HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-09-17 Board of Selectmen Minutes SEPTEHBER 17, 1979 ...... .. 127
The Board of. Selectmen held their regular meetin§ on ~his dace with all members
present; Selectmen Joseph A. Guchrie, Charles A. Salisbury, Ralph R. Joyce, John
W. Graham, with Chairman Thomas J, McEvoy presiding. The minutes and warrant were
approved as submitted; ~.
POLICE CAR BIDS:
· A discussio~,.on~Joint purchasing of police cars ensued. Several com~unities
in. the BbSt0~'%rea order 1000 police cruisers aC $7400. per oruiseri(police-.radios
would b~,Dn.a~ded expense)'and would bring the Purchase price over.the allotted
$30,000;~0.rli~ ~uisers....It-was voted to refer info~nation of the Jointpurchas}~g
pool to C~ief'DOnnelly for his reconraendations co besubmitted aC the. next Select-
~_n's;'~e~ini~; 'Chief Donnellystated Chat'the-condicionof the department's
-Bpolice cruisers are costing over $500. a month for repairs.and one crusier' is
~cc~nPletely unsafe. Co operate.
OFF-sTREET~PARKING:''
Alc~lengthy, dis'cussion Cook place on whether, Co continue the all night parking ban
during~the:..win~ermonths or.not-.- Parking Ban usually goes into effect on Dec.
and bans parking of cars, from December to March, beaten the hours~ of 12. midnite,
and 6:00A.M.,. except on Chrisms and Hew Year's eves. Several-{esidents of .'
Beverly~Street~ere.-presentstating that many residents on Beverly Street cannot
.cooperate w~th,-che parking.ban.because'of lackof driveways or too many cars co .be
parkedwhereethere were more. th'an one family in atene~nC, house..-~ark.DiSalvO
stated that.-t9%:~of-the, homes on BeverlyStreet do not have driveways and most
families~have~vo',cars., {hat .in the pastl,, cars have parked, on sidewalks to. allo~
the plo~in~;oi the street~, .:$elec~na~u~hrio, s tared- that the-.parking, ban- was ..too
,..lon$ ;a seas.o~,o~hat, the-problem.could, be 'solved b~ advanced warning of snow
Alternate,~arking on'~atreeCs, as La~rence has, was ,also brought up. 'DiSalvosaid
-there-had ~oC .been.anyproblems£o~..,29,:.years re cars-parking on Beverly Street.
· side~alkunci~,i~oyeara ago;when cars were.tagged.,. Chief Donnelly .stated that
the Selec~ew,vote.Che policies..chat the police.department.enforces .them and -
., parking on sidewalks is. against the law. Chairman Salisbury suggested Chat.the
ban be enforced onlywhen. Chere is a sno~ scorm....that cherecouldn'C be any more'
than.,;five:,snowsCo~ms, during the ~r£ncer..Letter, from High~ay Surveyor .sCared ChaC
h~vhe sympach~zed.~ththe problem thaC off sCreetparking representsto some of
the; residents .on Beverly SCreeC~ buCthereare,many ocher streets .i~ co~n that
· a similar/problem, He. rreco~r~ends Chat no. exemptions be allowed, in any area
of to~n,.~chaC~w£thout'a standard sec o£.rules-to.be obeyed by all residents, iC
would be, veryrdtificulc.co'havens vorking.soluCiont~a safe'and;efficient snow.
ramoval,~;~He,~lso, addedchat, whether-the SeleCCmen.-extend;or delete~the.p~kin$
ban, he~ii~.:have, al$ vehicles.,cowed.thachamper snow-removal operations ~ithin:
the to~n~s~eets ~aa.he'has in the past.winters..Selectman ~rahammade .a motion
chat.the Boar~of Selectmen revie~the current, parking ban.policy andCo Cry Co
a$1eviate problems of Beverly Street..that the Selectmen have aconeatcmenC .to
solve the Beverly Street problem and. ocher streets, within the town. Selectman
Guthrie seconded the moc£on. Vote was ~-yea and 1.,no... BeverlyStreet residents
.having~rob~e~s~xeith p~king were John.Duxbury,, 8~ BeVeriySC.,.RaymondMartineau,
86 Beverly:St;~,AnnieO Neill, 83.Beverly,SC~,,;HenryReilly, 85 Beverly SC., Mark
DiSalvo,-gl'Beverly SC., Donald Samaha, 106 Beverly SC. and a .5.-apart~nent building
on Beverly'SC~'..~The matter .of off-street parking will be.broughtup in ~o ~e~s,
ac OcCober.lst~meeting... r *'~''
CONDUIT
on.S~ S~r~et. George Gagan, RiEhC of Way Agenet for telephone comPany, stated
that it would not be necessary to notify abutters 200 ' fr°m £nscallacion~'that'
only the immediate abutters should, be notified.
