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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-09-26-min 165 S ELEC TMT,N' S M STING September 26, 1960 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Built ing, on Monday, September 26, 1960, at 7 00 P .M. Chairman Morey, Messrs . Adams , Ferguson, Richaras ana Cole were pr sent The Executive Clerk was also present . Mr. James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, met with the Board for the drawing of three jurors The follow- ing individuals were drawn for jury duty, Walter C Jurors Radford, 30A Watertown Street ; Max Degan, 50 East Street, and John E Penney, 153 Cedar Street . Mr. Carroll retired at 7 03 P.M. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve th minutes of the Selectmen' s Meetings Minutes held on September 19 and 23 Mr. John Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works met with the Board. He reviewed the subject of bids received for a snow loader which were rejected by ,he Boa' d of September 6, at which time Mr Carroll was authorized to readvertise for a blower-type unit . He reported that he received a bid for a Snogo distributed by the E. J Bleiler Equipment Co. , Inc . , Needham, Mass , in the amount of ''1L , 793 00 and a bid for a Sicard distributed by Sicard Industries, Inc. , Watertown, Snow Blower New York, in the amount of $14, 760 00. The Chairman reported her conversation with a salesman from Bleil'r Equipment who came to see her today, and read a letter from the Bleiler Company Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unani- mously voted that Mr. Carroll' s recommendations be approved and to accept the low bid of $11 , 760.00 for a Sicard snow blower, submitted by Sicard Industries, Inc Mr. Carroll retired at 7 :15 P.M. Mr. Stevens , Town Counsel, arrived at the meeting . The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Irwin, Build- ing Inspector, reporting that Mr Trani ' s permit for alterations to the building at 1775 Massachusetts Avenue had been revoked September 20, 1960 and a per- mit issued for the construction of the new building 166 CD OWN which is some distance behind t e established bui ding line She reported her conversations with Mr Stevens, Town Counsel, and Mr. Tropeano, counsel for Mr Trani, She stated that the Board should determine , if it ex- pects Mr. Stevens to negotiate , what the Board thinks would be a fair amount in the future and if the pro- posed agreement would refer to the building or building hnd land. She reported that the building is now assessed for $9500 and was assessed for $4,000 in 1932 It was the sense of the me ting that the Board is concerned with the building and not with the land inso- far as negotiations are concerned. Mr. Stevens retired at 8 33 P.M. Letter from the Lexington Junior Chamber of Com- merce requ sting permission to erect 18" x 24" highway �...„;ns signs was held over Mr. Adams said that in many towns, all signs of this type are combined. It was agreed to advise the organization that in- asmuch as a concerted effort is being made to eliminate some of the numerous signs throughout the Town, the Board would prefer that they defer action on the pro- posed project and see if some arrangement could be made whereby their sign would be combined with the signs of other organizations . The Chairman read a letter received from Allen Mottur, Brcoklyn, N. Y relative to the position of Ex- ecutive Secretary to the Board. It was afire'-d to write xecntive Mr. Mottur that the Board is not sure of what action it serrtary will take , but if he is in the area Monday night, the Board would like to meet him or arrange for a member of the Board to meet him during the day Further consideration was given to letter received from Mr Burrell, Director of Civil Defense , relative to the Local Government Radio System, and the Board' s approach to the Civil Defense problem in Town. ` iv 1 The Chairman said she thought before the Board r,r f'e nse issued a positive statement, it should know just what is involved Mr Cole agreed to read the Lexingtcn Civil Defense Operations Plan, signed by the Board on February 15, 1960, and make some report to the Board next week. Notice addressed to Governing Aut ,orities, Cities and Towns, was received from the State Department of 167 Civil Defense , congratulating Civil Defense organizations for cooperation in meeting the recent emergency caused by hurricane Donna The Chairman read a letter from Mr. John Carroll relative to Chapter 90 allotments for 1961 Mr. Carroll intended to make the Town ' s request the same as it had been in 194)0, i e , Chapter 90 Maintenance 44.500 and Chapter 9 Chapter 90 Construction 4,li0,000 . However, at the hear- ing, it was indicated that the Legislature had increased appropriations to the cities and towns and most of the representatives made on-the-spot increases in their re- commendations Mr Carroll , accordingly! asked that Chapter 90 Maintenance be increased to 8,000 Mr Carroll' s recommendation met with the approval of the Board Letter was received from James E Barrett, 29 Sherman Street, requesting the Board to consider re- moval of the traffic island and the installation of Traffic traffic lights at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue , Woburn Street , Winthrop Road, and Fletcher Ave nue It was agreed to refer the subject to the Chief of Police and Superintendent of Public Works for re- commendations . A letter received from Mr . Fred Hersom with further reference to the Wngner dog was referred to the Dog Officer The meeting adjourned at 7 50 P.M. A true record, Attest: "Ex cc�itiv Clerkt, Sel c en