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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1939-06-14328 8ELE CTMEN T S MEETING .et JUNE 14th, 1939. A special meeting of the Selectmen was held in the P g Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 5x30 P. M. Chairman Giroux and Messrs. Potter, Locke and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. The Chairman said that he had called the meeting to ' tell the Board that he had overstepped what the Board author- ized him to do on the Ryder cases. R. L. Ryder telephoned him on Tuesday afternoon and said that -he was very much surprised at the attitude of the Board, and felt that it had not taken all the facts into consideration. He thoug�t the Selectmen had told him that they did not want to take his property away from him,'and the Chairman told him than that was true. He told Ryder that the Board had acted the way it had because he was so unreasonable. He said that he., Ryder as well as some of the other members of the Board, had al�vayA cases, fought for the Vine Brook project, which was a definite help to the Ryders and doubly, because that project was wider construction, the Board felt that he was unreasonable, " was going to fight -with him. The Chairman told Mr. Ryder that if he would settle for $40,000.00 he would call a meeting of the Board of Selectmen this (Wednesday) mornin' at 8;00 A.M. to see if the Board would go through with it. Ryder said that he would think it over and call him back, ' but he did not call. He called the Town Counsel after having talked with Ryder, and repeated his conversation with Mr. Ryder. Mr.', Wrightington said that he was worried about the situation' because he had talked with Owen, and Owen was very sure of himself and said that he -was not afraid to fight the thing out. Mr. Wrightington-was'worried about the Land Court situation this morning, also. The matter stood that way.' "Mr. Giroux agreed to be at the Land Court this morning and invited George Emery to be there to represent the Approp- riation Committee. Ryder sat beside Mr. Giroux, and said', again that he thought that his case was good, and he was going to fight it. He said he had not had an opportunity this time to talk to the Board and go into details, but if he had, he thought that he would convince the Selectmen. 11 He said that he wanted at least $42.,500.., -and would then-oall the thing off. -The Chairman -told Emery" and Wrightington.,' and they -made no remarks. He talked with Ryder again and took a chance and told him that if he would take $41,000., the' Board would go along with the Town Counsel for a reasonable extension of time on the Land Court cases. Ryder .finally came back and said that he would settle for the $41,000. That is, he would accept $6,000,00 in cash plus the cancella- tion of his tgxes: The Chairman told Messrs.`Umery and Wrightington this, and they thought it was the thing to dpi, ' The Judge agreed to an extension on the tax titles of'one week from June 15th. Mr. Wrightington said that he would 1 1 1 329 draw up the agreement at once, and send it to Ryder to look over over the weekend, and then submit it to the Selectmen Monday evening. The Chairman said that the whole thing did not commit the Board, as the settlement was subject to its approval and the approval of the Town Meeting. He said that he hoped the Board would approve of his action in in- structing the Town Counsel to give Ryder a reasonable ex- tension of one week. Mr. Sarano moved that the Chairmlin►s action in this respect be approved. Mr. Potter seconded the motion, and it was so voted. The Chairman said that he believed that it was unnecessary for the Board to act on the proposed settlement of $41,000.00 until it had seen the agreement. Mr. Sarano moved that the Chairman's actions in the whole matter be approved. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. The Chairman said that the Town Counsel called him and said that the Building Inspector told him that a steam shovel was up on the land taken by the Menotomy Trust from Loam the Ryders, and was stripping loam. Mr. Wrightington called stripping Mr. Bailey at the Bank, and he was very vague, and questioned whether or not the Town could stop the stripping., but ad- mitted that they were hurrying to get the loam before the Town took the property. Mr. Wrightington went into Court and got an enjoining order, and will go to Court tomorrow to try to get an injunction. Mr. Wrightington thinks that we have a legal right to stop it. He wanted to know if the Town would provide a bond to take care of the contractor if the Town did not prove its case. Mr. Potter moved that the Town Counsel be informed that the Torn would provide a bond if the town did not prove its case. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. The meeting adjourned at 6:00 P.M. A true record, Attest: Clerk.