POLE I~STA~LATIO~-~AY~E ST. :
Above petition postponed until Sept. 21th as former objectors not present.. Board
authorized Brian Sullivan to contact electric company before next meeting.
~th OF.'JULY COf~flTTEE:
It was the. unanimous vote of the ,Board tO-appoint members of the Veterans of ;
Wars, Post' 210t, as. the annual ~th of July ComnttCCee for the coming year.
~y~LETV COMPLAINT: R
eCCer received from Arthur. . Murphy, 22 Beacon Hill Blvd., complained chaC
ear old Magnavox TV sec working perfectly before Cable TV and properly tuned and
adJusced,.for Cable TV by a repair man, is getting very poor reception, all stations
werecom~ng in,fuzzy, unclear and inaudible. He has called ConCinenCal TU and
has had no response, and no interest has been shown Co correct the reception.
(continued)
It was voted unanimously to activa~ a TV ComnrLttee to handle Cable TV complaints,
and to authorized Brian S~ to contact Robert Salem, Cable TV Manager,~t0,,~sk him
how he is going to handle complaints.
TO~H COUNSEL:
Warlick vs. T own of North Andover: Board voted unanimously to a'u[thOriZe John J.
~s, ~o~ Counsel, to h~e F~oyd Taylor, ac the ~neta~y ~ate sta~ed
letter o~ Sept~be~ 18th, for research and p~eparat~on. ' ''~
Arbi~ra~ion - ~o '~eachers: Board voted unani~usly Co auChorEze~T o~ cbunsel
~o represent the No~h Andover School Con,Cee in an arbitration
with ~o teachers during the ~nch of 0Ccober a~ a dace ~o be se~"b~ th~bi~ra-
~O~ ·
~he Selec~en vo~ed unani~usly co authOrize Selec~n Joyce ~ hire, engineer
and real,or ~o make evalua~ions of the To~ Fa~ buildings-, .expense~hot~:to ~...
exceed ~600.00.,-.N~ of su~eyor, ~lli~ HacLeod, ~chuen, ~ss~o~,~:rAndov~r
Consultants ~ Inc. ......
N~ '~ECTRI~ CODE': · ~. -;-. , .,,.~.. .~.
Building Inspector~ Charles Foster, and Wiring ~napector,.JohnThompson:,'lappeared
.before-the'Board to discuss the new electrical code...Wiring Inspectors-cannot ·
practice as licensedelectricians.in the sametownthat..they are:~inspectinS...Mr.
Thompson stated chat he.would..l£ke to, continue'as Wiring Inspector.,and,.is~aware.
that.he cannot continue robe an electrician in the T own of Horth~Andover~.;~ This
situation would'reduce his. income considerably. Selectman Guthr£e ~'aid, he~ould
see the .following'alternatives...1) Advertise for a ~trin$ Inspectar~,'2) Have
Thompson continue as Wiring Inspector..3) Compensate Thompson 'for:~ull-time
position as Electrical Inspector. After considerable discussion, it was ,agreed
that Mr. Thompson come.back to the-Board, at their .meeting on Octob'e~tst~ ~wo
weeks from now.to.advise them'of his intentions, salary he would~expec~,,,~ecc.
IMPLEMENTATION OF DOG OFFICER FEE:, '.":~ ..
--Procedure for releasing an impounded dog was discussed. It was.vo~ed::unafiim-
ously to accept-procedure to release, impounded dogs: ."The owner,'o~"k~eper .~
must-pay a$10.00 administrative fee' to-the. Tax Collector~at theTown Bu$1din~
120 Main Street. No dog will be released without a paid receipt .from ~he
Tax Collector's office. The fee may be. paid during..resular.office~hours
only, yhich are ~onday ~tbru Friday,, 8:30 a.m; to 4:30 p.m.'.'
SalisWury commenced that,-lt, wouldbe unfair to some dog.owners..whgae dogs.
are picked up on Saturday. Also the dog~must.have,.anup-to-date,licenae;-
They maybe obtained at the Town Clerk's office, 120Main Street,,:during:
the' above-named hours. A boarding.:fee .of ~4.00. a .day, in.cash, musC',be, paid
to Bulger.'s Animal. Hospital.' .. ~ . -- .... ,!:;,.~.~..,:.:~
COURT STREET - NO?/~IGHT TUP, N S~GN _,.~,.~-.,~;
· ..Residents from,Court,Street;apgeared before the Board in support, of. the,~i~-
atallat£on of a "Mo ~ight Turn" s'iSn on.AcademyRd, at.Court Street;~.~
and Mrs. Hayas .stated Court Street, a very.narrow.street .on t~e,upper-~end,.
was used. aa.a channel fromSalem.and-:Johnson Streets and .the installation~of-
-.the.sign would also help'-"allevfate the numerous accidents .on Stevens Corner.
Selectmmn Guthrie made a motion to have the sign installed, it was seconded.
by Selectman Graham. Vote was 4-yes, ,1-No. (Installation of the.~was,-
approved .by the State Departmentof Public-Works, Chiefs Donnel~'i~
gerald, and disapproved by the Highway Surveyor.) ....
PRECINCT LIST:
Letter from Republican Chairman, James G~mte, recommended that Jane Johnson,
10 Clarendon Street, be appointed .Deputy Warden of Precinct II. ,~I,t.was so~
CUSTODIAN PAY-SCHOOL USE:
Letter received from Fred Rex advised the Board that Custodians,used by.~.the.
Town ~or bloodmobiles, exams, etc.,must be paid by the Se~ectmen~,,..It was so
noted. - ....
POLICE TARGET ~RACTICE AR~A:
· Letter received from Police Chief, ~@t!ng the police deparCmentcould Use'
the facilities.of the Andover Soortsmans Club for shooting practice. '~The' "
voted unanimously to authorize Chief~.Donnelly to accept the offer. :They also
requested Chief Donnelly to submit a plan for an indoor shooting,practice.area
of ~ur own..including the approximate,, : of such a facility. .
SEPTEMBER 17, 1979 (continued)
K OF C DRIVE:
The'Knights of Columbus asked the Selectmen to declare the weekend of October
5-6-7~'"The Tootsie Roll Weekend for Exceptional and Retarded Children.' Ic
was so voted. Letter to be sent to John Toomey, Grand Knight.
~OCK.CONCERT - COMMON
It was the unanimous vote of the Board Co reco~end to the Board of Public
WOrks tO.deny the use of the Old Common to any Rock Concert Group. This
voce~was,,:a result of a request made to Chief Donnelly from Brian Vanaken, 9
Wilcot'S~treet, Andover, Mass. for use of the cobb. on for a 1-day Rock Conceet.
CKAN~Blue Cross-Blue Shield:
Discussion ensuedon the request of James Crane for inclusion into the Town's
Blue Cross-Blue Shield program. Crane is a call fireman-spare driver and
:clocksover twenty hours a week.~ A motion was made and-seconded to i~clude
}ir. Crane in the Bt-ES pro,ram. Vote was 4-Yes, 1-No.
Odt. ' '~. _"
FLAG & OLD COMMON:
- Selectma~ Joyce recommended that a com~ittee ~e formed co raise money to
purch'ase-~a storm fla$ for.the Old Coi,~on. DifferenC. organizat£ons have been
sent~leCters on the matcerJ He stated that he and Frank Dushamecwould. be
81ad':to serve on the comnitcee~ It was voted ~ advertise for me.ers who
woUld~:Iike to serve on the fund-raisin§ co~tccee.
'F~ECUTIVE SESSION:
It wgs ~oted.to go into executive session on =he discussion of appoint~nenC
of a Fire Chief. It was voted to offer Donald Fountain the position as a
resul~ of'this session. ~
HUD APPLICATION - REHAB'P~OG~AM:
Brian. Sullivan reported that a group cons~sting 'of himself, Gayton Os$ood,
Louis,.Minicucci and Planner~ ,Susan St. Pierre had made asurvey of the town
areas[and reco=znended that the area,beginnin~ with Saunders Street and
surro~nd[ngstreets be pinpointed on the application, A considerable dis-.
cussion followed, each Selectmen thought ocher areas should be chosen for
the rehab~program. Finally, Selectman Salisbury said "let's put our feet
where_our mouths are" and motioned that each Selectmen submit his list of.
streets at the next meeting. The above-named group will also come back with
another list. It was so voted.
ACCESS~ROAD -SOLID WASTE:
was', voted to 'discuss the access road co the proposed Regional Solid Waste
Plant.at a work session on Tuesday night, Sepcember 18~
Appro~ed~'.' Application for a 1-day liquor license from
~ev.r George Morgan,
O.S.A..~?r£mack College co be.held.at the .Gilde,~~,. !979.
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