HomeMy WebLinkAbout1945-07-26WORK TO BE DONE ON THE ROADS. SELECTMAN SMITH REPRESENTED THE BOARD .
AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION IT WAS AGREED THAT THE STATE WOULD MATCH THE
TOWN APPROPRIATION OF $2,000 MAKING A TOTAL OF $4,000 TO BE EXPENDED ON
THE 'HIGHWAYS OF THE TOWN. ADJOURNED AT 12.30 P.M.
HERBERT P. SMITH, SEC'Y.
SPECIAL MEETING JULY 26th, 1945.
ON THE ABOVE DATE AT 9.P.M. SIX REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NAVY
AND REGINALD REED AND HIS ASSISTANT FROM THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS AD~{INIS-
TRATION AND SELECTMEN GLIDDEN,SHEEHAN~AND SMITH TOGETHER WITH TOWN
ROY SANGUINETTI MET IN THE SELECTMENS ROOM TO DISCUSS THE LEASING 0F THE
NANTUCKET AIRPORT TO THE NAVY. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY ACTING
CHAIRMAN S~&ITH INTRODUCTIONS HAVING BEEN .~ADE,LIEUT.HOWARD E. THOMAS U.S.
N.R. WAS CALLED UPON TO READ THE TERM~ OF THE LEASE EACH ?ARAGRAPH
EXPLAINED AND QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED BY LIEUT.THOMA$ AND REGINALD L
.w~w.11,DISTRICT AIRPORT ENGINEER, AFTER A LENG"~.~.~HY~'DISCUS$ION AS TO ADVANTA-
GES AND OTHERWISE IN THE TERMS OF THE LEASE~O.N THE ADVI~E 0F THE TOWN'S
COUNSEL IT WAS CONSIDERED PRUDENT BY THE BOARD T.O CALL A SPECIAL TOWN
MEETING THAT THE PEOPLE OF' THE TOWN DECIDE IF THEY WERE WILLING TO
THE LEASE AS WRITTEN OR IF THERE WERE CHANGES TO BE MADE. AS THE DATE
THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WAS NOT AGREED ON,AT THIS TIME LIEUT.THOMAS'
REQUESTED THAT AS SOON AS THE DATE ~WAS SET THAT HE BE INFORMED,THAT ANY
OR ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES. PRESENT COULD ATTEND. ~ ,0R IF ANYTHING OF
IMPORTANCE THAT WOULD 'BE OF INTEREST TO THE~ IN THE ~NT ~I~E. THEY WERE
INFORMED THAT THE REQUEST WOULD BE GRANTED THEREUPON THE MEETING WAS
ADJOURNED AT 12.20 .P.M. AFTER THE MEETING A FEW MINUTES WERE DEVOTED TO
INFORMAL DISCUSSION.
MEETING
HERBERT P. SMITH, SECRETARY.