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NOTICE OF MEETING - BOARD OF SELECTMEN
DATE: Tuesday, January 26 , 1988
TIME: 7: 30 P.M.
PLACE: Selectmens ' Meeting Room - 6 Lowell Street
AGENDA:
1) Call to Order
2) Roll Call
3 ) Approval of Minutes
a. 10-13-87
b. 1-12-88
C. 1-16-88
4 ) Liason Reports
5 ) Personnel and Appointments
a. Insurance Committee expiring 6-30-
b. Ad Hoc Solid Waste Policy Committee
c. John Green - Medical Benefits
6) Proclamation - Boy Scout Week, February 7th
7) Discussion/Action
a. Bear Hill Nike Site - CPDC 8 : 00 p.m.
b. 'West Side Task Force Traffic Concerns 8 : 30 P.M.
c. Intersection Middlesex/High Street 9:00 p.m.
d. Parking on Sanborn Street - concerns raised by
Congregational Church 9: 30 p.m.
e. Forest Street Traffic Concerns
f. Parking Fines
g. Parking Concerns - Washington Street
h. Tennyson Road/Circle Street - Name
i. Naming of Public Works Building
j . Approval of side letter - Reading Patrolmen's
Association re: educational incentives
k. Establishing 350th Anniversary Celebration
8 ) Status Report - Licenses
9 ) Executive Session - Labor Negotiations
10 ) Correspondence
copy a. Reminder from Joe Cain re: Review of Continental
Cable TV' s Performance Hearing held 1-19-88
copy b. Press Release re : Evening Hours for Board of
Registrars for voter registration
copy C. Letter to Town Manager from Rivers Development re:
conditions of approval for Sanborn Village-Phase
IV subdivision '
copy d. Memo from Reading Housing Authority and Community
Planning & Development Commission re: Meeting on
Massachusetts Housing Partnership, January 21st
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10) Correspondence (continued)
copy e. Letter from Old South Methodist Church re: thank
you for Christmas on the Common assistance
copy f. Letter to Town Manager from State Senator John A.
Brennan, Jr. re: Pension Reform Act of 1987
copy g. Letter to Elizabeth Klepeis from Paul E. Kelley
re: 1987 Turn-Ins and increasing costs of collec-
tion
copy h. Letter to Town Clerk from Clifford D. Allen re:
resignation from School Committee
copy i. Council on Aging grant application to Executive
Office of Elder Affairs
copy j . Memo to Town Manager from Council on Aging Direc-
tor re: donations received during holiday season
copy k. Letter from Homart Development Co. re: approval
of Purchase and Sale on 29 .5 acres
copy 1. Letter to Anthony Fletcher from Wheelabrator
Saugus Inc. (RESCO) re: tipping fee surcharge and
temporary shutdown of RESCO facility to implement
House Bill 5230 requiring acid gas scrubbers
11) Adjournment
Board of Selectmen Meeting
January 26, 1988
The Board of Selectmen convened in the Selectmen' s Meeting Room
at 6 Lowell Street, Reading. Members present: Chairman Russell,
Vice Chairman Nigro, Secretary Graham, Selectmen Ziegler and Town
Manager Pete Hechenbleikner. Residents present were as follows:
Dan Ensminger, Melvin J. Levine, John Green, Willard J. Burditt,
Leslie and Irene York, Ann Mark, Patricia Brigham, Anita L
Valentine, Benjamin Nichols, George V. Hines, Jonathan Edwards,
Mark Favalaro, Marlene Wolfe , Gretchen Latowsky, Kieran B.
Meagher, Judith Meagher, Kent E. George, Pat Kean, Marilyn Lam-
bert, Barry J. Mitchel, Judith A. Mitchel, Dianne O'Leary.
On motion by Ziegler seconded by Nigro the board approved 3-0-1
the minutes of October 13 , 1987.
On motion by Nigro seconded by Ziegler the board approved 4-0-0
the minutes of January 12 , 1988.
On motion by Nigro seconded by Ziegler the board approved 4-0-0
the minutes of January 16, 1988.
Liason Reports - Mollie Ziegler attended the all day session at
the Colonial Club regarding co-generation projects . Mollie
Ziegler received the final report from the Audit Committee for
1987 and commended the outstanding work of the Town Accountant
and the Treasurer . Eugene Nigro attended a meeting of the
Employee Awards Committee.
On motion by Ziegler seconded by Nigro the board appointed
Patricia Brigham to the Ad Hoc Solid Waste Advisory Committee 4-
0-0 .
Attorney Melvin J. Levine was present to represent John Green, a
former employee of the Reading Police Department . Mr . Green
retired on disability. Mr. Green did not have medical benefits
at the time of his retirement because he chose not to retain such
benefits. Mr. Green is seeking medical benefits from the Town.
Mr. Russell requested a letter from the Treasurer regading such a
policy. Mr. Russell requested that Mr. Hechenbleikner check with
Ted Cohen with regard to this matter.
The Boy Scouts of America are celebrating their 78th Anniversay.
On motion by Ziegler seconded by Graham, the Board, in a unanim-
ous vote , proclaimed the week of February 7-13 , 1988 as Boy .
Scouts of America 78th Anniversay Week.
On motion by Graham seconded by Ziegler, the Board also voted un-
animously to proclaim Vocational Education Week as February 7 -
13 , 1988 .
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Several members of the Community Planning & Development Commis-
sion were present to discuss the potential use of the Bear Hill
Nike Site. Town Meeting has authorized the Board of Selectmen to
proceed with the sale of the property. Jonathan Edwards, Direc-
tor of Community Planning & Development, was present as well as
other members of the Community Planning & Development Commission,
to discuss the open meeting with the residents and potential
developers, planned for February 4th.
Members of the West Side Task Force were present to discuss their
concerns . Chief Marchand was present to hear the concerns
regarding traffic safety in this area. The following concerns
were discussed: the need to complete an up-to-date traffic count
on West and Willow Streets; the need to place a 20 mile per hour
flashing school zone signal in the vicinity of Barrows School;
the need to place a traffic light at the corner of West and
Woburn St. , and West , Willow, and Summer Ave . ; the need to
eliminate truck traffic on West St. ; the need to institute
measures to reduce and control the speed of traffic on West and
Willow Streets; the need for town officicals to take an active
role in protecting the town' s interests in the proposed develop-
ment of Inwood office Park off West St. The members of the task
force requested that the Board of Selectmen take an active part
in the communications between Wilmington and Woburn and take an
active part in the "regional plan. "
on motion by Nigro seconded by Graham, the Board voted 4-0-0 to
name the large heated vehicle storage building at the Public
Works Facility the "Opland Building.
On motion by Ziegler seconded by Graham, the Board approved an
amendment to the Police Association Contract, as stated in the
attached side letter, which would provide for educational incen-
tive pay in accordance with Article 19 , Section D of the Collec-
tive Bargaining Agreement, for Officers Iapicca and Stamatis , ef-
fective July 1 , 1987 .
On motion by Nigro seconded by Ziegler, the Board approved the
Class II Used Car Dealer' s License 4-0-0 for Maaco Auto Painting
& Body Works, Inc.
Adjourned 11 : 30 P.M. Respectfully submitted:
Secretary
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