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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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