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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1952-04-21 Board of Selectmen Minutes APRIL 14, 1952: CUSTODIAN OF BUILDING': The Board voted unanimously to appoint Mrs. Lillian B. Dearden as custodian of the Town Building. Joseph Duncan bas. resigned from his position with the Board of Public Works and is n6 longer able to continue in this capacity. Mrs. Dearden will take care of routine matters, and approve the bills, but any large items to be considered with b~ discussed with the board before any work is done. No salary is attached so this appointment. kly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at 7:00 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. V.F.W. Mr. Americ Lanni, new Commander of the V.F.W. came before the Board to ask for permission to hold a Poppy Drive on May24, 1952. The board voted unanimously to grant this permit. ~2{EE REMOVAE: HEARIN$: A hearing was held at 7~30 P.M. on the request of Mr. & Mrs. Fred.Rogers of 291 Sutton Street for the removal of a tree on Columbia Road which obstructs the driveway to a Community Garage. No opposition was presented and the Board voted unanimously to gran.t this petition and instruct the Tree Warden to remove the tree' in' question. CIVIL DEFENSE: S. Forbes Rockwell requested permission for Mr. Milton Howard to use the-Old~ Age Assistance office for Civil Defense purposes and he would like to have a key of the office2 This office would be used by Mr. Howard.only in an emergency. The' board voted.to ~rant permission, that Mr. Milton Howard be allowed to use the ~...:Old ~ge Assistance office for emergency use only, in connection with Civil Defense. '-~ '" LAWRENCE G & E CO:-NE~ ENGLAND T & T CO: A peri{ion w.as received, for permission to remove one pole and locating one pole · on ~reene Street, appreximately~.~16~o southwest of Parker St. Ahearing is re- ' ' quired and was set for May %, 19~2 at 7:30 .P.M. Abutters will be notified. I ...~ REVOLVER PERMIT APPLICATION: · ~ An application for a permi, t: to carry a revolver was ~eceived from DaVid B. Hollins~.] 24 Saitonstall~ ~oad. Mr..Hollins carries large sums~. of money and is also interested - -' '. in target practice. ~he board voted unanimously to,grant this license. ~ ESSEX COUNTY'RETIREMENT .~ Notice received of the amount to be 'made payable to the Essex County'~etirement - · Board as voted~ by the board on April lO, 1952 at Salem. Total amoun~ payable. ,'. ~.,~is~ .$10,334.55. Notice of same has been sent to the~ town treasurer. · ;' Mr.. Forbes. Rockwell'sent a 5ulletin on Public Air Rai~kTests so ~hat.the>board ..... ' wilI be informed as to,the procedure, relative ~o practice alerts as provided '' in E~ecutive. Order ~14, issued August 28, 1951. · · POLICE'DEPAR~ENT ~EPOR T: A report was received from Chief McKee relative to a~ecent compla~nt~ made against Augustine J. Walsh, intermittent police officer, made by Arthur R. DuFault of North P~adlng. The chief talked with the officer who stated that he. had~ not~ been ',ru~e to the man but that he did go through a red light. Mr. McKee recommended ~'.~.that Mr. Walsh not be re-appointed as-'an intermittent officer when his name comes up.'for cc~sideration. No action was taken b~ the board. k'~ MBAIJ~ 1 AS S 0 OIAT~ ON-~J~IE Anthony Camasso, Irwin Lamprin and John Maude came before the board to discuss the matter of having the old Fire Truck kept down in their district during the dry spell. Mr. Thomson informed them that the truck is old but the board wants to.be as help- ful as possible. He said that there would have to he someone responsible for the · truck, to operate it, service it and take care of it in general. The initial problem iswhether or not the truck is worth having down there and where can it be parked. Mr. Camasso said it would be of some help in buring different areas. The water is handy and the truck holds 800 gallons. He said he has an open shed where it could be. parked and the key would be available for a certain group only. Mr. Coffin said that Mr. Camass~*would not be strategically located. ~he truck would be covered by insurance. Mr. _'.I~t~prin said that only about six ~an would be willin~ to accept this responsi- bility of the truck and it would a~ least be six miles closer t~an the regular trucks~ ~he men decided to go to the fire station with Chief Hargreaves and look the truck over and would come back to discuss it further with the board. 2 .8 APRIL 21, 1952-continued FIRE TRUC~: Mr. Hargreaves returned to the meeting with the other residents from the Kimball Association and they informed the board that the "Packard,, is in much better condition than the truck. It actu~lly belongs to Civil Defense and is worth about $35.00. They discussed the hatter of getting pump cans for the Packard and the Chief said they would cost about $1~0.00 which he would like to purchase if the Selectmen would give him permission to spend this money for this purpose. Mr. Thomson made it clear that ~they were not trying to croat an auxiliary ~fire department down there. Mr. Camasso said' the Fire Department would be called fir~st and then the men in that district would do what they could befzre the firemen got there. ~ He said they would be under the Jurisdiction of the Fire Chief 'and would 'take orders from him. Mm. Hargreaves explained that he has $500 on Forest Fire Appropriation~ and he would talk with Mr. Rockwell about the Packard and with the Advisory Board abou~ buying the pumps. Mr. Coffin said he was in favor of. doing something constructive, if it is ' agreeable and practical. Mr. Thomson then suggested that Chief Hargreaves go down' to the meeting of the Association and explain about the Packard and see what their reaction is. Mr. Coffin said that we probably would have a truck and another station in that section but it will.take time. He felt it very desirable to have fire protectiun there. Mr. ~homson then s~id that "experience,, will tell and at leas~ it is an attempt to solve the problem. Re said the board may talk with Mr. Rockwell a~d with' the Advisory Board about the expenditure.- LITTLE LEAGUE!BASEBALL:Harold Trombly: Harold Trombly came before the board in behalf of the Little League movement and asked for permission ~o advertise on the fence a~ Waverley. Road. Be said they have ~v permission to build the fence which will cos~ about $400. They~plan on selling signs to pay for expenses, all money will be spent on the children,s expenses~ Mr. Trombly said that he felt that Section 6, (d) on page ~4 of the to~n report would cover this reques~ and the BOard would give written approval for this advertising. He said the fence would be 4' 'x 6' and the posts would face 'the s~ree~~. ~he Board of P~blic ~orks. have given written permission to build the fence. Mr. Finneran said.he had no objection to this and Mr. Thomson agreed~tha~ Section 6, (d)-cover this, since it is a Civic Organization~ Mr. Coffin would say unhesitatingly that they go ahead ~ith this if he was sure that it was O.K. Later the board met with the P.~c~ea~$onal Council and' Mr. Trombly and they voted una~nimously to gran~ permission to display or maintain advertising material on a fence ~o be built at' the Playground an Waverley Road, for a period not exceeding sixty days. Permission in writing 'will be sent to Harold T~mmbly. DUMP SI ~UATZON: R~lph Brasseur me~ with the Board to discuss the dump situation and he said he did no~ have figures with him but he understood that it would cos~ 'abou~ $3,000 or $4,000 to fix the road, which includes the cos~ of the land, in the location down off Boston Street.' Mr. Coffin said that the Perry Street dump is becoming more and more of a nuisance and the residents feel pretty badly about it. Be thought that the location off Boston Street seemd ~o be the only one to answer the need. He suggested ~hat Ralph investigate and get price of land and very defiui~e cos~ figures, check maps for other locations, etc.He feels tha~ if the board leads up ~o a To~n Meeting, the objectors will come forward at that time. ekly meeting of the BOard of Selectmen was held at 7;00 P.M. with members ~homson and Finneran present. Mr. Coffin was ill and unable to a~end. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. T~EE REMOVAL HEARING: A hearing was held at 7:30 P.M. on the petition of Mrs. Carolyn McQuesten, 104 High Street, for the removsl of a tree in frun~ of her property. Tree Warden John J. Connors was present and s~amed that thetree had grown into the sidewalk and had moved the fence about three feet and should be removed. ~he board voted unanimou.~ly to approve the petition and request the ~ree warden remove the tree in question. ~ ~ECREATZONAL COUNCIL: A communication was received from the Council informing the board tham they had voted to recommend to the Selectmen that the former Center School building be torn down and that the surrounding grounds be developed as a playground a6d park area. On motion of Mr. Finneran the request was received and. will be tabled un,il, the fall board is present. Vote was unanimous.