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November 29, 1954
The regular meeting of the Board of Public Works opened at
7:30 P.M.
Minutes of previous meeting read and approved.
Present were Chairman Kilgore, Messrs. Donahue, Hopkins, Zanni,
Johnson and Assistant Superintendent Putnam.
Board met with Finance Committee to discuss articles in December
6, 1954 Special Town Meeting warrant.
Discussed 1955 salary schedule at some length, Voted to present
final draft as submitted by Assist. Supt. as of this date to Personnel
Board for their approval.
Discussed proposed change in Classification Rules whereby salaried
employees, during a declared state of emergency, would be reimbursed
by an hourly rate arrived at by dividing one per cent of the employees
annual salary by 40, or multiplying the annual salary by the factor
.00025.
Voted to present an amendment to Article 5 at the December 6,
Special Town Meeting increasing the one per cent to two per cent, or
by using the factor .0005.
Received letter from Personnel Board approving merit pay increases
to the following listed employees:
Harold J. McSheehy to 01.76'per hour
Richard Dugan it 1.61 " IF
Frank Dalrymple it 1.4.8 " It
Robert Tilton It 1.39 " e
Howard Mc Questen ° 1.35 it
Albert Heselton ^ 1.64 11
William Knight " 1.56 If
Received request from Finance Committee that 01500.00 be transferred
from unexpended balance in the Public Works budget to be used as needed
in requests for funds from other town departments.
Voted to authorize transfer of $1500.00 from Engineering Division
Salary Account, there being in that account a surplus due to the fact
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that at present the Engineering Division has no Land Surveyor,
Received letter from Mr. Leon Tarpinian, requesting that hist,
Lperformance bond for construction of Tarpin Terrace be extended to October
3, 1955. So voted .
Received letter from Camp Fire Girls requesting permission to trim
a Christmas Tree for the birds on Reading Common. So voted.
Voted to insert sidewalk application notice in Reading Chronicle
a second time, in that section commonly reserved for legal notices.
Received letter from Town Counsel regarding drainage condition in
and abutting Sturges (Private) Road, stating that Board of Survey had
incurred no liability by signing official layout of Sturges Road, and
that requirements on plan could be changed at discretion of Board of
Survey.
Town Counsel visited Board to further interpret his ruling - stated
Board of Survey could modify approved plan by holding a new hearing, and
could require developer to install new and larger drain pipes.
Discussed situation at some length.
Voted that new drain pipe could not be installed by the Department
in 1954, but that project would be among those considered for 1955 budget.
Voted to abate excessive water bill of Mrs. Dorothy Peterson,
Parkview Road, to the amount of the highest bill incurred by her during
the last three years.
Voted to hold a special meeting of the Board on Thursday evening,
December 9, for the purpose of discussing sidewalk construction and the
1955 budget.
Received letter from Home Housing and Finance Authority - road
letter and took same under advisement.
LAssistant Supt. instructed to investigate subject matter of letter,
and fill out application enclosed therein for Federal funds for future
Public Works planning, with particular reference to storm water drainage
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problems.
Board adjourned at 10;50 P.M.
Respectfully submitted;
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