HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-01-10Neeging 19,'Jan. 1955
The meeting came t0 order at 7.30 PM all members of ~the~ Boa~d
except Mr. Pease being present. .
Warrant No. 3, totalling $35,431.25 was p~esented"by'Town
Acct. Barrett and checked and approved by the Board.
Ninutes ~f .the p~evious meeting were read and approved.
It was voted to write 'Dreamland theatre and request ~h~ u~e
of the Theatre on Feb. 15th for the annual town meeting.
M~;.' William Wiuslow' was present and reported that Mr. ~Henry
Huyser, Mr. Fred Coffin and N~. Robert Lema had gone scallop-
ing when' the temperature was 29.degrees F. this being~ in,
violation of the Boards ruling setting the temp. limit at 30.
After discussing this matter with the men and warden Winslow
and examining the records' of the U.S. Weather bureau as to
temp. covering the hours euvolved the Board took this matter
uder advisement and later in the meeting voted to write each
of the men a letter of warning and place, this matter on file.
A letter was received from the Dir. of Narine Fisheries, Mr.'
Francis Sargent stating that .tests by his dept. last,winter
had shown that the bay scallop could stand temperatures much~
colder than has been thought, ,after discussing this matter
with Warden Winslow the board voted: to abolish all ~temp-
erature controls at t~is time .... ,,,
The matter ~f sick leave Jfor town employees was again dis
~cussed with a view to claryfying this matter and the~followin
was voted: Sick leave shall' only~apply to town employees who
have been in'the employee of -t~he ~town for at least 12 con-
sequtive months,~the amount of leave shall be 15 days after
the first year and 30 days after the seennd year,~in the
event any of~ this leave~ is used the user shall start'over~
again to build'same up. ,~
M~. ~Walter G10wacki applied for a permit to store gas in,
' underground tanks at his property on Macey Lane and same .
was voted~to take the course prescribed by law, the hearing
to be 2 Febr.uary a~ 1PM.~ ~ , ~ ,~
There being no further b6sine~s(the~board went into executive
session to discuss a'welfare matter.
on
of~one Wallace Ross, k sol~ie~s ~b~nefit recepi~n
the~ Board voted to have Mr. Scully look into this matter and
James K. 61idden, :S~y.