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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-03-25 Board of Public Works Minutes MARCH 25, 1968 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT 7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN HODGKINS, SECRETARY FLORENCE, BOARD MEMBERS COCHRANE AND WHITE, ACTING SUPER- INTENDENT WATSON AND TOWN ENGINEER E. R. LouANIs. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED. READ LETTER FROM EGON G. NELSON, 15 SUNNYSIDE ROAD, REGARDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR A WATER MAIN EXTENSION FOR WHICH HE ANDIOR THE BUILDER PETITIONED IN 1962. Ac- CORDING TO MR. NELSON, IT WAS HIS VERBAL UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WOULD BE REIMBURSED IF ANY PERSONS TIED INTO THE LINE WHICH SERVICED HIS HOME. ALTHOUGH THE WORK WAS PER- FORMED IN 1962, MR. NELSON HAD NOT CORRESPONDED WITH THE DEPARTMENT UNTIL 1968. MR. LOUANIs EXPLAINED THE POLICY OF THE TOWN TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. A DISCUSSION ENSUED. MR. FLORENCE MOVED THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED BECAUSE MR. NELSON ANDIOR THE BUILDER AGREED TO THE EXTENSION; ALSO BECAUSE OF THE TIME ELEMENT INVOLVED; MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VO TED. ' THE BOARD OPENED BIDS AT 8:00 P.M. ON SANITARY SEWER AND PUMPING STATION CONSTRUCTION - CONTRACT 68-1, AS FOLLOWS: T.D.SULLIVAN & SONS INC. , NEWTON HIGHLANDS $230, 812. 00 JOSEPH CAPONE & SON INC. ,RGSLIMDALE 242, 269. 00 D. DIMARTINO CONSTRUCTION CORP. ,FRANKLIN 245, 925. 75 CROGNALE CONSTRUCTION CO. , INC. , CANTON 278, 196. 00 THE BOARD TOOK THE BIDS UNDER ADVISEMENT. ROBERT S. CUMMINGS, SECRETARY, BOARD OF SELECT- MEN, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD REQUESTING A MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, TO DISCUSS FACTS PERTINENT TO TOWN GOVERNMENT. MEETING WAS SCHEDULED. READ LETTER FROM MRS. JOHN E. PAULSON, 423 SOUTH STREET, REQUESTING THAT HER HOUSE CONNECTION ASSESS- MENT OF $894. 29 BE REVIEWED. ACCORDING TO MR. LOUANIS, THE STONEWALL, WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY DAMAGED, WAS REMOVED BY THE TOWN AFTER PERMISSION WAS GRANTED BY THE OWNER. THE HOUSE CONNECTION WAS APPROXIMATELY 97 FEET LONG AND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF LEDGE WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE CONSTRUCTION. IN HIS OPINION, THE BILL WAS FAIR AND REASONABLE. MR. COCHRANE MOVED, MR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED THAT NO ABATEMENT BE GRANTED. THE BOARD OPENED BIDS AT 8:30 P.M. ON SANITARY SEWER CONSTRUCTION - CONTRACT 68-2, AS FOLLOWS: JOSEPH CAPONE & SON INC. ,ROSLINDALE $183, 782. 00 T.D. SULLIVAN & SONS INC. , NEWTON HIGHLANDS 192, 491. 00 CROGNALE CONSTRUCTION CO. , INC. , CANTON 230, 228. 00 THE BOARD TOOK THE BIDS UNDER ADVISEMENT. , READ LETTER FROM ROBERT C. SPONGBERG, 24 ALDEN CIRCLE, REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT REVIEW HIS HOUSE CONNECTION ASSESSMENT. ACCORDING TO MR. LOUANIS, PIA. SPONGBERG HAS EASEMENTS ON THREE SIDES OF HIS PROPERTY. MR. COCHRANE STATED THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED WITH HIM AS CHAIR- MEN. THERE WAS NO AGREEMENT TO ABATE THE ASSESSMENT BUT IT WAS AGREED TO CONSIDER IT UPON RECEIPT OF THE BILL. HE STRONGLY URGED THAT THE BOARD GO ALONG WITH THE ABATEMENT AS AN ALTERNATE WOULD HAVE COST THE TOWN MORE MONEY. MR. COCHRANE MOVED, MR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO ABATE THE HOUSE CONNECTION BILL IN THE AMOUNT ' of $348. 49. READ LETTER FROM WALTER N. WELLS, 56 LONGWOOD ROAD, REQUESTING ABATEMENT ON HIS FRONTAGE ASSESSMENT OF $657. 78. THE LOT HAS A FRONTAGE OF 263. 11 FEET AND A DEPTH OF 75 FEET. THE SANITARY SEWER EXTENDS ONLY ABOUT 190 FEET ACROSS THE FRONT OF HIS PROPERTY. MR. WHITE QUESTIONED THE ASSESSMENT OF MR. WELLS FOR 190 FEET WITHOUT DEVIATING FROM THE DEPARTMENTS POLICY. MR. LOUANIS STATED THAT TOWN COUNSEL HAD RULED THAT IF THE SANITARY SEWER IS INSTALLED ONE FOOT ON A PERSONS PROPERTY, THAT HE BE ASSESSED FOR THE FULL FRONTAGE. ' MR. FLORENCE MOVED THAT THE ABATEMENT BE DENIED, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. READ LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING PURCHASE OF A FRONT END LOADER. THE SUPERINTENDENT STRESSED THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING FOR FUNDS, THE HOUGH MACHINE, AND HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT THE DEPART- MENT PURCHASE THE HOUGH H60B MACHINE. MR. FLORENCE MOVED THAT THE DEPARTMENT PURCHASE A HOUGH HXB FROM INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER AT THE LOW BID PRICE OF $17, 425. 00. MR. WHITE QUESTIONED MR. WATSON ABOUT THE CAN- CELLED TRIP TO ALBANY TO VIEW THE SCOOPMOBILE BY MESSRS. MOHLA AND SURETTE. MR. WATSON STATED THAT HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE NEAREST MACHINE WAS LOCATED IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. ALSO DISCUSSED WAS THE AVAILABILITY OF PARTS. X.R. COCHRANE SECONDED MR. FLORENCE 'S MOTION AND IT .CARRIED. MR. WHITE ABSTAINED. READ FORM LETTER FROM RODERICK MACDONALD, ASSIS- TANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, READING SCHOOLS, REGARDING THE BIDDING OF FUEL OIL AND MEETING TO BE HELD IN REGARD THERETO ON MARCH 28. READ LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OUTLINING HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PURCHASE OIL AND SERVICE AS ONE CONTRACT. Na. HODGKINS AGREED TO ATTEND THE MEETING. READ LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE WHICH STATED THAT A PETITION SIGNED BY 100 RESI- DENTS OF THE BARROWS SCHOOL AREA HAD BEEN RECEIVED RE- QUESTING THEM TO INSTALL 'OUTDOOR BASKETBALL EQUIPMENT" AT THE BARROWS SCHOOL. MR. EVANS REQUESTED THAT THE FUNDS TO BE USED THIS YEAR TO CONSTRUCT A COMBINATION COURT AT WASHINGTON STREET BE TRANSFERRED TO INSTALL A COMBINATION COURT AT GLEN MEADOWS. MR. FLORENCE MOVED THAT A LETTER BE SENT TO THE RECREATION COMMITTEE DENYING THE REQUEST AND OUTLINING THE COST AND WORK WHICH MUST BE DONE IN THIS AREA; MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE NAT- TER BE DISCUSSED WITH MR. WHITE, THE BOARD 'S NEWLY APPOINTED EX-OFFICIO MEMBER TO THE RECREATION COMMITTEE. LIT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO CONTINUE THE MEETING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PROPOSED SALARIES, THE BOARD SIGNED BILLROLL DATED MARCH 22 AND PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 16 THROUGH MARCH 22. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:00 P.M. i MIETED RESPECTFULLY SUB ^-^�-+-� "A TARY