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Selectmen's Meeting
September 11, 1995
A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, September 11, 1995
in the Selectmen's Meeting room, Town Office Building at 7:30 p.m. Chairman
McSweeney, Mr. Dailey, Mr. Busa, Mr. Fenn, Mrs. Eddison, Mr. White, Town Manager
and Ms. Smith, Executive Clerk were present.
Commitment of Water and Sewer Charges
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the following
commitments:
a. Commitment of water charges for May/95 (finals) $3,397.90
b. Commitment of sewer charges for May/95 (finals) $6,241.62
c. Commitment of water charges for June/95 (finals) $950.28
d, Commitment of sewer charges for June/95 (finals) $1,478.37
e. Commitment of water charges for 9/05/95 (cycle 9) $138,224.68
Lexxress/MBTA Contract Amendment #1
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve and sign Amendment #1
to the Fiscal Year 1996 Lexpress/MBTA Contract.
Appointment of Ad-Hoc LexHAB Review Committee and Charge to the Committee
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Leona Martin, Isabel
Mroczkowski, David Harris, Marsha Goldberg, Daniel Griffin and Paul Keane to the Ad-
Hoc LexHAB Review Committee.
Mr. McSweeney read a draft charge to the committee.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the charge as amended
by adding the word "future".
Cable Television License and Regulations Bill In House of Representatives
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize the Chairman to sign a
letter prepared by the CATV and Communications Advisory committee responding to
House Telecommunications Bill 1555 outlining the next steps in cable regulations.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to extend the formal negotiation
period concerning the cable television license renewal to December 31, 1995 subject to
mutual agreement by Cablevision.
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Appointments
Mr. McSweeney asked Board Members to review their appointment packets and be
prepared to make appontments at the next regularly scheduled meeting on October 2.
Joint Meeting With School Committee
Chairman McSweeney welcomed the School Committee, Finance Committees,
Moderator and Town Meeting Members Association who were invited to start discussion
of the Fiscal Year 1997. Agenda items discussed were:
1. What are the factors driving the necessity for incremental expenditures for FY97?
2. The School Superintendent would like to talk about where the Town would like to
see the schools go in the next few years.
3. Reduction in the number of employees, both school and municipal government by
5% over the next three years.
4. Where the teachers' contract stands.
5. Develop a process for the review of areas of consolidation - building maintenance,
transportation, technology services.
6. Develop a process for the budget schedule for FY97.
7. Develop a process for future meetings schedule.
Mr. White reviewed his bare bones town requests for FY97.
Dr. Young reviewed the impacts of the School Reform Act on the FY97 budget and
beyond.
It was agreed that Mr. McSweeney, Mr. Dini, Mr. White and Dr. Young will come up
with a suggested schedule of future meetings.
Mr. McSweeney left the meeting at this point and asked Mr. Dailey to Chair the
remainder of the meeting.
NYNEX/Boston Edison Grant of Location Hearing - Philip Road
Mr. Dailey opened a public hearing on the petition of New England Telephone and
Boston Edison Company for permission to locate poles, wires, cables and fixtures,
including the necessary anchors, guys and other such sustaining and protecting fixtures to
be owned and used in common by the petitioners along and across Philip Road.
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There being no questions, Mr. Dailey declared the hearing closed.
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Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the petition, plans and
order for a grant of location to install Pole #160/18 with guy and Pole #160/19 to
connect aerially to existing Pole #223/9 on the South side of Philip Road.
NYNEX/Boston Edison Grant of Location Hearing - Bartlett Avenue
Mr. Dailey opened a public hearing on the petition of New England Telephone and
Boston Edison Company for permission to locate hip guy anchors, guys and other such
sustaining and protecting fixtures to be owned and used in common by the petitioners,
along and across Bartlett Avenue.
There being no questions, Mr. Dailey declared the hearing closed.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the petition, plans and
order for a grant of location to replace existing joint anchor guy at Pole No. 18/11 with a
hip guy at the customer's property line at 45 Bartlett Avenue.
MFS McCourt Fibre Optic Cabling - Bedford and Westview Streets
Mr. Dailey opened a public hearing on the petition of Metropolitan Fiber
Systems/McCourt, Inc. for a grant of location to allow underground and aerial cable to
be placed in and on existing New England Telephone/Boston Edison jointly-owned
conduit and poles. As a condition of the Grant of Location, MFS Telecom has agreed
to perform sidewalk improvements, to be completed in the Spring of 1996, to the portion
of Bedford Street from the National Guard Armory northwesterly to the easterly side of
Winter Street.
There being no questions, Mr. Dailey declared the hearing closed.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the petition, plans and
order for a grant of location for the installation of underground and aerial cable to be
placed along and across Bedford Street from Hartwell Avenue to a location 500' west of
Route 128; Westview Street Extension from Bedford Street and Hartwell Avenue
intersection to Westview Street and Westview Street from Westview Street Extension to
Maguire Road.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 8:45 p.m.
A true record, Attest:
11-;//PhylF A. Smith
Exec tive Clerk