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Home My WebLink About1969-04-09MINUTES'OF THE MEETING ', ',April ,' The m~'eting Was "called tO order'by' Chairman Holdg'ate~' >~'" ~" ...... all memb'ers b~ing present. '"',- ,' b{r. Lowell read the minutes of the previous meeti.ng, which were. approved by all present. 'Mr. Jo~n Roche'made a request to hold a dance' at the Boys Club' on Saturday, April 5, 1969 from 8:00 to 12:00 P.M.'~ Mr.-Lowell made a motion to accept this request, it was seconded and made a vote. ~ '"':" ' . [4r. IVilliam' Reis said he did not Understand the con{ents of the letter wRicl,i was sent tO him.' He was 'told that the Telephone Company was going to lay an underground cable in the vicinity of his property and he was t0___Jp_m notified by letter. . .' Dr. Voorhees made referee{ce 'to an Article in the Town l~arrant to aPPropriate $7,000.00 for an addition to the Town Gar, age. He stated he was' concerned about a location to house the elderly people in the Tpwm and tho.ught this Would be .a good location since it was near.tRe Island Home. ' ' ' ~ ' ' John b.lcLaughlin referred tO Article 28 of the Town Warrant which is for granite curb and new sidewalks, lie said he could not afford to build a brick sidewalk and asked if other material could be used. Mr. Lowell~ made a motion t hat a study should be,,made on this Article as he felt sure :his situation might be brought up again..' .Hr. Norcross seconded· ~ the motion ~md it was declared a vote. ~4r. Christman brought up the matter of obtaining an alcoholic~license again. '~ .. The Board took this under advisement. . ~ ~?_.: ~ Specifications ~'~ere received from*the D.P.I'I., under Article,46,~' for the purchase of one half ton 4 wheel drive 'vehicle.- b,lrl Lowell made a motion to advertise for bids i~ the local pewspapers which were to be opened on April 16,' 1969.~ b. Ir.' Norcross seconded the motion and it was declared a v~te. · A letter was received from the Fire Chief to a~p0int special Police for the Fire Dept.' It was voted to approve this subject to ~the approval ,, ...-: .. ~".: ' - -....':-!':i.:':- of the ~ Chief.~ "' ' '-'-" - Specifications for Articles 101, 104 10S and 107 were"presented by the Fire Dept..' Mr. Norcross made a motion to advertise for bids on theseI Articles, :stating that bids were to be opened April 16; 1969f Mr~ Lowell' seconded the motion and it was declared a vote. : .- %',.'' '.'::.f': -~"., _ -... . i. specificati0n~ for Various items of furniture for the Selectmen's office were received from H.-. [4.~ }.Ieser{/e Co.' :It was the only bid receiv ed. ~ 5'l~r., Lowell made a motion to accept the bid,~'it was seconded and made a votp~ H. ~.?. }.~eserve Co. is to be notified ,to this effect. :-!i.', · - : .... ' : ._ :.- · .' :" ': :'~: ': i -'.: ' ",: -:' '""'?'-'-::-:'~"~':~ ' ~' ' "'" ": ' '"""' '> ~' : ""A 'c'l'os~d bid w~S '~e'~ivea f~0m the'Noble Su~fer' for' the Ten~is' Co~'rts. This has not been adv, ertised as yet, and the bid will be held until the Board of selectmen advertise for bids. ' :. ,. ..... - : 'i.::~-.' t:.v.-.; .". i.:-h:- A notice h~d been received from Erank' Riley' for a - ' renewal of his Commo~ Victualler's license. Mr. Norcross made a motion that this be accepted, it was seconded and so voted. "~'" · 'received 'f~0'm the' Nantucket Airport"advising that ~r'. A ie'tter was Frederick H. Smith has been appointed to'the Airpor~ ~anager's position by the'Airport commission as of March 25, 1969. . : ., A check was received from' Eri~ Nord Gilb~r~s'p~ for a-renewal of his 'sailfish license at the Jett'ies Beach.' It was voted 'not to accept the check and deny 'the license until~a proper request has been received, blt. Norcross seconded the motion and it was so voted. ': ~ ..,, ~'"A letter ,vas received '~.r0m ~lbert" L.'silva,' Inc. advising that ~s'of April 1,~1969, 'the price of gasoline had been increased.~. Mr. ltaley said' that ,this had been mentioned in the original bid that it was subject to an Aflother letter was received from b~r. siIV'i' regarding the' [~se' of a strainer on their nozzle when servicing the Fire D~partment vehicles. : It · ,~'as voted to have ~ir. ,~lelden see ~r.~ Silva and request that he have a filter installed. '~. ~ '~ ~- .... ~:. : ~ ',~ .. biain Street, ~at the Sweet Shop property, for the period of two weeks blr. ~%q~eldon made a motion that this be accepted, it ~as seconded and made a vote with the sti on that proper lights, etc. should be displayed at al 1 times blt. Clarence Swift asked for a renewal of his ~' Auctioneer's license. A motion was made to renew this license, it was seconded and ~ vote~ ' ~ SpecifiCafions fo~ the new Poli~e Cruiser under Article 100 of the. ' ~ Town %'larrant were received., It'was voted to advertise for bids which were to be on April 16, 1969. ~ ~ ~ : ~ A letter was received from Town Council, Roy E S~guinetti, re~arding Article 21 and 75 of the 1969 Town ~'~arrant. ~airman Holdgate made a motion to send a copy of this letter to both Nit. b~ichael Driscoll and ~,tr. J~es Grangrade and also the Town Treasurer. ~r. ~elden. seconded the motion and it was so voted. A letter wa~ received from Hen~ l~asierski, Jr., requesting a Sheli~ish Grant to be in effect for five years, as specified under Section S7 of · the General'Lm~s ~ Said license was to be used in the area at the end of ' Cambridge St. in b'~adaket.~ A motion was made and seconded to obtain more information from Town Council on this ~att~r and t~en advise ~ ~A lette~~ was re~e~vea fzo~ the' Nantucket Polile Dept. ii-~'r egard to Article 99 of the 1969 Town IVarrant, and it wa6 ~oted to approvg.the ' ~ ~,'~:?. L,~wr,5.~ ";:::~,~i';A letter received from the Dept. of Co~un~ty~ Affairs with reference to k~obile Homes and ~obile Home Parks in the Comm. of b'~ass. It was voted to send them a copy of the. by-Lm~s~ that we have .°n the...,~,above. ,-2': A iette~ and chi'ck in ihe" .... bf 00 Was' i~/eived from %Villi~' -., .. :'~: },ir. l~elden made a that licenses for Gues~ Houses should be made in writing and we should turn them over to 'the Inspectors and then decide at ' ~. '~..~ ,¥ : L l :¢c(.=~e- inspection '0f Guest nodsek shbhid'be bade the o~ner's convenience, then it should be' ~ubmitted to .Zhe Board of Selectmen and have them issue the licensei~ " ? "'? . ' *'-:'~ Nr, NorciG$'~ ~b~onded this~ mbtign and it' Was~-so'vgied ': . ,.~ ~air~an' Holdgate 'asked if th~e W'as-any further business to discuss. ~ere being none, a motion ~ade t0 adjourn the meeting at 9:07 P.M. and the Selectmen went into Executive Session. - .:_. _ .. It was ~ted to hold up the' ~dvgrtising ~for:P~tchin~ until'b~r~ 'jones, the new Supt. of the D. P. ~'t. arrives' , , ~' .% ~ - It w~ voted to table the request of pla~ting tree~ on Newtown aad. Specifications fdr furnishing Asbestos-Cement Pipe were Sent to those who submitted bids last year. 1 ~ 'Board '0f Selectment , MINUTES OF THE MEETING ~ April 9, 1969 Board w~re.pr~ent.'g ~. Lowell read ~he minutes of ~ m~ng of Ap~ 2, 1969, w~ch w~ approved by ~ pr~e~. ~,~' , , :,~ :: " : ,, ,~ ~ Town Oou~ fo~ :[969 and w~hed th~ Bo~d a v~y pl~a~ y~. : A~ 28 w~ w~ broug~ up l~t we~k, and Ch~ Holdg~e told ~m Bo~d had some co~pondence from ~e ~pr~y on ~ and ~y go ov~ ~ ~ soon ~ possible. ~e ~oa~th~ go by Mr. Gaorge Dy~ and M~. F~ank L~, in S~mo, ~m~d ~ ~ ~ imp~sible for ~e F~ Tru~ to g~ ~rough. Mr.' Wh~den s~d, "He ~ '~g~", and mad~ a mo~on'~ 't~~' to ~e ~~on of ~t~ Dept. of Pubic (~or~ ~ once. ~ It w~ ~d so voted. ' ' A bid W~ received fKom H~co Supply Comply Zo-f~h ~p~ for ~za Dept. of Pubic Wo~. einee ~ w~ fha o~y bid ree~ved so f~, a moron w~ mada Zo hold 'tl~ m~ ov~ ~nd ~etas '~ ~ ~. 'MaeDonMd, . Foreman o f th~ Dept.~ o f Pub~ Wor~; . -" A~'l~ w~ rec~v~d from ~. John M. Taylor requ~ng to haw Tuck~nuck s p~yed for mosq~o~.~ c cate~ z z ~s ~d t~cks. ' ~.~-~.~o~oss made a ~o~on ,~ when ~ Dept. of P~c Wof do mosq~o spraying, ~ ~ey take c~e of ~ ~ea. It w~ seconded and so voted. " ', ~r~' E~und J.' R~os, 'Comma~d~ of ~te Amscan Legion ~ost_82 mad~ ,a f~om ~equ~t to ho~ ~ Ann~ Fi~ta, ~ the Cyr~, Piece playgro~, Aught 5th - 9~. He s~d the S~ool Com~ee h~ ~eady grven ~tem to ~e t~ ~ea. - Mr.' Wh~den made'a mo~0n th~ t~ requ~t be gra~ed. It w~ sec0'~ded , ~~ and so voted. " ' ' .~':~ Th~ P~g~ F~o~p ~equ~ted P~sion to' ~old a dan~e' on ~np~ L9, .1969, 'and Don~d Gibbs wo~d be on d~y b~een 8:00 to ~:00 P.M.:_ T~ " ~ w~'requ~ted by Ju~ B~dg~. ~. Wh~den made a mo~o~ ~z~ ~ r~qu~t be gra~ed, ~ w~ seconded and so voted. ' "~- . ..- n C~fic~e of Employme~ w~ ~c~ved f~? E~,~, ~~a~eY s~ng ~ Lance J. G~ o6 ~ t~oynan ~., ~ ~,~ .... , , , s~viee. A copy w~ se~ to ~te Cou~y P~onn~ Bo~d, and to the (~]or~ and ~k th~ it be aone soon ~ possibl~.. Mr. Wh~den seconded ~e m0~on and ~ w~ so voted. ".. ..: to an e~eme~ of ~nage ov~ ~ Broo~' 'prop~y, s~ng ~e Tow~ h~ a ~g[~ to do ~ w~to~ any spe~fic a~o~] u~s ~t~e w~ a ~xpe~ involved.. . ~ Mr. Sang(~n~ ~'~ adV~ed the Bo~d ~ ~f~e p~ng to a Sh~f~h P~ und~ Cha~ [30 of Se~on 57 of ~e Gen~ L~s, h~ do,'not find th~ ~ Town h~ av~ a~o~zed ~e Bo~d of S~~n to ~suesu~h P~. C ' - a ~o~n ~ al~ b~ w~t to ~.~. He~y W~i~l~ adv~ing ~m of ~t~ ~ov~. It w~ se~ondad and so voted. ,':,,',.:..:~/~;Hr. Edwin F. ~nully,..Agent, Office of,.~ete~an S.,,Bldg. ,~e§uestad ':'~,~/mi~'~ion tO"atteHd the Mass.?'Veteran~s Service Agents'Conference ',,: '~f~om~Oune~23~26~inciuszve.~;~:A motzon was made,to grant ,this ~equest /with~the~stipUiation that M~.~Scuiiy p~esent ~eceipted biils fo~ ~= ~einstatement;of the~cost off, the t~ip~It was secooded:and~so~voted. ~ :? ~ ~/?:~L?;?L~, ~'. ;;'; ; ~, ~ ~' ;',~ ~',~ -~: ': ~ ;~ ~' ~h,'~ f~'?f",~?'~" ~' ~ :"~,,/~;~ ~ ' :~'':~ -L?"-~, ~ ~' ~ -~ ~:~-~-:'-~Chief.,wen~eil Ho'~S'~'~q~ested approval'of Speciai Policeman', .permits fo~ ~ichael Volstad~ and D.~Pat~ick~onway./~A~motion Was ~ade to g~ant this ~equest, it was seconded and so voted. :M~..~ M~s. Frank'O.-~niske~n m'ade'a ~equest.fo~ a .Taxi Permit. A m~tion was made to approve this request,.it was seconded and so voted.. '" ,,~,'""~equest'fo~ a b~icksidewaik ~nd g~anite,cu~b was ~eceived'f~°m the~II-sIand Service fo~thei~ p~ope~ty.on Indian~St~eet and a ~equest ~fo~ a~b~ick sidewaik in f~ont of his ~esidence on Union Street was ~eceived f~om Oohn Welch~ Both these ~equests were turned ove~ to the D.P.W. fo~ their'attention. ' .... ~'~'~ ' '~' :';,";~::.':' ~"~ques~'fo~ ~ '~hite~ ~N~ l~ne~in f~on~ of his double d~iveway, was ~eceived f~om N~' and N~s. Hanuel Sylvia.'~ Also a,.~equest fo~a'yelZow line in front 'of his'd~iveway on' Bea~e~ Street uas ~eceived- 'f~om Charles Davis. Both these ~equests were turned ove~ to.the D.P.W. fo~ thei~ attention.,: -~ ', ' ' ': ':'~ ;'.,' ~'' .... '~' ~' ~",:~'-:~',,:;',',, .~ :' ' ' ~ ~equest fo~'a yeiIou i~ne"at 51~ Cente~ St. uas ~ece~ved~f~om Tom NcC~ocken. It uas voted to turn th~s ove~ to the D.P.~. fo~ attention.-" " '~ ~' .... : ::-' ;"' '- ',', ~,:~,- ~:.~:' H~.,3oh~ sUii~V~n ~:s~ed'th~' a°a~d ~h'at a~t~n ubu~d be ~aken ~n the event ofa sp~iiage of.a quantity of o~l occu~ed tn the.Ha~bo~.' The Board told H~', Suii~van the~e uas no pian that'~hey kneu Of b~t they would look into it. ,,., ," ¢'~ '~; '~,'~, :,,. '~ :-', ..~'~:~ ~.:T~e~e'be~n'g'no'fu~the~ buS,ness the eo. a a'djou~e'd at 9:o0 ' ;SELECTNEN ,~ ...... ,:. ,~,. , ,~ ~.,~ ~:, .~_ , BOARD OF ' .,.,.~ ,,. . ~.- ;;_ -