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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1952-01-16 .. SPECIAL T0~ .~,ETING, January 16,'**]1952 . The ~eeting was called to o~de~ by Mode~ato~ San~inetti at 8:00 p. m ........ :.; .~.. ., ~ .... . The Warrant, ,.~ ith the ~ ~" excep~uon of t~e ~rticles was t~en read by Tom~ Cler~ Coffin - . - . The reports'of the various'dep~r~msnts w~re'received. Moderator: ~.~e~eas there are at least onehun~ed and possibly two hunted v6ters outside who were not able to c'o~e in to this ~eeting, I.think it' is only fai~ thatiwe not.vote on Article 2 at this ~eeting, , This"~ticle can be placed on the next a~ual .. ballot for vote, and mailed out to the absentee ~oters, if this could be done.by Februay, 1. We can still'have full discussion of the question if this .meeting with the. approval of the assembly agrees that, namely, ~ticae 2-be presented on the 1: official ballot at the next annual Town Meeting. I would like to know if this is agreeable. J. Gluten: i suggest that we we ~lso incorporate ~hat if.. there isn,t time to place it on the warrant for the next annual town meeting, that. a special to**~ meeting,be held, for the purpose of acting on it ht that time. ' .,. Seconded. - ' - Moderator: Made'and se~conded that '~aet~c'le '2 as appears inXthis Warrantbe presented at the arn~ual or at ,a special .. term meeting if it can,t.go on.the next annual warrant, . and that it go on the ballot and be voted'on " " So'voted[ I z ' * ~ ~ ' * ~ ~$ ~m :':'"' Article 2 read and placed before the"me~ting'~ i,M. Dell: I ~rstand that you have/invited a,discussion _.: :. of this article, althou~ a vo6e is-not to be.b ~ .... ~ .... Fellow ~0te~s': It'is a wonderful thing to see how ..... . many people there, are here tonight and also ~ , ~. . receive the Moderator's'word that.there ~e others out in"the, cold. ,' I6 'ism'~Rohnicer to be: inside. '~'~' ....' life have received from the Finance 'Co~ittee..an~ adverse report on the article ree~testing theu.- appSopriation for the money for the high school. It is fortunate that the Finance. Co~aittee has:, ., ~. listed ei~t;~ropositions .bY which it supports .... . and gives us various other reasons for the .... ._ ....... '' ~ 'decisions having adverse re'coF~endations. If-y0u. -will bear with me ]while I take these .up.. (reason ......... ' ..... one read by Mr. Dell.) 'This is not a fact. -The . .-legal debt limit of the town ........... ~ ' :'". In addition ,to the five-thousand bo~r6~-ed dnde~ :::' '[.'Chap~erc~'~da~280~0Q0-borrowed ~der the Gen- eral !aws of,1948 we are pla~ing to receive- $20,000.00 from the E. & D. fund ofthe to,,m. Reason 2 0f the Financeeo~ittees report read by ~. Dell. "In 19~l the tax refund we ~eceived fro~ the State wzs ~89,291.00. This t~ refund,' ~derst,nd, co,es f~o~ , dist:ibution to the To,ms of the State, eo~po~tion and inoome.taxes We h~ve been assured by conversation with the offioials in the T~x Oomi~ione~s office that the ~o~t of ~oney the to,.m will ~eoeive f~om the tax ~efund f~om the state will be the same as we ~eceived last ye~,~pproxi~tely, the sa~e. Last'. yea~ the State allocated approximately ~67,000. In fact we got $89.000., and we a~e "assu~'ed that ~t0d~y'~ ~actuJ~i~'rec$ipt~~ ~]~iil" be ~up ~to last ~yearso In addition to which ,~e have a refund~~ of .semen,~' you ~.~0uld not knov~ about~~ that there is an araount of $10,4~0.00 ~llocated to the Town as· of~ December 29, 19~l, not applied to the 19~l tax ~ate, that c~n be appled~to ~the 19~2 t~ r~te, ~'~d, over, the ~Co~issioner tells us that in the ~cou~se' of the. last ten years ~ze had an increase from ~28,379 in 1940 to ~89,291 in 19~l.~d~' therefore, I think we can say.that the p~oposition does not i~dicate a fou~ to five thousand ~dolla~ inc~ease in t~ ~ate taking this view of ou~ share of sta~e ref~d. Reason~t~ee oF Fin~ce~Co~ittees.~e0ort on~tiCi~e2 ~aad by ~.~Dell. "Those a~e anticipated costs..~hey have not'yet been reco~ended by Finance Co~ittee ~nd not yet ~voted upon by Town. ~ I ~ ~ Reason four of Fih~ce Co~ittee ~ad by i~'~ Dell.~ "The ~atte~ of the~ school budget is based on the fact that ~there will'be an increase in the school~ budget. That ~inc~ease has been estimated~ and we ~ed only an increase of ~6,000.00 which ~eans fifty-cents on the t~ ~ate ~. Reason five of Financ$ Co~ittee read'by I~.~ Dell. "The amount that ~-~e are asking f~r is ~800,000.00 ~Ye are getting back from the State-~20% of the amo~t ~160,000.00 Therefore, the amount you raise i~ ~640,000.00[ That means in twenty years the net cost is $~20 tax increase, which would not be in 19~2, as we would be paying interest before we used the money. Therefore, the six month interSst rate $7,800.00 will ~ begin in'lg~3 and not in~19~2. Therefore, it ~is hard~. fair to add to the ~2 tax rate an amount not fully due until ,~3. It has also been said that the operation and maintenance' of~ this plan ~.~ill add ~2.00 to the tax rate. ~Two dollars per thoussnd for maintenance a~ud operation of.the new school j~ ~That is just t~.~ice ~.~hat the amount of the'school figures it to be. The figure presented' to'us is ~13. ,000.00'. It 'is not fair to 'add one or two dollars to the tax r~.te to~account~for expenditures to be'made until building is completed. Before I came. ~back fro~ Boston after Christm~n, ~I Stopped in to see the architect and~engineer~and they assured me that the ~ ~over all figure of $800 , 060 . 00 included extension of sewer, ~extension of water lines~the hard surfacing of roads and walk ways..~ The only thing under~ question was' the land- scaping ~-~hich could be ~eft to do~gradually.'~ That inform- .ation ~as 'telephoned to members of the committee and co_w~.- unicated t~o the~Finance ~Committee. ~ These facts ~ere avail- able to~raerabers-of the~Pinance'Committee as well as to other members ~of the town~ · It gives me no~pleasure to s~y this. A~ great raany~are my friends '~ ..... ~ ' ~ Mn~.' Giffin: Mr.'~Anderso~ of the Tir~Anderson~ NichOls, the architect who drew plans~i~'hr this~school~is inmthis building, ~ud I would like~'permiss.~on off. voters ~to introduce him and give him the privilege of the floor .~ ~ ' ~ Voted to give ¥~. Anderson privilege of floor. 1! [? N~. ~derson: ~I ~.ms'interested and'surprised'~h~n I arrived in Nantucket ~this ~afternoon ' to ~ see what tremendous ~ interest and. cqntroversy..the~~ school :, progra~ has developed here. ?~ Ther~~ are:t~-~o~questions~as:I understand it ~that.I was~asked to{talk , on ~. ::~'~ One, the ~ campus [:.type, ~ Orientation of~ the ~ sch~ol'and the other th~ accuracy, in,the.architect,s ,esti~ate of~fig~es,~on the o school~,:- This campus type is ne~,; in Ne~.~ ~ng_and as you ~o,a. ~en I was called on to ,discuss this situation ~ith the plann- ing co~ittee; and I Eig~t ~say that 'in all' the :co~ittees ~-~hom I have dealt with, that this committee ra~s ~tops with~ all the co~ittees I have dealt with. In discussing the 'prob-' ~..!em I .vJas. ,shown land on which ,the school ~was ~to, be .built, existing, building.. ~.. '11 sensed certain things. A certain amount of pride and criticism as regarded the Academy Hill' School. -There are no play ground facilities and no f~ctional facil- ities. So when we attack this problem ~-~e 'started. with ~ curricul~ ~hich the school pla~ing co~ittee ~hought of ..~.when~ they approached ~the new school.~ , ..... ~... . ~ .... ~ ....... As a result ~.~e decided on the camous type of building , ~which is li~t in 'construction and flex~5le, and you could, build ~,~hat is necessary no~.~ and add later without overbuilding now. ._._that I mean this .... That if you-bdild the-block type,:you'~don,t l~o~ .what you will"need in.~the ~ture..~ You would not ,~ant a New England. Also this tYRe of building .is cheaper. .~ .~. would be glad..to ans~.zer any questions~which you might ~-~ant ~:~.?o ~ask~.~. me at this. .... time., ~... ~ I $ ~ ...... ~ ~ ~J ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ No 'questions. -~' ~ ' ' ': '~ '~'~". :" think this a~rti~le ~shgul'~ ~e :"~:?'~ · shown on the h~llot' and ~oted at To~ Meeting . A~ticle two as w~itten c~lls~ fo~ no 'definite amount of,money. ~ticle t~ee as provides 'for appointment ~f a school .building ~co~- ittee but says nothing about how the Committee should ~ be appoint~d.~ I s~ggest that'both of ~hese articles given by ~. Planagan aro the'a~ticles to go on the .......ba!lo~:. I'__~ make that a motion. . , .... ~ . ~. .: . . Voted affirmative'. .- ,~, ~.: ~,~.. ,..~:~ .. ~:. l~..Glidden: I thi~ it ~-~ould'be ~re s~nsib!e to ~pUt ' it'on the ballot. ,- ~. Gray: -I agree with ~..Gli~den,,but after all this was advertised in the local' papers, ~I' don't see ho~,; ~,;e vote on kt ~less it is advertised on. ,~ junior high school .in the same. bui!ding~as a high.school'. ~ These buildings could be handled by the tradesmen .on ,.the island. '?Je have had years of experience and have done construction and architecture al! .over the world. ,.:This type of construction goes up quickly. We made three estimates, and al~ three,c, ame .out .within a f~ew dollars ~ The difference was two-thousand dollars. 'Then we ~ent to three outside. contradtors,, who figured.on this. Those ,estimates came · very close. Therefore ,the figures we gave are correct with the eEcep~ion of'a slight percentage added 'for con- ,tengencies..I believe' as I recall~this figures,out bette~ th~n~ $t6.00 per square foot. ~:~en I told :the contractors that 'this ~was. to be'.built: on Nantucket .Island and not ;on the~ai~land% they, estimated it.to_be between'30 to 40% more._ ~That is the premium that they ~.~ould ~-~ant to build~y on Nantucket. 'The State minimum ware for laborers is ~an hour and for masons,i2.is $2.~0 per,hour. ' The work ~.~ou'!d fill in at the slack time of year ,,before the su..~ner season started.'-After discussing all .these things~;.~e,~,~ ~, 'arrived' at ~the c'ampus type of'buildihg which is patterned'' after many private schools, before coming-into pn~lic schools. This is 'now particularly, the~ reginal school coming,into~ .~ G~ay. ~'~ i,~hat is %.rrong ~.,ith our. sch~'61S ? smart people have* graduated from Nantucket HightSchool"~ and~.if any~ indication' today according to ~the kids coming ~along my youngster is as smart 'and. as'fresh as the next'~', onel ~".'I don't see.why we would want an ~800~000;00 scho61. I don't see ho%~ a town of 3200 ~ people can afford that kind l~m. ~Silva: · You said that 'the one hundred outside should~have · 'a chance to vote. I think you should consider this. ~. Gray: How can we vote' on'something that is n6t in' the ~eeting~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ ..... ' .~ ~ ~ 2-~. ~diol~ I thi~, the people will be~ given that ~p~ivilege under the r,%otion~of ~.' Glidden, not to be taken array them. '~ ~ ~ ~- M~.~Bartlet~: r~As I ~derstand it~ the motion that is before the house is'that it~be presented on the ballot at town~ ~meeting, if not at the re~lar one ..at sorae fuDure special meeting. ~ ~. ~- Seconded by ~. Deacon. ~ ..... -' ~-~' ~ Moderator: ~ Moved that the s~ if ~800,000~00. be ~ai~ed~and appropriated for the purpose~ of constructing a high school build- ing ~or buildings, according topplans 'and specifications, ~ ~a~ by the fir~ of ~uderson-~ichols &~Co. of'Boston, on land o?n~ed by 'the town-A~d fbr originally equipping'and furnishing s~id building or buildings; ~and that to ~eet said appropriation the s~ of .t~-~enty thousand dollars~be~ ~pprdpriated from'available funds in the~treasury, with the approval of the .selectmen, be~and hereby is authorized to bo~ow the s~ 0f ~00~000.00 .under authority of ~Chapter ~ of'the General Laws, and ~ne o~ of two hundred ~d eighty thous~d dollars under authority of Chapter 64~ o~ the Acts of !948~~ as a~ened by Chapter ~-7 of.~the Acts of~!9~l..~d to issue bonds or notes or-the~ to~ therefor, 'said bonds ~or ~ notes to~be~pa~able~in'accordance with~the provisions~o~ Chapter ~ of the Genera] ~Laws ~so tha~ the whole ~!'o~ ~-~ -~ shall be paid in not ~ore th~ twenty yea~s fro~-date :of~..~~ issue of the first bond or note.~ ~ ...................~ ~ That has ~been moved and ~amended that .this 'qUestion be placed ~on the official ballot at the next 'a~u'ai meeting~~ other~.~ise at a specia~ 'town meeting. ~ Dr. Do!!~ns.: I thi~ we had ~ motion to have this put on~ the balldt;' and I don't see how-that~.~as voted upon.' ...... 1~. Gray:~ Maybe i ~'d~b, but ho~.z can we vote' on sorae-~ thing up o~ the table that isn't in~ the' warrant.~'~ That is~ what ~I don't ~derst~d~~ How can yOu ch~ge ~a~ticle 2 to ~ read something e!se4.' Ho~, can ?~e do it?~ I' ~. ~ '~ ' '~' ;'' Moderator: You may change anything. '- They Can' ~e ~ed. '. i,~. Gray: ~t why change them~ .. Izw. Chase-: I ~.~0uld like to know h~-z '~y'~0te ~an b~' ta~[en. Moderator: They are not voting on the question,-but to place 'Article 2 in form of a motion."~,~ticle 2 calls for the raising Of a: blank sum of dollars to build a~ school;' and ~der Article 2 there has been'a discussion and:~-' '- ~ : the meeting finally comes up ?~ith the fibres of ~800,000.00 be raised and appropriated.' Chase '""Are i all ·things considered that ~'a~e involved?V~ A man'with a stated income that o~ms :his eyre home .___ih 'I thirfl~ that you should consider the people:that Ca~e,along ahead of us ~as wel'l as the People behind us'. ~. N~on: We w~nt to take some action in the ,' ~nd to 'act on and t~nsact all business 'that may arise in relation to the foregoing articles .... ~,-~ ,~ , ~, ,~ ,~,- : :;,~ Mr. M&nter: I 'ca~ot quote word for word, 'but I thi~( that it should state the plans as presented with equip- ment~in full plans. ~ ~- :,:~ ,.'.~ ', .... Mr. Bartlett: The fin~ce co~ittee received plans but ~.~. Tice: ~o~ tho sentiment expressed as ,Z 'u~d~at~nd it, is to ~ake a ~otion that it be referred to Town Meeting and placed on the ballot.' i c!ain that ¢~e-have a right as voters in this hall to speak on this article, but,to put it on the ,ballot or by post-p, oning. The Dnly fair way to settle is by ballot. Moderator: ~estion on the motion? Mo'de~at or '.;-'; Moved that the su~ '~r";~¢b' '"' hun~e d dollars be raisSd and appropriated for the p~pos'e of const- ructing a hi~ school building or buildings, according to Plans and specifications,. ~awn by the. fir~ oF ~de~son- Nichols & Co.' of Boston, on land"o~.~ed'b~ the tow~ hnd f0'~ originally equipping and furnishing' said building or;build- ings; 'and that to meet said appropriation the sum of t~-~enty thousand dollars be appropriated'Fmom [Eva~l'hble funds in the treasury,:and~that the treasurer, .with" the~approval:of, the Select~en~~ beI and hereby is :authorized to'borrow the s~ of five hundred.thousand dollars under authority, of,Cha~r.,~of the General:Laws, and the~sum of two hunted and eighty.q.