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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-05-02 Selectmens Meeting 2 Biay 1956 ThE .meeting can~ to order at 7.30 P~,! all members of ~the Boated being present. Warrant No. 18, totalling' ~i2,958.24 was presented by Town'icct. Barrett and checked and approved by the Board. I,~inutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Atty. Geo. i~. Poland was present with client ~r. & Mrs Nathan Thurston and presented to t he Board a formal request for a license or permit to co~ lect garbage in the Town of Nantucket..This ~tter was tabled for one week until we could consult with the tovm counsel as regards the law on this ~.att er. Town Counsel Sangu;nteei presented a petition for f~ling in the Land Court as regards the registration proceedings at the childrens beach area.' It was voted that same be approved and that the Ch. be and is authorized to slg.n same in be- half of the Board. The Board discussed the matter of the salaries of Nurses Aids and maids at out Island Home it appearing that we could not obtain help at the present scale. This matter was gone over with the Town Counsel and it wss his opinion that the Board had authority to raise said salaries. After discussion it was voted that the Nurses Aids be paid at the rate of ~45.00 per week; if living iu ~38.00 per week. ~Iaids ~35.00 per week. and that we so notify the Finance Committee and the Town Accountant. Mr. J.Gordan l~!acDonald dba Downyflake Doughnut Shop was granted a renewal of his Co~uon Vict. license. The Amer. Leg. Aux. was granted a permit for a Poppy day on 26 May. Andrew O. Lewis was granted a renewal of his Junk Dealers license. Mr. Herbert P. Smith Comdr. 'Spanish Araer . War Vet. wrote reouest: that the appropriation for ~emorial Day and other patriotic holidays be under the supervision of the Spanish Amer. ~far Veterans, assisted by the Amer. Legion and V. F. W. as in previous years and it was so voted. ~r. and ~[rs Luther Fernald were granted a renewal of their Inn- holders license at the India House, provided they are still serving heals to the public. The Board and the Trans. Comuittee met With ~¥~r. Howard II. Chase our ~.~.ember of the Steamshio Authority. ~Ir. Chase advised ~ us of the status of, the Union negotiations add asked for an opinion of the Board as to whether or not we would be in favor of any additional increases to the Union. The men, bets of both committess were polled and all were .~ppose~ to any additional increases. It was then voted to w-site Mr. Chase that in ffiew of the present financial position oI the authority and the fact that any increases in the Union · -' contract would most certainly cause a taxable defecit that we~ were opposed to any iucrese in the present Union Contra After discussion it was voted that the Innholders and All Alcohol license at the Ocean House be approved, with the stipualtic that said licenses do not apply to the Lodge, at this time. ~t. [c s$1$~6tm~ns l~e eting },lay 1956 -' The license of:l~Ir, l¢tanuel 'Code'rs dba ~he 'Snack Shop was tabled for another week until we 6ould obtain information from the clerk of, the cou;.t as regards the'disposibion of the cases against I~ir. C~rera. ~nere being no furtb_e~ business the meeting adj. at 10 PIti. Secy.