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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1928-02-2820 REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 28, 192B. ' A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen.was held at the Selectmen's Office at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Custance, Burnham, Ballard, Robertson, and Chamberlain were present.. The Supt. of Public 4"forks nd the Clerk were also present. The town having voted on September 22, 1927 to borrow money to build a new town office building, the Town Treasurer was requested to ask for bids on $45,000. to be used in part payment for the new office building now under construction. For this purpose the to= will issue under the General Laws, 40 coupon notes of $1,000. each and 10 coupon notes of "500, each under the name of "Newi Town Office Building Loan." These notes to be payable as follows: 62,500. yearly 1929 to 1938 inclusive $25,000. 2,000. yearly 1939 to 1948 " 20,000. $45.,000. The notes to be dated March 1, 1928 with interest at the rate of 4% per annum. Bids were received on the $45,000. loan for the New Town Office building as follows: ' Old Colony Cora. 102.657 Estabrook & Co. 103.16 Lexington Trust Co. 103.15 Atlantic -Merrill Oldham Corp. 103.14 C. D. Pariter & Co. 102.37 The bid was .warded to Esta.brbok & Company. Mr. Jesse Meadows, 491 Mass. Avenue, came before the Board to get the Board's approval of his application for a peddlers license. He presented two letters of recommendation and the Board signed the appplication. Report was made to the Board by 141r. Francis Chamberlain that Pyr. John W. Leary who holds a Public Carriage License, employes a driver who takes passengers while under the influence of liquor. The Board therefor felt that some action ;w>uld be taken, -end re uested that Mr. Leary come before them at tine meeting on Tuesday evening next. The Board voted to grant r. Frankl:Iara a Sunday Sales License to keep a shop open at 168 mass. Avenue, and also granted him an Alcohol License. ' Letter was received from the erupt. of Public iTorks in rihich he made a recommendation as to the increase in water rates tc> be adopted. Mr. Robertson 'stated that he recommended that we proceed to establish the water rates in accordance with the second paragraph of the Supt. of Public Works' letter with the exception of the change of 180 instead of 172¢. The recommendation of the Supt. of Public ',Yorks is as follows: First 25,000. cu, ft. 29,� per 100 cu, ft. 203 vext 15,000. cu. ft. All over 40,000. cu. ft. 24,` per 100 cu. ft. C7 20� per 100 cu. ft. "It is possible that the Board may conclude that this rate is too heavy for the large water user to bear and it may be that we could add another rate to the scale or change the minimum allowance at the higher rate, that is, make it 205000 cu. ft. at 29� per 100, 20,000. cu. ft. at 240 per 100 20,000 cu. ft. at 204 per 100, and all over that amount to pay =1720 per 100." Mr. Ballard stated that he felt that the Board should have before .them a schedule with the earnings of the Department under the present charge and the schedule of the proposed earnings with the ne,-i change in rates. The Supt. of Public !corks was requested to find out when the last change in rates was made. The Board therefor felt that action on establishing new rates should be Deferred until such information is received from the Supt. The Supt. was also to secure rates from other towns. Mr. William Roger Greeley came Before the Board in regard to some matters on the nev, town office building. He was requested to have some samples and prices of Stedman ' rubber flooring at the next meeting of the Committee on March 6, 1928, at 8 P.M.' It was also suggested that Hr._Fr2ncis Dane of'Bennington Road might in interested in the rubber flooring, and thathe might want to present a bid. The Chairman signed a deduction sheet for 425.00 on screens for the neve town office building. sir. Greeley was requested to bring in figures and colors for shades for the new building at the next meeting. The opinion was expressed that the semi -indirect lighting system might be adopted with some special fixtures for the Selectmen's room and for near the outride door. Mr. Burnham suggested that some kind of sign be placed on the front end of the building so that people going dovvn mass. Avenue from the center of the to«rn could tell that they were coming to the Town Office Building. Mr. Robertson asked if something could be done to cover up the Sprinkler system which is conspicuous on the front of the building. Mr. Ballard reported that he had the list of equipment for the building on hand, and would make progress on same at c later date. Application t°as received from Ezra F. Breed for the position of Plumbing Inspector. 1,1r. Bred stated in his application that he in no tray wanted to interfere ttrith the position of the present , Plumb- ing Inspector, but he felt t1lat if the Inspector refuses to accept the salary which was voted for him, that he tn+ould be t�;illing to accept`it. The application was acknowledged and pl ced on file. Letter was received from George Whiting of Waltham Street in which he stated that the ceilings in his house were damaged by the blasting of the eater Department on Yis.chusett Drive. The Supt. of Public 'orks reported that he and ter. Ross had been over to look at the ceilings of both the George Whiting and the Thomas Whiting houses, and he felt that damage was not very great and that some of the cracks may have existed previous to the blasting. The Supt. of Public Works was requested to get someone other than the plasterer who did the ilork on the Whiting house, and get his opinion as to whether the cracks were caused by the blasting or not. The Supt. of rublic Works was requested to draw up an order which could be approved by either him or the Board of Selectmen for work to be done by the Engineering Department or other departments of the Town. The Supt. of Public Works was requested to loop up the number of property owners on Prospect Rill Road to see if 75% of the olmers had signed the petition for the acceptance of Prospect Hill Road. Mr. Burnham reported that the Building Inspector had a problem ' which he wanted decided by the Boars. It appears that the State Hospital Building is entirely within the limits of the Town of Lex-•- ington, and he does not knot; whether he is within his rights in making a charge for the per--rit. It was left with the Chairmen to find out from the Department of Public Safety whether a charge could be made for this building or not. Mr. Burnham also reported a complaint from firs. Ida H. B. Capper that stones were thrown at the windows of her garage breaking the windows and hitting the car inside two nights in succession, and that it happened, she should judge, sometime after the Lexington Theatre had closed, and she thought it had been done by some people coming from the theatre. The Board decided to inform the Chief of Police: about the matter and ask him to make investigation to see if the parties could be caught. It was decided to request the Comiuittee on Housing the Fire Alarm apparatus to meet with the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday evening next at 9 P.M. Mr. Francis Toye came before the Board and requested that a back- stop be built at the East Le__ington Playground so that the boys could play baseball in the proper manner. The Board decided that this should be done, and rer_uested the Supt. of Public Works to see that the backstop is built. 208 Neil "cIn cosh came bef:re the Board together truth his engineer C7 s_nd presented the plan of the Davis Property in North Lexington, -and I. asked that the Board take action on �_.dvertisin^ same. No action a -as taken, however. The Board discussed some of the Articles in the warrant for the '_nnual Town Meeting to be held Larch 5, 1928 anc1 decided to recommend that the Police do not receive any increase in pay although the Appropriation Committee are ready to give the increase. They also decided to request the Chief of the Fire Department to be present at the To -M Meeting _^nd offer the vote in regard to the fire apparatus. The Supt. of Public Works rras requested to get a schedule of the size of buildings needed to store the material and equipment for the Public Works Department in detail so that the Board may use this in their study for Public '�:'orks Department property. It sas decided to request the Town Counsel to come before the Board on Tuesday evening next to discuss matters in regard to the article in the vyarrant relative to prohibition of pigs. Resort was made to the Board that the busses carrying the school children from Vast Lexington to the High and Junior High Schools are excessively -crowded and in one instance 76 children were in one bus. The Board decided to write to the Eiddlesex & Boston St. Ry. Cc. and recuest them to put on an extra bus in the morning to take care of these children. attachment order wqs granted to the Edison Electric Ill. Co. ' to attach the wires of the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. on one pole on Waltham Street opposite Vine Brook Road. Report was received from the Supt. of Public V,,orks in regard to the joint petition for location of poles on Follen Road. He re- commended that one of the poles be moved so that it would not inter- fere with the George F. Harrington property on Follen Road. The Supt. was recuested to carry out his recommendation. The Board signed the office plan of Tavern bane v�rhich was approved on January 28, 1928. It was decided to request the Chief of Police to come before the Board on Tuesday evening next to discuss matters on dog restraint. nater commitment for $353.05 was signed, together with abate- ments in the Water Department in the amount of $88.94 and Sewer De- partment for $1.50. Satisfactory bond having been received from Isadore J. Michelson it was decided to grant him a permit to erect a sign overhanging the sidewalk at 470 Mass. Avenue. Meeting adjourned at 11:35 P.L. ' A true record, Attest: '4'L �. Clerk.