HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-03-05 :~ ~' The,'AnnUal'T~n ~a'~ii~g~s'"~ai'ied.t'0 order by
Town Moderator ~thur L. Desrocher at 7:40 P~M~;'at
:.~he High School AuditoriUm; :::: '-~..~':-.':~-'. ~;:;~-:<'::?;:/.:(".-~': :". ~.
' that :a -ndmbe~' 0f ~'~,tu:dentS? from
Nantucket High School: be ~ admitted to'the Meeting'onl~-
as observers and not~as,~participants?~?A mo~ion to
effect was ~ade;"~seconded' and .voted'iff th'e ~affi'rmative.
~.2/~(~The; Invocation was given by Father Car'ey':'of-St ;~ Mary's
~.;~ The. Warrant ,was' read:~by Towfi Clekk;; C~ Clark Coffin.
/k~icle 2'was before-the meeting and calle'd for;the
reports .from various departments:and commiitee~be ~"
-received. ~ ..... ,¥~.~'~'" '~'~ .~. ~ :~:~ :~::; ' '
.~?~'::,~2.:~The following ~reporis'w~re~ recei~d:"?c~-.[~!~i~c
Finance C0mmittee- 3~ Report ~ on the ~ Recommendations' ~:of' the
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Pinance C'0mmi%%-ee on'the' 1968 ,Annuai~ Town Meeting 'Warrant,
t'oge~her with ~amendmenfs 'thereto :as follows: :; ~:~'-~-." .....
~:~;?~ .~endmenis~io'kiicle 8,' under Recommend&iions~:~add
the ,foliowing:'~"A.11 salarfes in~'Article .8 to b~' retroactive
(?~:Y '::,'Add ~'o'Climbers'"under Dept. :of Public Works - budget:
$3'.30 per hour,'~ Climbing pay, ~which changes total
~; ¥,'In Dept' 'of.~blic Works' ' ' '¥ '
. budget,~ ada'."~.'('f)~ Lib0rer
(-, at~ $5,200 ;00'.to .the bddg~t ~" '.:~c ~ ::. u~:~ --,-<. ~,[¥ ...... ' ~ ~
Add ,$6,,200 ..00 '.:to D':~.W :'-'b~dget~ (Labsr) '~aking' 'i'
vi~~ t~tal~ of [ $133;~68.40, ~' which' changes~.~he total~:b~er~ii'ng
$225 ' '
::-~,~:~;(~ ?Add '$6~ 200.00 'to:the 'tota~~ of. k~icle ~8,%'ma~in~' a
total of'S1,704,783 83" "' ,.. c:-:~;~¥
.. PerSonnel~B0ard: ~Amend~ent.':_tO"~the'/Pe~i6hn-~i;:B6~d,i.':~/.
-': recommendat ions .:under P. olice ~ D~pkrtment:: S:"Overfi'~e
We:;~reco~mend-.time - ahd one,half ~ fdr, all '.req~i'r~d Work~'0: ',
'contiguous ~to :regular "~uiy ~:.~ Whe'ni requ'i~ d: 'to~ appear
?, in conrt.,~[after'.~ one:: hour,'~ time ~. and ~one-half/shall be~
'~ paid.-{.~i~We further, recommend 'that :4n ~'the'~ case., of/a i Call,
~.~,~ime ~ and~ oneahalf ~shal'l:bd'~ paid with a-' minimum '~f. dne
hour :at ~the 'overtime _rate. ~'Over~ime'~sh'all:~be compu'ted . ~-
;on a basis:]of~,fr~m fifteen~inutes to'forty-five.minutes,
one-half:~hour shali~'be ~paid; .over forty'five minules shall
,constiiule one hour." ....
School~ Committee ~' ~ A~efidments :th 'A~icle ~.8': ~n~/~iile
~we~e :submitted: as/foll~ws~ _~ :To' 'amend ~he'~recommendation
~,'r of~.the Finance Commi-tt~e under"Article. 13?Sch0Ol?Dept
increasing ihis'item, by'.$2,312~22 for~tot~l'~Of $6,299.51
and a g~and~iotal"under'this~ticle'of $7,557152;~. ·
~r:~ To .fuithe~: amend~ the.: Scho01'~ Dept ? budget, unde~ 'Art. 8,
~ub*ract~ng $2; 312122 cfrom the School;budget~Cle~ing a
final.~toial of $464,456.78 to be.appropriated." ;~
· - Plann!.ng Board: ~- Report ,~was received regarding Trailer'
~ Charles Clark Coffin~:~ ~ ~?~.~4~;,~' ' ' : ~
.. Town'Clerk Y. ..... ' ' 2. :: .~.,' ~ .,
~. ~ )We~herewith submit our report to ~he Town
.:~4~'As 'a result of,.a public heating'held at~:the Town
Build~ng~on~14'Pebr.'.i968 at,7:30.P.M;~which was-dulyz,.
?.:advertised ~n:t~e~Nantucke~ Inquirer and Mirror 6f,.'a
· 25 January. and I Pebruar y z 1958; 'f the: Planning B oard':%oted
~o recommend to.the Town Meeting'that the following ~
.., ,~. :.; B y-Law ~be. adopted~ mo. changes having 'been made, in said
By-Law.as advertised, .-b~~sa~d public hearing, ~; andt~he
Board being of the opxnxon that the adoption.of said
.~: By-Law.wou%d be help~ul~.in~preserving the'charm and :
quaintness which is the 'backbone of Nantucket~g economy
~ .,,<~ 1- Not more ~ than . one house trailer'~or~ca~rq,'~:;
(Camper being defined as a unit providing sleeping 'quarters
moun~ed on~a motor vehicle ,mhd Whether capmble of being
detached or built as an~integral~part~of~such:vehicle,
~ ~whether ~-so: m~un~ed 'or :detached) ' shaft,be .kePt og.. ap.~ ~!
~, '~ ~ parce 1 -of ~ l~nd, or be~ch .~'(~ No' house;~,t~ai:l~'~ ~ o~' campe~; sh~ll be used as;living quar~ ers while~so,loca~ed, nor
~%..on any Wa~.in~the Town and/or County.of Nantucket. -Space
~, ~ :~ shal 1 uot ,be ~,leased for' trailers :or ~ campers~ :~provided,
however, thatfthe foregoing'shall 'not .prohibi~t. the. es~ab
: :~, lishment, of -~ ,:trailer .camp under: the ~ p~ovision~ ~ of - Chapter
140 of/:the .,General-.Laws, ~. and fur:ther .provided ~ha~ .~he
Board of 'Selectmen, . in t~.so[e ~discret!on,-~may/~iss'd~ :~
~c:::',~peci~l permits, for the:*use ~of .Triileis or"~Campers~ as, liv-
ing quarters in c0n~ection~ith'.carnivals or.~o~her fund
rais!~ng or?public servic~ activities ., 0~Any :pers6n viol
,~la~ing-,any':provision' of~-this By-Law .sh~ll' be~ punishe-d by
~a fin~eof not more than $50.00 for e~chLof'fense'.'~ :Each~ day
=.~ that such offense continues shall: constituti a ieparate
-: ~- Tne~ Soara of seieetmen.sna~t appoint a
Appeals-unde~ ,~h~ provisions~of Sec ;' 1~ of~ Chapter:'40A
af ,the, General?Laws wi*bin, three :.months '0f, ~he,~
of :~his By.LaW. ~ - Said* Board~ of,~: Appeals ~ ~o 'consist ~ - '
~ three membezs; one:for, a' tezm of ~h~ee- yea~s;';~one' for.
~e~m of~. two' yea~s~ and'bne.~ for~ a,: term- ofc one; Mearj':-~Sald
Board 0f~ Appeals to. have ~powe~s: and~ duties~set ' fo~thn~in
: Sec~. ~ 15 ofChap~e~ 40A.o'f;~he' Gen;';Laws= so- far~as~may' be
applicable ;$o this' By-Law." ~."~,~:~ :.~:~:~ ~:¥v.o _~.>:~:i ..~'~ , ~,c:.~
~ . ~ '~ "~ ~.:? :~::~:?~):~R~'spec'tfully 'submitted: ~c
........ - -~ :c~J ~ -~:~v ~ - Nantucke~ Planning Board ''~ ~
: ': ' "(signed) ~e'sley' A.~ordyce,' Chairman
"~. Moderator. Desroch~r~ asked' for ~,$he, numbers; orr ~tie les
be' discussed~ and,vo~ed upon separately,~ any .such'Articles
.?.:,. :,~o be t,akep.~ in numerical. . order.:~.,~. ?:~':~. . ;;':;~bc:'~.:~'i' '. -:.,- . . .
' . The.,foltowing Articles'-were :.~sked .t0'be[_takenlup-;for '.-
~ ~' ' ,.'discussion: :,q~ ~tlcle-8~'.- 13,: "21~ '122~'~4; 35,': 36;"? al;' :~
'73j,' 76, '88 and 89~.~~ .... '~:~ o:~ : ..... "~' ;?~:':~' '~
Article 8 was ~before the me'eting,'and called for a'
vote on the 'amendments as offered by the Finance
MoTIoN, Committee. A motion was 'made and seconded that the
amendments to the FinanceCCommittee*s recommendations
V~E be accepted and 2he motion was carried bys~ voice vote.
Philip Bart let t ' qd'~stioned ~the'-;sumL of ~. $8OQ. QO, f or ~%~?~.a~. _7..~
· fe~!lizer~:u~der, the Dept'~" of,:.!PuBlic':Wo~'ks~'~u'.dget;~,~a'nd
stated' that '.this sum should purchase ~over'ei§ht~!tons~: z
of fertilizer and'should~fertilize'thirty-two-acres;' '. :
Michael, Driscoll¢': Supt ~'of. the ~:D.P.W~-¢ '. stated that .' :-'.:25:'.- :,
thiS'-' a~ount W°hid .be :spent ,' to. fektilize :,the '.Soft :B~lia0.': ~
F~eld,'~,the, Park"& Rec~ etlon ~areas' and 'all of~,-the ~%re~s
of the Town , ,, ~
M~; Bartlett felt %ha% this amount was excessive ,and he
m0v~ ~hat ~he Sum'of $800.00 be deleted and the sum be M~ION
$400 '
The'motion-was seconded and was'.l~t:by¢a'voice vote~ :;.,r~:)' voTE
Philip.,'Bart let,t ,also' stated .that ;'he -felt: th~ ::~bm' of f,?<: 'c, ;'
$4; 000.00 ,under "Sewer Beds ~ of ' the D.P.W?bud~et was:'~% c~;:~
excessive and moved that ' the ' suma of - $4,' 000 . 00 be-deleted~'~ MOTION
and the sum of $3,000.00 be inserted in,plac'e, thereofi":'~'>
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Mr, ':~'.ertXett,,s. ~otion'- r~ceive'd' a' ~egat~.ve"~oiC'e :'9ore and : V~E
was~-no~carriedl .,;';'4~:?~:'.~.: ::~;:':L : ¢-,,.~.¢.L~u.::~i:i' ~,~.~:: ~a:> '.~¢'~
Robert 'ohristaan 'asked ii the, $1~00 listed Under, the ,
P'~nnin~ 9oard bud~et.¢or Zonin~ would ,be. available ~?'
to work with ,, next_': year , in : the event the Article'calling":-"
for Zonin~ By-Law be ;defeated-~oni~h't ;",:U.., :,:~?~ :.;i :':~',' , ,::,:,
Wesle~ .FordYce, Chairman of the ~'."Pl&nnin~ Board, expl&i.ned
~ha¢.,~urin~ the studF'and s~ttin~' up o¢ the .Zoning-By,Law,
a certain amount of ,money Was expended '_including hiring
a firm, as -counsei,in setting ,up:the~' z~ning, program;~:~ He
stated that 'if,~{ at-,the end of~:the ~ear;'~ there' is :a. balance
remaining,'-~ it. will be~. returned~to ~the Town ~"~'? ,~::~s
M.- ~a~s oran'ston, asked. ir:,'thi~ '$1500* ~gde~' '~t'$~
addition, to ,the "$1500-. in:Artic~eh p2; f;the Zonin~ ~t¢¢cle ;r :~.
Mr; Fordyce:stated, that" it;was in additi6~ to~"~%'~'¢;
Under<. Art, .-~ .22~ ~' if; passed¢'d-someone', would, ~e" appointed. 'to/¢'.;
administer, the.,.Zonihg: rules' and- regulations :'and' that':'u~:;]~g -
$1500 would be to cover~the expensesl isq~.~A .k;~' ;.
Moderator, Desrocher:: theh'~ called for ~ a' Vote': on' the'~ accept ante
of, the Finance, , Committee's. recommendations on:,~ticle' 81 ~:
The motion was duly:made,and'seconded that:" the '"r~do~ma'~'d2:'~ ' M~ION
ations ,of the Finance~ Committee as ~a~ended'be' ~cce~!e~'~: -' - ~'
and "the ~°tion was carried by a ·voice vote.-, ,' -, ~:::, ,.-~ ::',
Article ~13 ~as ;before .%he .meeting and ~aa led'.fO~
of:-mo~eY %o be ;raised and (appropriated for' the',~yment "'f~'f
of~-unpai¢ bills.:'of previous ,years'includin~ any'bills:'n'6W~
T e ¢.,amendment :offered~-.by Dr,: David Voorhees, Chairman.
the :school¢ Qommittee th~t'.:the "sum' of':$3,98~29 :be; incr~-a~'~d .-
by $2,312i-22,"'said-.s~m:t0:~be Used"fr0m'"the,'Sch0ol-DeptjD~. ',
budget under. Article' 8 of'the :1968 .Warrant .was~then Voted ' V~
upon favorably by a voice vote . ,...... .... ; .........
~tic~e '2l'.was before',,the.'meeting and Was t'~'e~"Wh~t
'actiOn ~he,, T~n will: take ' Eela~ive: to 'the: adoption' 0t,' a ;' _~ ,;
zoning ,BM-LawJ ' The, Finahce' Com. ~'recommends: that the Town:
adop~ ~he Zonin~ By-Law and, 'fur~her, ~ha~. votin~ .on this.,
~ticle -be ,by .written ballo~ ~' <: ':' ~: '~ ' ~ -~ :'~-: :~::. :~ .~ :~'~"~:"
. '::~' :.-:. .,, ,~: -:~,~ :,,-.~-, ' ~ ~ ':7 ' '"" '~ .... :":"-d/
...C,,_,.-~. ~ ~,..M~..~.~James~ Cranston~.immediately:made.:.the~m6tion~that~ th~:'~'~
MOTI~. r'ecommendatio~';~of:;~he / Finance. committee ':n0't-'.'b~ :~"~c~e'~d';
and,.~the,-: mot~,.., ion,:,was, _ ,., . s~conded,, ,,,~ ,~ ~: ;"~. ~.~' ~:;~,~*~.,.- ,, .:]f;~ ,r" ' ;:~;~.,. . .... ,.,~, i~.~ ',~_ ~f~;'~. ;:, . ['~011
The Moderator s~a~ed ~ha~'Mr.:Crans~onts.~mo~ion was
before She-~mee~ing f9r. a: vo~e ~ and.he-explained
,"Yes'~_~ vo~e',~was ~.~equired if ~; one: objected ghe ~,ghe
of :~. zoning,--~ and ghose, in favor, of ' zoni. ng should v0ge A'No ?'
The meeting was in recess while the vote was taken
At this gime :ghere'was some discussion.from Robert
Leon Royal ~and Harold Anderson who claimed ghey'and
the othe~ voters were ~confused: and did, no~ know;'~:yet;TM
wha~ ~hey,were voting For. Mr. Anderson asked Mr. Cransgo
go withdraw, his mogion so :~tha~ Lthe ',meeging :: could ,v~ge ~ 9n. ?~
~he recommendagiogs, of~ the .Finance Committee ~ ra~her ~: ~han <
:C~,~.~ ','~. on. Mr;'.Cr~ns~outs mogion; ::~ Mr. Cransgon'refused to with-::
.,':"." .... ',- Mr., ModeraiOr, apPointe'dttwo) ~dditi. ona1 're liefs ,'to-'assist"'
' in counting the ballots: John. Bartlett, Jr;'and'M2'"-jame'g:
Cranston.
" The results'of,:the vote were: (;,
VOTE Cranston-motion,, 347; those opposed,':: 155.' '-,The motion':': '~ ~
that the,Finance Committee's recommendations'not ,be'""
accepted was carried.
A~icle. 22 was ,before ,the ~eeting, and
on an amount of :money?.to be ~raised'an~ appropriated, for. ,c
the tpu[po~e.of administration of:a Zoning By-Law and-'the ~
recommendat~on ,of, the..Finance Committee was,:tb raise, and a
appropriate the s,u~,ofq$1500.00 for'this
, David ApPel Stated ,-that.: the same, amount:Was 'raiS'e'd' h's~~ 1,
,year and~.'thgt~the~ Zoning, By-Law was" rejedted'Bui ~i~e~
iiticle- appropriating the' money was not brought'out for
consideration.:: He' had,:assUmed at:. that' time tha!'[/~!n~e,.: :r~
the Zonihg: ,B ~Law: was ~ re jected that ~,the ' Articl~ - aPp~o-
priat ing :~he (mone .... ~ for ~ its ' administrat ibn, was i: als o ~.,i' ,: :.:-~'- ......
rejected. Mr. Appel ~anted to know.what
of, the' mone~, . $1500.00 from last' year, 'plus'the'$1500.00'
:?:;.~prx}0ping ln.'~ticle;8 in 1968 ; or , a~ total : of , $3, 0007
Moderator Desrocher ' called" a "recess While' the: 1967_ ToWn
.,~c?:,-r.>::. Wgrrant.,was checked; ~f:~It ;was ifound'that/~'; Appel'-Oas
., .. correct l.':that : $1500 .00 .,had beenj appropriated for
,Wes le~. F0rdYc~, ,;Chairman"0f ;: the, planning",B6~rd;; :'said :,:),;, ~ :, ;-,'
, that ~.the: $150U. from' last ~ year was" supplemented by.' private
funds--Jgiven)t0 the' Zoning Committee and the,~,$1500.00 'was
turned back'to the Town Treasurer...: ~.,,x,::; ,::,.c
,,~ ' : . ;.',. ,-. , -,~ ., ,, . , ,.-, ..' . ,- :,. ['-/: , .
, -' Arnold, sm~,!li- Chairm~hd '°f(~the,Finance C0~ittee';,[ ~tated-?t
i. at}te~Cc~e~king.the records: thatlthere was':$919;00.,c~gried,4'
over_ in-,196~rand, $1500.00 appropiiated-and a balahce ,0f, :i'f
$80i~40 ;turned. back ,to:the,Town-~ >,~ ¢i ':':~',>~Ci,:~, t:,:~ >. ;' ,:,
Mr ': ' he could not see h6~ the' money, ~ould
. Appel stated that"' '.' ,, ~::;-~:,~ :,:':?iev z;:-":~':' ,i::~5:~v:.'z:~ -':'~
be spent:when it was- for the t administration of:
which was rrejected at,Town 'Meeting. .... ,~ He pointed 6Ut, that
t~,er, e should have:been the ,$919.00 plus the
~Saall stated that it was no doubt':-a bookkeeping
and the Town Accountant would be better able to explain,.
One'.motion :~duly'lmade ~and" seconded the ,'recommendations u~.,~-~ VOTB
off, the 'Finance. Committee under ~ Art icle 22 'wEs ?ejected ]'
Article. 24-.was,:before.~the~ meetlng:,and called for,:..~:-* :.
~Cceptance ~.of~a, B~-Law ,to" limi~ ..the number, to~:0he:s.~'~?
unrpgis%ered car-~or truck ungar~ed-'on,premiseS 'oon~d ,~,c: :
or ,unddrcthe control of:a: person' without the'aUghor2[
ization :.of.-~the ' Board of' Se le ctmen ;' L~ 'x x :~..,.~: ....... ~..: ......... ~,--~ ~. ,
Irv~n Holdgate; ;~r;~' sgated~that,~he ,was opposed to-th~s ~ ~ MOTION
Article ~ and 'moved that. the .recommendations of. the ~"~ ...... : ~'
Finance Committee ,not ..be. accepted, ~ ~:~u:~[~'~:',~ nv'c.- r:. ~ .... "~:
of,. Se lectmen,
stated thati~his By-Law.merely says' that"you cannot ha~' ;'
more ~han one-unregistered.vehicle in y~ur front Mard,- .:~.
If.you are.in business,, such is'caf'rents, i-or c~r r~pairs,. ~ '
or have some Other .necessigM for having ~m0retthan one ,.
:~.ugregistered vehicle ;in ~ou'r.back yard,' ~: you Can be
orized by the'Board' of Selectmen. :;~ He explaine'd .that .~'}J '--z~:;,
this By-Law mere'lyf'gives .~he Selectmen some ~.n'trol
when. complaints 'are r received of; ~junk 'cars'. 0n 'someone ~ s 5.L?.L~
'pr~mises:~and.gi~e'~hem. the righ~ to have them removed ~'~':'
Donald Visco,,stated. %Hat if~ the By'Law is reah,cak~ffi .........
"Premise~'~ owned by,him:or Under his control,~u;c tha~this,,
coul~ apply ~o the:: le~ter of;/the,~ law: and: is rather bkoad;TM
He "fe It ,.:~hat ~.this, was', taking ~ some ;' of~ our~ freedom away i~-~
He urged tha~ the Finande'Committee's recommendations.~,,
be; re,jecged, as: it~ is ', t'oo; Powe~fu 1:, and ~ g! yes' exclusive ,[,:~.: ~}(~
,[~o~t~ol to,.the Selectmen without~an~ power-fof~appeal~Oritten
· n.~:,He pointed out that there,was"no area;'designated for~
the 'disposal of ,these ~ unregistered vehicles, and
should be i some,,~exclusicns ~written~in for businessmen _,and
others~who have-need-to'keep'unregistered vehicles'on~- ~¢~' ~ -
~fheir-~ premises. ~ii Perhaps iff another :' year;~ we :, can cc~e '~'~ i,:
A :voice, Vote' was ::~then ::~aken on ;~ticle, 24' and the 'chair 'was ~.~
iff dodbt; : A show of hands .was~'reqdested' and'~hos&:in' favor ,, :~ VO~
of Mr. Holdga~e~s motion numbered 239; those }'opposed,~'~ 164.,
,The-,~inance .Committee ~s ~recommendations Were :n0t';aecepted; '
Article 35 was before the meeting and;cai~ed:f0~':'i:~:~':~6
~and appropriated,~borrowed or transferred fr0m~ ~
available funds for several,misce llaneous 'items ~nder .the' ,:
'Phlll~ Bartle~ stated ,th~ ¢ She amount -'o~ '$340'.00 'for ,' one' ~
Homelite Saw seemed,~o'him to be excessive by;about~$60 <:,,
to $80,.:, that7 ~he, D;P;W~t seemed to be bu'ging,thi'ngs:which-
i~' doesh't"need whilei people' around Town are tr~ifig'?'6: ,:j.'~'/.,
Mk;' Michael'Driscoll,' Supt. of'the D.P.W.,;'stated that'along
with-,the purchase.: of ,~ the,~ saw/~: they will 'alSc',' get',an Lext~a~:-~ ~
~chainisihce' the' saW~would-~be~fiseless if-~h~'¢ should suddenly
Mr;, Moderator stated ,$ha~:~ the:'question C*~s' Oh"acceptance, ,
0f th~'"Financ~ 8ommittee ~s 'recommendation 2 ~'~ M0$10n' 'wa~'-dul~ MOTION
made gnd seconded,-and She Finance Committee's recommendations
-"~(ici~,36 was ,before ghe~meeging'and calledffor a'sum.of;';
money ~o continue' spraying $6 'con~rol* canker worm 'and or
aerial
perimeter
'D~. Gsrry Sehnelle spoke against aerial spraying and s~d
that-he had not heard any evidence that canker worms are
undermining foliage in any wa~.
'1
- MOTION
and this ~:continues :to ' affect Ourcpolidy'iin-aerial< sp~a~ing
The :: Town buys ~the~ materials~, and hires ..the .'~planest:tO,"do' .~'he"
.spraying :land ..those: persons who' spray, are ? licensed" an~)wo~ld
not ' jeoprodize .their licenses ;'? ~ ~ <:Driscoll"'s~a2ed';th~f
' "we must continue to control canker'worm,or it,will'get,out
of hand. ~'~The,~ only other, alternative ~ would..be (~ojreiufn~%o.
~','~.u,.;.~,,: a' mist~bloWer ~or, hand .spraying .,'),He ~urged, th%t the Finance
committee *s recommendations, be ' accepted. (<:'; ) ,! r-:' '~;~ '~ <'~';~
Leon '~0[al ao~ed tha~,the ~ec~aendations :of [~he;~inan~e
'~'b~ai~tee ~be 'accepted and ,the,motion was g~ondedj t ~,;
VOTE Mr..'Roy~!~s motion was ,carried:on a v~ice, v0t~'; ...... :~::"'~
ttticle' 41 was before ,the meeting' and called for the "pU.ta ase
of variou'~ :items-for .the D; P; W.-%~,, "~c ":~?.~;,~;:i-'.,'-~;'.7:' ,'
Phili:p Bartlett asked if ;the: old bulldozer under Item.
was ~o ,be.[~tKded in; and them moved that the old
be traded in and the price applied to .the'new one~-:~;~;~
Andrew Lowell, meabe~: of .the: Select~en,~'~ stated thkt ,the
tr'ade-in..vaiue: was > not too hi,hi there rots,: it, would' 'b~
bette~, to .keep this ~old bu-lldozer, at, the~duap;';:This, would
k~ep the.new,bulldozer, f~om ~oin~ bact and:'forth'~o~the dump.
Mr.* Bartlett state:,that-~if;the <tradeain: value ~as '~hkt: 10{,
the .bulldozer ~ should be x~raded'in or i~ Would 'cost h~'ndreds
':'or'dollars for repairs each year; ~':'; ~'~'? ;":?;:~"::~7 ":~ .~
~;~Driscoll said the ~ bulldozer is-':in' fal
due to'itls'a~e would'inot,:bring a'good trade~in.'WIt;iS
i~em that we can'ose~and wouldn,t cost'much,, to'keeP, . fbr'['{w°
~r.'~Bartlett's motion was~th~n pu~ to a vote. and" the
was' not 'carried byja. voice,-vote -~'.:',;~:;~ -.:, ':::'~:;' :- - *' ~'-uz>
The'que~lion: comes,: on acceptance of :fhe Finance Committ~*~;'s
recommendations i: 'A-Voice vote was taken and the recommend-
' ' A~icle:73, -Sec.' g was .before the. meeting and called f.09~;j
'th'e'-installati6n of a storm drain'on Francis St.; which .the
Finance Committee did not recommend..,,.,,~,~?-~< , <,..-'~ ~:z:;.',-~;":,::
. Lionel1 "J ;'-; Starr said that- a11:,the;backTards, in;that
, are2 alwa~s.,.~'ull)of water, and in *the :'summertime ~ it .-'is'
breeding ,area for mosquitoes. ( He, a~kea what %he~c0~t
be to'install 100 feet of 6-inch pipe'and one catch,basin.','
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Edmund R~mos stated thkt -the - c'°S~, would' be $~70,00.:d.(' e.:
. said a 'lot :of.Z land- in: that' area has' been 'filled i'n'which-'has
' caused'the~driinage - problem, and the instailat{on 'of la'drain
MOTION ~' would be. the only way/to remedy ~the sit,uation.'; ~ ~em~vM that
the ,Town,vote,to~raise and appropriate $470~.00 'to install' the
, .,,. necessary .p~pe ,and catch ~bas~n. :' ,~'.cc,:;': :,.:lC',.. ?.',-- ..... ..' ;-,~, ;--.- ·
~:::'":t~Old S~all, "Chait~n Of. the'. Finance 'Committee;: :'said;th'it:: '.,
'ghll~ ..the a~ount'is only $~70, we' must think of the-principle
draining
involved. ~,' I~ <the, Town; stattsi~ ; pkiva~,e ' property, no~
it will have, quite a job-on-it's hands'.,,:-."-'" .," -;,'"'-':'. '"'
VOTE ~e'meeting voted favorably on Mr. Ra~os' aoti°n.
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MOTION
VOTE
inS~'lla~ion-of, ~pipe' and 'drains ~from ,PleasantFSt; :to :~he'~
ocean ~ via 'Bdar ~ S~.~ ;which was, not- recommended b~ ',the .'~ b~?-~;
Finance Committee." '" ' " .-
"Arthu~ qu~nn s¢-a~ed-~ha~ he r.lxved' xn ~.the a~ea- xn ques~xon .
and the d~ina~e-~oblem-constitutes'.a health hazard ' /
partic u larly intthe 'summertime. when~ mosquitoes, breed ;: ~ J ?A
He.~hought .~ha~aa~one'-~ime~he~e .was some ~hought'g~h~' ' '
'to "the ~ possib~l~'y of, :obtaining Federal ~aid :for t ~he- sewer-
l~f~prOjec~'on Cliff, Road and-~ could~incl~de~his:~;~;J'!
area .*as"wel~ ~/~He ~fel-~ ~ha~ ~if ~.someone on .~he ;Island ?.?:3::,:?::
w~ld be.w~ll~ng ~o go ~o Boston~and:~al~,~'O Federal
officials, weccould no doubt ge~ a lot of ~hese projects
done and done quickly ,.~,~.~ ': ~: c.~:~v.-7 i.~;,'K~ ,~;.:?.()-~-~;?.: Fi :-:< -' ~ ~
Robert Marks,': member, 'of '~ the .' Finance Committee,-,~ pointed
that, f~is i ~art leu lar proje ct ,.would, 'cost F between '$23; 000 4'~:,
and. $30, O00,'~'and'once again Were getting int'o .the' problem
Dennis 'Dias stated he" would', like/to [represent Mr. Tripp,
who lives" in. the: area; ~d .make ~.a' suggestion'.that the': ~-
Tow~.put"in;a pipe' from*.the Tr!pp:property.to the Hai'~h
property,rather:than.try to do the-whole thing in.one,year.
'Mr.-'Marksssaid.thattthis again was tcaused'by, fi llingrin
l~fl. iffd b~ea~ing" up, the' na~ural'r d~ainage. :. He; pointed ~ ut
'vthat,.the :pipe.in the'area'is.~oo high and the whole,thing
The question of the acceptance"of 'the".'~inance
recommendations'~was ,before the meeting' and was:accepted.:,::( VOTE
Att ic le 76 ;.was befor~ [,,the' me'ting - and called, for :: a Sewer :~
1-ift-s"tation on' 6pper Cliff:'Road, :,which the .,: Finance C0m- ~
mittee'did not recommend.
Clyde (Blac~ood' said .that :last-~ea~,,there .was $2i 000.;; ;',.~ ....
appropriated :tO make a study :of the, possibility,of -getting -"
se~rage up there'at a cheaper price' by going down the hill
to
West.Chester
., Stree.t and ~the ........
thit study...,d? :,t~v;':vr'.}}~: ...... ' . .. .. -'results.[Were
Allen'E Z Norcrosg,','Chai~man of .,the Board of Selectmen/u>':':~
~'tated t~at th%' Board appoinied a .Committee.of which he -':
was chairman and-that he. went.personally, to .,the fi'r'm -,,~., :~.~:.~
c0nsuii'ed-'an5 obtained the iig~s usdddfo~ .this
He stated'that we could get along without the' lift-station
M. James' Cran'Ston-i~quik~d 'if this takes in Derrymore Road .
and Pill" J~nes~ Road,, and Mr. Norcross said that'_ it 'did;-'-~',~:C' -
Mr.' Slozek'asked-if.,the, lift-station wpuld increase 'the: -Y.:
load' on the' central pumping station, and Mr. Norcross
said he' felt/the:pumping station was~ample'to get the'??'.'
sewerage to.the Sea Street Pumping Station; r'.r?,:.~f.::~ ;~ ......
The questiOn-off acceptance'of the Fimnce Committee. s [',.~' :'~
recommendation was before the .meeting and the meeting VOTE
voted to accept .the recommendation by a voice vote
~Article _88 ~as before themm~ting and called for a vote
to establish--the salaries 'of:the Police Chief and Fire
Chief at $8~500, and the recommendation of the Fimnce
Committee was in the negative.
'W. ~arland R0unsville'Said that under Article 8 .the
sal~ri'es bf.the F'ire Chief and Police'Chief was recommended
at $7,260.O0,'but'th~ salary of.the'foreman of the
was set at $7,315.00. 'Considering the responsibilities
carried by the two Chiefs and their 24-hour a day duty,
it doesn't seem fair to them. He made a motion, which
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../' :: .~. '~:~:~: received ~a::second,v:~fhat' the'~ P61'~ce~ g~d'
and appr'opri~a~ed'~o'cov~r::~he'ad' ~ ' ~'~ '"'~"~ ¥:'" ~:-"~
' , ded costs;' -:--:..~ ,: ..... ..
~'.:-~."There.was no ~ further., discUssion on this'motion,..:and'a'voice
VOTE . vo~e was .taken, and:the.motion was carried.. ,..~..~ .....
