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SELECTMEN'S MEETING
March 20, 1967
A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was
held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building,
on Monday, March 20, 1967, at 7°0O P.M. Chairman Cole,
Messrs. Burnell, Cataldo, Mltbee and Kenney were present .
Mr. Legro, Town Counsel, Mr. Gray, Executive Assistant,
Mr. Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works , and Miss
Murray, Executive Clerk, were also present.
Mr. Erik Lund ' s appointment withthe Board was
Appointment postponed and the Chairman explained there had been a
death in the family.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
Gas main to grant permission to the Mystic Valley Gas Company
to install a 4 inch and 6 inch medium pressure welded
steel gas main in Nickerson Road to serve a new home.
Letter, dated March 2, 1967, and received March 13,
1967, from Daniel S. Horgan, Chief Engineer, State De-
partment of Public Works, answering certain requests made
Route 2 & by the Board in connection with the reconstruction of
Watertown Route 2 at Watertown Street.
Street Mr Carroll explained this is written confirmation
of a verbal report he had given the Board and was a
matter of information.
Letter, dated March 6, 1967, and received March 13,
Updating 1967, from Daniel S. Horgan, Chief Engineer, State De-
traffic partment of Public Works, in regard to updating traffic
devices devices on all municipality controlled highways.
Mr . Carroll explained this does not really apply
to Lexington and is a matter of information.
The Chairman read a letter from Mrs. Wesley A.
McSorley, Jr. , Bird Chairman of the Garden Club Federation
Bird of Massachusetts. A copy of a proposed proclamation pro-
Sanctuary claiming Willard Woods to be a Municipal Bird Sanctuary
was attached to the letter.
Action on the subject was held over for the next
regular meeting of the Board .
Upon motions duly mace and seconded, it was voted
to certify the characters of Sumner J. Foster, 14 Suzanne
Certs . of Road, and Dean E. Nicholson, 7 Sherburne Road, who have
Incorporation applied to the Secretary of the Commonwealth for Certi-
ficates of Incorporation. Satisfactory character refer-
ences were received from the Chief of Police.
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Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
t pp ox's tO apprdfecbed6 lo. t92-O6536..infteVaMOuratOof $92,100.00 Bond
on behalf of Mary R McDonough, elected Town Treasurer.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to approve bond No. 92-06-37 in the amount of $1,800.00, Bond
on behalf of Mary R. McDonough,h elected Town Clerk.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to approve bond No. 1019236 in the amount of $108,800.00 Bond
on behalf of Ethel U. Rich, elected Collector of Taxes.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to approve bond No. S-Ll-9-55 in the amount of $3,000.00 Bond
on behalf of Guy D. Busa, elected Cortable.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to approve the minutes of the Selectmen' s Meeting held Minutes
on March 13, 1967.
Mr. Gray reported that Haskell Reed called in re-
garding the Lions Club request for permission to locate April 19
a trailer in front of Trani's Package Goods Store on
April 19, 1967 and advised that the request had been
II withdrawn.
Mr. Gray reported receipt of a couple of requests
for permission to sell balloons on April 19 One re- April 19
quest was received from the Lexington Choral Society
and the other was received from three citizens of Waltham
The Chairman stated it has been the policy to approve
such requests for local organizations and not those from
outside of Town.
The Chairman referred to the Article in the Warrant
relative to the Permanent Building Committee and reported Permanent
the committee has agreed to the compromise he suggested, Building
on his own, without the approval of the Board. They want Committee
to know if the Board would approve the appointments being
made by the Moderator, Chairman of the Board of Selectmere
and Chairman of the Schon Committee.
Messrs Burnell and Mabee had no objection.
Mr. Cataldo asked if they were going to amend the
motion on the new Junior High School.
The Chairman said he thought that was the under-
standing.
Mr. Cataldo had no objection .
Mr. Gray stated an architect had been hired idncon-
nection with the new Town Office Building and asked if
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the committee would handle this.
Mr. Mabee, addressing Town Counsel, asked if a member
of the Appropriation Committee and Capital Expenditures
Committee, under the old By-Law, could legally be a member
of the permanent building committee. He said it was not
necessary to have an answer this evening, but he would like
to know some time.
Letter was received from Miss Mary R. McDonough, Town
Treasurer, advising the necessity of borrowing $1,000,000.00
Borrowing in anticipation of revenue.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to approve the low bid of 2.67% received from the First
National Bank of Boston.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
Meeting to hold a Special Meeting of the Board on Wednesday,
March 22, 1967, at 7:00 P.M.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted
to adjourn at 7:30 P.M.
A true record, Attest:
Executive Clerk, Select en
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