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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-01-11 Board of Selectmen MinutesThe Board of Selectmen held their regular meeting on this date with three members present; Selectmen DiFruscio, Joyce with Chairman McEvoy presiding. Selectman Graham was ill, Selectman.Salisbury away on business. The warrant and minutes of three meetings were appz~.)..red after minutes, dated December 28, were amended. JOHN J. MCDUFFIE: A letter with his resignation as a member of the Board of Registras was re- ceived from John J. McDuffie, Chairman, who, after 37 years of service to the Town as a Registra, decided not to apply for reappointment. Brian S. advised the Board that, in order to maintain a;:balance of party representa- tion on the Board, the new appointee must be a Republican. He advised al~.letter be sent to the Republican Chairman requesting that three names be submitted for consideration within 45 days. Appointment will be effective as of April 1, 1982. Board voted to send letter of thanks and apprecia'tion to Mr. McDuffie for his many years of dedicated service and to have a plaque made to give to him. CIVIL DEFENSE APPOINTMENT: At the request of Civil Defense Director, John Coco, the Board unanimously appointed Eileen Burns, 110 Farnum Street, an Auxiliary/Special OffiCer, BALLOT QUESTION: The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a non binding ballot questi6n submitted by Sr. Elizabeth:et al, to be placed on the March Town warrant. The petition was to have the Selectmen petition U,S. Congress to make more~ Federal Funds available for local jobs and programs by reducing the amount of tax dollars spent on nuclear weapons and programslinvolving war. JAMES MCQUIRE: J. McQuire sent a letter to the Board of Selectmen expressing his appreciation and gratitude to the members of the Police and Fire departments for aidinE his son when he was pinned under a car on December 27th. It was voted to . send copies of the letter to the police and fire departments. CEREBRAL PALSY WEEK: The Board authorized the Chairman to sign a Proclamation fo declar~ the week of January 10-17, United Cerebral Palsy week. EXCISE TAX BILLS: · Brian Sullivan submitted a summary of excise tax bills outstanding that, at this point, the license plates could be removed by the Police Dept. and held until payment is made. The outstanding bills involve close to 1000 vehicles and $100,000. Police Chief stated that if funded he would assign one of his police officers to condUct the program of removing plates at a cost of $100 per day. At Brian's suggestion, the Board voted to ask for a transfer of $2000, 30 days funding, to see how the program worked out. SPECIAL LEGAL SERVICES: Letter received from Town Counsel stated that he would periodically bill the Town for services rendered on outstanding cases and enclosed two bills. Brian advised the Board that only sufficent funds to pay one of the bills remained in the Special Legal Services account and recommended that a re- quest 'for. SS,000 be made from the reserve fUn~otO carry the account through the remaznder of the year. The B~ rd voted/approve~; the transfer but ad vised Brian that the Advisory Board would require the presentation of the bills to be paid before they would approve any transfer of funds'. CFI CONTRACT: The Board unanimously approved the CFI Agreement for the processing of parking tickets and authorized the Chairman to execute the contract. Brian advised the Board that, as soon as the Police Department received the new tickets, the local system of collection could begin. ESSEX COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD: Selectman Joyce advised the Chairman that he would have to be present on Saturday in Peabody to vote on the Essex County Fiscal 1983 Budget which will then be submitted to the Department of Revenue. A~designee does not have the power to vote on the budget..Selectman Joyce is the Town's designee, JANUARY 11 1982 (oontinued) EXECUTIVE SESSION: Brian Sullivan called an executive sol pertaining to the Lawlor suit. session to discuss 341 a letter from Town Coun~ LICENSING COMMISSIONERS: WINE & BEER LICENSE - JOHN J. ENRIGHT: A hearing was held on the application of John J. Enright, d/b/a the General Store, 7 Johnson Street, for a Retail Package Goods Store, Wine & Malt bever~ Letters received from the Chief of Police, Board of Health, Building Inspector Rev. David Blanchard and Samuel S. Rogers had no objection to the issuance of the license. Reverend David Blanchard stated that his church was a democratic organization, that he could not make any judgment on the license without poll- ing every member of his parish, 75% of them lived out of town. Therefore, he was not against it, that he had checked with the Trustees of the North Parish as well as members of the Parish as to their feelings. They concluded that there was no objection to Enright's application, that they approved of the rules regulating the sale of beverages, that said beer and wine will not be ,consumed on the premises (Retail Package Goods Store) and that the store will be closed at 7:00 p.m. The letter went on to wish Enright every success in his endeavors to improve his business. At the hearing he stated that the Enrights were very good neighbors and will enforce formulations of the license. Chief of Police, Russell Donnelly, in his letter stated that he would be in favor of granting this particular license for the following reasons: The Center Realty Trust has approved of it unanimously, the Brick Store Co. also has no Objection, the North Parish Unitarian Church has no objections and there are no other such establishments in the area, the beer and wine will not be'consUmed on the premises and, in addition, the store will be closed at 7 p%m. each night. The Board of Health and the Building Inspector were both in 'favor of ~rantinK the license. Le~er received from Samuel S. Rogers, President of the Brick Store Company who owns the building where the General Store is, stated that the Trustees approved unanimously the General Store's desire to apply for a Beer & Wine license. A letter from the Trustees'of Center Realty Trust, 2 Johnson St. a~s6 .approved unanimously the application for a Wine & Beer license at The General Store. Mal~Norwood, President of the Community Center Trustees, stated that they endorsed unanimously Jay's application for a Wihe and Beer license and that a~letter to that effect was forthcoming. Personally3 he stated that Jay Enright!was a very responsible person and would conduct his business in the proper~manner. Allen Breen and his wife, who live across from The General Store, both.? eg~essed their approval of the application. That the sale of l~tne & beer ~-ii be_on ~ ~mall scale_ ~ause ~f .lack of ~Rac¢ in the. s~o. r9 .... o~ert~GuptzAi, represen~zng t~e ~ocnzcnewzc~-~o~ge, s~a~ec nzs or ganzza~zon had. no objection to the granting of the license. AndY.iCashman, a resident of Salem Street, highly commended the applicant, Jay Enright,' and endorsed the granting of the license. Those'objecting to the license were Lucille Leland, Marbleridge Rd., Thomas Bernhard, 84 Johnson St., Mary Ellen Osgood, 139 Osgood St., Garwood Platt, 74 Johnson St., Catherine Osgood, 38 Osgood St., Ruth Rokhus, Johnson St. They all presented much the same objections...that it wasn't the kind of business that should be on ~he old common, that buyers of the wine and beer would consume it on the old common, bottle litter, not necessary, would add more parked cars, did not like construction workers eating in the store, would add more truck and car traffic in the Center. Rebuttal to these objections: .Betty Maurer, J~hnson St., stated that if the store was like the Butler's Pantry in Andover, she would not have any obi Mol Norwoo~ stated that there would not be any big advertising signs on the store advertising the wine & beer license. Andy Cashman..with the new bottle bill, children would be picking them up allzthe time for the cash. Selectman J'oyce stated Enright should get rid. of the sandwich business. Enright stated that the food business helped him .make ends meet. Gayton Osgood stated that the location would be enlarged, that Jay would have more room for all his business, grocery, food and wine & beer. Chairman McEvoy suggested that license be granted after renovation, if it were legal. He also stated that the police are authorized to control and enforce the open drinking law.