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6 June 1956
The ~eeting Came,to order 'at.~8.6§P~ having been preceeded by a
County Commissioners meeting, all members of the Board being
pres ent.
Warrant NO. P. 5, totalling $35,58~.88 was'presented by Town Acct.
'Barrett and checked and approved by the Board.
~.Iinutes of the previo~ meeting were approved.
Nr. John Santos of Siasc0nset presented two petitions to the Boarc
signed by various sconset residents. One requested that the
resignation of ~t~. Ernest Coffin as Deputy Chief at Sconset
be not accepted and the other requested that 2 hose carts
removed from Codfish Park and the Beach House respectively
by the Fire Chief be returned. It was pointed out that these
matters were under the jurisdiction of the Chief and that
all we could do was hold a hearing if we had a complaint as
~egards his ~ndliug of the dept. N~. Roland N. Cgffiu state~
that they would make the matter of the hose ca~ts a c~plain~l
and it was consequently afte~ discussion Voted to hold a
hea~ing on this matte~ F~i. evening at 8PN and to noti~ the
Fire Chief and the To~ Counsel to be p~esent.
Nr. Roland N. coffin ca~etake~ of the Sconset d~p repo~ted'that
the Navy's la~ge bulldozer had come do~.to the d~p and
done an excellent job of cleaui~ the a~ea up, and it was
voted to send the Boards thanks to the co~anding office~.
Charles Sayle was present and complained as regards the cars
speeding about town and asked when the speed laws were goir~
to be enforced. Nr. Oscar Nichetti stated that he felt that
better enforcement would be had if the ~fficers patrolled o~
foot rather than by cruiser.
C. Gerald Snow ~gr. of the Gas & Elec. Co. ]',~r. Ch. Whelton
of that Co. ~{r. Phelan of Coppers Ins. and Supt. of streets
Jaeckle were present and discussed with the Board the matter
of the road mix being produced with gas plant tar. After
much discussion it was the sense of the meeting that cue
more. test be made with this material which the engineers
stated was now a good product, and that' if this test was not
satisfactory we would return to asphalt.
The matter of the bids on the generator for the police and fire
depts was discussed and it was voted that all beids be
returned un-opened and that the matter be returned to the
chiefs of the police and fire depts along with the wiere
inspector to re-w~ite.
A ~ecozm~endstion.from-the transportation committee offering the
name of Robert S.~ Backus for appointment bo the Steamship
Authority to replace Nr. Chase who is resigning was rec-
eived and tabled at this time.
The C.A.P.'was granted a permit for a dance at Nobadeer Rest. on
Sat . 23 June 9 to 12.
Nr. Frank Viera was granted a trxi license
An application from Sea Cliff Iuu for a renewal of its seasonal
all alcoholic inuholders license was received and voted to
take the course prescribed by law.
A letter ~rom ~rs Ellinger iu Polpis was received orotestfug the
noise of large planes overhead, it was thoug&t this was
the la~ge raeder picket plane which makes practice~app-
roaches on the airport, and the Secy was to look into this
matter.
~ ~ Meeti~ 6 June 56
The DFW WrOte. advising~
~ that the IslaUd roads would be~
centerliued as 'in~ previous years.
There beiug uo further business the meetiug adj. at
James K. Glidden, Secy.