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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-04-05 Board of Selectmen Minutes.I 11( MARCH 29, 19eh: continued INTERMITTENT POLICE OFFICERS The matter of appointing ~lexander Ness and Frank Howard as intermitter~officers was brought before the board. Mr. Willis informed the board that Chief NcKee talked with him and said he had no particular needs for these men insofar.as police work is concerned. He does need a man. to wash the floor,paint roads, etc. Mr. Kirk said it was his understanding that 'the chief could use Mr. Howard and pay him for services.rendered. He said he feels that .the lntsrmittent police should be abolished in view of the fact that we have more officers and also reserve ~officers. He said that Mr. Howard would receive only $1.00 an hour doing this other type of work · Mr. Kirk made a motion that the intermittent police officers be. abolished as of now, seconded by Mr.-Willis with Mr.-~Finneran not voting. Mr. Kirk further stated that when police reserves are interviewed the board should make it clear that they will be required to answer calls from the chief or other ~superior officer. SPECIAL TO%~ MEETING CALLED: A,petition signed by 233 registered voters of the town was received by the hoard requesting that a special town meeting be held and that the article listed be in- serted in the warrant of same. The names have been checked and ~the board' voted to call a special town meeting on April 14, 19S4 at 7:30 P.M. On motion of Mr. Kirk, seconded by Mr. Finneran, the warrant was opened .at and vote was unanimous.~ Warrant was closed at 10:2~ P~M. Seven additional articles were received, all with the required 100 signatures and these articles will be included in the warrant for the Special. Town Meeting. ~he Board of Selectmen will sponsor an article for the acceptance of Sutbon Hill Road which was included in the sanual town .warrant and the ~town voted to postpone actmon until the next annual town meeting. This is explained under another caption, when Attorney Roland Sherman discussed this matter with the board. A total of nine articles will be included in the warrant for the Special to be~ held at the Town Hall, April 14,' 1954at 7:30 P.M. ........ · SUTTON HILL ~OAD: A letter was received from Roland Sherman, relative to .the action taken~at the Annual town meeting with respect to the acceptance of Sutton Hill-Road. - Mr. Sherman explained in his letter all the :facts leading up to the action. In substance, Mr. Sherman suggested that the Selectmen insert an article in the.warrant of.a special . town meeting but if they prefer, there is another method which could~be used as is described in General Laws, Chapter 82, Section 27. If the Selectmen prefer that ~stsps be~ taken under this section, Mr. Sherman said .they would be .glad..to use it~ : having in mind.that the Selectmen may prefer this rather than have:such an. article ~ in the special town'meeting. Mr.- Carl Berg and Harry Sutton, Jr. wars also present and both expressed .their opinion.. Mr.. Berg said he had not been in town long enough to. attend the town meeting but hehad understood that the road would be.fixed and~accepted as a town ~way ..... Nr~ .Willts~stated that the board will re-submit the artimle and 'Dr.~Zimmmy, who objected at the annual meeting will have a chance to :talk at .the special-meeting. He said that the problem is that there should be underground drainagm but there isn't. Hela~ao felt that all the residents o£ Sutton HiLl Road should appear at the town meeting. " ROUTE 28: TJ~ Board of Selectmen voted to go on record as in favor of' the westerly reloca~ion of Route 28 as proposed by the Plarming Board of Law,once,which provided .that Route 28 shall go through Lawrence. BIDS-POLICE T~o ~bids were received for the new police car; one frow the Lo~ell Motor Sales, Inc. in the amount of $1849 and the other 'from the Shawshe~n M~tor Mart in the amount of $1860.O0. On motion of Mr. Finneran, seconded by MV. Kirk, the~ board voted to award the cOntract to the Lowe~. ~otor Sales, Inc. oh their ,low bid of~ $1849, as per specifications given. ..... NE'# ROOF- TOWN BUILDING- BIDS: '" Seven bids were received for the new roof on the town building, the lowest bidder being the Martin Way, of Ecwell. Mr. Edward L. Martin, Manager was present at the meeting. Mr. Willis inquired as to his experience and references and he said he had twelve years of experience, would Turnish a bond, if necess?ry and that he had done work on the Post Office in Haverhill, Woonsocket and ~n the ~own building in Bellerica. He gave the name of J. Arkelin, 620 Post Office and Court House', Boston as well as Selectman Paradise of Billerica. ~e bids were taken under advisement on motion of Mr. Kirk. . 'Later the board voted unanimously to award the contract to the Martin ¥~ay, pendin~I investigation of references and with the understanding that a $1000 perfor:~ce bond will be filed With the selectmen~ with a certificate of execution. Mr. Willis later called Mrs. Dearden and informed her that everything was in order and a letter will be sent to Martin Way awarding the contract to them, contingent on the conditions vomed. MARCH 29, 1954- continued. BIDS- FOR RE)~OVAL OF CENTER SCHOC~, EIGHT bids were received and opened by chairman Willis. ~he lowest bid was from phillip DiGloria, %2 Newbury Street, Lawrence in the amoun~ of $78%.00 Mr. Willis inquired of Mr. DiGloria as ~o the type of insurance he carries as well as the experience he has had in this work. He stated that he has F & M and T & I Public liability in any amount required and ;Vorkmens Compensation. He has been in business since 1935 but for himself for the past eight years. He said he had taken down a building at the corner of Concord S~reet and Broadway, Lawrence. as well as a mansion in Haverhill, which was much larger :hen the Center School. He informed .the board that he could remove the. school within thirty days. The board voted ,,ua~mously %o take the. matter under advisement This matter came before the board later in the evening and the board voted unan- imously ~o award, the contract to Philip DeGloria pending the submission of a $1,000 performance bond plus sufficient evidence that he has coverage under Workmens Compensation, public liability and damage. Mr. WiLlis called Mrs. Dearden and informed her. that everything was ,in order and a letter wt1.1 be sent ~o Mr. DeGloria informing him that he has .been awarded the contract~ contingent upon his posting a $1,000 performance bond, plus a certificate to show that he .carries the necessary Workmens compensation and property damage and liability insurance, ~ogethar with a contract for execution. _ EXECUTIVE SESSION- M~S. M~QUESTEN- RE: TO~61HISTORY:. Mrs. Carolyn McQuesten me~ with the. board a~ their request relative to the-. amount of work completed on the town history. There was a lengthy discussion between Mr. Willls and Mrs. McQues~en as mo the amoun~ of work completed as well as the date of completion which is July 1, according to the Chairman. He' requested Mrs. McQuesten to bring in .the .first chapter so that the board members might see it. Mrs. McQuesten informed the members.that .they. could see the chapter at her house as she did not feel that she '~anted to bring it to this'. office. Mr. Willis. informed her that. she is ~,obligated to give the. selectmen some kind of assurance that she will have the chapter)in the Selectmen's Office by Monday next, but she still insisted that the members shSuld go to:her home to. read the chapter. . Mr. Willis made it emphatic that Mrs. McQuesten is employed by the town. and that if she does not. comply with his. request that hew-ill no% sign anotherlvoucher for Mrs. McQuesten,s salary. . Mr. Kirk said he would like to see.the .chapter and read it without'having anyone explain it to him and he also informed Mrs. McQuesten.that.she should[have~ the chapter available at the Selectmen's Office next..Monday..~T here..was further discussion between the~ chairman and Mrs. McQuesten for a considerable 'length of time and Mr. Kirk made a motion that Mrs. McQuesten be instructed to have:.the copy of chapter one of the town history in the Selectmen's Office by April' %, and motion was. seconded by. Mr.. Wt 11 is, making a mai ority vote .. '. Mr .. Finneran w as recorded as not voting. Mrs. McQuesten le~ft ~wo letters from the Forest City Printing Company of PortJ~and, Maine relative to the cost of printing the proposed history of the~town.~ese letters will be. kept om file ..... * See~,page 14 for board'meeting~on April. 2, 1954A -. APRIL %, 1954 · ~' "~ The ~egular.weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held 'at 7:30 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. ~hearing was held on the petition'of Mrs.' Beatri'ce Gaumond for'the ~emo~al of a tree inf~ont of her property at 60 M~ddlesex Street. Mr. Connors, tree warden, was present and recommended that the tree be removed as it blocks the.driveway. The Board voted unanimously to instruct the tree warden to remove th~ tree on the petition of Mrs .~eatrice Gaumond~ STREET LIGHT REQUEST: Mrs. Nicolisi, 126 ~b~- 'Stre6t request the ~installation'of'a'street l~'g~'~' on pole #3479 pr 3480. This is a very dark location 'and she has had considerable trouble with the bo~s causing damage to her fence, dumping the ash barrels over and has had to call the police on numerous occasions. ~he board voted unanimo%sly to view this location before taking any actionJ GREAT 'POND ROAD- CHAPTER 90. ' ': ~ }~ Willis informed the board that a culvert has to be rebuilt a% the 'bridge on 'Great Pond Road and the road space is only 30'. The engineer has suggested that the road be closed for 't~ree weeks until this Work is completed. The traffic can be by-passed by using South Bradford'Street or Great Pond Road around the lek,. ~r. Kirk made a motion that the engineer be granted permission to close Great Pond Road ~o ~affic during the construction of rebuilding a culvert, seconded by Mr. Finneran and voted was declared ~o be un~,~imous. APRIl 5, 195~- continued FIRE DEPARtmENT REPORT: Chief Donald lhomson reported that the recommendations of the Mutual Fire In- spection Bureau of New England have been completed as follows: 1. Open flue hole in chimney on second floor has been covered with a tight fitting metal cap. 2. Chimney above roof has been pointed up. RESERVE FUND TRANSFER APPROVAL: Approval for the transfer of $500 from the Reserve Fund to the Public Parks Triangles appropriation to install doors comp~e.t~on the open shed at the Tc~n InfirmarYTown Yard.and one door and one side wall on the Saunders Street open shed at the APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO CARRy A REVOLVER: An application was received from Henry Green 42 E. ~ater iStreet, North Andover for a license to carry a revolver to use for terget practice and hunting coons. CENTER SCHOOL AGREEMENT: ~Wo copies of an agreement between Philip DiGloria of Lawrence and the Town of North Andover in consideration of the ~ayment of $785 by the _Town of North Andover to said Philip DiGloria for the removal of the Center School Building by demolition, and to fill in and grade the cellar hole and grade the cellar hole, were received and signed by the Board. Mr. DiGloria will present a performance bond, workmans compensation and employers liability as Soon as he receives this information from the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, to the Selectmen before the work can be s~arted. . LETTeR-RE II~ORMATION ABOUT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: A letter was receiv&d requesting information as to the best wa~ to .find .this churc, h by a person married in the church about thirty years ago. Mr. Kirk stated that he would be glad ~o take care of the letter and forward the informa- tion tb the party interested. INFOP~AT!ON-RE: NORTH ANDOVER A letter was received from ~f. Fogls, 8750 E. lOth St. Indianapolis, Ind. for informazion as to living conditions, climate, population and pictures in and around North Andover. ~e plans to come to North Andover te live and ~cpecrm ~o wore for ~estern Electric Company at some future date. toMr'do.Willis suggested tha~ Mr. Finneran take care of this letter, which he agreed DOG OFFICERS REPORT: The Board received and accepted the repart of the Dog Office for the period of May l, 1953 to April 1, 1954 and place it on file. LAWRENCE ELECTRIC ~he recommendation of this company for SZree: lights on TUrnpike Street as requested by this board was the consideration of the installation of ~en 1000 .lumen lights on poles 3809. 3810, 3811, 3812,3813,3814,3815,3816, 3818 and 3§19. A diagram was enclosed sho~ing the existing lights now in place from the inter- section of Routes ll4 and 125. The cost of these ~en lights would be $180 per year~ The board 'voted unanimously to request Mr. Frost to mee~ with the board on Nonday next a~ 7:30 P.M. to discuss these lights before they take any action on the recommendation. STATE YOUTH C0~SSION: Notice ~as received that a conference on Juve~tle Deliquency and its prevention will be held.at the State House, Boston on April 9, 19~4. No action taken. NORTH ANDOVER HOUSING AUTHORITY REPORT: A copy of the repor~ on the examination of the Accounts of the North Andover Board.H°using Authority from May 31, 1953 ~o February 28, 19~4 was received by the DIVISION OF CIVIL SERVICE FIRE ENGINEER EXAMiNATION A supply of new no, ices c~rrected for salary was received by the board for the examination for promotion to Chief Engineer of the Board of Fire Engineers to be held on May 15, 1954. Notices will be posted in the e ration and town building as required. A form (certificate) properly filled out, was signed by the chair- man and returned ~o the Director of Civil Service. DIVISION OF CIVIL SERVICE-POLICE DE?AR~NT: T%~o sets of cer~ifica~ion forms were received by the board on the persons eligible