HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-01-31~". "*--.~ '<J'A~Special' To;~ Meeting was'called to" order~ at 7:30 P.M.~ by~
T0~ ~ Mode ~at o~,Roy E ~,f Sa~guinet ti; -~ at ~ t~e ,~ NanSuck~t High~ S6ho ol~ .... : -
Auditorium., ~ The co~t ~showed ~that ~06 people ~were'~present~which was
A~ticle 'l was before the'meeting~:th~,$:ti~ean~ calle~ for
veports to be received,f~om various 6o~ittees./'. :.,~ ,/,..~:.,,~
'~ rr~e/~nl~ ~p'ort',to be~'~e'~ived 'Wa'S's~bmitte~'by F~nk
'secreta~y~0f the Finance Committee.,r The report was'accepted.~
~- - A~ti&le-2 was~befo~e-'the'meeting ..?and-called~fo~ the To~
to aopropriate a,sum of~ money for .constructinE,;equiping,' and' ?
furnishing an addition to'the high school and~to~dete~mine hoW the
appropriation,. .sh°uld be'raised.~'~ ~ u~. :.~/~ ~ -~.. -~/..[.~.~./~ :~
made''~, a
of the "-
~znance Committee be accepted, the ~otion was'secon~ed.*~';/'~' '."
A two thirds ,vote, was re~uired~for this~article., The 'total pre'~e~t,
'at ~, this ' time w~s ~4] The Moderator asked for a show,of hands- ~', VO~
The count was'~06 in favor 'and none opposed.~ The ,vote was unanimous.
, Article 3 was before the meeting,and~called .... for combiniAg the
Tax Collector's job and the To~ Treasurer's job., ' ~
,. , Mrs. Margaret Roche, present To~ Treas6~&r, made ~ speach
as fol~ows:',~ "Mr, Moderator:, Ladies,and Gentlemen:~-
As T~wn T~eas~re'r I'Would'like to express ~ ~pini~n on .~ ~ '
I m : ~'In'the First place I think this merger is not for the, ~ best interests of the.To~. '~ -~ ~ ' i i~ ~$ - .., P 1-
. -,There should be-a~separate Elected'Offici~l~-fo~ each:
office, -this not' only~distributes the work load ;and ~the ~' ~- ~./";
responsibi~'i~ more evenly, but,gives better control of TM. :.
the~ bookkeeping mechanism.,-. ..... ~ , -. -.~ ~. ~ -~;.,.,--;~., -~' .... -" :~.~j.:~-,~,,~ ~ ';, ,/~
~'~We 'must~'~0t L'o~i~L'~hi~k :°f'_'~he P~e's~ ,gut~:~f"bh~'s'e Wh~i~j~j~-~~-.
will' be elected'" in future ~yemrs. TM An' inexperienced' on incap~ble ....
person inJthe'position'of,Collector-Treasurer responsible~for ' '
the' ~andling 'of such"large 's~s ' of money,, in 'fact the ~o~'s.,
entire'revenue, with'all itsmdetailed bookkeeptng-~and,reports,
could prove ~: to be' an accounting disaster. ~ Would :, the ;. ToE '~;~:~'. ~
Accountant ever be.able to balance his books under such circum'--~/
stances~~' ~..'~.'~.'.~ :-.' ~. ~- ~ .:~¥~,.~.~.._~:~.~:,.....
Taxpayer.'['~.~; I fail to See,:how.~.'"Our combined~salaries now plus '~
' clerical' assistance sums ~up -t°' app~oxim'ately:~$11, ~00.00; ,-,
I ~ ~ $
,full time clerk ~ ~pproximately $3;600.~; a total-of $11,600.~,
where~is the Savings? , ' ~ - ~ , ~.i.,~, -~ ,~. -~ ~
'; I~tell you ~rut~ullv I am not inl~favor of this merger and
'I ~9ould think~ it wise i~.the' Town'were' to'vote No"and continue
with one-Tax Collector"and' on6 Treasurer,-each having enough;~
time'to do justice ~to.their work and handle ~the~ responsibility
of thetP o~ positions.' ~. , "'- ~.~ , ' ~m~ you.
'~,'sidney ~llen made:'a motion that the Finance Committee's
recomendation' not be'accepted, ' the motion seconaed.
was
Wa~?mlso opposed to the m~rger.
_~ ', · , Mr. 'Matthew. Jaeckle:spoke,against the merger. '~' '- '
,_Mr. Leon' Royal was next to speakS:and he also w~s against,
the propossed me~gex.. '"~ ~" - ,..:'L,~ ''
.:j~::;¢:,A vote:by voice was~,taken'on'M~.:~Killen,s motion'(-~d was'~
;.',L: .~accepted. ,,The:jobs:will~emain:as the~ are.:.at present.~
The Meeting ad u~ned a .7' OJP.M. ~, ~ ~,~:-:-:
Commonwealth'Of Massachusetts
FIN CE COMMI EE-
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
SPECIAL TOWN MEET G
:' " To either of me Constables of the Town of N~m~g, ' :.: ~,,
I
In ~e name of the CommOnwealth of M~usem g,ou
.' are directed to 'notify ~e ifihabit'~s of ~e Town of N~-
re&et, quarried t0 vote ~ Town A~airs, to meet at ~e"Nm-
tucket High School Au~torium in ~d 'Nantucket, on Money,
'Janmw 31St, 1966, at 7:30 o'clo& ~ the aftemoon,.&~
and there to a~ on ~e fo~ow~g a~icles:
~cle l~To receive repom frOm commiU~ which sh~ come
~foret~ meet~g.' . .: . 7' :
We reeommen~ ~at ~e ~e~ .~o~ ~e eo~e~ ~
~cle 2--To seb if '&d to~' wm appropHate'a s~ of money
for eonstmct~g,'*ofiginally equipping and ~s~g ~
~ the high seh~l, ~d to det~in~ wh~er such appropriation .'
shall be r~ed by bo~owing or othe~is~, said sum to b~ ~ ~ ... ::,. ,: .'
. ~nj~efion wi~ any F~e~l hn~ fiat may ~ av~abl~.
':-. We recommend ~at ~e ~m.oL~ve Hunted ~leen ~o~d ~]~
'" :/($515,000.00) be appropriated for. ~e~g, ofi~y eq~pphg ~d ~a
_ , ~er ~th ~e approval of ~e Selec~en ~ auto.ed to ~ow ~e' ~m'
"'~:~ ' of Five Hunted Fifteen ~ousand DoH~ ($515,000,00) under Chapter ~5
~:] . of the Ac~ of 1948 ~ amended; that any fun~ received f~m ~e F~e~
~'. Government for ~ p~se sh~ ~ reed to r~uce ~e amo~t to
~owed by ~e To~ on Se~fl Bon~ ~d No~, or lo pay p~clp~ ~
· ~, ~ter~t on Serial ~n~ and Not~ ~eretofore ~ed; ~d ~at ~e ~I~
appoint a buil~g eommi~ee ~ f~ a~o~ ~o ~e ~ action
-. ,' . to c~ out t~ vote, . : .: ~ . . : .~.
: ~:~ ' ,'-' ~icle 3&To s~ if ~e To~ ~11 vote ~nder ~ pr~ '4 .
.... S~on 1 o~ Chapter 41 of ~e Gener~ Laws, ~ ~end~,' ~
~ have the To~ Tr~er act m ~H~tor of T~. ' ....~
' We recommen~ . : . ..~ : -~ . .--~-: . ~ , - .
.... "We unn~mo~ly feel Sat now h Se 'Opine ~e 1o eo~der eom~
· hg ~e office of T~ Collector ~d Ton ~er. ~e Ton ~er
, e~r~ed d~e for more cleHcM ~fi~ We ~Heve ~t me~g ~e ~o
relat~ offic~ ~ ~e ad~flon of a f~-~e cle~ wo~d not o~y ~ more
,-, ~ono~cM but more efficient ~e office ho~ 'could ~ ~t~ to pe~
-.- any ~ayer to pay ~ ~ at ~ ho~ when it wo~d not n~te .~.
I~ h~ ~b to do ~. '-- . ~ ~.- .
[ -~ ~d Co a~ on ~d ~m~ ~ ~ ~at ~y a~
) ~ rehfion W ~e forego~g ~des. ' '~
i - Ke~e~ W. Holdgate .
;" ~'~ Fra~ H. Powem, ~
: ~ Buffer :
, Frails S~tos
Paul Ho~q
~old ~
Ro~ M~
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