The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About1981-08-24 Board of Selectmen Minutes ~0~ AUGUST 2&, 1981 (continued) ., '' -;:e:. .... PLANNING BOARD VACANCY: The Selectmen voted Co authorize the Executive Secretary to applicants Co fill vacancy caused' by Vincent Turano's res~aC~on ~r~ ~he Planning Board. ApplicaCio~'w~ll be. received until Sept; 2, and a'~ber w~l~ be appoin~ed, Jointly, by ~he Selecc~n and.~ers O~ the P~ann~nS Bmrd on SepC~er 8Ch. Te~ o[ appo~n~nC w~ll be until ~r~h 1, 1982, T~ elecC~on day.' CHA~BERLATN G~IEVA~CE: : ~'.. ~.-~?~. Members o~ the Personal Board and the Public Works Union ~C'w[ch the 'SelecC~n ~o C~ co resolve the ~ce~. of.when Ch~e~la~n raise ~n pay afCer'h~s~sCep race.~ncrease from W~ co WS.. The ~unc ~n- volved, $56.00. Th~s',~was a ~er of co~e~aC~on, only, noc a pr~c~on, according ~o ~he. Pe~onnel Board. Co which the Publ~ Works Un,on a~eed.~:~ ' ~b[~c. Works-Un,on aCa~ed chat, ~he-co~ensaCion should 'have been pa~n · January and Che Pe~so~el' Board: stated. ~haC ~he co~e~acion: should' ~n ~rch. After a leng~hy%discussion,, the Selecc~n"unani~usly voted reaffi~ Chair posi~on ~n support of. che Personnel Board; "T he Selec~eh:: a~so reco~nded chaca ~ecing be se~ up w~h Joe Borges~, the Union and ~he Personnel Board Co c~ Co resolve ~nCrepecaC~on of' c~e~a~onpro-J-:.~- ~' ..*The Board received-a Technical. Assistance Grant Agreement and letcet'~fro~he Office-of EnvironmenCal'Af£airs~re the Hazardous Waste~ Facility; ,' The:~Bbkr'd.. yoced ~o .have cop~es sen~ ~o ~ers o~ ~he Local ~sess~nc Co~Cee for ~he~r co~ncs and reco~ndaC~o~, a~cer which Co~8~. ' -.,.. '~_. , A me~rand~ received E~ Gaycon Os8ood, C~ntCy Develo~nc D[re~or~'~ advised ~be Selec~n chac one' o~ the acCUraCies scheduled,'Eor ~1981 GranC:,ta~,ch~u~cbaee:o~ a parcel o~ land on situation.,* a:Speclal..~o~n Counsel.will'*have to be appointed Co"handle chis cransacCton,;.Counselwillbe patd frOm~Fedoral SelecC~an*Relph.Joyce~,sCated.thatTo~n,Counsel,~John. WilZis, represent KandruC:rin this transaction. Select~en stated thac they.~ould like a clarification, f~o~ gillis, I~ was voted to have Brian Su~liva~,.. Ex. Sec, and Gayt0n prepare the proper procedure to appoint · The~'.Seleccmen appointed an additional* uember to*, the' Local~ Assessment~, C~ccee. - He-is ,Paul* Taylor., ~ 38~Seunders' St;, who has~ berlin 'chancel: busine88 £or~ 25s'.*,' · Request received~from Club'Hanager of the Royal Crest .Estates Co hol~'aiLas~ Vegas night.to raise ~unds 'for.rthe~Muscular*Dyscrophycause. Permission. was 'granted sub~eccto Chief Donnelly's approval', . .. :,.. Hal Norwood discussed the matter of insurance compermaEion £or the · Center [ire damage He s2a~ed.thac Fred ChapuCandH~keSchena:esttmated,;.the d~mase to be in'the vicinity of $27,000 end ~he insurance, company wan~ed,~o payonly ~20,900 accordins~o'their estimation. He stated chac.~he.,damage~= could not be repaired for that amount and that the buildings ~ShC be torn do~n or sold Herequested the'Selectmen to con, acC the insurance;: company to*crYtokra~se the ameunt of the settlement. 'TheBoardvote'd;to have Brtanf21nvescigace the matter wiCh Dick La£ond, '.. ~.. TO~N GA~AGE-PUBLICWORKVS OFFICE ~OOF: The roof over Joe Borgesi~so££1ce.h~s been'leaking~and caustn8 his o~£ice Co come o££.' Brian'advised the Board thai:it woUld cos~ ~285 repair the roo£.*. It wes so vo~ed Co have it repaired. .*'..~*. AUGUST 24, 1981 (continued) LICENSING COMMISSIONERS: The fOllo~ln$ 1-day liquor licenses were approved subject to Chief Donnelly's approval:' November 2, 1981 - B.U;'Conference Center, Shawsheen Villase Women's Club. September 20 - B.U. Conference'Center',.wedding. September 20 o Campion Hall, Senator Paul Tsongas picnic. October 16 - St. Michael.!s Nail, SC. Michael's Parish Activities Co---. '~;i ~ ~ ~ ;: ,: ~ !'3% ...... A hearing:was sec for September 8, 1981, at 7:30 P.M. on application to store gasoline ~at 1060 Osg6od~ St. . It w~s voted ~o se= up:a policy on 1-day Iiq~r ~icenses.' SelecC~n John W. Gr~ ~ol~eered' 2o Sub~ a reco~nded policy;.. .. ?. '' .'" ~tfwas also voted to hold the next Selec~nen's meeting on September 8th, the day after the holiday instead of the scheduled date, September 14~h. This. wil!~m~.rk the end of the sm~er schedule. . ~~ ,' ' Alice ~.,.~e~r~e, Secre~a~ ~ _ - _~ :.. ~ . ' Cler~ The Board'/of Selectmen'held their resularmeeting on this date With all membere present: Selectmen McEvoy, Salisbury, Joyce, DiEruscio With Chairman Graham presiding: The minutes and warrant were approved as submitted. Thi f~ll~[ng persons were drawn for Jury duty, October $ Sitting: Newburyport: Dogil8~J?'Scott, 57 Jay Rd...Lawrence: Jane Earley, &5 Union St. and Salem: Marie~G~'a~w, 82M~flin Dr., James Bobertson, 69 Herrick Rd. ~ PEANNIND:*BOARD APPOINTMB~T: Th~S~men'interviewed five appl£canCs to fill vacancy on t~e Planning Bd. due.to~2~'resE~nation of Vincent Turano. Members of the PlanningBoard were also present at the interviews. Interviewed were~alter ~. McDoncu~h, Dorm J. Boyle, Mar£1yn C. L£cciardello, Jeffrey P. Kin~ and ~. ~ary SCillman..Five Vote~wer.e~required ,to be appointed, which ~alter ~. McDonough received.. He was~du/y appointed. TRAFF~C~TUDY~.CO~KTTEE: Lecte~,~eceived from £he Planning Board advised the Select~nen that .the Planning Boa~d~had,;voted'£o form a committee to study Che-s£tuaCion concernin$ the traff~ccproblemin areas around Chestnut St., Hillside .~d.., and Route 11~. This was the result of a letter received from Michael.Schena. They requested, chaC a member of the Board of Selectmen be appointed Co serve on Chis committees., lc was.voted to have Seleccman McEvoy serve. SCH00~ CO~EEoCH. he~Cer~recelved:.from the School CourtS,tee requestln~ approval of the Selectmon Co luplemen~ the 2venlng Adult 2ducaClon Pro,ran by appropriation of tedz=eceipto from'fee paid seL'~ices (Evening School). Act No. 6934 allows Hr, Ga~ny and,Mr, ~ucure, ~proval citi~.~nd:~owns to do this without Town ~eeting action. DiSalva~w~ll contact the'Board on this matter, in the near was tabled until September 21s~ meeting.. - STATE AID: The,:Alsessors,-Advisory Board .and the Selectmen discussed the-matter of how to apply the $700,000 received,in;extra state aid funds. Discussed was whether to apply all of iC for reduction of this year's property taxes or Co ke~p ic in reserve as free cash to use next year for capital expenditures.- Phelan said he was~g~ng~=o apply $300,000 .of the funds Co lower this.year's'tax rate by cenCs~l~..r.$1,000 evaluation .to $20.80.' Brian Sullivan, Jim Dewhirst and Adv. Board.,.Chairman, Gus We'igel, scaled thatless than $300,00 should.be spent to lower'the~Taxes and recommended placin8 most of the money into the free cash account.to use next year to spend on expenditures thaC have been puc off aC the last.:Town,Mcetings. Brian recommended using $100,000 to lower the tax rate and puc the remaining $600,000 in the reserve fund. lC was b~ought out that many work vehicles and other Town needs would be coming up for replacement and Chat no one knew how much state aidwould he forthcoming next year.