HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-05-05 Board of Public Works MinutesBoard of Public Works Meeting of May 5, 1986 Page 1
A meeting of the Board of Public Works convened in Room 16,
Municipal. Building at 7:30 P.M. Present were Chairman Hampson, Secretary
[toucher, Board Members Barker, Griffin and Nitzsche and Assistant
Superintendents McIntire and Redford.
The Board adjourned temporarily at 7:35 P.M. to meet as the Board
of Survey.
The Board reconvened at 7:45 P.M.
It was moved, seconded and voted 5:0 that Asst. Supt. McIntire be
authorized to sign the Payroll for the week ending May 2, 1986.
It was moved, seconded and voted 3:0:2 (Mr. Boucher and Mr.
Hampson abstaining) to accept the minutes of the Board of Public Works
Meeting of April 22, 1986 as written.
!Under the Superintendent's Report:
Asst. Supt. McIntire reported that the Department has advertised
for a skilled laborer/water treatment plant operator to replace Stephen
Kenney.
Regarding Street Sweeping - the Department has rented a sweeper
without an operator, our own people are operating with the rental unit and
our own unit. The Town is one-half completed, and if everything goes
according to schedule, the Town will be completely swept by May 23.
Regarding the Birch Meadow Lighted Softball Field, the lights are
installed, however, there are two fixtures not operating. We will order
spares and the Light Department will check out the two fixtures. Mr.
McIntire expects the field will. be completed by the end of next week.
Asst. Supt. Redford reported that the Department has started
placing curbing on Buckskin Drive and he expects the work to be completed
by July 1st.
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Mr. Barker asked for an update on the gasoline spill at the
Highway Garage.
Asst. Supt. McIntire replied that on Wednesday he should have all
the numbers in that are needed, and added that he has been keeping
D. E. O. E. informed.
Under Chairman's Comments:
Chairman Hampson stated we will be having a joint meeting with
the Board of Selectmen tentatively arranged for Wednesday or Thursday
evenings at 7:30 P.M.. After a scheduling discussion, it was decided to
postpone a joint full Board Meeting until a later date, with the week of
May 26th or the first week of June as tentative dates.
Mr. Barker left the meeting at 8:00 P.M.
The Board adjourned temporarily at 8:00 P.M. to meet as the Board
of Survey.
The meeting reconvened at 10:40 P.M.
The Board next met with representatives of Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Co. to discuss the proposed replacement of its four (4) inch natural gas
pipeline through the Town of Reading. They are proposing to remove the
existing four (4) inch pipeline with a ten (10) inch pipeline across lands
of the Town of Reading and through a portion of the Reading Aquifer
Protection Distract. The company proposes to remove the existing four
inch pipeline and replace it with the ten (10) inch pipeline, within the
same ditch and within its existing right of way and easement.
Asst. Supt. Redford explained that in view of the existing line
and the gas company's changing of their proposal to just replacement in
existing easements, I do not see this project as being inconsistent with
the intent of our newly enacted Aquifer Protection 8y-Law.
Mr. Jim Hartmann of T.G.P. stated we would propose construction
to begin August 1st.
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Chairman Hampson stated please be sure that your contractors are
of the highest quality. I also recommend that representatives of the
Department of Public Works be on-site every day during construction.
Mr. Hartmann stated our representatives will be aware of the
significance of the water source and the sensitivity of the area. He added
that we don't have a problem with putting in writing what we have stated
tonight. However, he would like to convey that timeliness of this project
is very important.
The meeting with the representatives of T.G.P. ended at 11:10
P.M.
It was moved, seconded and voted 4:0 that the contract for
Hydrochloric Acid be awarded to the W.H. Shurtleff Company, One Runway
Road, P.O. Box 2800, South Portland, Maine 04106-0800 in the amount of
$6.50/100# delivered per their bid dated April 23, 1966 for the period of
May 5, 1986 to June 30, 1987.
It was moved, seconded and voted 4:0 that the contract for
Caustic Soda be awarded to New England Chemical Co., Inc., P.O. Box 340,
441 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, N.H. 03054 in the amount of
$6.825/100# delivered as per their bid dated April 22, 1986 for the period
of May 5, 1986 to June 30, 1987.
It was moved, seconded and voted 4:0 that the contract for Liquid
Chlorine be awarded to the W.H. Shurtleff Co., One Runway Road, P.O. Box
2800, South Portland, Maine 04106-0800 in the amount of $31.00/100#
delivered as per their bid dated April 23, 1986 for the period of May 5,
1986 to June 30, 1987.
It was moved, seconded and voted 4:0 that the contract for Ferric
Chloride be awarded to E&F King & Co., Inc., 640 Pleasant Street, Norwood,
Ma. 02062 in the amount of $10.78/100# (100% basis) delivered as per their
bid dated April 24, 1986 for the period of May 5, 1986 to June 30, 1987.
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It was moved, seconded and voted
Calcium Oxide, Pulverized Quicklime be aw,
Brighton Road, Clifton, N.J. 07012 in the
as per their bid dated April 22, 1986 for
June 30, 1987.
It was moved, seconded and voted
4:0 that the contract for
arded to Pfizer, Inc. - MPM, 230
amount of $84.87/ton delivered
the period of May 5, 1986 to
4:0 that the contract for Sodium
Chlorite be awarded to the second lowest bidder, the W.H. Shurtleff
Company, One Runway Road, P.O. Box 2800, South Portland, Maine 04106-0800
in the amount of $43.00/100# delivered as per their bid dated April 23,
1986 for the period of May 5, 1986 to June 30, 1987.
The low bidder, New England Chemical Company, Inc., did not meet
the specifications because they are not supplying 2S% concentration sodium
chlorite.
It was moved, seconded and voted 4:0 to award Contract 86-2,
Stone Chip Seal, to Bell & Flynn, Inc. of Stratham, N.H. in accordance
with their bid in the amount of $55,200.00, subject to the contractor's
procurement of the required payment bond, performance bond and certificate
of insurance.
It was moved, seconded and voted 4:0 to award Contract 86-3,
Asphalt Pavement Reclaimation, to Barco, Inc. of West Bridgewater, Ma. in
accordance with their bid in the amount of $78,474.50 subject to the
contractors procurement of the required payment bond, performance bond,
and Certificate of Insurance.
It was moved, seconded and voted 4:0 to table action on Contract
86-5, Sidewalk Construction.
It was moved, seconded and voted 4:0 that the Board of Public
Works recommend to the Law Committee the services of Tyler & Reynolds,
P.C., as our Town Counsel for FY87 and that their services have been more
than satisfactory to the Board of Public Works.
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The Board signed the Payroll and the Billroll for the period
ending May 2, 1986.
The meeting adjourned at 11:20 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary