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SELECTMEN'S MEETING
June 18, 1951
A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was
held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building on
Monday evening, June 18, 1951, at 7 :00 P.M. Chairman
Nickerson, Messrs. Emery, Gay, Driscoll and Hoyt were
present. Mr. Burns, Supt. of Public Works, and the
Clerk were also present.
Hearing was declared open upon the petition of Pole
the Boston Edison Company and the New England location
Telephone & Telegraph Company for erection of one
pole, to be jointly owned , and to be located on North
Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Dondero were the only per-
sons present at the hearing. Mr. Dondero explained that he
had requested the proposed pole location and that he is
building a house on North Street. He looked at the
plan and said that he has no objection to the location.
Upon motion of Mr. Gay, seconded by Mr. Hoyt, it
was voted to grant the petition and sign the order for
the following pole location:
North Street, approximately 2,600 feet north
of Adams Street, one (1) pole.
Mr. and Mrs. Dondero retired.
Mr. Burns mentioned the fact that some time ago
the men in the Public Works Department had requested October
12th as a paid holiday. October 12th
Upon motion of Mr. Driscoll, seconded by Mr. paid holiday
Gay, it was voted to include October 12th in the list of
paid holidays for the Public Works Department and further to
authorize Mr. Burns to post a list of paid holidays for
the remainder of the year on the bulletin board in the
Public Works Building.
Mr. Stevens arrived at 7 :45 p.M.
Letter was received from William V. Ward, President
of the American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees Union, requesting an appointment
with the Board in an effort to adjust "certain
grievances and problems confronting the membership"
of the local Union.
Mr. Stevens expressed the opinion that the
Boaro has no moral or legal compulsion to grant an Union
appointment.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to
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advise Mr. Ward that in view of the fact the Board
has not recognized the Union, the Selectmen see no
reason why an appointment should be made inasmuch as the
employees of the Town are at liberty to meet with
the Board through the Superintendent of Public Works
at any time.
Contracts Mr. Stevens recommended that the Board sign
#2 and #3 Contract #2 between the Town of Lexington and George
Brox, and Contract #3 between the Town of Lexington
and Gibotti & G. Andreassi and return them to him.
He will not sign the contracts until he receives letters
from the bonding companies committing themselves to
completion of the work under the present bond or
presenting: new bonds. He stated that he expects to
receive sL{ch letters tomorrow.
Letter was received from the Collector of Taxes
Transfer requesting a transfer of $500. The bond for 1951 was
$100 more than for 1950 and an increase in the number
of personal and excise tax bills has increased the
amount of postage and makes it necessary to purchase
additional envelopes.
The Clerk informed the Board that due to the
Transfer increase in cost of printing, vaccine, alcohol, syringes
and needles, it is nexessary to request a transfer of $35.00
for the Dog Clinic Expense Account.
Upon motion of Mr. Hoyt, seconded by Mr. Gay,
it was voted to request the Appropriation Committee
to transfer the sum of $500 from the Reserve Fund to
the Collector of Taxes Expense Account and $35 from
the Reserve Fund to the Dog Clinic EXpense Account.
Upon motion of Mr. Hoyt, seconded by Mr. Gay,
Licenses it wasvoted to grant the following licenses:
Lexington Theatre, Inc. Sunday movies
Countryside Associates, Inc. Golf
At 8:25 P.M. Mr. Frank Ready met with the Board
relative to his application for the installation of
a water main in Aaron Road, leading from Jean Road, a
Ready distance of approximately 250 feet.
request The Chairman asked if Mr. Ready intended to develop
for Aaron Road, as the first step in his proposed development
water and he replied in the affirmative.
The Chairman said that Mr. Ready, as a result of his
conversation with Mr. Burns, is aware of the fact that
there are no funds available for this project and
explained that the budget approved at the March meeting
is all apportioned on previous requests . He said that he
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does not know how the development will time itself
but it will be quite some time before the Board will be
able to discuss water in Aaron 4oad.
Mr. Ready asked about a private contractor doing
the excavating and Mr. Burns replied that there would
still be the question of pipe and said that the con-
tractor would have the same problem and that the delivery
time is from fourteen to sixteen- weeks.
Mr. Ready asked how prices compared and Mr. Burns
replied that the Town will charge $1.50 per foot on
each side of the street and that is only 50% of the
cost. He said that he does not know what a contractor
would charge.
The Chairman explained that the water main in
Jean Road is 12"and not 6" as mentioned in Mr. Ready's
letter. He said that the Board has his application for
the installation of a water main in Aaron Road and it
will be placed on file in the order in which it was re-
ceived.
Mr. Ready stated that he has Jean Road roughed out
and up to grade. He said that it will require some
gravel and oil now and asked if that is all right insofar
as he is concerned.
Mr. Burns replied that this development was laid out
under the Board of Survey regulations effective in 1938
and does not come under the regulations now in effect.
Mr. Ready retired at 8:35 P.M.
Messrs. John C. Harkness and Herbert F. Stewart,
representatives of Six Moon Hill Inc. , met with the
Board relative to acceptance of Moon Hill Road.
The Chairman said that this subject has been dis- Moon Hill
cussed by the Board several times during the last few Road
weeks and last year. He explained that, in the first
place, Moon Hill Road is separated from any accepted
street by an area of unaccepted streets. He stated
that it will not be possible for the Town to accept
the street in any event if it is not built by the
Town or under Town control.
Mr. Stewart asked if the burden of convincing
property owners on adjacent unaccepted streets to
petition for acceptance would be on the Moon Hill
group and the Chairman replied that the Board would
not try to sell the idea.
Mr. Stewart asked if the other property owners
were agreeable would the town be acceptable, and the
Chairman explained that there would have to be an entirely
new surface before the street would be accepted and the
street would not be accepted if it were built by a pri-
vate contractor. He explained the procedure for street
acceptances and said that the funds would have to be
appropriated at a Town Meeting.
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The discussion continued for quite some time and the
Chairman said that both men would find Mr. Burns com-
pletely co-operative in furnishing information pertain-
ing to quantities and answering questions.
Messrs. Harkness and Stewart retired at 9:20 P.M.
Letter from Mr. Burns with reference to a report
mentioned by William Roger Greeley, relative to the
heating system at Cary Building, was noted and placed
on file.
Letter was received from Mrs. Louis F. Cizek, re-
Rummage questing permission, on behalf of the Hancock Church
Sale Women' s Association, to use the Barnes property for a
rummage sale on Friday, September 28th and Saturday,
September 29th.
Upon motion of Mr. Driscoll, seconded by Mr. Gay,
it was voted to grant the request.
Application was received from the Lexington Choral
Society requesting permission to conduct a Christmas
Use of Concert in Cary Hall on December 16th and a rehearsal
Hall on December 15th.
Upon motion of Mr. Gay, seconded by Mr. Hoyt, it was
voted to grant both uses of hall free of charge.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to
sign the following Water Orders.
Water Nowers Road from Blake Road, a distance of approx-
Orders imately 315 feet northeasterly;
Paul Revere Road, from Asbury Street approximately
750 feet easterly. (Copy of Orders in Selectmen' s
Files - Water Orders, 1951. )
The Chairman reported that he and Mr. Burns had made
an inspection of the Barnes property with reference to
the rooms which Dr. Barnes would like to use as a physician' s
office, and stated that the heating system would have to
be regioned at an approximate cost of $500. The present sink is
not suitable and would have to be replaced which, together
with other plumbing fixtures, will cost about $600. Necessary
electrical fixtures, repairs to floors, ceilings, and painting
will bring the total cost to approximately $2,500 of which
$1,500 would be directly attributable to the fact that the
rooms were going to be used as a doctor' s office. He stated
that the Town might net $500 per year and financially it
might be an item of recovery of cost in five years, but it
is questionable.
Mr. Emery said that he would prefer not to a et
upon the subject and retired with Mr. Burns at 10:10 P.iai.
It was the unanimous decision of the four members
present not to entertain Dr. Barnes' proposal to rent
rooms in the Barnes Property for a physician's office.
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 P.M.
A true record, Attest:
Clerk