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Home My WebLink About1957-07-01July 1, 1957 continued POLE LOCATION At a hearing for the New England Tel.&Tel. Compan~ on their application for pole- locations on Barker Street the Board voted unanimously that permission be granted. ARTHUR TOHMSON A letter and bill from Atty. Arthur A. Thomson in reference to Wt~liamR. Ktmb=11 and.others, versus the Town fo North Andover was accepted by the Board. FRANK W. GAGE PROPERTY A Quit-claim Deed and letter from Charles W. Trombly on the Frank W. Gage property was unauimously accepted by the Board o f Selectmen, to be filed in the Selectmen,s Office. GROUP INSURANCE The Board voted unanimously to advertise for Bids on ~-uup insurance. Bids to be received at the Selectmens Office until July 29, 1957 at 8:00 P.M. Specifications available at the Selectmen,s Office for all intereste~ parties. POLICE DEPARTMENT The Board directed that Police Chief Alfred H. NcKee be requested to attend the July 15, 1957 meeting of the Board to discuss limited parking on Main Street and the Reserve Policeman situation relative to the Police Report. OPE;~ING OF WAP~RANT FOR SPECIAL TO~MEETING Mr. Finneran stated that the Wage Report required much study by the Board of Selectmen and nb~f~that the By-law had been sufficiently remedied, he motioned the warrant be opened for the Special To%rn Meeting to be held on July 22, 1957 at 7:30 P.M. in the North Andover High School Auditorium. That the Warrant include all articles now before the Board. The vote was unan/mous. APPOINTME~ES The Board appointed the following persons to the Board of Appeals: Donald S~ith, Brightwood Avenue .... regular member, lyf. JohnWillis, Saunders Street .... Zssociate member, lyf. . J~ulyg, 1957 At a special meeting of the Board of Selectmen witbMr. Sutcliffepresidingo~er the License Board, Mr. Daniel J. Olenio's application for Wines and Malt Beverages License (Common Victualer) ~as unanimously denied. See License Minutes. Ju2~lS, 1957 The Board of Selectmen met~ith all members present and AttyFinc$ presiding. At 7:30 P.M. s1~ bids on the resurfacing of~ddlesex Street were opened pub!ically and read by Chairman Ralph E. Finck. The following Companies made the follow,lng bid totals: Merrimac Paving Corp.~ Bradford ................ 814,924 Essex Sand & Gravel Co., West Peabody ........... 15,595 Heffron Co., Methuen ........................... 16,409 George Brox Inc., Hudson ......................... 16,818 Rock As~fi%alt Corp., Haverhill ..................... 17,110 Trimount Bituminous Prods: Everett ............... 18,763 H. H. McGuire Co.: Andover ....................... 19,000.75 Nicholas F. Nicetta, No. Andover, ................. 20~671 Those present were thanked for making proposals mud were told byAtty.. Finck that the bids would ba considered bythe Board andan award made in the near flu~ure. &UTTON STREET The Board ~oted to advertise for bids on the surfacing of Sutton Street to be received not later tha~ 7:30 P.M. on August 12 in the Selectmen,s Office. BOSTON & MAINE Chairman Finck read a letter from Mr. N~]l of the Boston & Maine Railroad stating that should the Board voted to close the North Main Street R. R. Crossing the Boston & Maine would be p~eased to allow the Town to use their land off May Street for parking purposes. TREE REMOVAL The Board voted unanimously to grant the removal of nne tree per request of Mr. Hubert Burke, 206 Main Street, upon the reco~nendation of Tree Warden John Connors. POLICE DEPAR~.