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1 C SELECTMEN'S MEETING JAN. 13th, 1940. A special: meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 2:00 P.M. Chairman Giroux,_ Messrs. Potter, Locke and Sarano were present. Mr. Rowse arrived at 2:20 P.M. The Clerk was also present. Letter was received from Leonard Jellis of 70 Ward Street demanding that ice and slush be removed from streets so that they will be safe. Mr. Sarano said that he had had 15 or 16 telephone calls since the first snow storm. He said that this Board had approved a certain number of side- walks to be plowed on either one side or both sides of cer- tain streets. He went up to the Public Works Building at the time of the first storm and found one sidewalk plow lying id1b. He asked Barry if the plow was out of order and Barry said that it was not. Mr. Saran said he thought that the Board should demand that the sidewalks designated on Nov. 20, 1939 be plowed first and that the sidewalk plows should be used until other sidewalks in town have been plowed. Mr. Potter said he believed that the Board was wrong when it laid out a certain few sidewalks to be plowed.. He thought all or none should be plowed. The Chairman said the question was whether or not the Board wanted to revise its orders in regard to sidewalk plowing. Mr. Potter moved that the sidewalks designated on the list made up on November 20, 1939 be plowed first and that the equipment be kept in operation plowing other sidewalks as long as is practicable. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Clerk was instructed to acknowledge Mr. Jellis' letter and tell him that the regulations were being revised in an attempt to use the existing equipment as much as is necessary. Mr. Raymond appeared before the Board. The Chairman said that he had the unpleasant task of Informing the Selectmen that the Town was about to lose its Supt. of Public Works, Last Thursday, Mr. Eddy came to see Mr. Giroux and said that before speaking to Mr. Raymond, he wanted to speak with this Board through the Chairman, and inform it that Metcalf & Eddy and a Chicago firm were the engineers on a very large project that the State is going to do in Boston'Harbor. Mr. Eddy said that he had a great need of Mr. Raymond and was anxious to secure his services. The Chairman told Mr. Eddy that the Selectmen could do nothing to stand in Mr. Raymond's way. Mr. Giroux said that he did not get in touch with the other members of the Board at that time as there was some question as to whether or not the contract would go through quickly. Mr. Eddy wants Mr. Raymond for six months and possibly for eighteen months. His request was - could the Town, or would Snow Removal Supt. of Public Works