1984-11-14 Reading Housing Authority Minutes

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READING HOUSING AUTHORITY Minutes of the Regular Meeting - Nov. 14 1984 The Reading Housing Authority met in re &qlar session on Wednesday. November 14, 1984, 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 accordan e with the By -Laws. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr. Dempster. Those 1, members also present were Mrs. Swain and Mr. Rand, forming a quorum. Mrs. Pierce, the Executive Director, was also present. A motion was made by Mr. Rand and seconded by Mrs. Swain, and VOTED: To accept for the record, the Minutes of thh Regular Meeting held October $, 1984 and the Special Meeting of October 29, 1984, copies of which had been previously mailed to all members. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. Another motion was made by Mr. Rand and seconded by Mrs. Swain, and unanimously: VOTEDs To approve and pay checks and bills for 667 -C in the amount of $9,973.05, and for the Section 8 Program in the amount of $2,690.20, and fot. cwProject 689-1 in the amount of $2,394.46. A list of )these checks is attache hereto and made a part of these Minutes, and was previously bailed to all members. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. It was reported that the balance in the BayBank Middlesex Checking Acco for 667-0 was $14,068.19 as of October 31, 1984- As of the date of this meeti with payment of all the above -thecks due at this time, the balance was $1,424. It was also reported that the balance in the M.M.D.T. account was $23,771.45 P interest. Also, all rents for the month of November had been paid, totalling $9,117.00. A motion was then made by Mrs. Swain and seconded by Mr. Rand, and unanimously: VOTED: To accept the Financial Report as read. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. It was announced that E8CD has awarded the Authority an additional 5 scattered -site units under the Chapter 707 Program. An amendment to the pre ACC will be forthcoming. The units were broken down as follows: 2- 1 Bedroom 2- 2 Bedroom 1- 3 Bedroom tWSince the rents on the 707 Program are so low for thh rental market in Reading, it has been difficult to sign people up for this Program. Mrs. Pierce said she felt that she should try to have more outreach for prospective tenants and landlords in the Town. Accordingly, she had put a neva item in the Reading Chronicle ".which announced the award and requested landlords and tenants to come forward for assistance if they felt they could be helped through this Program. t 0', . lus 1.