~: thoUsand'dollars under authority of Chapter~ 6~ of the Acts of 19J$8, as~amended bY Chapter 4.47 of,~the acts:of 19~l and to issue bonds or notes of~the;to~.m therefor, ~said~bon~s or, notes to ~be,payable in accordance' with, the ~provi~ions of of the General' Laws so that the whole loan shall be Paid~in not 'more thmu:~twenty~ years, fro~. date .of issue,~ of:.th~ That 'question is "~ ; , gozn~ - on the_: ballot ~Moderator: , A~tic!e ,3 i~ ~ef~re the meeting..:,;: '~z~j~Gray I'~e':a m0tiGn that' we ~cceot this reco~endhtion. ,and when I. ~&de, ~y,~0ti~n~ Z ~e~nt the same on'art!cie;three. Moderator:. Zt was not before the meeti~"at~that.tim~'~f At the-Dre~ent 'ti~e th%s'~ticle',isia ~otion that 'select&- ~en be authorized to appoint 'as~hool' buildin~ :. co~ittee 'Z;~;¢*cons4sting o~'7 ~e~bers with~ful!"authority to ente~'int0": a~ contracts ~d agreements necessary to construct and',: ' originally equip. ~d furnish& ~igh school' building "'~,~ND~I , Moved; -that the: town will p~ovide 'for the , appoint- ~ent of ,a school', building co~ittee ,with full authority to enter'int, o all contracts ~Rd agreements'necessary to construct "='"*" sad 8~igin~lly' equip and furnish a~high~' ~chool building ''buz_mzngs't *' ,'"said. Co~ittee'to 60nsist of~seven~(7) me~be~s¢ t~ee (5) to,be apDointed by the Board of Selectmen, . three (3) to be appointed by the School Committee, and one (1) to be selected by the majority~ of the six appointees. ~,[ Dell: ~L I would like to tuake an~amend~e~t, if .it · is 'iS orc].er, ' ' ' ' ' '~ ' ' '- Amendznent .That the article provideint fo~' the organizing of .a building committee .go together on the ballot with .... the ~ticle for the ney; school. . .~ Sacondedby M~.' Giffin: ,? : , .... ..~ .j: , :.,,: :,-. ,.,,. ,, , . ,- , :., . . -, ; . % ,,'(; ,. :- Moderator: i suppose it could be put on provided that article 2 x.~as favorable acted upon at town ~eting. .... . . ,,~, . . , · ~ ,~ ~ ~ Nr. Gi~fin: The idea of article 3 is that it ,go on ,the ballot with article 2. Zf it is ~avorahle, no further action ,is necessary. '; ' , - Mr. Gray: If .the school~ appropriation goes through, there is plenty of time to go ahead and appoint a c on~ittee. Approve one artcle at a time. - '. ~r. Blair: One of the greatest ..... ~s to set by while information is presented to you hhat we have deliberately. misinformed you.~ In self defence, we can do no less than explain' ~ ' Last item,'~number eight, please look it over. It has extensive report. Mr. Dell forgot or overlooked that;it "At'the Finance Cor~ittee Hekring Jani ,.distinctly says, ' uary 2,~1952, it was.~brought out that the following items' were not covered ipthe.$800,.O00.O0. '' 'of rec- That was an open meeting calle~ for the purpose eiving such information as presented. I judge that all' .these answers.that have been presented to you have.been-'' prepared and-investigated since:January 2, 1952.. -. .The original'act was not $780,000.00. Only $500,000~00~' The State to give $160,000.00 and,$20,O00.OO from the E.'& D. fund','and if.the Commissioner. decided, it be raised by taxes. Whatever is recommended would.be included in'your taxes.' , !', .... ,~, The average man's~wages is $~0.00 per Wee~.-,'Estimate average rent $45.00, utilities $15.00 equals $60.00 Fuel 180.O0'..'You haven't paid for anything else. The car, etc; /-At'$50,O0 a week we enjoy no.living privileges. Therefore, our wives have to go to work or go scalloping. That is not'the American way of living. We'have been told'that"~e can'have the'sch~l"'if we cut down on roads and stuff.' ,They have been mis quoted. "Go ahead now" Highway Department; Selectmen's Department, Police Department.. You can.cut Welfare down to nothing, but you are paying next year on overdraft;'~ ,- We got figures. The question'is, what is'omitted th~ will~ arise in the future. - Thi~ financeCommittee deserveS"a hand, for the time and'in- vestigation spentwill, stillOn these~articles~ ~44.00~on The. tax rate be.approximatelY__ a thd~and. That'cannot be denied ....... "" "--//~ One dollar p~r thousand o 's'chb l' buag t ould indica~e'a tax rate of $45.00 on a thousand. An additional'S4.00 to retire debt. Increase of $4.00 per thousand'for'next'twenty years makes a rate of $3.20, and we checked the figures very .carefully..~... ~ . -. . '~ ,..,.-,~: ..... . We were quoted-a figure of 12' to $16.00 pe~' square foot. When the~Airport Administration building was completed it cost $30.00 per square foot, and a lot of Nantucket People worked on it. : , We~ha'~e:a' lot'of labo~erS,,wh'o~/could:work on~th~s bUild~ng;'~ but not for $1.10 an hour~"~'~I-fail.to'see how.the~architect,s figure ruffly 20% or $800 000'.00..$126,000.O0.to,work with': doesn't include architectSs'fees, road ways,'or sewer connec- The ~arChite'ct's fee~ is $80,000,00n0r~ 10% ~with'"~upe'rvision.. there~is not~'en0ugh;left_to equip a library,V~science buildin~ ....... ~'-~..'~stage~or auditorium,'which~is badly needed..~.~?~.~i~-~.~::.. ~ ~ .~ .:~:: ~ If I ~m'to take the ~ord of:the architedt'th~t~ke~nd~-~,.~.~ rec°n~endati°h:that-these~are include~-EE---:~ It would b~e~ ruffly~$6,000.O0 to do~all'that.~'', .... ,'-~'~ ~ .... - .... ~ ....... ' By the way I graduated'from Nantucket High School, and attended Crest Hall. ~, Mr, Nelson: I h~'~e ~p~t't~enty yea~s'~in banks. 'The interest rate on the bonds would not be more than 2%.oNot 3%. Mr. ~Indio: ,I would like to take the Opportunityof addressing" ' · 'this'meeting 'to' correct' some ~som~ mis-statements made by a~mem- ber of the Finance Committee. I called the State'Department of Corporations and Taxation.' I was interest in,whether or not ~--~Nantucket would-get the'sa~e tas that' it received a y~ar'ago. t have no ~children,'~but schools are th'e~foundation,of our ~,"'~ in State ~Xorporation and Income Tax money next year. The Co~ittee says that they did nog have the information that they now have..-i say that these are _falsehoods ...... I ~leave it to You~": If you ~ould ~like me'to :con~in~e~-~'If 'it is Now 'Mr." .Blair stated~ the 'pla~ing~ cOgitate" h~d ~0t' ~t~ 'Wh~t .............b r~owing c~pa ~ity wa ched;_~ I have ~heard considerable~about the s~er residents of, the* Letter, were. read from ~r. Bassettt Jones by ~[r..'Indio; "SPECIAL'TOWN ~ETING '~ ..... MASSACHUSETTs "'TO' either ~ tH~"CO~~"J"~f th~"ToW~'"Of Nantucket,~greet,ng. .. of the Co~onwealt~"of Nassachusetts yo'6 are?. directed t0 notify, the inhabitants of the Townnof N~nt~c~t. qual- ified to vote in To~ Affairs, ~to ~et at the. Dreamzan~ ~-ne~tre in said Nantucket,' on ~DNESDAY,"' JANUARY 16~' at'.8 o'clock in the. afternoon, then'and 'there to act~ on bhe'following articles: Report of Recommendations '6f the Fina~c'e.committee Article 1 ~this '" We recommend,that.the're of the various departments and Voted by the ~eet g as recommended by the Eomm~t~eej' of.mone~ for the purpose.of.constructing a high schoolbui!ing or buildings on land owne~ by the town'and for originally ~equipping and furnishing said'building or buildings;.d~termine whether the money shall be provided Nor by appropriation f~m _available funds ~n'bhe treasury,"by taxation'and by bbrrowing under Cha ter of the icts of as. amended ~47 of the Acts .of 1951.' "' ...... "~ .... ~ ~-We do'not recom~-~d this ...... article for th~following reasSns: 1."This appropriation~exce~'ds 'th~ legal"d~bt'limit'of the~ t&wn. 2. The'anticipated loss of our share of State revenue pr&sently indicates a'four to five'dollar per'thousand raise in the tax rate of 1952.