1983-04-12 Reading Housing Authority Minutes

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0 READING HOUSING AUTHORITY Minutes of the Regular and Annual Meeting - April 12, 1"8 The Reading Housing Authority met in regular session on Tuesday, April 12, 1983 at 7:30 P.M. at 22 Frank D. Tanner Drive in the Town of Reading, Massachusetts. Notice of this meeting had been properly posted in accordance with the By -Laws. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr. Dempster. Those mem- bers also present were Mr. Westra and Mr. Rand, forming a quorum. Mrs. Pierce, the Executive Director, was also present. A motion was made by Mr. Westra and seconded by Mr. Rand, and unanimously: VOTED: To accept for the record, the Minutes of the Regular Meeting held March 14+, 1983, copies of which had previously been mailed to all members. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. Upon another motion made by Mr. Rand and seconded by Mr. Westra, it was unanimously: VOTED: To approve the payment of bills and sign checks for 667 -C in the amount of 14,984.25, and to ratify and sign checks for the Section 8 Program in the amount of $2,143.53• The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. At this point in the meeting, the regular order of business was interrupted by a visit from representatives of U. S. Energy Control, Inc. who were present to talk with the Board about their "Uni- Temp" thermostats for the Project. Mr. Robert- son, Sales Representative and Mr. Hague, Engineer, had previously visited Mrs. Pierce one morning and had been shown through the Building and a vacant apartment to see how they could adapt their system to the Authority's needs. Mrs. Pierce had given them figures on energy costs for the past year, and based on those, and considering all factors, they felt that they could save the Authority approximately $9,000 per year. This would involve a central control in each Building for thermostat settings in the apartments at day and nighttime temperatures, determined by the Authority. U. S. Energy Control is prepared to offer this system to the Authority at a total lump sum cost for installation and equipment of $27,000, or on a Lease basis with free installation and a monthly fee, with an approximate 3 -year payback from the savings incurred. At this point Mr. White entered the meeting, and was filled in on what had preceded in this matter. The members had many questions concerning the effectiveness of such a system in an elderly project where there are so many individual situations, but each con- cern seemed to be able to be handled in one way or another. Mr. Robertson said that they have already been to E.O.C.D. to demonstrate this product and have received the endorsements of Mr. Fitzpatrick and Mr. Stockman of that Department. Mrs. Pierce pointed out, however, that they did not take into consideration that the money must be taken from the Annual Budget if the system is leased, or from the Operating Reserves if purchased outright. The Reading Housing Authority does not have money of this type to use and even though savings would be 1.