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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1948-12-27DECEMBER 27, 1948-continued JUROR DRAWN: A Juror was drawn by Mr. Finneran to serve at the Superior Court at Salem on January 17, 1948 for criminal business and John J. Osllahan of 97 Second Street, elevator operator was drawn as the Juror. SCHOOL STREET: A'letter from Davis &Furber Machine 0o. by Forbes Rockwell, informed the board that School Street is in suitable condition for acceptance by the town and they request that the Selectmen adjudicate this street so that an article may be inserted in the warran~ at the annual town meeting asking the town to accept! it. A letter was also available from the Highway Surveyor informing the board that he has inspected School Street and finds it in condition for acceptance by the town, A'copy'of the plan as approved by the Planning Board also accompanied the,~ letter. The Board voted to set this down for a public' hearing to be held om January 10 1949 at 7=30 P.M. in the Selectmen's Office, on petition of Forbes Rockwell to the adjudication of School Street and to he advertised in accordance with the statutes. POLICE DEPART~IENT- CIVIL SERVICE: I{otice received from Civil Service authorizing the continued provisional employment of'Frank H. Dushame and Everett Woodhouse, veterans, as patrolmen for a period of. thirtydays from December 12, 1948. They also informed the board that inasmuch as an eligible list is now established for this service, no further extension can be granted 'and a new requisition should be made immediately in order that an appointment may he made from the. list before =anuary 12, 1948. The board'voted upon motion of Mr. Coffin that a new requisition for the eligible list of police officers'be'sent into Civil Service at once. The vote was unanimous. STREET LIGHTS: Thematter 'of street'lights on Clark Street'was discussed. Mr. Thomson informed the other members t~at it 'would cost $107 to install the poles on clark Street because of the scarcity of poles. This means the installation of several new poles. Mr. Onffin inquired if there was any chance of ha~ing the owner pay for this installation. Mr. Coffin said he hesitated about spending this large'amount of · monet?hen this board is faced with the necessity of paying more for lights through- ' -~ out'the town. and also in view' of keeping the light appropriation down. He said .he did ~ote for the' actualinstallation of lights, f?eling that it was only the lights which would have to be paid for. He then made a motion to rescind the vote taken on October 25, 1948 with respect ~o the street light s on OlarkStreet. Mr. Rogers will be contacted with respect to paying for the installation of the street lights for Clark Street. .TO~NBUILD~G STREET LIGHT~ The Board' viewed the light in front of.the town building and they voted to request" t~A% s' 2500 lumen light be installed and they will. also request that the bus stop be. moved up to this pole if necessary. The board agreed with the ~wrence Gas &Electric'Compan~ that the street light requested by Edward Welch should~ installed on pole 14ZO because of the transformer': on pole 1441. Mr. Welch was satisfied that this pole would be the one which would give,the best results. iNS~ANCE:--1 . Mr. RichardS'Whipple came before the .~oard and' informed the board that he and Mr. Coffin'.had gone cover the policies last week and d~e to the increased values of the buildings and the school ~uildings, the rates for insurance was greatly increased Mr; ~hipple presented figures to each member and went over the various items explaining why the increase was necessary. After going over the figures the board ~agre~d'that the amount of $12,181.51 was the figure ~equired to carry adequate insurance-as .presented by .Mr. Whipple. A copy of the figures will be dent to the Advisory Hoard. SALARIES FOR SEVERAL~PLOYEE~ Mr. Maker and Miss Finn broughtup the matter of the final pay for the Accountant, Assessor's clerk, Tax Collector's clerk and the Treasurer's clerk, also the entire police department. There seems to have been an-o~erlapping of days over a period .of years which resulted fn the above persons not having sufficient money to make up their pay for thalast week in Decembar. This was discussed at length and Mr. Thomson suggested that Mrs. Dearden contact Civil Service and ask if it is permiss- ible for the police to get their extra week's pay and if agreeable, then the other departzents will askfor a transfer from the Reserve Fund to take care of their salaries. Ail members of the board finally agreed that if the town owed the for it be as as possible. 432 DECEMBER27, 194~: continued DEPARTMENT OF ED~OATION: Notice received that Mrs. Pauline H. Lee, william F. Driscoll, 52 Lincoln St. are attending Andover Evening Practical Art School and Lawrence Evening High School respectively. 0. J. MAHONEY.' Notice from Mr. Mahoney that he has recorded the deed from Franc~s B. Kittredge to the Inhabitants of the Town of North Andover and requesting that a check be sent to him for the amoUnt of $500.00. A hill for Mr. Mahoney's services was also received and approved. COUNTY OOE~ISSIONE~S- DOG DAMAGE CLAIM: A claim for damages in the amount of $50.00 was received from John Hocha 340 Wood Lane, North Andover when unknown dogs killed a 200 pound pig %alnad at $.25 per pound. Pig was seen hy John Dolan and Arthur A. Thomson. The regular form was sent to the. CoUnty Oommissionars for payment. MEETING ADJOURNED to a~tend the special town meeting schad~led for this night. Article was stricken from the warrant at request of Daniel J. Shine. ~ 1949 The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen.was held at ?:00 P.M. with all members present. Weekly hills and payrolls were approved .... STREETS TO BE BLOCKED OFF FOR COASTING: Mr. Carry camet~fore the hoard and informed them that he and Ohief Mckee had checked off Herrick Road and Greene Street and decided that it would be better to block off Greene Street from Linden Ave. to Railroad Ave. ~nd sand it at the bottom. They also discussed blocking off Harold Street from Marhlehaad Street to Beverly Street to Middlesex and sanding the street near'Middlesex Street. The Board voted unanimously to have the PoliceChief and the HighwAy S~rveyor block off the above streets during coasting time. ANNUAL TOWNREPORTS- BIDS~ . ~. .. The hoard voted unanimously, to request Miss Mary Finn, .Town Accountant, to call for bids for the annual townreports, 'the final date' for ~eceiving them to be January 1~, 1949 at 8~00 O'Clock P.M. The hoard als? suggested that Miss Finn insert in the notice that the hoard reserves 'the' right to reject a~y or allhids. ' LAWRENOE GAS &ELECTRIC CO: NStic~"received that a 2500'l~men street light has been installed on pole #3367 on Pemhrook Road as requested in October' of 194~. PROSPECT STREET: The Board voted to view: this location with respect to installing a streeti[ light in this area and will report at the next meeting. Notice' received that a 2500 lumen light has been installed on Pole #2041,Main Street and a 1000 lumen light on pole 3130, Clark Street, on December 30~1948. A 1000 lumen light has been removed from pole #20~1, Main Street,on-the same ~ data. "- -DEPARTMENT OF ¢ONSERVATION-DIVISION OF FORESTR¥~ - .The Board ,voted unanimously to appoint James Hargreaves as forest warden, in accordance with General Law, Chapter 48, Section 8, which provides for the appointment cfa forest warden, :annually in January by the Board of Select- men. MOTH SUPERINTENDENT: '" Notice received informing the board of their Gypsy Moth liability for 1949 and the amount is $3755.00 and this amount is recommended as the town appro- priation for 1949. An additional amount of $1745.00 is also recommended for pest work.