HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-04-01 Board of Public Works Minutes APRIL i, 1966
' MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7.35 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN HODGKINS, BOARD MEMBERS
COCHRANE AND WHITE, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT WATSON AND TOWN
ENGINEER E. R. LouANis.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 7:45 P.M. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 8:50 P.M.
THE BOARD MEMBERS MET WITH THE SELECTMEN, FIRE
CHIEF AND POLICE CHIEF AND DISCUSSED JOINT EQUIPMENT
MAINTENANCE BETWEEN TOWN DEPARTMENTS.
THE BOARD RECONVENED IN ROOM 16 AND REVIEWED BIDS
ON THE SANITARY SEWER AND PUMPING STATION CONSTRUCTION -
CONTRACT 68-Z. MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE CONTRACT BE
AWARDED TO T. D. SULLIVAN & SONS CO. IN THE AMOUNT OF
$230, 812. 00 ON THE BASIS OF LOW BID AND PAST PERFORMANCE;
MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
THE BOARD REVIEWED BIDS ON THE SANITARY SEWER -
CONTRACT 66-2. IT WAS AGREED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
LOW BIDDER, JOSEPH CAPONE & SONS COMPANY, WOULD BE INVITED
TO CONFER WITH THE BOARD ON MONDAY, APRIL 6.
THE BOARD CONSIDERED BIDS ON VARIOUS MATERIALS '
USED IN THE DEPARTMENT. LOW BIDS SUBMITTED BY MUNICIPAL
SERVICES, INC. FOR COLD WATER METERS MANUFACTURED BY CRANE
WAS DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD. HR. WATSON DISPLAYED A CRANE
METER.
HR.. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT ALL THE
LOW BIDS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COLD WATER METERS ON
WHICH HER SEY-$PARLINC S BIDS WERE ACCEPTED; ALSO, DIS-
CRETIONARY WHERE BIDS ARE THE SAME. N.R. WHITE SECONDED
AND THE MOTION CARRIED.
READ LETTER FROM CARL W. SOULE, JR. , 64-3 HAVER-
HILL STREET UNDER DATE OF HARCH 20, 1965, REGARDING DAMAGE '
TO HIS DRIVEWAY DUE TO THE ALLEGED NEGLECT ON THE PART OF
THE DEPARTMENT TO REPAIR THE DRIVEWAY APRON AS PROMISED IN
A LETTER TO HRS. SOULE ON APRIL 9, 1965; ALSO STATEMENT TO
THE EFFECT THAT IF THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM IS NOT CORRECTED
AND THE DRIVEWAY AND LAWN REPAIRED BY THE BOARD WITHIN .30
DAYS, HR. SOULE HAS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO REFER THE MATTER
TO LITIGATION.
HR. LOUANIS WAS OF THE OPINION THAT MR. WELCH
INTENDED TO DO NO MORE THAN PATCH THE DRIVEWAY APRON AND
CREATE A BITUMINOUS CONCRETE BERN TO PREVENT THE WATER
FROM RUNNING INTO THE DRIVEWAY. K.R. WHITE WAS OF THE '
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' OPINION THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD A MORAL OBLIGATION TO
REPAIR THE APRON.
MR. WHITE MOVED, PIR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT CARRY OUT THE WORK IMPLIED
BY PIR. WELCH 'S EARLIER RESPONSE AS LONG AS SUCH WORK IS
CONFINED TO WITHIN THE RICHT-OF-WAY LIMITS OF THE PUBLIC
HIGHWAY.
READ COPY OF LETTER TO FREDERICK A. ASMUSSEN,
TOWN TREASURER, FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD, REGARDING SCHEDULED MEETING WITH
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS THE
' ENGINEER FOR THE NORTHEAST SEWER INTERCEPTOR PROJECT. THE
MEETING IS NECESSARY BEFORE THE TOWN WILL BE GRANTED AP-
PROVAL TO SELL $300, 000. 00 IN SEWER BONDS. MESSRS. KILGORE,
COCHRANE, KENNEY AND LOUANIS WILL ATTEND THE MEETING.
READ COPY OF LETTER TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
FROM GEORGE LINGENFELTER, CONCORD STREET, WILMINGTON,
WHICH STATES THAT WILMINGTON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, 39 EMER-
SON ROAD, WALTHAM, ALLEGEDLY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE HATCH
ACT BY BUILDING A ROAD THROUGH NATURAL WET LANDS WITHOUT
PERMISSION AND WITHOUT A HATCH ACT HEARING. THE TOWN OF
WILMINGTON HAS BEEN PLACED IN VIOLATION OF THE HATCH ACT
BY THE ACTION BY FAILURE TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING. THE
WILMINGTON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY MUST FILE A PLAN OF WHAT '
IT INTENDS TO DO IN THE FUTURE AS HIGH DENSITY CONSTRUC-
TION COULD POLLUTE THE DRINKING WATER SOURCE OF READING
AND OTHER TOWNS TAKING WATER FROM THE IPSWICH RIVER.
IT WAS AGREED THAT THE ENGINEERING DIVISION
WOULD SEARCH INTO THE SITUATION. UPON A REPORT TO THE
BOARD, PROPER ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.
Na. HODGKINS REPORTED TO THE BOARD ON THE MEET-
ING THURSDAY, MARCH 26, IN THE SELECTMEN'S OFFICE FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING ANY PROPOSALS FOR REVISING THE FUEL
SPECIFICATIONS AS USED IN 1967. THE BIDS WILL BE PUT OUT
AS LAST YEAR BUT THE AWARDING WILL BE DONE BY THE BOARD '
OF SELECTMEN. A MEETING WILL BE CALLED OF THE VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS BEFORE THE BIDS ARE AWARDED.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE BILLROLL DATED MARCH 29
AND PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 23-29.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:40 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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