgeson Vik Wakefield Lynne Irene Straghan Wakefield 7 Wayland John Reid Almeida Wakefield Margo Tower Batten Wayland 7 Wakefield Thomas William Brightman Portsmouth , N . H Donna Claire O'Neill Wakefield 7 Boston Keven Arthur Halliday Wakefield Aleta Mary Miranda Boston 8 N. Reading David Eric Dana Revere Laurie Lynn Gallant Wakefield 8 Maiden John James Queenan Wakefield Sandra Carolyn Brustin Medford 13 Wakefield Robert D. Davis Woburn Carol A. Olson Woburn 13 Wakefield Osualdo Roman Ortiz Wakefield Palmira Barbieri Wakefield 14 Wakefield Brion B. Applegate Beachwood, N.J. Mary Patricia Kiernan Maiden 14 Wakefield Peter Donald Gaudette Wakefield Ellen Elizabeth Spark Wakefield 14 Wakefield Harvey Kent May Virginia Beach, Va. Marcia Ann Meuse Wakefield 14 Wakefield Ronald Neil Lien Gilford, N.H. Merilyn Jean Carder Wakefield 14 Woburn Edward Albert Rodriguez Wakefield Joyce Rebecca Wood Woburn 20 Lynnfield Richard Allen Gaul Wakefield Barbara Regina Gaul Wakefield 21 Lynnfield Daniel Andrew Albani Wakefield Charlene Elsie Dougherty Lynn 146 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 21 Wakefield Robert Alfred Gross Burlington Annette Helen Champion Lexington 21 Wakefield Robert William Dunham Everett Brenda Joan Perry Melrose 21 Wakefield Brian Michael Laughlin Wakefield Dianne Marie Annichiarico Wakefield 21 Wakefield Bruce Frank Morrill Warner, N.H. Camilla Jacqueline Muise Wakefield 21 Wakefield Wayne Leslie Parsons Somerville Lora Elva Burdin Wakefield 22 Somerville Albert Addonizio, III Wakefield Giovanna Susi Somerville 22 Wakefield David Paul Cicciarella Wakefield Cynthia Joan Lamy Wakefield 22 Brookline Edward Larry Leeds Brookline Rachel J. Caswell Wakefield 22 Wakefield Joseph Peter Russo Wakefield Teresa Ann Zagarella Wakefield 22 Wakefield Robert Joseph Palange Spokane, Wash. Cynthia Marguerite Glendon Melrose 27 Wakefield Robert Carlton Day Princeton Jean Marie Carli Wakefield 27 Wakefield Richard Alan Martino Wakefield Kathleen Angela Generazzo Wakefield 27 Wakefield Rowland A. Yeo Wakefield Carol Ann Dooley Wakefield 28 Wakefield James Arthur Cleaves Beverly Linda Janice Evans Danvers 28 Wakefield Laurence Dutton Green Wakefield Susan Marie Migliore Wakefield 28 Wakefield Thomas Warren Longmore Wakefield Cheryl Ann Dunn Stoneham 28 Wakefield Leo Francis McMorrill, Jr. Wakefield Elizabeth Beatrice Foody Wakefield 28 Wakefield Richard Vincent Nieman, Jr. Melrose Joanne Frances Ball Melrose 28 Wakefield Mark Emerson Russell Windham, N.H. Joanne Marie Munroe Wakefield 29 Maiden Robert Edward Cunningham Wakefield Judith Ann McGrath Maiden 164th ANNUAL REPORT 147 Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 29 Wakefield Leo A. Lavoie Burlington Margaret E . Johnson Burlington 29 Wakefield James Russell Tecce Wakefield Jane Elizabeth O'Connor Wakefield 29 Wakefield Ronald Alfred Zitola Wakefield Deborah Dale Lynch Wakefield July 5 Wakefield Francis Xavier Rogers, Jr. Lexington Patricia Ann Salem Wakefield 5 Wakefield Alexis Swan Wakefield Susan Guilford Montague Wakefield 8 N. Reading Thomas James Wright Wakefield Catherine Ann Murray Boston 11 Hamilton Gary Kim Jenkins Huntington Beach, Cal. Karen Jane Abbott Wakefield 11 Wakefield Silvio Atillio Mercuri Braintree Louise Andrea Fournier Braintree 11 Lynnfield William Joseph Staley Wakefield Theresa Mae Mangee Wakefield 12 Wakefield Robert Smith Callan Wakefield Karen Jean McCluskey Wakefield 12 Wakefield Edward William Desmarais Bayside, N.Y. Kathleen Fotino Wakefield 12 Arlington Kenneth George Lawson Wakefield Sandra Gale Bailey Montgomery Wakefield 12 Medford Robert Joseph Lynch, Jr. Wakefield Judith Ann Mullen Arlington 12 Wakefield Kenneth Stanley Makarewicz Wakefield Debra Ann Humphrey Wakefield 12 Wakefield Walter Joseph Skelton Billerica Katherine Grace Murphy Wakefield 13 Wakefield Richard Allan Henshaw Wakefield Kristen Jane Kingsbury Wakefield 13 Quincy Wilbert Joseph Hill, Jr. Wakefield Lydia Petrella Quincy 13 Reading Patrick Joseph Dignan Wakefield Jeanne Mary Poznysz Reading 13 Wakefield Paul Kevin Vahey Needham Mary Claire Clancy Wakefield 19 Wakefield Joseph Alleca Melrose Suzanne Rivard Wakefield 148 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 19 Wakefield Richard Edward Dollard Saugus Cynthia Carole Currie Wakefield 19 Wakefield Aljadith Gomez Boston Deolinda Medeiros Wakefield 19 Maiden Michael John MacKay Wakefield Diane Marie Ciampa Medford 19 Sudbury Ernst-August Claus von Holten Wakefield Jeanne Ellen Malonson Wakefield 20 Wakefield Michael Albert Chiaradonna Lynn Jane Marie Forrest Melrose 25 Billerica Anton Lloyd Smith Wakefield Deborah Ann Snider Wakefield 26 Wakefield Arthur Sigvard Swanton, Jr. Wakefield Cynthia Mary Poor Wakefield August 1 Wakefield Charles Michael Gorman Boston Linda Ann Twombly Wakefield 2 Wakefield John Francis Richard Salem Barbara Jean Keefe Wakefield 2 Arlington Jurgen Peter Greulich Cambridge Judith Monroe Wheeler Wakefield 2 Wakefield Patrick Maurice O'Brien Wakefield Denise Marie McCarron Wakefield 2 Lynnfield Anthony Paul Montrond, Jr. Wakefield Lillian Kathalin Hamory Wakefield 2 Wakefield Robert C. Stone Stoneham Deborah S. Waterman Wakefield 2 Boston Richard Edmand Vasseur Wakefield Laurie Ann Woodruff Boston 9 Melrose Tony Rudolph Barden Wakefield Elizabeth Frances Pothier Melrose 9 Wakefield James Michael Farrell Stoneham Cheryl Ann Funk Wakefield 9 Wakefield Michael N. Taylor Brighton JuneE. Casper Cambridge 15 Wakefield David Richard Muse Wakefield Lois Marie Bourquin Lawrence 15 Winchester George John Snow Wakefield Marianne Penta Winchester 16 Wakefield Michael H. DeLong Merrimac Suzanne Glynn Peabody 164th ANNUAL REPORT 149 Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 16 Revere Michael Joseph DiOrio Saugus Sally Ann Stretton Wakefield 16 Andover Gordon Ralph Whicher Wakefield Susan Elizabeth Cox Andover 16 Wakefield Thomas Everett Worthley Wakefield Catherine Ann Surette Wakefield 17 Wakefield Christopher John Garniss Melrose Joan Fitzgerald Melrose 17 Lynnfield Peter John Cerrone Wakefield Joan Anne Lombardi Peabody 17 Canton Robert James Collins Wakefield Patricia Marie Steigner Canton 22 Lynnfield Gerald E. Sweetland North Reading Donna Marie Santoro Wakefield 23 Burlington Stephen Jonathan Breton Wakefield Jean deGrasse Burlington 23 Lynn Thomas J. Brown Wakefield IngridM. Bucolo Saugus 23 Medford Richard Joseph Enos Everett Shirley Anne Eno Wakefield 23 Weymouth Paul Augustin Landry Wakefield Ann Marie Wilson Weymouth 23 Lynnfield Michael William Petrucci Wakefield Deborah Ann Hinkley Wakefield 23 Wakefield Timothy Nathan Thomas Wakefield Judith Elinor Howe Wakefield 24 Wakefield Mark Charles Arsenault Revere Gayle Beatrice Foss Wakefield 24 Lexington Eric Ruderman Wakefield Ruth Michele Segall Waltham 26 Wakefield Bruce F. Buckler Peabody Mary L. Brougham Peabody 29 Wakefield Stephen George Cox Wakefield Barbara Ann Taylor Wakefield 30 Springfield Arthur Scott Bradley Wakefield Patricia Ann Sheehan Wakefield 30 Lynnfield Peter James Puglisi Wakefield Shelly Mae Bontaites Wakefield 30 Wakefield Edward Gerald Sarafian Melrose Cynthia Mary -Louise Foley Melrose 150 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 31 Wakefield Donald Coleman Connolly Wakefield Ann Marie Kennedy Wakefield September 5 Wakefield Paul Anthony Stelline Beverly Laureen Ann Bury Beverly 6 Wakefield Donald Paul Casey Arlington Josephine Theresa Accort Arlington 6 Wakefield Richard Eric Englund Reading Susan Colucci Wakefield 6 Lynn Andrew Brian Zimmerman Harrisburg, Perm. Alexandra Joy Semchenko Wakefield 7 Lynn Michael James Gaynor Wakefield Carol Anne Cashman Lynn 12 Wakefield Glenn Allan Eagleston Reading Nanette Marie Cunha Stoneham 12 Wakefield Joseph John Perna Melrose Lillian Jennie Bartolo St. Petersberg, Fla. 13 Melrose James F. Manning, Jr. Boston Susan R. Henriksen Wakefield 13 Wakefield David Michael Richards Reading Penny Jean Morang Wakefield 13 Wakefield Mario Peter Rosati, II Wakefield Patrice Anne Spark Wakefield 14 Wakefield Jonathan Lewis Ayres Belmont Denise Ann Sateriale Wakefield 14 Lynnfield Oscar Allman Spear, Jr. Wakefield Robin Elizabeth Smith Wakefield 19 Wakefield Stephen John Ennis Lynn Sharyn Lee Perry Wakefield 20 Wakefield Ralph Charles Bowser Wakefield Rosemarie Allen Wakefield 20 Wakefield David Francis Carroll Wakefield Ruth Ann Bennett N. Reading 20 Wakefield John Joseph Farrell, III Melrose Kathleen Mary Doherty Melrose 20 Revere Robert Michael Santamaria Wakefield Ellen Joy Wynn Revere 20 Wakefield Robert Francis Spindler Stoneham Donna Jean MacDonald Melrose 23 Wakefield Gary Frank Waddle Wakefield Bonnie Jean Higgins Wakefield 164th ANNUAL REPORT 151 Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 25 Maiden Bradlee Sheridan Wakefield Nelida Colon Maiden 27 Wakefield William Ernest Jefferson, Jr. Wakefield Karen Jeanne Buckley Wakefield 27 Wakefield Hugh M. Parks, Jr. Stoneham Eileen M. Hynes N. Reading 28 Wakefield David Vincent Scerra Wakefield Pamela Jane Gannon Wakefield 30 Wakefield Joseph Jeffrey Muse Wakefield Jeraldine Rita Nesbitt Wakefield October 2 Reading Maurice Edwin Bishop Reading Joan Elizabeth Scott Wakefield 3 Wakefield Ned W.Bennett South Dennis Cathleen Haven Dennis 3 Wakefield Thomas James Dupuis Saugus Kathleen Patricia Fahey Reading 3 Lynnfield Allen Edward Hartford Wakefield June Doris Mahtasian Pawtucket, R.I. 3 Wakefield Walter Michael Walkowicz Lowell Diane Ellen Distasio Woburn 4 Wakefield Richard Paul Chapman, Jr. Wakefield Kathleen Marie Butler Wakefield 4 Wakefield Peter Falabella Northampton Robin Berardinangelo Northampton 4 Wakefield Thomas Clarence Granno Honolulu, Hawaii Rena Marie Dinarello Melrose 4 Wakefield Martin H. McHardy Tewksbury Grace Berry Tewksbury 4 Wakefield Stephen Allen Purrington Wakefield Teresa Louise True Wakefield 4 Wakefield Nathan Rosnov Billerica Mary L. Marchand Chelmsford 4 Wakefield Gary Lee Walker Wakefield Audrey Ruth Hendricks Wakefield 5 Wakefield John Gregorio Wakefield Annette Mandato Wakefield 5 Wakefield Martin Muise Chicopee Patricia Zaccardo Chicopee 10 Melrose Michael Wayne Martello Wakefield Carol Leigh Perry Wakefield 152 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 11 Wakefield Joseph Louis Analetto Medford Jane Garvey Melrose 11 Wakefield Kevin Leo Barrett Reading Catherine Ann Murrell Reading 11 Wakefield Kevin Michael Flynn Wakefield Joan Leslie Cardillo Wakefield 11 Wakefield Kevin Joseph McCauley Wakefield Judith Eileen Mazza Melrose 12 Wakefield Edward George Lebre, III Burlington Diane Louise Kenney Wakefield 12 North Reading Michael Sutton Murray Ipswich Linda Suzanne Mamos Wakefield 12 Maiden Clinton Stephen Smith Wakefield Barbara Ann Abbott Wakefield 12 Wakefield Richard Ernest Tabb Wakefield Lynn Marie Barry Wakefield 17 Marblehead Clifford Forbes Clark West Chester, Ohio Judith Lynn Crawford Wakefield 18 Wakefield Lynton Wayne Burke N. Reading Bonnie Ann MacFarland N. Reading 18 Wakefield Arthur Cabral, Jr. Andover Judith Ann Turner Wakefield 18 Wakefield Frank DiPietro Wakefield Kim Ann Wray Wakefield 18 Wakefield Philip Francis Reed Wakefield Marcia Ann Henderson Wakefield 18 Provincetown George James White, Jr. Wakefield Annette Marie Baker Provincetown 19 Wakefield Charles M. Blue, Jr. Chicago, 111. Melissa Packard Chicago, 111. 