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1 sELMMICTIMENt s MEETING. APRIL 7, 1936. A regular meetin� of the Board of Selectmen was held -in the Selectmen s Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Ferguson, Messrs. Potter, Giroux, Clark and. Ross were present. The Clerk was also present. Mr. William H. Kearns appeared before the Board and stated that he had asked for an appointment as a private citizen and not as an applicant for a position as he did.a few creeks ago. He asked the Board what qualifi- cations it considered necessary for the appointment of the Supt. of Public Works of Lexington. He stated that after he appeared before the Board the last time, he received, a letter stating that the Board would give his application due consideration. He wanted to know why he Was not given that consideration and asked if the Board had someone else in mind when he appeared and if they were not considering him. Mr. Giroux stated that Joseph Ross was not appointed Superintendent, he was appointed Acting Superintendent. Mr. Kearns wanted to know why Joseph Ross's qualifications were superior to his; he was considered suitable to handle the flood control area in Lowell during the past ' two crises. lie stated that it was due to the theory that he had worked out that Lowell was not inundated as other cities were. He stated that he was an advisory engineer for the W.P.A. and sat in with the Boards in various towns and cities. He thought that the Supte of dater & Sewer Department should be an engineer. Mr. Ross asked him if hecould name any places in the vicinity where the Supt. of hater and Sewer Depart- Br. Kos" ments were engineers. Yr. Kearns named Timothy Good of re: Cambridge. Hr. Ross stated that he was not an engineer position. but that he was Superintendent of a very large city and asked if he could name superintendents who were engineers in any towns comparable to I+exington. Mr. Kearns mentioned PhXlip Welch of Reading. Mr. Ross replied that he was Supt. of Public Works. Mr. Kearns then mentioned Foster of Wilmington and Mr. Ross stated that Wilmington was a very small town that had its own water system. Mr. Giroux asked Kearns what he thought the Supt. of Water and Sewer Department, if a trained engineer, would be worth and he replied that he should be worth from $5000. to $3500, a year. Mr. Giroux then asked what he thought a foreman should get, and he replied that a foreman s wages would vary. Mr. Kearns asked the Chairman what he thought therequirements of the ' Supt. of fttir and Sewer Dept. should be and if he thought that an engineer would be necessary. The Chairman re- plied that he thought a practical man with outside experience would be more valuable to the Town. mr. Kearns