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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOS MINUTES 2-17-1982BOARD OF SELECTMEN AGENDA February 17, 1982 1. 7:00 P.M. Meeting Opened for Correspondence Review 2. 7:30 P.M. Meeting Called To Order Peter DeTrolio, Jr. - Leash Laws 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Clerk's Folder Warrants Correspondence 8:00 P.M. Bill Callahan - Camp Dresser & McKee 8:30 P.M. Arthur Stockus - Whitman & Howard Minutes of February 10, 1982 Town Manager's Report Board Reports Budget Review - Public Works Adjournment BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING FEBRUARY 17, 1982 PRESENT: Chairman May, Selectmen Colella, Mahana, Levine, McNair, Town Manager, W. Chadwick Maurer, Jr. 7:30 P.M. Meeting called to order. Peter DeTrolio, Jr. came before the Board to discuss the local leash law. His complaint is that it is not being enforced. His son's dog was attacked and injured by a neighbor- hood dog in his yard. The DeTrolio's pet was on a run and the other was running loose.. He would like to see the'Dog Officer pick up the loose dogs. Selectman Levine would like a policy on dogs to be restrained or held. Mr. DeTrolio suggested charging higher fines on the dogs that are picked up. Town Manager will check with Town Counsel on the fines. The Board suggested Mr. DeTrolio go forward and register a complaint against the neighbor's dog. Clerk's Folder License for American Legion needed to be signed by Board members. Pre-i viously voted. Also V.F.W. license to be signed. It was asked if VFW was serving yet. This will be checked. Building Inspector Cook has issued a temporary occupancy permit to the VFW. It was also asked how long it would be before a permanent occupancy permit would be issued from Bert. These items will be checked. Warrants * #52 - $443,673.40, Town and School Expenses. Selectman McNair questioned voucher #3664 to MMWEC for $99,630.98 fuel expense. After a short dis- cussion it was voted to approve the warrant, excluding voucher #3664 from the $443,673.40. Mahana/Colella VOTED: 4 -0. Levine abstained. Correspondence Sewer connection permit from Paul Boyden, 64 Highland Avenue. Mr. Boyden noted that there will be a two family home on the vacant lot. * MOTION: To grant the sewer permit for 64 Highland Avenue. McNair/ Mahana VOTED: 5 -0. Notice from Zoning Bd. of Appeals for hearing on March 3. Letter from EPA re: grant increase amendment and contract #2 for Board's approval. Will be discussed later with CDM. Letter from Planning Bd. to SRPEDD re: requesting additional hours to work on master plan. ( Notice from Head Start re: coffee hour at Brockton Hospital on 3/3/82. Notice from Dept. of Public Utilities re: hearing for comments on the recovery for advertising expenses by DPU. 3/4/82 10:00 A.M. Selectman Levine mentioned that they should not have consumers pay for their advertising. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING FEBRUARY 17, 1982 PAGE 2 MOTION: To send a letter to the DPU advising them that they cannot support the DPU's request to have advertising fees paid by consumers. Levine /McNair VOTED: 5 -0. 8:00 P.M. Camp, Dresser & McKee. Charles Loveridge, Fernando Requena and Bill Mackey were present from Camp Dresser to discuss the grant increase details that were brought up at last week's meeting. The Board had some questions on the additional design work. Mr. Mackey tried to explain that the design changes were outside the scope of contract. EPA approved the amendment for contract #2. The original contract in 1978 for design fees was $1,025,000 lump sum. EPA suggested $950,000 cost plus fixed fee contract. In a letter from Bill Callahan for the application for the design contract, they agreed to change payment from lump sum to fixed cost. CDM had Charlie Loveridge deliver the letter from EPA so that the Board could approve contract 2 and put it out to bid. Selectman Mahana requested that all letters be addressed to the Board. He then asked for an explanation on the additional�!work due to high groundwater. Mr. Mackey explained that they had taken 8 borings at the site and that before the scope of work, they did not know where they would put the building. The geo- technical engineers then did additional borings and found the groundwater to be 6 -8' higher. He noted that the soil is very thick, like clay at the site. This was when the additional design work had to be done and it was not included in the scope of work. They also had to do design work to add retention basins. Discussion followed on the high groundwater and why CDM did not include this work in the original scope of work for the design contract. Mr. Mackey also mentioned that the geo- technical engineers indicated after their borings that an underdrain system would be needed. There was some discussion on charging back costs to the other towns when they connect to the interceptor. Selectman Levine asked about the direct costs and what was included in the overhead costs. Mr. Mackey went through these items with the Board. The contingency for cost overrun was also discussed and it was noted that this is provided in the contract for up to 5%. After much discussion, it was decided to approve the grant increase and approve contract 2. * MOTION: To accept grant amendment #3 and to approve Contract #2. Levine / Mahana VOTED: 5 -0. CDM mentioned that they will be having monthly progress reports on the plant and noted that Board members can go down to the site whenever they like. Selectman Mahana would like to meet with EPA and State on some of the charges. Selectman McNair also asked about the operating cost of the facility. Mr. Loveridge had some figures available for the Board. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING FEBRUARY 17, 1982 PAGE 3 Whitman & Howard - 9:00 P.M. Present from Whitman & Howard were Paul Bucknam, Arthur Stockus and Bob Morrision, Water Supervisor. The dis- cussion centered around the water division budget and status of water department projects. Town Manager mentioned that when they went over the budget last week, he had made an error in his calculations on the budget. 1/6 of the billing was based on the new rate and 5/6 of the billings was at the old rate. There was some discussion on the pro- jected revenue for FY 1983 and power costs to operate. Capital improve- ments for the water department were discussed. They can now go ahead with these without raising the rates. Selectman Mahana advised Whitman & Howard to send all correspondence addressed to the Board. They talked about the water rate study and the projections included in the study. The fire protection charge could also be put in the budget. Selectman Mahana requested a revised schedule and long term budget impacts. Paul Bucknam will come back in to the Board with more in- formation along with an operating manual. He would also like a list of all contracts that the Town & Whitman & Howard are involved with. There was discussion on the capacity of the wells, status of Prescott wells, Mill Street project, pumping capacity, etc. Town Manager noted that the original rate structure was good for 10 years assuming all recommendations were followed. The fire protection charge came up again.. Selectman Mahana would like anew breakdown: what is outstanding and in what direction should they be going. He would also like to know about future sites for a possible reservoir, surface storage. In conclusion, the water rate tables will have to be updated by Whitman & Howard for the budget. Return to Correspondence Letter from Jaycees thanking Town for letting them use Spaulding School for Haunted House. Board suggested sending a letter to Bob Cardin to see if Jaycees would like to volunteer to pick up newspapers and bottles for recycling program on a periodic basis. Letter from Ron L'Herault of North Attleboro re: commuter rail parking lots. Does not want to be charged a fee to park. Notice from Dept. of Revenue re: bonds for Treasurer /Collector and Town Clerk for 1982. Treasurer /Collector's bond is the same as last year, and Town Clerk's went from $5,000 to $7,000 for this year. Letter from MMWEC re: informational meetings 2/23 and 2/25 on Stonybrook. Card of thanks from family of Mary Couture. Meeting notice of Sturdy Advisory Committee 2/22/82. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING FEBRUARY 17, 1982 PAGE 4 Sewer connection permit from Bonwood Corporation for his portion of Fairfield property. Housing Authority will still have to apply. * MOTION: To send sewer connection permit for Bonwood Corp. to the State for approval. Levine /Colella VOTED: 5 -0. Notice from Planning Director re: downtown circulation. Board would like to have discussion on it before taking a vote. On hold until next week. Monthly police report. It was asked if convictions could be added to the report. Red Sox home game schedule. Information from MMA re: 22. Flyer from Universal Badge & Label Co. on campaign buttons. ( * Minutes of February 10, 1982. Approved. Levine /McNair VOTED: 5 -0. Town Manager's Report Town Manager noted that Foxboro will be sending down traffic counters in the spring for School Street study. They also talked about traffic - counters on 106 because Plainville and Foxboro are discussing widening 106 from Rt. 140 to 152 in Plainville. Street lights have been looked at and there are currently 3 list to be collated. The total of lights on all 3 lists is 152. Selectmen Levine and Colella will be collating the lists. Would like the Town Manager check into using paint for islands and curbs. Board Reports Selectman Colella reported that Arthur Terenzi was contemplating contacting his lawyer about his driveway. Selectman Levine asked if a letter had been sent to Foxboro re: perambulating boundaries which had been done. She also asked about the vendor parking at the train station. There was a vote by the Board recently to prohibit vending trucks from parking at the train station. The only problem now is to establish the metes and bounds of the town owned property. Town Manager will check on parking regulations for vendors. It was also asked if the rusty signs might be reconstructed. Selectman Levine also asked if any- ( thing had been done yet on Fruit Street. Town Manager will take care of this item. Selectmen Mahana, McNair and May had no reports. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING FEBRUARY 17, 1982 PAGE 5 Budget Review - Public Works. It was decided to put the budget review for public works on next's week agenda. * There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:05 P.M. Mahana /Levine VOTED: 5 -0.