HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-06-30 Board of Selectmen Minutespresent; .Selectmen Charles A. Salisbury, Ralph R. Joyce, Jonn W. Graham, H,
Louis DiFruscio with Cnaiman Thomas J. McEvoy presiding.
TOm ' cOuNsEL APPOINTMENT:
At /:00 P.M., six members of the desi~nated co-~ittee assembled to appoint a
Town Counsel. for one;year. One member, Dr. Kay, sent a written vote. It was
voted'to nave the chairman cast one ballot.for the incumbent Counsel, John J.
Willis,.and %he vote'was unanimous. Town Counsel Willis was the only app
fbr the position.
PUBLIC WORKS APPOINTMENT:
The Board of Selectmen and~the Board of Public Works assembled to appoint a
member to the Board o'f Public Works, a vacancycaused by. the resi~nation of
George S~nford'. Eight applicants applied, one, Richard Haltmaier withdrew,
verbally,'to the Chair~an. On Cae second ballot, James Noble, Engineer at
Western Electric, was appOinted.
Nancy Houghton, 142 Berry St. and Jack Leavitt, §/ Pleasant St. were drawn
for Jury duty, August ~, a~ Lawrence. William Salemne, 35 Putnam Rd., was
drawn for Jury duty, August 4, at Salem.
BOOK SALE.'
Russ Reeves sent.a letterof thanks and appreciation to all those who assisted
him in t~e book sale, Saturday~ especially. Fred, Rex, Joe Borgesi, Bud Cyr and
the Tree and Fire Dept
CO,~T~TY CENTE~LEASE= ..
It was voted-unani~ously to ~ave =ne C~ai~n si~ ~ae Co~un~cy Cen=er le~e,
~C~IV~:
No~ice of approval of gran~ ~o renovate Co~ni~y Center'. ...............
LeCCer fr0m:t~e,.Division of'Co~ervat~on Semites approving draft Recreation
~d ~pen Space Plan. The scale.nC cnac ~e Council On Aging would use =~e
Cea=er ~5~ of ~ae time was discussed. Brian was req~s~ed =o clari~-Ca~s
statement~t~ t~e Council ~Aging before si~in~ ~ant.
Letter fromPoLice Chie~re: ..wooded.'area.~adJ.acent to~Middle SchooL. .: ::,
Letter:fromDirector of the.Highway Safety. Bureau re enforcement oi~speed
limits. Directed to be placed, on bulletin board.
LAND USE COMMITTEE:
Discussion ensued as.to whether ane present Land:Use CommiCtee.should:he-re-
ta~.~ned~o= to advertise for new-members..,Ben, Osgood~sta~ed that.ne 'thought it
would be good to hiF~ a representative from-each Board.so they would be more
informed... Selectman Joyce stated, that he.would~like,the present co~,tttee ~o
continue their,work.. Members of the co~nnittee present..Mike Schena, Fitz[
Lightburn and Osgood... stated that the study was completed'and that.the
step would beto draw up a plan of implementation. Mike Schena stated that
fo!lowing'shephdshould be taken:
1}' Dept~ heads to list probleme for clarifica~ion.'
2) Ittghts of the committee should be clarified.
3) . To get more imput f~n the departments.,..comm~ttee members hhould attend
theirmeet£ngs.
How can the committee proceed when .the positions of Town Planner and Water.
shed ~nspector are already established? ...
Dothe Selectmen want the-'committe to continue with the implementation?
Are we going to the next Town Meeting and be knocked out with a technical:
The selectmen told the committee that Town Meeting had authorized the same
con~nittee to come back with a report. The following two votes were unanimous:
1)The Selectmen endorse the aame cou~nittee to submit a plan of i~plementation
the next Town Meeting. 2) Selectmen to call for additional candidates to
':'on comittee.
MASS. AVENUE: BuckinghamRd.:
Letters received from the Police and Fire Chief gave their approval to close
off Hass. Ave. for the 4th of July observances. Also, approved was request of
of Leo Lafond to block off Buckingham Road for the annual neighborhood cook-
out, July 5th.
%0%JUNg 30, 1980 (con~inued) .
SUTTON &.~IN STREETS: .,~.
Letter received from the,DF6 re the traffic l~ght 'at Sutton& M~in'Streets'
It was agreed to attend meeting with the DP~onJuly14th. Thisr~eeting
was subsequently cancelled...represen=a=ive of =he D~ could
PEraMBULATION ?.EPORTS: .. , ,
Letters with reports on the perambulation of the Selectmen of the b°unds
of La~,~ence and Middleton received. To be signed and returned. It Was
voted to send letter to the Dl~.to establish boundary lines between, LaW~ ", .......
fence and North Andover.
VANDALISM:
Selectman Salisbury repo~ted on the meeting on-vandalism recently held;
~e~er of =~e Dept. of Crib/hal Justice. spoke-at the meeting. I~ had b~en
resolved to set'up meeting of action planing for all 4 communities; 0
~and. was appoin~ed, ?Crime Prevention Off~ce~" ~ .... ~-- ~- '-fficer
duly ~, a= ;.~U P.m. whereby =hey -lan Co
2 -- - t ~,.~v~ puua~c re~a=lons an~ you=h~,~nvolvemen=. Selec=~n
~alLs~u~ urged =he ~elec=~n =o m~e a
co.nE action plan of activity 2o stop =he v~lism.
MILK ST.
Letter from Abbott Galaher expressed concern'about traffic on M~lk St.
Letter referred to Police Chief.
T?J~FIC LIGHT'- PETE~S & RT. 125:
Selectman DiFrusc~o expressed his concern about the traffic lights',not
working at the above-named intersection, a very dan erous'i
and parts were no= always available when Somet~ing went wrong w~th them.
'STP~EET LIGHT T~ANSFE~:
The Selectmen apprbved sending .a request for funds from the reserver f~n~
to pay June's street l~ght bill. It was also 'voted ,3-2 to request funds
to pay Bulger~s bill~.
~/c~ic Table:
It was an unanimous vote to'have the Executive Secretary purchase~a Pi~n£c
.table for the Town Building employees to have lunch on during their half
hour.
,LICENSXNG COMMISSIONerS:
· 'Approved: Common Victualer license for Lion's Club, July .3-~-$; :'
l~day beer license.for Peter Pantidosi re Conn. Traveler"s'Charity.
baseball game, July 19~. .
Peddler~s license to J; Nissi to sell packaged ice cream-, July
through. August. Approved by Bd. of Health and Chief,Police..
.Executive session was cal.led ~or hearing o~ liquor viblatio~ ' R~ehdale
Superette. '