HomeMy WebLinkAbout1961-07-05Sele'ct~ens Meeting 5*July 19'61
The meeting came to order~as~Selectmen~at 8.20'·Phi having been.
preceeded by a county commissioners meeting, all members of
, the Board except Mr. Pease being present. · ·
Warrant No. 2?,' totalling $32,844.87 ,vas presented by ToWn ~cct~
Barrett and checked and approved by the Board.
Minutes of the Previous 'meeting were read andaPpr0ved.
Mrs woo4ward of. w. Chester St. Was 'present and ', suggested that
lines be painted on the curb at Main St. to designate'the
parking spaces and also some regulation to make cyclists..
proceed in single file, these matters were taken under ad-
vis.ement..
The following' licenses and'permit's were aPproved:
Nant. Sea Foods, Common Vict; Parker Gray Sunday Ent.;:Frank
Psaradellis, Taxi license; Gertrude Lamb. Comm. Vict' Ice
Cream and Soft drink; .Island Marine Set.'. Inc. 'permit. to st0r~
marine gas~in underground tank; Mrs'Alves, No parking.sign
opposite garage entrance on Hussey St. Siasconset Caslon,
Rose day permit; Suzy Holdgate_ Carriage license and permit
to park on Main St. near Orange.
Voted to h~ve Mr. Puttrick repair the bridge steps and walk at
South Gulley, Siasconset.
A letter was received from the 1st Naval Dist. 'in reply to our
letter concerning the Capehart project advising they they
would try to. comply with our suggestions is same could be
done within the funds available. :,,. . ',
Voted to adv' 'bids for 'oiling of dirt r'0ads to be' in at the next~
meeting. ,::,.~ · · '~
Voted to have a curve Sign placed at But!e~ly Lane and Baxter
Rd. Siasconset Mass
The matter Of'the Dump,at the N.E. land 'near 'the 'retocat~d old
,South-Rd, was discussed having been carried over from the
County meeting and,it was voted to adv. for bids ,for cleaning
and bulldozing same.
There being no further business the Board went' into executive
session and adj. at 9.3.0 PM. ~-:~'
Executive Session: _, ,
Application o~' JoSiah'S. Bar~ett _, for reappointment, as ~Town :Acct.
was received and tabled so thai same would come .up with the
regular'appointments in March. .~ .
Voted to'reqUest the Finance 'Comm'ittee:.to 't'~ansfer tg ihe::f6gai',
dept from the reserve fund the 'amount of $4,486.60 to cover
Eng. and legal services in the Water rate hearing.matters.
james ~. Glidden, Secy.'
selectmens Meeting 12 July lg61
The meeting came to order at 8PM all members of the Board being
~ present.. -, ,
Warrant No. 28 totalling $63,036.68 was presented by Town Acct.
Barrett and checked and approved by the Board.
Minutes:of the previous meeting were read and approved.
Bids on Art. 22 Oiling dirt roads Were received from Nant.' const.
Co.' and Walter F. Glowacki both bids were in the amount of
.22¢ per gal. it was voted to ask'the two contractors if
they desire to rebid same or to flip a coin.
A notice was received from the Supt. of streets that he needed
a transfer for traffic markings.of $600.00 and same was
referred to the Finance Committee.
Mr. WaYne Allen was~granted a permit to hold a dance'at~legion'
hall on 20 July from 8PM to 1AM he to p~ovide asp. police
officer, also granted,~a permit to sell soft,, drinks.
Various letters were received relative to th~'steps at Magnolia
Ave. Sconset and it was voted to determine what the cost
of repairs would be.
A dividend in the amount of $138.11 was received from the Boston
Mutaul on the Towns insurance program.
Mr. Parker Gray was 'granted permission to have Painted on the
existing sign which-is at the corner of Old Soufth Rd. and
which now reads Surfside with an ArrOw, the additional
wording of Fairgrounds Rd. same to be same color and size
as present wordking. ' ~.
Mr. G~ay a~so requested consideration of a street light on
Fairgrounds road and was advised that same would be looked
at when the Board made a survey.
The Civic League was granted permission to sell tickets relative
to a garden tour on 27 July.and Aug. 23rd.
Mr. Irving Stanley was granted a'sp..auctioneers license for use
at the N. Church.
M~r. Henry B.'Coleman was granted a renewal ofhis auctioneers lic.
Nant. Ph. was granted a renewal of its soft drink license.
Miss Schepp requested a no parking area on Easy st. and it was
suggested that we establish a'10 Min. parking area aprox.
extending fifteen feet from the comer'of Old. N.' Wharf.
A letter was received from Sutp.~f:streets Jaeckle suggesting
that we ask Mt.Thomas McGrath if he would undertake a survey
of the various old fire cisterns and it was so voted.
Voted to'have the st~ps at indian A~.'and the Walk near seven
doors checked for condition.
Matter of bushes at the corner of Crooked Lane and Madaket Rd. ,
was referred to the highway dept. for correction.
The matter of a stop sign at L. Pleasant St. and Williams Lane
on L. Pleasant Street was discussed and Voted.
It was voted to set up a 6ch. of main dept. heads to meet with
the Board at regular intervals to discuss any problems they
might have.
.Bids relative'.to the kale 6f.tne.old'ladd~r truck we're on hand,
bu~ inasmuch as Chief Bartlett bad'advised.that-he
a:bid on his~desk which he was.unable .to get ~to'the Board'.
for the meeting due~to illness in the ,family,'it,,was'voted~
to have the Secy. ~op~n the bids in the morning and award
same to the Highest bidder.
Note: ~BidS:as'0pe~d Were 'J~hn Walsk ~ ~'1'2.~8; R'.' King~b~ry
Chase of Boston Mass' $275.00; H. Flin~ Ranney of Calif'
and Nant ~ .$510.00. " .
There being no further business the Board went into executive
session and adj, at 10 PM. ~'
Executive session: .'~ .. .~::., .
The matter of Civil Service siep rate increases was disu'css~
and it was .voted to write the Civil Set. for an opinion on
~Vo'ted to:advise the Island Home contractos, ~aine, Bartlett
and the Sewer Comm. that we would like to have the matters.
awarded ~hem completed by 1 Aub. 61