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ri <br /> i <br /> .14 I <br /> Report of the Board of Selectmen <br /> 1974 was a busy and productive year for the Town and <br /> the Selectmen. We are indeed experiencing "rapid growth." <br /> Forseeing our needs, the Town voted to create the following <br /> !I changes in our town government: To have its Selectmen <br /> appoint a Superintendent of _Streets; a Tree Warden; an <br /> Executive Secretary; a Recreational- Director ,and act as <br /> Park Commissioners.. Not stopping there, the townspeople <br /> voted to appoint a Mashpee Water Study Commission for <br /> eighteen months to study the feasibility, design, construe- <br /> tion, and the operation of a municipal water supply system; a <br /> Bicycle Trails Committee consisting of five members to study <br /> "bike trails" within°the town; a Bicentennial Commission, <br /> j' with members representing all parts of our town to plan <br /> and preserve historical projects, enhancing the great heri- <br /> tage of Mashpee for future generation's. <br /> The Municipal Site and Building Needs Committee was <br /> appointed to work in conjunction with the School Commit- <br /> tee for the proposed "middle school' with the sum of <br /> $20;000.00 taken from Revenue Sharing to begin the archi- <br /> tectural and engineering services. j <br /> A great need was realized when the town allowed the <br /> Planning Board to appoint a consulting engineer, who is <br /> available to other departments with problems. <br /> The Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum is presently <br /> staffed with a full time Director-Curator, part time As- <br /> sistant Director and a part time Maintenance-Grounds- <br /> keeper. <br /> The United Appraisal Company of West Hartford, Con- <br /> II necticut was awarded the contract ($40;000) to revaluate <br /> the property in Mashpee. This revaluation is expected to be <br /> completed by August of 1975. <br /> Our emergency departments have grown in manpower l <br /> and in equipment; but not in space. The Fire Department <br /> added four additional firefighters, and a 3/4 ton pickup <br /> truck. The Police Department added four additional patrol- <br /> ! men and one new cruiser equipped with a two channel <br /> mobile emergency unit and three cruisers traded-in for <br /> three 1975 models. The Highway Department added two <br /> snow plow dump trucks (one of these to be used by the Tree <br /> Warden during the spraying season), two full-time skilled <br /> laborers and a full-time clerk. Due to the vast amount of <br />