HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-12-19 Board of Selectmen Minutes MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING
December 19, 1989
The meeting convened at 7 : 35 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting
Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts. Present were
Chairman Graham, Vice Chairman Ziegler, Selectmen Russell and
Nigro, Town Manager Peter I . Hechenbleikner, Town Counsel H.
Theodore Cohen, Fin Com Member Gerry MacDonald, Bruce Morang from
the Reading Chronicle, and the following residents: Paul Feely,
Susan Ivester, Thomas Vincent, Dana Hennigar, Michael Mulligan
and Michael Colonna, Patrick Castaldo, Mark Gallant, Tom Harris,
Ann Hurford, Robert Hurford.
Minutes
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro the minutes of November
21, 1989 were approved without change by a vote of 4-0-0.
The minutes of December 5, 1989 were tabled until the Board mem-
bers who were present on December 5th could review and approve
the minutes.
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro, the minutes of December
11, 1989 were approved without correction by a vote of 4-0-0.
Liaison Reports
Eugene Nigro indicated that he had attended the Police Reserve
Graduation on Saturday night.
Mollie Ziegler indicated that she had missed the December 5th
meeting because of a Reading Housing Partnership meeting. They
still need four members. The next meeting is 1/4/90.
The Audit Committee is meeting tomorrow night. Mollie attended
Christmas on the Common Sunday night and expressed the thanks of
the Board of Selectmen and residents for Mr. Graham's part in
keeping this tradition going.
Selectman Russell attended the Town Hall Christmas Party at noon
on Friday.
Russ Graham attended the Solid Waste Committee meeting and out-
lined budget problems related to continued newspaper recycling.
He also indicated that budget meetings had been attended and
there would be a meeting on 1/4/90 at the Lecture Hall for people
interested in an update on the budget status and the possibility
of a Proposition 2-1/2 override. Selectman Graham and all of the
remaining Selectmen plus the Town Manager and Community Develop-
ment Director attended a Wilmington Board of Selectmen meeting
regarding the Industriplex Connector. Wilmington is opposed to
the Route 129/Route 93 improvements. Many members of the Board
of Selectmen attended Doris Fantasia's farewell dinner. The en-
tire Board of Selectmen attended Dr. Wells' memorial service.
The Town Manager outlined the award of bids for the bond an-
ticipation notes, and the Board of Selectmen signed them later in
the evening.
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winning Bids
State Street 627,000 @ 6. 320 5 notes @ 100, 000
1 note @ 127, 000
U.S. Trust 500,000 @ 6.29% 1 note @ 500,000
Century Bank 250,000 @ 6.26% 1 note @ 250,000
No one spoke under Public Comments.
The Board interviewed Messrs. Feely and Hennigar for the open
position on the Trust Fund Commission. This position was created
by the resignation of Ebbe Ebbeson. The Trust Fund Commissioners
recommended that Mr. Dana Hennigar be appointed to the position
expiring 6/30/91. On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Russell,
both names were placed in nomination. Mr. Hennigar, receiving 4
votes, was appointed to a term on the Trust Fund Commission ex-
piring 6/30/91.
The Town Manager indicated that he was recommending the filling
of the Town Clerk's position as a full-time position at Grade 9.
This was approved on motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro, by a
vote of 4-0-0.
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ministrator had been appointed until a full-time administrator
could be found. The interim Conservation Administrator's name is
Donald Nadeau.
Licenses
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Russell, the Board approved the
Change of Manager of the Knights of Columbus #1031 (Home Building
Corporation) to Richard J. Brennan of 195 Lowell Street by a vote
of 4-0-0.
The Board discussed with Michael Mulligan and Michael Colonna,
owners of Greater Boston Restaurant Association, their liquor
license. This property burned in January of 1989, and has not
yet been rebuilt. There is litigation with the owners . The
owner holds the liquor license as collateral. Town Counsel ad-
vised that these are separate issues and that granting the
license would not in any way jeopardize the lawsuit or place the
Town in a position of favoring either party in this suit. On mo-
tion by Russell, seconded by Nigro, the liquor license for
Greater Boston Restaurant Association doing business as Main
Street Cafe at 530 Main Street was approved by a vote of 4-0-0.
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro, the liquor license for
Harrows Poultry Products at 126 Main Street was approved by a
vote of 4-0-0.
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro, the club liquor license
for Home Building Corporation also known as Knights of Columbus,
was approved by a vote of 4-0-0.
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On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Russell, the liquor license for
Ida's Stationhouse Restaurant was approved by a vote of 4-0-0.
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro, the liquor license for
P&B Liquors at 607 Main Street was approved by a vote of 4-0-0.
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro, the liquor license for
Reading Liquors, Inc. at 345 Main Street was approved by a vote
of 4-0-0.
