HomeMy WebLinkAbout1942-04-21i:~. '...i.~The sp'ecial~T~wn'Me'eti~g~ ~n April'21, 1972;;was called ~O~_orde'r~
,at~':30 P.Mi, bv Moderator~Arthur S.~Des~ocher~ , The~praVe~ ~as dis-
.--Moderator'-Bee=ocher announced ~ha~ To~n C~e=k C~a~k' CoFFzn ~as '*
ill and Mrs. Elizabeth.Yerxa,'Asst. Town Clerk,'would ~ake over the
'meeting~in ~r. Goffin's absence. 'The ~oderato~ commen~ed on ~he fact
~hat this was the firs~ ~ime in 32 years that Mr. Coffin had been
unable ~o conduct'~Town ~eeti'n~'S
Moderator Besrocher s~a~ed ~ha~ ~he ~r~c~e ~ouZd no~ be open
ARTICLE I.' ' To ~eceive =eporgs of the Variou, committees that may
~ come' before'the '~e~t ~ ~
M~. Edward O. St=ojnv p~"sented, to the Town C~¢rk';° th~"Re~'~t o~'
the Finance Committee and made a~ti~"~7~h~ ~h~ A~ticl~ be
as recommended bv the Finance Committee'. :~ :':','{:~' ~-, .~m ~'~o~'~;~i,~,~.,
VOTED BY THE ~EETINB-TO ACcEPT'THE RECOMMENDATION OF'THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE,. the VOTL being UNANIHOUS.; ~ ;, .: .... :,' .f,~. ,.-.,~
ARTICLE 2.'; To see if th~'Town"wii'l'-~'o~e'to"i~t'r'hct:'and'~utho~ize
Representative"g~hur' De'roches' to file a bill*in'the Gene~al'Cour~
to accomplish the following: , '
a) per"it-th~' ei'~ct~'oh";¢"5~ ~mb~'r's Of ~the".B~rd 'of. Sele'&tmeh',"' ' ....
each for te~ms of 3 years to be initiated in the 1872 town
election Of 2 ~a,didat~s e~ch for a te~'m of 3 v~a~s';':2 '~'" '"""
candidates each for a term of ~ veals'and 1 'c~ndidate for a
b) ~o ~t~fv'and confirm the ~lectioh ~f:t~e;B~ard"of'selectm~n";
in accordance with the 'lg?2~n"el~'cti~'i and -:~':;::~ :~' -"'-~:'-"
c) to'~atifv and confirm the acts of the B'o~d of Selectmen from~, '.
Due to a limitation, contained, in Chapter 169 of the,..Acts-of...._..~ -.1965'
an. enabling act of the General. Court, is.~ required, to implement.... ~ the-..
'vo~e of Town which established the' three vear term of office.fo~
,the five'members'of the Board of selectmen. - , -~, ,.,~ ~',', .... ~
,Chairman 3ohnston made a motion to accep~ the rec.~mmendations_ ~ ~°f '.. ~
the Finance Comm~,ttee and the motion was seconded~ ..... .
'Robert Christman asked if the State Legislature had made,: -'-:-:
any action on, any .... part Of Article 2'., M~derator. Desrocher_, _-_ ,, replied
' Mr.'Christman ~ade an Amendment to Article 2 to appoi'n~'.the
hig~e~t 'elected five men t~ ~he Board ~f selectme~ for a te~m
of one vear and to adopt the provisions of Article 2 as stated
above in 19?3.-'The amendment-was Se~0nded bv Charles Pearl.
~ode~ato~ Desr°che~ announced that for the t~me beShg, ~rs.
Yerxa would a~t as Moderator while he spoke .from the.flo-or, in
reply to M~. Christman's proposed amendment tO Article 2.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Recommendations of the Finance Committee
-. for Special Town Meeting
Nantucket, ss.", ,.. : :
To either' 6f the' Constables of the Town of Nantucket,
greeting:..
In the name of the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of
Nantucket, qualified to vote to Town Affairs, to meet
at the Nantucket High School in said Nantucket on
Friday, April 21,' 1972 at 7:30 o'clock in the after-
noon, then and them tO act qn the.f°ll°wing. ~ articles:
1. To receive reports of the Various committees that
may come before the meeting.
We recommend that the report 0f the committee
be received. ..
Voted by the meeting as recommended by the Committee
the vote being unanimous.
2. To see if the Town will vote to instruct and authorize
Representative Arthur Desr0cher to file a bill in the
'General Court to accomplish the following:
(a) permit the election of 5 members of the Board
of Selectmen, each for terms of 3 years to be ini-
tiated in the 1972 town election by election of
: - 2 candidates each for a term of 3 years, 2 can-
- didates each for a term of 2 years and 1 candi-
~ date for a term of 1 year.
(b) to rat',fly and confirm, the~ election of the Board
of Selectmen in ac~0rdance with the 1972 town
election; and. :~: ..... ,... :.:.. '.. ~
(c) to ratify and confirm the acts of the Board of
Selectmen from and after March 14, 1972.
Due to a limitation contained in chapter. 169 of the
Acts of 1965, an enabling act of the General Court
- .- is required to' implement.the-vote of Town which es-
tablished the three year term of office for the five
members of the Board of Selectmen.
We ree°mmend tavorable action.
Voted by the meeting as recommended by the Committee
the vote being unanimous.
3a To see ff the Town will vote to raise and appro-
priate $1,000 to be used by a committee to be a.p-
pointed by the Board of Selectmen to further .~tudy
waste disposal and report its findings and reeom-
mendations to the next special or annual town
meeting
3b To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-
,~: · priate $8:400 and to borrow $74,600 for the De-
partment of Public Works to. purehas~ equipment
to be used for the ope. ration of .the sanitary landfill.
in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, See-
tion 7, Clause 9. ' ~
.3. In order to conform with the ,requirements of the
Attor~ney General's office and the Director of Ac-
counts, it is necessary that the Town reconsider the
requests for funds required for a sanitary, landfill
operation..~ :~ ~. ~ ~'. :..."
(a) We recommend that the Town vote to raise and
appropriate' one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
to be used by a committee to be appointed by the
Board of Selectmen for ~urther study of waste
disposal and report its findings and recommen-
dations to the next special or annual town meet-
Voted by the meeting as recOmmended by the Committee
the vote being unanimous.-- ~ '
(b) We recommend that the Town vote to raise and
appropriate eighty four hundred'dollars ($8-
400) and to borrow seventy four thousand six
hundred dollars ($74,600.00) for the Depart-
ment of Public Works to purchase equipment
to be used for the operation ,of the sanitary
landfill, in accordance with the General Laws,
Chapter 44, Section 7, Clause 9.
Voted by the meeting as recommended by the Committee
the vote being unanimous.
r4. TO see if the Town will vote to'~amend paragraph 1
of Section VII of the Building Code adopted under
Article 13 of the Warrant for the 1972 annual town
meeting, to provide for a Board of Appeals of 3
members and 2 associate members in lieu of 5 mem-
bers and 2 associate members.
Thi'§ vote is requiied ~6 that tl~e Board of Api~eals
provided for under thb Protective Zoning By-Law
and the Building Code shall consist' of the same
number of members and ass'6ciat'e members.: ! -
we~ recommend fa~orable'a~fi6n. 'And t~~ ~ct on and
~ansact aH bus~s that may arise in relation to the
,.~¢ted b~ th~ '~eefidg a's reccmmended b~ the c°mmiuee.
..... Bemand F. Johhst0n, Chakm~'
M. Jelleme, Vice Chairman
J. Strojny, Secretary
Bufle~ ~: ~.~.~. r~,!
J. Rezendes ~'/' ~r ·
R. Congfdon ~'~
Gerald L Eld idge
Vernon Thornton
when it was~voted-unanimously to change the terms of.,office~.for..the..~.,.~
~.~:=,selectmen~.· :.After making~all~ the details clear-to,the~vote~s~'.. Mr. ?
Des~oc~e~ ~esumed his' duties as Mode~ato~and~asked ~o~ a~vote 0n ~. ....
VOTED BY THE MEETING TO REOECT THE AHENDMENT~ MADE BY ROBERT'~'~
V'~L.-cHRIST~A'N 'Td A~'iCLE '2.:"THE 'VO~'E" BE~NG' uN~'~"I~Oos. ~"~? ~'~' ? .'~:~r..' ~=.
u~o B~ THE ~EETIN6 TO AC~EP~ THE REGO~ENDATIONS OF.THE FINANCE-GO~ITTEE.
.~ARTICLE 3 - a)'To ~ee if the o~n will vote to'~aise and appropriate
~l,O00.O0 to be u~ed'bv a committee-to be appointed bv the Board
'Selectmen to fu~She~.studv w'a~te disposal 'and.zepo~. it~ ~indings ~n~ '
~ecommendat~ons to the nex~ special o~ annual"Town-~eeting~'"~:C ~'~"-~'
3b) To see if the To~n Will vote t'o ~aise and-appropriate ~B,qO0.O0"
~ ~o ~o~ s?~o0.o0 ~o~.th~ De~m~n~' o~ ~ ~o'~ ~o=~- ,'~,
chase.eqo~pment'.to-be used fo~ the 'operation of.the-'san~t~y la~f~ii
in accordance with General Laws, Chap~er, q~'Secti~n'~-,"~'"'Cl'ause' ....... 9.'
'-' ' G~de~'' ~0 conform. '6'~Sh' ~h~= ~qu~em~nt s."'"' '"?" ~ ' ""~=o~., t be~'~'": =-'~'~t~o~ne~" :':"~:"~'-"~ene~al~'~' ='?
office and 'the Di~ecto~ 'of Accounts,".it is necessary t~ the-Town
~co~s~de~'.the ~eque'sts fo~ funds ~equ~ed fo~ a san~t~!a~df~i...
operation. ' "'
bha~$a~ ~ohnston moved '~'h~t.~he ~ecommendat~ons ~f'"~'~" K~'~a~ ~'L~=
Henry Coffin, of'S~asconset,.'commented'tha~'the sanitary Landf~ll
~as sho~n, .on a m~p'coone~ted ~th.Sena~o~'~e~ne. dy~s B~ii ~S 3~B5,
be ~n-the-Fo~eve~ ~d 'seCtion of S~.map..-~'...... .... .~...~ . .
· Hanoid ~nde~son'stated that' H~. Coffin ~as' ~a~s~ng'~ question on -"
something that had not~ as yet', t~a~'~ed; aiso that th~s B~ii ~ouid'
s~e, etc. '~lso',' he made a mo~$on'that ~he ~ecommendat~ons-of the .
Finance Committee on A~ticle 3 be 'accepted... :- . ,...
VOTED BY THE MEETING TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS~DF~THE F'i~~>?~'~'
COMMITTEE, THE VOTE BEING UNANIMOUS.
ARTICLE q - To set-if the~Town will~ vote to amend Paragraph 1~of
section~ vii ~f~he~ B~ii~'in~:~ C~de~p~d~='u'~d~~A~ticl~13 ~'~f ~t~h~e~ Warrant
3 members and ~ associate membe~s"~n'"i~eu or-5 sesbe~s:and ~ associate~-
Th~s ~ote Ss ~equ~ed~.so that the Boa~d'of,.~ppeais-p~ov~ed.fo~ unde~ the '....
P~otec~ve Zoning'By-Lac and the 8u$1d~ng Code 'shaii--cons~st of'the same
Ch~ma~ ~oh~ton m°'~d.'~h~t the:"~~~'~'o~ 'the' F~'~'
In ans~e~ to a 'quest~6'n"~a~s~d' on th'~ '~eaS'o~ fo~ ~th~s' ~t~Ie:,'-.he 'explained
~h~t.th~s ~as be.$ng done.'so the B~d of ~pp~a~s:could serve both purposes'
~'f ~t ~e~e made up of the same nu'mbe~.of.$embe~s~and asSOc~ate'mesbe~s. -
.UOTED BY THE HEETING TO'~CCEPT THE RECOHHEND~TIONS OF T~' F'~NCE
THE VOTE BEING UNANIMOUS. /":~ '' -'. ; :'- .'-. "- :~" " '.'.-.'-' '
Andrew Lowell made a motion that the ~eeting be adjourned, it wae seconded
by ~. S~oOny .~nd the meeting ~djou~ned at 8:08 P.H..