HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-01-28 Board of Selectmen MinutesJANUARY 28 1980
The Board of Selectmen met on this date with all members present; Se~men
Guthrie, Salisbury, Joyce, Graham with Chairman McEvoy presiding. The min-
utes and warrant were approved as submitted with a slight change in the min-
utes.
'INSPECTION FEES:
After a discussion, the Board voted unanimously to accept the electrical
permit fees as recommended by the Building Inspector and to raise the
'Wiring Inspector's re-inspection fee to $15.00.
WIRING · IIISPECTOR POSITIOII:
After answering some questions asked by John Thompson he stated he would
be willing to take the Wiring Inspector postion. It was voted unanimously
to appoint Mr. Thompson as Wiring Inspector, effective janUary 31,' 1980, 'at
,' ~.arsalarY of $6,500 and eligible'for fringe benefits accorded other town
!employees. It was also voted to have the Personnel Board submit an Article
for the annual Town Meeting to activate the position after Advisory Board
approval. A request for a transfer from the Reserve Fund will be sent to
the Advisory Board to implement salary increase of the Wiring Inspector as
vote'd':bY,:the Personnel Board.
'RT..125,PARKING:
Lerner'received from Chief Donnelly in response to Selectmen's letter in=
· 'q~iring'about illegal parking of cars on Rt. 125 and the subsequent ~ine of
$3.00. The inquirywas, the result of a complaint of Domenic Messtna who
lives next to the 99 Restaurant. Chief Donnelly stated that his officers
have always responded promptly to Messina's numerous and continuous
T~eyh~ve been tagsing these vehicles for a long period of, time. As to the
fine of $3;00..the amount is not 'set by the Town of North Andover. His
d~partment.,receives the'~ooks Of parking tickets and the amount of the fine
[is',eit~r'set by the State of Massachusetts or the Lawrence District Court.
S~ateP6~ice have also ticketed vehicles constantly, If vehicles are parked
oh Messina's property, he has the right to have the vehicles towed and he
does ,~ot'have to contact the Police Department. If the vehicle is blocking
his driveway, then the Police Department will have it towed. Vehicles can
only be towedwhen it is presenting a danger usually when there is ice
'andsnow removal operations involved. He recommended, that the Selectmen
'S~eka'legal opinion on the'legality of towing vehicles instead of receiving
agarking'ticket. If a car is towed illegally, it could lead to a law suit.
He ~concluded that he would seek a legal opinion from Town Counsel'on the
matter;?'The Selectmen stated that the Fire Chief should make periodic
chOcks'iOn the number of patrons at the restaurant. Selectman Graham would
l~lke,'Tow~Counsel's opinion as to ~owing and Selectman Salisbury would like
an Opinion from Town Counsel as to~ts hhe $3.00 fine' and what steps could
be taken to make it steeper. It was so voted to send Town Counsel a letter
to that effect.
COMPLAINT -.WOODRIDGE DRIVE:
Letter received from Chief Donnelly re a complE£nt received from Mrs. Hoar
of Waverly Road that children were standing on the road in the mornings wait
ing for the school bus. Chief sent the Safety Officer to the location to
orrect the situation. On her complaint that cars were coming out of Wood-
r£dge~Drive at excessive speed onto W~=erly Road, he recommended a Stop
si~n be installed on Woodridge Drive before entering Waverly Ro&d to prevent
a~future ,accidents. It was an unanimous vote to accept this recommendation
and the Chief will be so instructed.
OLD AMBULANCE:
Letter f~om Chief Currier advised the Selectmen that the 1976 Chevrolet am-
bulance ~a~ been~taken out of service as of January 22, 1980. Letter from
,Town Treasurer ~tated that be~,.~as processin~ payment on January 22 the bill
for the new ambulance in the amount of $3Z,O00..and that, according to Town
Meeting .~[C~ion, the o14 ambulance~/~be sold. Il, recom~.en.ded th.~t, th.Es s_ale~b,,
done b~ advertisement for bids. Chief Currier stated that, w~th t~e ~oaru s
permis~i~n, his department would take care of the advertisement. It was
out that this procedure was according to Town By-Law. However,
mo~ to ! Board of the sale
of ithe ambulance and of ~tate of the Board of Fire
~er8 vote.
J,,A~,,,AR¥ 28, 1980 (continued) .,
· 1 ~'~.. FIRE.CHIEF -..NEGOTIATIONS: - ":' ' '
An executive sesskon was called to meet with the Fire Chief re negotiations
of the firefighter~s contract.
NAMING OF STREETS .'
~Le==er from Planning Board re the responsibility of:naming streets.,was received.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE: ,":.
The annual invitation sent'by =he Ancient Order of Hiberniansin.i~r~cato
participate in =he llth annual St. Pa=rick~s Day Parade was received. The
Selectmen will be present and a let=er will be sent Co =he Chairman.:,..:
TOWN COUNSEL REPORT: ' · :'": ' '!'"
Let=er received containing'repot=on =he Ba=eman v. William
Town of North Andover sent by Town Counsel. He advised =he Board Chat
continuing Co deal with both. parties, especially with Hr. Cyr
Co solve =he problem.
SENATOR POLLARD: .-~.i ,. ba "~
LetCer received from Senator Pollard requesting use of sp~oe in the.Town
Building one Monday of every month between =he hours of 7.00 and 9i00 P.M.
The object so Chat she and her aide could conduct monthly office.hours. The
Board voted unanimously co have a let=er sen= to Senator Pollardadvisl~gi[
=hey wouldbehappy co make office space available and when no=ified,'iarrange-
men=s will be made. ·
WATER .RESOURCES COMM~SSION: -.
Let=er received from Alan Taubert, Advisory Board. Chairman of the.~pswich~.
River Watershed Dis=tic=, to verify =he Town's represen=at£~n ~resently
=he Board of Public Works. The Selectmen sCa=ed =hac i= would b~helpful
if =hey had more information on the ac=ual ac~ivi=ies of =he Wa=e~,~o_mmtssion.
With chis information, it could be de=ermined if a member of =he Conservation
Commission, rather =ha~ the Board of Public Works, could con=rib~=e more,co
=he watershed distric~. It was voted co send a letter co chat effect.
TOWN REPORT AW~RD:
Brian S. reported =ha= several of the printers had confi~med'.=ha=~=he,paper
now being used for =he report is about =he cheapest available. However_,.,,=o
ge= the ~'porc below ~he appropriation ,.pictures have been elimtna=ed~and
reports have been pieced =Ode=her co save space. As a result, =he repor=.:i
is down to an es~ima=ed 155 pages which will cost $2,825.00...approp~ia=ton
is .$2,900.00. lC was unanimously voted to award the con=tact Co prin=,:.=he
report.to Finn Li=ho, 1owes= bidder. Me will be so notified and =he,.o=her
printers who submit~ed =heir b~ds will be thanked and- invited co. submt=.a
bid next year.
RF~ERVE CROSSING GUARD:
AC the request of Chief Donnelly, the Selec=~n appoin=ed~udi=h L;. Flowers,
86 Pleasant Stree=,-aReserve Crossing Guard. Chief Donnelly sca=ed =ha=
his d~par=menC was badly in need of a Reserve Guard..
GO SLOW-CHILDREN SIGN:
Selec~nen reques=ed~,a let=er be sen= Co Chief Donnelly Co have him.ins~all
a "aoSlow-Children"~.sign.on Summer Street as. voted a=.a.previous ~ee=ing..
RUBBISH COLLECTION POLICY: .
LeCtor co be sen= to =he Board of Heal~h..Ed Scanlon, Dr. Kay and ~eorgn
~aron, requesting they be.~resent at =he Sole==men's meeting on February
with =he ~ighway Surveyor, co discuss policies for refuse collec=ion'f~r
apartment complexes..and businesses in Town. SeCting.a policy for'rUbbish
collection in =he form of a Town By-Law has become imperative in view of" the
court complain= filed against the Town by =he Village Green condominium':
owners, and the closing, eventually, of our landfill. If an agreement' is"'
reached on a policy, it can be submit=ed as ,an Article to Town Meeting.'
