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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOS MINUTES 10-20-1976BOARD OF SELECTMEN /LIGHT COMMISSIONERS A G E N D A October 20, 1976 • 7:30 p.m. - Call to Order Minutes of the Previous Meetings Treasurer's Warrant Clerk's Folder Correspondence • 7:45 p.m. - Joint Appointment - Board of Health • 8:00 p.m. - Robert Chavaree re paving of Union Street Extension y 8:10 p.m. - Tom Bonome re West Street Layout • 8:30 p.m. - Dog Hearing - Ed Plonowski, 37 West Street • 9:00 p.m. - Light Commissioners South Main Street Equipment Replacement (Van and Bucket Truck) Route 495 Electric Utility Work Commercial Accounts - Status of Arrears MMWEC and MEAM • Town Manager's Report • Board Reports • Adjournment Board of Selectmen Minutes of the Meeting October 20, 1976 Present: Selectmen DeLong, Caponigro, Colella, and Clemmey; Town Manager Dennis A. Hannon Meeting opened at 7:30 p.m. Selectman Clemmey moved to approve the weekly treasurer's warrant in the * amount of $78,457.61 - seconded by Selectman DeLong, voted 3 -0 (Selectman Caponigro not yet present). Selectman Clemmey moved to approve the minutes of the October 13 Select- * men's meeting. Seconded by Selectman DeLong, and voted 3 -0 (Selectman Caponigro not yet present). Selectman Clemmey moved to approve the minutes of the October 18 Light Commissioners' meeting. Seconded by Selectman DeLong, voted 3 -0 (Select- man Caponigro not yet present). Request received from the Natural Resources Trust for use of the meeting rooms on November 19 for their Annual Meeting, also invited the Board to attend the reception starting at 8 p.m. Motion to approve by Selectman * DeLong, seconded by Selectman Clemmey, voted 3 -0 (Selectman Caponigro not yet present). Report of the Water Department for gallons pumped for the weeks ending October 12 and 19. Invitation from the Veterans' Council to the Board to participate in the Veterans' Day parade and observances on November 11. Assembly point will be at Memorial Park at 9:30 a.m. Board members will participate. Letter from the State DPW regarding the extension of Route I -495 and the marking of the exits. Sewer connection permit application from Steven Thomas, 87 Hall Street, It was noted that the assessment has been paid in full. Selectman Caponi- gro moved to approve the connection for this single residence. Seconded * by Selectman Clemmey, voted 4 -0. Letter from the Planning Director for the Downtown Development Committee suggesting a meeting with the Mansfield House of Pizza owners to discuss their plans for the renovation of the building exterior. The meeting was set for November 3 at 9 p.m. James Tarte asked that the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee review the budget for the Southeastern Regional School in the budget review pro- cess this year. After discussion, Selectman Caponigro moved to asked Mansfield's representative to the Southeastern Regional School Committee, Lou Tarsa, to give the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee a copy of ( * that budget when it is ready. Seconded by Selectman DeLong, voted 4 -0. Karl Clemmey, Delores Benson, and Richard Secher of the Board of Health -1- Board of Selectmen Minutes of the Meeting October 20, 1976 Page 2 met with the Selectmen to make the joint appointment to fill the vacancy on the Health Board. Selectman David Clemmey read the names of those who have applied for the position: Kenneth TOrman, John Gross, Calleen Gross, Edward Donahue, Richard Sherman, Peter Fontanini, Leonard Flynn, George Young, Norman Mahana, Myles Franey, Jack Cook, Sandra Holske, Thomas Donnegan, Paulette Shaw, and Fred Mueller. It was noted that Fred Mueller submitted his application on October 20, after the deadline set by the Selectman of October 13. It was also noted that the applica- tions of Sandra Holske, Thomas Donnegan, and Paulette Shaw were submitted on October 13, but were inadvertently left off the Town Clerk's list last week. Selectman David Clemmey moved to enter all of the names into nomina- tion. Seconded by Selectman Caponigro, and voted all in favor. Roll call vote went as follows: First Vote: Selectman DeLong Sandra Holske Selectman Caponigro Sandra Holske Selectman Colella Sandra Holske Selectman Clemmey Sandra Holske Karl Clemmey pass Delores Benson Thomas Donnegan Richard Secher Thomas Donnegan Second Vote: Selectman Caponigro George Young Selectman Colella