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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1953-03-23 Board of Selectmen Minutes~y meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at 7:00 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. ANIMAL INSPECTOR APPROVAL: Notice received from the Department of Agriculture that the nomination of Edward C. Bulgar, V. M. D. as inspector'of animals for the town of .North Andover for the year ending March 31, 1954 has been approved. The board voted on this nomination a~ the last meeting on March 16, 1953. GROUP INSURANCE: The board received a communication from the.Mass. Mutual ~.ife Ins; Company relative %o the favorable vote at the annual town meeting for group insurance. The letter stated that Messrs..William H. Harrison, Jr. and Stephen B. Young of the Lawrence office are the soliciting agents. The letter inquired if the board would wish Mr. Harrison and Mr. Young to commence contacting tewn employees for thepurpose of preparing application for group insurance contracts. The board took no action on. this lea%er since they have already asked for proposals from any companies who wish to submit them. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: · A copy of a' letter sen% to Commissioner John Volpe was read by Mr..W~llis. This was the result of a meeting of representatives of the Department, the Highway Surveyor, and tu~o members of the local Board of. Health as well as Mr. ~lllis. Mr.' .Willis informed the other members that they had viewed the area involved in the drainage complaint at Wilson's' corner and the mat%er has been referred to the Board of Health who has assured Mr. Willis ~that immediate steps will be taken to correct the situation. A letter was received under date of March 12, informing Mr. Thomson that the Department will allocate the sum of 5500 to be used for maintenance in the town providing that North Andover will allot ~l,0OO for the same purpose. At the ahnual town meeting 'on March 14, the sum of $2,000 was apprbpriated for maintenance of ..... · roads un, er 'chap%er 90. Mr..Willis~ made' inquiries of Mr. Thomson relative to the expenditure 'of the re~aining $1,O00. Mr. Thomson Stated tha~ when the article was inserted in the warrant, it was understood that neither the~county nor the stute'would allocate any money for maintenance under Chapter 90. Through the efforts of the previous board, Mr. Thomson said they were able to get the SSOO alloted and he feels that Mr. Carry can spend' the total amount for maintenance,, that is $2500. If no money were alloted, he would be able to spend $2,000. P~OLVER PE~T APPLICAT~0N: An application for a license to carry a revolver was received from Turner A~ Bridges,' 160.Foster Street, North Andover. The chief of police had approved this application and on motion of Mr. ThomSon, seconded by Mr. Kirk, the board voted unanimmucly %o grant this license. · CIVIL SERVICE-EXTRA POLICE ~0RK ~ A reply to our lh~%er of March 17, relative ~o the assignment of extra work to regular employees in the Police Department, was received from the Director. The letter s%a~es that this matter does not' come under the Jurisdiction of the Civil Service Department, since the purpose for which the seniority is based is for assign- men~ of extra work of regular employees. Seniority is computed from the date of permanent original appointment, and, therefore, persons appointed on the same day would have~ the 'same 'date of seniority. The board voted'to send a copy of this letter to Charles McCubbin and also ~o the chief of police. APPOINTMEN T-PATROL~%N: ~he board received a certification and report form from the Division of Civil Service and the following names were listed as eligible for certification: Robert L.