19 Wakefield Richard Wayne Crozier Wakefield Ellen Jeanne Contardo Wakefield 24 Wakefield Ronald A. Rybinski Burlington Renee Anne Dobias Burlington 25 Wakefield Edgar A. Bibeault Arlington Marie Rivers Wakefield 25 Wakefield John William Clifton Melrose Verna Katherine Liming Melrose 25 Wakefield James Michael Czimbal Wakefield Judith Jacquart Wakefield 164th ANNUAL REPORT 153 Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 25 Wakefield George Anthony DelRossi, Jr. Wakefield Betsy Frances Croto Wakefield 25 Wakefield William Edward Garvin Billerica Christine Ann Calligandes Wakefield 25 Wakefield Richard Newell Heimbecker Melrose Deborah Jean Eager Wakefield 25 Wakefield Thomas J. Lindsay, Jr. Medford Susan Frances Gilbert Wilmington 25 Salem Richard Francis Lynch Wakefield Susan Denise Audet Salem 25 Wakefield David Michael Walsh Wakefield Wendy Kathleen Serrentino Reading 25 Revere John Francis Trainor Wakefield Frances Ann Porcella Revere 26 Wakefield Wayne Allen Kimball Wakefield Cynthia Lea Munsen Wakefield 29 Wakefield Joseph Edward Perez Wakefield M. Judy Boyer Wakefield 30 Wakefield James Charles Phillip Knox Stoneham Melba Grace Bailey Stoneham November 1 Wakefield Kevin E. Anthony Woburn Amanda Franklin Woburn 1 Wakefield William Agnelo Hayes, Jr. Wakefield Susan Sylvia Muise Wakefield 1 Wakefield Robert Beauford Zwicker Reading Doreen Lynn DeSotto Wakefield 6 Boston Roy James Lefavour Wakefield Gertrude Elizabeth Scott Boston 8 Wakefield David Thomas Forsyth Wakefield Mary Ann Perillo Wakefield 8 Wakefield Charles Thomas Kennedy Wakefield Judith Ann Russell Maiden 14 Wakefield Michael DeCristoforo Wakefield Mary Catherine Howitt Wakefield 14 Wakefield Thomas Edward Keating Chelsea Lee Ann Audet Wakefield 15 Wakefield Michael Anthony Palmerino, Jr. Wakefield Shirley Jeanne Curran Wakefield 15 Wakefield Charles Phillip Saytanides Milford, N.H. Linda Gail Bayrd Wakefield 154 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 16 Wakefield Richard Rocco DiGloria Wakefield Lucy Anne Paone Wakefield 21 Wakefield Ronald James Leonard Melrose Deanna Marie Yankowski Melrose 22 Wakefield Frederick James Doherty Wakefield Linda Dorothy Eager Wakefield 22 Wakefield Russell Stanley Gnong, Jr. Wakefield Kathleen Patricia Curley Wakefield 28 North Reading Norman Paul Gilvey, Jr. Wakefield Suzanne Denise Deegan Wakefield 28 Wakefield Gary Curtis Hook Stoneham Theresa Ann White Wakefield 28 Wakefield Richard Harold Sykes Wakefield Veronica Anne Sidelinker Wakefield 26 Wakefield Angelo John Radosta Melrose Margaret Joan Wilburn Melrose 29 Chelmsford John Michael Devine Wakefield Gilda Hope Guaraldi Chelmsford 29 Peabody Elliot I. Ectman Winthrop Patricia M. Skillings Wakefield 30 Wakefield Vincent Sisto Perrone Stoneham Nancy Lee Connors Stoneham December 4 Wakefield Kenneth Paul Cardillo Wakefield Marilyn Elizabeth Cole Wakefield 5 Wakefield Michael Paul Granese Wakefield Cindy Lee Johnson Wakefield 5 Wakefield Richard Stephen Hubbard Wakefield Sharon Lee Sweeney North Reading 5 New Bedford Joseph Louis Morock Wakefield Irene Viera New Bedford 6 Wakefield Richard J. Perotti Stoneham Ruth E . Stinson Stoneham 7 Cambridge John Alfred Baldi Melrose Catherine Marie Bourque Wakefield 7 Cambridge Antoine Karim Bassaleh Wakefield Souad Fakhoury Wakefield 13 Wakefield Randall Anderson Hale Wakefield Virginia Mary Steadman Wakefield 20 Melrose Robert Theodore Guertin, Jr. Wakefield Jane Philbrick Richmond Stoneham 164th ANNUAL REPORT 155 Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 24 Wakefield Gary Andrew Kaplan Melrose Joan Fleiss Melrose 26 Wakefield Brian Joseph Kittery Wakefield Marcia Ann Coflan Wakefield 27 Wakefield Randall Edward Gaetz Wakefield Terry Frances Schofield Wakefield 28 Wakefield Mark Edward Humpai Newburyport Martha Morrison Newburyport 31 Wakefield Frank Lawrence McShane Wakefield Judith Ann Brown Wakefield 1 156 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Record of Deaths Date Name Years Months Days 1975 January 1 Geneva M. Christopher 71 2 William Ferrick 68 10 8 6 Julia Petrucci 64 10 17 8 Nadine Marie Erickson 1 2 15 9 Gilbert H. Bridges 50 4 24 9 Donald MacDonald 49 8 18 10 Jennie Kelso 82 9 30 1 George E . Marchant Jr. 66 1 5 11 James W. Tynan 84 4 30 12 Edgar R. Anderson 75 10 25 13 JohnF.O'Keeffe 90 5 9 15 James V. Polvere 62 2 19 16 William Foley 81 2 18 17 Margaret Maria Graglia 80 4 28 17 Delia Bessie Wellington 89 8 10 19 Hattie O.Butler 97 1 2 19 Andrew C. Dalrymple 83 3 7 22 Anna Josephina Pearson 89 6 6 22 Soccorso Musi 87 7 17 23 Frank E.Shedd 85 7 20 25 Ann J . Muse 75 5 18 28 Evelyn Lux 61 3 12 31 William F.Sewell, Jr. 84 2 15 31 Norman C.Tucker 51 4 26 February 1 Clara Alvarez 86 1 11 1 Harriet Eunice McCarthy 85 4 26 5 Robert E.Littell 49 4 10 6 PeterA.Muise 77 1 22 8 Walter Armstrong 89 5 26 8 Emilie Popelka 72 4 17 9 Alice M. Cheyne 87 27 9 Delia A. Thompson 83 1 Helen M . Gibbons 70 4 26 11 David Mathieson 84 15 14 Angela T.Rich 52 5 2 14 Mitchell Zagaja 64 9 22 15 Olive May Little 79 8 23 15 Ellen McKeon 90 7 21 20 Frederick L.Ryan 72 10 29 22 Constance Arsenault 70 4 20 23 Maria Donabedian 45 3 11 23 Samuel Lewis Knowlton 63 3 19 164th ANNUAL REPORT 157 Date Name 'ears Months Days 23 Ellen D. O'Connor 64 2 25 Demetra Lagoyianis 78 26 Amy C. Rangas 76 10 2 27 Leslie John Jay 83 3 4 March 3 Annie Maude Baxter 81 4 26 3 Mabel Alice Samsel 73 11 27 4 Ralph E.Belmore 79 8 21 4 Anna Cincotta 85 7 12 4 Irene G.DuBois 72 2 4 5 Dorothy A. White 59 9 27 6 Laura Harriet Ayer 85 10 Umberto Albert Cambareri 75 9 17 12 Mary E.Neagle 92 13 Bridget Mary O'Neil 86 4 17 13 Helen B. Topping 53 22 14 Clarence D. Edson 79 5 3 15 Mary E.Rice 99 7 28 16 Ivan Blanchard 85 2 16 Margaret E. Lariccia 60 1 8 16 Ernest Pessolano 72 1 16 17 Helen E. Fox 90 6 12 17 Florence B. Gass 75 11 27 20 Gladys Allen 70 6 18 20 Wilbert F. Hanson 52 5 12 20 Richard G. Sandron 78 19 23 Joseph Accolla 70 23 Rosetta Blaney 88 27 Ellen Nellie Theresa Hurton 81 8 24 28 Frank R. Murphy 81 9 21 28 Andrew J. Peabody 92 30 John R.Hull 48 30 G. Joseph Longo 84 30 Agnes Mary Morrison 64 7 27 31 Eleanor L.Lilly 62 6 29 April 6 Arlene J. Doherty 49 7 8 Antonio DiMinico 63 2 25 8 Blanche D. Sheaff 92 17 10 Emma W. Reed 98 3 23 10 Mary C. Watson 88 24 11 Justin J. Jaskun 96 11 Mabelle Sproul 63 6 23 13 John Galenius 75 11 14 13 Kathleen F. Wheeler 21 1 14 Samuel Burwen 88 18 15 Hilde Christopher 47 9 13 1 158 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Date Name Years Months Days 15 Rose Anne Figlia 21 2 10 15 George Jason Forster 2 23 15 Craig Russell Marson 5 8 18 16 Ellen Forster 22 10 21 18 Mary A. O'Leary 74 9 24 20 JohnD.Maloney 76 11 5 20 EllaU. McNally 85 8 19 21 Marie Louis Lamy 81 2 30 22 Elmer Raymond Carroll 57 1 25 22 AlpheeB. Huard 71 11 17 23 Sarkis Dakessian 9 23 Magdalena Hacian 90 2 26 24 Lisa Fitzgibbons 21 4 25 25 Catherine F. Maguire 63 9 11 25 Doris S. Randall 77 6 22 28 Anthony Nicholas Stamegna 78 5 16 29 Lillian Mancini 85 30 Minerva E . Locke 51 May 1 Iris Sherman 74 7 15 2 Arthur S. Crowe 78 8 18 3 Cornelius Carmody 64 8 23 3 Mildred Emma Hadley Eaton 89 10 28 4 Charles DeFederico 67 4 Vito Richard Fazio 67 16 5 Matilda E. Peterson 97 6 John Edgar Melanson 77 14 7 Mary Teresa Foley 85 15 7 Anna J. Harris 83 3 9 Henry J. O'Leary 84 6 10 Mary Jane Hakey 82 10 George Meade O'Neill 73 4 1 Clark Sylvester Quinlan 69 12 12 Grace Coccoro 75 26 12 AlmaL.Farrell 64 25 12 Alice R. Shoules 91 22 14 Frank Coughlin 68 14 Joseph Gallant 54 24 16 Mildred Josephine Linehan 68 8 22 John F.Brady 56 29 Catherine Cecilia McCarthy 75 June 1 William H. Littlewood 68 21 5 Francesca Cicciarella 78 10 27 5 Ethel Roby Fuller 79 9 20 6 Joseph L. Gibbs 69 4 17 8 RuthO.Cheyne 61 3 25 1 164th ANNUAL REPORT 159 Date Name Years Months Days 10 Agnes M . DeVries 56 10 23 14 Kenneth G. Shaw 78 1 12 17 Calla Olive Johnson 82 9 7 17 John J . Landers 49 12 22 Harrison L. Parker 86 5 8 24 Marion E . Rowe 77 9 1 25 Salvatore F. Lo Faro 78 29 William P. Lombard 85 10 29 30 Stanley Bryson 57 4 6 July 1 Michael Raduazzo 66 7 Glendeane E. Gibbs 84 6 27 9 Salvatore Caristo 73 5 26 1 Kimberly Allen lhr M 20min. 12 Edia Gearin 84 11 17 12 AngeloG.Lunt 26 2 21 12 John J. Raffael, Sr. 77 14 William Walsh 40 2 6 15 Charles Cubitoso 64 . 20 Jennifer E Freeman lhr., , 15min. 20 Charles Phillips 70 10 6 21 Thomas F. Duggan 64 11 6 22 Chester A. Johnston 91 3 1 22 Margaret F. McAuliffe 75 10 8 23 Kenneth E . Hemeon 69 7 1 23 Alice McShane 47 10 30 August 2 Benjamin Drinkwater 65 2 IdaA.Giardullo 90 3 20 3 Mary Margaret McCarthy 52 5 1 4 Elizabeth Daley 84 6 6 5 GirardO.Hibbard 79 1 5 Mary E . MacEnany 84 11 7 7 Paul J. Kenney 49 11 19 10 Muriel G . Dugmore 57 7 2 10 Winnie Turner 87 6 22 1 Melvin Joseph Gott 55 7 19 11 Simon C. Hyneman 85 6 5 12 Camilio Silvestri 82 17 Annie Doyle 78 20 Frank Edmund Robinson 91 6 2 Vivian I . Henderson 89 4 6 21 Frances E. LeDuc 68 10 17 2 Annie F . Malonson 82 9 10 22 Clarence L . Webster 75 9 4 24 Julia Benedetto 85 10 4 26 Catherine Caruso 87 160 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Date Name Years Months Days 28 William T. Murch 66 6 29 28 Edward Rose 87 28 William C. Slatting 56 1 24 29 AnnaM. Stone 84 30 John L. MacDonald 60 3 31 Carmelo Ieni 90 2 8 31 John Edward Smet 63 5 19 September 5 Eva M.Elliott 85 4 9 7 Pearl Gibson 75 2 7 Elsie Read 80 8 17 9 Katherine T. Dwyer 62 2 28 12 Frank W.Watson, Jr. 62 2 3 17 Dorothy R. Langley 56 2 1 19 Michael Joseph Sullivan 86 11 25 John Joseph Bohling 65 3 1 27 Richard J. Curley 62 8 25 27 James A. Hughes 64 10 27 OlavC. Arnesen 78 3 27 Jack D. Hamboyan 52 11 28 27 Mary Verrington 76 28 George Arthur Leach 79 11 14 30 Wesley S. Rutledge, Sr. 79 10 22 30 Margaret I. Yerrick 79 7 23 October 2 Helen F. Sederquest 88 4 14 4 Joseph Maurici 21 6 Ester C . Baker 94 4 21 6 A. Stanley North 84 3 13 7 Raymond Paul Cassidy 78 9 19 7 Miriam Leary 74 8 William J. Diegelman 84 1 25 8 AnnaM. Gilvey 89 2 2 10 Elvira Weadick 84 12 Saul Fisher 64 18 Joseph A. DeAngelis 63 7 25 19 Elizabeth Bean 88 27 20 Carmela DiTonno 82 6 18 24 Ruby Greenleaf 93 9 17 24 James Joseph Kelley 67 8 28 26 Henry Marsden 59 8 4 28 LeonR. Home 79 7 21 11 . 164th ANNUAL REPORT 161 Date Name Years Months Days November 1 Nora Clinton 69 11 2 4 Richard A. Monroe, Jr. 25 10 11 6 Baby Girl Andreottola 2 6 Owen Woods 85 7 Francis L. Hayes 76 9 Ann A. McGrail 88 3 22 10 Lawrence C. Willey 53 1 11 18 Albert A. French 82 3 12 18 OraE.Lovejoy 75 7 23 18 Herbert B. Magown 55 9 21 19 Helen F. Small 89 2 William T . MacAlpine 88 2 9 22 Ella May Nesbitt 86 6 2 22 Bertha Petrucci 67 24 Judith Ann Forlizzi 39 11 22 28 Grace Bunn 88 4 2 28 Louis J. Langlois 74 9 21 29 John Callahan 60 3 30 30 Helena Jesse 71 1 11 December 1 Arthur Alvin Akell 31 4 11 1 Johannes Hinsch 69 6 1 Ruth I. Stevenson 79 25 2 Ida Beatrice Furness 62 7 28 3 Edith W.Boody 60 8 29 3 William Ernest Gourley 80 3 14 4 Edith Ranlett 87 11 28 5 John K. Gordon 90 3 15 5 Madge L. Parker 84 10 1 7 Frank S. Dorini 61 7 Albert Edward Hanna 83 1 4 10 Lewis Day 75 5 27 10 Michael J. Sibelli 23 7 15 10 Grace S. Tetlow 68 12 Annie Grant 82 3 14 15 Gertrude E. Carroll 85 10 5 17 Mary Elizabeth Doane 79 18 17 George D. Hartenfels 77 1 3 18 Ada Leonie Fogg 74 9 9 21 Ernest M. Cherry 60 7 8 2 Henry Leonard Seander 67 5 9 22 Ethel M.Campbell 79 23 Katherine M. Landers 71 3 28 23 Royal E.Ormsby 76 10 22 29 James Francis Lawton 56 13 29 John M.Maxim 64 1 23 29 Lena L.Holland 87 11 4 30 Mary V.Leo 79 8 23 3 John Coleman , Jr 87 162 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Report of Town Treasurer To the Citizens of Wakefield: I herewith present my report for the year ending December 31, 1975: TRUST FUNDS The Trust Funds and income balances now in the hands of the Treasurer are as follows: Principal 1975 OLD CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS of Fund Income Flint Old Burial Ground Fund $2,000.00 $ 211.21 Levi Flanders Burial Lot Fund 100.00 12.73 Dr. John Hart Burial Lot Fund 200.00 28.14 Gad and Clarissa Chandler Carter Burial Lot Fund 200.00 27.54 Adams Coburn Burial Lot Fund 100.00 13.99 Ezra W. Eaton Burial Lot Fund 100.00 7.07 Rev. Thomas A. Emerson Old Cemetery Fund 1,000.00 108.24 Harry E. Haskell Old Cemetery Fund 100.00 14.11 Oliver Burial Lot Fund 50.00 6.42 Stimpson Family Burial Lot Fund 200.00 25.19 Clarissa E . Swain Burial Lot Fund 500.00 68.65 Elizabeth Stout Burial Lot Fund 300.00 33.46 C . Sweetser Burial Lot Fund 1,000.00 123.88 John Sweetser Old Cemetery Fund 200.00 28.15 Rev. Horace Eaton Burial Lot Fund 25.00 3.16 Jane K. Vinton Burial Lot Fund 50.00 6.20 Nathaniel Moses Old Cemetery Fund 200.00 24.02 James and Elizabeth Walton Perpetual Care Fund 100.00 12.62 M .P. Raynor Old Cemetery Fund 100.00 13.78 Elizabeth Green Cemetery Fun 125.00 11.56 LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS John Gould Aborn Library Fund 1,689.26 98.31 Cyrus G . Beebe Library Fund 2,000.00 116.38 Frederick Beebe Library Fund 1,000.00 58.17 Hiram Eaton Library Fund 1,000.00 58.20 Robert Parker Dolbeare Library Fund 500.00 29.10 Willard Donnell Library Fund 500.00 29.10 Milledge Elliot Library Fund 1,000.00 58.20 Rev. Thomas A. Emerson Library Fund 500.00 29.07 Flint Memorial Library Fund 1,000.00 58.17 Merrill W. Gove Library Fund 500.00 29.07 Melvin J. Hill Library Fund 500.00 29.10 Dr. Francis P. Hurd Library Fund 2,500.00 145.49 Franklin Poole Library Fund 500.00 29.07 Mary H. Pratt Library Fund 200.00 11.63 Ashton H . Thayer Library Fund 500.00 29.10 Cyrus Wakefield Library Fund 500.00 29.07 164th ANNUAL REPORT 163 Annie L. Cox Library Fund 2,000.00 116.40 Frank P. Wakefield Library Fund 1,000.00 65.99 PARK TRUST FUNDS Mary E. Aborn Park Fund 2,000.00 116.38 Sarah E. Bryant Park Fund 2,000.00 159.62 Nancy White Park Fund 1,000.00 58.17 Mary Lizzie Smith Fund for Care of Old Cannon on Common 100.00 8.50 George E. Cowdrey Park Fund 12,872.06 961.36 SCHOOL TRUST FUNDS Rev. Thomas A. Emerson High School Fund 1,000.00 190.70 Nancy White School Fund 500.00 77.70 Annie L. Cox Fund for Italian Students 5,000.00 390.36 Elizabeth F. Ingram Fund — Scholarship 1,500.00 207.71 Annie L. Cox Prize for Advancement in Design Fund 100.00 6.46 Grace C. Mansfield School Fund 1,000.00 59.19 VARIOUS TRUST FUNDS Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund 1,000.00 231.67 Willard Donnell Hospital Fund 7,791.99 704.64 Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Fund 10,000.00 919.96 C. Sweetser Guarantee Fund 552.00 443.55 George Edward Walker Fund 3,628.64 310.30 Willard Donnell Wakefield Co-operative Shares 2,000.00 82.26 FOREST GLADE CEMETERY Perpetual Care: Wakefield Savings Bank — Term Deposit 11,886.99 7,722.80 Wakefield Cooperative Bank — Paid up Shares 26,800.00 2,994.76 Wakefield Savings Bank — Special Notice Account 299.91 14.93 Wakefield Savings Bank — Term Investment Acct. 40,000.00 809.99 Wakefield Cooperative Bank — Annual 720.00 41.37 FINAL STATEMENT Maturing debt paid from January 1, 1975 to December 31, 1975 $1,265,000.00 Interest on Maturing Debt 349,690.00 During the fiscal year, July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977 the following loans will fall due and are to be included in the tax levy: School Loan 1,155,000.00 Sewers 160,000.00 164 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Library 20,000.00 $1,335,000.00 Water Bonds 10,000.00 Electric Bonds 65 ,000 .00 The following amounts will be required to meet the interest on the following: School Loan 280,315.00 Sewers 16,202.50 Library 1,680.00 Temporary Loans 25,000.00 323,197.50 Water Bonds 2,100.00 Electric 48,152.50 We are pleased to report the interest earned on investments 99,349.26 Respectfully submitted PAUL LAZZARO Town Treasurer 164th ANNUAL REPORT 165 Report of Contributory Retirement Board There were one hundred and sixty four pensioners or their beneficiaries receiving payment from the Contributory Retirement System during the year 1975. Fifteen pensioners received disability benefits, nine beneficiaries received accidental death benefits, twenty -five received survivor benefits and one hundred fifteen received superannuation retirement benefits. Seventy four of these pen- sioners were over seventy years of age and thirty -four were between sixty -five and seventy years of age. The total payments ammounted to $599,122.00 of which $544,954.08 was paid from the Pension Accumulation Fund and $54,167.92 was paid from the Annuity Reserve Fund. Employees' contributions to the Annuity Savings Fund amounted to $242,912.64 during the year 1975. WAKEFIELD CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM December 31, 1975 Investment Schedule U.S. Government Bonds $ 20,000.00 Utility Bonds 1,418,475.03 Telephone Bonds 578,621.85 International Bank Bonds 5 ,033 . 13 Inter-American Development Bank Bonds 9,942 . 77 Capital Notes 13,100.00 Industrial Bonds 19 1 , 283 . 39 TOTAL BONDS $2,236,456.17 "Investment Stocks $ 174,288.26 Cash-Checking Account 84,314.24 Savings Bank Deposits 444,868.88 Co-operative Banks 8,000.00 Accrued Interest on Bonds 44,335 .80 TOTAL $2,992,263.35 166 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD CZ6I SZ6I fr/61 £61 £Z6i £i6i 2Z6I Z16\ CO UJ li61 EEoz U6i <<-J 2 6961 *ZO< 6961 Q-QjZ< '-'-^^ CO CDO S 8961 uQ o 8961 4961 S96I S96I f 961 £961 £961 2961 2961 196 1961 0961 0961 6S6I 6S6I 8S6I 9661 £961 £961 Finance Report of TOWN ACCOUNTANT Receipts Payments Excess & Deficiency Statement of Appropriations Balance Sheet Indebtedness Statement Analysis of Light Dept. Account 168 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD 164th ANNUAL REPORT 169 TTTT irn iuuuumuv\vvvu\\vvvvvvv\u\v\\\\^u\uuv lO CD o o o o* EH"2 ssrsssssa^asassigmaiigrrsma ^ v^ ^ s G T no 0> g nTfA\\\\\\\\\\\V\NU vumuu\uvvvuv\\\mu\ in P en 00 en \\v\\u\\u\\v\\\\u\\uuv\\\ \\\v\\\u\'Trn <£> O N-'O *» O m u\\\u\u\um\\\\\q Z) H cc tD a. < .mmumuumurrrrt 8 s oood CO to k\U\\\\\\\l\\\UU\\UU\UU LU Q rV\\V\\UmUVUmV\\U\VVVT-rr 00 jhe i m l\\\\\\\\\\UUV\\\\UV\\VUV \\\\\\\ ^ cr> ASMJUU IV\U\\\UU\U\\\\\\\\V\\V\ \\\UU\ CO CT) Hi *t (D A luwuuuvumuvuvuuuv uuvuv K\\\\\\\\^v\vuvvv\uv\k\v\\u\uu\\\\n- 00 I rVVWYV CD e CD o o o o o o o 8 o O o o o Oj o 8H o O o 8 o o o o d o d o o o o o o o 8 y If) o if) Q lO s If) to fO CVJ CVJ — . 170 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Sixty-first Annual Report of the Town Accountant FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 1975 The total cash expenditure processed by the Town Accountant's Office amounted to $26,361,683.96. The total cash receipts amount to $24,389,580.56 which indicates the necessity for serious attention and consideration in this area of the Town's financial program. The operational and indebtedness cost of town services can be examined by the simple comparison with other immediately surrounding communities. This method of comparison brings the tax rate and valuation variables together in the formation of a comparative per -capita cost factor. June 30, 1975 1976 Per Per Per 1975 1975 Gross Tax Cap. Cap. Cap. Community Pop. Valuation Debt Rate Valuation Cost Debt WAKEFIELD 26,019 $ 81,834,240 $ 9,210,000 $138.00 $ 3,145.17 $434.03 $353.97 MELROSE 31,867 238,222,900 10,890,000 54.40 7,475.54 406.67 341.73 READING 23,860 185,352,225 14,659,000 57.50 7,771.58 446.87 614.63 STONEHAM 21,308 187,008,675 4,368,000 50.80 8,776.45 445.84 204.99 NATICK 31,055 194,563,200 6,657,000 71.50 6,265.12 447.96 214.36 NEEDHAM 30,728 321,944,655 4,762,000 51.00 10,477.24 534.34 154.97 DEDHAM 26,827 256,145,250 7,863,000 46.80 9,548.04 446.85 293.10 The growth of the town in population and valuation is directly related to increased operational cost. The creation of non-existent facilities in areas of the town that have heretofore been undeveloped and apart from the service arterials have required increased capital expenditures in an era of high construction costs The records of the Treasurer have been examined and found to be in agreement with the Accountant's balances. The operating cash balance as of June 30, 1975 is as follows: Revenue Cash $714,221.82 Non Revenue Cash 42,087.11 Revenue Sharing Cash 15,352.42 TOTAL $771,661.35 Trust Funds have been checked by examination of Securities, Savings Bank Accounts, and Deposit Books. Funds of the Contributory Retirement System have been verified by examination of Bank Books, Securities and Checking Account. Balance was in agreement with the Accountant's balance. Funds are invested as follows: 164th ANNUAL REPORT 171 Savings Bank $194,868.88 Co -Operative Bank 8,000.00 * Investment Stocks 166,489.50 Public Utility Bonds 934,450.03 Telephone Bonds 578,621.85 Certificates of Deposit 250,000.00 Industrial Bonds 191,283.39 Capital Notes 13,100.00 United States Treasury Bonds 20,000.00 Inter-American Development Bank Bonds 9,942.77 International Bank & Reconstruction and Development Bonds 5,033.13 Shawmut Melrose -Wakefield Trust Company Checking Account 116,282.90 Checks Outstanding 42,336.78 TOTAL $2,530,409.23 * Subject to Adjustment All cancelled, permanent and temporary loans paid during the year by the Treasurer have been examined and found to be as reported. john j. McCarthy Town Accountant 172 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD RECEIPTS For the Period 7-1-74/6-30-75 Taxes — Current Period: Real Estate 9,486,587.86 Personal Property 454,564.85 $ 9,941,152.71 Taxes — Prior Years: Real Estate 246,548.87 Personal Property 1,181.25 $ 247,730.12 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Year 1975 281,883.12 Year 1974 786,797.10 Year 1973 60,319.45 Year 1972 994.23 Year 1971 548.08 $ 1,130,541.98 Grants from the Federal Government: Federal Revenue Sharing 491,863.00 National Defense Education Act — Title III 1,013.16 National Defense Education Act - P. L. 874 42,802.00 Federal Aid to Education P.L. 89-10 Title I 17,483.50 Federal Aid to Education P.L. 89-10 Title II 113.72 P.L. 92-318 Construction 62,816.00 Total Grants from the Federal Government $ 616,091.38 Grants from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Loss of Taxes 140,992.18 Anti -Trust Suits 3,011.81 Lottery -Local Aid 158,969.37 $ 302,973.36 Veterans' Services — Recipients $ 50,112.00 Department of Public Works: Highway Fund 143,404.54 Water Pollution Control 1,814.00 $ 145,218.54 164th ANNUAL REPORT 173 Library Department: Free Aid to Public Libraries $ 9,525.75 School Department: School Lunch Program 112,610.61 Vocational School — Tuition Fees 6,158.00 Transportation 496.00 Maintenance Expense 144,056.00 School Construction 948,769.34 METCO Program 27,045.00 80% of Sales and Use Tax and Massachusetts School Fund Distribution: School Transportation 125,253.48 School Tuition-State Wards 20,410.44 Special Education Program 248,558.00 School Aid-Chapter 70 786,853.32 Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School District 73,413.22 $ 2,493,623.41 Total Grants from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: $ 3,001 ,453.06 Grants from Middlesex County: Dog Licenses from County 3 ,054 . 77 Chapter 90-Maintenance 2,000.00 Total Grants from Middlesex County $ 5 ,054 . 77 Gifts: Trees — Hart's Hardware $ 808.00 Licenses and Permits: Liquor Package Goods Stores 6,250.00 Inn Holders Licenses 7,500.00 Liquor Club Licenses 1,500.00 Selectmen's Department 2,704.00 Marriage Licenses 1,016.00 Police Department 2,222.50 Building Inspector 8,152.00 Wire Inspector 2,404.50 Plumbing Inspector 1,552.00 Gas Inspector 897.00 Sealer of Weights & Measures 636.45 Board of Health 525.50 $ 35,359.95 174 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Fines and Fees: Court Fines 26,018.05 Library Fines 2,645.49 $ 28,663.54 General Revenue: Tax Title 4,315.76 Interest and Costs 813.06 Sale of Tax Possessions 2,600.00 Proforma Taxes 50.25 Guarantee Deposit of Successful Bidders 50,400.00 Lease of Town Owned Land 200.00 $ 58,379.07 Assessments: Sidewalks & Streets -Apportioned 16,250.53 Sidewalks & Streets -Unapportioned 3,267.38 Sidewalks & Streets -Paid in Advance 3,235.18 Sewers — Apportioned 23,222.80 Sewers -Unapportioned 9,376.05 Sewers -Paid in Advance 7,695.89 Water-Apportioned 222.02 Water-Unapportioned 429.60 Water-Paid in Advance 220.27 $ 63,919.72 General Government: Income on Treasury Bills 53,149.82 Income on Time Deposits 120,734.40 Income on Repurchase Agreements 31,138.32 Income on Federal Revenue Sharing Funds Invested in Time Deposits 39,338.12 Invested in Treasury Bills 1,535.55 Invested in Repurchase Agreements 1,252.52 Collector's Department 5,857.00 Town Clerk -Various Fees 4,083.10 Sale of Street Lists 690.50 Planning Board 109.50 Board of Appeals 1,330.00 $ 259,218.83 Protection of Persons and Property: Police Department 4,889.25 Dog Officer-Sale of Dogs 63.00 4,952.25 164th ANNUAL REPORT 175 Recoveries: Health Department 307.18 School Department 1,631.30 Veterans' Department 123.00 Various Departments 8,986.24 $ 11,047.72 Department of Public Works: Various Public Works Receipts 402.00 Uniform Payments 1,944.35 $ 2,346.35 Park & Forestry Division: Various Receipts 585.00 Boat Ramp Permits 3,786.00 $ 4,371.00 Sewer Division: Sewer Connections 40,426.65 Sewer Maintenance 1,230.20 $ 41,656.85 Water Division: Water Rates 424,297.21 Water Services 6,042.52 Water Turn-ons 105.00 Water Liens 29,900.58 Rental of Water Dept. Property 1,800.00 Various Water Receipts 1,022.79 $ 463,168.10 Highway Division: . Various Highway Receipts 1,356.39 Cemetery Division: Sale of Lots 17,235.00 Perpetual Care 16,085.00 Various Cemetery Receipts 16,274.01 $ 49,594.01 Light Department: Sale of Gas 837,063.44 Sale of Electricity 4,494,331.81 Various Light Receipts 34,135.11 $ 5,365,530.36 176 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD School Department: School Lunch 195,741.73 School Athletic Association 18,125.34 Tuitions -Cities & Towns 6,620.17 Tuitions -Summer School 8,985.06 Tuitions -Adult Education 5,611.50 Various School Receipts 15,180.61 Various Library Receipts 308,56 $ 250,572.97 Recreation Commission: Various Receipts 2,062.29 $ 2,062.29 Youth Activities Commission: Various Receipts 479.43 $ 479.43 Interest: Interest on Taxes 18,951.36 Interest on Deferred Assessments 14,110.85 $ 33,062.21 Brest on Trust Funds: Forest Glade Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 11,416.64 Old Cemetery Trust Funds 30.00 Park Trust Funds 1,403.51 Library Trust Funds 12,417.98 School Trust Funds 470.00 Various Trust Funds 1,320.59 $ 27,058.72 Maturing Debt and Interest: School Building Loan for Loss in Defunct Bank $ 89,000.00 Agency: Federal Tax Deductions 1,524,807.27 State Tax Deductions 416,555.90 Blue Cross Payroll Deductions 137,225.83 Blue Cross -Pension 32 -B 21,806.73 Blue Cross-Optional Medicare Extension Program 5,450.28 Blue Cross-CETA Program 554.71 Life Insurance Payroll Deductions 6,230.96 Life Insurance-Pension 32-B 662.14 Life Insurance-CETA Program 6.86 Union Dues — Fire Department 2,185.00 Union Dues — School Custodians 1,962.30 Union Dues — Public Works 5,188.50 164th ANNUAL REPORT 177 Union Dues — Town Clerical Union 1,619.06 Union Dues — School Clerical Union 754.65 Union Dues — Wakefield Teachers Association 35,573.15 Teachers Retirement Deductions 221,753.22 Teachers Tax Sheltered Annuity Program 66,967.83 Massachusetts Teachers Association Credit Union 8,626.68 Wakefield Town Employees Federal Credit Union 111,145.30 Fire Department — Special Details 826.36 Police Department — Special Details 17,439.25 Custodians — Special Details 324.36 Dog Licenses Collected for County 4,834.15 Sporting Licenses Collected for State 7,745.50 $ 2,600,245.99 Refunds: General Government 1,619.90 Public Safety 446.20 Veterans' Benefits 5,337.00 School Department 4,737.36 Library 74.03 Unclassified 30,126.19 Gas and Electric 472.47 Public Works 319.35 Group Insurance 1,921.19 Retirement 7,509.10 Petty Cash Returns 2,140.00 $ 54,702.79 Total Receipts for Period, 7-1-74/6-30-75 $24,389,580.56 Cash on Hand, July 1 , 1974 $ 718,833.76 Investments: ' Revenue Cash Invested in: Time Deposits 3,505,000.00 Treasury Bills 17,276,152.86 Repurchase Agreements 20,350,000.00 $41,131,152.86 Non-Revenue Cash Invested in: Time Deposits 10,132,185.88 Treasury Bills 2,229,700.08 $12,361,885.96 178 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Federal Revenue Sharing Cash Invested: Time Deposits 3,807,023.12 Treasury Bills 399,254.39 Repurchase Agreements 1 , 150,000.00 $ 5,356,277.51 $58,849,316.33 Total Receipts and General Cash Investments $83,957,730.65 PAYMENTS Expenditures for July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total GENERAL GOVERNMENT Selectmen's Department Personal Services: Elective Officials 1,500.00 Permanent 24,108.85 25,608.85 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 134.01 Books, Periodicals & Subscriptions 67.47 Automotive Supplies 186.83 Gasoline, Oil, Lubrication 165.82 554.13 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 5,536.50 Postage 174.24 Telephone 2,422.00 Advertising 3,139.37 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 2.75 Repair & Maintenance -Office Equipment 49.50 Not Otherwise Classified 257.84 11,582.20 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 468.00 Not Otherwise Classified 81.00 549.00 164th ANNUAL REPORT 179 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Capital Outlay Typewriter 648.00 648.00 Total 38,942.18 Special Articles 1974 Lease -Center Street parking Area 2,639.80 1974 Lease-North Avenue Parking Area 12.00 Bicentennial Celebration 61.74 2,713.54 Selectmen's Department — Total Expenditures3 $ 41,655.72 Selectmen's — Election Costs Personal Services Permanent 4,636.52 4,636.52 Contractual Services Custodial Services 2,832.44 Meals 360.50 Not Otherwise Classified 375.00 3,567.94 Selectmen's — Election Costs Total Expenditures $ 8,204.46 Accounting Department Personal Services Permanent 75,754.56 75,754.56 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 894.27 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 123.04 Books, Periodicals and subscriptions 163.99 Gasoline, Oil, Lubrication 183.97 Not Otherwise Classified 228.47 1,593.74 180 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 291.00 Postage 1,276.74 Binding and Book Repairs 29.25 Professional Services 6,325.00 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 551.81 Hired Equipment 95.00 Repair and Maintenance — Auto 102.02 Repair and Maintenance — Office Furniture 1,003.10 Not Otherwise Classified 79.50 9,753.42 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 136.62 136.62 Capital Outlay Furniture and Fixtures 581.25 Office Equipment 1,563.50 2,144.75 Total 89,383.09 Special Articles Computerization Program 1,134.02 1,134.02 Accounting Department — Total Expenditures $ 90,517.11 Data Processing Department Personal Services Permanent 13,503.65 13,503.65 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 5.94 Books, Periodicals, Subscript;ions 24.39 30.33 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 407.03 Professional Services 15,013.00 164th ANNUAL REPORT 181 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 362.43 Hired Equipment 1,737.00 Tuition 150.00 Not Otherwise Classified 132.15 17,801.61 Capital Outlay Furniture and Fixtures 450.00 450.00 Data Processing Department — Total Expenditures $ 31,785.59 Treasurer's Department Personal Services Permanent 23,400.98 Elective Officials 7,400.00 30,800.98 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 359.51 Books, Periodicals, Subscriptions 38.00 397.51 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 2,734.22 Postage 347.80 Telephone 917.95 Auto Allowance 600.00 Professional Services 1,904.05 Travel -Inside the Commonwealth 348.32 Cleaning and Sanitary Services 155.00 Hired Equipment 653.68 Repair and Maintenance — Furniture Office 377.55 8,038.57 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 117.50 Rental and Storage 40.00 157.50 Capital Outlay Office Equipment 338.25 182 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Furniture and Fixtures 364.00 702.25 Out of State Travel 156.95 156.95 Tax Titles 760.00 760.00 Treasurer's Department — Total Expenditures $ 41,013.76 Collector's Department Personal Services Permanent 28,017.48 Elective Officials 10,000.00 38,017.48 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 235.04 Printing and Reproducing 14.96 250.00 bractual Services Printing and Stationery 806.20 Postage 3,728.80 Telephone 482.15 Advertising 69.38 Binding and Book Repairs 82.50 Professional Services 25.00 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 520.08 Repair and Maintenance — Office Furniture 146.39 Not Otherwise Classified 14.50 5,875.00 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 22.50 22.50 Collector's Department — Total Expenditures $ 44,164.98 164th ANNUAL REPORT 183 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Assessor's Department Personal Services Permanent 39,693.43 Elective Officials 4,002.00 43,695.43 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 192.85 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 168.44 361.29 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 197.50 Postage 151.84 Telephone 602.79 Auto Allowance 1,000.00 Professional Services 3,502.17 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 1,477.50 Repair and Maintenance -- Office Furniture 82.25 Tuition 157.00 Not Otherwise Classified 172.05 7,343.10 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 234.50 234.50 Capital Outlay Office Equipment 439.00 Furniture and Fixtures 52.00 491.00 Out of State Travel 247.80 247.80 Assessor's Department — Total Expenditures $ 52,373.12 Legal Department Personal Services Permanent 26,367.00 26,367.00 184 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 137.88 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 13.50 Books, Periodicals, Subscriptions 592.50 743. 8g Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 25.00 Postage 101.40 Telephone 419.90 Auto Allowance 85.20 Professional Services 8,636.30 Cleaning and Sanitary Services 18.00 Hired Equipment 653.75 Repair and Maintenance — Office Equipment 49.50 Not Otherwise Classified 62.87 10,051.92 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 127.00 127.00 Capital Outlay Furniture and Fixtures 345.00 345.00 Legal Damages 8,229.47 8,229.47 Legal Department — Total Expenditures $ 45,864.27 Town Clerk's Department Personal Services Permanent 14,117.80 Elected Officials 9,200.00 23,317.80 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 182.27 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 40.19 Books, Periodicals and Subscriptions 10.00 232.46 164th ANNUAL REPORT 185 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 2,516.13 Postage 30.00 Telephone 434.79 Advertising 582.39 Binding and Book Repair 290.00 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 407.15 Repair and Maintenance —• Office Equipment 16.02 Repair and Maintenance — Office Furniture 78.15 4,354.63 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 70.00 70.00 Capital Outlay Office Equipment 250.31 Furniture and Fixtures 72.26 322.57 1975 State Census 1,056.34 1,056.34 Town Clerk's Department — Total Expenditures $ 29,353.80 Election and Registration Personal Services Salaries of Board 600.00 Clerk of Board 750.00 Permanent 758.92 Temporary 5,500.00 7,608.92 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 47.04 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 1.19 48.23 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 459.07 Department Reports 1,895.50 Advertising 18.00 186 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Auto Allowance 300.00 Professional Services 2,602.19 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 137.71 Not Otherwise Classified 25.00 5,437.47 Capital Outlay Furniture and Fixtures 149.72 149.72 Election and Registration — Total Expenditures $ 13,244.34 Planning Board Personal Services Permanent 3,824.96 3,824.96 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 18.65 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 1.12 19.77 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 9.40 Postage 20.00 Advertising 719.77 Not Otherwise Classified 9.50 758.67 Sundry Charges 93.00 93.00 Capital Outlay Furniture and Fixtures 21.90 21.90 Planning Board — Total Expenditures $ 4,718.30 164th ANNUAL REPORT 187 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Finance Committee Personal Services Permanent 7,390.00 7,390.00 Materials and Supplies, Contractual Services, and Sundry Charges 6,584.00 6,584.00 Finance Committee — Total Expenditures $ 13,974.00 Board of Appeals $ 1,307.42 Personnel Board Personal Services Permanent 1,034.22 1,034.22 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 4.78 4.78 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 175.00 Postage 20.00 Professional Services 1 , 505 . 00 Repair and Maintenance — Office Equipment 23.00 1,723.00 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 35.00 35.00 Personnel Board — Total Expenditures $ 2,797.00 GENERAL GOVERNMENT - Total Expenditures $ 420,973.87 188 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department Personal Services Permanent 303,411.10 Temporary 81,156.89 Overtime 22,389.28 Other Leave 44,638.33 Educational Incentive Inc 3,816.00 455,411.60 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 547.88 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 704.74 Books, Periodicals and Subscriptions 214.63 Automotive Supplies 106.41 Gasoline, Oil, Lubricants 9.776.53 Tires, Tubes, and Chains 1,026.59 Small Tools and Equipment 88.02 Educational Supplies 1,047.20 Medical Supplies 66.50 Public Safety Supplies 778.85 Uniforms 12,459.81 Not Otherwise Classified 72.32 26,889.48 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 878.91 Postage 672.00 Telephone 4,510.84 Professional Services 408.70 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 335.17 Cleaning and Sanitary Services 2.50 Hired Equipment 597.00 Repair and Maintenance — Automotive 8,093.36 Repair and Maintenance — Tools & Equipment 219.04 Repair and Maintenance — Office Equipment 290.07 Tuition 2,602.75 Not Otherwise Classified 351.84 18,962.18 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 98.00 Surgical and Dental Services 407.65 Hospital 314.51 820.16 164th ANNUAL REPORT 189 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Capital Outlay Automotive 6,202.00 6,202.00 Travel-Outside the Commonwealth 202.65 202.65 Total 508,488.07 Special Articles 1974 Indemnification of Officers 5,742.90 1974 Indemnification of Officers 7,966.64 13,709.54 Police Department — Total Expenditures $ 522,197.61 'ire Department Personal Services Permanent 274,276.28 Call Men 875.00 Clerical 2,892.56 Holiday 11,276.40 Substitution — Regular or Call 20,837.16 Other Leaves 8,760.80 318,918.20 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 244.53 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 63.82 Books, Periodicals and Subscriptions 161.00 Electrical Supplies 55.22 Hardware Buildings 99.13 Painting Supplies 74.14 Lumber and Wood Products 16.44 Equipment Supplies 300.72 Automotive Supplies 1,012.13 Gasoline, Oil, and Lubricantsi 2,976.92 Tires, Tubes, and Chains 591.93 Small Tools and Equipment 64.62 Educational Supplies 253.11 Medical Supplies 30.10 Fire Prevention 2,416.82 190 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Uniforms 7,610.79 Not Otherwise Classified 317.84 16,289.26 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 340 .07 Postage 25.00 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 108.00 Telephone 1,810.26 Cleaning and Sanitary Services 996.09 Repair and Maintenance — Automotive 1 , 583 .47 Repair and Maintenance — Tools and Equipment 74.60 Repair and Maintenance — Furniture & Office Equipment 49.50 Tuition 404.00 Contractual Services not Classified 2 , 920 . 89 8,311.88 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 136.00 Medical, Surgical, Dental Services 438.75 Hospital Services 241.12 815.87 Capital Outlay Automotive 49,121.75 Public Safety 3,176.65 52,298.40 Out of State Travel 100.00 100.00 Fire Department — Total Expenditures $ 396,733.61 Civil Defense Personal Services Permanent 2,954.11 2,954.11 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 29.25 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 19.86 164th ANNUAL REPORT 191 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Automotive Supplies 145.77 Gasoline, Oil, and Lub 374.90 Tires, Tubes, and Chains 24.00 Medical and Dental Supplies 35.80 Public Safety Supplies — Police 527.95 Public Safety Supplies — Fire 406.24 Uniforms (Police) 905.75 Uniforms (Fire) 245.40 2,714.95 Contractual Services Postage 20.00 Telephone 258.00 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 100.00 Repair and Maintenance — Automotive 156.19 Repair and Maintenance — Tools & Equipment 115.05 Repair and Maintenance — Office Furniture 40.00 689.24 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 15.00 15.00 Capital Outlay Communications 403.04 403.04 Civil Defense — Total Expenditures 6,776.31 Building Inspector's Department Personal Services Permanent 31,285.69 31,285.69 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 301.72 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 29.47 Books, Periodicals and Subscriptions 21.50 Auto Supplies 27.41 Gasoline, Oil, and Lub 212.69 592.79 192 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 328.01 Postage 60.00 Telephone 421.47 Auto Allowance 600.00 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 130.24 Repair and Maintenance -- Automotive 17.75 Repair and Maintenance -- Office Furniture 43.57 Not Otherwise Classified 1,100.00 2,701.04 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 40.00 40.00 Capital Outlay Office Equipment 196.90 Furniture and Fixtures 449.00 645.90 Building Inspector's Department — Total Expenditures $ 35,265.42 Animal Inspector's Department Personal Services Permanent 8,077.35 8.077.35 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 40.89 Small Tools and Implements 84.73 Food and Groceries 128.81 254.43 Contractual Services Telephone 762.63 Auto Allowance 999.96 Professional Services 36.00 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 7.00 Not Otherwise Classified 60.41 1,866.00 164th ANNUAL REPORT 193 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Capital Outlay Not Otherwise Classified 1,917.17 1,917.17 Animal Inspector's Department — Total Expenditures $ 12,114.95 Consumer Protection Department Personal Services Permanent 4,122.00 4,122.00 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 97.57 Small Tools and Implements 15.39 112.96 Contractual Services Auto Allowance 325.00 325.00 Consumer Protection Department — Total Expenditures $ 4,559.96 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY - Total Ex- penditures $ 977,647.86 HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department Personal Services Elective Officials 414.00 Permanent 25,619.50 26,033.50 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 112.77 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 35.42 Medical and Dental Supplies 506.85 655.04 194 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 193.55 Postage 254.30 Telephone 409.88 Advertising 15.00 Auto Allowance 600.00 Professional Services 674.00 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 37.15 Repair and Maintenance -- Office Furniture 24.35 Not Otherwise Classified 100.00 2,308.23 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 50.00 50.00 Capital Outlay Furniture and Fixtures 166.42 166.42 Total 29,213.19 Special Articles 1974 Association for the Retarded 4,000.00 1974 Mental Health Out-Patient 26,048.00 1974 Mosquito Control 21,280.00 1974 735 Drug Program 32,026.07 1973 Mosquito Control 2,254.02 85,608.09 HEALTH AND SANITATION DEPARTMENT Total Ex- penditures $ 114,821.28 PUBLIC WORKS Personal Services Administration Permanent 74,209.74 Overtime 3.45 Other Leave 9,429.06 83,642.25 164th ANNUAL REPORT 195 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Engineering Division Permanent 79,136.27 Temporary 3,427.25 Overtime 2,038.29 Other Leave 8,111.83 92,713.64 Garage Division Permanent 46,785.26 Overtime 3,705.69 Other Leave 6,806.61 57,297.56 Buildings Division Permanent 31,053.12 Temporary 198.00 Overtime 1,796.14 Other Leave 4,905.86 37,953.12 Forestry & Park Division Permanent 113,658.94 Temporary 14,432.18 Snow Removal 310.30 Overtime 2,151.06 Other Leave 14,126.71 144,679.19 Cemetery Division Permanent 36,930.06 Snow Removal 110.88 Temporary 5,387.52 Overtime 4,628.44 Other Leave 5,004.41 52,061.31 Sewer Division Permanent 63,807.80 Temporary 2,069.83 Overtime 8,171.57 Other Leave 11,339.06 85,388.26 196 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Highway Division Permanent 269,437.86 Snow Removal 4,578.78 Temporary 8,707.79 Overtime 28,102.78 Other Leave 39,443.45 350,270.66 Public Works Personal Services — Total Expenditures (Exclusive of Water Division) $ 904,005.99 Public Works Department Materials and Supplies Administration Office Supplies 567.69 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 220 . 73 Not Otherwise Classified 49.33 837.75 Engineering Division Printing and Reproducing Supplies 225.47 Field Supplies 257.28 Not Otherwise Classified 68.73 551.48 Garage Division Equipment Supplies 11,720.86 Automotive Supplies 7,033.67 Gasoline, Oil, Lubricants 24,192.74 Tires, Tubes, Chains 8,481.18 Small Tools & Implements 1,010.80 Not Otherwise Classified 1,524.24 53,963,49 Buildings Division Custodial Supplies 2 , 620 . 39 Electrical Supplies 1,552.20 Fuel 18,551.32 Hardware 774.88 Painting Supplies 1,017.48 Plumbing Supplies 349.89 164th ANNUAL REPORT 197 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Lumber Supplies 5,620.51 Not Otherwise Classified 878.62 31,365.29 Forestry & Park Division Paint Supplies 615.51 Clay, Loam, Sand 1,038.84 Agricultural & Horticultural Supplies 6,406.48 Small Tools & Equipment 1,748.83 Chemicals 565.00 Recreation Supplies 1,076.18 Clothing and Uniforms 550.83 Not Otherwise Classified 1,968.53 13,970.20 Cemetery Division Sand, Gravel, Loam 450.00 Concrete Foundations 258.91 Agricultural & Horticultural Supplies 713.50 Small Tools 547.20 Sectional Vaults 2,932.00 Clothing and Uniforms 152.71 Not Otherwise Classified 333.19 5,387.51 Sewer Division Masonry Supplies 595.03 Iron Castings 1,832.66 Equipment Supplies 3,905.59 • Small Tools & Equipment 285.48 Chemicals 2,954.44 Sewer Pipe & Fittings 908.87 Clothing 347.54 Not Otherwise Classified 625.49 11,455.10 Highway Division Street Signs 2,534.05 Drainage 4,070.68 Repairs to Sidewalks 9,265.75 Patching 10,797.89 Broom Refills 1,537.13 Small Tools 2,333.47 198 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Clothing 1,333.72 Not Otherwise Classified 1,370.61 33,243.30 Public Works Materials and Supplies — Total Expenditures (Exclusive of Water Department) $ 150,774. 12 Public Works Department Contractual Services Administration Printing and Stationery 177.82 Postage 25.51 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 360.26 Repairs and Maintenance — Office Equipment 219.35 Not Otherwise Classified 130.65 913.59 Engineering Division Instrument Repairs 28.50 Not Otherwise Classified 311.75 340.25 Garage Division Repair and Maintenance — Automotive 3,647.39 Repair and Maintenance — Tools & Equipment 2,476.87 Not Otherwise Classified 37.19 6,161.45 Building Division Telephone 4,320.00 Light 15,581.82 Car Allowance 250.00 Cleaning and Sanitary Services 434.81 Repair and Maintenance — Building & Structures 9,839.68 Not Otherwise Classified 406.06 30,832.37 Forestry & Park Division Advertising 382.01 Professional Services 11,787.13 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 200.00 164th ANNUAL REPORT 199 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Rentals 4,879.28 Not Otherwise Classified 827.89 18,076.31 Cemetery Division Rentals 90.00 Deeds 91.00 Not Otherwise Classified 119.08 300.08 Sewer Division Light, Heat, Power 11,985.28 Professional Services 3,412.50 Hired Equipment 5,155.01 Repair and Maintenance — Tools & Equipment 7,775.75 Not Otherwise Classified 13.13 28,341.67 Highway Division Advertising 264.46 Professional Services 580.00 Cleaning and Sanitary Services 3,416.80 Refuse Collection 4,177.52 Radio Service 590.45 Repair and Maintenance — Highway 56,620.77 Not Otherwise Classified 1,553,42 67,203.42 Public Works Contractual Services — Total Expenditures (Exclusive of Water Division) $ 152,169.14 Public Works Department Sundry Charges Administration Not Otherwise Classified 855.63 Engineering Division Not Otherwise Classified 20.00 Garage Division Not Otherwise Classified 21.56 Forestry & Park Division Not Otherwise Classified 61.75 Cemetery Division Not Otherwise Classified 38.25 200 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Sewer Division Not Otherwise Classified 30 .00 Highway Division Not Otherwise Classified 45 .00 1,072,19 Public Works Sundry Charges — Total Expenditures (Excluding Water Division) $ 1,072.19 Public Works Department Capital Outlay Administration Four Drawer File Cabinet 140 .00 Secretarial Chair 70 . 