COMMFfER RAIL SERVICE: ~, ':;: ."
A Mrs. Ryce appeared aC the Selectmen's meeting inquiring about implementing
commuter rail service in North Andover. Selectmen said =hey might', sub,it an
Article ac Town Meeting or she could do with signatures. . .
JANUARY 28, 1980 (continued)
POLICE ~SERVE CANDIDATES INTEKVIEWS:
The fo~lowing candida~es we~e~n~e~v~ewed: 'J~s T. ~oche, DavidM. Guthr[e,
Tracy Lee'Lit=lc, Brian Lawlo~ and Laszlo Kun. J~es Roche headed cbs l~s~
of candidates willEns =o accept appointment. After,ch discussion, David M.
~hr&q.was appointed a Reserve Pa=rol~n subJec~ =o his pass'ns his physical.
Selectman Gu=bric abs=aEned from vo~En~. Selec=~n decided Co vote, by ballot
onChe bcher ~hree candida=es. Joyce and McEvoy vo~ed for Brian Lawlor and
· Gu=brae passed En 'a blank vote.
Grah~ ~nd Salisbury voted for Jmes Roche.
He said he would vote =o break =he =is Ef the Board could dece~Ene whether
Conclusion:
David GuchrEe would be the Senior Reserve PolEc~an or
appoin=men~ of second reserve patrolman =o be postponed un=il next meeting,
February ,,~th.
EMERGENCY P. ESEgVE $CI~DULE:
Let~e~ f~Om Chief Donnelly enclosed the ava~lability l~st of four Emergency
' David Guthrie, Paul Alosky~ Brian Lawlor and Tho~s McEvoy~ Jr.
~s~' ~_ h'red =o :e~lac. the th:ee officers scheduled :o attend school.
He s~Ced, also, cha= the officers attending school would be available
work on ~ekends co supplement their low Erade pay. Due =o =he fact that
chess officers have had quire a bE= of experience on ~he. lobe, he did
=hi~~ =hat' =he request was unreasonable. -.
T~. ab~ve~n~ed was discussed. Selec=~n Joyce stated =hat it would be a
~st~e: 't~-' et in~o land acquis~t~on plan, =ha= =here was no reason ~o
. . ~ . .... ~ ~.,Ire land through sassed=s, conservation
et:man ~ltsb~y that the plan was :oo 8eneral, that there should be a
plan t~: ~oul/ not be contradtetoty to t~speople later.
pe~Lastbu Was 8ranted the ~rch of Dimes, ~errt~ck Chapter, :o conduct
a teler~, April ~3th, tn ~ethuen. ' Selecc~u 6uthrte s:aued that he
~ould p~r~tctpate.
ARBIT~ATIONA~ARD:
'~;~,W ~lis Town Counsel, reported on the arbitra=ion award hearin$.
John _ i ' -- -~ -~ -----o -nd decided in favor of the firefishters
Judse ~ennet rev~eweu_a-~ ~'~Yt~_T_, ....... ~ g~ ~eeouunended that the
and ordered payment o£ the arozcrac~oLz awa.~ ......
B~d accept decisiondand 8o on to new Contract.
ENSING COMMISSIONERS:
LIC - -- -- -- ..... ~-om Anthony C. C~udale, db/a
Chi. 'Donn. lly wa. in
e Au:obod at.l~uK:verv~e'
C~uda~., .... Y' -~---- ~-~m Buildine Inspector s~ated-that,.unfo~tuna~ely
for Mr..C~udale, thea~se o~ the prem2ses a~ ,~ ~,v~..--- .
of usedcars is 'not/~lo~ed use in that zonins district which is zonea
for "Industrial-S". It was an unanimous vote to dismiss the application
without prejudice for Crudale may appeal law stated.by Building Inspector.
Approved: 1-day licuor licenses:
Bavarian'Bowling Leasue at B.U. Conference Center, May 10, 1~80.
Merrimack College, Senior class, January 30, 1980. '
, :" Rev. Georse 1/orsan. Merrimack Collese, February,,, 1..,~.19F'
Alice H.' Letarte, Secretary *****************~Clerk.