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High: School 'Audi~or'ium was ;. called tO ~'orde'r cat ':8:00 P
b~ 6~~ ~-'~., ,: ....
,The' :,Warrant for 'the m~ing was ~read T "'+C k ....... ;"
C. Cl~rk Coffin. ,~ .... ~c
The Moderator *sta~ed~ihat since ,ihere were: only,,eight
Articles,'- each one' would be 'taken up S%Parately.-' ":>" -~
meeting fand ,c&lled'.for report~
of' var'~ous :commit tees' be receivedf';~-'':":'''u~ :~c~ <~:,¢: ~ ,:,,
Frank Powers, Secretary ~f'the Finance com~iti~'e'' ::'
s ubmil t ~'d
the report on recommendations of the Finance Co,mmi/tee .~
on ~.the. eight grtici6s of~ the Spec:ial'T~wn Mee%'ing,.~arr~t
I! :was.vote'd unanimously by:a'voice vote that ~the report
,.~ be ::accepted.~~, ....... ,; ~,~'~, ~' ~'~,~ e *,~ ,h?<:e. ~ ~.?, ~,,, :., . ho ~>-~.~:., ,:'~,~
-Article 2' Was 'before .th~"meeting;"¢Which;'d<ed f'6~':
sum of-$5,390.00 for~ one patrolman for the 'POi'ic'~ 'De~ ~<~;:'~.
-The Finance Committee's recommendation was to'transfer $2,700.00 for ~his,' Ar~xcle. ~
,-fro~-E &, D the, sum o~. --~ .~ ',~:;,.
There was-eno aiscusaion- o~ ~iS lfticla;<.-~nd the ~ Finance
Committee's recommendation was unanimously ac~epte,d"on 'a
'Article 3::was:/before) 'the" meet in~ ~ and: c'all~'a 'for ~ th~': S~
~;00 to purchase- a~veh~cle,to be used'as a',~,,,,':" :
police ~,Cruiser;: cost ~ to'~ ipclu'de 'vehicle,':" insuk'~nce ¢ a~d
maintenance ~'~ The Finanae ~ Committee is: recom'mena{tibn
cai-led for..the ,traflsf~r?from'f ~ D ihe:?sum~,~f
~o ,cover ,this 7Article. --.,, ,--,., -~ ~:;:::, ,~ 'c-?, :~: .:<~,~ ::. !~:.: ~, ...., ,,. ~,. ..... ,
The%queStion .Of: acceptance ,or:the<recommendatzon of the
Finance Co~mittee+was "~oted favorably by. a :unanlmou&
~ticle¢4 was before the meeting and 'called for
to,;put .the':land'"acqfiired'or tO be ;acqdiEed?fr6~ Edward
' and--Dorothy:Badkus~ adjacent' to' the 'High:'Sch0ol 'Athldtic
Field:under- Article t 19'~ and- 20 of "'the /last ",'Annual ~'Towfi.
Me~t i:ng :l~arrant under ::the'.' jurisdict ion ~ of ,: the "Scho01
:Committee; :The, i~commendatlon' o~ t~e' Finance' c~aitte~
No, discUss ion':ensued" 6n ?,this, ?~ icli "mhd 'thb
of the/Finance Committee was'~unania'odS,l~ 'accepted'}~,<:,,::;*-
~ticle "5 was-before, the'.meeti~ :and. c~il&"d 'fOk~ '''-''I a vote' ..... ,.to'.''
. change iht -two- lowest - operators '.'.salaries ~ intth~ Fire
Dept. to'the maximum,, retroactive to January. 1, .1968.'~.
The; ,Finance'. Committee. recommended~ that' this ':~icle. be
carried over, to the 'n~xt'wage negotiation'2; .-"~:-"-':::' ="
~alter: S.,Barrett;:~ an* e~ployee?'of the:Fire Dept';'; 'Stated
-that,this:~rtisle,onl~'involved only"$660.00 to bring '"'
the ,~wo lowest;operators': salaries~'u~'' t0 'the maximum
$6,060.00 each'.icHe ~said, that it has been' cuSt0mary.:,~at
'.in about.three:years~time,::"the;'salary has'increased from
the, base.pay.to the { maximum,i~'andithis '.has . been 'so since'
'"about' 1947: or. ?48 .' '." Through~ 's0me '~i's~i~'t'erpret ation'~ or ' ' '
whateveriy0u:might'call;iti:the,'salary?increase to: the
.'maximum was ..thought to be. automatic,' but it .just wasn't
Mr'," Barr~it ia'v~d 'tossUbstit'ate the. Fin'~nce~c6mmi~t~e,s-
MOTION recommendation' ~de~.(.this -Article,. r andS. to .trans~r
avai[ab~eLfunds.,thei.sum of~$660;00, to 'be :'added 'to the
salaiies 6f.{he two
$330.00 ~. to ..bring the.yearly salary to $6,050.00 each;'
to be retroactive to Januarys1,?1968. :The'motion'received
Robert Mark~, ,, member of.'~the .Finance Committee;~-:stk~'ed'
that When the.Personnel. Board's Wage.Schedure was:first
put out, fhe Salar~ increases were on a four'step rate
and .,not .a three,step. ~ He 'said-he ,could not' understand';"~'
wh~' 'this was not brough% ~ou{ .to the Personnel:'Bo~kd~:~v''~';'?:.
These salaries were already accepted at the Annual Town
Irving. Bart-lett,-(~ire Chief,'.' state .that when he ,presented'
. his s~lary; schedule-.to the ,Personnel Board,'~.this increase
~'?0'~' was taken ca~e' of, In all' other case~ the salary,increases
were automatic'according to years of'service plus whatever
other, overall ' increases ~ were: granted. L This' has ' bee~.'%be
The Moderator. stated tlat the. question comes.on acceptance
of Mr. Bff~ettts ~0tion and t~e Chair was in doubt.
VOTE Another ' vote was taken and Mr;, Barrett ~s' motion was'
aticle 6'was before the ~eeting, which called fOr a vote
to raise: and appropriate: or transfer i f~o~ available '. funds ?
- 'a sum fo~ the ,Pu~poae ;~ of.:.c6nt~ibuting: to a memorial'; ~t: '.ti:
otis tlr ~orce :BaSe i :The" recommendation off the'
Committee; was.'[to ~. vote [ to ;instruct',. it RePresentative ~' in'~ ~
the General'Cou~t't;to,~ffi~e a bil1'a~thorizing.the ToWn to;r:
con'tri~ute'such funds as'it may vote.to-the Otis'Memorial';
Since 'there :,was, .no discussion ' of,:tiis:: atic le,':: a'~' vote_ WaS"
· ,,~,--.u- iamediatel~.~t~ken on the question:'of.acceptanse toff thear~[
VOTE ...... Finance 'Committee's recommendation,' and the vote 'was
unanimously in favor of the recommendation. . ..
~ticle 7, -which. called -flor the. establishment :'of. a"ByaLaw'(
p~o~i~it ing ~ any. de partment, ' commiss ion: or.: divisi on' of-.'the ':
Towfl" of., Nantucket: from paying~' any. safary..tO any-Town
CountY.~employee' in- excess of ~the' amount ;. as ' voted :for "gaid-4
salary ..by .. the ~ Anndal Town; Meeting ;~ ~i:The: Pinance Commi{tee '
recommendation was;' "We :recommend that the ~Town'vote" %'o:;r~t'~
establish'the followin6 By,Law: No depar~men~':commission
. or ..division. of :..~he ,Town %or Count y. of~ Nantucket ~sha11'. ~'ay
........ .~, "any salary ~o',any Town' or County.-emplo~ee~'in exce~s off~:~.
.... :~'~ the amount' as.%0ted in"the schedule of-s~laries in Article
8,. bu..~he .Annual :Town Meeting,% .or as~ same'may.be' amend6d.Y~.
Dr ' David V00~hee~,~' a" member, of, the, School' Coaaittee;~.-Said
thit he 'thought this By-Law_would be :"Tying ~our' hands'"
enacted. That id the case'of the ~esignation'of vital
pe~sonne 1 in ,the future,.~ it would, limit; the: choi~eo6f~::;.~- ~
qualified_ p~rsonnel.available to the Board'0f Selec't~e~,.
MOTION He moved, that consideration of:~this 'Article be: postp0n~d~;i:~'
until the next Annual Town-Meeting :-;The motion was'.'o:':']
seconded. '
._ .. "be ! postponed' Unti 1' the.!' next ~Aflnual' Town Meeting ;?:,The [[:~[~i~.~:~, ::-:~:,,":~:." '~' .VOTE
' .result~iof.'a'"voice Vote :was;favorable '.and ,the' motion carried;'
, .:'~ticle':8 'was ,befo'r~ th'~ ~e~ti~g '~d"called :'~:'~ote ..to 'v :
.. est-a%llSh .the ~following - 6rdinance: ~:. "No person shal.1 enter
... upon the ~,premlse~. of. another' or upon- an~ :public :'property" .
withtthe ~intention' of ~Peepin[ into .the .windows of~ a house :~
or. other buildint:Or spyin~ in' any manner upon any. person .
or.persons therein;" .'The'Finance Committee's recommendation,
was,.."We recommend,". . ~:. _ '?... .- .... , :' .~..~. ..:~ .[ ':.'::- .-.. ' :.'.'.._?.. .. ..(
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,.. T~--~"~0~i~C~'Sli~'~'0~ ~his"-~lrticl-~,-.:-'a~a't~e ~da'~t0'~..:~
stated that ..the'question comes'on acceptance,of the Finance. '"'
.-Coamittee ~s" recom~dndatiofl .... A" favorable :.voice vote' ~esulted, -
and the recommendation stood as accepted .,': - ::.--
W, Marland Rounsville. moved that 'the meeting ..be. adjourned,"-:-.
motion being seconded.by Michael Drisco11, and'it was votedi
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To'Adjourn
Adjourned at
8: 24 P .M.