-Sanborn, Charles R. McCubbin, Paul G. Dyer and Frank H. Dushame, Jr. Mr. Kirk made a'motion that Robert ]i. Sanborn be appointed as a permanent patrolmen at $63.63 weekly, seconded by Mr. Thomson and declared a unanimous vote .by Mr. Willis. CHAPTER 80- P~R~00K & SAWYER ROADS: The Selectmen signed an order of assessment for the above streets and the plan' will be recorded by Mr. Thomson, since he is familiar with the procedure. The owner of each parcel of land, the foot frontage and the amount of assessment is listed for beth streets. The date of completion of the work on these two streets was given as October 15, 1952 in a letter from Highway Surveyor Ira D. carry under date of January 12, 1953. Mr. Willis felt that since we are to have considerable Chapter 80 work in the future, it should be set up in a different manner. He could see no reason why the town should pay this money and he would suggest rna% in the future it should be referred to..an attqrney and let him t~e care of it for the usual legal fees. This will be cmscussec at a later date by the board. MARCH 23, 1953: continued DAMAGE COMPLAINT: Reports were received from Chief McKee and IfaD. Carry as requested by the Board cf Selectmen relative to the damage claim presented by George Hayes, First Stree:. Mr. Duffy had not submitted his report and the board accepted the reports and they will be filed at'this time. SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE: A communication was received from the School Building Committee relative to the new High School and suggesting that the Board of S~lect~en be requested to arrange for the issuance of a fire insurancepolicy covering the building during the process of construction and in accordance with the usual practice recommended by insurance underwriters for taking care cf such risks. 2~e policy should be take~ ou: for a period of two years and should cover everything except site clearance. The School Building Committee toques: that the Selectmen transmit to the School Building Committee a certificate of such t~,urance and'the insurance shall be an expense of the School,Building Committee. ~heBoard voted unanimously to follow the same procedure as theydid'wtth the Kittredge School and submit this information to the l~surance Agents Association for action. A copy of the!letter will be sent to Mr.~hipple for action. SPECIAL POLITE APPOINTMENTS: A'letter was received from Bernard Bingham, Veterans Agent and from John J; McKSnna, Manager of'the Division of'Employment-Security, advising us thatthey have'no veterans a~ailable in their files with the necessary qualifications'wtlling 'to accept intermittmm~ police work in North Andover. The request for approval of six months provisional employment will be sent :o the Director of Civil Service on Ralph J. Bolderson, Alexander Ness, Augustine Walsh andFrank Howard. ' BOARD OF HEALTE: Drainage-Wilsons CornercoPY O~ LETTER SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS. A communication was received from the Board ~f~ Health informing them that~ the drainage has been investigated by the State Department' of Public Works'and' ~ound drainage from private proper~y entering the State drainage. The letter advised the' owners of the property that itwill be necessary to plug up theorigin of this drainage and repair of replacement of the. septic tank. ~he Board. of Health set the:date of April20, 19~3 as the 'deadline for these changes to be made. A copy of'this'letter was sent to six property owners in the vicinity Of Wilsons corner. CENTER SCHOOD- FURNITURE, ETC. Mrs.' S. Forbes Rockw~ell requested permission tolook in the Center School to see if they could find. some furniture, etc. for the Girl's SCout Camp(Maude Eaton) She gave a list of the various items which they could use and asked permission to buy them, if necessary .... The Board discussed this request and Mr. Thomson made a motion that' the Selectmen make a gift cf these items to the Girls Scouts, providing they are removed 'at their · expense and 'that there is no liability to the town. Mr. Kirk seconded this motion · and the vote was declared ~o be unanimous by Mr. Willis. '- LAWRENCE BOARD OF REALTORS INViTATiON: The board received an invitation to attend the dinner at the Red Tavern on March 30, at 6:30 P.M. as guests of the above board. Mr. Kirk made a motion that the board send its regrets since they will be"u~abl~ ~o attend because of their meeting at seven o'clock and various hearings. STATE HOUSING BOARD: The B$ard received, a letter from th~ State Housing Board relative to a~plications for Veterans, Housing under Chap%er 550, Acts of 19~2, Deadline April 6, 1953. ~he Selectmen voted to refer this ~o the local housing authority.. PROC~ATION$: John"J. 'Willis, chairman, signed two proclamations for Cancer Week a~d Bay State Society for Crippled children. WONDER WAGON: A communication was received from Hilart Productions, Inc. in~roducing the~onder Wagon and as~hug for information on ordinances of the town, license fees, e~c. The board voted to receive the letter and place it on file~ on motion of Mr.~homson. MARCH 23, 1953- continued APPLICATION: ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT: ~he board received an application from Nancy Lawlor, who is 17: ~ars old andplans ~o attend the Bentley School of Accounting in September, to be considered for extra work in the Accounting Department. Mr. Thomson made amo~ion that the applicatioh be tabled for one week. Mr. WiLlis then informed the board that Miss Finn, 'Z'own Accountant had talked with him about part time help and she felt that the. Selectmen might like to make the appointment. Mr. Willis felt that it was her department and that she should be the one to appoint someone to help her. His first impression was that Miss Finn would like to have Miss Lawlor. No further action was taken. EAWRENCE GAS & ~.~.CTRIC COMPANY: A hearing was held at 7:45 P.M. on the petition of .the Lawrence Gas & Electric COMPANY .to construct, maintain and operate transmission lines for the ~ransmission of high and iow tension electric current and f$r telephone use over and across the following highways:. Sutton Street- Sutton's Mills to Sutton's Elm Street-B & M Railroad to B & M Railroad, Chickering Road, B & M Railroad to B & ~ Railroad and on Osgood Street- B & M Eallroad to B & M Railroad. Mr. Alton L. Pike, agent, was present at the hearing and he presented a plan ~o the board so that they could follow the rou~e of line. Mr. Taomson made a motion that the petition with reference 'to carrying ~'ower lines to go along with these plans as shown, be granted. Mr. Kirk seconded the mouien and the vote was unanimous. C~opy of the order and petition were given ~o Mr. Pike a~ thi~ time. ' - ' POLICE DEPAR~NT: Francis Tr~z~bly, representing the Board of Trade requested {hat the Selectmen have an'unbrokan white line painted-on Sutton Street from the Lawrence line to the Thatched Roof to take care of the traffic situatlon~ and that they have installed a "S~low Dangerous Intersection" sign on the westerly side of the intersection at Suttons Corner. Mr..E~ksmade a motion that this be referred to the Police Department and that they be instructed to paint an unbrcken white line from the Lawrence line to .the Thatched Roof in accordance with highway regulations, plus the installation of a "Slow-Dangerous intersection" sign on the westerly side of the intersection at Sutton's Corner. Mr. Thomson seconded this motion and'the vote wa~o declared unanimous by Mr. Willis. FRANCIS: T~OMBLY- COMPLAINT: Mr. Trombly talked with the boa rd about a problem near his. property ~n~ he has talked with the local board of health. Re said that the land is in A~dover and he thougn~ it was an agricultural area. Mr. Willis said that his first thought in the matter is that the ~town of North Andover has no Jurisdiction over a piece of land which is in Andever and he suggested that Mr. Trombly go to Andover' and '~alk with the authorities there~ Mr. 'Thomson felt it Was beyond the Jurisdiction of this .board and stated that Mr~ Trombly had two recourses, the Board of Health in Audever or the State Dep~rtment of Public health. No further action. ~.TING OF CON~IT~EE TO PURCHASE ~'z~E Lester'Perkins,. Richard Heider, ~.eo Kane, james J. Hargreaves and Edwin Koenig met with the Selectmen to discuss the purchase of the .*ire truck which w~s voted favorably a~ the annual to~n ~eting in March. Mr. Hargreaves had several copies of specifications which he had drawn up for the' members above and the selectmen were given an opportunity'tolock them over. Mr."Hargreaves stated that the ladders from the'old truck are aluminum and are not in too bad condition and they can be. used on the new truck and save that expenses. He said these were standard specifications except for the smoke" ejector and ladders. Mr. W~lis made several- inquiries about various' items on the fire truck and asked the' chief if he had discussed thes~ Specifications with the engineers. Mr. Hargreaves stated that he had nc chance to do this as he had anly drawn the specifications up to-day. Mr. ~tl.lis felt that he should discuss this with the engineers and they may have some recommendations to make. He said we are all concerned about spending $18,000 and that we should no~ Jump at this thing. He inquired about equipment to be borrowed until the new truck is available. MARCH 23, 1953: continued Mr. Har&Teaves said he would rather not have borrowed equipment as it may run into a big expense for the ~own. He has an opportunity to borrow a truck from HaverhiLl but he prefers to leave it there. Mr. Thomson said he did not feel qualified to express any o~inion on the mechan- ical end of this and he felt that they should leave the types of specifications to those on the committee who have mechanical ability. Mr. Xirk said he was not familiar with this end of it sithe~ and he would have to ask quest~ions of someone else to get the required information. Mr. Willis inquired if there was some equipment nearby that is comparable to what the chief has in mind and if so, he felt that the committee should look at it. Mr. Hargreaves said he didn't know of any a% the moment. He then showed the board pictures of various trucks which he had received from truck companies. It was then decided that the commit%es would meet on Sunday and go over 'the specifications and at that ~ime the three engineers would be available and they will come before the board hext Monday. The meeting will be held at th~ Fire ' Station at 1:30 P.M. Ih the meantime, Mr. Willis suggested that the chief discuss this ma~ter with the two engineers. DUMP SITE: Mr. Dewar Dyer came before the board and discussed the .proper ~onduct of th~ land fill method for a dump site. He said he had taken it upon himself to draw up some ideas that might be of some help to ~he committee. He said the occupational situation might be hazardous. The popular conception of a land filled~ dumo is Just covering up refuse with dirt. If this is set up properly there' is n~ difficulty. He said that the estimated time to complete .decomposition is about ~our y~ars for the average land fill. He mentioned that the. re gas collection .there but eventually you can go back and dig again. He said that there is a definite possibility that a site with wet or sandy land could be .purchased reasonably and that it could.be used again in about ten yeas as a playground or a school site. He said he would.be glad to help in anyway. .' Mr; ~illis accepted the information given with thanks and said the material will be of sue to the commi$~ee. He did not believe it was premature of Mr. Dyer to come ~o the board. It is a problem we all have to face in the near Mr. Thomson said he thought that Mr. Dyer indicated an inteLligent approach this .problem. Although the committee is limited to the Selectmen, he. suggested .that we take .advantage of the peculiar knowledge of Mr. Dyer and ask him to sit in,as a spectator. Mr. Willis said he was willing to go along with this suggestion but felt that we should wait and take it up with the committee. We could notify Mr. Dyer a% such time as the committee decides to have him sit in, Mr. Dyer will fo~ard a copy.of the material he had prepared so that the Selectmen.may have it on file. APPOINTMENTS: Clerk Of Selectmen: Mr. Kirk made ametion that Mrs. Eillian Dearden be a~p0inte~ as clerk for the Board'of Selectmen. '}~r. Thomson seconded this m6tioh'ahd it was declared a unanimous vote by Mr.-Willis. WIRING IN~PECTOR- T~omas r. ebel appointed by unanimous vote of the hoard CIVII~ DEFENSE DIRECTORS. Forbes Rockwell " " " " " " PUBLICWEIGHENS James. J. Desley " " " " " " Edward Ellsy and Albert E. Houle " '" "." SURVEYORS-WOOD,BARK & LUMBER- John C, Farnum " " ." " FENCE VIEWERS-john M. Barrell,Wm.J. ~homson,John J. Wilcom " " KEEPER 0F~THE LOCK-UP- Alfred H. McKee unanimous vote of the.b~ard RECP~ATIONAL COUNC~: Mrs. Elizabeth Elliot, Carl Thomas, Nathaniel Archer Philip Sutcliffe, William Magowan, Elmer Jackson, John Cushing, Demonic Bonnano, Kenneth Terroux and Warren .Stanwood, appointed by unanimous vote of the board. . SPECIAL POLICE 0FF~CENS: appointed by unanimous vote of the hoard: -Albert Schofield, Roland Ambiehl, Alexander Ness, F~ederick Salois, Charles S. Fowler, John J. Lyons, Joseph J. Ssnia, Rene Beaulieu, Walter Stamp, Jr., Sylvester Murphy, Philip Midgley, Charles Znill, John T. Dolan, John J. Wilcox, Donald. E. Hilton, Frank W. Lee, Kenneth L. Deardan and Malcolm Hamilton, Frank Howard. On motion of Mr. Kirk Edward To,ne was appointed unanimously