HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-10-06 Board of Public Works Minutes OCTOBER 6, 1969
IAMN 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 HODGKINS AND WATT AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
READ NOTICE OF CLOSING OF THE WARRANT FOR SPECIAL
TOWN MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1969.
ARTICLES MUST BE FILED IN THE SELECTMEN'S OFFICE NO LATER
THAN 9:00 P.M. , OCTOBER 23, 1969.
THE CHAIRMAN REQUESTED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PRE-
PARE A REPORT OF PROGRESS ON THE TOWN 'S PROPOSED INCINERATOR
TO BE PRESENTED AT THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING. ALSO, THE CHAIR-
MAN REQUESTED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PREPARE AN ARTICLE ON THE
INSTALLATION OF PARKING METERS AT THE DEPOT. THE SUPERIN-
TENDENT STATED THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO PREPARE A PROGRESS
REPORT ON THE INCINERATOR BUT DID NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS SUF-
FICIENT TIME TO PREPARE AN ARTICLE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
PARKING METERS FOR THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, AND STATED THAT
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING IN
MARCH.
READ LETTER FROM CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM HE-
' CARDING EXTRA WORK ORDERS FOR THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR SEWER
STATING THAT ONLY A WORK ORDER REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF
TIME HAD BEEN APPROVED. THE DATA WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT '
OF INFORMATION.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 7:45 P.M. To
MEET AS THE BOARD OF .SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 7:55 P.M.
THE BOARD REVIEWED BID RECEIVED AND OPENED ON
OCTOBER 2, 1969 AS FOLLOWS:
THE PENETRYN .SYSTEM, INC. $6, 635. 00
MR. WATT MOVED, HR. HODGXINS SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO
AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE PENETRYN SYSTEM, INC.
PUBLIC HEARING WAD HELD AT 6:00 P.M. REGARDING THE
PROPOSED LOCATION OF ONS READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT POLE IN
THE FOLLOWING LOCATION:
WEST .STREET APPROXIMATELY 76 FEET FROM WESCROFT ROAD
MR. JAMES BLONLEY REPRESENTED THE READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT DE-
PARTMENT AT THE HEARING. MR. WATT MOVED, MR. HODGXINS
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO APPROVE THE PETITION,
READ NOTE FROM THE .SUPERINTENDENT POINTING OUT
THAT ON OCTOBER 13, COLUMBUS DAY, THE TOWN HALL WILL BE
CLOSED AND SUGGESTING THAT THE NEXT MEETING BE HELD ON
OCTOBER 20, 1969. IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO FOLLOW
THE SUPERINTENDENT 'S RECOMMENDATION.
THE BOARD MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF METCALF
EDDY, INC. - MR. FIFE, MR. GIANTRIS AND MR. LOTH. �
THE CHAIRMAN READ LETTER SENT BY METCALF & EDDY,
INC. TO THE BUREAU OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, STATING THAT
THEIR ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION LED TO SELECTING A STACK
HEIGHT OF ZOO FEET WITH A MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE EMISSION RATE
OF 0. 2692 POUNDS PER ZOO POUNDS OF DRY GAS CORRECTED TO 50%
EXCESS AIR.
MR. CIANTRIS GAVE A PROGRESS REPORT TO THE BOARD
ON METCALF & EDDY 'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH MR. DALLAS OF AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL, WHICH INDICATED THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE
OBTAINING A DEFINITE GUIDE LINE FROM WHICH TO PROCEED WITH
MR. DALLAS. RE ALSO REPORTED THAT IT WAS METCALF & EDDY 'S
' OPINION THAT A WET SCRUBBER WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL AND THE TOWN WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GO TO
THE ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR AND A ZOO-FOOT STACK WITH A
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL COST TO THE TOWN IN THE RANGE OF FROM
$100, 000. 00 TO $150, 000. 00. TOWN COUNSEL, MR. KILLAM, JOINED
THE MEETING. DISCUSSION ENSUED RELATIVE TO THE PROBLEM WITH
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND THE ECONOMIC DESIGN OF THE ELECTRO-
STATIC PRECIPITATOR AND THE HEIGHT OF THE STACK; ALSO THE
LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE BIDDING PROBLEM RELATIVE TO THE INCIN-
ERATOR. IT WAS AGREED THAT METCALF d EDDY. INC. WOULD li
FURNISH THE TOWN WITH A COST COMPARISON OF THE OPERATION OF
' THE ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR VERSUS THE OPERATION OF THE
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WET SCRUBBER IN SUFFICIENT TIME SO THAT THE BOARD MAY IN-
CORPORATE IT IN ITS REPORT TO THE TOWN PZEETING.
IT WAS FURTHER AGREED THAT PIETCALF & EDDY, INC.
WOULD GO AHEAD WITH THE DESIGN WITH AN ELECTROSTATIC PRE-
CIPITATOR AND A STACK HAVING A HEIGHT OF 50 FEET WITH A
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE EMISSION RATE OF 0. 2692, AND THAT A LET-
TER BE SENT TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BY METCALF & EDDY, IN C.
SEEKING APPROVAL OF THIS DESIGN CRITERIA.
AS REQUESTED BY LLOYD CHAPMAN OF THE FINANCE COM-
MITTEE, A FINANCIAL STATEMENT WAS PREPARED AND DISCUSSED AT
GREAT LENGTH, AND WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:15 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY