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Board of Selectmen Meeting
July 6, 1987
The Board of Selectmen convened in the Executive Offices , 6
Lowell St. , Reading, MA AT 7: 30 P.M. Present were Chairman Rus-
sell, Vice Chairman Nigro, Secretary Graham, Board Member
Ziegler, Town Manager, Peter I . Hechenbleikner, and Board Member
Paul Landers arriving at 8 :05.
On motion by Nigro and seconded by Ziegler the Board approved the
April 6, 1987 minutes 4-0-0.
On motion by Nigro and seconded by Ziegler the Board approved the
May 11, 1987 minutes 4-0-0 .
On motion by Nigro and seconded by Graham the Board approved the
June 8 , 1987 minutes 3-1-0 with Ziegler abstaining.
On motion by Nigro and seconded by Ziegler the Board approved the
- June 22, 1987 minutes 4-0-0.
Personnel and Appointments:
On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Graham the Selectmen
voted 3-0-1; the Housing Authority voted 1-0-0, to appoint
Arthur Reynolds to the Housing Authority until March 31,
1988 if the determination is made that the Housing Authority
must be elected or until June 30, 1990 if the Charter is
upheld with regard to appointment of Housing Authority
members by the Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Nigro the Board
appointed Mark Favalaro 3-2-0 to the Community Planning
Development Commission for a term to expire on June 30,
1990 .
On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Nigro the Board voted
3-2-0 to appoint Dr. John F. Killilea to the Board of Health
for a term to expire on June 30, 1988.
On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Nigro the Board voted
4-1-0 to appoint. Mary Ellen LaCroix to the Arts Council
for a term to expire June 30, 1989
On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Nigro the Board voted
to appoint Beverly Cook to the Arts Council for a term to
expire June 30, 1989 5-0-0 .
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On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Nigro the Board voted
5-0-0 to appoint Ann Hutchinson to the Arts Council for a
term to expire June 30, 1989.
On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Paul Landers the Board
voted 5-0-0 to appoint James Liston to the Cable TV Com-
mitte for a term to expire June 30, 1990.
On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Nigro the Board voted
5-0-0 to appoint Edward Smethurst to the Land Bank Committee
for a term to expire June 30, 1988.
On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Nigro the Board voted
5-0-0 to appoint Robert W. Foley to a term on the Board of
Registrars to expire on March 31, 1990.
On a motion by Ziegler and seconded by Nigro the Board
appointed the following 14 candidates on the recommendation
of the CPDC to a Ad Hoc Master Plan Advisory Committee,
5-0-0; Kevin Fulgoni, Beverly Gerade, Janet Franklin,
Linda Goodemote, Bill Hughes, Gretchen Latowsky, Wendy
Liston, Nancy Meehan, Lenny Pienta, John Pienta III ,
---- John Stempeck.
On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Nigro the Board
appointed John Silvaggi to the Ad Hoc Budget Format
Review Committee 5-0-0.
Martin Kretsch from DiNisco and Kretsch was present to give a
progress report on the proposed renovations to the Town Hall.
The cost of this renovation would be .$3 . 6 million dollars. Nils
Nordberg Chairman of the Municipal Building Space Committee also
made a presentation.
Refuse Collection Condominiums- Woodrow Baldwin was present rep-
resenting 1 Charles Street. Mr. Baldwin wanted to know why there
could not be an abatement in his taxes, stating that the Town
does not pick up trash at condominium complexes. and they pay the
same amount Of taxes as the homeowners, and should be treated the
same. Tony Fletcher was present to give the cost of the trash
removal. The Board of Selectmen asked Tony Fletcher to get a
price on the removal of trash for condominium complexes. Mr.
Russell requested this information by the August 10th Board of
� - Selectmen meeting.
Smith Avenue - No residents were present. Anthony Fletcher dis-
cussed the thirty year old problem of the surcharging. The
lowest elevation of Town is Smith Avenue. During the month of
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March there was an excessive amount of rain causing surcharing in
the Smith Avenue area. Mr. Russell asked if the new pumping sta-
tion would help this problem. Mr. Fletcher stated that there
have been no blockages in the past two years and nothing proposed
would create more problems in the area in question currently.
On motion by Ziegler and seconded by Landers the Board voted
5-0-0 to sign the Lease-Continental T.V.
On motion by Nigro and seconded by Ziegler the Board voted 5-0-0
to sign the Purchase and Sale Agreement for the Community Center.
Adjourned: 11: 30 P.M. R spectfully submitted:
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