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Board of Public Works Meeting of October 25, 1982 Paqe I
' A meeting of the Board of Public Works convened in Room 18,
Community Center at 7:30 F.M. Present were Chairman Wood, Secretary
Fallon. Board Members Barker, Polychrones and Griffin and Superintendent
E. Rnqer Louanis.
It was moved, seconded and voted 4:0: 1 (Mr. Polychromes
abstaining) to accept the minutes of the Board of Public Works meeting of
October 18, 1982 as corrected.
The Board discussed Warrant Article 17 for the November Town
Meeting submitted by the By-Law Committee, regarding the Towns' hiring
process of handicapped persons.
Mr. Griffin felt this Article could directly impact the Board
of Public Works as well as the Town as a whole.
Mr. Griffin felt Section 8 of the Article should be clarified
with Town Counsel.
Mrs. Wood stated she would contact the Cry-Law Committee and
express the Board's concerns regarding this Article before Town Meeting
convenes.
It was moved, seconded and voted 5:0 to accept the Warrant
Article as a point of information.
It was moved, seconded and voted 5:0 to award the contract for
Calcium Oxide, Quicklime to Pfizer, Inc. , 230 Brighton Road, Clifton, N.J.
in the amount of 877.98 per ton for a total amount not to exceed
$14,738.22 as per their bid dated 10-18-82.
It was moved, seconded and voted 5:0 to award the contract for
Ammonia to Jones Chemicals Inc., P.O. Box 1069, Merrimack, N. H. in the
amount of $24.75 per 100# for a total amount not to exceed 81,237.50 as
per their bid dated 10-21-82
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' It was moved, seconded and doted 5:0 to award the contract for III
Hydrochloric Acid to Jones Chemicals, Inc., P.O. Box 1087, Merrimack, N.H.
in the amount of $7.60 per 100# for a total amount not to exceed $374.30
as per their bid dated 10-21-82.
It was moved, seconded and voted 5:0 to award the contract for
Sulfuric Acid to Jones Chemicals, Inc. P.O. Box 1084, Merrimack, N.H. in
the amount of $6.88 per 1001t for a total amount not to exceed $210.53 as
per their bid dated 10-21-82.
It was moved, seconded and voted 5:0 to accept the letter to
Marvin Rosenthal. Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, from the Industrial
Development Commission regarding the sale of a portion of the Town's
landfill, as a point of information.
' At 8:00 P.M. the Board met with RESCO to discuss Reading's
solid waste problem.
Present from RESCO were Mr. Dan Madiqan and Tom McDonough and
from the parent company, Wheelabrator-Frye, Al Scaramelli.
Also present were Camille Anthony of the Leaque of Women
Voters, Harold Hulse of the Conservation Commission, John Shaw of the
Plannina Board and Curt Nitzsche and five other members of the Industrial
Development Commission.
Dan Madiqan, Plant Manager at RESCO in Sauqus, pave a
presentation explaining RESCO's operation and presented a film dealinq
with the solid waste problem nationwide.
He explained that RESCO currently collects the trash of
approximately 800,000 people within the communities under contract to
RESCO or from private currier contracts. General Electrica Company
currently purchases 100% of the steam generated by burning the trash.
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' Should the conversion directly to electric power prove expedient, RESCB is
prepared to do so and is currently negotiating a contract with
Massachusetts Gas & Electric to purchase the power produced. RESCO is
presently runninq at 977 of its capacity; the management is interested in
bringinq the plant to full capacity by enlistinq additional communities.
RESCO is very interested in the Town of Readinq contributinq
its solid waste to the plant in Sauqus and enterinq into a lonq-term
contract with them.
RESCO also proposed that Readinq's incinerator on Sohn Street
would be a very good site to build a transfer station at a cost of
approximately 8200,000.00. There would be cost advantages to the Town of
Readinq, if the Town were to allow such construction.
There was a general discussion and question and answer period
with Mr. Madigan addressinq questions asked by the various Boards and
Committees.
Mr. Madigan invited the Board and anyone else interested to
tour the RESCO plant in Sauqus.
Mr. Barker requested that Mr. Madiqan send the Board Members a
sample contract, and Mr. Madigan stated he would do so.
Mrs. Wood thanked Mr. Madigan and his co-workers for their
presentation and the meeting ended at 9; 15 P.M.
The Board reviewed the Motions for Articles 11, 12 and 28.
Mr. Griffin made a minor revision to the wordinq of Article
11.
' Mr. Barker requested that Mrs. Wood consult with the Board of
Selectmen regardinq the sequence of Articles 10 and 12.
Mr. Griffin requested appropriate viowgraphs for Article 28.
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Mrs. Wood assigned the Articles for presentation at Town
Meeting as follows:
Article 11 - Mrs. Wood
Article 12 - Mr. Fallon
Article 28 - Mr. Barker
The Board adjourned temporarily at 9:30 P.M. to meet as the
Board of Survey.
The meeting reconvened at 9: 50 P.M.
Under Old and New Business:
Superintendent Louanis reported to the Board that the first
safety meeting with Mr. Fenton and the labor force is scheduled for
Tuesday morninq. October 26, 1982.
It was moved, seconded and voted 5:0 that the Board sign and
' adopt the following Management Statement of Safety Policy:
"It is the earnest desire of this Department to conduct its
operations with the utmost regard for your safety, for the safety of its
other employees, and for the public.
Safety to be effective in any organization must be the
responsibility and concern of each and every employee. This means that
all levels of management as well as non-management employees must assume a
major part in the accident prevention effort of the Department."
Superintendent Louanis stated that he attended a meeting on
Friday, October 22 with the MOD Sewer Division. The schedule was given
reqardinq the Sewer Pumpinq Station and related force and gravity mains.
Funds have been authorized to begin design in May 1983, with the hopeful
' start of construction in May 1984. The project should be completed in 19
- 24 months.
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' Mr. Fallon gave a report to the Board regarding his meeting
with the Recreation Committee. The Recreation Committee met with the
Facilities Subcommittee and discussed priorities for this years line items
that public Works will present at Town Meeting.
The Recreation Committee presented a Capital Outlay Plan
requiring $5.000 a year for the next five years for playground equipment.
The Recreation Committee and Facilities Subcommittee would
appreciate the Board of Public Works input on the feasiblity of the
following pro.iects including; bleachers at the lighted softball field,
construction of a new wading pool at Birch Meadow Park, the cost of
clearing the utility field adjacent to the practice football field area,
which would involve removal of some trees, sprinkler systems for the
remaining athletic fields, the cost of installing a fence in the outfield
' of the lighted softball field (it is a distinct possibility that the Men's
Softball League will bear the cost of this), relamping of the lights at
the tennis courts at Birch Meadow, cost of additional lighting at the
Birch Meadow basketball court, cost of lighting at the skating area of
Sturges Park, cost of installing turnstyle equipment at the tennis courts
and basketball courts at Birch Meadow, enlargement of backstop and fence
sections at Washington Park, a concrete storage building near the lighted
softball field, and new playground equipment at Washington Park.
Mr. Barker asked Superintendent Louanis if there may be
problems with the roadway reconstruction program and upcoming snowstorms.
Superintendent Louanis stated there should be no problems.
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r. aCl-Teralso requestedthat—Superintendent Louanis contact
} CDM regardinq the delay of the D&M Manual for the Louanis Water Treatment
Plant.
' The Board siqned the Payroll and Billroll for the period
endinq October 22, 1492.
The meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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