HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-10-26 Board of Selectmen Minutes818 OCTOBER 26
The Board of Selectmen held their regular meetin~ on this date with:~all ·
~Members present except Selectman Salisbury who was absent because of" '
business commtttments. Present were Selectman McEvoy, Joyce, DiFruscto' ~ ·
with Chairman Graham presiding. The minutes and warrant were approved as
submitted.
JURORS:
The followin~ persons were drawn for jury duty. for the December 7 Sitting:
Salem: John J. Dilisle,1084 Johnson St., Paula L. Macklin, 19 Trinity Ct.
Lawrence: Lorraine V. Cassidy, 13 Perry Street.
Newburyport: Grace S. Boremi, 175 Main Street. ....
POLE INSTALLATIONS:
The Board approved' pole installations on Pleasant, Prescott, Bradford,
Abbott and Osgood Streets~ Petitions of the New England Tel. & Tel~ Co
and Massachusetts. Electric Company. . .~
URBAN DESIGN &MARKET STUDY PROPOSALS:
The Board approved the above-named as submitted. '
CABLE TV COMMITTEE:
The following persons were appointed to the re-activated Cable TV Committee:
John Robinson, George Dague, William E. Hanson, Richard Gactoch, JoSh E.
Bellofatto, and Joseph C. Nahtl. The committee will w6rk towards expanding
the cable TV covera§e, use in municipal and. school buildings and handle
complaints. ~ ~'
IDFA - A.R.C. . ' ' -
The Board approved unanimously the IDFA financing of Advance Reproductions
Corporation located in the Willows Industrial Park. ,.~ ."~.?
COMPLAINT: TOWING:
Martha Lynch, 26 Dufton Ct., sent letter to Selectmen stating that on
October 2Dshe had a flat tire and pulled off to the side of Chickertng'Rd~.,
Rt. 125...Her car was towed to Great Pond Service Station. She objected
to the amount of the tow chargeand the time she had to spend waiting'to
have her car released. At the.request of the Selectmen, she and her
father, Atty. Lynch, were present at the meeting together with Alan.and
Paul~. Himmer, proprietors of the Great Pond Service Station to discuss
the complaint. Atty. Lynch, who represented his daughter, claimed that
the car shoulder,.have ~een towed in the first place, that h%r 'car.was there all
da~<an~.wasnot/~e a~so clammed that the Great Pond Towing Service had initiated
the towing. He also objected to the towing fee. ~.Paul Himmer stated, and.t
so did the police report submitted to the Board by"O~icerGiaguihta', that his
station was ·called by the p'alice, dop~hment to tow the car. The to~ 'charge
was governed by the D~U resulations. Brian Sullivan advised the ~oard
that Skip Trombly of Trombly Service Station stated that the $14.00,.towtn§
charge established last year by the Board applied only when the Police
quest a tow for an il~a~ally parked veh~=?.e. In other cases (disabled
vehicles, vehicles in accidents, etc.) the $14.00 charge does not appl~..
M~. Himmer also stated tha~ ~e did not release the car at once because
Martha Lynch refused to pay the tow 'charge. When the tow char§e was paid,
the Car was released. The Selectmen agreed that a policy should be set..by
the Board pertaining to fees re the location of the car. It was ~oted
to authorize the Chairman to contact the po~ic~ chief to ascertain who
requested~the car to be towed. Vote was' 3/~t~ Selectman DiFrusci~ ab-f
staining. (3-0)~
METROPOLITAN INSURANCE:
Representatives of the Metrop01itan Insurance Co. appeared before the
Board with a Group life insurance proposal which would allow Town employees
to option to add to their present coverage without any cost to the Town.
Insurance payments would be automatically taken out of the employee's
salary checks. They asked authorization to contact the employees re this
proposal. It was unanimously voted to authorize this action.
KECEIVED:
Invitation to participate in Veteran's Da~yObservances, November llth.
Board will make every effort to attend.
