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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-04-04-BOS-min 3(9 SELECTMEN'S MEETING April 4, 1977 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 7 00 p m. Chairman Kessler, Mr Bailey, Mr Busa, Mrs Battin and Mrs Miley; Mr Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mrs McCurdy, Executive Clerk, were present. At the request of the Town Clerk, the following jurors were drawn Jurors Margaret L Hogan 1 Stearns Road William R. Weiss, Jr 16 Estabrook Road Nicholas Colette 26 Volunteer Way Mr Hutchinson recommended that the Board grant the request of One-Day the Lexington Little League for a one-day liquor license on April 30, Liquor Lic 1977 for a benefit dinner dance He briefly discussed the dissection between the two baseball leagues and said that the Town's role will be to review with both leagues the allocation of fields Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the one- day liquor license for Lexington Little League, Inc for April 3C , 1977 for a dinner dance at the Armory Mr Hutchinson read a letter from Mr Andrew J Lane, President Abatement- of A. J Lane & Co , Framingham requesting an abatement of sewer bet- Lane Sewer terment assessment on the property at Woodpark Estates as they had Betterment built a subdivision per rules and regulations of the Planning Boa.rd and the Town of Lexington, installing utilities and completing tt'.e road to the Town's specifications at their own expense The topog- raphy of the frontage lots on Wood Street did not allow them to tie into the sewerage on Wood Street; the house connections were ties. into sewer mains they installed at their expense Therefore, they dic. not feel that they should be paying twice for Town sewerage Mr Hutchinson recommended that the Board abate the assessment Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to abate the sewer betterment assessment against the property at Woodpark Este.tes, owned by A. J Lane & Co , in the amount of $4,164 18 Mr Hutchinson read a request from Mr McSweeney, Director of Flagpole Public Works/Engineering, recommending payment of a bill from B A. Bill Larson Company for replacement of the flagpole on the Green, in the amount of $18,559 16 The report stated that the price in accordance with the contract items which have been completed is $22,667 00 In addition, extra work amounts to $2,898 16 To date, we have issued payments to B A. Larson amounting to $6,600 00 and therefore there is a balance due of $18,965 16 However, we are back-charging the contractor for $56 00 in Town labor costs, and are withholding $:350 00 411)0 Selectmen's Meeting April 4, 1977 pending repainting of the bottom mast Mr Busa said that the Bicentennial Corporation has $30,000 being held in escrow under Article 32 of the 1976 Annual Town Meeting and payment would come out of that account The Bicenten- nial Corporation has $30,000 being held in escrow under Article 32 of the 1976 Annual Town Meeting and payment would come out of that account The Bicentennial Corporation agrees with finalization of the agreement, and it may be brought up at Town Meeting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve payment of $18,559 16 to B A Larson Company for the new flagpole on the Battle Green Payment of $350 00 is to be withheld pending repainting of the bottom mast Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of Selectmen's meetings of January 19, January 25, January 31, 1977 Permit Chairman Kassler read a request for the use of Buckman Tavern grounds Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant per- mission to the Painters Guild of the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society to use the Buckman Tavern lawn for the annual spring ex- hibit on Saturday, June 4, from 10 00 a m. to 5 00 p m. (rain date of June 11, 1977) , subject to the regulations of the Town Manager Annual Chairman Kassler asked the Board to discuss annual appoint- Appointments ments Mr Busa said that before nominations are made, he would have no objection to Mr Taylor but under the criteria the Board had accepted, he thought Mr Taylor might have conflicts associated with other attorneys in the Town In the past, Mr Taylor had not sat in meetings when, in his opinion, there might be conflict Mr Busa wanted to bring it to the Board's attention that there would be no conflict. In fact, he had proposed Mr Taylor's name several years ago Chairman Kassler said that he didn't see anything mentioned in the criteria given by the Committee Mr Taylor has, in the past, not sat on one or two occasions when there was any conflict Dr Kassler accepted Mr Busa's comments and said that he felt quite comfortable with Mr Taylor being reappointed. Mrs Battin and Mrs Miley agreed with Chairman Kassler Board of Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted Appeals to reappoint