HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-05-04 Board of Public Works Minutes MAY 4, 1970
' 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, HODGKINS AND WATT, AND SUPERIN-
TENDENT LOUANIS•
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
THE BOARD REVIEWED THE 1970 SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM, AS FOLLOWS:
ASH STREET 300' AT $5. 00 A FOOT. . . . . $1, 500, 00
MAIN STREET 200 ' AT $5. 00 A FOOT . . . . 1, 000. 00
WOBURN STREET 520 ' AT $5. 00 A FOOT . . . 2, 600, 00
HARNDEN STREET 300 ' AT $5. 00 A FOOT. . . 1. 500, 00
$6, 600. 00
' THE LIST IS BASED UPON COMPLAINTS RECEIVED AND THE FACT
THAT THEY ARE LOCATIONS OF HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, Ila.
COCHRANE MOVED, Na. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO
FOLLOW THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION TO COMPLETE RE-
BUILDING THE SIDEWALKS AS LISTED.
Na. HODGKINS MOVED, MR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE
PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT AND PAYMENT REQUEST COVERING THE
FINAL INSPECTION (WPC-MAss-163),. NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR SEWER.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDING
THAT THE DEPARTMENT APPROVE THE HIRING OF DUSTIN ASSOCIATES
FOR THE INSPECTION OF SANITARY SEWER ON HAVERHILL STREET.
MR. LOUANIS OUTLINED THE REASONS TO THE BOARD. MR.FLORENCE ,
MOVED, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO APPROVE
THE HIRING OF DUSTIN ASSOCIATES.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 7:50 P.M. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 8:40 P.M.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING BIDS
ON COLD WATER METERS OPENED ON APRIL 16. DUE TO CERTAIN
ALLEGED FAULTS IN CRANE METERS, BID BY MUNICIPAL SERVICES,
INC. , LOW BIDDER, IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO AWARD
THE CONTRACT TO ROCKWELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SECOND
LOWEST BIDDER. '
READ REQUEST FROM MRS. RICHARD D. ARMSTRONG,
SECRETARY, COUNCIL FOR GREATER BOSTON CAMP FIRE GIRLS, RE-
QUESTING PERMISSION TO USE MEMORIAL PARK ON JUNE 16 FROM
7:00 TO 8:30 P.M. FOR THE ANNUAL GRAND COUNCIL FIRE CERE-
MONIAL - RAIN DATE JUNE 18.
MR. FLORENCE MOVED, MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED THAT PERMISSION BE GRANTED AND THE CHAIRMAN BE IN-
STRUCTED TO ATTEND THE CEREMONIAL.
READ LETTER FROM NEIL H. HURRAY, CHAIRMAN, SCHOOL
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE, REQUESTING REAFFIRMATION OF WILLIAM
H. WATT 'S APPOINTMENT BY THE BOARD TO SAID COMMITTEE. '
READ LETTER FROM EASTERN MIDDLESEX AREA CHAMBER
' OF COMMERCE IN WAKEFIELD REGARDING AN INFORMAL "CLOSED DOOR'
MEETING IN AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN A CANDID APPRAISAL OF THE
CURRENT SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITUATION IN THE AREA. THE
MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 7:30 P.M. ON MAY 14. THE SUPERIN-
TENDENT WILL ATTEND THE MEETING.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT SUGGESTING
THAT THE BOARD DISCUSS THE USE OF THE INCINERATOR WITH OTHER
TOWNS IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORMULATE SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR
NEGOTIATIONS. THE BOARD DISCUSSED IN DETAIL A FIXED FEE
PER TON ARRIVED AT SOLELY ON THE FACT THAT THE TOWN OF
READING WILL HAVE A MONOPOLY IN THIS AREA FOR A SHORT TIME,
' AND THE CHARGE PER TON WORKED OUT ON A FORMULA BASIS.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING :
RILLROLL DATED MAY 1
PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 27 THROUGH MAY 3, 1970
SANITARY SEWER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. 70-1
JOHNSON BROS. CONSTRUCTION CO. , INC.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:30 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUTT D,
SECR TARY