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Home My WebLink About1982-03-29 Board of Selectmen MinutesHARCH 29 1982 The Board of Selectmen held their regular meeting on this date with all mem- bers present with the exception of Selectman Salisbury. The minutes, dated Mar6h 15th, and the warrant were approved as submitted. JURORS .;' The' following persons were drawn Salem Criminal Court ; . NewburYPo~t Superior Court - Lawrence-Superior Court - Salem Superior Court (2) - for Jury duty, May 3 Sitting: Thomas R. ViegolaSki, 116 Maffbleridge Rd. Ann T. EaHaye, 86 Martin Ave. DavidRoche, 36 Sylvan Terrace. Edwin T. Donnelly, 90 Sutton St. Margaret Morrison, 285 Middlesex CONSTABLE APPOINTMENTS: T~e Board considered, the ao~lications of Ronald Pollone and John Manning to be ap~ointed Constables in the Town of North Andover. A letter from Police Chief Donnelly strongly urged that John Manning'not be considered f=,:.,the'aoDointment because of his .asr record. Ronald Pollone had no record of violations. John Manning present at the meeting protested. ~h~ec- ~ear3oyce stated he would not go 'against the Chtefts recommendations. - Selectman Graham stated the Board should only select ~ersons the Chief reco- ~ended. It was an unanimous vote to deny Manning~s application for the ~osition of Constable. On the Pollone application it was brought out rhea, although the Board had, at a former meeting,set a policy as to how many Constables should be appointed in the Town,?~. Pollone had. submitted his application before the policy had been voted va. He also had many excellent references.' A motion was made and seconded to appoint Ronald Pollone a Constable ~o serve in the Town of North Andover. The vote was unanimous. MMAMEMO-EXTENSION OF TOWN MEETING DATE: A memo from the Mass. Municival Association"and a Bill for the extension of. Tw~nMeeting dates received. Brian stated tha~ the ouroose of the new law.is:to, allow cities and towns more time to review their budgest and to' await' ~d~itional clarification on the expected amount of state aid. He stated that the T own would not gain that much by delaying Town Meeting because we are'not going to have any final figures from the state until Ju!y. or August. It was voted unanimously.to have Town Meeting on the regular date, April 2~, 1982. REVENUE~SHARING HEARING: The Selectmenheld a hearing for the purpose of obtaining oral and/or written comments from citizens as to possible uses of General Revenue Sharing Funds for,.the.1982-83 Town Budget. It is a'ceepted that the Town will receive $364,176 during Fiscal Year 1983. The Tow~ has on hand $118 685 which is availab,le for appropriation. ' LI~ID"'Ac~uISITION: b ' . y un n~mous vote . The Selectmen/aDproved t~e contract w~th VanassefHangen Engineering, Inc. to make the necessary survey ~rior =o takin~ 150 sq. ft. of land st Csshman's Service Station. They also a,nroved the Dlacin§ of sn erttcle in the w~rrant ~to...take the land. Selectman Joyce referred to the letter f~om Attorney. Rs~ieY.,A ,Bahrawy who hsd enclosed a plan on the W~verly Road. M~tn Street i~te~ction. He msde s motion to send s cody of the §~ond sketch to the -D..~W?~n~,Van~ssefH.ngen. Bri.n Sullivan s~ated that the department heads sho,uld~be contacted before sending the olan to the DFW. There was no second. Gayton O.sgood stated.that James D'Angelo of Vanasse~Hangen was redesigning the~.d~iveways according to the oeoplets wishes exvressed at last week's earipg .... .Selectman Graham motioned that Bahrawy~s plan be submitted to Va~sse~Hangen. It was an unanimous vote. ARTICLE-RAILROAD PROPERTY: The Board unanimously voted to include article in the Town Warrant for the acquisition of railroad oroperty on lower Main Street w/aieh.will create more prar~!~g-spaees for the downtown businesses. ~ I,~¢H ~9, 19S~ (continued) SITE ASSIGNMENT FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY PLANT~ Brian Sullivan advised the Board that at the State DEQE hearing on March 24 on the assi~nment of the Clark Street' site for a resource recovery' . facility, they indicated that any conditions they add to the site assign- ment dealing.with the particular site and its impacts will'have the'force of law. The Selectmen can send comments until April 22nd. At the hearing, Brian made a request for the following conditions: 1.) Rt. 125 and Holt Rd. shall be significantly upgraded. 2.) The Selectmen shall have the authority to desi§nate what routes'the trucks will travel to the olant. 3.)· The plant shall not be expanded beyond 1500 tons a day without the Selectmen's approval. 4.) The operator shall always meet the present environmenta1 ments even in 'the event the oresent re~ulations were relaXed in the future. 5.) The Selectmen shall be given the opportunity to review andcommeht/ · . on the exterior architectural design of the facility. He '~o~m~ented that he did not know at this rime'whether or not all t~ese requests can be properly included in a site assignment. Voted to a~cept for the files. STATE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: .... Letter received from Byron J. Matthews, Secretary of the Officeof,CommU6~ies and Development advising that an interim rule passed on March Sth,Sta~s can now formally assume responsibility for the administration of HUD'!s S~all Cities Programs. The EOCD has been selected by Governor King to a~dmintster the program in Massachusetts. He stated that those communitfes'sche~uled.~ to receive monies from HUD will he able to continue with the seCOnd and" third Yearof their Work orograms without experiencing any delays'~hile the Grogram is being 'transferred from HUD to EOCD. Gayton Osgodd, Directo~' stated that it would be a little difficult dealing with the State and ~ot with HUD, that he would be dealing with both the State and HUD during.the transition. NEW sENIo~ CENTER: Brian advised the Board'that an article should be placed in the warr~n~ for the furnishings of the Senior Citizen's new center. After dfscUss'i0n it was voted unanimously to submit and article requesting $30,000 to ~urnish the Senior Citizen Center. ** DOG oFFICER VEHiCLE: The Dog. Officer, Gene Northam, requested that he.be authorized to use~a Police car, scheduled to be turned in, for use in his work as Dog Officer. Brian.stated that the value of the car was $1500. The Board voted~.t8- submit an article in the warrant to authorize the Dog Officer the use'of a Police car. for the ~eriod of a year. FIRE ENGINEER RESIGNATION: Letter received from Stewart Wilson, Second Engineer of the Board or'Fire. Engineers, contained his resignation from this -osition and as a callFire- man. As the letter was vague as to what position he was resigning!frOm, Brian was requested to confirm the resi~nation. If Wilson is resi~ning from the Board of Fire Engineers¥ the Board motioned to send out for annlicants. A letter of a~nreciatton and thanks for his serP~ces over the hast years will be sent to Mr.'Wilson. TOWN MEETING ADJOUl~m~%Tf: Ted Phelsn suggested that the comin~ Town Meeting be adjourned at.6:60' P..~. and so announce it to the assembly so they would stay to vote. It was so voted. POLICE: Chairm~n McEvoy referred to the article in the ,aner against the' Ch~f.'of Police re the altercation of two members of the uolice denartment after the ~arade on St. Patrick's Day with two towns-eo,le. He stated he had received a renort from the Chief which has been nlaced in the files. 367 LICENSING COMMISSIONERS ATTORNEY ELIAS-MCDONALDfS: Letter received from Attorney Clifford E. Elias, attorney for McDonaldfs referred to the erroneous report on the March 22 meeting in the North Andover Citizen re the actual vote taken on the comon victualer application for McDonald*s restaurant. The vote taken 'expressed the intent of the Selectmen to §rant the license to McDonaT~% with the conditions announced by Selectman Joyce. The conditions in Attorne/ Brocklemanfs letter were not included in the vote but it was understood that she and Atty. Elias would meet to come to some agreement on items stated in her letter, afte~which they would report to ~he Board. The Board woul~ then resolve the issues. It wes an~u~an~mO~s vote =~=hp~rb~e=~o=eJw~th'$el~ctman Joycefs changes. A copy will be sent to Attorneys Brockleman and Elias. VIDEO GAME POLICY: Chairman DiFruscio read draft policy on the granting of video games as drawn up by Executive Secretary~ Brian Sullivan..Selectman Graham stated that a compiled policy should be drawn up for acceptance by the Board. At the time each application is viewed on an individual basis and circumstances. Patricia Cavanaugh, member of the ~ea~u~sdfe~omen~Voters~ offered to help Sele man Graham to collate a policy. PHOENIX EAST'AVIATION, INC. - The vote was unanimous to grant ~wo video games to the above-named, company located in the Main Terminal of the Lawrence Airport. Application had been tabled from last week. The~ames were for.their office help and students. HOLDING PATTERN:' Application for ~wo video games for the HoXding Pattern Restaurant, Robert Morris, applicant, was denied. They told Mr. Morris'that a.letter from J.' Davies, Jr., Airport Man,§er, had advised the Board that their general policy is for strict control over the use of video games at the Main Terminal area at'the Airport ~articularly in the lobby area. He went on to state that they had made an exception to this for Phoenix East Aviation because their §ames will be located in the office area'inside of the counter area for use of their employees and students...it.wi11 not be for public use. ONE DAY LIQUOR.LXCENSES: (Two) Liquor licenses were approved for Merrimack College on Activities dinner theater party and a party for the C1~ Alice M. Letarte, Secretary ._. '--'-'- -'--' '-' - itudent Clerk