HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-10-28 Board of Public Works Minutes OCTOBER 28, 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 WATT AND WHITE, AND ACTING SUPER-
INTENDENT E. R. LoUANIs.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
MR. HODGKINS REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT TOWN
COUNSEL HAD FOUND INSTALLATION OF A CATCH BASIN IN PEARL
STREET NEAR LUCY DRIVE IN ORDER. THIS WAS REQUESTED BY
G. CIARDIELLO & SONS, INC.
THE BOARD RECEIVED PETITION SIGNED BY SIX
ABUTTORS OF BOLTON STREET FROM #20 TO X42, REQUESTING EX-
TENSION OF THE SANITARY SEWER MAIN TO SERVICE THEIR PRO-
PERTIES. MR. LOUANIS STATED THAT BOLTON STREET HAD BEEN
INCORPORATED IN THE SEWER PROGRAM AND IT IS PROPOSED TO
BE CONSTRUCTED IN 1973. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE PETITIONERS
WOULD BE SO NOTIFIED; ALSO THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE AN
EFFORT TO INCLUDE THE STREET IN AN EARLIER PROGRAM IF
POSSIBLE.
READ REPORT FROM E. J. BLAINE, INSPECTOR, REGARD-
ING SEWER HOUSE CONNECTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BY
DONALD ZANNI, MR. BLAINE RECOMMENDED THAT MR, ZANNI BE RE-
TAINED AS A LICENSED DRAIN LAYER. MR. FLORENCE MOVED THAT
DONALD ZANNI CONTINUE AS A LICENSED DRAIN LAYER, MR. WHITE
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED.
HEAD NOTE FROM THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT RE-
GARDING THE IDENTICAL BIDS RECEIVED ON ROCK SALT FROM
THREE COMPANIES ON OCTOBER 17. ACCORDING TO MR. LOUANIS,
THE BID OF EASTERN PIINERALS, INC. WAS FOR WHITE CRYSTAL
HY TEST SOLAR SALT WHICH DID NOT MEET THE TOWN S SPECIFICA-
TIONS. IT WAS HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BID BE SPLIT BE-
TWEEN INTERNATIONAL SALT AND THE CHEMICAL CORPORATION. MR.
WHITE QUESTIONED PURCHASING SALT BY THE CAR LOAD; MR. LOUANIS
WILL INVESTIGATE. MR. WHITE MOVED THAT MR. LOUANIS ' RECOM-
MENDATION BE FOLLOWED, PIR. FLORENCE SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED.
READ LETTER FROM JOSEPH CAPONE & SON, INC. RE-
QUESTING AN EXTENSION OF 45 DAYS ON SEWER CONTRACT #68-2.
THE REQUEST WAS NECESSITATED BY EXTENSIVE LEDGE CUTS. MR.
FLORENCE MOVED, MR. WATT SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO GRANT
THE 45-DAY EXTENSION.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 8:00 P.M. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 8:18 P.M.
THE BOARD RECEIVED SIGNED PETITION AND AGREEMENT
FOR PERMANENT TYPE SIDEWALK FROM VINCENT C. FANTASIA, 7 '
INTERVALE TERRACE, READING; ALSO LETTER REQUESTING THAT
THE DEPARTMENT NT RECTIFY A HAZARDOUS CONDITION CREATED BY A
THAT PER-
MISSION
MR. FLORENCE MOPED E
CATCH BASIN IN THE SIDEWALK.
MISSION BE GRANTED AND THE CONDITION CORRECTED, FIR. WATT.
SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED .
READ LETTER FROM W. S. EHRENZELLER, AMERICAN
DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, EXPRESSING HIS CONCERN
AT THE BOARDS VOTE ON OCTOBER 21 TO NO LONGER CONSIDER THE
MELT-71T PROCESS AND HIS HOPE THAT THE BOARD MAY WISH TO
RECONSIDER ITS VOTE OR GIVE HIM OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVE
OF AMERICAN DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH
THE BOARD. IT WAS ACCEPTED AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
READ NOTE FROM THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT REGARD-
ING DEFICIT IN THE PENSION ACCOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $3, 000.
FIR. WATT MOVED THAT THE BOARD REQUEST A TRANSFER FROM THE
RESERVE FUND; IF A TOWN MEETING IS HELD, AN ARTICLE WILL BE
SUBMITTED FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM OTHER PUBLIC WORKS
SALARY ACCOUNTS. X.R. FLORENCE SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT
WAS VOTED .
FIR. COCHRANE JOINED THE MEETING.
THE BOARD MET WITH CLAUDE P. RLIMAS, SALES REPRE-
SENTATIVE, AND LEO J. COHAN, PRODUCT SUPERVISOR OF COM-
BUSTION ENGINEERING, INC. FIR. COHAN SHOWED SLIDES AND EX-
PLAINED THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SOLID WASTE
DISPOSAL SYSTEM FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND INDUSTRY AND AN-
SWERED TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. '
THE BOARD SIGNED THE BILLROLL DATED OCTOBER 25.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:10 P.H.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
.SECRETARY