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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-10-22 Board of Selectmen Minutes~1~ OCTOBER 22~ 1979 The Board of.Selectmen held. their .regular meeting on this date wi.th al! members present; Selectmen Guthrie, Sa]isbury, Joyce, Graham wit~.Chai~- man McEvoy presiding. The warrant and minutes were approved with correc- tion in the Oct. 9 minutes, October 15th minutes approved as submitted.. PLUMBING INSPECTOR: Health, Ed Scanlon, Chairman of the Board of appeared before the, B0,ar~ to tell the Selectmen that the Board of Health had recently vote~ increase in compensation for the Plumbing Inspector from $6.00 t~ $10.0~ per inspection and requested the Selectmen's approval. Ne stated,that the Plumbing Inspector does not receive any mileage and that he h~S"not requested an increase in inspection fees since the year 1971. Selectman. Guthrie said he was opposed to any salary increas~s at Special Town Meet- ing. Selectman Joyce stated that the Board should support the Board of.. Health's action. Guthrie stated that the'Inspector should recet~e..mi!ea~e. Selectman Graham said that the request had merit, the first since 1931, and made s motion to grant the Inspector the increase from $6.00 to $10. Sele~m, n Joyce, Graham and McEvoy voted for the increase..Selectmen Guthrte and Salisbury voted against the increase. Increase granted; 3 to 2 vote. WIRIN~ INSPECTOR: Charles Foster and John Thompson appeared before the Board to di?scuss 'the ~ew regulation on employment of the Wiring Inspector. Foster stated that they would like to set up a standard of charges for inspectionwork.-He~ proposed that· the charges be governed by 1) Total estimate of cost of Job. 2) Take i/10% of 1% of total, estimated cost. This charge was f~or,indus- trial and commercial building. He, also stated that it was time to.in- crease the building fees on-resident construction. He also proposed-a flat fee of $50.00 for inspection of industrial (in plant) electri~al work. Selectman Graham motioned to take proposed fees under advisement. It was seconded and the vote ~nanimous. ~:,%>. ASST. BUILDING INSPECTOR: :. Charlie Fo~£er stated that because of the heavy load of inspecttons;,~he would have to use the services of the Assistant Building Inspectb~, Chaput, more hours than scheduled and he might run short of funds at the.end of the year. After further ~iscussion, the matter was left with Selectman Graham's suggestion to try to keep within the budget. ...,~ EMERG~CY LIGHTING: ' ~ .... The cost of the emergency lighting was"discussed. The electric~inspect- or's original estimate appears to be low at this time and more mone~ may! be needed in addition to the $3000. perhaps a $1000 more. Select,an Guthrie said to advertise hid for $3000 for the town building emer~enc~ lighting work. "' ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASL~ES: Brian reported that energy conservation improvements would include storm windows and replacing a few doors. Installation'of 24 storm6i~dows ~6uld total $1500. Three exterior doors should also be replaced, Brian ~'aid, and the cost of materials and labor for ins~hllatton of these, doors::plus $500 for minor but needed, miscellaneous improvements would bring ~hei~otal cost of the energy conservation improvements approximately to $3000. Guthrie said to install the windows and forget .the doors. Personnelwill be requested to wear sweaters and keep the heat down. He requested Brian to write to all Department Heads asking them for a list of personnel they thought they would need for the years 1980-81 and'1981-1982. Sel~6tman Graham added that Brian remind them that the economy situation wtl'l.be tight during these years. It was so voted. DOG OFFICER : Gene Northam appeared before the Board requesting additional appropriations and expenses. Selectman Salisbury stated that he thought that at the last meeting Northam had been told to live within his budget and Northam had agreed. After a lengthy discussion Selectman Guthrie m~tioned that the r~quest.s 'be denied. Vote was unanimous. OCTOBER 22 1979 (continued) ~3~ GAYTON OSGOOD: ~-. ~ appearedbefore the Board to discuss and explain, an Article he requested be inserted in the Special Town Meeting Warrant. It. is a re- 'quest:for the Town to approve the use by Ridgewood Cemetery Association. of a parcel of land for cemetery use. It was voted to endorse the Article and insert,'it in the Warrant as Article #2. 