Paulette Shaw Selectman Clemmey Sandra Holske Karl Clemmey Sandra Holske Delores Benson. Thomas Donnegan Richard Secher Calleen Gross Selectman DeLong Edward Donahue Third Vote: Selectman Clemmey Sandra Holske Karl Clemmey Sandra Holske Delores Benson Thomas Donnegan Richard Secher Thomas Donnegan Selectman DeLong Sandra Holske Selectman Caponigro Thomas Donnegan Selectman Colella Thomas Donnegan Fourth Vote: Richard Secher Paulette Shaw Delores Benson Thomas Donnegan Karl Clemmey Sandra Holske Selectman Clemmey Sandra Holske Selectman Colella John Gross ( Selectman Caponigro Sandra Holske Selectman DeLong Sandra Holske -2- Board of Selectmen Minutes of the Meeting October 20, 1976 Page 3: Fifth Vote: Delores Benson Richard Secher Selectman DeLong Selectman Caponigro Selectman Colella Selectman Clemmey Karl Clemmey At this point, the Boards took a recess. Thomas Donnegan John Gross Thomas Donnegan Thomas Donnegan Sandra Holske Sandra Holske Sandra Holske Selectman Clemmey commended the Jaycees Haunted House project. The Town Manager reported that the modular ambulance specs were being prepared and that the salt bids had been received with a low bid from Eastern Mineral at $16.90 per ton for Solar salt. The Board of Health and Selectmen resumed appointment votes: Sixth Vote: Richard Secher Leonard Flynn Delores Benson Thomas Donnegan Karl Clemmey Sandra Holske Selectman Clemmey Sandra Holske Selectman Colella Sandra Holske Selectman Caponigro Sandra Holske Selectman DeLong Sandra Holske Sandra Holske, 140 Old Elm Street, was appointed to fill the vacancy on * the Board of Health, with the term to expire on January 1, 1977. * * * Robert Chavaree, developer for Riverside Park, met with the Board to dis= cuss the possibility of paving Union Street Extension. He told the Board that this road leading to the subdivision is partly paved and unaccepted. He said that the sewer line has been extended already at his expense, and has discussed with Tom Bonome the possibility of paving this all the way. Price was discussed. DPW Director Bonome estimated a cost of about $3,300. Mr. Chavaree said that he would pay the cost for paving. Selectman DeLong asked Mr. Chavaree if he would commit himself for an amount up to $1,800. Mr. Chavaree said that he would. A drainage problem was discussed. The Town Manager discussed the possibility of the 3 or 4 homes on Union Street Extension hooking up to the sewer before the road was paved. They will be contacted immediately to see if they are interested. After further discussion, Selectman Caponigro moved to accept Robert Chavaree's offer of one -half of the pavement costs to pave the Union Street extension, up to a maximum of $1,800. Seconded by Selectman DeLong. The wording of this motion was discussed, and then the motion and the second were with- drawn. Another motion was made by Selectman Caponigro: to accept one -half the cost of paving the presently unpaved section of Union Street Extension from Benefit Street to the beginning of the Riverside Park subdivision, and that this money be used towards the paving cost and /or the cost of the -3- Board of Selectmen Minutes of the Meeting October 20, 1976 Page 4 drainge work in this particular area, up to a maximum of cost to Mr. Chava- * ree of $1,800. Selectman DeLong seconded the motion, and it was voted 4 -0. DPW Director Bonome and Engineer Ralph I. Maloon discussed costs for the layout for West Street with the Board and Town Manager. After discussion of how much of the road should be done, and the cost for each section, Selectman Capoiigro moved that Ralph Maloon (Rim Engineering) be engaged to make the layout of West Street as proposed in his letter dated Septem= ber 29, 1976, from the North Attleborough town line to Tremont Street. * Seconded by Selectman DeLong, voted 4 -0. * * A hearing was held on the formal complaint against the dogs belonging to Edmund Plonowski, 37 West Street, made by Mr. and Mrs. Peter DeTrolio of 92 Rumford Avenue. The formal complaint was read, which alleged a continuous problem with the animals getting loose and getting into the fenced -in yard of the DeTrolios. Mrs. DeTrolio stated in her written complaint that the dogs had killed her ducks on September 11 and 12, and that the dog officer and police had been called. The dog officer stated in his written report that the problem has been continuous; the two dogs in question had been violating the leash law and running loose after breaking chains. The dog officer had requested that the Plonowskis build a cage for the dogs. This was done, but there were still three other occasions on which the dogs were loose. Mr. Rosado _ :recommended in his written report that the dogs be re- moved from the premises at this time. The Board heard testimony from Mrs. DeTrolio: she told the Board that her yard was completely fenced in, and that the dogs had to jump the fence to get in. She said that she had agreed not to submit a formal complaint if the dogs were restrained in a cage, but they had been in her yard three times since the cage was built. Select man Caponigro asked Mr. Plonowski what kind of dogs they were. He replied that they were mongrels - mixed breed. Mr. Plonowski also said that the dogs had been good, that they had not been out of the yard without him or his wife with them. He said that if the dogs got loose while being taken from the house to the cages, he was right behind them to bring them back. Mrs. Plonowski told the Board that the three incidents mentioned were during the first weeks that the dogs were ever in the cage. She also stated that when the dogs "took off" in the direction of the DeTrolios, she or her hus- band were directly behind them and brought them back. She also said that the dogs were getting used to the pen now. She said they got loose during a house fire earlier in the day, but she had gone right after them.. Mr. DeTrolio said that he was not trying to be mean about the situation, but that whenever the dogs got loose, they headed directly to his house. He said that he did not want to see the dogs destroyed, but something should be done. He said that his children play in the yard with the ducks, and he would not want them hurt if they tried to prevent the dogs from getting to the ducks. Mrs. DeTrolio stated that the Plonowskis had offered to pay for the ducks, but it was agreed between the two parties that the money would be used towards -4- Board of Selectmen Minutes of the Meeting October 20, 1976 Page 5 the cost of the cage for the dogs. She told the Board about the instance where the dogs got into the yard and killed her ducks. She said that she has been caused great stress by the dogs getting loose, and is afraid that they will get into her yard again. Selectman DeLong asked the dog officer if he recommended disposing of the dogs. Mr. Rosado replied no, that he had checked the situation almost daily, and that if the dogs were restrained there would not be a problem, but they had gotten loose three times since the cage was built. He also told the Board that he has spoken to Mr. Plonowski many times, and that the dogs have been picked up and taken to the dog pound. Selectman DeLong and Caponigro discussed how a dog will keep going after fowl once it has killed some. Mr. Plonowski said that once he realizdd what the dogs were doing, he restrained the dogs. Selectman Clemmey recommended that the dog officer keep the Board informed of whether the dogs got loose again, and that they be removed from town if found loose again. Dr. Kenneth Torman of Rumford Avenue also expressed concern that the dogs might harm his or other neighborhood children while trying to get to the ducks. Selectman DeLong stated that there would be no guarantee that the dogs would not get loose again if they remained on the premises. He moved that the Plonowskis be instructed to dispose of the dogs (or move them out of * town) within a week. Seconded by Selectman Caponigro, voted 4 -0. The dog officer asked for clarification: he asked that if the dogs were not gone at the end of 7 days, then he should take the dogs away. Board members answered yes. The hearing was closed. (Note: see discussion on this item later in meeting.) * * * The Board as Light Commissioners reconvened their meeting from Monday even- ing, October 18. The rates for apartment complexes with 12 or more units was discussed. Selectman DeLong moved to approve the rates as proposed by the Light Department Director: that Millhaus be increased by 10 %, and that Twin Oaks and Bristol Arms be decreased by 25 %, assuming that they were billed in the same manner. Seconded by Selectman Clemmey, and voted 4 -0. * This will be effective December 1, 1976. * * * Mrs. Plonowski questioned the right of appeal of the order voted by the Board at the conclusion of the hearing on her dogs. Selectman Caponigro told Mrs. Plonowski that this could be appealed to a court. It