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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-10-20-BOS-min y� S f 4 J Co Ifu " ' SELECTMEN'S MEETING October 20, 1980 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, October 20, 1980, at 7 30 p m Chairman Miley, Mr Busa, Mrs Battin, Mr Kent and Mr Crain; Mr Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mrs Banks, Assistant to the Town Manager, Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Miss Casey, Executive Clerk, were present Mr Louis Zehner, Town Treasurer, requested the Board's approval to Treasurer borrow $300,000 for construction and reconstruction of sewers and $66,000 for the bicycle paths He recommended that the awards be made to the lowest bidders, Old Colony, New England Merchants and Shawmut County Bank of Cambridge Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the recom- mendation of the Town Treasurer to borrow $300,000 for sewer construction and reconstruction as follows $150,000 from Old Colony at 5 18% and $150,000 from N E Merchants at 5 49%; $66,000 for the bicycle paths from Shawmut County Bank of Cambridge at 4 90% to be repaid from the proceeds of bond issues to mature June 16, 1981 and February 6, 1981, respectively The Board met with Chief Bergeron and several Lexington physicians to Ambulance discuss the ambulance policy guidelines Copies of the guidelines had Policy been distributed to the physicians in the area II/ The primary conflict centered around the question of whether or not to go to the nearest hospital, in most cases this would be Symmes, or go a longer distance to a hospital where the patient had been before and had his records Mr Kent felt that the restrictions on where to take patients should be made more flexible, without the guidelines being totally open-ended It was decided to table the discussion until the November 3 meeting The Chairman thanked the physicians for their input and they retired from the meeting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to table the dis- cussion and adoption of the new ambulance policy guidelines until the November 3 meeting The Town Manager introduced Mr Walter Tonaszuck, the new director Director of Public Works/Engineering The Chairman extended a welcome and best Public wishes to Mr Tonaszuck Works The Board met with theCATV Committee The Chairman thanked the CATV committee for its many years of work on the project and turned the chair Hearings over to Mr Busa Mr Kent requested that it be made clear that he was disqualifying himself from participation in the hearings and any role in the making of a decision in the award of a cable television franchise He stated that his decision was based on his very close personal relationship with counsel for one of the applicants He stated that he had sought the ad- vice of Town Counsel concerning the proper course of action, not so much to avoid conflict of interest but to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest Mr Cohen felt that, in his view, Mr Kent ought to disqualify ') (1 - 2 - 1 CATV himself, which confirmed Mr Kent's own opinion Hearing Mr Busa expressed the regret of the Board that Mr Kent's legal and technical advice would be sorley missed Mr Kent left the meeting room Mr Busa explained that the Board would now proceed to conduct the first of two public hearing sessions in connection with the issuance of a cable television franchise for the Town of Lexington He stated that the hearing was held by the Board of Selectmen in its capacity as issuing authority under Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 166A, Section 16 and Section 3 of Title 207 of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations, as re- vised on September 15, 1980, including the new section on local ownership disclosure and general licensing rule changes Mr Busa explained the rules of the hearing and proceeded to call upon Mr Thomas Bird of Rollins Cablevision of Massachusetts, Inc to make his company's presentation Mr Micahel Isaacs made the presentation for the Greater Boston Cable Corporation/Colony Communications Company The third company listed for the hearing, Lexington CATV/Acton cor- poration did not send a representative, therefore, no presentation was made After the presentations were made, Mr Busa adjourned the hearing at 9 20 p m to be reconvened on October 27 at 8 00 p m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room. Mrs Miley resumed the chair and continued the Selectmen's meeting Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted the following items Sheraton/Lex Approval of change of manager for the Sheraton-Lexington Motor Inn from Mgr Jeff Brown to Robert Savio Mass Dept Request of Mass Dept of Public Health to declare the week of Novem- Pub Health ber 9 "Emergency Medical Services Week" One Day Confirm poll vote of issuance of One Day Liquor License for October 20 Liquor Lic to Minuteman Chapter of the American Red Cross Sewer Approve abatement of sewer assessment of Joseph F Alibrandi on Lot H Abatement Lowell Street in the amount of $2,214 80 -- sewer not extended to service this lot State Elec- Confirm poll vote to sign the Warrant for the State Election on tion November 4, 1980 Warrant One Day Approve request for One Day Liquor License for October 25, 1980 by the Liquor Lic 94th U S Army Reserve Command Gypsy Moth The Manager updated the Board on the Gypsy Moth problem and he referred Program them to reports from George Smith on discussions he had with three experts in the chemical field which indicated that everyone was opposed to the use of chemicals The staff is now reviewing how an expanded program can be run with the use of dipel - 3 - 1 8 Selectmen's Meeting October 20, 1980 The Manager requested the Board's signature for the MBTA-LEXPRESS LEXPRESS agreement Contract Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Service Agreement By and Between the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the Town of Lexington, Effective September 1, 1979 under article IV extending the contract through October 31, 1980 Mr Busa issued a statement on his position relative to Proposition Prop 21/2 2 1/2 He stated that, while he sympathized with its proponents and their Mr Busa objective to cut property taxes, he felt that Proposition 2 1/2 in its present form was not a good piece of legislation and he could not sup- port it He cautioned those that would vote for it to expect increases in such things as user fees and cuts in services This made it a unanimous decision that the Board of Selectmen would oppose Proposition 2 1/2 a ! f"*N The Manager updated the Board relative to the problem of the traffic Minuteman light at the Minuteman School They are looking into additional signing School in the area, additional lighting, subject to cost and an overhead tem- Traffic porary light subject to cost He stated that they will try to get the school to share some of the cost He stated that all these things are II/ only temporary and partial solutions of the problem Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 1055pm A true record, Attest Executive Clerk I \iL/ I VOID