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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-05-27-BOS-min 435 SELECTMEN' MEETING May 27, 1968 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 7:30 F.M. Chairman Cole, Messrs . Cataldo, Mabee and Kenney were present . Mr. Legro, Town Counsel, Mr. Gray, Executive Assistant, Mr Burke, Superintendent of Public Works, Mr McSweeney, Town Engineer, Mr. Wenham, Assistant Superintendent of Public Works , and Mrs . Mc Curdy, Executive Clerk, were present . Hearing was declared open upon petition of the Shell Oil Company for license for below ground and above ground storage at its station located at 1095 Massachusetts Avenue. A notice of the hearing was inserted in the May 16, 1968 issue of the Lexington Minute-man and sent, certi- fied mail, to the abuttors as listed on the records of the Board of Assessors Gasoline Application was approved by Chief Walter F. Spell- Hearing man, Fire Department Mr. Weiss and Mr. Edward Gallagher, representing the petitioner, were present . Mr Gallagher explained that on May 7, 1968 the Board of Appeals had granted a variance to demolish the existing service station and the new service station building and structures are to be at the same location. By increasing the storage cap- acity, fewer deliveries will be made and , therefore, not as many trucks will be coming into the Town. No one was present in favor or in opposition, and the Chairman declared the hearing closed Upon motion duly made and seconded , it was voted to issue a license to the Shell Oil Company for below ground storage of 16,000 gallons of gasoline, 500 gallons of waste oil, and 500 gallons of fuel oil to be used to heat the building, to be stored in tanks Also, for 1,000 gallons of motor oil and 500 gallons of anti-freeze to be stored in metal containers or steel drums ; 100 gallons of gasoline to be stored in tanks of motor vehicles in the lubritorium, on the premises located at 1095 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington. Mr. Gray informed the Board that the Public Works Department had taken bids for fire hydrants . Only one bid kas received and the recommendation is to award the Hydrant contract to the Public Works Supply Company, 93 Brook- Award line Street, Lynn, for twelve hydrants in the amount of $2,622.13. 436 Upon motion duly made and seconded , it was voted to award the contract for twelve Darling B50B hydrants in the amount of $2,622.13 to the Public Works Supply Co. , Lynn. Mr. Gray read a letter from the Planning Board re- questing a transfer of $1,100.00 to cover the cost of advertising the By-Laws . The Planning Board does not have the required amount of money to publish the entire Transfer text of the By-Lacs in the newspaper Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request the Appropriation Committee for a transfer to the Planning Board in the amount of $1,100.00 to cover the cost of the additional legal advertising of the By-Laws Mr. Gray requested a transfer to the Riice and Fire Medical Account in the amount of $1,000 00 to cover the cost of doctor and hospital bills for a Fireman injured in the line of duty. Transfer Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request the Appropriation Committee for a transfer to the Police and Fire Medical Account in the amount of $1,000.00 to cover the cost of injuries sustained by a Fireman in the line of duty. Mr. Gray read a letter from the Board of Appeals re- questing that the fee paid a secretary for each hearing be raised from $4.00 to $6 .00 Board of It was agreed to grant permission to the Board of Appeals Appeals to raise the fee paid a secretary for each hear- ing from $4.00 to $6.00. Mr Gray is to inform the Appropriation Committee. Mr. Legro requested the Board to sign an agreement for the Hartwell Avenue Traffic Study, signed by Rowe P. Hendrick, Planning and Development. Hartwell Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to Avenue sign the agreement for the Hartwell Avenue Traffic Study, Traffic to be made by Rowe P. Hendrick Study Mr. Legro said that, on April 15, 1968, he had asked for sewer easements on the Hartwell Avenue sewer. At that time be did not have the full abstract of title; Hartwell there were changes in name and designations of the lot, Avenue Mr. Legro requested the Board to rescind the Order of Tak- Sewer ing of April 15, 1968 for the Hartwell Avenue trunk sew- er, no damages awarded , and to adopt a new Order of Tak- ing, no award of damages being made Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to rescind the Order of Taking of April 15, 1968 for the Hartwell Avenue trunk sewer, no damages awarded . 437 Mr. Legro said that he had been informed that the Board had voted that a drain easement be taken at 72 Hancock Street, owned by Mark Moore Homes . We requested the Board to adopt the Order of Taking, no award of dam- ages being made. Hancock Upon motion duly made and seconded , it was voted to St. Drain adopt the Order of Taking on a drain easement at 72 Han- Easement cock Street, no award of damages being made. 