HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-10-20 Board of Public Works Minutes OCTOBER 20, 1869
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 AND SUPERINTENDENT
LO UANI S.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
READ LETTER FROM MYSTIC VALLEY CAS COMPANY WHICH
STATED THAT THE COMPANY WILL RESURFACE FOREST STREET,READING,
ALONG ITS RECENT INSTALLATION OF 2, 300 FEET OF MAIN WITH
1 112 INCHES OF HOT TOP SURFACE FROM CURB TO CURB. STRUC-
TURES IN THE VICINITY WILL BE RAISED BY THE TOWN OF READING
AT ITS OWN EXPENSE. THE DATA WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF
INFORMATION.
READ LETTER FROM RICHARD E. BROWN, POSTMASTER,
READING, WHICH STATED THAT THE OFFICE WAS FORCED TO MOVE
ITS FINANCE SECTION TO A BUILDING LOCATED AT 6-12 PRESCOTT
.STREET. WHILE AT THIS LOCATION, THE DEPARTMENT HAS EXPER-
IENCED PARKING PROBLEMS. HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PREPARATIONS
FOR SNOW REMOVAL AS WINTER APPROACHES SO THAT THE PARKING
PROBLEMS WILL NOT BE AGGRAVATED.
MR. WATT MOVED THAT THE DEPARTMENT GRANT THE
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT PERMISSION TO REMOVE THE SNOW AND
DEPOSIT IT AT THE TOWN DUMP, HR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED.
READ PETITION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABUTTING '
"A " STREET REQUESTING THAT THE STREET BE ACCEPTED AS A
PUBLIC WAY UNDER THE BETTERMENT ACT; ALSO, UPON ACCEPTANCE
OF THE STREET THAT THE NAME BE CHANGED. IT WAS AGREED
THAT THE PETITIONERS WOULD BE NOTIFIED THAT ABUTTORS OF
OTHER STREETS IN THE AREA HAVE REQUESTED ACCEPTANCE AND IT
IS HOPED TO DO THEM AS A GROUP.
THE BOARD REVIEWED ROCK SALT BIDS RECEIVED AND
OPENED ON OCTOBER 16, 1965, AS FOLLOWS:
PICKED UP DELIVERED
INTERNATIONAL SALT COMPANY $16. 25 $16. 00
EASTERN MINERALS, INC. 16. 15 16. 00 1
THE CHEMICAL CORPORATION 16. 15 16. 00 J
DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT COMPANY - 16. 00
MR. WATT MOVED, MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED TO PURCHASE THE ROCK SALT FROM INTERNATIONAL SALT COM-
PANY AND THE CHEMICAL CORPORATION.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING THE
BACKLOG OF SEWER HOUSE CONNECTION APPLICATIONS AND THE
INABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE LICENSED DRAIN LAYERS
TO COPE WITH THE SITUATION. THE SUPERINTENDENT SUGGESTED
THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO CONTRACTING THE SEWER HOUSE
CONNECTIONS AND RAISING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FROM AP-
PROXIMATELY $50, 000. 00 TO $150, 000. 00. IT WAS AGREED THAT
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THE WORK WOULD BE CONTRACTED AND THE LICENSED DRAIN LAYERS
BE RETAINED FOR NEW HOMES AND PEOPLE WHO STATED THEIR NEEDS
WERE URGENT. THE TOWN AND CONTRACTOR WILL USE THE SAME
FIGURE FOR THE INSTALLATIONS. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL
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BE GIVEN DATA INCLUDING REVENUE OF $24, 000. 00 A YEAR, M.D. C.
SEWER CHARGES ON THE ADDITIONAL BURDEN, AND THE INTEREST
RATE. THIS WILL BE ON A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM OF $150, 000. 00
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ANNUALLY.
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READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING THE
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DEDICATION OF PHILIP WELCH PARK ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25.
IT WAS AGREED THAT THE TIME OF DEDICATION WOULD BE 12:00
NOON. THE MEMORIAL IS THE RESULT OF THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF
THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ON MAY 19, 1969.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING :
1969 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION
PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 13 THROUGH OCTOBER 19
BILLROLL DATED OCTOBER 17
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:35 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY
