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Home My WebLink About1980-11-12 Reading Housing Authority MinutesREADING HOUSING AUTHORITY Minutes of the Regular Meeting - November 12. 1980 The Reading Housing Authority met in regular session on Wednesday, Nov ber 12, 1980 at 7x30 P.M. at 22 Frank D. Tanner Drive in the Town of Reading, Mss ch- usetts. Notice had been properly posted and noted that the date was not cons stent with the regularly scheduled date of the second Monday of the month. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Xr. Dempster. Those members also present were Mr. Westra, Mr. Ogden and Mr. Johnson, forming a quorum. Mrs. Pierce, the Executive Director and Patricia Renzello, Section 8 Administrator were also present. A representative group from the League of Women Voters was sitting in on the Meeting _a7:so. mously: Upon a motion made by Mr. Westra and seconded by Mr. Johnson, it was VOTED: To accept for the record, the Minutes of the Regular meeting h Id on October 7th and the Special Meeting of October 21st, copies of which had prev ously been mailed to all members. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. Upon a motion made by Mr. Westra and seconded by Mr. Ogden, it was VOTED: To approve and pay checks and bills in the amount of $5,597.30 667 -C and 1,,506.67 for Section 8. Also, to ratify the signing during the.ma of checks for Section 8 in the amount of $346.74, and the Modernisation Progr for $1,768.90. A listing of these checks is attached hereto and made a part these Minutes, and had been previously mailed to all members. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. Mrs. Pierce reported to the members that the balance in the BayBank Middlesex checking account for 667-C was $1,575.12 as of October 31, 1980. As of the date of this Meeting, after payment of the checks approved above, the glance in this account was $6,539.82. This included a deposit of $3,651 which was sent by E.O.C.D. aj, the forward funded payment on the annual deficit for the current quarter. At -this time, a motion was made by Mr. Johnson and seconded by Mr. and unanimously: VOTED: To deposit $5,000 from the checking account into the M.M.D.T. account to obtain the interest. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and std vote in effectf, and a check was drawn and signed. The balance in the M.M.D.T. account as of November 1, 1980 was $22,415.2 1. It was also reported that all rents, in the amount of $6,911.00, were collected for the month of November. Therefore, upon a motion made by Mr. Ogden and seconded by Mr. Johnson, it „ras unanimously: VOTED: To accept the Financial Report as read. 1. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. (W Patricia Renzello spoke to the members and brought them up to date on the progress of the Section 8 Program. She reported that in the existing Program, 52 of the 55 approved units are under lease, two other units are committed and gust awaiting final signatures, and one more is in the process of being certified! Of the 52 units under lease, 31 are family and 21 are elderly. Richard Fenton, who is being retained as the accountant on this Program submitted a Balance Sheet and a Computation of Administrative Fee for the qu ended September 30th, and copies of these were distributed to the members fo review. Mrs. Renzello had prepared an application for additional housing assistance payments for the 1981 allocation by HUD. Inasmuch as the Reading Housing Authority has taken the necessary steps to be a part of the Mobility Program on Section 8, it was felt that they would be ellkible for some additional funding in this new round. The application was for 50 units - 22, 1 bedroom - 25, 2 bedroom and 3 3 bedroom. Upon a motion made by Mr. Johnson and seconded by Mr. Westra, with Mr. Dempster assenting, it was VOTED: To approve the application for 50 units of additional Section Housing Assistance Payments for submission to HUD. (Let it be noted here t Mr. Ogden abstained from voting on the basis of his employment by the Feder Government, and its possible "conflict of interest ".) (W The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect.' A letter from Mr. Wagner of Latham & Latham had been sent to all members before the meeting, and this was briefly discussed. It concerned the lawsuit of Wood vs. Agnew .- et al and indicated that the plaintiff, Ms. hood, had filed motion to amend her complaint wherein the Reading Housing Authority is delet as a party defendant. Mr. Wagner said that the Court would be hearing the noti within the next month, and if it is allowed, the Authority will have no furt er liability under this action. Mrs. Pierce asked the members to come up with a convenient date for everyon to meet again with Wendy Plotkin 0 M.A.P.C. and other interested Townspeople concerning the housing needs and goals in Reading. This will be a follow -up meeting from October 21st at which time it was decided to have Wendy return with some specific information on funding sources and the Community Assistance Progra etc. It was tentatively scheduled for Wednesday November 19th and Mrs. Pi ce said she would contact Wendy and Mr. Zorabedian of the Planning Board, and advis everyone of the definite plans over the weekend. Before closing the meeting, Mr. Dempster asked the members present from the League of Women Voters if they had any questions they would like to ask the Board.. Mrs. Shirley Sweeney, their housing committee chairman said that a number of their questions had already been answered throughout the meeting by the Board's di cus- sion.of their meetings with MAPC concerning housing needs. Mainly, the e was interested in learning if the Authority felt there was a great need in e Town for family housing, and what types of Programs they may be planning to enter (W into to fulfill these needs. 2. After learning of the meetings which the Housing Authority has had recently with various Town officials and M.A.P.C. Coordinator, Wendy Plotkin, the League members asked to be included in the Authority's invitation to at- tend future meetings, to keep up with the housing progress. Mrs. Pierce said she would advise them of any such meetings. There being no further business to come before the meeting, and motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to adjourn, and Chairman thereupon adjourned the meeting at 9 :00 P.M. Respectfully submitted, anet Pierce, Executive Direc- and Secretary for a 3• aw 303, Acts of 1975 and Chapter 397, Acts of 1976 a meeting of will be held (Location) on the following date's Time: for the purpose of Posted Time: A Ck. No. 2411 2412 2413 2414 2415 2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2423 2424 (mo,-1425 2426 2427 2428 2429 2430 2431 2432 2433 2434 2435 2436 READING HOUSING AUTHORITY Checks & Bills November 12, 1980 Account Date of Inv. RHA Modernization Acct - transfer of funds 10/8/80 James L. Muise - (ratify only - already signed) ll /7/80 p d N M 11 Janet Pierce Mahlon D. Crouse U. S. Tmst Company BayBank Middlesex 11/14/80 11/21/80 11/28/80 10/31/80 10/31/80 11/12/80 10/31/80 Comm. of Mass. - Dept. of Revenue 10/31/80 Town of Reading Contrib. Retirement Fund 10/31/80 Coma. of Mass. - Group Insurance Comm. (JLM Ins.) 11/30180 Reading Municipal Light Dept. 10/29/80 New England Telephone 10/16/80 D. & J. Repair - Refrig. Recharge - 30 -5 10/10/80 Chipman Shade Company - (New Shades -37-7) 10/21/80 Ideal Can Co. - (alum. sheeting near stove 8-4) 10/20/80 All Electric Supply Corp. 10/14/80 Richard Avery - elec. - ( 4 visits) 7/7-9/8 - 9,22- 10/24/80 Johnson Farm Supply, Inc- 10/25/80 Reading Disposal, Inc. 10/31/80 v. Canelas Co., Inc. 1031/80 D. F. Munroe Co. - (paper towels) 10'28/80 Joseph H. Young Co. (misc. plumbing supplies) 10/30/80 Petty Cash - RHA 11 /12/80 In _rPest Corp. (Hall light bulbs) 10/29/80 MODERNIZATION ACCOUNT (Ratify Only) No. 8 Elmark Corporation - (959 onCont;aC uurbCuts) 10/23/80 SECTION 8 Program 1519 Abt Assoc., Inc. (Reg. Fee - Sect.8 Seminar) -0 -IF7) 11��$0 1520 Sheraton Regal Hotel (Hotel accom. , �� 1521 M. F. Charles & Sons - Office Supplies 0/10/80 1522 Richard S. Fenton - Acct. Svcs.- 1st qtr. 10%21,%80 152 Business Copy Assoc. -Copy Paper 10/17/80 1524 McNelly & Parker - 3rd Install • - Blanket Bond 11/28 80 1525 Patricia Renzello - Salary - November 11/1/80 Total 1'dllA.. Amount $ 3,405-00) 237.99 237.99 237.99 213.84 404.42 253.67 180.00 389.20 141.72 154.40 24.1,5 2,195.35 38.08 38.00 93.00 40.00 9.39 167.14 73.30 14o.00 27.50 64.00 27.15 34.81 174.21 $5,597.30 1,768.90 270.00 76.74 24.32 90.00 178 .00 833.33