HomeMy WebLinkAbout1943-09-02· SPECIAL ~ETING OF SEPTemBER gnd,194g. . . : : .
'A SPECIAL ~ETING 0F THE BOARD WAS HELD ~0N T!~ ABOVE DATE WITH
ALL MFMBERS OF T~ BOARD P~S~I'T,C~[I~;~ SOV~IN0 PREsIDiNG.
THE ~ETING WAS ~LD ~0R THE P~POSS 0F IN~STICATING A C0~LAINT
THAT DRIVER THOMkS F. CURLEY OF THE NANTUCKET FIRE DEPART~,~EIJT UAS
LOITERING IN FRONT OF THE FIRE STATION IN A INTOXICATED CONDITION.
BY VOTE OF THE BOARD FIRE CHIEF WILLIM~ J. BLAIR WAS GIVEN A ~:;RITTEN
NOTICE TO APPEAR WITH ~. CURLEY ON THE DATE OF THIS ~ETING FOR QUESTION-
ING,THEY BOTH A?PEARED AS REQUESTED AND THE ~ETING C0i,~;ENED AT 9.15 P.M.
CHAIi~f~N SOVERIN0 THEN RE%UESTED CHIEF BLAIR FOR HIS VERSION OF THE
CASE A1CD I~ INF0~D THE BOARD THAT ~ V/AS AT H0i~E WHEN INFOR~SED OF THE
COIfDITION OF ~R. CURLEY AND THAT HE iL~;~EDIATELY PROCEEDED TO TEE FIRE ,
STATION AN~D !NTERVIE~J~ED HIM. hE APPARENTLY V/AS iN NO CO~ITION TO ASSD%iE
HIS DUTIES IF THE OCCASION REQuIRED,voR HE :,~;AS NOT ON DUTY AT THE TIME
HAVING GONE OFF DUTY AT 6.00 P.M. AND WOULD NOT. BE ON AGAIN UNTIL 9.00 A.M.
~ETING
UNLESS IN CASE OF A FIRE OR 0~HER URGE~ NECESSITY.CHIEF BLAIR SAID:"i
iDBfEDIATELY SUSPE~UDED I~'~.CURLEY FOR TWO YFEEES WITHOUT PAY AND TOLD
THE NE~ TID~ THIS OCCURRED HE WOULD BE I~UDEFINATELY SUSPEh~DED AND WOULD
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURE OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE INVESTIGATING
AUTH0~ITIES AS REQUIRED BY LAW A~rD BE EXONERATED BEFORE ~ COULD BE
REINSTATED AS A L~ER OF THE DEPAR~.~NT.'' CHIEF BLAIR ETHER SkID:THAT
HE INSERTED IN THE FIRE DEPT. RECORDS THE FACTS OF THE CASE INCLUDING THE
SUSPENSION OF ~,~q. CURLEY,HE ALSO STATED THAT HE H~D PROCURED k SUBSTITUTE
DURINGETHEEABSENCE OF ASR. CURLEY,ADDINGrTHAT CURLEY WAS A GOOD M. AN AINU)
NEW HIS WORK,V/AS A' CARE~WJL DRIVER"A~D HAD BEEN %mSE~TY YEARs IN THE
AND HIS PLACE WOULD BE'DIFFICULT TO FILL,ESPICALLY AT THIS TI~ A~,~D THAT
lie HOPED THAT LENIENCY WOULD BE sHOWN.' -~
ON BEING CALLED UPON BY THE CHAI~&~,~ TO STATE HIS SIDE OF THE CASE
~VLR.CURLEY SAID; THAT HE VERY HECENTLY BECO~IE COAM~ELESCENTZHAVING BEEN IN
THE HOSPITAL FoR AN OPERATION AND WAS STiLI~-IN A WEAK CONDITION, THAT HE
HAD LEFT HIS HOME FOR THE sTATION AND ON THE WAY HAD STOPPED TO GET A
D~II'~ OF BEER AND UPON ARRIVING AT THE STATION HAD BEC05~ C0hrFUSED AND
OVERC0~,~. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE IT HAPP~ AGAIN.
VARIOUS QUESTIONS WERE ASKED MR.CURLEY BY THE M~.;~ERS OF THE BOARD
AFTER :,~/qlOH HE WAS EARNESTLY REPR~L~NDED AhrD INFOIB.~D TI{AT I~ A LIKE
SITUATION HAPPENED HE V~'OULD BE SERIOUSLY DEALT WITH.ADJOURNED AT 10.20 P.