00 210.00 Engineering Division Engineer's Level 683.75 683.75 Garage Division Automotive Test Equipment 3,496.80 4 Ten Ton Safety Stands 392.00 3 Ton Chain Fall, w -track 1,990.00 5,878.80 Building Division Air Conditioner 269.00 Tile Floors — Fire Department 245.00 Painting — Fire Station 636.83 1,150.83 Forestry & Park Division Two Way Radio 997.00 Chain Link Fencing 2,369.74 Seal Tennis Courts 1,162.70 2 Power Saws 577.45 5,106.89 164th ANNUAL REPORT 201 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Cemetery Division Replace 1967 4 Wheel Drive Pickup 3,856.25 New 4 Wheel Drive Pick up Truck 7,030.94 Development of Lots and Graves 817.75 11,704.94 Highway Division Typewriter 293.25 Sander 3,671.00 3,964.25 Public Works Capital Outlay — Total Expenditures (Exclusive of Water Division) $ 28,699.46 Public Works Department Water Division Personal Services Permanent 181,396.70 Snow Removal 1,432.38 Temporary 5,486.64 Overtime 14,873.87 Other Leave 23,368.51 226,558.10 Materials & Supplies Office Supplies 348.04 Custodial Supplies 192.37 Paint 72.71 Fuel 4,681.38 Gravel, Loam, & Sand 897.28 Patching 7,371.72 Equipment Supplies 4,239.72 Automotive Supplies 1,468.32 Gasoline, Oil, Lubricants 4,482.70 Tires and Tubes 1,261.97 Tools & Oxygen 2,459.97 Water Pipes & Fittings 19,693.07 Chemicals 3,000.58 Meter and Meter Parts 13,882.21 Clothing 350.53 Not Otherwise Classified 2,329.61 66,822.18 202 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Contractual Services: Office Supplies 1,141.43 Postage 909.69 CR Telephone 6,502.19 Power 39,670.70 Purchased Water 224.35 Advertising 88.75 Supervision, Leak Survey 2,175.00 Cleaning and Sanitary Services 733.45 Rentals 16,625.31 Repair and Maintenance — Automotive 38.83 Equipment Rentals 2,536.79 Building Repairs 1,935.87 Meter Repairs & Two Way Radio 595.88 Office Equipment Repairs 783.00 Not Otherwise Classified 307.50 72,449.36 Sundry Charges Not Otherwise Classified 2,934.47 2,934.47 Capital Outlay Replace 1969 Station Wagon 3,246.03 Replace 1967 Pickup Truck 4,643.18 Emergency Generator 1,027.26 Replace Portable Compressor 11,870.00 Postage Machine 1,341.06 Machine Shop Equipment 4,811.11 Typewriter 468.25 Cleaning & Painting Green St. Standpipe 4,400.00 31,806.89 Public Works Water Division — Total Expenditures $ 400,571 .00 Sewer Connections 22 , 192 .33 22,192.33 Out of State Travel 491.73 491.73 164th ANNUAL REPORT 203 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Snow & Ice Account 19,671.59 97,453.10 117,124.69 Total $ 139,808.75 Public Works Department Special Articles: Gifts Flowering Trees for Floral Way 1905 — Club 300.00 Main & Water Streets Trees — Hart's Hardware 396.00 1972 Repurchase of Lots Forest Glade Cemetery 30.00 1972 Construction & Reconstruction Sidewalks & Curbs 2.50 1973 Repairs /Renovations of Lafayette Building 3,463.50 1973 Construction/Reconstruction Fencing & Guardrails 269.47 1973 Demolition of Wood Buildings — Broadway 35.76 1973 Reconstruction of Tennis Court Surface — Moulton Field 123.67 1973 Drainage Yeuell Playground 506.48 1973 Disposal of Rubbish & Refuse 15, 124.99 1973 Lay/Relay Water Mains 1,332.02 1973 Construction /Reconstruction Sidewalks & Curbs 6,636.05 1973 Construction of Storm Drains 27,308.40 1973 Sewer Construction 4,655.42 1974 Relocation Intersection Cedar & Prospect 25,366.57 1974 Construction /Reconstruction Sidewalks & Curbs 8,008.31 1974 Curb Replacement Program 24,685.45 1974 Replace/Repair Cement Concrete Sidewalks 19,933.55 1974 Disposal Rubbish & Refuse 140,074.97 1974 Lay /Relay Water Mains 13,139.66 11,440.59 24,580.25 1974 Construction of Storm Drains 13,679.24 1974 Sewer Construction 106,959.03 1974 Sewerage Engineering Study 26,958.93 1974 Water Supply Engineering Study 35,861.31 1974 Relocate/Reconstruct Mapleway Tennis Courts 24,010.59 1974 CETA 3,064.61 1974 Fencing and Walk Resurfacing — Common 2,354.20 1974 Paving Parking Area — Moulton Field 4,703.49 1974 Install Fencing at Various Playgrounds 2,060.00 1974 Ramp Construction — Lafayette Building 1,882.43 Public Works Special Articles — Total Expenditures $ 524,367. 19 PUBLIC WORKS - Total Expenditures $ 2,301,467.84 204 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total VETERANS BENEFITS DEPARTMENT Veteran's Department Personal Services Permanent 14,772.40 14,772.40 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 125.00 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 100.00 Books, Periodicals and Subscriptions 15.00 240.00 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 197.54 Postage 125.00 Telephone 437.14 Auto Allowance 350.00 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 334.90 Repair and Maintenance — Office Furniture 50.50 1,495.08 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 35.00 35.00 Recipients 112,547.09 Care of Veteran's Graves 179.00 VETERAN'S BENEFITS DEPARTMENT - Total Ex- penditures $ 129,268.57 EDUCATION School Department Personal Services Permanent 5,289,025.52 Temporary 70,977.86 Overtime 47,396.66 Materials & Supplies, Contractual Services , and Sundry Charges 87,913.43 5,495,313.47 164th ANNUAL REPORT 205 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 6,818.87 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 4,510.60 Books, Periodicals and Subscriptions 106,049.75 Custodial Supplies 12,157.26 Electrical Supplies 2,337.17 Fuel 127,137.52 Hardware Supplies 1,782.90 Painting Supplies 2,764.50 Plumbing, Heating and Ventilating 2,139.39 Masonry Supplies 19.90 Sand, Gravel and Loam 13.75 Stone 30.45 Lumber and Wood Products 2,611.23 Agricultural and Horticultural Supplies 3,445.08 Equipment Supplies 3,737.41 Automotive Supplies 352.60 Gas, Oil and Lubricants 3,161.78 Tires , Tubes and Chains 270.00 Small Tools and Implements 911.47 Educational Supplies 95,919.01 Recreational Supplies 16,646.44 Medical and Dental Supplies 1,402.65 Not Otherwise Classified 8,263.79 402,483.52 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 7,571.88 Postage 5,264.58 Telephone 22,860.38 Light, Heat and Power 117,779.94 Water 2,502.85 Advertising 1,270.02 Binding and Book Repair 1,600.51 Auto Allowance 10,872.69 Professional Services 1,187.50 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 1,908.74 Cleaning and Sanitary Services 1,088.60 Hired Equipment 38,372.60 Repair and Maintenance — Automotive 3,862.69 Repair and Maintenance — Buildings & Structures 78,397.73 Repair and Maintenance — Tools and Equipment 13,370.15 Repair and Maintenance — Office Equipment 6,827.91 Transportation 160,029.45 206 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Tuition 55,939.50 Not Otherwise Classified 39,768.14 570,475.86 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 4,133.30 Rentals and Storage 7,015.00 Insurance and Surety Bond Premiums 1,328.65 Medical 1,228.00 13,704.95 Capital Outlay Audio Visual 2,173.60 8 Typewriters 1,389.12 Riding Lawn Mower 1,995.00 Controlled Reader, Case & Lens 312.64 1 Sofa, 2 Chairs, & 1 Kitchen Cabinet 300.00 Zenith T.V. 175.00 4 Drawer File, Swivel Chair 189.75 File Cabinets, Desks, Secretarial Chairs Executive Chair 380.00 Stencil File 103.00 Swivel Chair, Side Chairs, Typing Stand 278.42 3 Basketball Backboard Standards 477.00 Side Plank, Climbing Ropes, Rope Ladders t Trestle Trees 748.50 Air Conditioner 264.95 8,786.98 Out of State Travel 3,451.27 3,451.27 School Athletic Fund All Other Expenses 23,721.79 School Lunch Fund Personal Services - Permanent 88,826.47 All Other Expenses 220,619.16 309.445.63 164th ANNUAL REPORT 207 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Adult Education Personal Services 8, 137 .84 All Other Expenses 459.16 8,597.00 Registration 4,948.34 Federal Aid to Education PL 874 National Defense Education Act 45,524.53 PL 89-10 Title I 1,449.28 PL 89-10-1 Title I Summer School 7,861.63 20,583.00 28,444.63 PL 89-10 Title I 14,397.50 2,953.38 17,350.88 PL 92-318 Project Ch. 2475 1,853.00 6,036.93 7,889.93 PL 89-10 Title II 7,187.98 PL 92-318 Vocational Education 107.13 PL 92-318 69,899.02 Trade Schools 7,579.11 METCO Chapter 506 2,605.16 36,916.94 39,522.10 Special Articles Equipment Junior High School 29,938.22 Total 7,095,821.62 Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School District Assessment 280,104.40 School Department — Total Expenditures $ 7,375,926.02 Library Department Personal Services Permanent 182,878.57 182,878.57 1 208 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 1,968.41 Books, Periodicals, Subscriptions 34,887.26 Records and Films 999 . 5 Custodial Supplies 1 ,5 10 . 83 Electrical Supplies 1 , 053 . 63 Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation 779.76 Food and Groceries 8 1 . 50 41,280.90 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 709.11 Postage 719.59 Telephone 1,227.66 Light, Heat, Power 16,935.28 Water Services 158.22 Binding and Book Repairs 291.73 Auto Allowance 238.20 Hired Equipment 290.00 Repair and Maintenance — Buildings 12,069.60 Tuition 300.00 32,939.39 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 35.00 35.00 Capital Outlay Furniture and Fixtures 842.52 Office Equipment 326.35 1,168.87 Out of State Travel 216.30 216.30 Total 258,519.03 Special Articles Repair Washrooms 402.52 Library Department — Total Expenditures 258,921.55 164th ANNUAL REPORT 209 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total EDUCATION, SCHOOL AND LIBRARY DEPARTMENTS - Total Expenditures $ 7,634,847.57 RECREATION DEPARTMENT Personal Services Permanent 33,978.02 33,978.02 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 77.91 Printing and Reproducing Supplies 140.04 Hardware 454.64 Masonry Supplies 169.40 Water and Pipe Fittings 491.62 Recreational Supplies 4,398.65 Medical and Dental Supplies 131.70 Food and Groceries 133.20 Clothing and Uniforms 305.30 Not Otherwise Classified 287.33 6,589.79 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 349.25 Postage 94.15 Telephone 256.67 Advertising 343.16 Auto Allowance 470.00 Professional Services 1,045.00 Transportation — School 1,603.75 Not Otherwise Classified 397.00 4,558.98 Capital Outlay Recreational 3,011.66 3,011.66 Total 48,138.45 Special Articles Installation of Lights at Playgrounds 1 ,089 . 10 Installation of Bleachers at Veteran's Field 6,000 .00 7,089.10 REATION DEPARTMENT - Total Expenditures $ 55,227.55 210 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total COUNCIL ON AGING Personal Services Permanent 2,670.00 2,670.00 Materials and Supplies Office Supplies 84.44 Books, Periodicals, Subscriptions 38.70 Food and Groceries 469.97 Not Otherwise Classified 50.31 643.42 Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 316.68 Postage 249.54 Telephone 369.36 Heat, Light, Power 200.00 Professional Services 508.15 Travel-Inside the Commonwealth 39.60 Cleaning and Sanitary Services 80.00 Hired Equipment 103.25 Transportation — School 2,538.00 4,404.58 Sundry Charges Dues and Membership 5.00 5.00 COUNCIL ON AGING - Total Expenditures 7,723.00 YOUTH ACTIVITIES COMMISSION Personal Services Permanent 6,550.00 6,550.00 Materials and Supplies Custodial Supplies 67.83 Food and Groceries 87.43 155.26 164th ANNUAL REPORT 211 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Contractual Services Printing and Stationery 21.15 Postage 10.00 Telephone 109.40 Advertising 57.00 Professional Services 279.00 Cleaning and Sanitary Services 732.50 1,209.05 Sundry Charges Rental and Storage 106.25 106.25 YOUTH ACTIVITIES COMMISSION - Total Expenditures $ 8,020.56 CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM Pension Accumulation Fund 337,416.00 Personal Services — Permanent 19,821.87 All Other Expenses 5,623.23 25,445.10 Professional Medical Service 2,676.00 Non-Contributory Pension Account 151,340.56 CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT & NON-CONTRIBUTORY PENSION ACCOUNT - Total Expenditures $ 516,877.66 GROUP INSURANCE Personal Services Permanent 11,673.14 Town Appropriation 259,756.68 271,429.82 GROUP INSURANCE - Total Expenditures $ 271,429.82 212 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total UNCLASSIFIED Miscellaneous Selectmen 4,799.07 Insurance Coverage 75,469.56 Workmen's Compensation 52,000.00 Retarded Childrens Camp Program 2,849.70 Conservation Committee 7.00 Observance Christmas 1,000.00 Observance Veteran's Day 294.20 Observance Memorial Day 2,998.10 Street Lights 80,000.00 UNCLASSIFIED - Total Expenditures $ 219,417.63 RECREATION, COUNCIL ON AGING, WAKEFIELD YOUTH ACTIVITIES, UNCLASSIFIED, CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM, GROUP INSURANCE - Total Expenditures $ 1,078,696.22 LIGHT DEPARTMENT Personal Services Permanent 695,800.36 Temporary 15,752.12 Overtime 64,309.87 Other Leave 25,968.33 801,830.68 Operation 4,188,381.23 Total 4,990.211.91 Special Articles Improve Lighting Veteran's Field 2,500.00 Improve Lighting Veteran's Field 561,57 Fire Alarm — North Avenue 1,500.00 LIGHT DEPARTMENT - Total Expenditures $ 4,994,773.48 STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSMENTS M.D.C. Water Assessment 174,618.00 Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority 306 ,751.36 Smoke Inspection 1,364.75 State Examination Retirement System 3,615.11 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Bills 2,958.60 Metropolitan Parks & Reservations 249,012.34 164th ANNUAL REPORT 213 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Metropolitan Sewerage Loan — Nort h System 165,894.75 Metropolitan Area Planning Council 2,743.41 Middlesex County Tax 519,713.25 Middlesex County Hospital 3,740.99 State Assessment System 984.20 $ 1,431,396.76 REFUNDS Water Liens Added to Taxes 26.00 Personal Property Taxes 189.00 Real Estate Taxes 1973 11,259.62 Real Estate Taxes 1975 24,235.81 35,495.43 Tax Possessions 500.00 Excise Taxes 1972 97.07 Excise Taxes 1973 2,934.46 Excise Taxes 1974 8,018.68 Excise Taxes 1975 2,088.96 13,139.17 General Government 792.37 Water Rates 470.29 Water Services 11.14 Sewer Connections 7,540.04 Water 25.40 Electricity and Gas 408.61 Successful Bidder Account 60,900.00 Guarantee Deposit Account 5,000.00 Excess and Deficiency 11.80 Library 185.70 Recreation 300.00 Highway 549.60 Group Insurance 108.12 Non-Contributory Retirement 426.93 School 1,867.48 $ 127,947.08 AGENCY Dog Licenses Paid to County 4,707.45 Sporting Licenses Paid to State 7,749.00 Sale of Dogs 54.00 12,510.45 214 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Federal Tax Deductions 1,524,177.22 State Tax Deductions 416,363.70 Teachers' Retirement Deductions 221,720.00 2,162,260.92 Blue Cross Deductions 135,289.82 Blue Cross Deductions — Pension G roup 22,108.48 Blue Cross Deductions — E E A 151.14 157,549.44 Optional Medicare Extension 5,409.34 Life Insurance Deductions 6,262.57 Life Insurance Deductions — Pension Group 677.20 Life Insurance Deductions — E E A 6.78 6,946.55 Tax Sheltered Annuities for Public School Employees 66,918.65 Wakefield Town Employees Federal Credit Union 120,071.40 Mass. Teachers Association Credit Union 8,606.00 Salaries Special Detail — Off Duty: Police Officers 18,403.25 Firefighters 817.16 Library Custodians 219.36 19,439.77 Union Dues AFL - CIO Public Works 5,182.65 Teachers' Association 35,426.90 School Custodians 2,129.70 Fire Department 2,190.00 Clerical Town 1,619.06 Clerical School 900.90 47,449.21 $ 2,607,161.73 RECOVERIES: STOLEN OR DAMAGED TOWN PROPERTIES School Department 546.34 Public Works Department 5,452.49 Fire Department 3,120.45 $ 9,119.28 164th ANNUAL REPORT 215 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total DEBT SERVICES Interest Light 54,372.50 Water 2,700.00 Library 3,480.00 School 384,580.00 Sewer 10,162.50 Chapter 90 Reimbursement — Temporary Loan 185.26 455,480.26 Maturing Debt Light 65,000.00 Sewer 80,000.00 Library 20,000.00 School 1,205,000.00 Water 10,000.00 Chapter 90 Temporary Loan 4,000.00 1,384,000.00 DEBT SERVICES - Total Expenditures $ 1,839,480.26 TRUST FUNDS Cowdrey Park 961.36 Annie L. Cox Scholarship Fund 255.00 Willard Donnell Trust 110,59 Rev. Thomas Emerson School Fund 75.00 Elizabeth Ingram Fund 100.00 Grace C . Mansfield Fund 40.00 Old Cemetery 30.00 1,571.95 Beautification of Public Areas with Funds from — George A. Cowdrey Trust Fund 790.17 2,362.12 Perpetual Care Funds 16,055.00 Perpetual Care Deposit Refunds 30.00 $ 16,085.00 216 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Salaries and Wages Expenses Total BOND ISSUE ARTICLES Light Department 1975 Bond Issue Fund Transfer — 1971 Construction Electric Sub-Station Farm Street 90,076.12 School Department 1972 Remodeling & Construction of Addition to Junior High School 1,044,047.57 1972 Remodeling & Construction of Addition to Junior High School 103,830. 18 Construction of Centralized Sixth Grade Facility — Main Street 187,867.52 Construction of Centralized Sixth Grade Facility — Main Street 329,222.12 1972 Remodeling of Existing Memorial High School Building 141,425.87 1,806,393.26 $ 1,896,469.38 FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS Police Department Personal Services Permanent 270,583.10 Temporary 63,043.23 Overtime 20,570.90 Other Leaves 32,478.28 Educational I ncentive 3 , 1 68 . 00 389,843.51 Fire Department Personal Services Permanent 321,965.18 Temporary 2,625.00 Clerical 3,400.04 Holiday 16,816.70 Substitution — Regular or call 28,470.58 Other Leaves 15,513.20 388,790.70 Advertising Costs 29 . 70 164th ANNUAL REPORT 217 Salaries and Wages Expenses Total Refunds Overpay Police 501.75 $ 779,165.66 Total Expenditures for period of July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975 26,361,683.96 Cash on hand — June 30 , 1975 77 1 , 661 . 15 Total Expenditures and Cash on June 30, 1975 27,133,345.11 INVESTMENTS Revenue Cash Invested in Treasury Bills 8,200,000.00 Revenue Cash Invested in Time Deposits 3,525,000.00 Revenue Cash Invested in Repurchase Agreements 29,250,000.00 40,975,000.00 Non-Revenue Cash Invested in Time Deposits 8,379,740. 12 Non-Revenue Cash Invested in Treasury Bills 2,330,000.00 10,709,740.12 Federal Revenue Sharing Invested in Time Deposits 3,689,645.42 Federal Revenue Sharing Invested in Treasury Bills 100,000.00 Federal Revenue Sharing Invested in Repurchase Agreements 1,350,000.00 5,139,645.42 TOTAL EXPENDITURES & GENERAL CASH INVESTMENTS $83,957,730.65 218 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD RESERVE FUND July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975 Appropriation: $ 100,000.00 Transfers Voted to the various departments by the Finance Committee during the fiscal year 1975 $ 56,159.12 Transfer to Overlay Surplus 43 ,840 .88 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 EXCESS & DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975 Balance July 1, 1974 $1,207,225.56 Sale of Tax Possessions 2,600.00 Tax Title Redemptions 1,296.18 Tax Title Abatements 10,697.91 Refunds of Prior Periods 6,548.28 Audit Adjustments 1,333.72 Transfer from Revenue 424,988.01 Tax Takings $ 3,886.20 Added to Tax Titles 1,927.80 Town Meeting Transfers 98,413.35 Audit Adjustments 2,535.80 Transfer of Free Cash 100,000.00 Balance June 30, 1975 1,447,926.51 $1,654,689.66 $1,654,689.66 i iI (i 1 1 1 I i 164th ANNUAL REPORT 219 t> CM 00 ^ i— ^ CO CD CD •** cd Tf t- 05 o lO CD C^ t^ lO q o 05 a> t*- t- r— ^f CO CD 1— CM o o r- s O CO © 05 CO CO O co iC CO r— LO t> t> • 13 C a) cu a Ti fa o C & fl cu CU U otS fa J- fa Oh -2 o CU u cu a ao b a a CO 2 CO 5 H O H CU CO GO 6 85 g 0) § Q 'o fa U $ fc s: CD | o c 00 CU d b Ti -a _5 rt w ^ I o 4J a c qo os o CO cu C 3 •-3 T3 C cS C o oo o03 220 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD ANALYSIS OF LIGHT DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT Light Operation Account: Balance July 1 , 1974 $ 34,076.40 Receipts 5,365,530.46 Transfers 367,158.98 Payments $5,153,874.04 Transfers for Fiscal Period *July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975 Depreciation Fund 394,434.78 Group Insurance Account 1,243.43 Out of State Travel 5,000.00 Audit Adjustment 283.90 Transfer to Revenue 1976 200,000.00 Balance Transferred to Fiscal 1976 11,929.69 $5,766,765.84 $5,766,765.84 Transfers Voted at the 1975 Annual Town Meeting for the Fiscal Period of July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976: Group Insurance Account 6-24-75 $ 6,203.99 Non Contributory Veterans Pension Account 21,150.28 Group Insurance Account 34,546.93 Out of State Travel 5,000.00 Workmen's Compensation Account 9,000.00 $ 75,697.21 Light Depreciation Account: Balance July 1, 1974 $ 14,598.40 Transfers from Operation Account 394,434.78 Transfers to Operation Account $ 289,058.20 Balance to Fiscal Year 1976 119,974.98 $ 409,033.18 $ 409,033.18 Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights: Balance July 1, 1974 $ 16,210.00 North Avenue 1,500.00 Appropriation 15,000.00 Transfers from Operation 63.40 Transfers to Operation 26,294.88 Transfer to Revenue 5,484.50 Balance to Fiscal Year 1976 994.02 $ 32,773.40 $ 32,773.40 164th ANNUAL REPORT 221 Out of State Travel: Transfer from Operation $ 5,000.00 Transfer to Operation $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 Guarantee Deposit Account: Balance July 1, 1974 $ 64,201.41 Receipts for the Fiscal Period of July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975 11,111.99 Payments for the Fiscal Period of July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975 $ 7,452.87 Balance June 30, 1975 67,860.53 $ 75,313.40 $ 75,313.40 I have examined the above accounts and the balance is invested as follows: Wakefield Savings Bank $ 63,500.00 Shawmut Melrose-Wakefield Trust Company — Checking 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