HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-10-14 Board of Public Works Minutes OCTOBER 14, 1968
EMEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT
7. 35 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN HODGKINS, SECRETARY FLORENCE,
BOARD MEMBERS COCHRANE AND WATT AND ACTING SUPERINTENDENT
E. R. LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
READ LETTER FROM M. CURLEY & COMPANY OF MELROSE
III OUTLINING THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND EQUIPMENT, AND REQUESTING
APPROVAL AS A LICENSED DRAIN LAYER, AND MR. LOUANIS ' COM-
MENTS IN RELATION THERETO.
MR. FLORENCE MOVED, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT
WAS VOTED TO APPROVE M. CURLEY & COMPANY AS A LICENSED DRAIN
LAYER.
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READ NOTE FROM THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING
BIDS RECEIVED ON THE WATER TAPPING MACHINE. MR. COCHRANE
MOVED THAT THE DEPARTMENT PURCHASE A MUELLER WATER TAPPING
MACHINE FROM GEORGE A. CALDWELL COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF
$2, 483. 00, E.R. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 7:50 P.M. To
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 7:55 P.M.
READ LETTER FROM VIRGINIA SHIEBLER, 18 THORNDIKE
STREET, REGARDING SANITARY CONDITIONS AT HER RESIDENCE AND
HER ALLEGED CLAIM TO TOP PRIORITY IN A HOUSE CONNECTION BY
TOWN FORCES BECAUSE OF THREE YEARS ' STANDING.
MR. LOUANIS WAS INSTRUCTED TO WRITE MRS.SHIEBLER
AND STATE THAT IF THE BOARD OF HEALTH REQUIRES THAT SHE BE
TIED IN, THE DEPARTMENT WILL DO IT AS SOON AS THE LINE HAS
BEEN ACCEPTED.
READ LETTER FROM EFFIE G. AND WILLIAM R. CONAR.Y,
49 SPRING STREET, REGARDING ALLEGED BLASTING AND OTHER
DAMAGE BY JOSEPH GAPONE & SON, INC. TO THEIR PROPERTY. IT
WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
READ LETTER FROM RALPH J. BENS, CHAIRMAN,READING
GOP, REQUESTING PERMISSION TO USE ABOUT TEN SQUARE FEET
OF THE TOWN PARKING LOTS AT HAIN STREET AND HAVEN STREET
ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SETTING UP
TWO IRONING BOARDS AND TWO CHAIRS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF
TOWNSPEOPLE WHO MIGHT WISH TO SIGN UP IN ORDER TO TAKE A
GREATER PART IN THE "GET OUT TO VOTE CAMPAIGN". MR. COCH-
RAKE MOVED, MR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO AP-
PROVE THE REQUEST.
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT 8:05 P.M. REGARDING
THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE MAIN TRUNK SANITARY SEWER IN
BANCROFT AVENUE TO SERVICE #92. MR. AND HAS. MELVIN L.
FINETHY ATTENDED THE HEARING AND VOTED IN FAVOR. MR. AND
Has. FINETHY STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO
A LICENSED DRAIN LAYER MAKING THE HOUSE CONNECTION.
PIR. COCHRANE MOVED, A. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED TO PROCEED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE SEWER MAIN.
THE BOARD CONFERRED BRIEFLY WITH W. S. EHRENZELLER
OF AMERICAN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGARDING THE
SO -CALLED BROCKTON REPORT. TO HIS KNOWLEDGE, THE GOVERNMENT
HAS NOT PREPARED OR EDITED THE REPORT FOR PUBLICATION. FAY,
SPOFFORD & THORNDIKE WERE THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS. IT WAS
Na. EHRENZELLER ' S OPINION THAT THE REPORT WOULD NOT BE
AVAILABLE FOR TWO MONTHS; THAT IT WOULD BE A LENGTHY REPORT
TO BE GONE OVER VERY CAREFULLY, AND IT WAS ASSUMED THAT IT
WOULD NOT BE PRO OR CON. IT WAS AGREED THAT MEMBERS OF
AMERICAN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT WOULD MEET WITH THE FULL
BOARD AT 8:30 P.M. ON OCTOBER 21, 1968.
THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT GAVE THE BOARD A BRIEF
PROGRESS REPORT ON THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
THE BOARD SIGNED AGREEMENT BETWEEN STATE AND TOWN
FOR CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION - HAVERHILL STREET - AND
BILLROLL DATED OCTOBER 10, 1968.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:30 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY