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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-03-24-BOS-min 231 SELECTMEN'S MEETING March 24, 1969 1 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday evening, March 24, 1969 at 7 00 P.M Chairman Cataldo, Messrs Mabee, Kenney, Greeley and Bailey were present Mr Legro, Town Counsel, Mr, Gray, Executive Assistant, Mr Burke, Superintendent of Public Works, and Mrs McCurdy, Executive Clerk, were also present Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Order of Construction for sewer on Marshall Road. Marshall Rd Fessenden Way Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign Sewers the Order of Construction for sewer on Fessenden Way Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign Auctioneers' Licenses for the following• Auctioneers John D Brucchi 63 Paul Revere Road Ralph D Cataldo 157 East Street Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve Minutes the Minutes of the Selectmen's Meetings held on March 17 and March 19, 1969 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Sewer sewer assessments on Graham Road Assessments Hearing was declared open upon the petition of the Tremblay Real Estate Trust for license for below ground and above ground storage at the premises located at 8 Camellia Place A notice of the hearing was inserted in the March 13, 1969 issue of the Lexington Minute-man and sent by certified mail to Tremblay the abutters, as listed on the records of the Board of Assessors. Gasoline Application was approved by Chief Spellman of the Fire De- Hearing partment The Chairman asked if anyone was present in favor of the application, Mr John Graham, 47 Bedford Street, was present and said that he lived across the street and was in favor of it No one was present in opposition, and the Chairman declared the hearing closed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to issue a license to the Tremblay Real Estate Trust for below ground stor- age of 6800 gallons of motor fuel for truck use, 500 gallons of waste oil and 2000 gallons of fuel oil to be used to heat the building Also, for above ground storage of 300 gallons of motor ‘y I ., ;� oil and 110 gallons of anti-freeze to be stored in metal containers and/or steel drums on the premises located at 8 Camellia Place, Lexington All storage to be used in the normal conduct of busi- ness; none to be sold. Hearing was declared open upon the petition of Lafley's Mobil Service Station for license for below ground and above ground storage at the premises located at 27 Massachusetts Avenue. A notice of the hearing was inserted in the March 13, 1969 Lafley issue of the Lexington Minute-man and sent by certified mail to Gasoline the abutters, as listed on the records of the Board of Assessors. Hearing Application was approved by Chief Spellman of the Fire De- partment Mr Lafley said that the application is for an increase from 7,000 to 20,000 gallons of gasoline The tanks are at least 20 years old and need to be replaced; we feel that larger tanks will simplify delivery and fewer trucks will come into Lexington Michael T Carroll, of the Mobil Oil Company was present at the hearing and was recorded in favor of the application No one was present in opposition, and the Chairman declared the hearing closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to issue a lircegaettro Lafley's Mobil Service for below ground storage of 20,000 gallons of gasoline, 500 gallons of waste oil, and 500 gallons of fuel oil to be used to heat the building; also 300 gallons of motor oil, 300 gallons of anti-freeze and 20 gallons of alcohol to be stored in metal containers or steel drums above ground, on the premises at 27 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts Hearing was declared open upon the petition of the Atlantic Richfield Company for license for below ground and above ground storage at the premises located at the northerly corner of the intersection of Lowell and Woburn Streets. Atlantic A notice of the hearing was inserted in the March 13, 1969 Richfield issue of the Lexington Minute-man and sent by certified mail to the abutters, as listed on the records of the Board of Assessors. Application was approved by Chief Spellman of the Fire De- partment William Mercier, Operations Supervisor of the Atlantic Rich- field Company, was present and said_that there are three 3,000 gallon tanks now and they would install two 8,000 gallon tanks. There would be fewer deliveries with the larger tanks; there are three deliveries a week now All tanks will be installed in com- pliance with the State Building codes. We are going to reconstruct that building; it is to be a Colonial type of building and this is in relation to that change. No one was present in favor or in opposition, and the Chair- man declared the hearing closed. L `a` Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to issue a license to the Atlantic Richfield Company for below ground storage of 16,000 gallons of gasoline in two 8,000,gallon tanks, 550 gal- lons of fuel oil and 550 gallons of waste oil ; also, 1,155 gallons of motor oil, 100 gallons of kerosene, 200 gallons of anti-freeze, 200 gallons of methanol, in approved containers above ground, and 60 gallons of gasoline to be stored in tanks of a three-car lubri- torium garage, on the premises located at the northerly corner of the intersection of Lowell and Woburn Streets, Lexington, Massa- chusetts Mr Legro requested the Board to sign a release relating to damage to the guard rail on Lowell Street on January 9, 1969 by Astrid N Moden, in the amount of $432 06, which is the full amount of damages Release Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the release relating to damage to the guard rail on Lowell Street, on January 9, 1969, by Astrid N Moden in the amount of $432.06 The Chairman informed the Board that a memo will be sent to all department heads informing them that step raises for employ- Pay ees are not automatic and that no step raises will be given Raises unless the employees performance warrant such an increase. Mr. Rent, Town Moderator, came into the meeting. Motions for Articles for Town Meeting were discussed and Mr Kent said he felt that serious consideration would be given to adopting a two-thirds vote of the Town Meeting members on recon- sideration. Mr Kent The Board agreed Mr Legro said that he felt that everyone is getting fed up with reconsideration Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing, deliberating or voting on matters which, if made public, would adversely affect Exec. public security, the financial interests of the Town or the repu- Session tation of any person After discussion of a matter of financial interest to the Town, it was voted to go out of Executive Session Mr Gray informed the Board that all out-of-State travel has been consolidated in one budget There has been a request from Mr Zaleski to attend the International Planning Conference in Out-of- Cincinnati on April 19 through April 24, 1969. He must send in State the reservation and would like approval ; the amount is $293 53 Travel Mr Gray said that we also have a request from Mr. Burke for Requests permission to have Mr Wenham to attend the American Public Works Association of Illinois Conference on April 13 to April 18, 1969 Mr Wenham may not be accepted this year as they only accept thirty people in the seminars ? 34 The Chairman asked about the requests from other depart- ments Mr Gray said that he hasn't heard anything yet. The Chairman said that we must come up with a policy '©n how far people will go on out-of-state travel. Mr Kenney said that in order to make the policy, we must see the whole picture. Mr Gray said that Mr Zaleski's request is not unusual He:asked, how far down the line the department could go as, for example, the Assistant Superintendent? The Chairman said that we are not going to accept these re- quests again under these conditions. It was agreed to approve the requests of Mr Zaleski and Mr Burke for out-of-state travel Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 7 25 P.M A true record, Attest Z6-d-1"1" Executive Clerk, Selectmen A