01/06/1982 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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Minutes of BOS Meeting " 1/6/82 Page 6 . •TOWN COUNSEL JOSEPH REARDON Wilbur Oakley Town Counsel reported that he had a bit of good news for the Board. In the contempt complaint that had been brought against Wilbur Oak- ley sometime ago, for the illegal-.operation of a stump dump, and in which Mr. Oakley had been ordered to pay the Town of Mashpee $500 , (a portion of the cost the Town had to expend to enforce the regula- tion) , a sum of that fine had been handed to Mr. Reardon on this date to be delivered to the Town. Mr. Oakley was supposed to have gotten . permission from the Town for ,the dump, or fill over the debris on hisproperty. When he hadn' t done so, Town Counsel brought a motion for contempt, and Mr. Oakley was ordered to pay $500 . He " just turned over $400 , and promised to pay the balance of the fine ($100) on .Friday. He also promised to comply by filling tomorrow. The contemptmotion was continued until January 20 : The judge had threatened Mr.- Oakley with incarceration, if necessary. Bobby Byrnes Pub° Town Counsel reported that Bobby Byrnes had gone . to .court this date, seeking a temporary restraining order to enjoin this Board from en- forcing* l o 'clock closing hour . The judge had determined that there was not sufficient emergency to grant relief, so had denied "the. motion. The judge felt Mr. Byrnes had not demonstrated that there would be ir- reparable harm done by the imposition of the new closing hour, so he . refused to issue a rstraining order•. Clayton Peters vs . the Town of Mashpee Town Counsel reported that a case has been entered, claiming the fa,s tening device in the ambulance that was transporting Mr, Peters was faulty, by his estate. Mr. Reardon- pointed out that this is really a third party action, involving- our insurance carrier. Kevin O 'Connell re: Bobby Byrnes Suit Sel. O 'Connell asked Town Counsel to see that his name is removed from the list-of defendantsiin the suit Mr. Byrnes has brought against the, Town for the l o 'clock closing. Mr. O 'Connell pointed out that he was absent from the Board on the day the vote was taken in that matter. Chm. Garlanda. thanked Town -Counsel for 'his .report. t . NEW BUSINESS 1) Chm. Garland' suinmarized the -letter from Mr. Jacobson requesting engineering assistance from Mr. Rowley. He pointed out, relative to the request for $1, 500' for alocation plan of the area encom- passing the fire station, police station, etc (see attached) , that there is presently no comprehensive plan of -that area. Sel'. O 'Con- nell asked if this can' t be put off until a time hwen the Town does not have so many other matters pending that will require funds from our Legal and Engineering Account. He questioned if the Town can afford to spend this money at this time? _Sel . Thomas pointed out that we have a Building Committee working on plans for a new DPW Building. They can 't proceed until they know the site , she said. "Should be stop everyting?" she asked.