HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-03-28Selectmens Neeting
28 March 1957
The meeting came to order at ?.~0 P~ all members of the Board b e lng pre sent
Warrant No. l~, totalling $17,~3V'. 16 was presented by town acct.
Barrett and checked and approved by the Board.
~,ffinutes of the previous meeting were approved.
I¥ir. William Winslow Shellfish Warden and I~lr. W.' Byron Snow were
present and discussed a Scallop survey as m~'de by I~r. Snow
in other years and it was voted to approve same being made
this year.
The Board voted'to open a special season on Soft sh~ll clams, on
Sundays only during the raonth of April~ area open to be all
of the Island easterly of Orange street, limit one 10Qt.
pail per oerson and claim size B~ inches.
Warden Winslow was authroized to' attend a shellfish officers
meeting in Boston.
Supt. of streets Jaeckle met with the' Board and submitted specs.
on various street sweepers as only two appeared to meet our
requirements it was voted to send specifications to them
Dyer Sales Co. and Builders Equip and supply co. asking for
bids, same to be in next week.
On Art. 14 of the annual warrant it was voted to award same to
Al&s Auto Sales and service for a bid price of $816.00 with-
out a dump body.
On Art. ~1 relative to Clearing land near the Jetties Beach it
was voted to have the Supt. of streets bring in Specification
It was voted to meet at 10A~ on 1 'April 8V and view various and curbs to lay out a program for this year.
l~'Ir. Wesley Simmons wrote requesting an driveway entrance into his
property on N. Liberty street and ~ame was approved and re-
feared to the Supt. of streets.
Chief Bartlett of the Fire Dept. met with the Board realtive' to
specifications on the new Fire truck and submitted same for
our inspection. It was vo~ to authorize the chief to send
same to Amer. La France, ~Iack, Amer Fire App. Co. FV~), Sea-
graves and ~.~aynard. same to be in by ~,~0 PN on 18 April ~.
Chief Bartlett also discussed with the Board the Hydrant pressure
or rather flow and it .was voted to write the Wanuacomet Water
'Co. requesting au adjustment in our inch foot charges due to
their apparant inability toprovide the amount of flow we are
being charge& for.
It was voted to Write the Sconset Water Commissioners asking wha~
plans they had as regards increasing the flow iu the Sankaty
area. ..
~ne matter of a request of the Siasconset Water Commissioners for
a transfer of ~,000 was referred to the Finance Committee for
approval.
A letter was re6eived from ~r. Sellew of The DPW advising that he
would try and obtain our additional ~,800 of bond money before
the special town meeting.
Bids on the Town Nurses car were opened, only one bid was received
that from Gordon ~tr. Co. for 9~.00 and it was voted that
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be awarded this contract.
Renewal applications for alcoholic beverage licenses were received
from the Opera House, Allens Lobster Grill, The Boat House,
The Inn, Siasconset and Sankaty Beach Club and voted to take
the course prescribed by law.
~.~rs Arthur Stetson dba The Stetson House and ~rs Barbara Bilbreth
dba Anchor Inn were granted renewals of their Iuuholders
Licenses ·
A letter was received from Atty. Grace Henry relative to the towns
petition to register the childrens beach area and same was
referred to the Town Counsel.
Applications from the Twl & Tel and Ga~ Co. for pole locations on
Candle and Salem streets and Beach and Broad streets v~ere
received, the latter was approved v~ithout a hearing being
necessary and the former was set for hearing on ll Aotil 07.
The Island Service company requested that the follwoing be named
official weighers: Charles Bart, ~z~z~x, ~Irs Grimes, Nrs
V~eatherbee~ Niss Sylvia, Shelby Campbell, Helen Cranston
Charles Fisher, Cbs Stackp~le.
A letter was received from Robert R. Leske Jr. asking that he
be considered for bidding on any town insurance.
A letter was received from the Town counsel Eiviug an opinion to
Town Treasurer Backus as regards the town vote to purc~hase
'sheep commons that wane was not a proper purpose for the
town to expend money for and that any payment he might make
he could be held personally responsible for.
It was voted to request the town counsel to draw up an
enabling act for submission to Reo. Nooney to authorize th~
matter and to also consult the Smith Estate relative to an
option or agreement on this matter pending approval of leg-
islative authorization.
The matter of the meeting~with''the Army Eng. on Harbor improvement
to be held on the 18th was discussed and it was voted to
~have a preliminary hearing ue~t Friday the ~th of April at
the Saufor d House to air this matter.
A letter was ~eceived from the tr~e~ Commission relative to any of
their members being eligible for town insurance and it
was voted to advise that we had not as yet made up the
schedule on same.
The Board voted to reeuest bids on the ~ lea sing of the bldgs at
the Jetties Be~ch for a Z year period, bond or cert. check
for one~me~ns rental to accompany bid.
de termiue
It was voted to request the dump keepers to ~ prices for
bulldozing services and submit same to the Ooard with their
re c on,me dnat i OhS.
The Board were notified that a meeting would be held on Nonday at
ll A~ to draw jurors for the ~Iay Superiour court.
Nr. Pease was appointed a committee of one to discuss with the
school cimmittee the matter of using the cyrus pierce school
for court sessions.
The Board made the following appointments:
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Finance committee:
Alb~rt'~L. Silva"re appointed', G. Elm0re
re-appointed, Walter C. Knott flew appointment, it was also
voted to request that ~r. Robert Cougdon reconsider his
ignatio
res
Public Relations' Committee:
Allen Holdgate, I'~r. William Henderson, and Mr. Roger Young.
Town Garbage Collector: ~yles
Coffin, Sia~enuset.
There b~ing uo further business the meeting adj. at ll.50~PM.
James K. Glidden, Secy.