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Board of Public Works Meeting of June 14, 1984 Page 1
A meeting of the Board of Public Works convened in Room 16,
Municipal Building at 7;45 P.M. Present were Chairman Barker, Secretary
Hampson, Board Members Wood and Griffin and Superintendent Anthony V.
Fletcher.
The Board discussed the timing for the Architectural and
Engineering presentations by the four consulting firms. It was decided to
hear two presentations on Monday, June 18 and two presentations on
Wednesday, June 20.
The Board next discussed the Vining Rubbish Collection and
Disposal Contract.
Superintendent Fletcher stated I am meeting with Vining tomorrow
and we may have a solution we can address.
Chairman Barker stated Tuesday night the Finance Committee
approved #44,000 for the Resco contract. He stated he has been spending
considerable time on the phone with Town Counsel.
Mr. McIntire stated to the Chairman he has worked out numbers on
the additional fuel charges and has determined $980.00 to be the
additional cost to the Town if fuel prices went up.
For "delay" Ted worked out calculations involving three trucks at
ten instances a year which works out to somewhere in the order of $4,000.
The Finance Committee was not upset by either of those numbers.
He stated he does not expect either of these situations to come
into play, however, because of the built-in protection in the RESCO
contract.
Mr. Griffin stated I would like us to set up a formal monitoring
system by which we have a definitive statement of start time. We have no
way of verifying this.
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Chairman Barker stated I have asked Town Counsel to advise the
Board as to what we should do before Town Meeting as far as signing this
contract. We could approve it subject to funding at the June 25 Town
Meeting.
The Board adjourned temporarily at 8:00 P.M. to meet as the Board
of Survey.
The meeting reconvened at 8:40 P.M.
Mr. Hampson stated he is meeting with the Conservation Commission
on Thursday night to develop an RFP for a hydrogeological consultant for
the proposed I-93 Development in North Reading. How do you want to
proceed from there?
Superintendent Fletcher stated I don't know that the mechanics
are worked out, or where the money is going to come from. I would ask
that the Board support the Water Commissioners as being the leaders. He
stated we are also delivering an appeal to DEGE for the Order of
Conditions from the Town of Wilmington.
Superintendent Fletcher stated I feel we will get the ultimate
possible protection under the law by appealing and by hiring a hydrologist
and geohydrologist.
Mr. Hampson stated I would like to stop anything there that we
could.
It was moved, seconded and voted 4:0 that the BPW act as the
funding and reporting agency in conjunction with the Conservation
Commission and all other Boards and Committees involved with the Town of
North Reading Development across from the Reading well field.
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Mr. Griffin stated I spoke with Superintendent Wells regarding
the MBO system and will give Doug Barker a report on this at a later date.
The Board discussed the staffing situation at the Water Treatment
Plant.
The meeting adjourned at 9;08 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Sec reta