1983-08-08 Reading Housing Authority Minutes

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READING HOUSING AUTHORITY Minutes of the Regular Meeting - August 8, 1983 The Reading Housing-Authority met in regular session on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 7:30 P.M. at 22 Frank D. Tanner Drive in the Town of Reading, Massachusetts. The meeting was called to order by the Vice - Chairman, Mr. Westra, in the absence of the Chairman. 'Those members also present were Mr. Rand, and newly - appointed member Patricia Swain. Mrs. Swain was appointed by the Selectmen to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank Johnson, and Mr. Westra wel- comed her to her first meeting on behalf of the other members. Mrs. Pierce, the Executive Director, was also present. A motion was made by Mr. Rand and seconded by Mrs. Swain, and unanimously: VOTED: To accept the Secretary's Report for the meeting held on July 11, 1983, copies of which had previously been mailed to all members. The Vice - Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. Another motion was made by Mr. Rand and seconded by Mrs. Swain, and unani- mously: VOTED: To approve and pay checks and bills for 667 -C in the amount of $6,955.9T,—and to ratify the signing of a check for the Section 8 Program in the amount of $1,392.74. A list of these checks had previously been mailed to all members, and are attached hereto and made a part of these Minutes. The Vice - Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. Mrs. Pierce read the Financial Report to the Board which showed that the balance in the BayBank Middlesex checking account for 667 -C on July 31, 1983 was $1,650.02. As of the date of this meeting, after all the above checks were written, there remained a balance in this account of $4,568.06. The balance in the M.M.D.T. savings account was $21,132.86 plus interest. Mrs. Pierce also re- ported that all rents had been collected for the month of August, totalling $8,683. Upon a motion made by Mr. Rand and seconded by Mrs. Swain, it was unanimously: VOTED: To withdraw $4,000 from the checking account to be deposited into the M.M.D.T. account for interest, and to accept the Financial Report as read. The Vice - Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. At this time, the attending Board members and Mrs. Pierce met with Ms. Doris Cole of Cole and Goyette, Architects and Planners, to hear her presentation for work on the expansion of the office space. Ms. Cole showed the members several sketches of variations in design that could be used for this new addition, and ideas were exchanged among those present. After a further review of her Firm's creden- tials, Ms. Cole left the meeting, and the members discussed the qualifications of all the candidates that had been interviewed - two of whom had met with the Board at the July meeting. Finally, a decision was made that Stephen Bell would best serve the needs of the Authority on this Project. This was largely due to the fact that he seemed to be the most familiar with E.O.C.D.'s procedures and personnel 0 1