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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-11-05-BOS-minSELECTMEN'S MEETING November 5, 1962 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, November 5, 1962, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Adams, Messrs. Richards, Cole, Burnell and Brown were present. Mr. Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works, and Miss Murray, Executive Clerk, were also present. Chief John W. Rycroft met with the Board and in- troduced Mrs. Mary M. Hagerty, spplicant for appoint- ment to the Women's Safety Patrol. In reply to the Chairman's questions, Mrs. Hagerty stated that she has lived in Lexington eleven years, her children would be cared for by her mother-in-law and she would be available for duty immediately. The Chairman said the Board would take her appli- cation under advisement and let her know of its de- cision. Mrs. Hagerty retired. Chief Rycroft introduced Mrs. Doris Sullivan, applicant for appointment to the Women's Safety Patrol. In reply to the Chairman's questions, Mrs. Sullivan said she has lived in Lexington ten years, her children would be cared for by her husband, who works nights, she would be available for duty immediately and would accept assignment to any of the schools. The Chairman said the Board would take her appli- cation under advisement and let her know of its de- cision. Mrs. Sullivan retired. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Mrs. Doris Sullivan, 60 Winter Street, a member of the Women's Safety Patrol for school traffic duty. Mr. James J. Carroll, Town Treasurer, met with the Board, and reported that notes totaling $1,750,000 are due November 8 and there are no funds available. He stated.that he -had arranged with the State House to obtain an extension from the due date of November 8 to December 28. Mr. Carroll also reported that he has another $1,000,000 due November 15 and $1,000,000 due December 13 and statedthat he would not have funds to make the payments until 1963. He reported that as of Friday he had $1,873,000 and expenses for the month of October. 13 Policewomen Finances 14 were $1,04.3,200. He explained that the bills are run- ning about $?5,000 a week and payrolls about $30,000 a week. The teachers' payrolls are $134.,000 every two weeks. The Chairman asked if the second note could be renewed and Mr. Carroll replied that there is a good chance that he can renew it. He explained that he has arranged with the State to renew $1,750,000 to be paid December 28 and the banks have agreed to re- new the notes at a rate of 1.25%. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the action of the Town Treasurer in renew- ing the note of $1,750,000, to be payable on December 28, 1962. Mr. Carroll retired at 7:4.5 P.M. Hearing was declared open upon petition of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company for per- mission to lay 25 feet of buried cable in Bedford Street and 7,013 feet of buried cable, 518 feet of conduit and two manholes in Hartwell Avenue. N.E. Te. & Mr. Consilvio, representing the petitioner, was Tel. hearing the only person present at the hearing. Notices of the hearing were mailed tothe peti- tioner, owners of property as listed on the peti- tioner's plan and also filed with the Superintendent of Public Works. Mr. Consilvio explained that the cable will be placed in the sidewalk section and is to feed into the Lincoln Laboratory. Mr. Consilvio retired at 7:50 P.M. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the petition for the following, to be held upon receipt of approval by Mr. Carroll: Bedford Street: From MH 54./114. at Hartwell Ave. southerly to Hartwell Ave. 25 feet of buried cable. Hartwell Ave: From Bedford Street southerly approx. 115 feet of buried cable thence southwesterly 7013 feet of buried cable, also_approx. 518 feet of conduit and two (2) manholes. Mr. Carroll referred to a taking made in 1960 for the sewer easement between Bowman Park and Pleasant Street. He mentioned the easement on lots 11, 11A and 12, owned by Mr. Frank Carpenter and said that two appraisals 1 15 had been made. Mr. Norman May, attorney for Mr. Car enter, suggested that Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Carroll wor something out in way of settlement. He reported tha Mr. Carpenter would like to have twenty hemlocks pla ted at $!}g each. He will take care of the planting. Mr. Carroll asked if he would accept $800 in cash, if the Bo d agreed, thereby relieving the Town of the responsi- bil ty of planting the trees and seeing that they grow, Carpenter and Mr. Carpenter was agreeable. claim settled Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize settlement of the claim in the sum of $800. Mr. Carroll referred to the ela_m filed against the Town by Ronald J. Runstein and Marion F. Runstein and stated that he had received a set of interroga- tories to answer and also that he had discussed the subject with Mr. Legro. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize Mr. Carroll to answer theset of inter- rogatories. Mr. Carroll said he is putting curbing in at Brewster's Inc. and he will have funds left over in his- curbing account. He would like to extend the curbing on Waltham Street from the telephone company business office as far down towards Forest Street as the. funds will go. Mr. Richards suggested putting curbing on both sides of Sherburne Road to preserve the corners at Waltham Street. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize Mr. Carroll to extend the curbing as he requested. Further consideration was given to the Planning Board's letter of October 15 recommending acceptance of certain streets. Mr. Carroll reported that his department will not have time to prepare the petitions, send them out for signatures and have them returned to include in the 1963 budget. He stated that if the Board of Selectmen decides to go along with the Planning Board's recommendation, the fact that the streets are tobe accepted should be advertised. Mr. Richards said the streets recommended seem to be desirable, but not absolutely essential. Mr. Carroll reported that his budget, not in- cluding this list, is $150,000. The following action was agreed upon: Interroga- tories Curbing Streets 16 1. Bloomfield Street - wait until the abutters petition for acceptance. 2. Dunham Street - to accept the portion for which a petition has been received. 3. Kendall Road - include in the 1963 budget for consideration. 4. Middleby Road - not to be included now. 5. Minola noad - not to be included now. 6. Outlook Drive - not to be included now. 7. Robbins Avenue and Fairland Street - wait until the abutters petition for acceptance. Further consideration was given to construction, acceptance and assessment of betterments on Winter Street. The Board recognized that the situation is unusual and arrived at the conclusion that Mr. Nicholas Coletta's lot would not be bettered to an amount ex- ceeding $1800, but as explained to the group previously, the present Board of Selectmen cannot commit,a future Board. At 8:15 P.M., Messrs. Alex Roketenetz and Stanley Roketenetz met with the Board. The Chairman explained that each Selectmen, as Garbage indiviguals and as members of the Board, have been re - 'collection ceiving complaints about the garbage collection. Mr. Alex Roketenetz said there is no way to correct the situation until he is able to get some good help. The Chairman said the collection was Mr. Roketenetz' problem, he hires the help and not the Board. Mr. Roketenetz said the men all want more money and he cannot afford to pay them for what he doesn't get paidl Mr. Carroll said in his opinion the problem is not having one individual in charge of the collections. The Chairman said the Board accepted the bid in good faith and expects good work which is Mr. Rocketenetzt responsibility. Mr. Carroll said if the collections were as good as they were this summer, he would not worry, but with winter coming, he is very much concerned. The Chairman said the Board is not satisfied and somehow the problem has to be solved by Mr. Roketenetz. Mr. Stanley Roketenetz said after this year, hiAs goipg to ask the Board to invite new bids because they are not interested, and he thought the assessments were unfair. He said he did not think he was receiving all the cooperation from the Town he should be. He said the Town of Needham is paying more money above the contract to get better service. He said the type of labor he has to employ is, for the most part, un - reliable but they would do the best they can to correct the situation. The Roketenetz retired at 8:14.5 P.M. Mr. Carroll reported that he received a letter from E. J. McCarthy, Chief Engineer for the State, relative to work to be done on the water main at Grove Street by the State in connection with reconstruction of Route 128. Tentative approval has been obtained for the revision proposed by Mr. Carroll and the details are to be incorporated in an agreement which, when drawn up, will require approval by the Town. Mr. Carroll read a letter he received from the Department of Public Works, Division of Waterways, relative to Kiln Brook. The General Court in 1962 appropriated money for only five projects, and the only hope for doing Kiln Brook under Chapter 91 is that the new legislature appropriate funds. The Town should express its interest by petitioning next year and by appropriating 50% of the estimated cost, in- cluding engineering. It was agreed to include an article in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting. Letter was received from Mrs. Fred Heinrich, 136 Pleasant Street, asking to have the rocks and broken asphalt dumped on the J&Vincent property removed. Mr. Carroll reported that DiMartino, contractor, dumped the material there at Mr. DeVincentts request. It was agreed to advise Mrs. Heinrich that the material was dumped there to fill the land and inas- much as this is private property, the Town has no jurisdiction over it. Letter was received from the State Department of Public Works requesting that the completion date of N. Pandelena & Son, Inc., Chapter 90 Contract for highway work on Concord Avenue, be extended to Novem- ber 22, 1962. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to extend the completion date to November 22, 1962. Letter from Mrs. John T. Blackwell, requesting a shade for the street light between #7 and #11 Bennington Road, was referred to Mr. Carroll. Letter from Mrs. James Murphy, Harrington School P.T.A.,Safety Committee, relative to snow removal, was referred to Mr. Carroll. 17 Water Main Route 128 Kiln Brook Chapter 90 Street Light Snow Removal Mr. Carroll retired at 9:05 P.M. The Appropriation Committee and Capital Expendi- tures Committee met with the Board for thepurpose of discussing the Classification and Compensation By -Law. It was agreed to arrange another meeting, at which lir. Charles M. Evans would be present, for Monday, Nov. 19. The group retired at 10:20 P.M. 18 Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's Meeting held on October 29, 1962. The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Donald E. Nickerson relative to the letter received from the Chamber of Commerce pertaining to the National Histori- cal Park. The Clerk was instructed to send a copy of Mr. Nickerson's letter to the Planning Board for an opinion. The Chairman read a summary of 1963 budgets submit- ted to the Capital Expenditures Committee. Request was received from Reverend Thomas MacLeod, Chairman of the Lexington Civil Rights Committee, re- questing permission to set up a membership table on the sidewalk in front of Woolworth 's store during Civil Rights Civil Rights Week in December. The Board was opposed to granting permission for the use of the sidewalk and suggested that a parking space be provided for a vehicle from which the group could operate, similar to the procedure followed by the Votemobile sponsor- ed by the League of Women Voters. Letter was received from Mrs. Connie Hopkins, Presi- dent of the Lexington Emblem Club, with reference to the operation of a food stand on April 19, 1963, next to Batemani s store. The club has obtained permission from April 19 Mr. Frank Bateman and from Mr. Thomas Connor. food stand The Board had no objection to the proposed location whichis on private property and preferred to have ap- proval on a year to year basis. Appointment of an Associate Member of the Board of Appeals was held over. Certs. of Inc. Licenses Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to certify the character of Ann Carroll, 31 Allen Street, and Muriel E. York, 197 Grant Street, who applied for Certificates of Incorporation, satisfactory character refernces having been received from the Chief of Police. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted grant a Common Victualler license and a Sunday Sales license to James W. Dacey who has taken over the Corner Variety Store at 658 Massachusetts Avenue. The Chairman mentioned that the School Department had brought up the subject of closing on Monday, 1 the day before Christmas. It wasegredd that there would be no meeting Christmas eveand also to close the Town Office Building on Monday, December 24. Letter was received from the Lexington Minute Men Incorporated inviting a member of theBoard to partici- pate in the Veterans' Day ceremonies and to read the Governor's proclamation on November 12. Mr.•Cole agreed to represent the Board. The meeting adjourned at 11:15 P.M. A true record, Attest: IV / e tivet Select Cc 19