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Home My WebLink About1976-03-08 Reading Housing Authority MinutesR AD MG HOUSING AUTHORITY 'Reading, Massachusetts 14INUTIS OF THE REGULAR ,TRE HAD MARCH 8, 1976 Authority met The members of the Reading Housing husettsuor at nMonday., 22 Frank De Tanner Drive in the Town of Reading, Massac March 8) 1976 at 7:30 P.M. the Chairman, Mrs White The other The meeting w:xs called to order by ster fo Mr- � members present were Are Dubes Mr• Strattons the bce r)h.q asnalso preset nth. ing a quorum. jars. Pierce) motion made by Mr. Stratton and seconded by Per. Dempster, it was Upon a unanimously: the record the Secretarbeen for the nreti Vpq= To accept for all member which had previously of February 9, 1976) copies of - for review. n declared said motion oarried and said vote in effect. The Chairman },herEUpo by Mr. Stratton, t was t, upon a motion made by I�1re Johnson and seconded �-" ' unani uousl3': _ a t -6f which is attach bi11s, ' d� - ;VOT�,U: . To approve and pay checked -and r: and had been previously mailed to all" . he art of these �dnute8 hereto dan made p the amount of $5 ,0924.47 for 667-0 and $3,00 for for the 707 Rental members of ;Authority, to; ratify the signing of checks moderrazation Program. o 0•�• list in the amount of $63 Assistance Program as showA o}} the attached �. Lion carried and said vote in effect. Chairman thereupon declared sad }e Checking' Mi rxs. Pierce reported that the Balance i$ the9 1976 was-, 7 - Asxo�Jkrch 8, aft r :_Account for 667rC as of February' 29, all tsetotaled t due at this timeP 'f $93g•08iptThe payment of the above checks in the checking account ,9854•' t the balance m9n h) plus in Savings account was38,371'98 crest. The balance in the Charlestown it was motion made by tW '. Dempster and seconded by Mr. Dube ) Upon a unanimously: - "VC11'b�: To accept the :financial report as read. declared said motion carried and said vote in effect The Chairman thereupon brought to the attention a the $� pierce At this point in the ivaeting, Rental AssistaIce program Contract for the 707 R th am in t the Contributions board, the Anne Attached to the Contract was an amendment stating *6)6000 A and that it could be al- the amount of the legislature, contract is subject to appropriation by appropriation. in the Fiscal year 197? ' te-red to reflect any increases or decreases 1„ Upon a motion made by Mr. Stratton and seconded by Mr. Johnson, it was unanimously: V0TEt3: That the Chairman sign the Contract cognizant of the Amendment thereto, and forward it to the Department of Community Affairs for final execution. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect.'. The next order of business was the certification by the Authority of the Annual Contract for Financial Assistance for fiscal year July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976 in the amount of $82,451.00. After verification by Mrs@ pierce that the amount was correct as shown in the Budget for 667-C, a, motion was made by Mro Stratton and seconded by Mr. Dempster and unanimously: VOMD; That the Resolution on`Annual Contribution be signed by Mr. White for the Authority and forwarded to the Department of Community Affairs for finial approval. h The Chairman thereuponcbclared said motion carried and said vote in effect. Hors. Carol Kalish entered the meeting at this time and reported to the Board on the current status of the Section'S program. She stated that rents were a4ready being paid to landlords on 30 of`the_32 slots allotted and therevas still a w iting list of over 30 additional applicants. A Mrs, Kalish said that money was avail ble frop:HUD to apply for further units arid-thought that they could easily,be,filled in.ae. Town, _Therefore, upon a motion made by Mr: Johnson and seconded by Mr. Demps erg, 7V it was unanimously:' VOTED: To instruct Mrs. Kalis4 to apply to HUD for 30 additional uriitg for Section 8 funding in the name of the Reading Housixig authority. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect, hir.•s. Pierce reported than she and Mr. Dempster had recently attended'a Debt Management and Budget Briefing by the Department of Community Affairs, and Mr' ` Dempster gave the members a summary on what was about to take place this year, concerning refinancing. He stated that legislation was being filed by the Governor of the Commonwealth that will. eliminate the burden placed on local Hous- ing Authorities for the refinancing of short -term notes. - This legislation will transfer the power of Local, Housing Authorities to issue bonds to the State Treasurer, and the proceeds of the bond sa7.e will be utilized to redeem the short -term notesof the LHA, thus relieving the LHA of indebtedness for the final development costs of their projects. The LHA still have the power to issue notes during the development phase, however. At this time a motion was made by Mr. Dube and seconded by Mr. Stratton and unanimously: VOTED: That the meeting go into Executive Session. The Chairrnau thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in affect. 2. ; Since the list of applicants who were chosen at a previous meeting to !,fill the next vacancies had been exhausted, the Board reviewed a master list to select another few people in the event an apartment became available during the month. The names of these people are kept in the Applicant file. Upon a motion made by Mr. Dempster and seconded by Mr. Stratton, it was unanimously: VOThD: That the meeting go out of Executive Session. The Chainuan thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect, and the meeting rdturned to regul.arsession. Xrs. Pierce brought the members up to date on several projects which were Hie the works" for ;future implementation. First of all, proposals were bein& con- sidered for an air conditioning system in the Recreation Building - $1,800 of, which was approved under the IbLtraordiaary Maintenance section in the 75-76 Budget. The balance of the total cost will be donated by the "Patrons for Older Adults", an organization which assists the Council on Aging financially in projects for tile elderly. Since there were so mazy questions by the members concerning this air conditioning system, it was decided to have a representative from one of the om- panies available at the next meeting to better explain exactly what is necess ry to be done in this building and the reasons therefor. Secondly, it was reported -that Specifications were available for the o tside painting of the Recreation and office Building which also was an approved bud et iten4 Invitations to bidders were underway through telephone contact, and it',was hoped tQ have some figures by the next meeting. AU4 the final project under? the Modernization Program - the repainting-of `a the o].de newts rn 667 -1 =- would soon be getting off the ground as soon �r apprq thQ specifications was received. from DCA. No word had been received at this t*!me on the final approval of the Change Orders and completion of the new addAion''to the maintenance Boom,.but hopefully this would be all "wrapped upm be-4 for the next project begins under this,Program. There being no further business to come before the meeting, and upon a motion duly made and seconded,, it was unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting, and the Chairman did so at 10:00 t PsM. Respectfully submitted,' Janet Pierce, Executive Director a a - cret 3: