HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-06-20 Town Forest Committee Minutes 79
Various Boy Scout troops have camped in the Forest
during the year . Their Good Turn slogan is carried
out in their conservation work in the Forest .
Your Committee will continue to work for the benefit
of all persons in-Reading in the continued care and
use of the Town Forest .
' Respectfully submitted,
George B. Perry, Chairman
Irving E. Dlokey;Jr. Vice Chairman
Benjamin E . Bicho1s ,6ecretary
June 20, 1979 7:00 P.M.
A formal posted meeting was held at the home of Chairman
George B. Perry , 230 Franklin St , , Reading, Mass .
The following members were present :
George B. Perry , Chairman
Irving E. Dickey,Jr. , Vice Chairman
Benjamin E. Nichols, Secretary
The minutes of the meatine of Fabruary 21, 1979 were
read an4 approved .
It was voted that the Secretary write the Town-Acoountant ,
Raphael W. McDonald , with a request for him to encumber
the funds in our account as of June 30, 1979 in the amount
of $1,876 .43 so that these funds will be oontlrued into the
next fiscal period .
The serious gypsy moth problem in the Town Forvat was
discussed. Irving E. Dickey, Jr , has discussed this with
the Board- of Health, the Conservation Commission , the
Finance Committee , and the Superintendent of Pest Control
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: We plan to bring
this problem before the Subsequent Town Meeting in
November 1979. Irving E. Dickey , Jr. will check on the
costa of spraying.
Approximately one hundred red pine trees were out in the
Town Forest by the Department of Public Wnrks , as approved
in our meeting on February 21, 1979. In order to prevent
root rot , Irving E. Dickey ,Jr. will obtain the approval to
hire a man to spray the stumps with borax. He will ask
Timothy 31billane to do this work.
' The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 P.M.
March 2, 1980 1:00 P.M.
A formal posted meeting was held at the home of Chairman
George B. Perry, 230 Franklin St.,Reading, Mass.
The following members were present:
George B. Perry, Chairman
Benjamin E. Nichols, Secretary
The minutes of the meeting of June 20, 1979 were read