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SELECTMEN'S MEETING November 2, 1992 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, November 2, 1992, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Eddison, Mr. Dailey, Mr. McSweeney; Mr Cohen, Town counsel; Mr. White, Town Manager; and Mrs. Peters, Executive Clerk, were present, PUBLIC HEARING: BOSTON EDISON COMPANY EAST EMERSON AND MAUREEN ROAD Mrs. Smith opened the meeting by saying that the public hearing was being held on a petition, plans, and order for a Grant of Location for conduits to be replaced in East Emerson Road, Maureen Road and East Street. Edward Chisholm representing Boston Edison explained that the work was necessary to alleviate a continuing outage problem in the neighborhood. Mr. Eddison asked how long the cable had been in the ground, and was told 15--20 years. Mr. McSweeney was told in response to his question that there would be a "spare" conduit installed in the cable. Mr. Lloyd Taylor, 1 Maureen Road, urged that the work be done as quickly as possible. Mr. Chisholm said that Boston Edison will be working with the Town DPW to correct this problem during the month of November. Mrs. Smith noted a memorandum, dated October 20, 1992 from Richard Spiers, Director of Public Works /Engineering, recommending that approval be granted, and declared the hearing closed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the petition, plan, and order for a Grant of Location for conduits to be replaced in East Emerson Road, Maureen Road and East Street. PERSONNEL ACTION RELATING TO THE D MPSEY CASE Mr. White noted that the Gants Report recommended that Dis_ patcher Kenneth Robishaw be dismissed if the findings of fact following the administrative hearing mirror the findings of fact made in the Report, and that administrative proceedings should be initiated against captain Robert Walton and administrative action in some form should be taken if the findings of fact made following the administrative hearing mirror those made in the Report. Mr. White added that his responsibility for taking action on these personnel matters is vested in him through provisions of the "Selectmen -Town Manager Act of the Town of Lexington" and rein- forced through various collective bargaining agreements. ,..,, Mr. White reported that Mr. Robishaw resigned, effective October 19, 1992, and that as a result of his resignation, dismiss- al proceedings were not conducted. Mr. White also reported that Captain Walton waived his contractual rights to a hearing.