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SELECTMEN'S MEETING
December 26, 1950
A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen
was held in the Selectmen' s Room on Tuesday even-
ing, December 26th, at 7:00 P.M. Chairman Emery,
Messrs . Gay, Driscoll, Nickerson and Hoyt were pres-
ent. Mr. Burns, Sup' t. of Public Works and the
Clerk were also present.
Further consideration was given to Mr. Pal•
mer ' s request for abatement of street betterment
assessment in the amount of 027.65.
Palmer The Chairman stated that the property had been
Street viewed by the Board a week ago and at that time it
Assessment was felt that no abatement was warranted. He said
that he discussed the subject with Mr. Burns and
took the liberty of not writing to Mr. Palmer and
requested the privilege of reviewing the matter.
Mr. Gay expressed the opinion that if a change
of policy were made on this particular lot, it
might be establishing a precedent on all corner
lots and, therefore, more requests for abatements
would be received..
Mr. Burns presented profiles of the entire
Liberty-Ledgelawn street construction project and
the Board discussed the subject at length.
Mr. Hoyt said that he thought it would be bet-
ter to reduce the amount by 1100 as a matter of pol-
icy because it appears this particular individual
is over tssessed in comparison with the other prop-
' erties .
Upon motion of Mr. Gay, seconded by Mr. Hoyt,
it was voted to reLluce Mr. Palmer's street better-
ment assessment by $100.
Mr. H. Webster Thomas, Director of Civil De-
fense, met with the Bot'rd at which time Mr. Burns
left the meeting.
Article Civil Mr. Thomas raised the question, inasmuch as
Defense the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting closes Jan-
uary 20th, as to whether or not it is necessary to
have a separate article to finance the Civilian De-
fense by a bond issue. It was agreed to request
an opinion from Town Counsel.
Mr. Thomas reported thtt he had conferred with
Harold Roeder and two other engineers relative to
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to the proposed purchase of a generator and all a-
ll greed th&t the Fairbanks-Morse unit is a heavy unit
and recommended purchasing it . He explained that
the maximum amount to be saved is about 4100 and it Purchase
is his recommendation that a 3,000 watt generator be of
purchased from Fairbanks-Morse at a cost of approx- Generator
imately $ 670.
Mr. Thomas explained that the total potential
cost of the entire unit may be 01,500 with the re-
ceiver, antenna, wiring, etc. and further stated
that this figure provides for emergency lighting in
the Town Office Building.
He said that it is not absolutely necessary to
make any decisionthis year but he personally thought
it would be wise to have the money committed because
otherwise action will be deferred until the March
meeting.
The Chairman asked if it were correct thlt the
Chief of Police recommended purchasing the generator
even as a peace time unit and Mr. Thomas replied in
the affirmative.
Upon motion of Mr. Nickerson, seconded by lair.
Driscoll, it was voted to authorize the purchase of
a 3,000 watt generator from Fairbanks-Morse.
Mr. Thomas retired and Mr. Burns returned to
the meeting.
The Chairman referred to Mr. Eugene Hamilton's Hamilton
letter of November 25th requesting abatement of the Street
street betterment assessment levied against lot 176 Betterment
Ledgelawn Avenue, and suggested deferring the assess- Assessment
ment withuut interest. Deferred
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was vo-
ted to extend the time for payment of betterment
assessment of $264. , assessed against land of Eugene
B. Hamilton, Trustee Home Finance Company, on Ledgelawn
Avenue, without interest until said land or any part
thereofis built upon or sold, or until the expiration
of three years from the date hereof , whichever event
occurs first.
The Chairman read a letter from Morris Bloom-
berg requesting deferment of sewer betterment assess- Bloomberg
ment levied against lot 23, Marrett Road. Sewer
The Selectmen felt that they would not be jus- Assessment
tified in deferring the assessment and upon motion
of Mr . Hoyt, seconded bti Mr. Gpy, it was voted to
deny the request.
Bill in the amount of v45 was received from Dr.
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A. Leo Brett, 270 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, for
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professional services rendered to Officer James Lima
in 1949.
The Clerk informed the Board that Chief Rycroft
Bill for has no funds from which to pay this bill and it is
services to something he believes Officer Lima should assume even
James Lima though he was hurt during the performance of his duties .
The Chief claims that other men in his department have
had similar expenses and paid them and if this part-
icular bill is paid it might establish a precedent.
The Chairman agreed to contact Town Counsel to
determine whether or not policemen and firlemeican be
covered by Town' s insurance.
Upon motion of Mr. Gay, seconded by Mr. Hoyt,
it was voted to grant the following licenses :
Licenses Old Coffee Shop 1775 Mass. Ave. Victualler (renewal)
Anna E. Phillips 29 Depot Square
John J. Dacey 424 Marrett Road n 9
Shopper' s Haven 316 Marrett Road Sunday Sales
Wm. F. Reidy 3 Bow Street 2nd Class Agent held over
Lexington Theatre 1794 Mass . Ave. Sunday Movies
Application for a Sunday Sales license was re-
ceived from Shoppeirs Haven and held over .
The Chairman read a letter from Sherman K. Hardy,
President of the Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, re-
Use of questing permission to use Cary Hall on April 29, 1951,
Hall for an exhibition.
Mr. Hoyt moved that the use of the hall be granted
free of charge. Mr. Gay seconded the motion and it
was so voted.
Mr. J. 1rnest Wilson, 29 Pleasant Street, was drawn
Juror to serve on a jury beginning February 5th.
The remainder of the evening was given over to dis-
cussion of budgets with Mr. Burns.
The next regular meeting of the Board will be held
on Tuesday, January 2, 1951.
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