HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-09-08 Board of Public Works Minutes SEPTEMBER B, 1969
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN FLORENCE, SECRETARY WHITE,
BOARD MEMBERS COCHRANE, HODGKINS AND WATT, ASSISTANT TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT TORMEY AND TOWN ENGINEER WESTON.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
READ LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OUTLINING STREETS FOR POSSIBLE RECONSTRUCTION
UNDER THE CHAPTER 90 PROGRAM FOR 1970. MR. FLORENCE SIGNED
THE LETTER AS CHAIRMAN.
READ LETTER FROM DANIEL B. RAKOV, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, REPRESENTING THE WASHINGTON PARK REALTY TRUST, WHICH
REQUESTED A MEETING WITH THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THE DISAP-
PROVAL OF THEIR PLAN. IT WAS AGREED THAT TOWN COUNSEL
WOULD BE REQUESTED TO ADVISE MR. RAKOV OF THE MEETING
SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 29 AT 9:00 P.M. ; ALSO PLAN TO BE
IN ATTENDANCE.
READ ARTICLE TO BE INSERTED IN WARRANT FOR SPECIAL
TOWN MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 22. IT WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF
INFORMATION.
READ LETTER FROM FREDERICK NOYES, HIGHWAY DEPART-
KENT, REGARDING HIS APPLICATION FOR PROMOTION TO THE CLASS-
IFICATION OF SKILLED LABORER AND HIS STATEMENT THAT HE IS
BEING WILFULLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY THE HIGHWAY SUPER-
VISOR WITHOUT JUSTIFIABLE CAUSE OR REASON. THE CHAIRMAN
READ LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PIR. NOYES WHICH
OUTLINED EVALUATIONS MADE BY FOUR PEOPLE. THESE EVALUA-
TIONS INDICATED THAT PIR. NOYES IS NOT QUALIFIED FOR PROMO-
TION TO SKILLED LABORER. THE REPLY WAS MADE AS REQUIRED
BY GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE STEP 2. THE DATA WAS ACCEPTED AS A
POINT OF INFORMATION.
READ LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO .TAMES L.
DALLAS, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF AIR USE MANAGEMENT, IN REGARD
TO BURNING AT THE TOWN DUMP AND MR. DALLAS ' REPLY. IT WAS
ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
MR. WHITE, AS SECRETARY, SIGNED LETTER OF AUTHOR-
IZATION OF DONALD E. FLORENCE AS CHAIRMAN, TO WPC AND WRC
(NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR SEWER - SEE ATTACHED LETTER .
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING :
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS - HAVERHILL STREET
BILLROLL DATED SEPTEMBER 5
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:10 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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SEPTEMBER B, 1969
MR. STUART C. PETERSON
CHIEF CONSTRUCTION GRANTS
PROGRAM NEW ENGLAND
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADM.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY BUILDING
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02203
DEAR MR. PETERSON:
IN RE: WPC-MASS-168 - TOWN OF READING
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF
THE TOWN OF READING FILED A FORM OF AUTHORIZATION TO FILE
APPLICATION AND A FORM OF CERTIFYING AUTHORIZATION TO FILE.
BOTH FORMS AUTHORIZED PIR. GEORGE L. HODGKINS AS CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, TO EXECUTE NECESSARY FORMS
IN RELATION TO THIS PROJECT.
MR. HODGKINS WAS NOT REELECTED CHAIRMAN.
AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS DULY
CONVENED AND HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1969, AND IN ALL
RESPECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW AND TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED
BY LAW, DUE AND PROPER NOTICE OF SUCH MEETING WAS GIVEN;
AND A LEGAL QUORUM WAS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MEETING, AND
A LEGALLY SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MEMBERS VOTED IN THE PROPER
MANNER THAT MR. DONALD E. FLORENCE, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE
APPLICANT ANY FORMS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS RELATING TO THE ABOVE
SPECIFIED PROJECT.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HERF,UNTO SET MY HAND
THIS 6TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1969.
SIGNED
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NATHAN C.WHITE, SECRETARY
' BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
CC THOMAS C.MCMAHON READING,MASSACHUSETTS'
DIVISION OF WATER
POLLUTION CONTROL
WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS