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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-04-04 Board of Selectmen Minutes~64 March 28, 1966 (continued) Road and up Main Street, day and night, to reach their terminal. Chief Lawlor and Chairman 0akee thinkx they have a solution to the problem and would like to talk it over with the D.P.W. ~ The Board also requested another letter be. sent the D.P.~. to be advised on what progress had been made regarding the obliterated boundary line between Lawrence and North Audover due to Rt. $95 construction. The Board voted to ask Highway Surveyor to contact Jacob'Berkover as to the specific time bids would go out for the completion of the C~apter 90 reconstruction work this Spring, on Salem Street. They would a£so like to be advised when work would begin. STREET LIGHT: The Board voted to have a street light survey made for Lisa Street,. SLOW-CHILDREN SIGN: The Board'requested that Chief Lawlor investigate and report on April.#, his recommendation for the installation of'a "Slow-Children" sign on~ Prancis Street. TOWN COUN~L APPOINTNENT: The Board requested that letters be sent Out. to the specific department heads who convene annually to appoint a Town Counsel for one year~ The meeting will take place on Monday, April #, 1966, at 7:00 P.M. INVITATION: The Board voted to have Chairman Pred P. oake~ and wife represent the .Board at the Lion's Club 50th i~niversary Dinner in April, Alice M. Letarte,~ Secretary Clerk },, 1966. .-i ~The Board of Selectmen met on this date with Chairman Fred P. Oakes absent because of TO~{. COONSEL APPOINTNENT: Committee members, designated under Article 16, 19~9, met at 7:00 p.m. to appoint a.. Town Counsel for the ensuing year. Arnold H. Salisbury, Esq. was unanimously re-/ · appo , d ..... the mwo new Police Cars were received from Woodworth Motors, Inc. whose bid. ~as $)?h8.00.;; .'and from ._~h-weheen Motor Mart, Inc., . submitting, bid for $3741.70.~ ~The were taken 'under~ advisement until Chairman 0ahes . Gasoline storage application was d--~ed when Selectman Finck made a motion to h~e it the appearance of ~h abuttors objecting to the station a~ due t0~'th~: did not make an appearance at the time of the' hearing. He later" ,, that he had made a road call and was delayed in sppear~_~E. Ne was .to contact.the fire chief. Mr. Finnerun seconded ~k~ motion for denial; ~.';The petition'.to remove.a :tree un 133 Oreene St., Joseph Tobacco, was approved by the; "Board; ;.POLICE OFFICER HOURLY RATES: z~e ho.ur,,!y~ates for special police duty ($3.~0 per hoar) as submitted.by Chief 'L~a~or~. 'were. ap~.~.oved.b~ the Board, and a certified copy of the vote will be sent to Jacob Berk- W;. Manzi, postal Clerk, 29 Nassachueetts Ave..' and Vera M. Sheridan, 29 Norman drawn for Jury duty at Salem on May2, 1966. 'FINDLAN- SHANN PROPERTY: .In response to the Board' s request, Mr. Findlan telephoned April 4, advising Board he · could meet with them on Monday might, April il, at 8:00 p.m. in the Selectmen, s Office to discuss the matter of the Shann property. GAS EXCAVATION: ', Apetition to excavate on II ~amilton Road for a gas service was approved. :: BUo Arle'tter from the Nishway Surveyor and Contractor Rainy re the Buckley drainage problem was voted to be sent;to Miss CHAPTER 090 WORK-SALEM ST.: ~.-- The Highway Surveyor advised the Board that DPW Hr. Lespasio and his staff stated that they would be calling for bids on Chaper 90 construction the latter part of May or the first part of June, after which it would be Just a matter of the awarding and signing of contracts before the work could begin. Construction should start the latter part of June or the first part of July giving ample time to complete construction of of Salem Street before cold weather sets in. LAW DAY: Following a communication, the Board voted to proclaim May 1, 1966,"~aw Day." COI~UNIT~ ANTENNA TELETISION: A communication from the abo~e was referred to Civil Defense Director. APPOINTMENTS: Town C~mitte appointments were tabled for one more week because of the illnessof Chairman Oakes. Mr."Finnerandand Mr. Finck directed that Highway Surveyor be notified to install temporary or permanent .street signs for Ingalls Crossing and Bradford Street near the Osgood Street end. The Gas Company wes directed tocontact Highway Surveyor on a complaint of. Thomas 21 Silsbee Rd., who said his land had sunken in since gas pipes were installed by. gas company. ..~- SLOW-CHILDREN. SIGNS: Chief Lawlor .will be directed to investigate the installation of a "Go Slow-Children, sign on Salem Street near the Bernardin residence. Alice M. Letarte, Secretary ~April 11, 1966 Clerk ~ACHINE ACOODI~I~/NG, BIDS: National Cash Register .Company was the only compan~ to submit a bid and was. awarded the contract to supply the Town of North Andover with a machine accounting system, .per specm- fications, for the amount submitted, $6,6600 POLICE CAR BIDS: . - :.The .contract to supply two, new '1966 police cars, ~as awarded to the lOWer bidder,of, two bids'.su~mitted, the Shawsheen-~ors, Inc. of ~ndover,· who submitted a bid of-$3741.70.'-~ Woedwor~h~ Motors, Inc, the only other bid submitted, submitted a bid of $3748.00. GAS EXCAVATION: ~1 , 1 . : ~ ' Petition was approved for' excavation to install a gas service for James Winning on 547. ' Salem Street. TRUCKS ON WAVERLET RD: Chief, Lawlor and Chairman Fred P. 0akes met with K. Krekorian in. Boston ution to the problem of' large trucks exiting off Route 495, to Mass. Avenue, Rd.and. Ma/n Street, day and night, te reach.~their terminal. The Chief and Mr. Oakes posed'~that if a cut-back could be made to Sutton Street, said trucks could .exit off Rt. 495[ to Marston Street, and .with the,cut-back, :exit off onto .Sutton Street, other .routes .which are a potential, danger .to pedestrians, especially childran, as .Well' as annoying to residents with the noise of the trucks going by. Hr. ,Xrekorian, engineer 'for the 'DPW will investigate this possible solution and report back.to the Board of "sTOP 'SIGNS": The requested stop signs for the north and south exits on Mass.. Avenue were also brought up at this~meeting. After speaking to a Mr. Gurka, of the traffic division, DPW., Hr. ry near future. Hr. Krekorian said "Yield to traf/'lc"'~gns could be installed~ aJ.so; POLLUTION REPORT: John. Monterio, of the Merrimack Pollution Committee, submitted a complete report, in trip- ]/cate, to the Board for their study, and information. INVITATIONS: ~ Invitations were received to ·attend the Development Area Committee meeting, April '~ at the Yankee Doodle Restaurant, at 6:30 p.m. Hr. Munterio was delegated to represent the Board as Hr. Oakes could not attend due to previous work committmen~s. The invitation to attend a Natural Resources meeting also on April 14 was referre.d to'.the Conservation Comm, The .invitation to attend a Communities Symposium at the Statler Hilton, in Boston on 13 was received with the Board making every effort to attend.