HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-03-09 Board of Public Works Minutes MARCH 9, 1970
' MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN BOOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING .
PRESENT WERE BOARD MEMBERS FLORENCE, WHITE,
COCHRANE, HODGKINS AND WATT AND SUPERINTENDENT Lo UANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
MR. LOUANIS ASSUMED THE CHAIR FOR REORGANIZA-
TION OF THE BOARD. THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTED BY BALLOT.
NATHAN C. WHITE WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN AND GEORGE W. COCHRANE,
3D, SECRETARY. MR. WHITE ASSUMED THE CHAIR.
MR. COCHRANE MOVED, MR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPOINT E. ROGER LOUANIS SUPER-
INTENDENT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THE APPOINTMENT OF
MEMBERS TO VARIOUS COMMITTEES WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THE
FIRST MEETING AFTER THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING IN-
STALLATION OF SANITARY SEWER IN HAVERHILL STREET. MR.
FLORENCE MOVED THAT THE BOARD VOTE TO APPROVE THE HAFER-
HILL STREET CONSTRUCTION FROM CHARLES AND HAVERHILL STREET
TO THE NORTH READING LINE, MR. HODGKINS SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED.
READ LETTER FROM METCALF & EDDY, INC. REGARDING
THE COST OF MAKING A SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION FOR THE
' INCINERATOR AND AN INCREASE FOR BUDGET PURPOSES OF THE
UPSET LIMIT OF THE AGREEMENT BY AN AMOUNT OF $3, 000. 00.
MR. FLORENCE MOVED TO INCREASE THE BUDGET BY .$3, 000. 00,
MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
READ LETTER FROM JOHN F. WISEMAN, SENIOR DRAFTS-
MAN, REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SICK LEAVE. MR. WISEMAN BROKE
SOME BONES IN HIS FOOT ON DECEMBER 2, 1969 AND HAS EX-
HAUSTED HIS SICK LEAVE. THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION TO THE SELECTMEN AND THE PERSONNEL BOARD.
MR. WATT MOVED, MR. HODGKINS SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO
ACCEPT THE DATA AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
THE BOARD OPENED BIDS AT 6:00 P.M. ON FURNISHING
AND ERECTING TWO REFUSE BURNING SYSTEMS, AS FOLLOWS: ■
COMBUSTION ENGINEERING $950, 048. 00 ■
D. ANTONELLIS, INC. 975, 000. 00 d!
THE BIDS WERE TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT.
MR. FLORENCE MOVED, MR. HODGKINS SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DISCUSSING SALARIES AND PERSONNEL. THE MEETING CONTINUED
IN OPEN SESSION.
IT WAS AGREED THAT THE BOARD WOULD MEET MARCH 12
AT 7:00 P.M. TO DISCUSS THE INCINERATOR BIDS AND ASSIGN
MOTIONS FOR THE TOWN MEETING .
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 8:30 P.M. ON THE
LAYING OUT AS A PUBLIC WAY UNDER THE BETTERMENT ACT OF
THE FOLLOWING :
' LIBBY AVENUE WHICH RUNS IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION
FROM G STREET, A DISTANCE OF 260 FEET MORE OR
LESS TO A DEAD END.
SEVEN PERSONS ATTENDED THE HEARING AND VOTED IN FAVOR OF
THE ACCEPTANCE. THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY HAD RECEIVED A PE-
TITION FROM THE ABUTTORS REQUESTING THAT THE ORIGINAL
ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT BE REDUCED SUBSTANTIALLY OR THEY
WOULD APPRECIATE A "NOT RECOMMENDED " VOTE AT TOWN MEETING.
THE NEW SUGGESTED ESTIMATE IS $16. 733 VERSUS $35. 344 PER
FOOT FRONTAGE ASSESSMENT.
MR. COCHRANE MOVED, MR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED TO PROCEED WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF LIBBY (PRIVATE)
' AVENUE AND RECOMMEND IT TO TOWN MEETING .
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING:
BILLROLL DATED MARCH 6
PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 2 THROUGH MARCH B
REPORTS OF LAYING OUT FOR STREET ACCEPTANCES
AND PLANS
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:00 P.M. TO MEET AS THE
BOARD OF SURVEY.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY