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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-09-02496 SEP~/~ER, 2If 1919:: %~nti~ued ~2~RENCE.;.GA~:'&tEEECTRtCa~0MPi.NyCfO2~t~r i~f~da~eSb6~ra~..~f ~ii~ 1949~00ml~e~hincand~scsnlh~ghts~dinst~l~e~eo~ pole 3270, Ma'ss'achuset;~" ~ven~mpo~eS~084~Ma~sach~srcndAu~,~28, ~'~9~ P6I~. thzs conference ~d. there vd.!! b~ a'difference of opinion but there ~hould be' street ~cH~ ~eb~flnc~teted. ' Mr, O),Brf~ ~p~r~e~o~e~2h~hof~ic~ntha~ hbahatb},ok~g ?h$ wcrkl'~ ~elt- their th~dh~aidbngsa~Sbd~lob.~bc~l~t~ho ~esent fa tpt~ thelboard!thlt hethld B~enbc~mtoftB8 ~c~o~l~aid t~dg~l:An~e~e~d ~y that t~e place is~ in poor condition.. He said there is a section Of fence ~which:should ~v~a~r~ also a good s~rip of the sidewaY.. ~he board Vo'ted'~:go~h~e this ' ' ' ' ..... .. .,~ . ~, of th~ board. D~TM~ 0~ P~LIC WORKS: ' ':"' ' "" ~:' ' t ~o~u~cation wag reoetv~ from this department i~ormini th~ board,that ' they have some difficulty in having the approaches to Hamilton and Holbrook,' Roads and MCflin 9rive on Mass. Ave. ~adit a~d s~faced by the developers 'in accordance with ~he terms of.permits issued to ~hem. The letter men~ioned: Joseph ~. and Salvatore Sambatsro and ~th~ A. Thomson, E~qut~e, attorney a~, law for ~eit~no were notified on October 5, that they must constmc%.and;pave ;, the s~reet approaches within the stare'Highway limits. Ftil~ to do.'s0,'wpuld · 'result in the :losing o~ these st:~ets at the State ~ghway location Ii'ne,. up to the present time they have done n0~hing regarding the matter. ,,,The of the letter'was to d~termiie whether or not the town has any plans 'for,,'~s acceptance and s~Sa~int .of these streets in t~e ~e~: h~ure before' su~H';'~as~ic action is taken. The reset of the acceptance of these.streets would:flead;/~o u~ ~ the 's~facing'of the roads to the edg~ of macadam. :.:.:,.: f~. Thomson i~orme~ the board the he is no loiger.attorney for Reitano. Be: suggested that this board report that we have ~es and re~l~tions,,wMch not been ~omplied with and that Mr. R~ilold b~ notched of this lettsr"aid a,copy sen~ to him to be presented.to ~s organization. The ' ~. board votei',toy. V do this. ' ' ' ASSESSOBS REVALUATION PROJECT: -:..' Leo Murphy came before the board and informed %hem that there hag b;e~ co~id~ra~ie talk about this project. Re mentionedtha~ he thought the assessors~hould have . book'printed giving all the valuations rather than wait until 1950. ~e~sai~'that · ~thi~ilproJect originated in the Selectmen's Office and the contract was'Signedb~.~ the-Selectmen. .. ' Mr.. Thomson informed Mr. Murphy that the Selectmen have no Jurisdictionover · ssessors with respect ~o the revaluation project and the printingoD~this' book.~. Mr~Murphy felt that the book could be printed a~d have a supplemen~.~&~ico~er any~ ~adJustments which might be ~ade. .Mr'. Coffin said he agreed with Mr..Thomson end in looking ~yer some of..the"assessmen~s there is something ~rong but that w~uid'rest with the assessors Mr'..Murphy'brought .out several pl~cesas ,examples, mentioned the ge~ol~n~.station 'a~r0ss from t~e ~o~th And0~errestauran~ ~hich is assessed for.only $2G~.o~ at $..loper f~. Re. felt that Just because a business is on Main he assessed for $.25 per ft and the next h~uilding, even thoughtit is ~o~ right on~ Main St. should be assessed for 0nly $.10 per ft. .. Mr! M6rphy compared Other buildings, Di'Mauro's on Main Street, the ~D/mg.!Store a~Finnerans, the Jansen Block and the Wright property o~ Main Str~t~.~w~i'ch ~ ;h~istated is assessed for $9,000 now and has been reduced from $12,0~0/.'Re~,~felt that something was wrong with the comparative value. Mr. Thomson informed him that with a new survey there was bound tobe~ome'~changes but the assessors are holding special meetings and that until the assessors, mlke, come decision as to what changes can be made, the book in question should be held over ~until 1950 and then would be more accurate. He also felt that the. assessors should be interested in the material Mr, Murphyhas available. Mr. Coffin said hefirmlybelieved that a revaluation project was so~ly.~needed by the ~own and that the assessors have withstood the criticism very well and he admired them for it but it takes time to iron out all these difficulties. He. s~id that in many instances some values have gone up where they were very iow previoMs~$o, this project. Mr. Murphy agreed with this but he stated that this was a scientific project. ~e believes that it depsnds uponwho you are. 4 9,7 September 2, 1949-continued Mr. Murphy brought up the matter of the re-vised by-laws and wanted to know the date of the meeting to be held by the Selectmen when these by-laws will be discussed. Mr. Coffin advised him to take some notes end come to the board with the Selectmen anddiscuss these metters~ PRE¢INCTOOFFICER APPOINTED: Mrs. Emily Murphy of Main Street was appointed as Inspector (Republican) . in Precinct One to fill the vancancy caused by the resignation of John Muldowney. FIRE ENGINEERS: Mr. Coffin inquired of the other members if they wanted %o bring the matter of the fire engineers to a close w~th respect to conflict existing in the department. If it does exist, we should teke further action. Mr. Finneran said that there is no conflict existing according to their own words. Mr. Coffin said he still believed that it does exist ~ven if the chief says it does not. Mr. Thomson said that his impression from information made available and brought ou~ at the meeting of the Selectmen and the Board of Fire Engineers was that there was not a serious conflict existing in the department, among the Fire Engineers. Mr. Finneran stated that he did not believe that any action is necessery. DEpARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: Copy of an order drawn on this ~own in favor of Yemms Brothers, Inc. for .the sum of $4,292.50 on account of work done under contract with the town was received. The original of this order ha~ been forwarded to the contractor. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: Communication received with respect to a letter'sentby the Selectmen on July 1S, 1949 about Route ll4at Wilson's Corner. The Department stated that because of the. need to handle areas with a worse accident record that they have been unable ~o design engineers tp study Route 114. The matter of the racing season end additional traffic to handle is understandable but they felt the% it would be unfair to set up a speed control program to handle such unusual condition and then try to control the normal traffic with the same progrsm. They stated that the best they could aim at wes to make some compromise that will be fair to all. REVOLVER PEPJ,1ITS: The board voted tmanimously to grant license to carry a pistol or revolver to Turner A. Bridges of 160 Foster Street and toJohn C. Bonney of 846 Chestnut Street. DOG COMPLAINT: Mr~ C~ffin brought up the matter of a dog complaint and Mr. Dolan was advised to check'on the dog owned by Mrs. Hogan of High Street. He reported that the dog has been restrained since last May when Pearl Currier complained about~: the dog annoying her. No further action will be taken unless there is further complaint about this dog. OV~NGING.SIGN: Raymond Roy asked for permission to have an overhead sign a~ his Television shop on Mass. AVe. He will furnish a $1,000 bond and present it to the ~own Clerk. 500 Chief McKee reported that he had ..talked with Officer Hilton' about drinking while he was on duty and he (Officer Hilton) stated that there would he no '~ore . . of thie~.