1990-04-10 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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Minutes of the Board of Selectmen Meeting April 10, 1990 The meeting convened at 7 : 35 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts. Present were _ ! Chairman Russell Graham, Vice Chairman Daniel Ensminger, Secretary George Hines, and Selectmen Sally Hoyt and Eugene Nigro. Also present were Peter Hechenbleikner, Town Manager, Public Works Director Anthony V. Fletcher, Human Services Direc- tor Ruth Cogan, and the following list of citizens: Sally Sabo, Dan Bolnick, Herb Converse, Trish Brigham, Jack Rivers, Ken King, Bo Garrison, Gina Snyder, Fred Van Magness, Barbara McAllister, Anne Mark, Barbara L. Hagan, Gail Wood, G. L. MacDonald, Liz Greene, Nate White, Bill Burditt, and Don Allen. On motion by Ensminger, seconded by Nigro, the minutes of March 27, 1990 were approved as corrected by a vote of 5-0-0. Under Liaison Reports, Dan Ensminger indicated that he had at- tended the FinCom Meeting regarding Community Development issues. He also asked about the letter from Lois Bell regarding train noises. George Hines indicated that he had talked with Railroad Operations, and they have a direction to idle down at all loca- tions where they are laying over for twenty minutes or more. Russ Graham indicated that he had attended the Trust Fund Commis- sioners Meeting, and that the transportation and nursing care provided does not have many takers. They are looking into a pos- sible change in policies and increase in flexibility. He also indicated that he had attended a Solid Waste Committee Meeting; met with the Town Manager regarding Town Meeting; and attended a -- Depot Task Force Meeting earlier this evening. There was no Public Comment, and there are no Personnel Appoint- ments. Anthony V. Fletcher, Public Works Director, reviewed the situa- tion with RESCO and the trash collection bid. Excluded from trash collection will be leaves, grass, tires and white goods. We are going to court with RESCO, but it will take some time in order to resolve all of the issues. There is also something called the Angelo Tax which we are asking the State Representatives to re- scind. This is a tax on all materials sent to RESCO. Sally Sabo presented the proposal for recycling. The indications were that recycling as an option does not pay for itself the first year, but in the second and third years , may be self- supporting, depending on the percentage of support we get for recycling. George Hines asked that we explore the option of requiring people to take their recyclable materials to a central site, rather than curbside recycling. The Solid Waste Policy Committee will review this and get back to the Board of Selectmen before their meeting on April 24, 1990. Rob Spadafora spoke in -- support of the project and offered Student Council help. Ken Little from the Taxpayers Alliance indicated that the Alliance objected to two terms -- mandated, and enforcement regulations. The Board agreed that it would make a decision on curbside recy- cling at their meeting on April 24th.