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro, the liquor license for
Wes Parker's Restaurant at 296 Salem Street was approved by a
vote of 4-0-0.
The following Common Victualler's Licenses were renewed for a
term expiring 12/31/90: Atlantic Food Mart Inc. , Brown Bag Con-
venience Store, Chew Chew's Pizza, Christy's Market, Christy's
Supreme Pizza, East Leo d/b/a as McDonald's, Friendly Variety,
Harrows Poultry Products Inc. , Home Building Corporation (Knights
of Columbus) , Last Corner Inc. , Liberty Bell Roast Beef, Main
Street Cafe, Pizza World Inc. , R & G Roast Beef Inc. , L-S Bakery,
DAKA doing business at TASC at 55 Walkers Brook Drive, Dandi-
Lyons, Meadow Brook, Star Enterprise, by a vote of 4-0-0.
Town Counsel reviewed Class II Motor Vehicle Licenses, and the
Board requested that a policy on Class II Licenses be developed
before the renewal process next year. On motion by Nigro,
seconded by Ziegler, the following Class II Motor Vehicle
Licenses were approved, subject to all previous conditions of the
licenses, by a vote of 4-0-0 : Automotive Grooming Center,
Brown's Auto, Foreign Car Sales of Reading Inc. , Hagen Auto
Sales, 128 Leasing Inc. , 128 Sales Inc. , 128 Tire, Reading Square
Auto Body Inc. , and Tom's Auto Body. The following licenses were
held and the applicants will be requested to attend the Board of
Selectmen's meeting on January 2, 1990: Fedele Auto Sales and
Reading Cycles Inc.
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro, the Class III License
for JDC Towing was approved subject to the condition that there
be no expansion of the land area used by a vote of 4-0-0.
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro, the following Automatic
Amusement Devices Licenses were issued by a vote of 4-0-0: Home
Building Corporation (Knights of Columbus) for three devices;
Reading Overseas Veterans for three devices; Reading Veterans As-
sociation Inc. for three devices.
Tom Vincent and Susan Ivester from Wes Parker's were present to
discuss the request for an entertainment license. The requested --
license was for piano and TV. On motion by Russell, seconded by
Nigro, the Board approved an entertainment license for a piano
player to be located in the main foyer at Wes Parker's Res-
taurant, 296 Salem Street, for a term expiring 12/31/90, by a
vote of 4-0-0.
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On motion by Russell, seconded by Nigro, the Board approved an '
interim fee of $25.00 for this license. Motion was approved by a
vote of 4-0-0.
On motion by Ziegler, seconded by Nigro, the Board approved an
Earth Day Resolution by ,a vote of 4-0-0.
The Board discussed the dedication plaque for the Town Hall
renovations and made some minor modifications.
The Board reviewed the Town Manager's letter to Mike Brennan of
the MBIA regarding the Depot Agreement. Howard Hayward, Assis-
tant Director for Construction from the MBTA was present. Mr.
Hayward indicated that he would have no problem recommending to
the MBTA Board approval of the agreement for fifteen years with
revenues to be shared after expenses, and with the Town operating
the program on the Town-owned lands in the manner that it cur-
rently is. The MBTA would like this change in the agreement
worked out as quickly as possible so that it could be executed
and construction started. Biarnice Herrick, Pat Driscoll, and
Bill Lynch from the Depot Task Force spoke. They were delighted
with the change in the proposed agreement, and were concerned
still about the narrowness of High Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Hurford of 71 Franklin Street appeared before the
Board with regards to the Tree Hearing. The Board directed the
Town Manager to try to work with the Department of Public Works
on securing a larger sized tree than standard as exchange for
removing the old tree.
Town Counsel updated the Board of Selectmen on the Bear Hill Pur-
chase and Sale Agreement. There are still a few issues to be
worked out, but by the January 16, 1990 meeting, these issues
should be resolved for the Board to review in its entirety and
then have an execution of the P & S sometime in late January or
early February.
The Town Manager presented an overview of the FY91 Budget. The
Budget comes within guidelines, and in fact, there is some
surplus from guidelines. The Budget, as outlined, provides for
direct reduction in the size of the Police and Fire Departments,
and any surplus amounts within guidelines should be appropriated
to that area. The Board will be reviewing Budgets in detail on
January 2 and on January 23 at a Special Meeting.
The Board determined that it did not need an Executive Session.
On motion by Russell, seconded by Ziegler, the Minutes of the Ex-
ecutive Session of 11/21/89 were approved and released by a vote
of 4-0-0.
On motion by Russell , seconded by Nigro, the meeting was ad-
journed at 11: 35 p.m. All voting in favor, the motion carried.
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R3spectf,ly submitted,
Secretary