OCTOBER 26, 1981 (continued)
U ON. R WNCE: 31
Chairman Graham read a letter from the Union president of the DPW advising
the Board that the Chamberlain complaint had be~withdrawn. They requested
a meeting with the Board re negotiations and agreement for uexc year. The
Board voted Co meet with them three weeks from now.
LICENSING CO~SSIONE~:
AI~ORT LIC~SE-WINE & BEER:
Chai~an DiFruscio'informed the Board that Bob Savaris of the Airport Co~ts-
sion stated that they would not have any objection to the restaurant~managed
by J. Michael Gentry, having a wine and beer license as long as they could
make :he regulations and rules pertainin~ to the license. The Board voted
to have the Chairman request a letter from the Airport Co~ission s~at~ngL~:
the"specifics" of their rules.
~O S ISTE~:
Letter received from Donald Christianson, o~er of the Two Sisters restaurant
concernin~ the increase in license fees. He stated that~ because of their
limited hours, they could not support the increased fee...that"he would have
to pay for the fee from earnings from my practice as a CPA." The Board
voted to receive the letter.
Chairman DiFruscio requested that he step down from the chair and made a
motion to reconsider the following fees: Restaurant, Al~CAlcoholic, $1000,
RestaUrant, Wine & Beer, $650., Clubs, All Alcoholic, $650., and package
stor~* $750. The motion to reconsider was not seconded,
CRINABLOSSOMRESTAURANT:
Richard Yee, Manager of the China Blossom Restaurant andAttorney White
w~re~:,~resent at the meeting to discuss alleged violations concerning the
serving of alcoholic beverages to minors. They were invited to attend
the!meeting after a report had been received from the police department that
they had received two Complaints...one from a Mrs. Lidstone who said her
daughter had been served liquor at the restaurant and two, a Dr. J. Robert
Wils6n, Phillips Academy, who stated that students, under 20, had,~bben served
beer. Select,an Joy~e stated that Richard Yee's reputation as a family
reStaurant/~ ~S~redible' that the police reports, without further
evidence and based on heresay, did not substantiate this informal hearing.
Chairman'.Graham stated that there was an area of suspicion because of the
reports land he would like it be..kno~nto all establishments to watch under
20:~patrons closely. Attorney White stated that Richard Yee was very
concerned about complaints about patrons, under 20, being serve~ liquor-in hi:
establishment. He also s~mmented on the police report that 1) Youths could
have been drinking elsewhere before eating, at the China Blossom. 2) Many
patrons, over 20 yrs., buy drinks for those who are not. 3) Daughter, cited'
in',report, was not identified and could not be reached for verification of
her'mother's charge.. Richard Yee stated that he tries harder than average
restaurant manger to conduct a good business, that he doesn~tneed minors.
Re stated that he would take strict action with any employee that does not
card patrons. ~e went on to say that he is checked constantly, as other
eestaurants are, by representatives from the ABC and has police Officers,
Friday and Saturday nights, who also check ID cards. He stated that the
Phillips students were "loaded" when they came into the restadrant to eat.
Many.mornings when he arrives at the restaurant, he finds beer and liquor
bottle~'strewn on his parking lot. Minors a~d others find it convenient
parking lot for drinking beer and liquor that did not come from his res
China Blossom has been vandalized many times but he did not press charges.
Selectman McEvoy stated that the Board was not there to hurt the China
that it'was a good restaurant and had good people worktn~ there but the Board
could not ignore the police report that minors were allegedly being se=red
lt~uor~ He asked the restaurant personnel bo try harder. Selectman DtFrusc~
advised Richard to card everyone, despite age. The Board voted to uphold
first.step in the liquor policy...to send letter of reprimand ~n matters of
first offense. Attorney White protested this action for a first offense had
not been proven, that the police report was only based on heresay, that it
wasn't an offense, just an allegation. To treat the allegation as a first
c~.~Fried unanimously.
Alice M. Letarte, Secretary ********** lerk