HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-09-12 Reading Housing Authority MinutesRFADING HOUSING AUTHORITY
r Reading, Massachusetts
MINUPF5 OF THE REGULAR *XMNG - September 12, 1977
The members of the Reading Housing Authority met in regular session atl
7 :30 P.M. on Monday, September 12,E 1977 at 22 Frank D. Tanner Drive in the To
of Reading, Massachusetts.
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, iir. white. Those me ere
also present were Mr. Dube, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Dempster and Mr. Johnson, formi}rg
a quorume Mrs. Pierce, the Executive Director, was also present.
Upon a motion made by Mr. Dempster and seconded by Mr. Johnson, it was
unanimously;
VC{Mt To accept for the record% the Secretary's Report for the regular
meeting held August 80 1977, copies of which had previously been mailed to a
members of the Board prior to the meeting, M
The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carzIed and said vote in effect.
Upon a motion made by Mr. Stratton and seconded by Mr. Dube, it was
unanimouyt
«,'To approve and pay checks and billa, a list of which is attach d
hereto arid';nado a part of these minutes and sent previously to all members, i ►
the amount of .$4,X64.04, for Project #667 -,C.
The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said rote in effect.
Mt'oo Pierce reported that the balance in the BayBank Middlesex Checki
Account for 6b7-C was $3,353044 as of August 31j 1977. -
As 'of the date of this meeting,* after payment of the above biller the
balance in the checking account was $44644,40. The balance in the Charlestown
Savings Account wan $31,060,38 plus interest.
The total of September rents collected was OA55.00,0 but there was st 1
due one -half month's rent from a new tenant} Mrs, Litchfield, whose lease beg s
on September 15th. This will add another $30,50 to the September rents when it is
received.
Since there was a surplus in t hoi checking account at this time] it was de-
cided to d eposit some of it in the savings account to accumulate some additional
interest. Therefore, upon a motion made by Mr. Johnson and seconded by Mr. S rattoni
it was unanimously:
VOTIDt To write a check on the BatyBagkMiddlesex account in the amour of
$3 .,500.00 for deposit into the Charlestown Savings Bank account, and also to
accept for the record, the Financial Report as read.
The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect
/At this time, a letter was read to the members from the Reading Board
Selectmen concerning the Section 8 Program.
It was in reply to the Housing Authority's offer to take over the adminis,
tration of the Program from the Town which is currently under contract with the
Authority to handle it. The gist of the letter was that the Selectmen had no
objection to the Housing Authority itself taking over the Program, but they ex-
pressed concern about having an outside consultant handling its administration.
They concluded by saying that they would be happy to meet with the Authority to
further discuss the situation.
It was generally agreed that before going any further with the Select n
the Authority should check further with H.U.D. since their last letter of J 27th
indicated that they felt there were problems in the Program's administration
Their letter had indicated that a Xr. Watkins would be conducting a review o
the Program during the week of August 3rd. To date, Mrs. Pierce had not see
anyone from that office concerning this review.
Mr. Dempster felt that Someone front the Board should make a personal vLsit
to H.U.D. in Boston to talk with Wo Aalk, Housing YAnagement Director, to se
where the.Authority stood at this time with relation to the Section 8 Programe
It was need that Mr. Nhitep W. Johnson and Xr, Dempster would represent tie
than on the date of September 22nd if
Board si I�1x`se Pierce would accompazq� pierce was asked to set up the
that wo%da be convenient with Mr. Salk Mr
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meetingaccordingl,Y. Also, a date of September 28th was set for a Special et,
ing of the Authority to discuss what took place in Boston,
There being no further business to ocme before they ;= ting and upon a
motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to
M journ the meeting,
and the Chairman thereupon adjourned the meeting at 9:15 P.
Respectfully Submitted
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