HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-07-31 Board of Selectmen Minutes Board of Selectmen Meeting
July 31, 2006
For ease of archiving, the order that items appear in these Minutes reflects the order in which
the items appeared on the agenda for that meeting, and are not necessarily the order in which
any item was taken up by the Board.
The meeting convened at 7:00 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street,
Reading, Massachusetts. Present were Chairman Ben Tafoya, Vice Chairman James
Bonazoli, Secretary Stephen Goldy, Selectman Camille Anthony, Town Manager Peter
Hechenbleikner, Assistant Town Manager/Finance Director Bob LeLacheur,Town Counsel Judy
Pickett and DPW Director Ted McIntire.
Discussion/Action Items
Approval of Consent Order — MWRA Buy-In - The Town Manager presented the proposed
Administrative Consent Order addressing the Town's purchase of MWRA water. He reviewed
the Water Supply Update dated July 3.1, 2006.
The Board asked several questions including whether or not it would have an impact on the
current year's water budget, and the effective date as listed in the MWRA commitment letter
from Mr. Laskey,etc.
All questions having been answered, on motion by Goldy seconded by Anthony, the Board of
Selectmen pursuant to Section 5-2(a)(g) of the Town of Reading's Home Rule Charter
voted to accept the provisions of the Administrative Consent Order (ACO) NE — 06-F001,
and authorize the Town Manager to sign the Administrative Consent Order on behalf of
the Town of Readin-e by a vote of 4-0-0.
Appointment of Animal Control Appeals Committee —.The Town Manager asked the Board to
establish an interim Animal Control Appeals Committee pursuant to the Animal Control Bylaw.
The Board had questions about the definition of employee and deferred action on this matter
until their meeting on August 8, 2006. The Town Manager indicated that there will probably be
an appeal for the Committee to hear.
The Town Manager presented the Board with two letters of support for grant applications to the
Climate Change Program. One was for 34 trees on south Main Street, and the other was for the
cost difference between a hybrid vehicle and a conventional passenger vehicle for the
Department of Public Works Engineering Division. The Board endorsed both and the Chairman
signed the letters. It was asked whether the trees for Main Street need to be on Main Street or
can be at other locations. The Town Manager noted that this was part of the Master Plan for
Downtown and extending the improvements on Main Street, and it really needed to be for Main
Street. .
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Additional information regarding the artificial turf fields and needing to remove the trees had
been requested from Phil Vaccaro. The Town Manager suggested that additional trees to be
planted might be planted elsewhere on the High School campus and when the Board does its site
walk in September, they can look at potential locations.
On motion by Bonazoli seconded by Anthony, the Board voted to a(tiourn the meeting of
July 31, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. by a vote of 4-0-0.
Respectfully submitted,
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