HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-03-16 ,~,, ' Selectmens ~[eeti g
' - ,_ , , : ' 16 ~arch 1955 '_, -,,
'The meeting:came to'order ~t 7.~O-PI~ all members of the~ Board
being present : ,
~iVarra~t No. ll~ t0tall~g~,ggg~l~ was' presented ~ :~
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Acct. Barrett and checked aud.aoprove~. ~-.~, ,.~,~bY~ the Board.
~inutes of the D~e~!ous meeting ,were ~ead and approved.
~. Walt~'Glowacki'was o~eseut and ~equest~d th~b he~be'gfve~
the opportunity to bid on the towns road work this year,
0n the matter of the Polio Vaccine vlh~h ~d been referred to
the town g~ysfcian'last week, D~. Folge~ having reported that
he and the othe~ local D~~ s were in favor of same it was Voted
to ap ,ove ~same if available. ~,
.]~.~A~t~ur Gibb~ was granted a permit to keep chickens mt ~.
Liberty street and at ]'gadaket ~d and o~ooked laue~
~eddon Legg as caretaker of~veterans g~aves,and o~ motion made
and seconded ~. Le~g was a~pot~ted to this position-.
~A~ apglioation f~0m Bax$~, T~a~ Co. fo~ a blauke~
ge~it to
move fuel oil~~ ~oad oil and gasoline ove~ the roads~of the town
tn ezcess oF the~weiE~ht li~its was agproved fo~ a six ~ouths
period, with the conditions that the polioe be advised o~ each
oocasion so that they may p~ovide an ~soo~t and that'the,~oute
be ove~ ]~aiu street,~ p~asant street Atlantic Ave. S~a~ks Ave
and either Old South Road or I~ilestone road. -
Ditch aha it was~,voteO to pay the usualy fee of ~50.00'f6r
f~om the Seleo~ens f~6 the~e'ha~io~ beeo ~o ap:)roprfat!oo ~thi~
The Taoht ~lub was g~aut~d'renewals · of its' Co,.on Wot .' Soft
drink, ,'ice c~eam,~ent~tainment and motion picture licenses
Police subject to=approval of the chief. ,~.~ ~. ~,,
~tarine fisheries melative to bhe-scallop study proppsed.by
me,ers of the Pishermens~Asso.,and filed.'
The Board approved the ~inSt~ll~ti6n ~of a' new hydrant~ on Willia~
street on a new main befng~i~stalled by the ~Vate~ Co.
]~. Edga~0rpin and ]~r.'Edwa~d 01de~ioh were appointed to the
Tree co~nission the latte~ to fill the ~e~pi~ed term of
C. L. Sibley who's ~esignation was ~eceived. ~'. -'
oo~e~dation of bhe Tree 00m~issio~. '
The following were agpoint~d as ~embe~s,-of, ~e NantUcket- T~ansr
po~tation Cormittee, ' for the ensuing yea~.; ,Win L. ~,~athe~ George
W. Jones; ,Cyrus Ba~ues~ 'Sidney ~i; ~urston~ Josegh Indio~ I~viug
A, Soverio~ Howard U. Chaee and'Henry B. Coleman~~ ]~. Coleman
takt~ the Dlace of ]~. george Lake who had~esigned.
~ille~ NobadeeP Ina, Robert S. Backus,~ F~ank A. B~r and
House fo~ alcoholic beverage lto~ses and voted to take the
course g~esc~ibed' by
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~r.'Harold Anderson was gra~ted"a're~ewal of his Pistol pe',rmit
subject to approval of the Chief of Police.
N~tice was,received from the De'pt. o~ Publ~ Works' on the
application of ~r. Lawrence Miller fo~ work at the Wallac8
Boat House and Straight V~a~f and it was voted, to w~ite ~.
Gardner Russell'and the Nantucket.Yacht Club asking their
views of'this matte~ before makeing a decision.
An invitation was received from the' Unit of Seebe~s~ stationed
on the Island to attend a dance,~at Le~io~ Ha~l ~gP Sat.
I¥~. Charles Chadwick, I;[r. 'charles Wheldeu~' and,~I~j Arth~ Howes
were appointed to the B~eau of 01d Age Assistance for the
ensuing yea~.,
One bid was r~ceived on the repatPs of the ch~uey~at the
Sauford House ~from Walter H~'fman iu the amoun~ of ~486.50 ~,
and voted approved. ,
Mr. Pease brought up the matter ~f'a gutter in'need o~ ~epairs
at the Sa~ord House and it was voted to h~ve ~Ir John
repai~ this item.
It was Voted to advertise for bids on b~ldozing at the ~to~
and sconset d~ps on an hourly basis, bids to be in on 30 ~arch
Mr. Pease bPought~ up the matter ~of cesspools in Various pla6es
about town, in particular one at the ~ junction of ],Min and~
Pleasant streets and it was suggested t~t we have-the Supt.
of streets look this' matter' over in ~conjuuction with an Eng.
fmom the DPW when next cue is ou the,islaudj ~ ~ ~ '~ _, ~
Nm. Robert Co~,gdo~, Mr. Ke6neth Eld~idge and Nr.~'Em~est Whelden
were.appointed t0 the Nantucket Finance Co~itbee fo~ a t~ee
year term.~ ,: ~. ~ /
it was~not~d that the Public rslat~5~s ~itte~/desired to~ mee'
with us next week and the time of 8.30 PN was-suggested.
It ;~as vot'~d to a~thorize Mrj John H. Bartlett to plant the
pine t~ees previously voted authorized to be pUrc~sed fmom
Er. Donald Craig. ~ ~, ~, -' '~ -'~., ~
The'B~ard then v/ent into-exec6tive session~~u- '; :
and ,at 10
In exeSutiv;- s~e~sisn~ th~': B0~d met 'with~ Chief Bartl-~tt,~ and went
over'his duties ~etc. and disussed with him the specifications
for the new service ~ truck as voted by the totem meeting. It
was voted to advertise same ~he.bids to be in by I~arch 30th.
The Board went over Various o~plaint~'~ recei~}ed by the Informat
Bureau on guest houses and approved all applicatio~on~file
except t~t of kit. Leon Royal at this t ime.~ ~