Mr Thomas G Taylor a member of the Board of Appeals for a five year term expiring March 31, 1982 The Board discussed appointments of Associate Members of the Board of Appeals Chairman Kassler said that Mr Robert Cataldo has asked that his name not be placed in nomination 40.1 Selectmen's Meeting April 4, 1977 Mr Busa said that, as he understood it, anyone who has major landholdings couldn't be considered and, according to the State Hcuse, Paul Rif fin owns 5+ acres of land He thought this was a case in point Chairman Kassler, Mrs Battin and Mrs Miley disagreed Chair- man Kassler said that this is a person who jointly shares in a piece of land and, in his mind, there is a difference between her situation and a developer Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted Board of to reappoint Mr Haskell W Reed, Mr Robert M. Gary, Mrs Natalie H Appeals Rif fin and Mr Clarence D Turner as Associate Members of the Board Associate of Appeals for terms of office expiring March 31, 1978 Members Chairman Kassler asked for nominations to fill the other two positions on the Board of Appeals Mrs Miley nominated Allen Lee Whitman and Mrs Battin nominated William J Scouler Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Mr Allen Lee Whitman and Mr William J Scouler as Associate Members of the Board of Appeals for terms of office expiring March 31, 1978 Mr Busa nominated Mr Richard F Perry to replace Mr Raymond Town Barnes as a member of the Town Celebrations Committee Celebrations Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted Committee to appoint Mr Richard F Perry a member of the Town Celebrations Committee for a term of office expiring April 30, 1980, and to reappoint Mr William P Fitzgerald and Mr Raymond J Flynn as members of the Town Celebration Committee for terms of office expir- ing April 30, 1980 Regarding the appointment of a member of the Board of Regis- Board of trars, Mrs Miley said that she would like to emphasize that, upon Registrars our request, the Republican Town Committee has submitted three nominees Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to reappoint Mr Theldon E Phinney a member of the Board of Regis- trars for a term of office expiring March 31, 1980 The Board unanimously agreed to reappoint the following members Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted Gammell Legacy to reappoint Mr James E Collins a Trustee of the Gammell Legacy Trustee Income for a term of office expiring March 31, 1978 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted Bridge to reappoint Mr William R. McEwen a Trustee of the Bridge Charitable Charitable Fund for a term of office expiring March 31, 1980 Trustee Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to reappoint Fence Rev Harold T Handley and Mr Louis A. Zehner as Fence Viewers fcr Viewers 4102 Selectmen's Meeting April 4, 1977 terms of office expiring March 31, 1978 xp 9 Executive Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to Clerk reappoint Mrs Eleanor M. McCurdy as the Executive Clerk for a term of office expiring March 31, 1978 Drug Advisory Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to Committee reappoint Mrs Margery M. Battin a member and Chairman, and Mr Sumner E Perlman, Dr Jack H Monderer, Mr Jack Sarmanian, and Dr Frederick L. Mazer as members of the Drug Advisory Committee for terms of office expiring March 31, 1978 Also, Mr Charles L McManus as Drug Counselor for a term of office expiring March 31, 1978 Personnel Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to Advisory reappoint Mr J B Butler a member and Chairman of the Personnel Board Advisory Board for a term of office expiring March 31, 1980; also, to reappoint Mrs Joanne Small a member of the Personnel Advisory Board for a term of office expiring March 31, 1980 Street & Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to Sidewalk reappoint Mr Herbert W Eisenberg a member of the Street and Sidewalk Committee Design Advisory Committee for a term of office expiring March 31, 1980 Permit Chairman Kassler read a request from the editors of Lexington High School literary magazine "Folio" to sell the magazine in the Cary Hall lobby before each Town Meeting Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to grant permission to sell "Folio" at Cary Hall before each Town Meeting Resignation- Chairman Kassler informed the Board that with deep regret he offers ' Board of his resignation as a member and Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Selectmen for personal reasons, to become effective April 15, 1977 at 4 30 p m. Each member of the Board expressed his personal feelings of regret to Dr Kassler for his decision to resign, and sincerely thanked him for all of his accomplishments and contributions to the Town Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 7 30 p m. A true record, Attest Execu�Clerk, Selectme I