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435 SEIEC TMGN'S MEETING April 10, 1961 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held_in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on M nday, April 10, 1961, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Morey, Messrs . Adams, Cole , and Richards were present. Mr . Stevens, Town Counsel, Mr. Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works, and the Executive Clerk were also pre- ' sent . Mr. Ferguson arrived at the meeting at 8:47 P.M. A request was received from Keith Phinney, Director of Music in Bedford, for permission to borrow the re- viewing stands for a music festival to be held on May 6. Reviewing The Chairman said she thought men from the Public Stands Works Department shouldbe employed, if possible , and paid time and a half. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to advise Mr. Pinnfry to contact Mr. Carroll. - I Mr, Stevens referred to the vote of the Board accepting the offer submitted by Mrs. Alice Hagerty and stated tht it is now in order for the Board to Hagerty sign the acceptance . offer The instrument accepting Mrs. Hagerty' s offer was signed and taken by Mr. Stevens . Mr. Stevens referred to the first taking made last July for the Minute Man Highlands sewer, and advised that the attorney for Leonard, owner of the lot on the corner of Peacock Farm Road and Watertown Offer of Street, wrote last August and requested the Board settlement to make an offer of settlement for damages . He said he delayed presenting it for action waiting to bee how the work developed . He said this is only a ten foot permanent easement and then there is a construction easement thirty feet wide beyond it . He advised that the Board is supposed to make an offer within a period of nine months . He discussed it with Mr. Reenstierna, who made appraisals all along that line , and based on conversation with him, recommended that the Board make an offer of $100. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to offer to settle Mr. Leonard's claim for damages for $100.