HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-10-14 Board of Public Works Minutes October 14, 1974
Meeting of the Board of Public Works opened in Room
16, Municipal Building at 7: 30 P.M.
Present were Chairman Blood, Secretary Reed, Board
Members Russell , Dustin and Price and Superintendent Louanis.
Minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as
amended.
Read Notice of Public Hearing regarding Petition from
the Municipal Light Department to install and maintain pole on
the northerly side of weet approximately 109' northwesterly
from pole 104/13 on Woburn Street. No one attended the Hearing.
The Hearing was closed. It was moved, seconded and voted that
the matter be postponed until someone from the Light Department
can appear and explain the need for the pole.
The Board reviewed the motions to be presented at the
Special Town Meeting.
The Board met with Superintendent John Pacino and
Chairman Donald Pierce from the Recreation Committee. A lengthy
discussion ensued relative to the use of the Parks and Playgrounds
in the Town. Mr. Dustin withdrew the motion made and tabled at
the previous meeting. It was moved, seconded and voted that the
Recreation Committee be directed to submit a detailed schedule
of park activities in advance to the Superintendent of Public
Works and that these schedules be kept up to date and that in
case of conflict the Board of Public Works action will prevail .
Mr. Dustin reported on his meeting with Mr. Robert O'Brien
of Winchester. Leaves are picked up from the eighty—five miles
of streets in the Town of Winchester for the following reasons:
1 . Safety: wet leaves are slippery and are considered a hazard.
2. To eliminate the possibility of entering the catch basin.
3• Convenience of the homeowner.
The program is started the third week in October and continues
until the first snowfall . Basically the program covers the Town
once. The leaves are buried for a period of two years at the ,
end of which time they are run through a shredder and the re-
sulting substance is used on tree lawns. Two leaf vac collectors,
one front end loader, two sweepers and three trucks are used to
accomplish the work with twenty men. It was agreed to make a
report of progress at the Special Town Meeting.
The Board discussed the position it would take on
Article #10 regarding citizens petition to change rubbish
collection containers. It was moved, seconded and voted to
support the present rubbish collection system at the Special
Town Meeting on the basis of sanitary standards and cleanliness
as well as convenience and safety to the men of the Department
and the citizens of the Town.
It was moved, seconded and voted that Mr. Anthony
Bertolino of 25 Harvest Road be allowed to hire a licensed
drain layer to make a sewer house connection from his house '
to Track Road, and that the Town assess the property for the
betterment.
The Board signed the Bill Roll dated October 18th.
The Board also signed Contract 74-10: Contract for
Repairing Furnace Duct Refractory Wall in One Incinerator
Furnace.
Read note from Mrs. Doliber of 31 Selfridge Road.
It was accepted as a point of information.
Bids for Architectural Masonry for the new garage
were reviewed. Point of information.
Read note from the Superintendent regarding drainage
easement taking off Thorndike, Spring and Orange Streets. It
was moved, seconded and voted to grant Mrs. Effie Conary the
cost of sewer house connection in return for an easement across
her property for drainage purposes. '
Reviewed report from Kenneth Hall regarding survey
Minutes - continued October 14, 1974
of monthly weight of curbside pickup. Point of information.
New budget format proposed by the Finance Committee
was accepted as a point of information.
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M.
Respectfully su mitted,
Secretary