~NT Motion was made and seconded that the meeting with Chief McKee and Sgts. Donne/ly and Hilton should proceed without Sgt. Fleming. The following recon~endations were made in the Police Report: (1) A white line should'be painted on Sutton Street and that the Chief will have ~o appropriate the money. (2) A Stop si~h should be placed at thercorner of Massachusetts Avenue and Marblehead Street. (31A banking should be. eliminated at the corner of Clark Street and Osgood Street. (4) perking in the Town yerd for all employees. (5) No perking on lower Marviehead Street. The report also requests a lerger police building and greater personnel. Two permanent members added should prove sufficient. Recon~ends relocation of certain school bus routes during the coming school year. There should be no parking, on Ckickerimg Road from ~M~_u Street down to Park Street. The Road in frmnt of Western Electric Plant should be ma~ked for three lanes. CEMa,! REPORT I~ir. J. Daw, Mr. J. Maker and Mr. Clmrles Sttllwell appeared before the Board to discuss the/Charm Report' and its effect on the available funds. Mr. Maker said it might be quite a lerge sum to be taken out of available ~unds, and that he felt that thirty or forty thousand dollars should always be in available funds. He mentioned the wage increase would cut the funds down to about three or' four thousand dollars..This he felt was not advisable. POLE~LOCATION A~hcaring on a Joint polo location by the lawrence 'Electric Oomp~ and the Now England Tel. & Tel. Co. was set for gul~ 29 at 7:30 P.M. Wood L~ Drainage A..letter from Charles ~. Trembly reporting on paul Desrosiers, Wood Lane drainage was accepted by the Board of Selectmen. ~mNPOWER ~ESOURCES CO~TEE The Board accepted ~ invitation frmu ~or John J. Buakley to attend a Manpower ' ReSources Committee meeting on July l?th at 10:30 P~ . BU~ING .INSPECTOR ~A~'application for a permit to erect an advertising sign at 1630 Turnpike Street to advertise ,,~anta, s Loukent, Inc.~ No. Main Street, Middleton was referred to l~r. Lawlor,.Building Inspector for investigation. PROPOSED NEW EL~2~NTAR~ SCHOOL The Board' accepted a letter and plans concerning the new elementary sxhool site from the School Committee and directed that a lettercof approval be sent to the School Committee., .At.~a~specialmeeting of the Board of Selectmena it was unamimousl~ voted to award the contract' for Chapter T18 work on Niddlesex Street to the Merrimack Paving Corporation, '--Bradford, Mass. for their low bid. cf $14,924.00. Nr. RALlly Of the Merrimack Paving -.corP., 'stated that work would be started as seca as possible. The Board of Selectmen met on this date with all members present and voted approval of 'the weekl~ warrant for ps~roL~ and bi~s l~ahle. TP~E RE~OVAt PetitiOn for the removal of two trees was granted to:~r. Dadle~ Rohineon, 166 Salem Street upon the reccmmsudation of Tree Warden ~. Conners. POLE :LOCATIONS ' The,Now ,E~gland Tel. & Tel. Co. and the Lawrence Electric Ccmpa~ were granted permission on their application for Joint pole locations. Mr. John Euscimera, comer of Wavor~ amd Mass Ave., cmnplained that water drainage was wiping away his property. Mr. Muscimera stated that he had been asking for a correction on this matter for a number of years. The Board stated they would investigate the matter on Wednesday afternoon, it was mentioned that there was a question of easements ~-ith the State on water rights. Chairman Ralph E. Finck read a letterThefr°mBoardC°mmissi°nervoted umanimous~Carl A. Sheridanto attend°nthethe hearingre' location of The proposed route 110. on this matter on July 30, 19~7. As a result of this decision a heeriug on the Bc~ton & Maine Railroad petition to close the crossing at North Main Street to be held at the County Cc~sioners Office and to which this Board planned to attend, was postponed cr contluued to September 10~ 1957. GROUP INSURANCE Chairman Fiuck opened and read the Group Insurance proposals schaduled'for' 8:00 P.M. this' date; The following companies submitted proposals: Boston Mutual Life Ins CO., Pa~-~ Revere Life Ins. 0o., Blue ~ross Ins Co., John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., those present for rmexr proposaAs ann s.~ ~,,- -,,~- -~