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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 12/20/1966BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING DECEMBER 20, 1966 The South Burlington Board of Selectmen held a regular meeting at the Town Office Building, 555 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont on Tuesday, December 20, 1966 at 7:45 P.M. Mr. D'Acuti, Chairman, called the meeting to order. MEMBERS PRESENT Vincent J. D'Acuti, Chairman; Frederick G. Blais, Augustus T. Stannard and Stephen M. Whittlesey. MEMBERS ABSENT Robert K. Ashley OTHERS PRESENT Henry LeClair, Town Manager; Irving L. Douglas, Director of New Sewer System; Mr. Gus Calkins, three representatives from the League of Women Voters, a gentlemen from the Laurel Hill South area and Mr. Ed Myers, Free Press reporter. READING OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING The minutes of the December 6, 1966 meeting were approved as read. ACCEPT BALANCE OF STREETS IN LAUREL HILL DRIVE AREA. The Selectmen signed a deed by which the Town accepted the balance of the streets in Laurel Hill Drive area. DRAINAGE PROBLEM IN LAUREL HILL SOUTH A resident of Laurel Hill South asked the Board what the Town planned to do in regard to a serious drainage problem in the upper section of Laurel Hill South. Mr. LeClair explained that digging a drainage ditch on property above Laurel Hill South might correct the problem, but he had not been able to obtain the permission from the land owner to do this. The Board discussed alternate methods of alleviating the situation but did not reach a decision. SIGN RESOLUTION FOR CONTRACT 4, PHASE III, OF NEW SEWER SYSTEM. Mr. D'Acuti read a resolution to accept the sewer contract for Contract 4, Phase III of the sewer system, and also read a recommendation from Webster- Martin, Inc. in favor of acceptance. The Board unanimously voted to sign the resolution to accept the sewer contract and contractor's bonds as read. The Board set January 3, 1967 as the date to sign the contract. A copy of the resolution is filed with the minutes of this meeting. FIRST READING OF CHANGE OF ZONING Mr. Blais, Mr. Stannard and Mr. Whittlesey voted in favor of passing the first reading of a proposed ordinance to change a plot of land from planned area to residential A. Mr. D'Acuti abstained and the first reading was approved as read. The Town Manager was instructed to forward a copy to the Planning Commission for their recommendation. OTHER BUSINESS DEMERS' PRIVATE LANDING FIELD Mr. D'Acuti, Chairman, read a letter from the Town Attorney, expressing his opinion of the legality of Mr. Demers maintaining a landing strip on his property in Residence District A for his airplane. Mr. Gus Calkins presented a letter written to the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the State of Vermont by Mr. Harold Bensen, and their answer to him. Both letters were read aloud by Mr. D'Acuti. The Town Manager was instructed to present the matter to the Town Attorney again to clarify what authority the Town has, if any, in regard to private landing fields, and also to refer it to the Planning Commission. RESOLUTION ON SPECIAL MEETINGS The Chairman of the Board read a Resolution and Order spelling out the legal procedure to follow in order to call a/legal special meeting of the Board of Selectmen. The Board voted to accept the Resolution as written and signed the original for the record. A copy of the Resolution is filed with the minutes of this meeting. FIRE CONTRACT Mr. D'Acuti asked the Board members to plan to meet with Burlington's Board of Aldermen to request an extension of our fire contract with them for three years. He said he would make the arrangements for the meeting at the earliest possible time in order to include the figure in the 1966-1967 budget. BUDGET 1966-1967 budget figures will be the main order of business at the next regular Board of Selectmen meeting to be held January 3, 1967. The budget will be presented to the voters of the town on February 14, 1967. There being no other business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 9:00 P.M. Approved Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works.