HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-01-04 Board of Public Works Minutes JANUARY 4, 1971
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN WHITE, SECRETARY COCHRANE,
BOARD MEMBERS FLORENCE AND HODGKINS AND SUPERINTENDENT
LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
READ LETTER FROM METCALF & EDDY, INC. OUTLINING
THE ESTIMATED PAYMENT REQUESTS AS SUBMITTED BY COMBUSTION
ENGINEERING, INC. THE DATA WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF
INFORMATION.
READ LETTER FROM STUART C. PETERSON, CHIEF, CON-
STRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM, WHICH STATED THEY HAVE BEEN AD-
VISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AUDITORS THAT THE AUDIT
FOR THE ABOVE-CITED PROGRAM HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND NO EX-
CEPTIONS WERE TAKEN TO GRANT PAYMENTS. THE PROJECT IS NOW
CONSIDERED COMPLETE.
READ FINDINGS FROM THE BOARD OF APPEALS, NORTH
READING, ON THE PETITION OF STANLEY STAPLES, 15 HAVER.HILL
STREET, TO HOUSE OR STABLE 17 HORSES. IT WAS ACCEPTED
AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
READ LETTER FROM ST. REGIS PAPER COMPANY REGARDING
OPTIMAL ROUTE SCHEDULING PROGRAM FOR MUNICIPAL EQUIPMENT.
' THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL ADVISE THE COMPANY THAT THE BOARD
IS NOT INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING HIS ,
INABILITY TO PRESENT PROPOSED PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATIONS
AND SALARY INCREASES FOR 1971 . MR. HODGKINS MOVED, MR.
FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO POSTPONE DISCUSSION
UNTIL .JANUARY 11 .
READ NOTICE OF CLOSING OF THE WARRANT. ALL
ARTICLES MUST BE FILED NOT LATER THAN 9:00 P.M. ON JANUARY
25. IT WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
THE MEETING ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 7:50 P.M.
TO MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 8:00 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 8:00 P.M. REGARDING
THE PETITION OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH
COMPANY AND THE TOWN OF READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
FOR A JOINT POLE LOCATION:
SOUTH STREET: NORTH SIDE, APPROXIMATELY ONE
HUNDRED AND TEN (110) FEET
WESTERLY OF EXISTING POLE 83/42
FRANK GRAUPNER REPRESENTED THE READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT DE-
PARTMENT AT THE HEARING. MR. FLORENCE MOVED THAT THE
PETITION BE APPROVED, MR. HODGKINS SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED. THE BOARD SIGNED THE PETITION.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING
ABATEMENT OF A SEWER FRONTAGE ASSESSMENT PLACED AGAINST
THE BOSTON & MAINE RICHT-OF-WAY ABUTTING VINE STREET IN
' 1964 IN THE AMOUNT OF $3, 000. ACCORDING TO MR. LOUANIS,
THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF THE BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD FILED
FOR AN ABATEMENT IN 1985 AND IT WAS TURNED OVER TO THE
THEN TOWN COUNSEL, WARREN KILLAM. THE PROBLEM HAS ARISEN
AGAIN. TOWN COUNSEL ADVISED THAT IT WAS AN IMPROPER
ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD VOTE TO ABATE
THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT OF $3, 000. MR. FLORENCE MOVED THAT
THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT OF $3, 000 BE ABATED, MR. HODGKINS
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
MR. WATT JOINED THE MEETING.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED IN DETAIL THE PLOWING OF
SIDEWALKS. THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO REVIEW
THE PRESENT SIDEWALK PLOWING ROUTES AND PREPARE A NEW
PROGRAM FOR PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.
THE BOARD REVIEWED QUESTIONS PRESENTED BY THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBCHAIRMAN LLOYD CHAPMAN AND INSTRUCTED
THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PREPARE WRITTEN ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS AS DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:30 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY
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