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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-05-161'27: MAY 15, 19~S The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at 7:30 P.M. With all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. HEAP~G: LAWRENOEELEOEC CO: The Board approved the' petition for permission to locate s pole 'and wires in the North And~ver Town Yard, e t a point approximatelY 160 feet easterl~ from Main Street, 1 pole. SCHOOL BU~I~DING COMMITTEE: .. A letter informing the board that the School Building Committee voted on May 11, 1955. not to recommend the sale' of the land in,question. This refers to the petition of certain citizens requesting the sale' of some two acre.s of the high school site to ~ouis H. Mc&loon for house lots. NORTH ANDOVER BOOSTERS CLUB: The Selectmen are invited to attend the opening day~ program oh' Sunday, May 22 at Grogan,s Field. ~he board voted unanimously to accept this in~tation. TRANSFER OF NAME- DRIVE in THEAtrE LICENSE: The Board vo~ed unanimously to grant a transfer of the' license held by John and .. Kastant Shay to be known.as~ "Den RockDrive;in ~heatre, Inc.,- This license expires-in August, 19~%. '. . LAND ~OURT: Notice received that Brooks Potter of North Andover has petitioned to the Land Court. to register his land on Great Pond Road. No action .taken by hoard. POLICE OFFIC~ERS TP~G SCHOOL:- - · · ~ .... The Selectmen were invited to a~tend the graduation to be hel 1 at six o,clock at "The Mead~o,, ~ .......... - · d 9n May~ 9, ..... ~ ooarc Vo:eo ~o attend this affair. GREAT POND ROAD- CHAPTER ~- 1954 Funds; The,Board sent a letter to Mr. ' · that Raymond El 'Je~kins, at Derivers, requesting · the present 'contract on Great Pond Road 'being constructed by Martin Mailet, be extended as far as the existing. 19~4 funds will permit. It is u~derstood that the contractor is agreeable :o doing this work at the ~id unit prices, provided the surplus was%e material 'can be disposed of without being hauled .to the town dump. The Selectmnsre agreeable' to 'this proposal.: . SECRETAR~ OF ~NE COMMO;~TH: · - Notice received that an application has been .filed. for a certificate of incorpora- tion as provided for in Chapter 180 u~der the name of Essex County 4-N 'Club : Foundation, !nc. Beatrice N. Poster, Poster St. North' Andover is listed from .North Andover and there are others, not residents of North' Andover. The' board referred this to the Police Chief for investigation. ATTY~ ARNOLD SALiSBURy:. GREAT PONDROAD DAND TAEINOS: The board received a letter from .Mr. Salisbury advising them that he h~d written '. ~o Attorney King requesting that the extend the 'board the courtesy of making an up to date report, upon the status of all the presently pending claims, ' Mr. King.s letter informed the board 'that the negotiations for settlement of the Land Taking cases on Great Pond Road have reached this status: signed agreements for settlements are in his possession at the fibres favored by the County $h85C°mmissi°ners'for Sullivan$3353andf°r$200StefanowicZfor Maguire.Famlly T~ust,$425. for Haphey, $450, Byrne, The County Commissioners want the Selectmen to vote ~o settle .these cases'at the .... above figures and do not want' the cases to be tried unless the. Selectmen refuse ~o authorize the-settlements. Mr. Broadhead made s mo~ion t6 accept the figures of the County Commissioners and motion was seconded by Mr. Finneran ma~ing it a majority vote with Mr. Kirk voting no. CIVI~ SERVICE: A'letter was received from the DireOtor of Civil Service relative to Eeo Oaleazzi being employed by the Police Department. The informAtion'is available and the board voted to authorize Mrs. Dearden to s~d the required information to the Division of Civil Service. BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS: 'Notice received that Chief James p. Daw has inspected the "Sprinkler System. in the Town Building and found it to be in good working order. The "Sprinkler ~larms on the side of the building and in the Fire station function properly. BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD: 128 MAY 16, 1955- continued BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD: Notice of the annual inspection of Highway Grade Crossings hadJust been completed indicating that Approach Warning Sign Discs maintained .by the town should have attention tc correct conditions as follows: ,~utton Street, one sign missing and one in poor condition Ashland St. one sign in poor condition, Rtverview St. one in poor condition, North Nain St. one in poor condition and on Osgood St. one sign missing. The Board voted to refer this matter to the Highway and Poll. ce Depa~ment. J. P. STEVENS & CO. INC. A letter regarding the trucks using Prescott Street in the late afternoon and early morning hours was received from E. C. McCabe, Traffic Dept. He states that. they have notified their Trucking Co. in Greensboro and this situation should be remedied im- mediately. ~REQUEST FOR ONE SIDE PARKING-CROSS STREET: Hugh Stewart, 62 Elm St. requesrm one side parking on Cross Street, It is very inconven- iant at time and impossible at ether times to enter his garage. A'public hearing will be held on this request on June 13, 1955 a~ 7:30 P.M. RECREATIONAL COUNCIL: A letter was received from 'Mrs. Elizabeth Elliot-relative to the money to be transferred from the'Preserve Fund to the Recreational Council expense appropriation. The Board voted not to take any action on Mrs. Elli~t.s request to increase the amount from $400 to $500 9attI they talk with the chairman and Mrs. ELliot. They voted =o invite them in on May 23,~ 1955 at 7:45 P.M. DRAINAGE E~EMENT- ~HE SOCIETY OF JESUS OF NE~ 'ENGLAND: Mr. Salisbury informed the board that the document "Drainage easement from The Society ~ of Jesus of New England has been duly recorded at the Lawrence Registry of Deeds, in Book 810, Page 287. ~he domed ~i].~. b~ fi~.ed with the town clerk. ~ APPROVAL TO USE CAFETERIA~ · A~proval has been received from the North ~nd0've~r School committee for the use of .... the High:,School cafeteria 'on May 30, .1955, foiiowing the parade. ~ LAWRENCE GAS COMPANY:' · _The Board voted unanimous~ly to .gran~ permission to this company to excavate to install gas service for Fred Cochran, 422 Waverley .Rd.. :'The board also granted permission to this company ~o excavate 27 feet in street at 5 Dana Street to install gas service. Mr. Carry will be notified of this excavation. 1;NASSj 'SELECTMEN,S ASSOCIATION BULLETIN: Notice'-received of~various House bills to be considered on May ~7, 1955 at 10:30 A.M. ex~end O.A.A. to aliens who have resided in the United States for ~wenty years in th'e Commonwealth for three, yearsl ' .N69~-to low.er the minimu~ eligible age to 60 (0.A.A.) " · ~H-352 to raase the amount of payments by $10 m°nthly.(O.A.A~) H21812An Act to provide for the inclusion of non-reci~i~nt spouses within the rate limits available to recipient spouses under the O.A.A. law and to increase the ~' ~Pres~ent' allowance afforded persons living within or withoum respective family groups. '~he. prbposed'increased is $5.00 per month. ' H-962 "N~t~ithstanding ar~v provision of law or rule or regulation to the oon:rary :all'periodic payments under any welfare law, so called, shall be made on a weekly basis. No~ actior~ taken by the board. Mr. Finneran informed the board that on June 12, the first annual road race of the South Broadway. Veterans will be conducted a~ 2~5 P.M. and will go along Salem Turnpike Street from Winthrop Ave ~o Wilsun,s Corner and' onElm St. to Andover. All plans have been made and they could not be changed but Mr. Fi~noran was advised that they would be in North Andover only a short time, and will not interfere with the Centennial Parade~ REQUEST FOR CHANGE IN S~REE~NAME: Robert Campbell requests that the Selectmen change the name of Farnum ~nd to Farnum Street from Berry Street ~o Salem Street. A hearing will be held on this request on June 13, 1955 at &;30 P.M. and this will advertised. SICK LEAVE- CHAPTER hi-sECTIoN ill H. The Board discussed sick leave as voted at the Spe6ial Town Meeting held 'on April 27, 1955 with the various departmen~ h~ads present. Mr. Maker, town treasurer, felt tha~ more information should be obtained before an~ decision is made by the board. ~hey voted :o request that he go to Boston to talk this over with Mr..Dine and report back to the