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Home My WebLink About1954-01-18 Board of Selectmen Minutes4%5 JUROR: DRAWN: . Arthur P.: Kirk. duew, ~he name of Peter .Rltchie, 2hh'Sutton:Street, '~o ~urve as~a. traverse Juror at Superior. Court in Salem on February 1, 19~h for civiI session. · ':A' ,,rep0.~t w,a.s.re.ceiv?d-from ,Chief ,McEee relatlvs .t0,the SuryeY"made,by ;him'in,,., oxmer to ce~ermzne now many/men ShOUld be appointed.to, the,, Police Dep~rtment*'; '~He ', also attached two:articles to.,be,:suhmitt~d ",for:inclusion in~,the'-'an'nual :tOwn warrant., 'T~e'-Board requested 'that copies :of., the, report"he';made for,','ea'ch% member ', kVETE~ANS.'AGENT.S QUARTER~I ' ' '' ' '' : ..... .... ,,r,~Edward, O., 4Gar~ey,,~ commander, of. the ?.FJ¢; came :,b~fore' the.;beard in behalf, of '.Bernard .Bingham ~0 discuss::the,:pcssibilit~,-cf;~heWl;quart~rs ,f0r' the'veterans Mr,.¢'garvey,, f~lt/that ;:,the: agent.'s::off~ce: requi~res'~ a .c 5r tain ;,5.moun~. e~:, ~:,rivac~ L: _~and, he should' have an office wher~i:he 'can keep his,;fiIes, whe~eas'",at!:the~pre~e~t' have~,assured Mr.~ ~room 'for. an ~office, as~:possihle ,so :~'~'A~i cMr.~;,Thomson ~informed .... have ~: office of.~.E~n~e~aenee'.;; a~;, that stati~n;~ere, .the, ,mat'~er Mrs.. John~M. ~fSous~ ,De£sel~ engines~make~;a rest., She ' i aSs~ed..;b~ ~ }/ms ,:;MCI district; j' JANUARY 18, 1954: continued John Lyons asked the board if he could come in and talk with them about using the Court Room on voting day and he and the Registrars wil~ meet with them on January:Z5, at 7:30 P.N. RECREATIONAE COUNCIL: Several members of this council met with the Selectmen to discuss skating rinks and other matters coming under the direction of this council~ Mr.;~ Carl Thomas reported that. they had received an estimate from the Board Public mWorks on a skating rink and ~for lOG. m 150, on level ground ~it would cost $6,000 for hot top and $11,000 for concrete.. A~euen foot chain fence with barbed wire top and two double gates at the Bathing' Beach would cost $2200. He stated that Mrs. Elliot had met with Mr. Rockwell last weekand he explained that the 12 lots maybe purchased for 10$ a~sq,~ft'. Eight of these lots~sre on a loan basis. Mrs. E~liot suggested that the town purchase a part of .this, total -area, each year :until~ the, town. owns the' complete,area'. Mr. Rockwell informed Mrs; Elliott that-Davis ,Field will be sold for house lots~ .sometime,,. - Mr. Kirk mentioned the field below the McCabe property, as being a good site fox 'a~playgroand.~ Mr. Bonnano-will check on this piece, of property. Mr. Bonnano stated that he -had talked with ~wo, of the Fire Engineers~ and was informed '1that it wou~d only take'three .hours,, to flood' the area · ,,Mr. 'Sutcliffe' istated that,he would like to be giVen the ,authority.to'take care of the ,skating, rink ~at the Thomson School .'and :he would, als0 like ,to,see one at'.the Drummond ,Playground, : / . ...... . ." ·. .... , ~:~ ,~ Mr. Thomson' said he ~felt that' .the DrU~ond:area ~'could. probably :be 'flooded, more. easily and that in..the past ,..they had ver~poor .rusults. at. the SchoolJ. He suggested that. the Board Just assume ~hat' these,~men~have~.this? authority tn:so' far~-~ as this 'board is able.rd give.it, ', .....~,.~ Mr.~ Willis 'said this board ~will go on. record, asJendors ~'. councLl~und if::the~;wished:to go :ahead :thia'bo, ard~wi,.ll .'notify question of appeinting .the~life: guards'. ~then came 'up ~and: Mr;.:~lllis' informed the' members-that they should' §o "to the Board of' Public ~gorks w~sh to :delggate. authority to this/council :to ',.~m~ke ~.the~.appOint~tS'. ..[~r; 2borne'on felt. there 'was no objection if the Recreatton~ ~ Council reports'~ "'.that" '. the~ r.i~feLGuards did not do?their wo~k,:properly.[: He:'felt',:that: a" direct~ a~proach with the:Board 'of ~ublic Works woulddbe;~much: better..He'said',they':first"hand , information ,and that the Bmard~ would probably.'he: happy i:to~ discugg. ,it with .them. .The~ Board:then discussed the. number of. 2embers"on~the .'council'..~Mr;~,Bor~ano - suggested ;that:ir'be cut' down~.~o' seven members ~as ,there are ~som~' who :ne~' show Mr Thomson said h thought Council' did ' '~ ~ ~ .~ . _ e. ,~the. ~ ~an ~excellent - should ~try, to get some active members to replace..tho~e 'who are:not .and .perhaps:.theY couq'd .be, requested, to~:resign,' / ~: .~ 7 f'~: [1~ ~ ' ~ ~ ''~ ~ [ [~ :~: :1.~ . ~ ~ '~t$]] is ..felt.that W~,: had had ~a .gond meeting,'~ that/..the, council' .: eno" nes.was wil~ing 'to back ~them up ,on~ all~ ,their. recommendations: Weekly meeting ,cfr the of Se present.:.. Wee~'b~s~ ~d...... pa~olls were held atS,oo' .m on% o '~A hearing w~s ,h'~ld on 'th~ 'adJudicatio~' Of' Sutton ~" . peint at:'or: near the sdutherly, line of property now or' formerly, belonging to Francis S. BalJrow~. ' * *:" "' :' · - ,: ' ' * · ' ' - ' Attorme~.Roland- Sherman was present ,and he expla~nsd to the board that there had been a'11miSunderstanding as to the' wording' of ith~ article i~. last' years warr~ and 'that it.'should ~be as follows: To accept the' extehsion of Heath '~mad' rtuming westerly and nort.herlY' from Johnson Street to its intersection'with Sutton' Hill:l~ad~ ,475 feet thenceI Sutton Hill Road Westerly and southerly 1200 fent~ to the sou%herly, lboundary of land owned byFruncis S. Barrows; the whole 'S~td~d~'stance to be knoWn as Sutton, Hill' Road~ Mr. Thomson felt that this should be corrected by' holding another hearing on the prope~ wdrding of ~he article and that the article to be inserted in the warrant should also be corrected. The board members agreed that this Was~ the proper way to straighten out the matter and there will still be time for a hearing before the town meeting. A hearing was set for February 8, 1954 at 8:00 P:M;