-. .-'" 3..Anticipated cost increase in departmental 'expense~~ ~ther'"th~ school will increase tax rate .two dollars on a thousand. 4. School budget increases will'~dd~ app~'oxim~tely ~e~dOllar 'on 5. This indicates a tax rate of Forty-five dollars on a thousard 6~ It will require an additional four d0ila~s a thousand on your taxes for the next twenty years to retire a debt of Eight . Hundred Thousand Dollars. ~.' 7. Operation and Maintenance'of this proposed planwillJadd two dollars on a thousand. This brings the .tax rate to Fifty-one Dollars per Dollars which is the amount asked for by the School Planning committee. 8. '~t th~ Fiaancp com~-it~e~Hearing. January 2, ~952, t ~as orouEht out that the iollowing ~ems were nod coverea in A.'Sewer Estension; b,Fire Protection; c,Roads and Walkways; d, LandscaPing, and E, Street Lighting. The meeting voted that the following Question be placed 'on the ballot at the next Annual Tovm Election or SpeciaI Town ~eeting: S~~ or.eight hundred thousand dollars '($800,00.00) forth~ pUrpose~ of constructing a high school building or buildings, according 'to plans and specifications, drawn by the firm~of Anderson- Nichols & Company'of Boston,~on land owned by.the town and for ~ri§inally equipping'and furnihhing said building o~ buildingS; and that to meet.said appropriation the sun of.twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) be appropriated from theExcess & Def- ~iciency~Account, and that the Treasurer,~with the approval of the Selectmen, be and herebY isauth0rized to'borrow the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) under authority of Chapter ~$ of the General Laws and the sum of two hundred and eighty~h~sand dollars ($280.000.00) under.authority of · Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1958, ~s amended by_Chapter $4~ of the Acts of 1951 and to issue bonds or notes o~ the town there- for, said bonds or notes payable~in accordance with the prov- isions of Chapter $$ of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from date of issue of the first bond or note. Article 3 To see if the town will vote to provide for the aPpointment of a school building committee with full authority to enter into all contracts and agreements necessary to construct and 9riginally equip and furnish a high school building or build- ings. We do not r'ecommend this article. No a~tion taken by the meeting. Respectfully submitted,~ Ralph I. Bartlett,'Chairman Albert L..Silva Edward 0.~ Gardner ~'Charles G.~Snow Robert B. Blair .~ ~ G~ Elmore Taylor Wallace B. Deacon ~ ~ Kenneth C.~Co~fin ~'~ Clinton H. Nurray 'Finahce Committee, Town of Nantucket And to act on and transact 'all business that may arise in re- lation to the fore'going articles.~~' ~. ~ .~ ~ ~.. .~.~ . ' ~.. ~.. 'And you are~directed to serve this warrant~ by' po~ing a~ copy of the same at the corner of Nain and Federal Streets, in the~Fost Office in Siasconset, and by publishing the same in The Inquirer and Nirror and Nantucket Town'Crier, at least seven days before the date of.said meeting. · · -~ ~ 'Hereof fail not, and make due return 0f this 9arrant,'with'your doings thereon, to Dhe To~m Clerk, .at the time and place of meet- · ng, as~aforesaid. ~- Eiven Under our hands this ~'0th'day of December in the year &ne thousand nine hundred~and fifty-one. Atte st: FRANKLIN S. CHADWICK Constable of Nantucket.~ IRVING A. SOVERINO EERNEST R. COFFIN ALLEN W. HOLDGATE~' ~ JAMES K. GLIDDEN ~ Selectmen of Nantucket.