as a special police officer. SPECIAL CIVIL CONSTABLE: unanimously appointed- John H. Fenton. SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES: Mr. Willis made a motion that Ernes~ J. Roberts be appointed Sealer of Weights and Measures, seconded by Mr. Kirk and declared to be a majority vote, Mr. Thomson recorded as not voting. Mr. Thomson inquired as ~o the qualifications of Mr. Roberts for this position. Mr. Willis stated that he was the manager of the North Andover Restaurant and was a student at Merrimack College. With reference to the duties, Mr. WiLlis said that Mr. Roberts wualifications were equal or above the qualifications of the previous office holder. MA~CH 23, 1953: comt[nued BOARD OF APPEALS: APPOINT~gNTS: Mr. Thomson made a motion, seconded by Mr. Kirk and voted unanimously to appoint Santo DiMauro and James J. Regan, as associate members of the Board of Appeals. Mr. Thomson then made a motion for reconsideration of the above vote. which was granted, and he made a motion that Santo DiMauro be appointed as a member of the Board of Appeals. Mr. Thomson then made a motion that the appointments of the associate members be revoked temporarily, seconded by Mr. Kirk and voted unanimously. Mr. Willis made a motion that Donald Smith be appointed as a member .of the Board of Appeals. He felt that since Mr. Smith is an attorney, it would balance the .board. There are three real estate men on the board now. Mr. Kirk said he felt that Donald Smith is a very good person and also Mr. DiMauro and he could appreciate both motions. He inquired from Mr. Willis about having Mr. Smith as an associate member but Mr. Willis thought that Mr. DiMauro could sit in as an associate member. Mr. Thomson said that Mr. DiMauro had listened to arguments pro and con and he would be a very good man to have on the board. Mr. Willis said his motion still stand with Donald Smith to be the appointee. Mr. Thomson then made a motion that Donald Smith be appointed as an associate member. Mr. Kirk made amotion that they table the appointment of a member of.the ]~oard of Appeals and also the associate members for one 'week. Mr. Thomson seconded the motion and it was declared unanimous by Mr. Willis. B~ILDING REGULATIONS: 'Mr. Willis brought up the matter of requesting the Advisory Board, Planning Board and Building Inspector to sit down and decide on some new building regulations, particularly with reference to water and sewer, and he felt this should be done as soon as possible. Mr~ Thomson mentioned that the b~tilding inspector is hospitalized and he should be in on this. Mr~ Willis said he didn't know how much' they would rely on him and also that there w~ll probably be some' new members on the Advisory Board and the present members should be in on ihs new suggestions. Mr. Thomson said that he would think that the new members should be in tm the new suggestions as they would be serving for a f,,ll year. He also 'reit that the meeting should be held off until Mr. Lawlor is available; He has served as building inspector for'a good'many years and Mr. Tho~on felt he should be afforded the courtesy of sitting in on such a meeting. 'No action 'will be taken until Mr. Lawlor is available. GROUP INSURANCE: Mr~ Willis brought up the mat~er of Group Insurance and said he u~derstood that there would be two bids from one compan~ .and wondered how they wo~ld get 'around that if they happened to be the low bids. Mr; Thomson suggested that the bbard meet that problem '#hen it arises. APPOINTiNg- CLERK OF BOARDS: Mr~ Thomson made a motion that Arthur P. Kirk be appointed Cle r~ of the Board of Selectmen, seconded by Mr. Willis,and declared unanimous. Mr; Thomson made a motion that John 'Willis be .appointed clerk of the-Board of Public %?clfare and it was voted unanimously. Mr. Thomson made a motion that John'%'fillis be appointed, clerk of the License Board and it was a unanimous vo~e. SUPT. & MATRON-TOWN INFIRMARY: Orin B. Foster was appointed Supt. of the Town Infirmary by unanimouS vote. Nora L. F~ster was appointed Matron. of the Town Infirmary by unanimous vote. S TEVEES HALL: ~ne Board granted permission to.the Board of Trade to change the dates of their show,to be held in Stevens Hall, provided it was agreeable to the principal of the High School. Mr. Kirk will provide the dates later in the week.