4-1 vote, 1 abstention. ~:LAA'DiUSE~STUDY COMMITTEE ,The following:persons.were~appointed to the above-named co~mittee by ballot: · F. Elti~ Fitzpatrick; Pat~icia Trombly, Fred 0sCheft, William Salemme; Thomas Li~htbUr~; Michael Schena, Ben Osgood. TOWN:~ FAkME COMMITTEE REPORT: ',i s~le~man~'Ralp~ Joyce. Submitted a report and recommendations of the Town Farm Co-~,!ttee to be approved bF,:.thRcBoard. Nestated that the'engineer' .~ad. co.,mp%~ed the research, field work, calculations, drafting.and prints 9~c~ry~o prepare survey of land around the Town Farm buildings on Dale Street. The survey had been completedandthe.Selectm~n were.shown a plan ........ of~,the Farm and garage whic~ is Just over anacre. The Committee will obtain,~t~,.o.;estimates.of the value of the site, as planned, and.recommended that it ~e~,sold at auction. A deedwill be drawn up. It was an unanimous '~t~'tb'Tendorse the'TownFarmCommittee's recommendations. : FLAG POLE co~TTEE REPORT: ; .: : ;. Sel~ffn~'Joyce,'Co-Chairman of the ~lag Pole Connn{ttee, reported that, at their October 17th meeting, the committee established a' goal to. raise the sum of $6,000by.March:l, 1980, ,for the-purpose of purchasing and erecting a flagpoleto be plaCed on the Old Center Common. The flagpole will be placed on a base similaz to the one on the Librat~y:Con~on of Main Street and. won14 be 60 to 70 feet tall..The,committee alsoreco~ended that an .,.~nsC~P~o9 !'Dedicated T6 The Men and.Women.of North Andover Who §erved Country During The Korean and Vietnam Conflicts."be inscribed on the flag- .,p9le~i..,~!= was an unanimous vote, to. have, the committee proceed, to. solicit ~unds as reported. :CIVIL DEFENSE: The Board voted unanimously to authorize John CWco, Director, to pay members of the town's Civil Defense 17~ per mile for patrol coverage of the Town on Halloween night, October 31st. ~nvitation to participate in Veteran~s ~ay Observances, Sunday, Nov. llth, at I p.m. Request for use of the Town FarmPicnic area for a Cub Pa~k 87 Outing, on October 30th. Approved. Fire and Police Chief to be so notified. WATE~ POLLUTION CONTROL MEETING: Letter received from Joe Borgesi advised the Board that a meeting has been scheduled for Friday, October 26, in Boston, with the Division of Water Pollution Control concerning the sewer connection per, nit for the Wood Ridge Development. Borgesi has requested the presence of Town Counsel at Chis meeting and have also requested Town C0unsel to notify the Archdiosese of this meeting. Selectman Salisbury will try to make this meeting. TheBBoard approved the request for theservices of Town Counsel to represent the Town at this meeting. The meetingwill be at 10:30 a.m. at il0 Tremont Street, VANDALISM: Selectman Salisbury requested that the pnoblem of vandalism be on next week'l Agenda. TOWN COUNSEL: Letters will be sent to Town Counsel re whether the Selectmen are legally required to insert a zoning change Article in the Special. TownMeeting petitioned by the owner of the land involved. The question also will be asked if the Selectnm:t~can legally change a 3member Board to a 5 member 14g continned) : ARTICLES ACCEPTED FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING: 1. Grasso -.To raise and appropriate $6,000 to be expended by th~S.elect~nen to establish a school zone on Mass. Ave. said amount to.be re- imbursed to the Toum by Mass. Dept. of Public Works at comple- tion of project. 2. Osgood,,-.~To,appr0ve 'the;use, By RidEe~ood Cemetery Association:~o£ a'parcel of land. 3. Cyr - To authorize the High~ay Surveyor to expend the entire appropri- . ation voted at 1977 Town Meeting for .Ch. 90 funds. 4.B~.Health To appropriate the sum of $3,200. to be ,expended under the Bd. of Health to increase the hours of the present hd. of Health. part-time clerk, mini~ 20 hours per week. ' 5.Selec~en- To appropriate the sum of $1500. to be expended by. Select, hen to implement energy conservation ~asures in,the. To~n;Buildi~.$. · ' ' Cl'" 8,Selec~nen- To exceed appropriations limit established under Ch7151 the~Acts of 1979 by the su~ of $._~so that the'To~n s-~ appropriation 1~ for fiscal year, 1980, Shall be::'~ :'- '~'"~. 9.Selec~en- To exceed the t~ ~ 1~ es~lished ~der Ch, 151~;oi Ch~ Acts of 1979 by ~he s~ o[ ~~o that ~he T~*a-T~ le~ l~t fur ~iscal ye~, 1980, Shall be ~ It w~ ~ ~us vo~e to close ~he warr~n~ a~ 10:05 P.M. Approved: Application for a 1-d~ liquor license, Oct. 25' at Me~i~ck[ColleEe. '~plication for 'a 1-d~"liquor lice~e, Oct. 26, at Me~i~ck'~Colle~e. The BOard voted to go into Execut~e Session' to discuss.-~/~b~t~JJarks[Uffion~ Alice M. Letarte, Secretary -'-.'-'- ............ --- --***.../~ / . i... -., - !-.'//~/ ! - - ~.