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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 Selectmeus ~.~eeting ~8 ~arch 07 Page ~. 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: 28 March 5V~ 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.