HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-05-21 Board of Public Works Minutes May 21 , 1979
Meeting of the Board of Public Works opened in Room 131 at
the Reading Memorial High School at 7:00 P. M.
Present were Chairman Price, Secretary Cowell , Board Mem-
bers Testa and DeHart and Superintendent Louanis.
Chairman Price requested action be taken on minutes of pre-
vious meetings. Secretary Cowell moved, Mr. Testa seconded and
it was voted to approve the minutes of April 24th as written. Mr.
DeHart moved, Mr. Testa seconded and it was voted to accept the
minutes of April 30th as written. Mr. Cowell moved, Mr. Testa
seconded and it was voted to accept the minutes of May 7th as
written.
The Board read letter and questionnaire from the Ad Hoc
Committee to Town Meeting Members. It was accepted as a point
of information.
The Board reviewed results of bids on. loam borrow received
on May 10, 1979 at 4:00 P. M. , as follows:
Parkwood Construction Cc. . . • • . . . $ 4.65 cu. yd.
Collella and Sons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 cu. yd.
Hupper Development Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.95 cu. yd.
Domenick Zanni Sons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.50 cu. yd.
Following a brief discussion, Mr. Cowell moved, Mr. DeHart seconded
and it was voted to award the contract for 2,000 cubic yards of loam
borrow to the low bidder, Parkwood Construction Company in the
total amount of $9,300.00.
Mr. Cowell moved, Mr. DeHart seconded, and it was voted to
sign letter committing $731 .55 for Sewer House Connection Better-
ments to the Office of Tax Collector for collection.
Superintendent Louanis reviewed a proposed new motion under
Article 20, copy of which is attached, with the Board pointing
out that as a result of the proposal submitted by sixteen engineer-
ing firms that the $100,000. would not be sufficient funds for the
Board to hire a qualified consultant for the redesign or design of
the treatment plant. It appeared that the cost would range from
$170,000. to $275,000 and therefore the Superintendent recommended
to the Board that the request for $100,00 be raised from the tax
levy and $200,000 authorized by bonding. This then could be offset
by Water Department income and the bonding could be arranged in
such a way as a minimum of interest costs would be made to the ,
Town with the assistance of the Town Treasurer. The Superinten-
dent also pointed out that the $300,000 had been outlined in the
Finance Committee' s Capital Plan. It was moved, seconded and
voted to adopt the Superintendent' s recommendation and request a
meeting with the Finance Committee to present the proposal to them.
on May 24th.
Mrs. Wood joined the meeting at 7: 25 P. M.
Chairman Price announced that he and Mr. DeHart will meet
with the Finance Committee on Thursday Evening and invited any-
one who might be interested to join them.
The Chairman requested that the Board go into Executive
Session for the purpose of discussing the issue involving personnel
and not reconvene in open session. Roll call vote as follows:
Mr. Cowell - In favor
Mr. Testa - In favor
Mr. DeHart - In favor
Mrs. Wood - In favor
Mr. Price - In favor '
Meeting adjourned following the signing of the Pay Roll for
the period ending May 18th and the Bill Roll dated May 25th, 1979.19 /y
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