for appein~ment as regular police officers. Both copies were incorrect and Mrs. Dearden had con~ac~ed Mrs. Reilly at Civil Service and a complete list, including the three Reserve Officers available for certification, will be mailed to-day ~rom the of Civil APRIL 5, 1954: continued BURIA~ AGENT APPOINT~NT: No reply was received from the V.F.W. with respect ko names to be submitted for the position of Burial Agent, the board voted unanimously to appoint William Lafond as Burial Agent for the ensuing year. * APRIL 2, 1954: ~he Board of Selectmen voted unanimously on ~this day to open the warrant for the special town meeting ~to be held on April 14, 1954 and include two more articles petitioned by the School Committees and close it as of this day. BIGE~OW, KENT, WILLARD & C0~PANY: . ..- Norman F. MacLeod and James Simmons, representing this company, met with the board at 8:15 P.M. ko discuss a possible Job su_~vey, Job evsluation and wage scale study in the town. Mr. Willis informed those presen~ that the board has no authority to make a contract for this work but that he has had this particular thing in mind for some time and his thought was that the Advisory Board would sponsor an article for the town meeting at some future da~e. Mr. MacLemdd stated that in trying to interes~ a municipality in the wage and salary classification, increased interest spreads to municipal affairs. He explained their procedure in doing such a study. They move into the ~own, discuss various ma~ters with the Advisory heads, clear their activities without too much disturbance. They examine the present status, the moneyoused and handled, how manpower and equip- ment are utilized, etc. This is all done in a constructive manner. ~he net result is a report to the Selectmen. Critical mac,ers are handled through the Selectmen. primary objective is to see if the town is getting all it should for the amoun~ of money spent. If rmcessary to combine departments, that will be recommended. Mr. McLeod explained the procedure very thoroughly, s~ating that they take into consideration education, experience, physical hazards, equipment, etc. Mr. Willis mentioned one position in particular, that of part time town clerk. ~r. Simmons s~a~ed that possibly the Job of par~ time town clerk could be combined with that of town accountant but to keep in mind, Job evaluation. Mr. MacLeod told Mr. 'Nillis that he should know what he is talking about before making any plans or recommendations. James Dewhirs~, of the Advisory Board, asked several questions with respec~ to the ~vo phases. He felt that there would be an immediate headache on the salary angle. He inquired about the operational study and Mr. MacLeod again explained the pro- cedure. Mr. Willis thanked the gentlemen for coming in to meet with the board~and informed them that they had arranged for another company ko come in and discuss this ma~er. FIRE DEPARTMENT: The Board discussed the matter of the speeding in the fire t~ucks 'and in their own cars going to asd from the fire station and ko fires. ~ey discussed the recent accident involving Donald Thomson and Miss Sutcliffe which happened on Sunday while Mr. Thomson was g~ingtto a fire in his daughter,s car and crashed-into the Sutcliffe car. Mr. Flnneran said he had heard many complaints about the manner in which they speed and he felt that the Selectmen should take Some a'ction. Mr. Willis said he agreed and he would be willing to s end a letter to the Board of Fire Engineers. He had talked with the two engineers and Mr. Koenig had agreed to take up the matter of speeding with the men in the department. APRIL 12, 1954 The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at 7:30 P.~. with .aL1 members present. ~eekly bills and payrolls were approved. lAWRENCE ELECTRIC COMPANY: A hearing was held on the petition of this company for permission to locane poles,wires and fixtures on the westerly side of Lacy Street, at a point approxi- mately 4608 fee~ southerly from the North Andover- Boxford line, 1 pole. This is a primary ex~ension for a range for Mr. Wilcox. ~he board vo~ed unantmensly ~o grsn~ this request. GEORGE FROST- RE STREET LIGHt: George Frost met with the board to discuss his recommendation for street lights on Turnpike Street near the Middleton Line. He explained about the photo electric cells and the advantage .of having additional lights with his company paying for .. the electric cell. After further discussion the board voted unanimously to request that 1000 lumen lights be irmtalled on poles, 1532, 1533 and 1535 and five lights to be installed on poles 381~4, 3815, 3816, 3818 and 3819. A letter will be Sent to Mr. Frost.