HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-06-17 Board of Public Works Minutes JUNE 17, 1968
' MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE SECRETARY FLORENCE, BOARD MEMBERS
COCHRANE, WATT AND WHITE, AND ACTING SUPERINTENDENT E. R.
LOUANIS. IN THE ABSENCE OF MR. HODGKINS, Na. FLORENCE
ACTED AS CHAIRMAN.
READ PETITION SIGNED BY 17 RESIDENTS OF LAKEVIEW
ROAD REQUESTING THAT THE NAME OF LAKEVIEW ROAD BE CHANGED
TO ROBERT F. KENNEDY ROAD. IT WAS VOTED PREVIOUSLY TO RE-
NAME THE ROAD CANTERBURY DRIVE. MR. COCHRANE MOVED THAT
THE REQUEST BE DENIED, MR. WHITE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
1 READ NOTE FROM MR. LOUANIS WITH REFERENCE TO
AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ALSO REVIEWED
NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING THE THREE BIDDERS.
Na. LELIO MARINO, PRESIDENT OF MODERN CONTINENTAL CON-
STRUCTION COMPANY, LOW BIDDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $53, 624. 05
APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD. Na. FLORENCE STATED THAT THE
BOARD HAD DISCUSSED THE BIDS AND FELT THAT IN VIEW OF THE
FACT THAT THE COMPANY WAS NEW, AND THE SIZE
OF THE COV-
TRACT, IT WAS BEST TO AWARD IT TO A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
WHO IS MORE QUALIFIED. MR. MARINO STATED THAT HE IS
EMPLOYED BY A LARGE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ON ROUTE 495.
' HE HAS NO EQUIPMENT BUT OWNS TWO-THIRDS OF MODERN CONTI-
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NENTAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - $31, 000. 00. THE BOARD RE-
CEIVED A NEGATIVE ANSWER TO THE REQUEST THAT HIS PRESENT
EMPLOYER BE CONTACTED FOR A RECOMMENDATION. THE BOARD
WITHHELD ITS DECISION.
READ NOTE FROM MR, LOUANIS REGARDING BID RE-
CEIVED FROM PENETRYN SYSTEM INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF .$8, 300, 00
FOR SEALING OF SANITARY SEWERS, MR. WHITE MOVED, MR. COCH-
RANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
PENETRYN SYSTEM INC. , THE ONLY BIDDER, THE CONTRACT WAS
SIGNED BY THE BOARD.
READ BIDS RECEIVED ON WATER PUMPING STATION
#66-8 AS FOLLOWS:
1 . FRANCIS G. FALZARANO $22, 855. 00
2. ALIBERTI BROTHERS, INC. 23, 856. 00
3. HALL PUMP SALES & SERVICE CORP, 2¢, 9¢8, 00
4. R.H. WHITE CONSTRUCTION CO. , INC, 25, 937, 00
5. ABLONDI-BOYNTON CORP, 32, 000, 00
ACCORDING TO MR. LOUANIS, FRANCIS G. FALZARANO,
LOW BIDDER, CONSTRUCTED PUMPING STATION #15 - 100 AcREs IN
1966. THE DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING APPROXIMATELY ,$500, 00 ON
THE CONTRACT BECAUSE MR. FALZARANO HAS NOT FURNISHED THE
TOWN WITH A 20-YEAR BOND ON THE ROOF.
A DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. MR. WHITE MOVED THAT
THE BOARD AWARD THE CONTRACT TO FRANCIS G. FALZARANO WITH
THE CONDITION THAT WITHIN TWO WEEKS ' TIME, HE CLEAN UP THE
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BALANCE OF THE CONTRACT ON #15 PUMPING STATION TO THE
SATISFACTION OF THE ENGINEER; MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND
IT WAS VOTED.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT BICC P.M. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 9:25 P.M.
READ PETITION SIGNED BY 33 EMPLOYEES REQUESTING
THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO WORK SATURDAY, JUNE 29, IN LIEU
OF FRIDAY, JULY 5. MR. COCHRANE MOVED, PIR. WHITE SECONDED
AND IT WAS VOTED TO APPROVE THE REQUEST.
MR. FLORENCE ADVISED THE BOARD THAT THE NEXT
MEETING OF THE BOARD WILL BE HELD ON JULY 15. IT WAS
ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED PAYMENT OF THREE SEWER CON-
TRACT PAY ESTIMATES AND THE INABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT TO
MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
PIR. WHITE MOVED THAT A LETTER BE WRITTEN FROM
THE BOARD TO THE TOWN TREASURER INSTRUCTING HIM TO PROCEED
FORTHWITH TO SECURE THE NECESSARY APPROVALS AND CARRY OUT
THE NECESSARY BONDING ANDIOR SHORT-TERM BORROWING TO MEET
THREE CONTRACTUAL SEWER PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS WHICH WE ARE
UNABLE TO MEET IN FULL; ALSO REQUEST THAT THE TREASURER
ACCEPT ESTIMATES SUBMITTED BY THE TOWN ENGINEER.
THIS LETTER IS BROUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE CUR-
RENT EMBARRASSING SITUATION WHICH WE ARE IN. THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS CANNOT HONOR PROPER AND LEGITIMATE REQUESTS ,
FOR PAYMENT FROM A GOOD CONTRACTOR.
MR. COCHRANE SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT WAS
VOTED. COPY WILL BE SENT TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
THE BOARD REMOVED FROM THE TABLE THE AWARDING
OF THE STREET BETTERMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. DIS-
CUSSED IN DETAIL WERE THE LACK OF ORGANIZATION AND INABIL-
ITY TO OBTAIN CONFIRMATION OF MR. ITARINO 'S PRIOR EXPERIENCE.
N.R. COCHRANE MOVED THAT THE CONTRACT BE AWARDED
TO THE LAWRENCE SAND & STONE COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF
$55, 405. 32, MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED. THE
BOARD ALSO WISHED TO GO ON RECORD THAT THE AWARD WAS MADE
TO THE ONLY OTHER QUALIFIED BIDDER BECAUSE THE PRINCIPAL
WOULD NOT PROVIDE CONFIRMATION OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE.
READ LETTER FROM RICHARD C. EVANS, CHAIRMAN,
RECREATION COMMITTEE, OUTLINING AMENDED SCHEDULE FOR PARKS
AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT. MR. EVANS REQUESTED THAT THE
PUBLIC WORKS BUILD A 10 X 10 X (9 " CONCRETE BLOCK STORE-
HOUSE PROMPTLY. THE STOREHOUSE HAD BEEN DEMOLISHED DUE
TO DETERIORATION. MR. COCHRANE STATED THAT THE BOARD HAD
AGREED TO NOTHING AND SHOULD ACCEPT THE LETTER AS A POINT
OF INFORMATION.
MR. WHITE MOVED THAT PROVIDING MR. LOUANIS CON- 7
FERS WITH SUPERINTENDENT PACINO AND WORKS OUT ARRANGEMENTS J
SATISFACTORY TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THAT AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $500. 00 BE SPENT TO COVER THE PURCHASE OF
ONE OR TWO LOCKERS FOR STORAGE OF RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT
AT THE BIRCH MEADOW PLAYGROUND; N.R. WATT SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE BILLROLL DATED JUNE Z¢;
ALSO HOUSE CONNECTION COMMITMENT SHEETS.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:05 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY G�.�
TOWN OF READING OFFICE OF GEORGE L. HODGKINS, CHAIRMAN
DONALD E. FLORENCE. SECRETARY
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS GEORGE W. COCXRAN E. 90
WILLIAM X. WATT
. + MUNICIPAL BUILDING NATHAN C. WHITE
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¢E.�kR READING. MASS. 01887 PHILIP WELCH. SUPERINTENDENT
MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
The undersigned, Board of Public Works of the
Town of Reading, in compliance with the provisions of
General Laws, Chapter 80, as amended by Chapter 63 of the
Acts of 1933, hereby certify that the list herewith contains
the names of persons against whom we have made betterment
assessments, together with the location of the land benefited
by the improvement and the nature and amount of such better-
ment assessment.
And such list is certified to you for the purpose
of committing the same to the Tax Collector, as provided by
low.
WITNESS our hands this seventeenth day of June
A.D. , 1968.
See Commitment Sheet
For List
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