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MEETING. JUNE 12, 1926.
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A regular meeting of the board of selectmen and Public
horke was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town hall, Lexington ,
on Tuesday, June 12, 1923 at 8 P.M. The following members of
the Board were present, namely iieesrs . Scamman, Blake , Burnham
Hutchinson and Moulton, the Town C1Erk and Are' t Town Lilerk were
present .
William J . Biarshali of 9 Independence Ave . was drawn as a
Juror.
August Young of Laconia Street , came before the Board to
see about obtaining hie (Federal) License to Slaughter.
The Board informed him that they would take the matter up as
soon as possible .
On June 1 , notice of temporary suspension was sent to
Officer iilliam F. Fletcher , pending charges preferred by Chief
of Police , Edward Leavitt. On June 2 , Officer Fletcher notified
the Board that owing to the fact that he did not receive a copy
of the charges of suspension he still held himself in readiness
to rerform hie duty ae an Officer . On June 5 . after consultation
with Town Oouneel , another notice war sent Officer Fletcher ,
enclosing co y of the chargee preferred and also setting a date
of hearing as of June 12th at 8 Fee. Inquiry was received
from tmmidon a, Bicknell , Counsellors at Law, representing
Officer Fletcher , requesting the ch rge of Neglect of Duty in
Detail to which the Uhief of Police wrote as follows "under
charge 2 , Neglect of Duty, that said 'fficer Fletcher called the
station once between the hours of 1 and 2 :..i:. , and once
between the hours of 3 and 4 A. on the morning of June let."
A hearing therefore war declared open in accordance with
the foregoing action.
A Ingham Bicknell was present to represent Officer Fletcher .
Daniel J . O' Connell was present to prepreeent Chief of Police ,
Edward Leavitt. Sergeant uullivan and Officer Irwin were also
present as witnesses for Chief Leavitt.
Both Attorneys requested the witnesses be sworn, and they
were eo sworn by the Town Oler k.
Considerable testimony was given and the Board considered
the matter and decided that Officer Fletcher was not guilty of
Charge 1 , but that he was guilty of Charge 2 , and that for this
offense they would suspend him, without pay from June 5th to
June 15th, 1923 , and order him to report on June 16th to the
Chief for duty.
Daniel J. ., ' Connell as rttorney for John F Zunino , owner of
property at 119 Male. tiverue , Lexi :gton, requested the Board
to get advice from t'e, Town CounFel ae to whether or not
Mr. Zunino was not entitled to another hearing upon hie aprli-
cation for a gasoline station at 119 Mass . ave .
In this connection the Board also agreed that nothing
further would be done by the Building Inspector about tearing
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the building down until the Board consulted with the Town
Counsel in regard to the hearing on the gasoline station.
L fr . ' Connell informed the Board that Mr. Zunino might
' fix up the building if he had a permit to have a station.
A Board of Survey hearing called for 8 P .M. upon appli-
cation of George R. Blinn, Trustee , for approval of plan shoving
passageway leading from saes . Ave . over land of the Robinson
Estate , was adjourned as bone of the parties interested appeared .
Robert h. Holt and William R. Greeley were appointed to
fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of Robert P . Clapp
and Willard D. Brown an the Building Law Revision Committee .
Notice of resignation from the 150th anniversary Committee
was received from George K. Taylor and Frank D . Peirce.
hr. houlton stated that he would bring in two names to
fill the vacancies at the next meeting.
Resignation of Walter H. hew as a Police Officer of the
Lexington Lepartment was accepted .
Florence L. Boyd, Clerk of the dater Department .xequeeted
an increase in pay and the Board voted to grant her an increase
of $100 to date from July let for the balance of the year .
In regard to the electric Lights requested on Allen Street
the Supt. of Public Works reported that seven lights were needed.
The Supt . also reported that eight lights were needed on
Lovell Street from ''oburn St. to East Street .
The Board ordered the SupErintendent to have the Edison Co .
represeila.tive locate the lights and place them in.
Letter was received from the Supt. of Public +orks in
which he informed the Board that Charles Fine of the ,dater De-
partment should be pensioned.
r. Scamman informed the Louipt. of Public ddorks that Mr.Fine
of the Watdr pspartment could not be pensioned as he was not a
war veteran. Nothing was done about this matter.
Permit to excavate at 609 lass . Ave . was granted to the
Lexington Gas Company through the Supt. of Public vorks .
Yermit to lay main on Somerset Road and hill Street was
.also granted subject to the instructions to the Company of the
Supt. of Public YVorks.
Rupert H. Stevens and Patrick J. Cronin came before the
Board relative to securing an extension of the water pipe in
that street and also requesting that the extension ie at least
a two inch pipe instead of a in. ae the present pipe now is.
Mr. harrison advised a 6 inch tee already installed makes
it convenient to put in a 4 inch pipe .
The Board left the matter with the Supt. of Public ,Yorke .
hr . Edward O' Connor representing the ;eater Department,
and William H. helley and Stephen Broughall , representing the
'highway Department came before the Boaxd with a recuest for an
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increase in pay. £hey stated that Lexington appeared to be r111
paying lees than any of the towns around for the work done.
The Board asked the Supt . of Public +Forks that he considered
a fair increase and he stated that he thought 4 an hour would be
fair .
kr. Harrison was reouested to look into the matter and
report.
In regard to the request of Joseph L . Zuretti , John Rose and
Charles h. Franks that the bond required for public carriage
licensee be either reduced or abolished , the Board decided that
they would not make any change in the regulations and believed
that this action was for the beet interest of the town and also
for the licensee.
The question ae to whether or not Hobert H. White could
collect his pay for the three days he was suspended was left over
until the Town Counsel' s opinion could be obtained on the same.
Common Victualler' s License was granted to Howard d. Munroe
and H. Irving Currier to do business at the corner of Lowell and
Woburn Streets .
Sunday bales Licensee were granted to Amber P . Arey and
Ida H. B. Capper , the former at 458 Mass . Ave . and the latter at
Middle Street .
Mr . Moulton stated that if the Board had no objection he
would put up a bill board at the triangle at the corner of Maple St .
and Lass . Avenue directing traffic to the Mohawk Trail and place
a light on same .
The Board appeared to have no objections .
The Supt. of Pubic worke reported that he had sent Norman
Skidmore to haltham and Norwood to etude the purchasing agent
system there . he also got figures on filing cabinets needed to
carry out this system, the same being $190 . The Supt. stated that
he felt he could do away with the services of Ir. Rose and hire
Skidmore to be time keeper for the dater, Sewer Highway Depts .
and also be Purchasing Agent.
The Chairman informed the Board that he felt money could be
Saved if we had one .
1 The Supt. was given authority to purchase the cabinets , but
not to employ an Agent.
The oupt . of Public +corks read a letter of suspension that he
had written to Helen L Ready , employee of the Assessors Dept. his
reason being that she attended the funeral of Fr . Kelleher on
June 12th without notifying him.
:sir.. Harrison was informed by the Board that he had no author-
ity over that Department, as the Selectmen even did not have :any
authority over them after they were appointed.
The Supt . of Public ,corks retorted that he had figures on
the construction of the sidewalk at riubudon Road and that Bond Bros.
of Everett was the lowest bidder , the bid being $0.37 pr . sq . ft.
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The Board authorized the Supt . to award the bid to the
lowest bidder .
The Board authorized the Town Trew'urer to secure bids or.
$50 ,000 notes for temporary loan.
The Board notified Leonard __ . Junham that his resignation
which was given verbally over the 'phone to ir. ;u,oulton was
accepted.
A true record , Atteet
clerk.
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