HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-09-18 Board of Public Works Minutes SEPTEMBER 18, 1967
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT 7:30
P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE SECRETARY HODGKINS, BOARD MEMBERS COCH-
RANE AND FLORENCE AND SUPERINTENDENT WELCH. IN THE ABSENCE
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OF MR. KENNEY, MR. HODGKINS ACTED AST:
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT IN REGARD TO THE
j FINANCING OF THE SEWER TO THE PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL ON THE
?AGORSKI PROPERTY, AND HIS SUGGESTION THAT AN ARTICLE BE
PLACED IN THE WARRANT FOR THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF OCTOBER
16 REQUESTING A BOND ISSUE OF $204, 000. 00 FOR THIS PURPOSE.
' MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT MR. WELCH'S RECOMMENDATION
BE FOLLOWED, MR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
THE BOARD HELD IN ABEYANCE ITS DECISION ON THE
WIDENING AND BLACKTOPPING OF A PORTION OF HIGH STREET FROM
GREEN STREET TO WASHINGTON STREET, ABUTTING THE RAILROAD
TRACKS.
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING NEWLY
SUBMITTED PLAN OF PARKING AREA AT THE WASHINGTON STREET-
HIGH STREET APARTMENTS. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE PLAN AS
OUTLINED . MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT APPROVAL OF THE PLAN BE
DENIED, MR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
Ill READ NOTE FROM MR. WELCH WHICH STATED THAT IT
WOULD APPEAR NECESSARY TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATION
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OF THE DEPARTMENT. SUGGESTED CHANGES WILL BE OUTLINED MORE
SPECIFICALLY AT A LATER DATE. THE DATA WAS ACCEPTED AS A
POINT OF INFORMATION.
THE BOARD AGREED THAT COPIES OF THE AGENDA WOULD
BE AVAILABLE TO THE PRESS, IF REQUESTED, AT FUTURE MEETINGS.
READ LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN WHICH
STATED THAT ARTICLES FOR THE WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEET-
ING ON OCTOBER 16 MUST BE FILED IN THE SELECTMEN 'S OFFICE
NOT LATER THAN 8:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1967.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING :
BILLROLL DATED SEPTEMBER 15, 1967
PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 9 THROUGH 15, 1967
CONTRACT - CHAIN LINK FENCE - ANCHOR POST PRODUCTS, INC .
CONTRACT - CLEANING AND PAINTING EXTERIOR OF ELEVATED
TANK - VIRGINIA ERECTION CORPORATION
CONTRACT - CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION - FARWELL CON-
STRUCTION CORPORATION
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS - VARIOUS LOCATIONS
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:00 P.M. TO MEET AS THE
BOARD OF SURVEY.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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SECRETARY
TOWN OF READING OFFICE OF FRED G. KENNET. JR.. cx.inrvAry
G EORGH L. HODGKINS. SECRETARY
ANE. 30
m BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS DONALD E. LO ENCE
DONALD E. FLORENCE
°° MUNICIPAL BUILDING EDWARD C. WRIGHT
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fDM�P' READING, MASS.
PHILIP WELCH. SUPERINTENDENT
MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF H&SSACHCSLTTS
Middlesex, Be.
The undersigned, Board of Public 'works of the
Town of Reeding, in compliance with the provisions of
Oenaral Laws, Chapter 60, as amended by Cha;Iter 63 of the
Acts of 19331, hereby certify that the list herewith contains
the names of persons against whom we have made betterment
assessments, together with the location of the lend benefited
by the improvement and the nature and amount of such better-
ment assessment.
rAnd such list is certified to you for the purpose
of committing the same to the Tax Collector, as provided by
law.
WITR,=' our hands this eighteenth day of Se,Itembor
A . D. , 1967•
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