HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-11-14 Board of Selectmen MinutesNovember 7, 1966 (continued). ~'~Jl:
STREET LIGHT SURVEY:
A street light survey was requested by Chairman Oakes for Faulknur Rd. on pole opposite
No. 30. Also for the area around 4TI Andover Street, residence of Dr. Moulthrop.
C~VIL DEFUSE:
John Farrell, Director, advised the Board that equipment that wae costly to maintain,
-'['.namely the "Duck" that has been in storage and unused could be. sold as he,had been in
receipt of an offer. The Board approved the sale of' same after Mr. Farrell had ob-
tained p~-,,,is~ion for the sale from the surplus dept. of the government.
Mr, Farrell also had been requested by Western Electric officials of a possible tie-in~
to his radio 'co~mmmications s~stem. ' A letter .will be sent setting up a meeting to dis
cuss this possiblity the week cf the 14th.
"STOP 5IGN: ELM.AND-NAIN STREETS
Chairman'Oakes. directed that. Charles: Oyr, Civil Engineer, 300 Canal St., Lawrence,
:.'::.Mass.' be. directed to 'draw. up' the. necessary 40: scale tracing and 4 Forms' Tr%? for ·
' .the'::proposad:installation of a Stop' sign ,at the .corner of Elm and Main Streets.
. ':' (' .Th~ ~ee%t~'g'ad~ourned at ~10.'00 p.m.
r · ' ce N. Letarte,~ Secre .
:.Nb vember.
REMOVALS: ' :.
..was.held Off~'the petition of the M ss. Electric
val~e~of~'the'~trees..%0 be replaced:. This in¥conj
installed. The petiti0n"was?approYed;-
with the~ mew. s ae .being .
:':n0~tnat'ed Francis J. Costello,. 30 :Milton "S6reet. and Selectman Finck' nominated:,~
· ~:Long~..tThe.Chairman ~seconded .the .Costello.no~. inatton and' it wa~ made unani~ou,s
Mrs'. A~n'es .Foulds, ,80 Union' Street,'. was appointed a' Spare Worker.' for Precinct...Ii-r;
tO" exc'ava ; ,for. gas, services
kby. i;the Methuen~Sel~'ctmen om'Tuesday,,Nc~ember!'l~th~.?.Because the in.vitatt0n
; ii~te','~.the:)B0'ard:.was-.u~able to.cancel .previ0us. co~itmemts and. delegated,' three :
:committee: .~o ~ represent 'the~: Tewn', of'North"Andovar.
Nicholas M~"~zabat. and Jean Phaneuf.: They. wili'.make a
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Confirmattonl
Housing & Urban Development,.-
ement' on the: above-named
/Santa.~ Claus. Meeting: . ..
A brief .m~eting between the Board and. the' Chairman of the Sa~_ta Clausl P~rade .Co~i~ee
:~ii .:~sul~ed in:the ::change`` of the :parade date .i~om .December 4th' (which:conflicted with
Lawrence ~ages2t)'.to Sunday, December.lZth- rain'date, December 18th.
; ,: :A: J~0~ was draWn..(forthwith) to serve On the November lhth sitting at .Salem, ~n N0v.11
'...by Selectmen Ftrmeran and Oakes. ,Juror was Joseph L. Licciardello, 12 Harwood
'elect~ician.
· SEGAL .WALL :.~ e :
~Chatrmhn '0akes~reported ~that the wall on Osgood Street had been torn down but an .addit-
ional 8 mere feet wilt have to be torn down to benefit tree growing alongside.
402 November iL, 1966 (continued)
BUILDING INSPECTOR:
The Building Inspecmor, Charles Foster, broughttwo~ mem~before the Board~ to try. to resolve
a problem that Mr. Foster should have' solved himself. A Mr..Lane .obJectad~ to the ~way
Mr. Subach was rebuilding a shack to make into a home situated.near Lane's property and
the Atkinson School. After considerable discusion between Mr. Lane and Mr. Poster, Chair-
man 0akes instructed the Building Inspector that the problem was under his Jurisdiction,
that Bm should make certain that the building was reconstructed according to the Building
Code, that this was his Job, not the Board of Selec~mems,. Mr. Lane said he would have
to go further for satisfaction evidently not having any surety that the Building Inspectmr
would adhere to the zoning laws in this matter.
COMPLAINT:
Philip Sutcliffe appeared before the Board to register his objections to having Herrick~ Rd.
made into a one way street. Be was advised by the Chairman that the DPW had been conmac~ed
for instructions in the proper procedure and that, as soon as they had received ~a reply,
would set up a Hearing on the matter at which Sutcliffe could present his obJections.~, Des-
.pite this statement, Sutcliffe went on, at length, despite the fact that the DP~had:~.ad~
vised this step for safety reasons. Sutcltffe also wanted to know if a directional .arro~
could be -installed on the lights at the ~ ~i~tson's cor~er intersection to permit~ehicIes
coming from Andover could make a right turn without ~wait+~g~for regular green light~
The Board took this suggestion under advisement,
COMPLAINT:
~A Mr. Kent appeared before the Board to ask if the state could make an area on Rt~ ~114~
in the vicinity of his home, a No Passing Zone, because of the dangerous situation of
speeding cars passing on a three-lane highway. Healso reguested the stree~ light ~be
moved across thz road because of the dark area there. The Board said they would b~
touch as soon as possible with the DFC.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Alice M. Letarte, Secretary. ~
· ~N~ember 21, 1966
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EEARING:
iA petition was approved for a conduit location on South Bradford Streem. "'
SAL~ STREET:
letter from the County Commissioner,s Office, Salem, advised the Board that a 'formal peti-
.:d, must be sent to them before they could,set up a hearing for. the_final
,f reconstruction of Salem Street. A check for $~.00 for a filing fee ~must:be included.
Notice of street light installations on Elm St and Turnpike Street were received.
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Petitions~re 'approved to excavate on Mass. Avenue and Beacon Hill Blvd.
fBUDGET: VOCATIONAL SCHOOL:
.:Received for study was the proposed annual budget for the Greater Law. Reg. Vocational.,:Tech. School'
Notice received of the Dec. 8th regional planning meeting a~ Essex Aggi.
~hr~i~tmas Carol Stn~: .
App-zcation receive~ for permission to use High School for the' annual Christmas Caral Sing;
'PERSC~NEL BOARD:
Notices received from the Personnel Board requested Vacation and sick leave calendars .to be
completed; that petitions for proposed amendments to the By-Law must be submitted between
Nov. 18 and December l, 1966. AlL requests would be considered at a hearing on Dec. l~ at
8:00 p.m. in the company room of the Fire Stations that Mary Joyce had been placed on the
Personnel Board records as a Senior-Clerk-Secretary classified in the Misc. Sch. S-6 Min.
when performing duties in the office of the Board of Selectmen during the absence of Alice
Letarte, Selectmen,s Secretary.
SEGAL WALL:
TreeChairmanDepartmentOakes reportedhad removedthatthethetreefinalstump.Secmi°n of the Segal Wall had been taken down and the
T~4N INFIRMARY AUCTI~:
A report on the auction at the Town Infirmary revealed that the town hsd netted the ~amount of
$880.00. It was very well attended despite inclement weather.
The Board of Selectmen requested all flags in the town to be flown at half-mast on Nov. 22nd
in memory of our beloved President Kennedy assassinated on this date three years age..