HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-03-25 Board of Public Works Minutes ' March 25 , 1980
Meeting of the Board of Public Works convened in Room 16,
Municipal Building at 7:30 P. M. Present were Board Members
Cowell, DeHart , Wood and Fallon and Barker and Superintendent
Louanis. Mr. Cowell asked that the Superintendent act as Chair-
man during the reorganization of the Board .
Mr , Louanis assumed the Chair and asked the Board to vote
by secret ballot for a new chairman. Mr. Cowell was elected by
a vote of 5-0.
Mr. Louanis asked the Board to vote by secret ballot for a
secretary . The first secret ballot failed to elect a secretary
and Mrs . Wood was elected on the second ballot by a vote of 3-2.
Mr , Louanis relinquished the gavel to Chairman Cowell and
he assumed the Chair. Mr. Cowell informed the Board he felt the
first order of business for the new Board was to appoint a Super-
intendent and Clerk of the Board . Mr. Fallon moved tht E. Roger
Louanis be appointed Superintendent and Clerk of the Board for the
ensuing year . It was seconded and voted .
The Chairman made the following appointments :
School Building Committee Don DeHart
Recreation Committee Gail Wood
N.E.S.W.C. Douglas Cowell
Law Committee Douglas Cowell
Law Committee Alternate John Fallon, Jr,
It was moved , seconded and voted to approve the minutes of
March 17th as corrected .It was moved seconded and voted to approve the
minutes of March 10th Executive Session and hold in secret until
the payment to Weston and Sampson Engineers , Inc . has been made .
Mr, Cowell proposed the Board adopt a policy of ending its
regular Monday Evening meetings at 10: 30 P .M. and having a special
meeting on Thursdays to cover items of the Board of Survey or special
interests . A discussion ensued regarding the merits of the idea and
it was agreed that the meetings should end by 10:30 P .M. and the
Board of Survey and special items could be discussed at meetings
on the first or third Thursday of the month at the discretion of
the Chairman and the Superintendent .
Meeting adjourned at 8:33 P . M.
Respectfully submitted ,
Secretary