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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1944-12-04November 27,1944: con~. The 6.35 E.M. Railroad Ave. - High St. bus will go over the Duck Bridge instead of the ~ntra! bridge to accommodate these patrons.. SELECTMEN'S ASSOCIATION: Mr. ~oster a~ended the annual meeting of this association and gave a report on thsmeeting. Judge Morley of ~louces~er was the speaker. STATE AID: State aid was approved for $30.00 for the month of November for Sophia Eane, Ruth Carey end Margare~ Twoomey for $10.00 each. Meeting'adjourned. Theregular weekly meting of the Board of Selectmen was held at 7.00 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved, PETITION RELATIVE TO STREET SIGNS: -Mr. Francis Kittredge appeared before {heboard and presented a 9etiti0h ~rom the North Andover Impzovement Societyrequesting that theBoard of Selectmen authorize an appropriation and delegate authority to the appropriate~ ~Department for new street signs and repairs to present signs which are'listed ~i61~e petition. The list represents a 'reasonably complete survey of the p~inmcpal travelled w~ys within the t6wnship'and is indicative of wh~t' ini instances is a ratherdeplorable condition and one which we feel ref~%cts o~.~ civic enterprisezof North Andover. ~r! Foster informedMr. Kittredge that the ~oar~ of Selectmen ~ad planned to 1'insert an artic!~ in the warrant for J~st such a purpose. ~'.""'~M~'Kittredge explained thatthe Society is interested in all sections of the,h; ~' £own'and will helpin any way possible~ H~ also stated that if Mr. Carty were, u~ble to get metal for the signs required, he would be able to get,it for him ~ provided Mr. Carty could find a place to have them made. ~ ~·~./-~The board decided to contact Mr. Carty and ha~e him chec~ th~se sign~ and figure out a reasonable cost to have them .put in order and report to the board~i also check on the number of metal signs required. ~REGISTRARS: Mr.~Foster asked Mr. C. Jl~Mahoney, who was present at the mee{ing, if ~e Would . ak~ a ruling on the Board of Registrars, relative to r ~Mr~Mahoney read from Chapter 31, Section 11 and this~m ~ The Judge finally made a ruling that all authority rests with the'boardof S~lectmen in the appointment of a registrar to fill a vacancy causedby~he ~d~th ~f one-of the membersj -~ M~!Thcmson stated· thathe had his o~n'feelings about-this' matter in r~gs~d ,.~.~'~thi~l~wbut that he will abide by~ the decision of the Judge. TREE R~OVAL: . ~ · - · .~hearing washeld on the removal of three %roes, oneoon the property M~Chase of 36 And0ver Street..Tree is close to the.house and it 'is to have a l~wn. : There are two' horsechestnut trees in fron of 26,Andover Street, which ~r. and'one is badly shaped and it is impossible to have a lawn. · ,?!.-Therelwas no opposition at this hearing andMr. Thomson made a motion that theme-three trees be removed. Motion seconded by Mr. Finneran and-vote was ~un~nimous. HEARING ON RESTRAIN~N~ DOG: Rearing was held on a petition received from residents of Osgocd Stre~, ire to restraining a Great Dane Dog owned by Mr. Frank Welch'of 221 0sgood S~eet. A letter was received from ~oseph D. Sullivan of 230,0sgood Street, stating that he could not attend the hearing due tourgen~ business, but he desires that the Welch dog should be restrained. Mis~ Edith Pierce, ~rs. Josephine Bryant and Mrs. Pauline Blood and Mrs. Constance McAndrew were present at the h~a~ing and each one told of different experiences they have had withthe Welch's dog attacking their dogs which are all small dogs. They all agreed ~hat if the dog were muzzled that they would make no further complaint but Mrs. Bryant stated that she felt that the muzzle should be sufficiently strong ~for this type of dog. .~Mr~ Thomson made~a mo~ion that we order the dog muzzled permanently when no~ -°~the premises of the owner, Which was seconded by Mr. Finnersn and voted unanimously. Mr. Welch willbe so .fi December 4, 1944- continued: ADVISORY BOARD: Mr Harold Holt appeared before the board relative ~o the Grogan's Field appropristton. He s%ated that the Board would be willing to approve $86.00 ~owards Orogan's Field. appropriation which vms the amoun~ used for supervisor's salary during the summer. Mr. Holt s~ated that he, es well as the other members of the Advisory Board felt that Mr. Rive% khould no~ con~ract these bills when he knows there is no% sufficienmmoney.: ~o take care of them. Mr. Thomson stated that we should consider the previous vote for ~ransfer of money from Reserve Fund to Grogan's Field Appropriation, ineffective and take a new vote for the amount of $86.00 Mr. Holt asked that all Departments send their budget figures to him as he , is acting Chairman of the Advisory Board at the present time. APPROVALS OF TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND: The following were approved by the Advisory Board and received at' this office: e~' The sum of $300 to'be ~ransferred from the Reserve Fund to th ~ ' 01d Age AssistanceAppropriation. The sum of $200 to be transferred from the Reserve Fund mo the. Fire Department Expense Appropriation. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT: Mr. Pitkin appearedbefore the board and presented a request which considers is required at this time. The School Committee requests tha~ a transfer of ~$308.90 be transferred from the ReserVe.Fund to the Sch6o~ Department Appropriation to meet cost of repairing the boiler at the'O~i Bradstreem School which gave out unexpectedly. He also requested on behalf of the School Department that they be rel~d from the plan they made %o preserve a balance of $535 from their schoold~partment appropriation, due to rising costs of supplies.and fuel. In October $535 was ~ransferred from the Reserve Fund to supplement the. $2500 appropriation made'under Article '!8 of the warrant for the anndal'~ town meeting for'the purpose of remodeling the sMstem o~ hea~ing th~ ~'~'J~.~i~~', Union School.' ~ ~" Mr. Thomson made a motion ~otransfer $308.90 ~rom the Reserve Fund which was seconded by Mr. Finneran and voted unanimously, subject to' thelapp~al,~. of the Advisory Board. . Mr. Thomson made a motion that we release ~he School Depsrmmen% from. ~Y' ?~ .- agreement made by the School Department Motion seconded by Mr.~ Finneran and'~ vo~e was unanimous. . ,~ · ,',BUDGET FIGURES FOR FINANCECOMMITTEE: Mr. Elliott, auditor, asked th~%~ll , department be notified ~o have their budget figures submitted on or b~fore December lB, 1944~o this office, and each department will be nottfi~.~. APPOINTMENT: John~. McDuffie of 286 Middlesex Stree~ was nominated by Mr. Thomson a~d the nominationwas seconded by Mr. Finneran., Nominations were then ~ohn J. McDuffie was unanimously e~ectedCd ~as a member of the Board:of Registrars. FRED W. BAST~N (R) WAS APPOINTED AS WARDEN in Precinct 3 by unanimous;vote. 20 Harold St. Motion~made by,tr. Thomson, seconded by Mr. Finneran. ' Precinct 3, by unanimous vote. Motio Y Mr. Finneran. ,~ ZONING LAWS: · Cornelius ~. Mahoney reported on the Zoning Law. He s~ated that the AttOrney General willnot approve a zoning law with a .penalty clause in it. A~hough. Lawrence has.a penalty, the Attorney General does not pass on that law.. The Counsel in Methuen and Andoverhave takenthe same s~and. Mr. Mahoney=stated that the only remedy for this is a bill in equity. The District Court will no~ issue a complaint cna violation of the zoning law. Mr. Mahoney read various sections of the law. Mr. Thomson made a motion that we authorize the town counsel, Trial ~ustice C.~. Mahoney tO con&u~t with the Appeal and Planning Boards and take ~he necessary action in the case of Mr. Philias Brien of429Railroad Avemue~ Mr. Finneran seconded this mo~iom and vote was unanimous. STREET LIGHT REQUEST: Areques~ was made ~o Mr. Finneran by Melvin WoOdward of 13~0 Turnpike Street for a 1~ in fron~ of his home.No action will.be taken but ues~ file. J.iO 'i December 4, 1944- continued The following amounts have been set for the Collector of Taxes, if so elected 'or appointed, the Town Collector, and the Treasurer's bonds for 1945 and the formsent ~o Commissioner Long: $38,600 for the Treasurer ~3~,400 for the Collector of Taxes and, if'so elected or appointed, the Town Collector. FINANCE C0~IITTEE: ~- Letter announcing the next meeting of the association to be held on Wednesday 'December 13,. 1944 at 6:00 P.M. Mr. Danforth W. Comins has requested that he '~ 5e notified as to thenumber of members who will attend. O~FICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION: A~ memorandum received relative to the Appointment of Board Members. A change -has been made in the nominating procedure: When the local board approves a Candidate for Board membership, they will communicate immediately with the local governing authority requesting his approval, i.e. the Chairman of the Board of S$1ectmen. Only the chairman's approval is required. The-Board will then submit this nomination to the Regional Office and state that. ~ 'local gove~nmen~ approval has been requested. At ihs end of ten days if the '. approval of the local governmen~ head has_not been received, we shall. with the appointment on the basis of thg~z0ca! Board's approval.(Fil~d Price Administration). DEPA~. TMENT· OF EDUCATION: % The following applications have been approved for attending the StatUe-aided ..... Vocational Schools: EliZabeth Delaney, 330 Sutton St. Home 'decoration,lO/2/44-Law.Even. Practical Marig~n Delaney 330 " " " " " -" " " "~' · George 'Finucane 50 Marblehead St. Steam Engineerim In~u~t~ialeSchob~ PauI Perrone 16 Bates $t. " " " .~se?hine Dalton 37 NO. Main St. Home Decoration ,.. : ~T. he ra~e of tuition for non-resident pupils at this school is $.20 per hour ": ' "for Home Decoration, and $.30 per hour for Steam Engineering~ Meeting adjourned. ..... December 11, 1944 . .The~regu!arweekly meeting of the Eoard of Selectmen was held et this time .~ .,, ,~with,all members present. Weekly bills and payrollswere approved. HEARinG: LAWRENCE GAS AND ELECTRIC CO~IPANY: .~., ~. ~ A:,.he~ring was held reIative ~o locating three poles on the easterly andwester-:. ,...., ly"~i~es of Summer Street, approximately 2415 feet southerly from Salem Street. "The~ was no opposition and Mr.Finnersn made amotion~.to a~prove this request Whi~hwas seconded by Mr,.Thomson and voted unanimously. · - LAWRENCE GAS & ELECTRIC CO~PANY: Al~tter'received stating that a 100 Candle i' ../"~O.~r.:incandescent s~ree~ light had been installed on Pole 344, Osgood St. ~: ..i.~'-'.i~P~TITION FOR'STREET LIGHTS: ~'A.!peti~ion for three street lights to be installed on Railroad Avenue between iGreen Street and the home of Robert Ayer was received and was signed by21 ' . persons~ Mr. Thomson made a motion that we accept the petition and reques~ t~e,'LawTence Gas'& Electric Company to install~two lights ih the darkest of?this part of the town, if possible. . A'request that a street light be installed.on Turnpike Street near BostonStr, was~"rece'ived from Melvin Woodward in behalf of the residents in that section_' ortho town. It is ~P~t~6~ that the wires do not ~tend to this part of. Turnpike Street ~xt the'Lawrence G & E Company will be contacted to substantiate this,.information. MUNICIPAL SALARY RATES: A form scbmittZed by Theodore Waddell to be filled out for the 1944 salary ra~es was receivedand salarieschecked for 1943 and 194~and returned to Mr. Waddell. AD~ISORY BOARD APPROV;~ OF TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND: $86.00 ~o be transferred ~o Grog~n's Field appropriation $308.90 to be ~r~nsferred to the Schoo% Depsrmment appropriation. $300 to be ~ransferred to'the Old Age Assistance aporopriation MEETING ADJOURNED: '