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SELECTMEN'S MEETING
December 30, 1968
A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held
in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday
evening, December 30, 1968 at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Cataldo,
Messrs. Cole, Mabee, Kenney and Greeley were present. Mr.
Legro, Town Counsel; Mr. Gray, Executive Assistant; Mr.
Burke, Superintendent of Public Works; Mr. McSweeney, Town
Engineer, and Mrs. MeCurdy, Executive Clerk, were also
present.
At the request of the Town Clerk, four jurors were
drawn as follows
James B. Mantineo 11 Cottage Street
Leonard Levine 21 Lillian Road Jurors
Charles E. Woodward 51 Bertwell Road
John F. Frazier 50 Hillcrest Avenue
Mr. Joseph Vitale, Manager of the Sons of Italy, met
with the Board. The Chairman said that a duly advertised
' hearing for the Lexington Lodge of the Sons of Italy was
to be held tonight. A requirement of the statute is that Sons of
abutters- were to be notified and they were not. A date Italy
for a new hearing will be set and will be advertised in
the newspaper. A notice must be sent to the abutters
within three days of the publication.
Mr. Vitale retired from the meeting.
The Chairman said that the Board has been asked to
approve a request to the Appropriation Committee for a
transfer of $8800 to the Municipal Property Insurance
Account #1750. Transfer
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to
request the Appropriation Committee to transfer the sum
of $8800 from the Reserve Fund to the Municipal Property
Insurance Account #1750.
The Chairman informed the Board that he had talked
to Mr. Hamilton about the discrepancy in the description
in the Artiele that had been submitted. Mr. Hamilton is
asking that the original Article be withdrawn and a new Hamilton
Article to be considered. Article
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to withdraw the original Article submitted by Mr. Hamilton
and to accept the new Article. The signatures on the new
Article are to be the same as on the original Article.
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Mr. Burke informed the Board that he would like to
re-classify an employee from Grade W-2-C to Grade W-3-D
at $2.90 an hour; he is presently making $2.68 an hour.
As a heavy duty operator at W-3-D, he would not get the
Public next step until October.
Work Mr. Greeley said that it could be approved, with
Etnployee the understanding that this man is not to get another
jump on April 1; not until October.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to authorize Mr. Burke to re-classify an employee from
Grade W-2-C to Grade W-3-D.
The Chairman read a letter from the Town Clerk, re-
questing the elimination of precinct registrations prior
Clerk to the Annual Town election.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, .it was voted to
approve the recommendation of the Town Clerk to eliminate
precinct registrations prior to Town elections.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to
sign Common Victualler Licenses for the following:
Common
Victualler Village Variety 93 Massachusetts Avenue
Anthony's Restaurant 27 Waltham Street
Geoffroy's Pharmacy 411 Waltham Street
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to
Appoint- appoint James Lambie a member of the Board of Health.to
ment fill the unexpired term of Rufus McQuillan to June 1, 1971.
The Chairman read a letter from the Minute Man Na-
tional Park Advisory Commission, requesting that plans be
formulated for the celebration of the Bicentennial of the
19th of April, 1775.
It was agreed to write to the Commission that a Joint
meeting will be held with the Minute Man Council Liaison
Committee and the Town Celebrations Committee to discuss
Bieenten- the Bicentennial and they will be advised as soon as the
nial recommendations have been submitted to the Board of Se-
lectmen.
Later on in the meeting, the Board discussed the
celebration of April 19.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to
rescind the vote to celebrate on Monday, April 21, 1969.
The matter is to be brought up for reconsideration next
Monday evening.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was vot4d to
LCRS appoint Barbara Lundberg, 139 Worthen Road, a member of
the Lexington Commission on Suburban Responsibility,
representing the youth of Lexington.
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The Chairman read a letter from the County Commis- Reloca-
sions informing the Board of the approval of the relocation tion of
of Lowell Street. Lowell St.
The Chairman informed the Board that he would like
to discuss the Boston Edison Company in relation to the
last storm. Things didn't go as they should have and we
should get them in here and discuss the matter with them.
Chief Corr had called him at 11 30 P.M. and reported that
there had been no power since 7:30 P.M. and he had been
unable to get through to the Edison Company.
Mr. Kenney said that there is only one published, Boston
listed number and they refuse to answer that number; they Edison
should have an unlisted number.
Mr. Cataldo said that Chief Corr had an unlisted
number and they refused to answer that, too.
The Board agreed to meet with Mr. Jones of the Boston
Edison Company and Chief Corr on next Monday evening.
The Rules and Regulations for Club Licenses were dis-
cussed and it was agreed that they would be discussed with Club
Town Counsel on next Monday evening. Licenses
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to
adjourn at 8: 18 P.M.
A true record Attest:
Executive Clerk, Selectmen /
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