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, Executive might adversely affect the public security, the financial Session interest of the Town, or the reputation of any person After discussion with Chief Corr concerning applies cants for the Police Department, it was voted to resume the open meeting. Upon motion duly made and •seconded, it was voted to authorize the Chairman to issue Liquor Identification cards to R.N. Harvey, 129 Grove Street, Douglas B. Hop- kins, 924 Massachusetts Avenue, and Jay Wein, 6 Burn- I D ham Road, satisfactory evidence of their ages having Cards been received Upon motion duly made and seconded , it was voted to sign the Certificate of Incorporation for Robert E. Lenk, Certificate 59 York Street, character reference having been recbived of Inc . from the Chief of Police The Chairman read a letter from the Promenaders Club requesting permission for football players of Lexington High School to solicit funds throughout the Town during Electric the period of June 7 through June 10, for an electric Score- scoreboard for the Lexington High School football field board Upon motion duly made and seconded, tt was voted that the Board had no objection to the Lexington High football players soliciting funds from the residents of the Town for an electric scoreboard for the Lexington High School football field, during the period of June 7 through June 10, 1968 Mr. Edward Harrington, Business Agent for the Ameri- can Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, and Richard Spiers, President of the Association, met with the Board . Mr. Harrington said that he didn' t know how you wish to proceed . I can tell you what we usually do. We try to structure ground rules at the first meeting We bring a simple, basic contract, which can be amemded or modified during our association This is not a contract in the 433 sense that we know it, or a finished contract; it is something that we use to go on as a guide . We like to agree on certain things, such as the number of people on each side of the table . The Chairman said that budget sessions don't start until very late in the year, and asked if Mr Harrington thought the time was right for starting preliminary nego- tiations Mr Harrington said that he didn' t know how many meetings we would have before the contract for 1969 The Chairman said to Mr. Harrington, you have a sample contract, the contents of which you are familiar with Mr Harrington said that Town Counsel is very familiar with it AFL-CIO The Chairman said that the members of the Board are not as familiar with it as you are He asked him to leave copies with the Board, in order to become more knowledge- able Mr Harrington agreed and said that he also had some for Mr Spiers ' men He heped to go over the contract with tisentire group, anything they would like, compar- able to other towns . The Chairman said that Mr Harrington would not want to approach the Board until he had framed up Mr Harrington said that, at the present time, he hadn' t done that Mr Kenney said that we may wish to have a subcom- mittee meet with you Mr. Harrington asked if the Board would empower a subcommittee, will they be acting as Selectmen, making final judgment? The Chairman said that the Board cannot delegate its right to make final decisions . Mr. Harrington asked if the Board would empower some- one to sit in at the meetings , so that judgment could be made as they go along. We might think that we have comet up with something agreeable to both sides , and the Select- men will say it is not so The Chairman said that they would be reporting to the Board on a regular basis, so that you would know what the commitments are from this side, as well as you own side. We don' t know about a representative of this Board, we haven' t decided on it, it is rather difficult. Set up the ground rules . Mr Harrington asked if simple ground rules could be decided Mr Legro said , before we go too far, who has been designated by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees , AFL-CIO, as the appropriate affiliate in this situation? 439 Mr. Harrington asked Mr Legro if this is what he was talking about at the Labor Relations meeting He said, you are dealing with a unit Mr. Legro said that we know who the designated em- ployees are, who represents them? Mr. Harrington said that, as of this time, I am rep- resenting them, as Business Agent Mr Legro said that, as far as he knew, we haven' t received any designation as to what local union. It is pretty clear that the Board of Selectmen represent the employer; there is no indication as to who represents the employee unit Mr Harrington said that he thought it had been made clear at the Labor Relations meeting when Mr Legro brought up the point Mr. Legro said that it was not made clear Mr Harrington said that the election didn' t designt ate anybody but the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and its appropriate affiliate. Mr Legro said that we want to know with what unit we are dealing When you petitioned the Labor Relations Commission, the American Federation did the designating. I raised the question as it didn' t have legal existence; both sides have to be designated so that we will know with whom we are dealing Mr. Harrington said , you made reference to a number. Mr Legro said , no, I made reference to designation, as long as it is given legal entity Mr Gray said that their attorney said that after the election was held , they would have a local ' The Chairman asked if the local had a number Mr. Harrington said it is Council 41, which is all of these units All employees are referred to as Chapter Local 1703 The Chairman said that we wouldn' t want to deal with 1703 There is no clear designation for Local 1703 Mr. Harrington said that one of these towns is called a chartered local The rest of the towns are affiliates of the charter local Mr. Harrington asked Mr Legro what his suggestion would be. Mr Legro said that he would have to give the local designated to and by the Labor Relations Commissions . Mr Harrington said that Mr. Legro had seen a copy of every card signed by every employee. Mr. Legro said , "And its appropriate affitiates " I raised the question in the Labor Relations meeting be- cause there was no clear desiggation of the union with whom the Town would be dealing It could be any one of !I- them. Mr Harrington said that this is the`-way it has al- ways been done 440 Mr Legro said that Labor Relations agreed it was an improper designation. The Town must know what union we are dealing with Mr Harrington said , ask Labor Relations The Chairman askedy how do you refer to the Lexing- ton local? Mr Legro said that if designation can be reached by agreement, then we must file a motion with the Labor Relations Commission for clarification of the record Mr Harrington said, if this is so factual, you would have given this information for your Board . Mr Legro said that it was left that the union would designate Mr Harrington skid , you asked the question of the Labor Relations . Mr Legro said , I raised the question and Labor Re- lations agreed with me Counsel for the Union agreed that no such entity was registered to operate in Massachu- setts It is my position that we are nct to operate with anyone. The Chairman said , with either Labor or Union. Mr Cataldo said that Mr Harrington was sent here to find out who is going to represent the Town. When they tell us who is going to represent the Union If we can' t get a legal entity from the union to represent them, then we don' t accept them. Mr. Harrington said that Council #41 is where every- thing is channeled, that is the council of all these units Mr Kenney asked if Countil #41 is made up of 1703, we are members of 1703-Lexington? The Chairman said that there is no major point of argument that he could see, a motion has to be filed with the Labor Relation Board Mr. Harrington said, if you are saying that we hold up bargaining . . The Chairman said that he didn' t think bargaining would start in the very near future Obviously, it is the concern of your Councils and all the locals in the State. I assume you are interested in the equities? Mr. Harrington agreed, he was interested in the con- ditions of employment in the Town The Chairman said that he would have to be familiar with the Board of Public Works He told Mr. Harrington that he should have a model contract that can be amended . Mr. Harrington said, if you are quite sure about this technicality . . The Chairman said that there must be a designation. Mr. Cataldo Said that we should make it quite clear that we are not going to let the Union bring in fifty people in here ' 44.1 Mr. Harrington said that the only people that we will bring in are these people we agree on when we struc- ture the ground rules . If you have Town Counsel at each and all meetings , we would have ours Numerically we would have one, five, or ten people The Chairman said that a smaller group is notsso unwieldy. Mr Cataldo said, you name the people. Mr. Harrington said, by law we bargain in good faith; we adhere to the rules we set up; we try to accomplish things in generally this way. There is no militancy in our negotiations Mr Kenney asked how many were in 1703 Mr Harrington said that he didn' t know; he comes from Buzzards Bay Mr Kenney said you have four towns in 1703, now you have the fifth. You can' t say "affiliate of " Mr Harrington said that he would have the towns listed and any other information you might desire from them. The Chairman said , you have heard Mr Legro - to make a motion before the Labor Relations Board . You don' t agree to that? Mr Harrington replied that, out of 200 odd towns and cities, we have bad no problems . The Chairman said that the group should have some designation, that we are not dealing with other towns like Winchester, etc Mr Harrington said that he would go on record that there will be no one from any one of these towns doing any bargaining with them. The Chairman said, if no argument . Mr Harrington said that he would withhold the sam- ple contracts, he would go to Labor Relations He said that the International does not award charters to small numbers of people in the area The town first chartered becomes the mother local, the others become the affiliates The Chairman said that we want something that design- ates specifically Mr Harrington said that he will see Mr Camelio, General Counsel The Chairman said that once the designation is made, we will look over the model contract Mr. Harrington retired Notice was received from the Alcoholic Beverages Con- trol Commission pertaining to May 30, 1968 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted that ABC package goods stores shall not sell or deliver alcoholib May 30 beverages at any time during the day, May 30, but may re- main open until 11:30 P.M on May 29, 1968. Hotels , rest- aurants, taverns and clubs shall not reopen for the sale of alcoholic beverages before 1:00 P.M. II 442 The Chairman read a letter from Town Celebrations Committee, outlining the plans for the observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1968 The Chairman read a letter from the Chairman of the Planning Board recommending that the Board request the County Commissioners to abandon and discontinue the por- tion of Spring Street north of Route 2 between the new layout leading to the overpass and the dead end and against Route 2, stating that it is not serving any use- ful purpose and seperates a parcel of less than one acre Raytheon from Raytheon Company. The Planning Board supports the Raytheon Company in their wish to have this superfluous portion of Spring Street abandoned , thus permitting the consolidation ) f the small parcel with the rest of Raytheon land The area was discussed and Mr Kenney said that this piece of land was about 400 feet by the length . Mr C^taldo said that 20,000 feet should be worth $20,000. Mr Kenney asked if we request abandonment , do we require title? Mr Cataldo said that we didn' t, and added that the land is worth at least fifty cents a foot, if zoned, if we have accepted the fee. The Chairman asked Mr Gray to get more information on this and submit it to the Board . The Chairman read a letter from Mrs Peter Cambourelis requesting permission to hold a block party on Sunday, June 23, at the intersection of Dane Road and Foster Road Block Mr Gray was instructed to check with the Chief of Party Police as to the conditions permission would be granted . The Chairman read a letter from Rev Haring, Pastor , of the Lexington Methodist Church, regarding the Kerner Report. He requested that the Board appoint a committee consistitg of representatives from the Board of Select- men, School Committee, School Administrattne' Housing Authority, Planning Board, Realtor Boards, Rotary, Cham- ber of Commerce, and Jaycees He said that representatives of the League of Women Votera, Lectington Council of Church- Rev es and the Lexington Civil Rights Committee have met to Harding talk about crucial issues regarding Lexingtonts responsibil- ity to those sections of the Kerner Report that relate to our community. Rev. Harding would like a preliminary meet- ing with the Chairman and then with the full Board . The Chairman asked how many had read the Kerner Re- port? He said that a portion referred to suburban towns , what problems they project in the area of rioth (IL find it rather difficult to see a riot here in Lexington) 44.E Mr Kenney said that Rev Harding particularly wants you to look at housing Mr. Adams said that he had heard that Lexington is being accused of being white racist Mr Cataldo said that the Kerner Report concerns it- self with the whole issue s The Chairman said that he can ' t imagine Lexington as being a white racist town We do not have many non-whites, due to the cost of living and houses Mr Cataldo said that Rev Harding thinks that we are not assuming our responsibility, not assuming our share People feel strongly about this The Chairman said that, as Chairman, he takes umbrage when Lexington is picked on. Mr Gray was asked to contact Mr Harding and make an appointment to meet with the Chairman Upon motion duly made and seconded , it was voted to approve the minutes of May 13 and May 20, 1958 Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded , it was voted to issue a proclamationfbr Flag Day, June 14, 1958 Flag Day it Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve, Bond No 93-51-95, in the amount of $95,000, for Bond IITown Treasurer and Bond No 93-51-95, in the amount of $24,000, for the Assistant Town Treasurer Mr Gray said that bids had been received for the purchase of a carrier mounted hydraulic Backhoe. It is the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Yorks Backhoe that the bid be awarded to the lowest bidder, Eastern Massachusetts Equipment and Rental Inc . in the amount of $30,179.10 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award the bid for one 1968 Insley Model Ht-560 cu. yard hydraulic backhoe with diesel engine mounted on a Crane Carrier powered by gasoline driven engine, for the net discounted delivered price of $30,179.10, including trade- in of one 1950 Insley unit Mr. Burke asked the Board about the resurfacing of four tennis courts Mr Mabee said that he had checked out the Berkshire Tennis Court Construction Company They do a good job, Wut the only problem is that they take a long time to get Tennis the work done. They couldn' t do the work in Harvard be- Courts cause they couldn't get a bond . Mr. Cataldo asked how big the job was in Harvard. I Mr. Mabee said it was for four new tennis courts Mr. Burke said that the only report he got was that they do many Jobs at the same time, go from one to the other without finishing up one. Mr. Burke would like the contract to be awarded in June and he felt that if the Berkshire Company came in with a sizeable crew they could complete the job quicker Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award the contract for resurfing of four tennis courts 4[44 co to the Berkshire Tennis Court Construction Company of Lee, Massachusetts , in the amount of $2,777 00 Mr. Gray submitted an approved bill from Paul E. Dutelle and Co. , Inc for work completed on the roof Buckman of Buckman Tavern, in the amount of $1,490 00 Tavern Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted that the payment be made to Paul E. Dutelle and Co. , Inc in the amount of $1,490 00 for work completed on the roof of Buckman Tavern . Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the bill submitted by Donald M Muirhead, Con- sultant, for supervision of work done on the roof of Buckman Tavern by the Dutelle Company, in the amount of $149.00. Mr Gray said that the Telephone Company people had disrupted the cable of the internal fire alarm at Buck- man Tavern He had talked with Mr Cupp and , after his cooperation, it goes directly to the box from the alarm box into Buckman Tavern ; the cost was less that $100 00. Mr. Gray said that he had discussed the open trench outside the Buckman Tavern with the Telephone Company, and he told them that if they are not going to do the work, to close up the trench. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing, Executive deliberating or voting on matters which, if made public, Session might adversely affect the public security, the financial interest of the Town, or the reputation of any person After discussion with Mr. Legro involving litigatin, it was voted to resume the open meeting The Appropriation Committee met with the Board . Mr Grant said that the figure on Article 2 is $11,000. You asked for $17,000. Article 2 The Chairman asked what the difficulty is with the other $6,000. Mr. Grant said that what you are asking for, really, was restoration; last spring $17,000 was cut out. We realize that part of $17,000 ought to be restored if you are going to pay these people Our feeling is that we don't think there is ample time to study the whole basic problem, whether or not the work is done inside. You need design and inspection. Assistant Town Engineer, $4,712, don' t think this is enough, and a Junior Engineer, $4,076 This would allow you to get two men, and would give you enough money for established pay raises for the 445 balance of the year We are not prepared to restore the whole $17,000. Mr. Cataldo said that there was no disagreement on inspection, our disagreement is in design. Mr Grant asked who they would rather have Mr. Cataldo said that the disagreement is the en- gineering part of the Engineering Department . The sur- vey group is fine, you are giving an inspector. We should make it clear as far as evaluation of the department is concerned . The Town Engineer has been here for seven months The Town Engineer is completely and solely re- sponsible to the Town. The Town is specifically respon- sible for it and the Board would accept or modify it. Can' t see your position that he has not been here long enough to evaluate. Mr. Grant said that Town Meeting had said "no" to the whole $17,000 Mr. Cataldo said that there was some confusion that we were going to start farming work out that we already had . Looking at the dollar responsibility, $1,137,560 construction budget programs . $413,810 work load was done We had $1,747,550 work load, plus MDC sewer. On Monday, the Engineer went to Natural Resources and was there two hours ; he also spent more than two hours with the State on Chapter 90. Tuesday and Wednesday he spent II on the Worthern Road school parking lot. Friday, on the Reservoir for Town Meeting. We should have somebody re- presenting the department at the Board of Appeals and Planning Board ; we wouldn' t have the Itek problem if we did Looking at this, if the Assistant Town Engineer is given a Senior Design Engineer, he would get the respon- sibility of design all day long. It can't work any other way. We have a department of good conscientious people, and you shouldn ' t kill it by burying it with a work load . You added a man to the Fire and Police. We would get our money' s worth in return, and you chop them off. I would say, forget the student, give us the Design Engineer Give him some help to get these meetings out of the way, the sidewalks , traffic survey If any department needs it, this one does Mr. Kenney asked about a Senior Engineer. Mr. Gary said that they felt that the need was for inspection and for design work, so we asked specifically, a Senior Engineer for design or Assistant Town Engineer We are not convinced on two additional people capable of doing design work Mr. Cataldo said that the Assistant Town Engineer wouldn't be doing design work all day. It is important for Mr. McSweeney to attend meetings . Mr. Grant said he could let the Assistant go to them Mr. Gary said that we asked for the priority and it 44.6 571 was , one, the Assistant Town Engineer; two, Junior En- gineer for inspection Would suggest that we review it in March. We feel that we have met you more than half way by going along with $11,000 appropriation at this time. Mr Cataldo said that if we are going to make a move, we should set up in a realistic way. Mr. Gary asked, isn't this a workable plan for the last half of the year? Mr Cataldo said that we are not talking that much money. Mr. Gary said there has been an attempt to slow this down a little The function of the Superintendent of Public Works and Town Engineer has been split up, the Clerk and Treasurer split up. When one function is split down the middle, there are more people involved . You can argue the positions involved, it is a personal opinion We bought the concept that he needs an Assistant Town Engineer and will make good use of a Junior Engineer for inspection Wbrk. We are not entirely convinced on others within the department. It will be reviewed in detail. This reflects the view of the committee Mr. Cataldo said to look at the figures , how the work load is going, the work to get federal aid, the man hours . Mr. Grant said that unless you get 85% guarantee it is not going to be moved . Mr. Cataldo said that somebody has to do the work to get the federal aid . Mr. Grant said it may have to be done on the Town Meeting floor. Mr. Cataldo said that if we have given to any depart- ment, it should be this one The Chairman said that Mr. Grant may be right about settling it on the Town Meeting floor. Every other de- partment has been really beefed up. This one has suffered ; you don't want us to feed it that fast. Article 5 Mr. Grant said that on Article 5, ? ill give you $60,000 from the E & D Account. Mr. Grant said, on Article 8, from the E & D fund . He asked how much of the sewer lateral money appropriated has been committed? I wonder about $12,000 for Hartwell Article 8 Avenue and $10,000 for Worthen Road . Mr. Cataldo said that the way things are going, we may be low. Mr. Gary said that they are asking to review the street projects and tell them whether Hartwell Avenue and Worthen Road carry higher priority. The Chairman said that we have the $248,000 that has been appropriated, and he wouldn't cut a thing out . 447 Mr. Cataldo said that we are solvingproblem streets . This is extending the main sewer to get tax money in here. Mr Gary said that two years ago you got an appropria- tion to use as a continuity. Mr Gray said that he felt that the finance committee of the Town look to the Board of Selectmen to sewer, to say what is to be spent for trunk and laterals . The Chairman said, you don't cut $1,000,000 We have a sewer problem. Mr. Kenney said that people from Bridge Street came to them and bequested a sewer. The Chairman said that they have to have sewers, as a health measure Mr. Cataldo said that it is frustrating to look at this . We whittle down, and in the final analysis, you say "no" You approve the Article for the Service truck for the Fire Department There is no sense in it; wish we could see the economical sense in it. If we could see the justification of $12,000, we could turn this thing around , 160 poles to be changed over Mr. Grant said that they will give consideration to the $12,000 for Hartwell Avenue and $10,000 for Worthen Road, in favor of. Mr. Grant said that on Article 9, we have not taken a vote on it and asked what do you want to do with the land? Article 9 The Chairman said , not Conservation. Mr. Grant said that they had heard that you want it for gravel, and you can' t do this . The Chairman said that it doesn' t say we can't. If we makensuitable for recreation, we might have to take the gravel out. It is my understanding that some kind of road could go through there. Under Town By-Law, if we got permission from the Board of