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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOS MINUTES 3-10-19821. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. BOARD OF SELECTMEN AGENDA March 10, 1982 7:00 P.M. Meeting Opened for Correspondence Review 7:30 P.M. Meeting Called To Order Bill Faria - Use of Right Of Way, Gilbert St. Substation 7:45 P.M. Camp Dresser & McKee - Progress Report Warrants Clerk's Folder 8:15 P.M. Zoning Board Hearing - Amusement Arcades Correspondence 9:30 P.M. Charter Review Committee Minutes of March 3, 1982 Town Manager's Report Board Reports Town Manager Evaluation Adjournment BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING March 10, 1982 PRESENT: Chairman May, Selectmen Colella, Mahana, McNair, Town Manager W. Chadwick Maurer, Jr. Selectman Levine arrived around 8 PM. 7:30 P.M. Meeting called to order. Mr. Bill Faria came before the Board to request permission to use the Gilbert Street Substation right -of -way to transport wood he is cutting for Karl Clemmey. Mr. Clemmey's land abuts the road in the rear, but he needs to use the road to get access to this land. He noted that he had contacted Light Director Hall, and had his permission to do so, as long as he locks the gate in the evening. * MOTION: To grant Bill Faria use of right -of -way to Gilbert Street substation for transportation of wood, subject to conditions set by Mr. Hall. McNair /Colella VOTED: 4 -0. It was suggested that Mr. Faria also lock the gate when he enters the property. He will see Mr. Hall on details. Correspondence Progress report from CDM. ( Letter from Dept. of Army on WWTP inspection. Letter from CDM re: no bill this month from Hope Bldg. Co. Letter from Recreation Commission re: paint from Foxboro Co. Letter from Whitman & Howard to QRS re: water main.installation. k Letter from QRS to Whitman & Howard re: they will start working 3/15/82. Thank you letter from Uncommon Theatre for use of Town Hall for auditions. Letter from Whitman & Howard to QRS re: meeting of 3/8/82. Letter from Hazardous Waste Advisory Committee re: would like to meet with Selectmen 3/24/82. Selectmen would like to meet on 3/31/82, 7:30 P.M. Letter from Conservation Commission re: Grant's Pond Reports from Police Chief re: radar, liquor disturbance calls, and highway callouts. Decision from Zoning Board of Appeals Planning Board agenda, 8:15 PM hearing on arcades. ( CATV Advisory Bd. election of officers. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING March 10, 1982 Page 2 7:45 P.M. CDM Progress Report Present from CDM were Charles Loveridge, Jim Small, Jim Glendye, Bill Mackey and EPA person Paul Marchessault. Mr. Glendye noted that there was not much progress on construction in February and that they are waiting for additional reimbursement to come back from the State. There was a short discussion regarding Passavant Corp. request for payment. MOTION: That we do not make payments to Passavant. Levine /McNair VOTED: 5 -0. It was mentioned that shop drawings are being looked at now for equipment. Bill Mackey and Jim Small then brought the Board up to date on Contract 2. They will be advertising for bids next week with the bid opening date of 4/27/82. Interceptor will be under construction late June or early July. Mr. Small then brought the board up to date on the design of the landfill and composting project. In the sludge disposal report presented to the Board in September of 1980 the site of the existing WWTP was chosen. This contract will be broken up into two phases, as they will be constructing the landfill while the present WWTP is being used. The landfill will be lined to collect rain water, this water will be pumped to the Fruit Street interceptor and will go to Norton. Landfill will be 24' deep. Sludge will be transferred by dump truck and spread by bulldozer. Excess soil will be used as cover material. All rainfall will be collected by the liner. Estimated life of landfill is 20 years. Composting will take place from May through October, the other six months work is at the treatment plant. The other contract involved is for vehicles to be used at the site. Cost estimates were discussed for operation. These contracts discussed are part of the $30 million project. Other towns may have to have their own landfill sites if they tie into the system. Chairman May asked about contracting operation of plant out instead of town operating it. CDM would like to proceed with final design as soon as possible. MOTION: To grant CDM permission to go into final design. Mahana/ McNair VOTED: 5 -0. Warrants #57 - $5333.33, revenue sharing. Approved. Levine /McNair VOTED: 5 -0. #56 - $560,909.47, town & school expenses. approved. McNair /Colella VOTED: 4 -0 Levine abstained. Clerk's Folder Application for all alcoholic beverage license for Lakonia, Inc. greek restaurant, 54 -56 Pratt Street. MOTION: To hold hearing for Nikoloas Lambropoulos on March 31, 1982. at 8:30 P.M. McNair /Colella VOTED: 5 -0. Application for transfer of manager from Charles Falotico, Jack's Cafe to Geno Spiezio. All alcoholic beverage license. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING March 10, 1982 Page 3 * MOTION: To hold public hearing for Jack's Cafe transfer of Manager on March 31, 1982 at 8:00 P.M. McNair /Mahana VOTED: 5 -0. Application for Old Colony Diner, 25 coin operated computer games in the new addition of the diner. * MOTION: To hold a public hearing April 14, 1982 at 8:00 P.M. with advertisement to appear two weeks before the hearing. Levine /Mahana VOTED: 5 -0. * Minutes of March 3, 1982 Approved Levine /McNair VOTED: 5 -0. Town Manager's Report Town Manager spoke about 575 Ware Street passing of papers. He had the deed which was signed by the Chairman. Bulldozer Bids Town Manager went over the bids we had received for the transmission on the bulldozer. Board would like to see more bids. Town Manager will check out other places. State Equipment's bid for $10,495 will be valid for 30 days. 9:30 P.M. Charter Review Committee Charter review members were present to go over some of the articles in the warrant. One area of concern was the last sentence in Article 18. Another question was on Article 29, one member from municipal building committee changed to one member at large. Town Manager explained that it would not make the municipal building committee a special board if it was taken out. