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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-10-03 Board of Selectmen Minutes~ S~PT~ER 26, 1977 (continued) T0~N PICNIC AREA: North Essex Council of Boy Scouts were s~iven permission to use the Town Picnic Area for their Fall Camporee the weekend of Oct. 7 to Oct. 9. Two hundred scouts and their leaders w~]] be in attendance. Letters will be sent to Chief Lawlor and Chief Daw advising them of this event. STOP SIGN: Letter from Chief Lawlor reco~mmnded that the State Dept. of Public Works be requested to make a survey for the possible installation of a Stop sign on Abbott St., at the intersection of Merbleridge Road, and to have the shubbery cut down by the tree department at the same intersection. The Selectmen so voted. TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE: Selectman Coady made a motion, seconded by Selectman Guthrie, that a letter be sent to Chief Daw and the Board of Fire Engineers requesting that they vacate the former Veteran's Agent's Office by October 31, 1977 so construction can start on the enlargement of Town Clerk's office by November 1, 1977. This motion was to carry out the vote of the townspeo~ple at the Arm,,~l Town Meeting in April, 1977. It was so voted. TO~*I BY-LA~-TAXI CABS: Selectman Guthrie advised the Board that he had a discussion ~rith Chief Lawlor and found out that there were mo rules and regulations in the Town By-Laws regarding taxi cabs. Chief stated that Lawrence had By-Laws governing tami cabs and that perhaps we could adopt them for our team's policy. LIC~SING CO~SSIONERS: The Alcoholic Beverages Control Co~,~,.~ssion approved, as a New License, the license granted by this Board, a Restaurant, All ~.lcoholic licen~.e, to 80 Chick~ring Rd., Inc., d/b/a Casey's Folly, 80 Chickering Rd. License had been prevmonsly grante~'~ubject to the ~a~p~.~ val of the Bu~_lding Inspector and the Board of Health of. the propos~'d./re~oyations o.9~-~fe~icense site. Alice M. Letarte, Secretary The Board of Selectmen held their regular meeting on(this .dAte wroth ~1~ members p~ent, Selectmen Joseph A. Guthrie, John F. Coady with Chai~m3m~Thomas J. McEvoy presiding. The minutes and warrant were approved as submitted. RESIG~ION: A letter received from the Highway Surveyor, Bud Cyr, contained his resigmation as Asst. Building Inspector, effective as of this date. He stated that it was a question of prin- ciple and that there was never any personality conflict involved in any way. Selectman Coady stated that they appointed him in good faith every year despite the fact that they received many comments as to why he had the position cf Assistant ~3ding Inspector when he held the position, elected and ihzll-time, as ~he town's Highway Surveyor. The Board accepted Cyr's resignation, with regret. Oct. 13 - Merrimack V~l~ey Regional Transit Authority, Advisory Bal. - Brian S. w~l. attend. No~. 26- Essex County Selectmen's Association Fa/1 Meeting. . LAND ACQUISiTION: Letter received from Thomas F. NcLeughlin, Reg. Env. Engineer, stating that he had fo'rwarded the Selectmen's letter to the Dept. of ~hv. Quality E'gineering, Boston, Mass., relative to the acquisition of lands for water supply protection under the provisions of Sec; 41, Ch. 40 of the Gen. Laws. A hearing is required by the above-named department to participate in the Self Help Program. BRADST REET C ROSS~ALK: Copy of letter to Chief Lawlor from Edith Hayes, Crossing Guard, received. She requested that the walk in front of the school be painted like all the others. Chief ~1 be requested to submit a written report to the Selectmen on the matter. LAWIDR: SECRETARY-CLE~: Letters received from the Chief on the position of Secretary-Clerk. Selectman Guthrie held the opinion that the Chief's Secretary-Clerk should not hold tw~o positions...Secretary and School Crossing Guard; that she was working more than 40 hours a week and she should be told she should choose between the two Jobs. SPEED SURVEY-SALEM STREEt: Chief advised the Selectmen, by letter, that on September 27, 1977, three members of the Speed Survey party, consisting of two members of the State Department of Public Works and one member of the Mass. Registry of Motor Vehicles reported to him that they had completed a survey. The survey consisted of the entire length of Salem street from the Center to the Middleton Line. A report of speed-zoned areas w~! be forthcoming to the Board of Selectmen in the near ihxture. CAPiTAL BUDGET CO~4ITTEE: A letter from W.E. -~nsdorf, Chairman, invited Board to their first meeting, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, ~t 7:00 P.M. in the Town Accountant's Office. Selectman Guthrie stated that he thought it would be wiser to meet the Capital Budget Committee after the Special Town Meeting in November. ~ (continued) ~ CABLE TELEVISION: Letter to the Board from Pobert W. Phelps, General Manager, of Continental Cablevlsion stated that they were extremely interested in applying for a license to provide cable television services in North Andover. However, it is too early to make a for~m~ application, at this time. Before they could apply, they w~11 have to work with the CATV Advisory Comm. and the Selectmen in order that their final application would take care of the town's needs. The Selectmen referred the letter to the CATV Advisory Committee. GAS EXCAVATION: Petition approved to excavate on Lexington St. and Fleasant St. to install a gas main. CAMPIOt~ HALL: It was voted to have Chairman investigate the matter of an appraiser for Campion Hall and make sure an Article was prepared for the lmzrchase of the land. LICENSING CO~ISSI0t~E~S: TAXI CABS: Chairman O~thrte advised the Board that since the Towu does not have any By-law re ~ cabs, he would like to make a motiou to adopt the taxi cab by-law used by the City of Lawrence. Motion seconded. Chaiz~am Guthrie then made a motion that the Licensing Comm~sioners go into executive session on the matter of the North Andover .Town Taxi, Inc ./~anaged by F~rd Bardsley. Alice M. Letarte, Secretary ~*~*~.~.~, lerk OCTOBER 11~ 1977. ~... The Board of Selectmen held their regular meeting o~ th~ Selectmen Joseph. A..Guthrie, John F. Coady with Chai~n warrant and minutes were approved as submitted. It date with a~l resent; Thomas J. NcEvoy presiding. The JURORS: Eleanor McCourt, 303 Sutton Street was drawn for November 7 Sitting, at Salem. Daniel F. Cah~q, 11' Woodbridge Road, was drawn for jury duty, November 7 Sitting, at Lawrence. Drawn by Chairman McEvoy on October 12, in the presence of Chief 'Lawlor, ~11ee Letarte, Sec. ~nd John J. Lyons, Town Clerk. SIGN BY-LAW CONMITTEE: Letter from the Board of Trade requested two persons out of four names listed be appointed to the Sign By-Law Committee to represent the loca2 businesses.' Selectman Co, dy motioned that the Building Inspector be requested to submit a progress report on the committee =~ to advise the Board which two persons he recommended from the list submitted. APPOINTMENTS- GLCAC, INC. At the request of the executive director of Gr. Law. Community Action Council, Inc.,' Philip Laverriere, the Board reappointed John J. Monteiro and Joseph Morkeaki to represent the town on the Council. CAMPION HALL: Letter received from Dr. Kay, Chairman, Board of Health, advised Selectmen that they were in favor of the land-taking of Campion ~. STOP SIGN-ABBOTT ST~: Letter from S. E~dleman advised Board that the State approved the inst:ll~tion of Stop signs on Abbott Street, at Marbleridge Rd. Two forms, attested by Town Clerk, w~11 be sent, in triplicate, to the Dept. of Public Works. GAS EXCAVATION: Petition, approved, to excavate on Marblehead Street to inst~11 gas service. BRADSTREET SCHOOL CROSS WALK: Letter from Chief Ia~lor advised the Board that due to the numerous rainy Sundays, the New 'England Traffic Painting Company has been unable to paint the cress walk in front of the Bradstreet School. It wfll be done as soon as possible. Copy of letter w~11 be sent to complainant,. Edith Hayes. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING-WARRANT: The Selectmen opened the warrant at 8:04 p.m. to include nine Articles for the Special Town Meeting to be held on November 7, 1977, at the Middle School Auditorium. A meeting ~11 be held with ,11 department heads on October 20, 1977, at 7:00 p.m. in the Middles School Cafe- terta.' A meeting will then be arranged with Mr. WarlOck, present owner of Campion ~ property. SOLID WASTE CO~ITTEE: The Selectmen and Brian S~l~ivan met with members of the Solid Waste C~.~.dttee to discuss the State purchase of the land site. Meebing was at 8:30 p.m.