Appeals, we could . Mr. Grant said that if you buy it for those pur- poses specified in the Article, you are not free to do this . The Chairman said that in order to make it suitable for recreation, we can take the gravel out Mr. Grant said that if Town Meeting wants to vote on the plan for recreation and the Town wants to take the gravel out . . Mr. Cataldo said that he didn' t think we should go to Town Meeting and say we are going to take the gravel out. Mr. Grant said that on Article 12, Veteran' s Memorial, it would be $500, instead of the $1,000 requested . The Article 12 ' Appropriation Committee felt that $500 was a fair figure. To be tax levy. L - 448 co cl w. Mr. Grant said that on Article 13, Civil Defense Warning System, they were no further ahead that before If passed, would be tax levy. Article 14, High School parking lot. Mr Grant said that Mr. Clarke had practically ad- mitted that it was overdesigned, $96,000; there might be a temporary solution for $30,000. He was not sure how many spaces they actually need or what the cost is for a permanent solution for that number of spaces , and Article 14 the temporary solution. Mr. Grant asked if there was any indication from Mr. Maclnnes that they wanted the whole area for parking? Mr. McSweeney said that it was previously planned for $7,500 for oiling a certain portion. He had seen several other High Schools . They took borings and had a survey by a Traffic Consultant; came up with an estimate, based on borings, to bring back. Mr. Gary asked, you got an impression from Mr. Maclnnes? Mr. McSweeney said, before I would recommend 3" of blacktop, I wouldn' t leave 8 feet of peat. Mr. Gary said that he was amazed that the Consultant came up with 258 parking spaces, $96,000. Mr. McSweeney said that we agreed to use the plan drawn up by John Carroll. Mr. Blaisdell asked how much of $1,000 appropriated have you spent? Mr. McSweeney answered, so far, $360. Mr. Gary said there was some misunderstanding and we ended up with a plan that the Selectmen and others could not approve. Mr Grant said to let Mr. Clarke talk to his people. Article 15 Mr. Grant said that on Article 15, they are opposed to $755 for uniforms . Article 15 Mr. Grant said that on Article 16, the recommendation is, the motion is to be tax levy Mr. Grant said that on Article 19, $30,000 It will be 10 to 20 percent more if the bulk of the work is not done by Town Employees . Don 't intend to get into opera- tion until next year. No estimate of operating cost. $7, 700 a year for life guards ; not asking for money for operating expenses this year Article 19 Mr. Gray said that Mr. Bertini said that you are talking $10,000 to $15,000; not very clear whether more lifeguards would be needed . Mr. Gary said that it includes nine lifeguards it would be open for a longer period than the Town pools Mr Kenney asked about the Recreation Committee. 449 Mr. Grant said that they haven 't voted on it. Mr. Mabee said that he would like to know what they say. Mr. Gary said that the proponents are going to argue about "x" number of dollars on the dump, and ask why not spend money on the Old Reservoir Mr Cataldo said that would be fine if we could get it for $30,000. Mr. Gary said that they might argue for $50,000, aren' t you getting a bargain? Mr. Grant said that Article 20, $5,500 Personal Article 20 Services, want $1,600. The Chairman said that they would have to have a pound, a vehicle, officers . Mr. Grant said they could have Officer Carlson put on a full time basis . Mr. Gray said that for the balance of the year, $8,500 in Personal Services, $4,000 for a vehicle If they do not have a kennel or dog pound, the fees at the Veterinarian' s are going to go up; used an estimate of $2,500. Could figure $15,000 for the balance of the year Would have to have part-time coverage over the week-end, would have to pay $7,000 or $8,000. Mr Grant said that Article 20 would be tax levy. The Appropriation Committee retired at 11:05 P.M. Mr McSweeney requested the Board to approve the plan for Lincoln Street. He said that they plan to put drainage in, bring the road in, fence, gravel the Lincoln parking area, seed the area around the trees ; it would Street be in the vicinity of $4,000. Mr. Kenney said that the intent is to clean up and fence it so that they stop dumping, and the cost would be $4,000 or $5,000. Mr. McSweeney said that the gravel in not included . Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the plan and proceed with the Lincoln Street area project. It was agreed that the Selectmen' s Meeting on June Selectmen' s 3 would be re-scheduled to 7:00 P.M. , because of Town Meeting Meeting. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 11:10 P.M. A true record, Attest: � a.Y Executive Clerk, The next regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen will be held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on Monday evening, June 3, 1968, at 7:00 P.M. n�(� tc c)\ Y �v