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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-01-03 Board of Selectmen Minutes~DECEMBER 27, 1982 (continued) ,. POLICE APPOINTMENTS: The Board unanimously voted to appoint the following to serve as permanent police officers in the North Andovar Police Department: John Pickard, Daniel Quinlin, Jr. and David Patnaud~ Appointments are effective January I0, 1983. NESWC pROPOSAL: Brian Sullivan, Executive Secretary, explained thc proposal of UOP that they would assume the responsibility for the 23 tons of the Town of Amesbury through the private tonnage of North Andover as they did in Peabody. UOP cannot agree to be responsible for the tonnage directly because the service agreement calls for 900 tons to be guaranteed by ,,municipalities" before financing can proceed. North Andover will act as an intermediary by guaranteeing the tonnage and in turn UOP will indemnify the community for any financial liabilit'y. The obvious benefit to the Town that it will help to ensure that the .project g. ets off the ground',! and the Town stands to gain an estimated $25 million from the project. Th~s will also reserve ~ capacity for the Town and the Town's industries and commercial establishments in the future should it be needed. The only risk the Town takes on by increasing the tonnage and enter- ing into the indemnity agreement is if Signal Corporation went bankrupt and the project shutdown which, is'a very remote exposure. Tom Taylor frdm Ropes & Gray discussed and ex- . plained.the financial aspects.of the project J'. After-.discus~s'{on, it was voted tb refer 'the request to the'Solid Waste St.ud~r-Committee and to Town Counsell Action tabled until the next meeting. It was voted to go into executive session to discuss the ch~ ~ E mpio~..~ Alice M. Letarte, Secretary *********************__**ar* JANUARY 3, 1983. The Board of Seioctmen held a working session on this date with all members present except Chairman McEvoy who was ill. Clerk of the Board, Selectman Joyce presided. FIRE CHIEF: Bill Dolan, Fire Chief, and the Fire Engineers met with the Board to discuss the Fire Dept. 's future plans. They advised the Board of the need of additional personnel in the. intermediate rank, a Lieutenant and Lieutenant Chief needed. Chief Dolan stated that he would like to meet with the Board in executive session to discuss and iron out the details of the positions, and the creation of a new slot. On apparatus, it is their goal to bring them up to par. They have severe problems with Engine 2. Mechanically, the truck is sound, but it has been welded twice and the rotting must be fixed. They brought up the need of a 3rd Fire Station. The Study Committee for the 3rd Fire Station had completed their report a year ago and submitted it to the Selectman. Chief said he would like to gradually had man- power to the present stations and then when the 3rd Fire Station is built which will take 3 years, they will have the manpower trained And the personnel for it. They indicated they were waiting for direction from the Board on the 3rd Fire Station. Selectman Joyce said the iniative should come from the Fire Engineers to build the fire station. Fire Chief stated that he would like to submit an Article in the warrant to change the $10.00 fee for removing gas tanks to $200. After further discussion it was voted to ~A{~ the Fire Dept. submit the requested article and to have the Board of Fire Engineers re- actiYate the 3rd Fire Station Committee and submit a report under their direction. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Lisa Ruben, Acting C.D. Director met with the Board to discuss status of office and grant. She advised the Board that the request for extension of the grant had been submitted to Hud but to date no action had been taken on the request by HUD. The extension, she said, will not be granted before manpower in the Community Development office is increased. The grant money must be spent by July o9 the Town will lose it. Lisa would Eke to place and ad in the Boston Globe for the Director's position and advertise the Housing Specialist and Rehab Housing position~ The closing date ibr applications to be January 2Std. Lisa requested that the Selectmen participate in the interviews of the Director and would like the Building Inspector tO participate in the interviewing of the Housing Specialist. Setting up the interviews and interviewing should take a month. Salaries of the positions were dis- cussed. It was unanimously voted to pay the Director in thesalary slot of S-19, $20,793 to $24,042 .... the Housing Specialist salary set at S-16, $17,800 to $20, 500. The Rehab Housing position st the S-13 level, $15,603 to ~$17,963· The Board had reservatiOnS on whether to fiil the Rehab Specialis position or not. It was brought up that the Assistant Building spector could all pos? nee + Vgrants dry up, the Town is/t.~ponsidle to continue Lisa stated that she will in¢orpor~e that in the ad. It was unanimously voted that Lisa contact HUD and advise them of the action taken by the Board, to advertise for the positions and to proceed with the extension applications, Selectman Salisbury stated that a deadline should be set for the 1980 grant, it should be wrapped up by the July 15th deadline. Lisa said that by February 1st, she wiil have bids received b~' the remaining cases that by March 1st awarding of the bids will be done. Selectman DiFrusio asked if the bids are public bids and Lisa replied that they don't have to be public bids. He stated that this issue should have been discussed long ago. Selectman Joyce stated that they had to stay with HUD regulations. The Senior Citizen project was discussed. Selectman Graham stated that he would never have approved the project if he had known it was to cost $520,000 instead of $340,000, that it should be built for $340,000. JANUARY 3, 1983 (continued) Selectman Joyce stated that he was going to fight to spend the money to build the~e-~t~r properly, that he didn't want to compromise the building andhave years of maintenance problems. It was suggested that the architect redesign the building. The architect, stated tha$~,~,~E~s~c~ismatic design should be drawn up and stated he could draw up the new desigrTrp'l~fg'lbW~'~ebruary 1 and last week in February. (Schismatic, Feb. 1 and new design plans, end of February) Bid package could then be put together and they could be advertised the 3rd week in March. Three s.teRs .~ol~ld ~ve to .~aken:. I) Board's approVal. 2) Council On Aging consultation ann s) 5rate wni want ~ ~now wnethar or not the Town wants to build or not. The architect Randy, when asked about his contract, stated that he should draft a new contract or an amendment to the present contract which is acceptable to the Board. The Acting Director requested the Board to ratify the of the 12lB Grant (North Andover Mills Study) from November 1, 1982 to December 31, 1982. It was voted unanimously to ratify the extension. Selectman Graham stated that he would like to know what is being done with Davis & Furber and the market analysis. The prol of otb'er! Town grants was discussed. STREET LIGHTS: Mr. and Mrs. Smith were present to protest street lights that were taken out on Main Street Specifically, the' street lights in front of Scanlon's Hardware and Bradstreet School. They also asked if a policeman could foot patrol Main Street at night. They stated that no Town or City shuts off their lights on Main Street. The Board advised them that they would look again at the situation and reconsider the problem. REORGANIZATION OF BOARD: It was voted to have the reorganization of the Board at the next meeting when all members will be present. STOp LIGHT-OPPOSITB: FIRE STATION: Selectman DiFruscio said that a Stop Hght should be instaBed in front of the fire station to flash when the trucks or ambulance comes out, that the yellow flashing light now is not enought as motorists coming down Main Street cannot see it. He stated there were many near accidents when th.e trucks are coming out of the stati.9~--~Pcall.~It was noted that it w.o. uld take an Article in the annual Town Warrant. Alice M. Letarte, Secretary ***************** JANUARY 10, 1983. The Board of Selectmen held their regular meeting on this date with all members present. The warrant and minutes were approved after two corrections. REORGANIZATION OF BOARD: Charles A. Salisbury was elected Chairman of the Board of Selectmen; John W. Graham, Chairman of the Licensing Commissioners and Ralph 1t Joyce, Clerk of beth Boards. BURIED CABLE: The Board unanimously approved a petition of the New England Tel. & Tel Co. to abandon ?53 ft. of buried cable on Great Pond Road. MIKE SMOLAK -AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION RESTRICTION (APR): Due to the passing of his Grandfather, the documents the Board executed for the APR have to be amended and re-signed by the Board. The Board voted unanimously to execute the amended document. CONTINENTAL CABLEVISION &' CABLE COMMITTEE: Bru~e McKinnon, Manager of CC and the Cable Comfnittee met with the Selectmen to discuss the ~sehedule for extensions of cahlevision in the Town and to clarify that the Board has approved the extensions. Bruce McKinnon, CTV Manager, advisedthe Board that progres.' .reports' are being made to the Cable TV Committee every month on the poles, the streets, etc. that cable is being installed. He said that at this time he:~has to coordinate three parties, the telephone company, the power company and the fire alarm in North Andover. The second point of concern was brought up by the Selectmen as to what residents would be included in the cable extensions..These were residents in homes where underground cable was installed. As soon as the CTV has completed their 32 mile construction commit- ment at a rate of 10 miles per month, they will meet with the people to discuss and plan the:'inst~dlation of oable TV via the underground cable. It was voted to ~ive Continent~ Cable a vote of confidence and have them submiit capital off-set formula for Bel,thru Committee SALE OF LAND-COMMONWEALTH AVENUE: by Mareh 15th. Letter received from James Dewhirst, Town Treasurer, advising the Board thata small parcel of land, 1401 sq.ft, located between two homes on Commonwealth Ave. had been advertised in 1958 for non-payment of 1957 taxes (Instrument of Taking was recorded in North Essex Re of Deeds, Book 886, Page 167.) In 1962 the Town foreclosed on the property and this was recorded December 14, 1962 at North Essex Registry of Deeds, Bk,975, Page 493. Town er recommended that the land be sold at Public auction with a minimum bid of $100, which is approximately what it has cost the Town to date. In addition, the buyer would be responsible for the preparation and recording of the deed. It was an unanimous vote of the Board to authorize the Town Treasurer to sell the land at Public Auction.