HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-12-12 Board of Selectmen MinutesDecember
The regular meeting of the Selectmen was held on %h~s date w~th a~l members present;
~sirman Fred V. Oakea, William A. Flnneran And P~ph E. Finck.
JUROR:
Arthur B. Bradley, 115 Andove~ St., was drawn for Jury duty for Jan. 9th sitting
.~,~G R~IINDER:
A reminder to attend the economic meeting in Danvers, Dec. 13, was received.
PLAQUE PRES~NTATI~:
Plaques and thank y~u 'speeches by the Board and George Wilson, Welfare Director,
were given to former caretakers of the Town Zafirmary, Mr. ~and Mrs. Orin Foster
and Mrs.' Ball for their years cf service to the town.
GAS EXCAVATIC~:
Petition was approved to excavate at 664 Salem Street.
RE~T BOARD:
OopF of notice re the retirement of C. Hegarty of the School Dept. personnel was
f~r
APPROVALS:
Transfer of a gasoline tank license was approved and application to the state for funds·
tram sidewalks were approved by the Board.
PERS GTNEL BOARD:
'Letter outlining amendments proposed for the B~Law were itemized by the PersomUel
Board. They will meet with proposers in Fire Cu.~any, December 15th.
ROUTE ~25 SIG~: -"~
A letter frem. K. Krekorian, Traffic Engineer,: advised the Board that their request ::
for a sign on Mass. Avenue at Chickering Road .to indicate where Route 125 when
Engineer: for investigation. ·
vehicles turn left had been sent to the District Highway
() 90 C ACTS: '
Two 'contracts re Chapter 90 work was approved and signed by the Board and a ~
messenger took them back to Boston. Also contract No. 23196 was approved and sig~ed;,
'EEPLOv~.~" INSU~AN CE:
.A letter from the Group Insurance Commission re the above-named was received for study.
J~NK CARS: ..... ,, ~
A notice re the above-named was received from the Mass. Selectmen s Assotcation and
it was noted that the Assessor. ts were pmeparing an Article for ~Town Meeting .on this
matter.
. WATERSHED CO~CIL:
Notice of a meeting on the above-named was referred to Bill Moaney, Water Dept. ~who
representing the town on this matter.
SAN~A UIAUS PARADE :
The' Board voted to send Thank-Tou letters to Dana Fisher and the School C~.,~ttee for
the,High School Band's performance in the parade at the advice cf ~Chairman McEvoy.
'Mr.~NcEvoy~said 'all others who participated had bean sent letters of appreciation.
· 'The. Board~ expressed their appreciation for the work of the Chairman an~ his committee
for the fine:parade, Sunday. · They stated it was the best Santa Claus Parade the town
had ever had'.
AD HOC COmmITTEE REPORT:
The ~ard recsive~-theAAd Hoc Committee report for study.
TO~N SEATING: :
William McEvoy advised the Board that the Booster Club would provide busses for~grade
school children on December 27th through December 30th, frnm 1 p.m. to ~:30 p.m. to
goskating at the Brooks School~ink. The Busses would start from the Stop & Shop
par~ing lot and return to same. He stated older children would not be included be-
cause the y~unger children might possibly be hurt with the faster skaters who would
probably play hockey, also. He stated that the Lion's Club had free skating for the
townspeople of North ~mdover every Sunday night at the Frost arena frcm 8:1% to 9:15.
WARRANT OP~NING & CLOSING:
As mentioned at last week's meeting, the Town Warrant was officf,tly opened on this
date at 7:30 p.m for inclusion of Articles for Town Meeting in March. It will close
at 9:00 p.m. on January 9, 1967, at 9:00 p.m.
TO~N REPOT O~CLUSI~:
o~je Board voted to delete unimportant details from the coming Town Report. If any
ections were received from the townspeople, the report would be returned to its
former bulk.