HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-09-14Selectmens Meeting 14 SePt. 1960
The meeting-came to 0rder,at~ '8PM all members of the Board,being
present except Ch.~ Pease, Mr.~Killen served as Ch. Pro Tem.~
Minutes of the'previous meeting were read and appr'oved.
Warrant No. 37, "totalling $17,595.19 was presented by, Town'Acct.
Barrett and checked and'approved by the Board.
Mr. Tel Berna, Mr. Frank Dinsmore¢ Mr. Chs Swain of the Recreation
Committee and blr. Jaeckle Supt. or,streets were present to
discuss with the Board various recommendations made by,the
Recreation Committee relative'to signs etc. An outline of'
,areas where directional signs might advantegeously be placed
,was,presented and'discussed, inasmuch as'this matter would
take an appropriation by the Town meeting no formal approval
was voted at this time. The matter'of the present large
directional signs,was also discussed the committee feeling
that same should be left up'all year round,~ this matter was
also tabled for future d~cision.
A letter was received from Supt. of streets Jaeckle requ~esting
a transfer of $2500.00 from the Reserve Fund to take care.
of the damage done to the Broad Creek Area by the recent
Hurricane.and also requesting transfers for Sweeping streets
and Gen.~ Adm. of the highway dept.,and all were voted referre,
to the Finance Committee.
The matter of the storage of the Guest Moorings was discussed a'nd
it was the sense of the meeting that same could be stored in
the Town, Barn or possibly in the basement of Our Island Home.
Voted to W~iteNortheast Airlines a letter requesting them to have
the dumping area on their land covered and also on the same
matter a letter to Robert Backuso
Voted to adv. in the local papers req6esting property owners
hedges are,growing out over the sidewalk to have same properl
trimmed back at this time,
Irving Holdgate and Norris Stewart dba Halfway House were granted
, .a permit for Juke Box entertainment on weekdsay only at said
place of business."
A letter Was received from th'e N~nt. Gas & Elec. Co, relative to
,the street light on Vestal'street and voted to request~the
Co. to move same to~Pole No.3 as, o6igina~ly requested.
There being no further-business the Board went into executive.
session to discuss welfare matters and'adj.at 9; 15 PM,
'JamesxK. Glidden', sect.
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Selectmens Meeting 21 Sept. 1960
The meeting came to order at 8PM all members Of the Board being
present.'
Warrant No. 38 totalling.S26,124.08 was presented by Town Acct.
Barrett and checked and approved by the Board.
Minutes 'of the previous meeting were read and 'approved.
Mr. Frank Hardy, 5lt. Lincoln Porte and Mr. George Hamblin were
present with reference to the rotary at the milestone area
and advised that they had conferred with the state eng. who'
had requested them to askthe selectmen to request the
to remove~ the existing pole which is presmntly in'the center
of the proposed rotary area. On motion duly made and seconded
it was so voted..
Mr. Earl LowelI and Mr. Howard Bardsley of'the Madaket cons.
Asso were present to discuss the matter fo the hurricane
damage to the Broad creek area. They were advised that~the
Board had just been advised that a hearing was to be held
at the DPW 100 Nashua St. Boston Mass on 30ct~ 1960 relative
to our application for a bulkhead at the broad creek area,
and that they'should send letters requesting same be approved
and ask any of their members in the Boston area to attend.
A letter was received from Nicholas Norton, commenting, on a recen'
article'in the local papers relative to netting bothering
the sports fishing.
Voted that starting next week our meetings be held at 7.30 PM
until further notice.
Voted that the large'highway directiOnal signs be removed about
15 Oct. for the winter and that we replace same with smaller
'signs to be hun~ on the same standard.
Voted to write a letter to the steamship:authority requesting a meeting to beheld here at Nantucket.
Voted to write N.E. 'airlines protesting the present schedule
which is sjust the reverse of what people seem to want.
The Board'met with Mr.'%~elden, Mr. Holdgate,.and Mr. Lowell of
the ladder truck purchasing committee and Chief Bartlett
and went~over~a letterreceived from Maxim Mfr. Co. in reply
to our letter to them,~ also read was~a letter from Amer. La
France. after discussion of the matters-at hand the purchasinl
committee voted to recommend that we purchase the'ladder truc'
as proposed by'Maxim Htr. Co. the Board of selectmen voted
to accept the recommendation of the purchasing committee and
.voted to accept the bid of Maxim Htr. Co.~in'the amount of~
$33,995.00 with the inclusions as set out in the letter from
Maxim Mfr. Co.
There being no further buSiness the Board went 'into executive
session and adj. at 9.30 PM.
Executive Session:
Voted to pave a sidewalk"on Lily st.'near Holidays Inn and
on Lower Pleasant st. at the property fo Francis Perry.
Voted tO have the highway dept. mow the edge of Sparks Ave.
same could b~ used by the school children as a sidwalk.
James K. Glidden, Secy.
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