HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-11-07 Board of Public Works Minutes November 7, 1977
' Meeting of the Board of Public Works opened in Room 16, Muni—
cipal Building at 7:30 P. M.
Present were Chairman Dustin, Secretary Price, Board Members
Blood and Russell , Superintendent Louanis and Finance Committee
Member Carl Beaulieu.
Minutes of the meeting of October 24th were accepted as
corrected.
The Board signed Contract 77-11 for Drainage Relocation with
C. J. Mabardy Washed Sand and Gravel , Inc. , 50 Mooney Street in
Cambridge, Massachusetts (02138) in the amount of $107,959.35.
Memorandum from Town Clerk's Office notifying the Board of
Mr. Botka's resignation was reviewed together with letter from
Town Counsel 's Office concerning procedure to be followed with
respect to filling the vacancy. It was stressed by the members
that the Board should be brought to full strength as soon as
' possible and with this in mind the Secretary was directed
to place an item in the Chronicle making interested citizens
aware that interviews of potential candidates will be conducted
by the Board at 7:00 P.M. November 14, 1977 in Room 127 at Memorial
High School specifying that candidates must complete the unexpired
term and be willing to run for re—election in April 1978.
The Board adjourned temporarily to meet as the Board of
Survey and reconvened at 7:55 P.M.
The Superintendent reviewed the Articles to be presented
at Town Meeting. It was noted that Article 15, Section XI in
the Finance Committee report did not meet with the complete
approval of the Board. It was the Board's wish that the sentence
"No funds may be appropriated by Town Meeting for a capital expen—
diture unless it has appeared on the Capital Outlay Plan and has
been scheduled for the fiscal year in which the appropriation
will be made." be deleted. Mr. Beaulieu, Finance Committee
Member, stated the sentence did not meet with the approval of
the Finance Committee and they were requesting it be stricken
from the Article.
The Chairman requested that the Board go into Executive
Session for the purpose of considering disciplinary action
taken regarding an employee, stating that the employee and
his counsel requested the matter be discussed in Executive
Session. The Chairman further requested that the Board return
to open session following the meeting: Roll call vote as
follows:
John Price -- In favor
Lawrence Blood -- In favor
John Russell -- In favor
Paul Dustin -- In favor
The Board reconvened in open session at 9:40 P. M. and
discussed items to be considered at the meeting on November
14, 1977.
The Board signed the Payroll for the period ending Novem—
ber 4, 1977 and the Bill Roll dated November 11 , 1977.
Meeting adjourned at 9: 55 P. M.
R /eecatf{,ulllll'y submitted,
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