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Home My WebLink About1968-02-05 Board of Selectmen MinutesJeremieh Dinnee~:: 4 Ashland Street, was dra~m for the March 4 sitting at Superior Court'in . Salem. ~' The regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on this date with the two-man Board presenm, Selectman Fred,'P. Oakes and Chairman William A. Flnneran. BLUE ~ROES-BLUE SHIEZD: The Board voted to send letter to Town Treasurer requesting that .the newly-appointed Graves Registration Officer:.' A]+. en A. Gesing, be included in the 2own's.Blue Cross-Blue Shield~ pro- .' gram BOY SCOUT WEEK: ' i The Selectmen were requested to proclat~ the week of Feb. 7 to 13, '~oy Scout Week." - -.Permission was granted, to.~have, three explorer' scouts and: three boy scouts participate in.i ~ Town Government next week in celebration of scout, week. R. ,Vaillaincourt is Scout Week i',BUILDING'INSPECTOR: ~ COMPLA~T~- , ~ ,~ :Mr'.' Foster stated in .his "letter-that after ' contactin'g, the' J: -.F. Trucking 'Co. ''~regardfng the~. parking of their equipment on Frontage .Road that ~he had been, informed .that .the, o~ner:~ of ~the :j firm a garage was being built in another townto house the equipment but it was as completed. He further stated that~ as Building Inspector~ he had no J · .streets of the ~,The Board voted to have the matter referred t8 the Town Counsel BD. OF HEALTH CAR: ' ' ' ' ~ advised ~the'Board that the health department heal no 'further use for the could 'dispose of it.' The Board voted to turn the' car over to. the Welfare Use"in r~making Sorcial Worker's calls until,July"l, 1968. ~ "-',' ', ,: DR~ EA!'"JONNSON'STJ.$~LOW O~ SEWEEAGE: .......... ' letter' from Dr. Kay, Chairman' of Board 'of Health', advised'the~Roard area had been 'under. several investigations by'the Health. Board and: ,~)re Mr.'William Driscoll', Sanitary Engineer~, recent' observations, of~ %his. ~ area.~ ',~r. ~Ka~ ina short time.. A .copy~ of'.this unrevealing communicatiom the .complainants. : ' ' HIGHWAY~SURVEyOR~BEIDBES:*. :' requested' b~.:;th'e Selectmen: om.the condition', of~bridges. the Highway Surveyor. ~ Mr. Nicetta~ stated ~that' at' t~hts time the local; appear- to be in safe ,,condition. Be also' added that :the so~called ,bridges ~!' ~for theydid not. span twenty,feet' or more...- to install:-20 wires ~nd 3 cables:*un Poles was tabled, for one":wee~'J' from rth6' Mass.' '~lectric Company advis'ed t~e 'B~ard that,', they lumen' mercur7 vapor_ fl~odligh~ on pole; 5212. at the Atkinson School~to~ r6plao'e~'~,': unit.which was disturbing the residents :in'. a 'nelghb~ring~ hom~.': This Ychange was~made ,at the request'of,the North Andover :School ...... :" ' ~ ' ,!amount" to $9.17Per month. . .,~:,,.;~ .:r,~ ;,~,, ;.Depa~_tme~t. A credit "ANNUAL REPOET ' " '.' ~.. , ...... '~eceived-for further study.was the annual report of the' Regional Vocational~Tenbnical, ~School. ~'It was accepted and approved in. its antirety.i .... ' J '~ z ,... 'POLLUTICE ABAT~Z~NT pLANT: · ,,: ~ ',~'~':'rl/ ,': ....... ~ ' ...... : ~ i'~.. ~:~. '~letter ~from Mayor?.K}ley,.outliningplans if or ~e DistmiSt Pollution Ab~atom~t iaccepted by, the 'Bo.er.d:~and~'instructod that' Mayor' KiIey~' Lawrence~ the M~thuen~ and Andover' ' Selectmen beso notified.: ' · way;'. The Board wishes to continue the convenience of the transportation program with. minimum costt0 the' townspeople. FREE 'A letter from the Dept. of Corporations and Taxation advised the ~oard that the amo~t Free Cash to the town was $2~,299.37 for the year 1968. C1WIL DEFENSE WORKE~: . ~' John Farrell, Civil Defense. Director, informed the Board of the passing of a vmry, dedicated and loyal special police officer, Otto Bishop. The Board voted to send a letter ,of thanks 'and sympathy to Mrs. Bishop 'for~ her husband's loyal services to the townspeople for many years% Fro. Far. ell also wish %o thank publicly Mm. Ra~mond Hou~hten for intercom radio he so generously donated. CON~LAINT: A Er. Walter Wengrzyon, 57 Glen~ood Street, sent a letter edv~sing the Board that the street was in such te~_ble cencLiticn that ~ any emergency should ar~se, fire ~cks o2 ambulance could never pass over road. The matter was. referred to the Highway Surveyor for ~nvestigattcn and report. POLLUTE~-NONTEIRO: John Monteriro, (hairman of the Pollution Abatement Program, stated that an open Forum should be con~ducted to educate people on the program bfore the)- voted on it. SPECIAL TO~N~ MEETING: The Board voted to open the warrant at 7:30 p .m. for a special town meeting to be held after the'~regular town meeting, March 16, for insertion of the following articles~ ARTICEE I. ..... To 'see what action the town will take, by a secret.~ritten ballot to be taken at the.Ma'eting,' upon the following question: "Shall there'be a Sanitary District to include the City of La~rence end the ToEs of Andover, Methuen and North Andover and the construction, acquisition, extension, improvement, maintenance and opera- tion.'of a system of~wa~er pollution 'abatement facilities by the 'said District in accordance with the provisions of a Special Act te create, the Greater Lawrence S Sanitary. District? Petition of the Selectmen. ARTICLE II: Tom see if the Town will vote %O accept as a Town way, Cotuit Street from its intersection with Waverly Road to its terminus at the property owned-.by Donald B. Elliot et ux numbered 107 Cotuit Street.' Petition of John WiLlis and others. ARTICLE III: To see if the Town will vote %O raise land appropriate a sufficient sum of money ~to acquire appro~mately 14 acres of land from.Anthony Rogers believed to ~be necessary to e~and the Sanitary Fill area. Petition of the Highway Surveyor and the, Selectmen. The warrant was closed at 7:35 P.M. MASS. LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TG~NS: Er. Kenneth O'Rourke, representing the above-named urged, the Board to Join said League. The Selectmen took the matter under advisement and further study. APPOIN~N~NT: ICarden Garueau requested that a Mr. George Page, 39 Pleasant Street, ~e appointed "Clerk" bf Precinct II to fill vacancy. ~e Board so voted and appointed Er. Page. Town ~erk~was notified. Alice M. Letarte, Secretary . _ .: February 12, 1968 . The re~l~ meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held On this date'with Chairman Finnernn and Selectmen F~ed p. Oakes present. COMM~NDATIG~: A~ letter from the ~entral' Merrimack District highly~commended the'Board and. the Polluti0n~ Committee .for. the work and time e~oended in the planning of the Pollution District. TREE 'REMOVAL': A reqyest, approved by the Tree Warden~ was received by the Board for removal of three trees..~nl'Johnson Street by the Mass. Electric Co. Hearing was set for Feb. 19, at ?:30. The trees will 'be so posted; SPECIAL ACT: The Board received a copy off, the Special Actre the P~llution Abatement District that will be.submitted_ for legislative action. The Board approved the Act. and letters re- ceived from Methuen and ~mdover Boards indicated their approval, also. Pole Petition: Petition to install 20 wires and .3 cables on-poles ,tabled from last week, was ~pproved. The %otal amoun~ of the January 25, 1968 snow emergency was. $5,923.11 per letter from Highway Surveyor to the Board. RESOLUTIG~: A resolution submitted to the Board from the N.A. School Committee pertaining to the instaLIation of sidewalks on streets leading to town schools was re6eived; the Board instructed that copies be sent to the Advisory Board and Highway Surveyor. PUBLIC WORKS: Affirmative recommendations on petitions %o adjudicate streets was received from the Board of Public Works. · lso copies of letters sent to abutters of proposed town way streets from the Highway Surveyor were received by the Board.