~icle~89'was:be~ore:%~-'mee~xng~and called ~or.~h~'
. cE $16,000;00 ~o'es~abri~'~a~'d'equkp'a nigh~pafkof-for
Lout- o~-To~ 'dis~'ric~,'7 Usder~[%'he 'Po lice De'par~men~ :~ The
rinancebOommi%%ee- recomme'nd~d %hessum 0S :$10,00~'.00; be"::'~:~'.
raised and appropriated'for this'~tic~e:t0 b~ 'on- a one-,;,
year trial basis.:.-~.~':' 'or:': ' .~r. :i '-'~';
Allen 'i .' Norcross,: Chiirman of 'the'BOard of"s~ai~a'~
ik'e also Police commissioners,' 'stated .that the Selectmen
know nothing, ab'ou't: this'"A~ti~le *~r it Ws .opera~ion';.f. that.~/?
'.they should know'what-~ is'g~ing 'bn 'in .the Police De'pt :.
MOTION ' He, made' a~ mo~ion'.~ha~: ~he '~ec0mmenda%ionS o~~ %~e'~ Finance
Committee be indefinitely pos,t'P0hed'."~:- The' m0~0n~ received'
a second, : .:, ... 1: .-...
~i lliam 'Burdick;'/~r';';'~ a' member', 'of "the'i r0'iia' '"':' ..... :.
force;'.'., st, ated
that. ~. Norcross, ~ a~ ~ a--P01~'6e Commissioner, . shou ld'have
. taken-:the., time: t0 ~ee [Chief Howes ?ab'but ~his?Articie'j
pointed out that there have' been complaints from both local
and summer' 0ut=of-Town'~ r~sid~nts ~ that ~ the ~ '. are ' not, receiving
adequate' police, protection~. fb~'"the' amount of~ taxes they. pay
Ten'thousand dolla2s se~ed' like a'~lot:0f money,'~bu~
MOTION . recommendation is based on a onea:yea~'~' t~ial~ He'moved
that .the Finance CoEittee's recommendations be accepted....'
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~JT:.U? Moderator .,Desrochef' st'~ted that th~"meeting.'must..vote'on
.. 'Mr. Norcross ~. motion after the motion offered by Mr.'Burdickl
and after some-discussion,"Mr,'Burdick asked for,unanaaous
consent to.withd/aw-his~ibtidn;~'...This- a0nse~t, was :voted..~:.
in-the affirmative by'a voice'-vot~i'.' P'f~':J .... ",;:-' .... :" ......
~e .queStion 'cOmes on'acceptance of ,the .motion'offered-.bF;~
Mr. NorcroSs"to indefinitely postpone the redommendat~o'ns.~-
of ,the Finance :Coamittee.j'r ~o v-~::, <.-~ ,.::. ~-. < ...... ,;:,.,e.~ --h
stated ..that s~nce, thxs que-stion~ involved both
the S~-lect~enaand the Police Dept., 'he moved that ':' th~'
MOTION on this motion be taken" bF written ballot. '.The motion was
VOTE 'seconded~': an'd
' ' . . ~-Ye~' V0tes~' 2731' No - '~'
V.~B ResUlts of:the' Vote wake<- x2- tai'. ,'' ..... ·, ....
votes,- 139;~ Mr. Norcross' motion was carried.' '',k ~.
~me~ K.' Glkdden':m~de ,' ~:m'o~ion '~h~ -air 0%her ' recommeffd~;v'
.. -' %io~s of. the. Finance 'CommSttee - be. accepted '.and was seconded
VOTE by Allen B,.NorcroSs?jMot'ion Was ~ carried by~a'voic~tvot~';~
A motion was~made by Kenneth W.-Holdg~te'to adjourn
meetxng and was seconded by-Andrew Bi"Lowell';' :The motion
was favorably voted, and the,me, ting adjourned at l.; ;. ..., :n
. ::%:. · :~:, .... .. ,. v'~ ~:~: ti611 submitted
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S March 1968 9 SO AM
The newly elected Board of Selectmen Comprised of 'Allen E. N~rcr0s's, Andrew
E. Lowell, Ernest E.,~nelden, Kenneth Sr. Holdgate and 3ames K. Glidden
met at the office of the-Town Clerk at this time and date. ·
Town Clerk Charles Clark Coffin 'd~ly' ~dministe~d the 'O~th'
of office'-to,.
the Board and then cal,1 for nominations for'the office of Chairman.
,, On motion duly made '~nd s$conaea it ~as voted t~at ~llen ~ ~of~oss
be appointed Chairman of the Board ~or the ensuing year, and'M~.
No~cross assumed the chair.
On motion duly made and seconded it was Voted that J~s K. Glidden
be appbinted Secy. for the ensuing year.. .~::,~
On motion duly made and seconded it was Voted that Roy E. Sanguine'tti
Esq. be appointed as Town Counsel for the ensuing Meat at the usual
retained.
On ~otion dul~ ~aa~ and seconded it ~as Voted. that,~he r~gul'a~,'~ee;i~gs ,,
o~ th~ Board be ~ald at 7.80 P~ each Wodnesday unt~l ~u~tker notiea.
- On motion duly.~ade and seconded it was Voted to adjourn.~
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