was pointed out that the Board could have issued an order calling for a $200 bond as guarantee that the dogs would be restrained, but there was no change in the previous order voted. -5- f If % fi 13 'TOWN ,'CF, 'MANSPIELD MUNICIPAL RLE=tc, DEPARTMENT The�'Mufiioipal', El eo tric Department of the 1416,ml, of, "nsfield-, establishment of an Electrical Heating' R4to,-for Apartment --C6mpl6X voted by the Board of 'Light commissioners' at'their meeting oxi 1976o This now rate will become elfeotitvo on'Docamber ELECTRICAL HEATING PATE APARTMENTS OWNING FA MAINTAINING, TRANSF H.D.P.U. #66 Cahc6lof None -AVAILMILITY rvice under this rate Is available on ly 0 r throe ph4so Oery Co- to, provide electrical -onargy.where permanently, oonnepted oleotria.;sgago .' ., heating equ alleid i- ipment.is ipfat' and hoothor, sourde of comfort hosting i ,,-, , , il " I . I I _ar is available. For all ap tment 'complexes. (12 or more units).,Olootriqj not•bij ed to tenants through individual meters, where the"apartment owt)er owns, and mAintairin the power. trans' former. This rate is not available for rosalo.'! J RATE 'ROSE; , 1irBt`,'_ 100 M $ 14-30 Next 700 KWH per month 0.0253 0 031, 'f; All Over 1,000 MH per mont h 6 0234 O.d2gg fV1XNI11UM MIMM ' The. minimum charge is $ 114 30 per month., "Noi 4is unt yi l'be al lowed L thbreon. D119COMM ? A discount will be'allowod',:whiere all pftor charg a, a on the current charges as shown by the not rates, providing e 0"' X", ceived within 15 days of the date of.the bill. FUEL COST AWUSTHMT A fuel cost adjustment, either,a charge or a credit, shall be: applied to all kilowatt hours sold under this rate. Details of this adjustment"are provided 3rovided, in the fuel cost adjustment clause. I The'discount does not'apply to the fW!l adjustment charge. PA MFORML M.D.P.U.' 467 Cancels None c. ILA IrABXLITY Service under this rate i a V to,provide electr re permanently connects heating -eq"pment is installed, and no other: source of, comfo, n PP aomploxes.(12,Oi more Units), ri- City n0t,bi"ed to..tenanto thtouqh individual meters 'and where as:ra not available for resa e� 700 M per montW Next, 0.0208 All -OVer 1,000 r4H per month 0 '0266 "0'0238 :.The InWlhum. 13harge is $1 ';i5 p 6'r 'month'. Nol:disc, ouh,t, wi*1 �be: allowed A discount will be &lJoWed,'L wheVe 'all,' prior:charges fiavO been paid on tho current charges as shown by the net rates, providing payment is, re-,: "f! ceived within 15 days of the bill. FUEL COST AWUV A fuel cost adjustnient, either a charge or I I credit', be app*i ad 1.1 kilow this rate. Dehails of this adjustment are 'to a att hours sold under provided in the �uel adjustment clause. This discount,doeq not apply to �he fuel adjustment chatge. Directo Dennis A. Hannon,, Town Manager (Mansfield News 10/2p/76) Board of Selectmen Minutes of the Meeting October 20, 1976 Page 6 The Chairman advised Mrs. Plonowski to come back next Wednesday to the Selectmen's meeting and ask the Board for more time to get this straightened out. Selectman DeLong• said that he did not want the implication given that he would change his vote. Selectman Caponigro told Mrs. Plonowski to go to the DeTrolios and see if they would consent to the dogs staying on the property if they were restraindd. The Town Manager asked for clarification: should the Order be prepared as voted? The Board told Mr. Hannon to do so. * * * Also discussed: Fairfield Optical property gift, the pre - budget hearing to be held in two weeks, and Millhaus management asked for a clarification on their request to use individual meters for their apartments. Selectman DeLong pointed out the Light Commissioners had previously voted not to allow individual meters, and that the vote had not been changed. Selectman DeLong moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:30 p.m. Seconded by Select- * man Caponigro, voted 4 -0. CM. Chosen for Jury Duty 10 -20 -76 1. Richard P. Carey 460 Williams Street 2. Geraldine Campbell 130 Balcom Street 3. Maureen Benoit 17 Old Farm Road 4. John J. Bernardo 6 Brookside Road 5. James G. Blake 17 Black Pond Road 6. Harold A. Anderson 151 Stearns Avenue 7. Anthony Athanasia 29 Fruit Street 8. Jacqueline Barclift 136 Rumford Avenue 9. William A. Bellamy 50 Hall Street 10. Paul F. Boyden 126 High Street 11. Edna M. Burt 900 East Street 12. Geraldine A. Cabral 101 Park Street 13• Roland W. Chalifoux 12 Kingman Avenue 14. William J. Couture 175 Gilbert Street