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Home My WebLink About1980-05-19 Board of Selectmen MinutesThe Board of Selectmen held their regular meeting on this date with Selectmen Charles A.. Salsibury, Ralph R. Joyce, R. Louis DiFruscio present an~ Chairman Thomas J. McEvoy presiding. Selectman Graham absent, out of State. The minutes and warrant were approved as submitted. POLE LOCATIONS: Hearing: Install 2 poles on Campbell Rd. and 1 pole on Ash St. Change of ownership of Sole Owned pole to joint ownership, Mass. New England Tel. & Tel. Co. Approved. Approved. Electric and DOWNTOWNAREA-HUD GRANT: TheBoard voted to approve the Request For Proposals for the design study for the downtown area to be funded under the 1980 HUD Grant with the amendment'that the study include a portion of May Street and Waverly Road. Voted to advertise for candidates to serve on the design review committee. COMMUNITY CENTER: The Board discussed the formation of a Committee to oversee renovations to the Community Center. The Board voted to approve Brian Sullivan's suggestion that the Committee be apppointed as follows: 1) A representative from the Council On Aging, the Recreational Council and the Community Center Trustees. The rest of the Building Renovation Cormuittee would consist of the Building Inspector, Selectman DiFruscio and two citizens. Brian also advised the Board that he had received "verbal" notice that the Town's. application for federal funds to renovate .the Community Center had been approved. POLICE SERGEANT APPT.: Board were advised that another list, amended, had been received listing Steiner as the third applicant instead of Officer Lynch. It was voted to table the appointment of a Police Sergeant until the next meeting, June 2, to give Officer Steiner a chance to indicate on the requisition whether he wes interest- ed in the appointment or not. Selectman Salisbury stated that he thought we should have a list with five names to choose from. It was brought out that this. mi~.~ake a long time. POLICE'LIEUTENANT & 2 PATROLMEN: The Board approved the requisition for a Police Lieutenant and two Patrolmen as approved at Town meeting. Voted to have Brian call for two lists and call for provisig~al.appointments. LOCAL ARTS~.COUNCIL: · The S~lec~enaappointed the following to serve on the Local Arts Council fo~ a period Of tw6' years, renewable twice: John R. Vtrr, Joan Thompson, Michael King,.Ba~bara Olson, Michael J. Brian, Frieda BJornson, Marianne Trepanier. They will be sent a notice of the first workshop scheduled for Tuesday, May 27th Mayor's Office, City Hall, Lawrence. PART-TIME, SECRETARY: The.-Board; approved advertising for a part-time Secretary, employment to begin July: 1st, ~Tabled was the ad for a Coordinator for the Aging. STATE.~v~L~EFENSE: .. Letter from the State CiVil Defense Director concerned air and ground rescue. The. Sele~tme.n voted to designate the Police Chief and Civil Defense Director, John CoCo, :o be in charge of the rescue operations. PUBLIC WORKS COMPLAINT: tter received from Attorney Schiavoni stated that damages were done to his property by a Town Department. It seems that, due to an error on plans drawn up by an eq~ineer, a Public Works subcontractor cut down approximately 65 trees on the wrong land to clear the land for the installation of a new sewer line being'installed on Johnson Street. The Selectmen requested that a full report be submitted to them on the matter.from the Superintendent of Public Works, Joe Borgesi. 192 MAY 19, 1980 (continued) STREET LIGHT REQUEST: ...... ~ ........ A letter from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nadeau, Salem, N.H., stated that .they were building a home on Sharpner's Pond Road and would be residing there 5y June: 7th. They requested the installation of a street light near their residence as it was very dark and perhaps it would cut down on the loitering and car torching that frequently takes place on the road. The Selectmen discussed the ever present problem of street light requests. Many streets have: too many lights and some streets do not have any. It was agreed that the first step is to have a plan of the present street submit a map for the July 14th meeting. TOWN BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS: lights and voted to have Brian The Selectmen approved Brian's suggestion to call for bids or quotes~for renovations and energy improvements on the Town Building. To be advertised in the Eagle Tribune and Citizen. .. VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEM: The Board voted to retain the services of Soronco Corporation, Wakefield', Mass. to install a vapor recovery system on the Town's gasoline t~nks, a new regulation required by DEQE. Any necessary digging around the tanks will be done by the Highway Department. Soronco will install the tanks' for $285-$300 per tank. TRAFFIC LIGHT-SUTTON & MAIN STS: The Board voted to approve letter to be sent to the State requesting aSsis- tance for construction of a traffic light and other improvements at the Sutton, Main Street intersections. :. WORKSHOP-FIREFIG~TER' S CONTRACTS: The Board voted to have Brian Sullivan and the Chairman to attend an portant workshop on Firefighter Collective Bargaining in Connecticuti June 5-6. ARTS & HUMANITIES: Notice received?of a workshop sbheduled on May 27th, Mayor's OffiCe, 'Law- rence on the new Arts & Humanites program. Brian was voted to attend with~.. the members of the Local Arts Council. · LANDFILL COMMITTEE: · Letters received from the Board of Health and Highway Dept. advised the Board that they would not serve on the Landfill Committee.,. They .gave several reasons. Chairman McEvoy stated he could not understand why any< Department head would refuse to serve on. a committee. It was voted to ... have Brian attend the Landfill Committee meeting on Tuesday and he is to read the two letters to the VANDALISM: Selectman Salisbury spoke on the increased vandalism in the area and cited the tragic, rock throwing incident which resulted in a young, pretty-sChOol teacher losing her eye and having her face smashed. He would like members of the Board to address various clubs in town, to line up Civic g~oups to become actively involved...have volunteers to patrol the to~n...assign. Special Police and Civil Defense members to patrol...have an agreement with the District Court sentence the vandals to be punished in public,, sweeping streets, replacing glass windows, etc. It was also suggested that tee .shirts be printed with "Vandalism hurts people" on them. POLICE UNION: Selectmen directed Brian to set up meeting with the Police Union. LICENSING COMMISSIONERS: Action confirmed of approval of 1-day liquor license for wedding reception May 17th, at the B.U. Conference Center, William J. Igoe, Andover, Mass. LIQUOR VIOLATIONS: '-Letters received from Chief Donnelly citing instances of violations a~ Mc- Cracken's Pkg. Store, Richdales, 99 Restaurant and Jilly's Restaurant. Formulation of a liquor policy was discussed and it was voted to adopt policy used by Andover with certain amendments. It was also vote~ hat new license holders shouldn't be saddled with old owner's infractions y will be sent to all liquor holders with covering lc! .A, ll~ M. Letarte, Secretary 19 1980 192 Personnel Boar__d (3 yrs.) William J. Sullivan (1983) ZONING & PLANNING BOARD OF APPEAL~ (5 ~rs) Alternate James D. Noble (1985) William J. Sullivan (1983) Maurice Foulds -Al=ernate Member-(1983) (1 year) Dennis Currier (Chief) Dana Fisher (lst Deputy) Stewart Wilson (2nd Deputy) (1 year) John J. Thompson - Wiring Inspector William Lush - Asst. Wiring Inspector RobertV. A~wood - Animal Inspector Charles H. Foster- Building Inspector Wilfred Chaput Asst. Building Inspector Edward J. Scanlon- Gas Inspector William Geremia - Asst. Gas Inspector HISTORICAL COMMISSIO~ (3 yrs.) Louisa M. King (1983) Anna. C. Howes (1983) Conservation Commissio_~___~ (3 yrs.) Henry Fink (1983) :'~ Arthur Resca (1983) Ann William-Dawes (1981) IDFA (5 yrs.) Richard Hillner (1985) Board of Re istrars (3 yrs.) William C. Lafond (1983) Executive Secreta Brian F. Sullivan Recreational Counet~l William P. McEvoy, Louis Detora William C. Lafond Augustine McDonald ~He~b~K~.Tgo~eY John J. Driscoll William Boutillier Richard Sharer Chairman Buildin A eals Committee Charles H. Foster, Andrew Alvino, Jr. Frank Gelinas Alfred L. Gardiner Louis Kmiec Anthony Galvagna Chairman (3 yrs.) 194 MAY 19 1980 (Appointments continued) N~al Develo ment Committee (5 yrs.) Frank Hullo (1985) Vacancy Ca ital Bud et Committee John J. Lyons, Sr. James McAloon Gr. Law. Communit Action Council (3 yrs.) Joseph Morkesk~ (1983) Council On A in D. Thomas Cantone, Emily Murphy Arthur Lambert Edward Billa Pauline Blood John LsFrance Anna O'Connor TOWN REPOR~T Ch. Daniel Long ' Joseph Willis .Ralph R. Joyce, Esq. (2 vacancies) Data Processin Committee Joseph Willis James H. Dewhirst Beatrice Fink Thomas J. Hennessey Daniel Long Re ional Solid Waste Dis osal Stud Comm. Edward J. Scanlon, William A. Cyr Brian F. Sullivan' Chairman Town B -Law Stud Committee Alfred L. Gardiner WtlliamA. Finneran Daniel Long Donald F. Smith, Esq. (Ch.) Gr. Lawrence Sanita District (3 yrs.) John L. Finneran (1983) Civil Defens..~~ John J. Coco, Director John J. Lyons Ridgely B. Underwood Richard P. Salde R. Dennis Dionne Joseph Sullivan, Jr. Dennis Currier Russell F. Donnelly Leonard Somers Evelyn J. Coco, Clerk-Typist R. Dennis Dionne . ' · Ernest Harvey Hilton P. Cormey G. Fred Hopping Joseph Sullivan John J. Zaccari. Joseph R. Hamman Cleon L. Richards, Jr. Carl H. Wagoner Donald R. Samaha (Special Police) Domenic Bonanno Edward Johnson George MacKensie Raymond Minardi John Wilson M~ ( Appointments continued) 195 S ecial Police Officers Stanley Buturlia John Chaisson Fred Christie John Cronin Walter Cusing John Dolan Robert Finnerau Ernest Gauthier William Olendintng Dr. Benjamin Hollins Edward W. Phelan Brooks Stevens, III Guy A. Tabbi John B. Violette Joseph Walsh Ronald Wedge Richard Holmes William C. Lafond Daniel Long James McCabel William P. McEvoy James Nutton Gene Northam Carl Pearson Francis W. Mutse James M. Sanborn Donald R. Samaha Thomas J. McEvoy Forest Fire Dennis L. Currier John C. Farnum Graves Registration Officer Veteran's Agent Director of Veteran's Service~ William J. Em~ett Fence Viewer.~s John Cushing Joseph Cus~ing Kee er of the Lock-U Russell F. Donnelly C~er of Ta Tx ~I%;Pro err James H. Dewhirst L~ommission Liaison Officer 'Francis J. Tr°mbly Public Wei hers William, Robert and Gerald Kent Town Farm Committe_~e Charles H. Foster Thomas Leavitt Gayton Osgood Mavis Dushame Rosemary Spitalere John W. Graham M~alle Planntn Commission Gayton Osgood, Alternate Member Local Arts Council John R. Virr Joan Thompson (2 yrs.) Michael King Barbara 01son Marianne Trepanier Michael J. Brien Frieda Bjornson