01/27/1982 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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fr.,w oS Meeting fes✓ Page 2 ip 1/27/82. Regarding the request for tiii . Board to approve the } the hiring of a FTA- employee to helm the Town Treasurer Se l. O' Connell moved approval. A -vote. 4 Vice-Chairman Thomas sunm ri ed a letter received from the Department of -Public wo s , committee on which Rep. Cahir sits , announcing additional -highway funds to become available to the towns .. - . see attached) . Relative to the recent big snow storm, the Selectmen have received a Memo from the Executive Secretary red orting hal'an e - f . $ 1, 400 in the Snow and Ice Account. The 3anuarv, -2 .storm .cost $100.000. I was agreed it would,-be neves a y" to go to Town. Meeting -for additional funding for that account. Curtis wood .ury, a resident in the -audience , gave a statement. of how well asie.t s streets have- been maintained this, winter. He feels' they have had much letter attention than either those of Falm ut+hor Barnstable. He would like -to commend -the en ire. department, Attached is a copy of a new law allowing a wiring inspector t work as an a le.c- .rd clan in the co� �uni - in which- he`is employed,. el ., O' Connell mored the acce tante of this new_ law, o. that .someone in 'Ma �h e could he a i ointed as � i're - Ins eotor., a 3 still do work in" 'town. r.,. I ur' hy' poijnted out that th e bill ' is _designed to help small communities li} ours., It, was. a_ vote,. Attached is a Memo .-from the Excutive Secretary suggesting changes that could he made- 'in the - Town BY-Laws' regarding appointments mad6 , by this : Board. Sel. Thomas a,s ed if any of these,, changes would he in- oonf-li.ct 'with- the General Laws-. Sel., Thoma-s Thoma-sasked if the Board ve nted to chance thO, title of . the museum bosition, what. +ro. ld be a ropri te? Sed. . O' Connell world lik e to have it changed to. "Manager" , rather than "Curator" . Mr, Murphy' will -send his suggested changes to Town Co-unset for his--review. 8 Two articles had leen submitted o the Board by the Conservation omni-scion for acceptance in the Annual Town Meetlina Warrant. Sel, O' Connell moved accenting both Article, It was -a _ t . 2 : 30 ' PUBLIC HEARING ON "TH8 FLU14E It being the appointed- hour, Sel. Nice Chai ran. Thomas convened the - Hearing requested by The , Flume', on heir application to change the desition of their premises : Kathleen Franklin,,, Attorney- for Earl. Mills , Sr. of The Flume , appeared to request that this Hearing be adjourned,-- and another rescheduled. -She said she had misread the General Laws , and therefore had not Toro e lyi- notified the abutters. Seh a s.0 med full responsibility for the error, and asked that -the Hearing be rescheduled and republished,lished, att her - expense , for Febru- ary 17, at 2 : 30 p.m., 'the Board so voted to oblige Atty. Franklin.