HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-04-09 Board of Public Works Minutes MINUTES
April 9, 1973 j
Meeting of the Board of Public Works convened at 7:30 P.M. in Room 16,
Municipal Building.
Present: Chairman Blood, Secretary White, Board Members Dustin, Reed
and Russell and Superintendent Louanis.
7:30 P.M. Read Notice of Public Hearing re: Sewer Easement - Harvest
Road. Five votes were cast, all in favor of the Town taking the ease-
ment. It was moved seconded and voted to take the easement.
7:45 P.M. Read Notice of Public Hearing re: Sewer Easement - Elliott
and Bolton Streets. Two votes were cast, both in favor of granting
the easement . It was moved seconded and voted to take the easement.
8:00 P.M. Read Notice of Public Hearing re: Sewer Easement - Joseph
Way. Three people attended the meeting and all were in favor of the
easement provided the Town camouflage the station. It was moved seconded
and voted to take the easement.
8: 10 Minutes of the previous meeting were read and accepted.
8: 15 P.M. Read Notice of Public Hearing re: Sewer Easement - Forest
Street. Attorney Raymond R . Couture represented Mrs. Packer who owns
Lots 23, 24, 25 and 26 on the southerly side of Forest Street. Mr .
Couture elaborated upon the reasons why Mrs. Packer did not feel that
she should be out in the position where she would have to pay for sewer
frontage and for a house connection if she were to grant the easement
thru her property to the Town. After some discussion it was moved,
seconded and voted to abate the sewer frontage charge on the four lots,
the charge for the house connection and to take the easement.
' 8:35 P.M. Mr . White assumed the Chair . Mr . Reed read Petition of New
England Tei , and Tel . Co, for cable in Franklin Street. Mr . George
Cooley represented the telephone company . The new cable will be placed
in the sidewalk area of the private way known as Pasture Road. It was
' moved, seconded and voted to grant permission to install the cable. Mr .
Blood abstained.
8:40 P.M. Read Notice of Public Hearing re: Petition of New England
Teland Tel . Co. for 390 feet of cable in Lowell Street going into
existing manhole - all work to be done in the sidewalk area. It was
moved, seconded and voted to grant permission. Mr . Blood abstained.
8: 50 P.M. Read Notice of Public Hearing re: Petition of New England
Tel . and Tel . Co. for cable and manhole in Lowell Street. Again, the
work would be done in the sidewalk area. The area below ground would
house an amplifier station and all the public would see is a cover . It
was moved seconded and voted to grant the request. Mr . Blood abstained.
9:00 P.M. Mr . Blood resumed the position of Chairman.
9:01 P.M. Read Petition from the Municipal Light Department re: cable
' in Lowell Street. Mr . James Blomley represented the Light Department,
and explained the necessity of the diagonal trench. Mr . White moved
that the Light Company Petition be approved to allow 79.5' of buried
cable across Lowell Street subject to the condition that the trench be
Cement.
covered with 8" of Portland Concrete/ Mr . Dustin seconded the motion
and it was voted.
9: 15 P.M. The Board met with Town Counsel Donald Connors and went into
Executive Session to discuss sewer problem at Twin Oaks Road.
9:30 P.M. The Board adjourned to meet as the Board of Survey.
10:35 P.M. The Board of Public Works reconvened. Mr . White moved
that we award the bid for a front end loader to State Equipment Company
for a H-60B Hough - bid price of $16,200. It was seconded and voted.
' 10:40 P.M. Mr . Dustin moved that the Board accept the Superintendent' s
recommendations for the Bids for Various Materials, as follows:
Trimount Bituminus Products
Liquid Asphalt .27
Liquid Tar .32
Bituminus Concrete Type I-1 F.O.B.Plant 8.20
Delivered 8.90
In Place 11 .69
Asphalt Cold Patch F.O.B. Plant 8.60
Delivered 9.30
Tar Cold Patch F.O.B. Plant 9.65
Delivered 10.50
Warren Bros. Company
Bituminus Concrete Type I-1 F.O.B. Plant 8.20
New England Concrete Pipe
1211 Class III 1 .92
12" Class IV 1 .92
15" Class IV 2.55
J. J. Cronin Company
Concrete Sand 2.25
Delivered 2.75
Crusher Run 2.25
Delivered 2.75
Bank Run 1 .90
Delivered 2.45
Gravel Stone 2.65
Delivered 3. 15
Unclassified Borrow 1 .55
Delivered 2.05
Clay Washings .75
Delivered 1 .50
Fields Point Mfg. Corp.
Liquid Chlorine 6.79
Sodium Hypochlorite (30 Gal . ) .32
Ferric Chloride 9.24
E. E F. King & Co. , Inc.
Caustic Soda 50% 4.65
C. M. White Iron Works
Manhole Frames and Covers 68.50
Catch Basin Frames and Grates 64.00
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10:45 P.M. Read letter from Conservation Commission re: Flood Plain
' Map. A discussion ensued and it was decided to table the matter until
the Superintendent is able to report on the cost.
11 :07 P.M. Read letter from Selectmen's Office concerning proposed
Guard Rail corner Puritan Road and Lowell Street. It was decided to
investigate the matter further before reaching a decision.
The Board signed the payroll for the period ending April S and the
Bill Roll dated April 13 .
Meeting adjourned at 11 :20 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary