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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1961-03-15Selectmens Meeting 15 March~ 1961 The meeting came~to order at 7.:~'0 PM all members of the Board except Mr. Meilbye being present. Warrant No'- 11, gotalling $56,099.67 was pr~esented by Town ^cct. -. Barrett and checked and approved by the Board. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and apProved. Mr. Arthur Gibbs, Mr. Arthur. Egan and Mr. Albert Pitkin of the Planning Board were present and advised the Board that an investigation had revealed that there were two are'as of land in the creeks area which were in the process of being taken by the Town for Nonpayment of taxes and suggested that we should take whatever steps necessary to see that same are reserved for the Town. On motion made'and seconded it was'Voted to write the Town Treasurer and advise that when said land which appears in Book 1 page 43 of the assessors records reaches his hands he is to hold same subject to the Boards pleasure, as to necessary action to preserve same for the Town. Mrs Leon Royal was present and protested the.location of a traile in the Derrymore area. The Board discussed this matter with Mrs Royal~and advised that without a zoning regulation we are powerless to take any action. Mr. John Santos was present and as Dep. Fire Chief serving in Siasconset stated that it was the feeling of the Sconset menthat with reference to Art. 112 which calls for a Day Man in Sconset for the Fire Dept. for the summer months that they would like to have a Sconset Man considered for this job, stated that they have a man available. With furthe reference to the Fire Dept.he complainedthat the Sconset truck is taken from the village at various times for ins- pections etc. replaced with the No. 2 truck from town'and kept in town for three to five days, often with no notice to him, stated the Sconset boys were unfamiliar with the other truck and that in an erergency they 'would be handicapped in its operation.'Stated'that he could see no need~of the Town truck starting for Sconeet when a sconset call comes inn. Further stated that the radio in the sconset truck is in poor shape and is out of order or in need of repair a good deal of the time, commented that a few years ago an article in'the warrant called for a radio to beinstalled in the Scondet truck and that the Chief had the new radio installed in the service truck which he uses,' and an old radio put in the Sconset vehicle. Mr. Santos also requested the Board to come out'and make an inspection of some of the old bldgs, i= Codfish Pk with a view to condemning som~ of them or at leas making the owners'properly Board them up, as a fire protecti measure. Mr. John Gaspie Wa s present and stated that on his return from his vacation he was advised by Chief Bartlett that he was no longer in charge of the Fire Alarum system work and that same was being done by someone else. Stated that the chief would give him no reason, but that'he had heard on the stree that the reason was that he had not done the job, stated tha the Chief had never complained to him ofhis work, that many times when he needed the service truck to do wire work it was unavailable because the Chief had it, that he had kept. a record of the times the truck was available for his use. Commented that three fire alarm boxes purchased about 3 yrs ago have never been installed for lact of necessary material and switches which have never been ordered. Art.55 1958) Selectmens Meeting 15 March 1961 Mr. HoWard BardSley,and Mr.,Oaeckle Sutp of streets were present and discussed with the Board the matter of how the funds appropriated under At. 43,of,~the~annual warrant should be used. Stated that..they had agreed that snow fence.in aprox. ' 50' foot lengths slightly staggered were-to'be erected,~that there is on hand aprox..1500 feet of.fence which can erected with.money.for~labor~to come from:art.'43 and that when this is done the plan is.to purchase~aproxl 1500 feet' more snow fence to have on hand for replacement and~building up additonal dune area'. Stated that.they felt it was a waste of money to place any fence in the so called Broad creek area, that said area should remain as is and the road be maintained as needed. The fence first referred to, to be erected in the vicinity of the ~ld dwg. of Mr. Bardsley~ and easterly towards hither creek, and in some area west of Broad creek. Aliens LobsterGriii was granted a renewal of their Common Vict. license. .~ A letter was received from the airport commission relative tothe disposal of the old Hostel bldg.' so called, and it was voste to inquire of the Town counsel our right to dispose of same without a vote of the town. An application'from Theatre.Prod. inc.of N.Y. for a series of plays at St..~harf Theatre during the summer months was recieved and permit voted. .~ ."~ .. A letter'was received from Ma'and Mrs Ed. Olderich relative' to dogs in:the school yards, stating thtt.their son had been bitten, and.this matter was discussed with Dog.officer S. ,,Day who said he had as yet been unable to locate the dog in ,question. The Amer. Legion Post was grant'ed a One night beer and wine lic. at the Leg. Hall for Sat. 18 March 1961 in connection with their Past Cmdrs. night., Planned playtime was granted permission to hold the spring' Well Child Clinic May 10th and llth. Mr. and Mrs Bricks°n at '49 Center st. were granted a Lodging house license.. A letter was recieved from the Assessorsadvising that with ref- to personal,property, non residents are assessed for same, whether they are in business or not; '- A letter was received'from Atty. Grace Henry relative to the. bldg. on the County Road nekr the Beach, and voted to advise that inasmuch as this was county business we.would be happy to discuss thfs matter with her at our next county meeting. Notice was received from the Park and Rec. Commission that their regular meeting were to be held on 1st and 3rd Thurs of each month.. Applications'for~renewal of seasonal alcoholic beverage licenses were received from Barbar4 Schell dbi The Boat House, Hilda Allen dba Aliens Lobster grill and Josp. Perry et al dba Thirty Acres and voted to take the course prescribed by law. It was reported that Ram Pasture Asso. would open'Hummock Pond same to be under the Supervision of Mr. Killial, and voted to authorize Mr. Kittial to let Mill Pond go, and to check on Miacomet Pond. also voted to write Mr. Colgate for per- mission to open Sesachacah. Selectmens Meetging 15 March 1961 "~ , ~,:~,¥ · Voted to advertise~for ~bids on the'hew Police~'Cruise~ same to A Xetter ~ks -received'from ',the Pk'and~ec.' Commission' relative to various ,,listed tracts and~parcels or,land which are'in the ,towns name and suggesting that same.be~ransferred to ~hem~for supervision. ~Voted,that'same~be,transferred'as lis~ed in ~heir,~let~er,~and that*the 'leases on'the ~etties Beach and ~he Day Camp Bldg.' ,also be assigned ~o ~hem. Mr. Clarence S~i~t.~as granted a' renewal of his' auctioneers lic. Mr. Jos. Caton was appointed t° have charge o~ the ~ireworkds display as in ~he pas~. , ~ ~. ~ ,' .... ~r,Desr0che~'Sugges~ed ~ha~ ~eSh°ul~ follow ~p ~he ma~e~ of ~ ~he Hyannis Boa~ pie~ question which~had been refer~ed ~he-A~y Gen. and i~ was vo~ed~o con~ac~ our Rep. on ~his Vo~ed ~o Write ~he Hyannis Selectmen ou~ ~'hou~h~s on .~he line maC,er.and advise ~ha~we'had no ~hough~ of ~hem being a.par~ of ~he authority-and shari'ng.in any deficit. Vo~ed ~o wri~e'~he I~a~er co. rela~ive ~o ~e relocation of hydran~ near Academy Hill School~ where the parking area is being enlarged ....... ~':' ~" Vo~ed to have ~he ~ire Chief confur wi~h us.nex~ weeR. There being no further:busineSs ~he Board we'n~ 'in~o executive session and adj. at 11 PM. . ~ ~ ,'~ : .. 3ames K. Glidden, SecY.