HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-12-16 Board of Public Works Minutes DECEMBER 16, 1968
1 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 MEMBER WHITE AND SUPERINTENDENT E. R. LoUANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
READ LETTER FROM MRS. JOSEPH G. SURETTE, 230 BAN-
CROFT AVENUE, REQUESTING THAT A SIDEWALK PATH BE PLOWED
THROUGH THE PARK FOR THE CHILDREN WALKING TO COOLIDGE JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL IN THE BIRCH MEADOW AREA. IT WAS AGREED THAT
UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO PLOW THE REGULAR ROUTES, IT
WILL NOT TAKE ON ANY MORE PLOWING. MRS. SURETTE WILL BE SO
ADVISED.
THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 7:45 P.M. TO
MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY.
THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 7:55 P.M.
MESSRS. COCHRANE AND WATT JOINED THE MEETING .
READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT RELATING TO MAN-
POWER AND EQUIPMENT USED DURING SNOWSTORMS. IT WAS ACCEPTED
AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
THE BOARD CONFERRED WITH WILLIAM HYLAND OF FAY,
SPOFFORD (f THORNDIKE REGARDING INCINERATION, PARTICULARLY
IN REGARD TO COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. IN GENERAL, FAY, SPOF-
' FORD & THORNDIKE CONSIDERS IT TO BE A GOOD FACILITY. THE
BOARD AND MR. HYLAND DISCUSSED TECHNICAL FACTS PERTINENT TO
THE INSTALLATION. Na. HYLAND WAS OF THE OPINION THAT TWO
UNITS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO SERVICE THE TOWN. HE COULD
GIVE NO ESTIMATED FEES UNTIL THE COMPANY HAD BEEN SELECTED
TO DO THE WORK. IN HIS OPINION, EIGHT PERCENT OF CONSTRUC-
TION COSTS WOULD BE A GOOD FIGURE TO CONSIDER. THE BOARD
DECIDED TO VISIT THE COMBUSTION ENGINEERING COMPACT IN-
CINERATOR WHEN IN OPERATION BEFORE ARRIVING AT A DECISION.
SII IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED THAT HENRY WESTON
BE PROMOTED TO CIVIL ENGINEER - LABOR GRADE 22, ALVIN OPLAND
BE GRANTED A $4. 00 PER WEEK INCREASE AND HRS. CONTI BE PRO-
NOTED TO SENIOR CLERK "A ". MR. WESTON AND MRS. CONTI RE-
CEIVED INCREASES COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR PROMOTION.
READ LETTER FROM RICHARD J. LUCEY, 139 PINE RIDGE
ROAD REQUESTING PERMISSION TO MAKE A CONNECTION TO THE
STORM DRAIN WHICH RUNS NEAR HIS PROPERTY LINE AT THE REAR
OF HIS HOME. THE DRAIN IS LOCATED BETWEEN MR. LUCEY 'S
HOUSE ON PINE RIDGE ROAD AND THE SPONGBERG HOME ON ALDEN
CIRCLE.
MR. WATT MOVED, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED THAT THE REQUEST BE APPROVED PROVIDING MR. LUCEY
SIGNED THE NECESSARY RELEASES AND THE CONNECTION IS CON-
STRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN OF READING SPECIFICA-
TIONS, INCLUDING A BACKWATER VALVE IN HIS BASEMENT.
READ LETTER FROM JOSEPH CAPONE & SON, INC. , RE-
QUESTING EXTENSION OF TIME THIS YEAR TO COMPLETE THE OPERA-
TIONS OF SEWER UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND AN EXTENSION OF TIME
NEXT YEAR TO COMPLETE THE 540 FEET OF SEWER NOT YET STARTED.
MR. LOUANIS WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IT WOULD BE
REASONABLE TO EXTEND THE COMPLETION DATE UNTIL JUNE 1, 1969
AND THE BOARD AGREED TO GO ALONG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT 'S
RECOMMENDATION.
THE BOARD DISCUSSED PAGE 19, PROPOSED ROAD MA-
CHINERY OPERATING ACCOUNT, AND PAGE 22, CHAPTER 616 FUNDS.
IT WAS AGREED THAT THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO RECOVER ASH
STREET - TOWN LINE TO MAIN STREET.
MR. FLORENCE MOVED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE
PROPOSED 1969 BUDGET, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS
VOTED.
IT WAS AGREED THAT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD
WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 7.
THE BOARD SIGNED THE FOLLOWING:
BILLROLL DATED DECEMBER 13
COMMITMENT SHEET FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR 1966:
SEWER FRONTAGE
STREET BETTERMENT
SIDEWALK
CURBING
SIDEWALK AND CURBING
WATER MAIN - GOVERNORS DRIVE
HOUSE CONNECTION CONSTRUCTION
IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND VOTED TO CONTINUE THE
MEETING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS DEPARTMENTAL PRO-
BLEMS.
RO-
BLEMS.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:15 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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SECRETARY
TOWN OF READING OFFICE OF GEORGE L. HODGKINS, CHAIRMAN
DONALD E. FLORENCE. SECRETARY
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS GEORGE W. COCHRANE, 8o
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' - WILLIAM H. WATT
MUNICIPAL BUILDING NATHAN C. WHITE
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MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
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The undersigned, Board of Public Works of the Town of
Reading, in compliance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter
30, as amended by Chapter 63 of the Acts of 1933, hereby certify
that the lists herewith contain 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 betterment assessment.
Sewer Frontage S 42,028.56
Street Betterments 38,226.70
Sidewalk 1 , 129.89
Curbing 1 ,394.92
Sidewalk b Curbing 3,271 .64
water Main - Governors Drive 1 ,933.90
Hausa Connection Construction
Total 5 11 ,bo 3
Such list is certified to you for the purpose of committing
the saaa to the Tax Collector, as provided by taw.
WITNESS our hands this sixteenth day of December A.O. 1983.
See Commitment Sheet
For List
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