Selectmen. Ail present agreed that this was the best solution. Mr. Maker also .questioned whether or no: the police and firemen would he included in this chapter, and he will check on that also. A letter was received from the Police Relief Association together with a list of towns sho~ing the accumulative time each towm has as 12 No as 129 ~A~ 16, 19~- continued GROGAN'$ FI~ ATTY.' CHA~ES A~ty. ~cmbly met ~ the bo~d and ~esented each mem~r ~th a co~. of his report on the presen~ s~tus of Grog~,s field with a ~ew ~o suggesting the proper ~nner by w~ch the To~ ~ght, if it so des~s, obtain title to said field. The su~tance of the repcr~ ~: ~. ~a~el F. ~c~e~, ~esident ~d ~eas~er of the ~vis & ~ber ~chine Cc. had ~ bis ~ossession an execu~d release dated ~bruary 8, lPSO w~ch ~ effec~ ~leases ~e l~ from the opera- tion of the coition ~ to the ~ond Playgro~d ~d also ~ tc ~other l~ge ~ea in To~ ~ich is described there.. ~. Rcc~e~ has agreed ~e fo~d this ~st~ment to ~. ~ombly to be recorded in the Ncr~ ~s~ D~ict Regist~ of ~eds ~ a photostatic copy ~1 be sen~ ~c t~s bo~d. ~. ~ombly ~so reco~ended that the ~ negotiate mo p~c~se from Da~s and ~ber ~chine Comp~ the lots ~ land that bo~d the so c~ed "Grog~,s Fiel~ on Belmont ~d Pa~iot Steers sc that the entt~ playgrc~d when completed, ~ be bo~ by fo~ street~, Belmont, Patriot, G~be~ ~d ~d~, respectively ~e to~l ~ea of these lo~ ts 8P,8~9 squ~e feet ~ they ~e assessed for ~h,090. The bo~d voted to ~cept ~; ~o~'s report '~d no f~er action Was .a~ ~is t~e. ~. ~bert ~mber c~e before the bo~d ~ request the remove'of a t~e, ~e roots of'which are ~terfer~E ~th ~e sewer pipes ~d they have be~'cleaned out'~ee times ~ the ~s~ ~. ~ . The ~d voted to refer t~s ~tter to the ~ee wa~en for ~vestiga~ion . A he~g ~ held on the' r~q6est"of ~ph Adie for a petit to mo~ '~ house t~ough North ~over from Hi~la~ Ro~, ~dov~r ~ong ~e by-~s 'to W~son,s co.er, ~dover ~treet~ ~em Stree~ to Fos~r Street. Chief J~es Daw stated ~at t~ f~e dep~tment has ~res ~ v~ious places ~ that ~ the ho~e we~ on S~em 8treet~ the f~e trucks wo~d n~t ge't aro~ tt ~ it wc~d be haz~d~s. ~. Kirk i~o~ed the ~ief that a' sugges~on ~d been ~de ~a~ a f~e tru~ be plied at t~ Fo~ Corne~ ~d ~ief ~w went a~ng wi~ this suggestion but stated t~t he co~'t ~1 the men out of ~e shop~ for this p~tic~ar ~ief NcKee s~ted t~t ~e pa~rol~ wo~d be re.red to ge ~cng ~th ~e ho~e ~g~ess cf the leng~ ~ ti~ it took. Jo~ J. Co.ers ~s q~ ~st~d about th~ pro~ect as the .house is hi~ ~d ~th f~r feet for the loader the heist we~d be 3~' ~d y~ cc~d have serlcus ~ge. ~y's ~ace cn $~em 8tree~ is the worst spot ~d there ~e r~s of ~ple ~ees ~ich wo~d be da~ged. ~ rely tc~s. Adle's inq~ about t~ the ~ ~ so ~at they ~'t have to be cut~ ~ Co.ers s~ted that this cc~d be me~ed but at t~s t~ of m~e ye~ the limbs wc~d be apt ~ s~p off. ~ He felt ~at he ~s responsive for the ..... ~rees~ ~d she.d do ~ he co~d tc protect them. Joseph ~ag~,~ ~pres~tative of~ the N.~. T. & T. CO. i~ed the bo~ that there has been t~k about this Job ~g t~e or fo~ ~ ~d.he~ ~nt to ~n J~ h~ ~y hc~s ~d be req~red te de ~e cable wo~ ~d then the ~ work ~d ~storing the sedco ~s. It wo~d ~e 186 hc~s ~ for ,cutting the sla~, 52 ho~s for lcwe~g cable, 5~ hcu~ for ~sing ca~e ~d 186 ho~s for cutt~g o~ slack. · ~ ~. ~ag~ sta~d t~t they ~e sc ~shed ~ work that they wo~d~ o~y be able to~ ~ one crew for the ~e work ~d one crew for the ~y work, ~. A~e s~d that he di~'t ~e h~ ~cb it cost ~e ~cwer compares ~ that ~he o~y w~d a petit ~ move his here. He h~ ~ed ~ thee cont~ac~rs ~ one of them ~fo~e~ that the ho~e co~d be moved in ~o or thee d~. ~. ~g~ s~d ~at the con.actor did not con. ct his co~ ~ he can'~ ~ers~d h~ he co~d ~e such a s~e~nt. ~. F~er~ tnq~red ~ ~. Adie had ~celved a petit from ~e Z~te ~d he s~d he had not. ~. ~er~ said ~at ~e action of the Selec~n be con~gen~.upon the S~te's decision. ~. A~e s~a~ed that ~e S~te co~d say ~he s~e t~g ~d there wo~d be ~no ~ction at ~l. He ~ndered w~ the contrac~ g~ve h~ the ~ime l~t ~d ~. ~k,s suggestion, he ~ed ~to find out from his con.acer Just h~ he ~tved a~ the time li~t given. ~. ~k then ~de a motion that the action be ~bled until ~ther ~fcr~ - tion ~ received from ~. A~e. ~e vote ~ ~mous.