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Home My WebLink About1924-01-15 124 ti T L.EET1FG, Jt.r1LARY 15 , 1 . 24•. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Hall , Lexington . on Puerday , Jan 15 . 1924 , at e 00 P. M. The following memberr of the Board ..'ere prevent , namely ;ieeere . bcamman eSlake , hutcninron , Burnham and Moulton, the Town Clerk and the Aer ' t /own Llerk were also prevent. Attorney Thomas F . Cullivan came before the Board with hie client, Joseph Trani , on the appeal of raid Trani from the decir on of the Building Inspector. the building lnepector held up the permit applied for by Trani ro that the ordinance of the Planning Board would be accepted Jy the Town and .k.r . Irani would then have to place hie building twenty feet back from the etreet lire . Mr . ',adman rtatrd that the plane and epecificatione pre- vented by Lir . Trani were in accordance with the Building Laws. Seat w. twasmeritilt Wad. WVEmIsmodotA s The board requested e-r . Trani to consult with the Planning board and ree if they could come to come agreement . ::.r. £rani raid he war willing to vet the etoree back ten feet but if the Zoning ordinance went through others would not be compelled to place their buildings back twenty feet but his would already have been placed back and he would not get the trade . He agreed . however , to talk '• ith the Planning board on Friday evening next and raid he would do what war, right in the patter . Petition for etreet lights on doncord Avenue from the junction of Pleasant st. and Concord Avenue to the Belmont Line war received and turned over to the Supt. of Public Works . Request war made by the Planning Board that the Board call 1 a Lown 'meeting on February 11th pc) that the matter of zoning may be acted upon . No date war, ret ar the Planning Board were again to confer with the Board. Insurance policies ordered through various agents for renewale were approved by the Board. Letter war written to Frederick L. emery in which the Board informed that a sign war to be placed at the corner of Lowell and Maple Streets directing traffic and will ta'.e the place of the wooden sign that he objected to . Requert for an increase ie pay war received from Albert hose , oupt . of streets , .,titer & sewer . The increa.re asked for was $700 . Requert for an increase in pay of the Police Department wan received from the membere and the Sergeant and Chief . rhe Board requested the Chief to figure the eetimatee of his depart- ment including :.he incre:aee and the matter would be taken up 125 with the Finance Committee . Chief Edward eeavitt reported that the piggeries or the following appeared to be in accordance with the regulations of the Board of health Erncrt E. Ballard , Herbert L . Wellington , John Sullivan and Bartholomew connorr . hearing war declared open on the charger brought by Christopher harriron , erupt . of Public +forks , against Andrew 3ain, employee of the Wa er and Sewer Department . The charge war that Mr . Bain did not cooperate wtth the department and Supt. Roes . Mr . harriron called upon k.r .. Sore to give rtat.ementr of the men employed wr,ich Mr . hoer pave . Mr . harrison etated that :er . Bain war asked to make col- lections of water rates and he did not do ro . He stated that in Belmont , Arlington , eincheeter , and other towns around the water rater were collected by the Collector of taxer and men went eut collecting tie money the came as they do here . e.r . Bain ' r pay is 75c,' per hour , averaging $18 per week . +i r . Harriron claimed that he did not cooperate and has frequently raid that he knows no bore but the membere of the Board of Selectmen . He rpoee of the gasoline tank. that air . Eain took gasoline and used the same in his car . He then read statements of John Colline , Charles eaugno , Charier Lembo , all of which he raid were taken down by hie stenographer . Mr . hors told the story that e:r . Bain did not repair water meters when he should be repairing them, that he war found by the men arleep on the job . he claimed that he put in for time he wan not there . he refused to come up on 5aturdayr when he could be of great assistance , and he felt that he was not the type of man that should be on the job. Byron C . Earle having overheard the etatement made by the Supt. told the Board that in the Towne he mentioned , numely, Belmont , Arlington, Winchester, the Collector collected water rater , but the 'Tater Department did not go out and collect delinquents , they sent a man to inform the people to pay their bill at the Town hall and if they did not the water would be phut off . L:r . gain stated that he wr.r, very much eurprieed at the charger brought against him because nothing had been raid to him about not doing nir work properly or cooperating until he received the letter from kr . harriron. He stated that when he rear asked to collect water rates he did not do ro because he had no car to go and was also informed by Supt . Rose that he would vend two other men anyway and that he should not go . He never rtole any gasoline or used any from the tank except when he drove Lr . harriron around in hie own car and then used the town gasoline . ler Rove claimed that Mr . Bain w-uld not work on Saturday . Mr . Bain recalled one day when he asked e,t . hoer to telephone to the Hotel Somerset end make an appoint- ment for him on Saturday to meet a reprerenta tive of the Out- door Club in 0-der to collect a bill . He went to the hotel and asked for the party but found th.y.t 'Mr. Rove had never telephoned and made the date for him. In regard to finding him arleep on the job he etated that he arrays brings hie lunch and after lunch he has dozed off to sleep but neither Mr . Harrison or 126 .:fr. =-rote woke him up to go to work. ter. Bain raid he made 'T out all the billy for the rewer department and gave them to the clerk of the department to copy and vend out. He made up the time eheete ready to be copied on the payrolls . He ehoved bille that he had collected and recorde of caree that he had adjueted. He had many timer received orders frmn kr . barrinon' e office to do thinge that Mr . hoer knew nothing about in regard to invertigating leake . etc . and had had no dieagreemente with mr . harricon , in fact kr . Jadman had told him that Mr . harrie n only a few weekr rince , that Ir. Bain way the •moet valuable man in the ;'later Department. L.any argumente were entered into but no real evidence that ler . Bain neglected hie duty war prevented except heareay. Mr . harriron or ler . r,ovv had never found kr . Bain neglecting hir duty . Collector Byron C Earle told the hoard that Mr . Harrison again refuted to pay hie bill for lea on water rate collections . Mr . harriron claimed he never raw the bill. Collector Earle rhowed figurer made upon the tame by hit clerk. He called hie attention to the fact that he and axr . Burnham went in to hip office and told him clearly that he war to be paid lee :n water rate collectione and that each time he hat refueed to approve the bill thereby holding the name up . He asked him if he considered that cooperation. Collector Earle told the Board that he thought Mr . Harrigan war unfit for the position he held . The hearing way diemirred at 12 15 P . L. and the Board decided to have another meeting on January 16th. Mrs . Lorna LcLean Milne , Prep . of the home and School aneociation requested the Chief of Police tc place an officer at the corner of Clarke St . and Lave . z-- nue when the children are let out of school . The ..hief stated that he could do this if he placed a night man or that duty but the day man very often hae to go to Court and that leaver him short . The meeting adjourned at 1 05 A. m. a true record , Attert C i (7 ra t r i QA.(N • l� r clerk. '�M