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Board of Public Works Meeting of December 15, 1983 Page 1
A meeting of the Board of Public Works convened in Room 167
Municipal Building at 7:30 P.M. Present were Chairman Wood, Board Members
Polychrones, Griffin and Hamoson and Assistant Superintendents Edward D.
McIntire, Jr. and William R. Bergeron.
Regarding the Avalon Road Extension subdivision, Mr. Bergeron
stated he has spoken with the developer, Aurele Cormier. Mr. Cormier
informed him that the homeowner with the property abutting Oak Street is
not willing to sell at all, therefore, the Oak Street access option is
impossible at this time.
Mr. Hampson requested a matrix showing pros and cons of the
remaining available options.
The Board next discussed the FY86 Budget - Sheets 15 - 28.
Under Sheet 15 - Snow & Ice - Mr. Griffin directed the Department
to write a letter to Finance Committee requested that $70,000 be made
available for transfer in case of a snow emergency, to be used at a later
time if necessary.
Under Sheet 21 - Water Service Pipe Maintenance - Mr. Griffin
asked for an investigation of charging a fee to homeowners for one-half of
the costs of repair or a minimum call charge for maintenance of water
services.
Under Sheet 23 - Water Hydrant - Mr. Griffin requested a listing
of all hydrants identified to be replaced.
Under Sheet 24 - Water Filter Plant - Chairman Wood asked how
much is it expected that the budget will reduce the overtime, hour-wise?
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Mr. McIntire stated there are now four people operating the
treatment plant. The dollars for salaries represent overtime which will
cover holiday work. There is no overtime generated by vacations, there is
overtime estimated at 7% for additional operating hours covering the whole
year.
Under Sheet 28 - Landfill - Mr. Griffin requested the
Administration send a reminder to the landfill users shortly after January
1, 1984 informing them the landfill will close on July 1, 1984 with a
follow up at any time thereafter as is convenient.
It was movedr seconded and voted 4|0 that the BPW move on its
schedule for closure in FY85 of the landfill for all commercial operations
July 1' 1984.
The meeting adjourned at 11:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary