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Home My WebLink About1980-01-21 Board of Selectmen Minutes~0 JANUARY 21, 1980 (continued) ..j. HESSXNA COMPLAINT: Domenic Messina appeared before the Board to co~platn about the"~llegal. parklng of cars on Itt. 125, a S~a~e Hlg~ay, He stated ~ha~ obey'were tagged only after he called the police and thac the flne was only'~$3~O0~~ Me also co~laEned abou~ the ll~er ~ha~ he had to con~lnually clean,up. Ii.was brought ou~ tha~ the (( Restaurant o~ers had ~ried to buy~adJacent land but ~sstna's brother well not sell the land, MessXna saEd, and never will. Select~n ~uthr~e saEd ~hat cars pa~ked tllesally on ~. 125 should be towed ~ay. It was voted Co request ChXe~ Donnelly to submXt:,a report on the status of cars parkXns ille~ally on any pollce'department's plans ~o elXmXna~e ~hls parkln~. .. Ben. CatE and neXghbors a~aEn appeared beEo~e the Board ~o reques~:a..sC~ee~: 118h~ on S-~er Street.. CacX sca~ed ~he.stree~ was very dark,-, ~he~e were. no sld~alks and Cha~ :~here was a valid need ~or a 11sh~. A~ter dlscussXon, the. Selec~en unaui~usly voted to approve cbc requesC~and order a 4,000.1~n ~rcu~ vapor 11sht 1nscalled on Pole ~19 .a~,Che .En~e~-. sec~Xon oE CrEcket Land and Suer SC. They also requested Chac ~htt~: : Donnel~y be remX~ed.of a S~ SE~ tha~ had been vo~ed Co be F~O OFF~: ' : ::.t' ':~'~ ~ ~ v? . Let~e~ Erin Carol~ ~ody XuSr~ o~ered a 50 scar Elas and ~hree~sectlon pole Co be erected a~.the D~nd Plays~ound.. T~e $elec~nunani~usXy ~ voted to accep~ her ~ener0Us offer and dE~ected.~haC she be seuC o~ apprecXaClon and-~ha~s. Also ~o notEfy ~he ~blic .~orks Dep.arcmen~ the .o~fer and have them.pEck ~ up ac Mrs. XnSr~. '.u"~:-~ ,-' Letter fromm-the Personnel Board scaled that the Wiring Xnspector[~.. would be co~ensaced.,aca m~i~ saXa~ of $6,500 plus benef~ cost off living increases. SelecC~n directed Brian S. Tho~s0n,~:p~esenC ~X~ing Inspector, iff .he would ~e ~he 1sn'~ interested, ~he position .is to Be .adve~ttsed.. wXXXfnS Co cake the .pos[~ion, au emergency.reques.c-is Adviso~ Board ~o X:~nd ~he position. ~:saXa~ oCh' ers. Position ~o-.be-advertXsed in the HaverhXXX ~azeCce, La~ence'Eagle'Trib~ne.: The ~ccer off raising'the eXec~r~al/ discussed. SeXec~n directed Brian' ~o acquire c~arable o~he~ cf~es, and to~s. _ ..... LE~' CO~S~ AT NE~X~XONS: . ': · Letter from' T'~ CoUrts~el'advised: the Board ~ha~ t~ would.~e hire a'Spec[aX T°~' C°unse[ ~0' be' c°n's~[~ed ,hen legalities --~*~'-~ ' ~:~ecX-i To~ C°unsel's e~er~se WoUld save: Selec~n Joyce said. and he should be available for ~echuical ;When n6eded. $elect~n Grab~ and SaXisbu~ agreed. SeXecc~n disagreed...s~a~ed '~ha~ SeXec~u were ca~ab~ .of handling and legal m~cers., said he would s~ep do~ ff~om ~he Board do the advising. '~on ~as made Co au~horXz~ Brian S. FrizelXe, Trolly and Ford re ~heir ~tXXXu~ess t~ advise negotiations and flee .~hey would e~ecC. Vote 3-X-6uChrte aga1~t~. LIC~SING C0~SSXON~: . ': Approved: RenewaL.o~ appXXcatlon ~or ~our(~) C~Xc c~3s ~r~'Den~r ~"Cutrona,d/b/a North Andover Cab, X2 ~Xn Stree:. JANUARY 21 i980 ' 15,9 The Board of Select-men held their regular meeting on this date. Members present were Selectmen Guthrie, Joyce, Graham with Charles ~alishury, Acting Chairman,; ~0r~Thomas:.;l. McEvoy absent because of illness. The minutes and warr. an=.,.W, ere approved as submitted. POLE IX)CATiONS: " ,. Hearing~'heldon the installations of poles on Sharpner's Pond Road, Forest Street and,Berry Street. Petitions unanimously apprOved. ' FIRST FLOOR ROOM: It'wa~;voCed to accept employee's suggestions to have toilet separate from the lounge room and other suggestions ..... to have Brian and'Chai~man, NcEvoy take the necessary steps to funish lounge.. ..: TOWN ~REPORT Bids'¥ecei~id.to Print the TownReport were:discussed. The Select~nen were ad- vised!~h~ there would be 190 pages ~o be printed and the' bids.were.for 170. UPO~..~t~':of Selectman Guthrie, it,.wasvoted to send'notices:to all depart- ' , ! ~ f CIVIL SERVICE LIST: · DlacuisiOn'o~ replacement of three patrolmen to serve while they are takin requ£red~3~weeks o~schoolingat, the Police Acs~---~--'~---~*--~ _ Aeaerve rOlfcemen f~lin, cost would be $7,000.;.if replaced-by re~larpolice m~n';"~6'sewo~ld be ~18,000. Officers Lanni, Crane sta~ed that:overtime pay is necessary for their livlthood and~hat the present.schedules.have retained a good morale in the department. Guchrie was in favor of filling the positions wit~..reaerye policemen. Selectman Salisbury stated that.hg.was.;more concerned w~[~t'He'.s'a~ety of. the.town tha~the.~orale ofthe policeoffiCarg and would lik~.ehe'{~s~rvist.f~lling i~;g~'work with a re lar '~ ' -:~ ...... 8u policeman.,while on duty. Bri~,a~ S;"presented a schedule, from. Chief Donnelly that ~howed~the. time the ~eaer~.lata"would be-available to work°each week; Selee~n'~,~,2, at.~ ~s not adequate..!nfo,~,?ion 'and"askedforupdated,avail'abilttY, of reae..rv~a.to',serve for 13 wbeks'., It was ~oted to request all a tiea~;,',*~. on~e-Civ:l Service reserve list,-.be-in~ited to interviews st~ o tin° P.m~fn£~Hd:Selec£men's Meetin;roomf Letter ~o_be. ae t"6o.:' ief Do Roi .re .'.~IASS.'DPW~'HILLSIDE ROID. :-;.-, - .,._. period. Letter received £romS~erman Eidleman, District Highway Engineer, replied to our ~etter of January ! re the intersections of Hillside Road and Routes 125 and~l~'~','~,:at~t~d'that,H$11~ide.R°ad~becl0sed,off at Rt. 11~(dead end weste~,,s~ae.o~ ~ntersection) an~ to s alize h u,,,_,.,:,._,~ .._ . t~n . t e.,intersection...of..Rt.. 125 and n,xxuxu=.a..o, au,. xne necessary ~ans would be ae~i'e~'~ee in Boston.- p submitted to the Did Project · ~, .., lnnediate steps are being taken to add additional st~ns,.?~,~ast side of Hillside Road along with clearingth~.sh.~2b and trim- m~ng ~,~b~,o~,~r branches on the tree located there to ~mprove visibility. This wnuld~&..d~eby the Town's tree department. ' ' SCHOO~'~Ng'LI(~I.T-MASS AVE. It was~vo[~d'~o si~n Agreement with the Hass. Did for installation of the School Zone lisht'~Mass. Ave. NO RIGHT TURN ON RED SIGNS: .~ Letter~bom'.the"Did re ~[~h='Turn On R~d s~s, effec=ive Janua~ 1,~1980 and also gave ~ideline~ where they should.be prohibited..Selects voted to send lecher =o Chie[ Donnelly reques~ing he linc ~he desi~a=ed 'No Righ~ Turn ~ Red"Si~ns~ns=alled in che T~under ~he Jurisdic~ion of the Selects and the ra~ionale as being identified assuch. MARCH OF DIHES SUPERWALK: Letter will be sent to Nartha Haynes, Pro,ram Director of the March of Dimes Merrimack Valley Chapter giving permission to hold a Gr. Larence Superwalk on Sunday, April 13, starting at the Mekhuen High School at 9:30 A;N. Copies to Chief Donnelly and Currier. LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE: Notice received of a legislative conference to be held by the ~ass. Municipal 'Association on N arch 1, 1930, 8:30 A.M., State House, Boston,