HomeMy WebLinkAbout1951-01-15 Board of Selectmen Minutes JANUARY 15, 1951
The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held. a~ 7:00 P.M.
with all members present. Weekly bills and ap~rolls were approved.
NEW ENGLAND TEL. & TEL. CO:
A petition covering plan #45 for the abandonment of one pole on Osgo°d Street
was received and no hearing was necessa~¥.-only action by the Sale ~-tmen. The
board voted to grant the request for abandonment of One pole on Osgood Street,
approximately 545' north of Clark Street, 1 pole.
~ petition covering plan #46 for the abandonment of one pole on Salem' Street
was received and no hearing was necessary-only action by the Sole ctmen. The
board voted to grant the request, for 'abandonment of one pole of Salem Street,
approximately 334' south.of Foster Street, 1 p$1e.
LAWRENCE GAS & ELECTRIC CO.:
Mr. Frost of the.Law. Gas &-Electric Co. advised that they were sorry for the
lay on the installation cf street lights on Main Street and near M~Afee's
· . Store in the Center. He stated that street lighting equipment has '.been. dif-
ficult to obtain and many installations have been held up.. He further s~ated
that the material for these two lights arrived this week and. they expected
the installations would be completed' soon.
JUROR DRAWN:
Saunders Street~ operative. ._. _. ,.
.' RETOLVER PERMITS APPROVED: ~ .
"Th~ following revolver permits for~ the-. Year lpS1 'were approved: January'.- .Edvrard
F..Sullivan~ Jr; E~e~ett RJ 'Woodhouse;'Arthur Nicosia';' and'Archie Gourley~ for
andFebruary:Paul E.ArthUrGraham.E' Fortin; Thomas Montanero; Edward E. Towns; Norman .Fleming;
' DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORE~ ~
· tter received fr.om'the Dept. of Pablic Works indicating ~the amounts s~
,. the tentative 1951 Chapter 90 allotments for the town; -'Amounts are sho~'~w~g
follows: Great Pond Road, Route 133, F.A'.S. State-$10,O00; Town~$5~000;. and
' ~ ~-[ Countya$5,000. Maintenance, State-$1,000; ToWn_S2,000; :County-? ~
The followin~ appointments were made by the. Board~ Andrew-E, Alvino~ Board' of
~ , .iAppeals'Member from 1/1/~l to 1/1/56; James
J. Regan, Board Of Appeals A~sociate
~: .' ."fiMemBer from 1/~/51 to 1/1/~3; Santo DiManro~ Board of'Appeals ASsoCiate. Me=bet .
POLLING' HOURS: . "~
Mr. Lyons, Town Clerk, cane ~efore the board to discUSs a change 'in'~rp0Lling hoUrs.
.He felt that the hours from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P~M. were the best as it was possible
· · for those 'who' counted the ye=es to get out at a reasonable time an~['~it Was quite.
convenient for people who wanted to vote early in ~the mo~ning;" ',M~: 'cOffin' agreed
with Mr, .Lyons and felt tha$ the hours from 7:o0'~A.M.. to .? :o0 P.M.'mere the best.
However, Mr'... Thomson and Mr. Finneran felt that· ~ours~fr0m 9:00 A;M.~ ~o 8:00 P.M.
were the best ~nd this is 'what' the polling hoUrs wLll be. -
PRECINCT TWO:
~'~d the Selectmen that he had received many complaints from persons who
worked in the Fire Station dbring the polling hours; There were complaints about
' the fire horns blowing and about the smell of gasoline from the trucks. Mr.
Lyons stated that Father Shea was willing to close St..'Michael,s School for a
day if they wished to use this . Mr. Thomson mentioned .that Father Shea has
always been very generous and the Selec=man appreciated this. :but in view of the
fact that a public building is available, it was felt that the voters Should
continue'to vote at the' Fire Station. Mr. Coffin suggested that~ the'matter
of moving the trucks out to make. room for the voters might be suggested to the
Board of Engineers.
POLICE INCREASE:
Mr. Coffin wanted it to be put on the record that he is not in favor of the differ-
~ntial increase for the' Chief and Sergeant in the Police Dept. and the. Chief in the
Fire Dept. He said he would be willing to give $2.00 and $1.00 to the Chief and
Sergeant instead of $7.00 and $5.00 a~ the present time. He also mentioned that
Officer Lewis would like to have an increase because he felt he had served a long
time and his reason for asking is that he is a senior officer. No action was taken.