HomeMy WebLinkAbout1950-12-14 Selectmens i~[eeting' ,~ '
', December l~th 1950'
The meeting came to order at V.45 PL~ ~ll member's of the Board excep
.Mr. Holdgate being present.
~'~:'ar~a~nt~l"~°' 54 Totalling~F25, ''~ 097.'80 vms presented by Tovm ACcountan
Barrett and checked and approved by the Board.
~,~otzno were read and s. ooroved~
Kinutes of the prevlous ~ '
~,~r. ~ie L. Poirier was present and requested the board~ to grant
him a Soft Drip, Ice Cre~ and Hilk license for a small bakery and
delicatesen he is opening at V9 0range ~5. '~e same was approved
by the Board.~
l~r. 'Alexander H. Craig u'as present and discussed with the Board
the report of the zoning'co~ittee, a letter from town counsel'
SanguinettimVmS read by the Secretary in which the ~tov~n'consel
info~aed that in his opinion this matter (zoning) could not ~be
olaced on the ballot '~ ~ ' a ~ ~ ~
~'z~_ou~ a special ct of the,l~g_s_~ture.
~he board voted ~o publis~ the reoort of' the zonin~ coI~cittee and
to request ~ep. Eernes to ascertain if_there was~still time to
get ~ special act through so that this m~t~ could b~ on the
ballot~for the am~ua! election.
A complaint by L~r. ~,'~elhado of pleasant st. with reference to the
sign at the co,er of ~,~ill street was referred to the Supt. oF
Streets. ,,
The boa~d made the follov~ing apoointments to the Nantucket Airport
CoPnuission: Howard Chase, Ernest R. Coffin, Allen Holdgate all
till l~ovember 1953.
0n' the ~vacancy~ in the ~lnance Coimuittee, the names of Byron Snow
and Albert Fee ¥~ere submitted, the board voted to continue this
matter foAanother week.
A petition of land o'a~ers at Surf side requesting improvement of
Nonant~ Ave. was received and referred ,to'the clerk of the Comity
C onmud s s ioner s. ~, ~
blt. Coffin and ~'[r.- Todd Complained of the action of the other
members of the board in ap~oving_~h~ pa~mlent to Seddon Legg for
work at the Sanford House~nmcn' had bo~n .... previously held up.
authorized him to supervise the
Soveriho stated that Nr Lef~g ' ~
,~ork of i.lr. Leggs hen ,'~hile he ~,~r. Legg ,~as a~Tay on vacation.
The board discussed the' special- toum_ meeting ,'~hich was oos~ed'for
26 December 1950 and informed ~the cress that there had not been'
.~u~zczen~ uzme uo publmsh t,~as warr~nu before the -mnance
t!earing (r;hich was being held on this date)~ and so resort had been
ma~e~ to the~ provisions of our by la~ u'hich szllov~s for posting in
lieu'of publishing. The ;ueeting is called to rake a transfer of
funds to carry various departments ~hzougn the year.
further business~the meeti~adjourned at 9
The board a~ so voted to re~S~~arnes the question 'of having
~:~tOr Of ~;he three men bo~lr~ p!eoed on the ballot by special
ao~ to~?n .o!oPk ooffln havin2, inForme~ that he he~ been ~dvised by
the state lloese thet this ~'~as the only T;ay in ?~h!eh %his
could be put on the ballot.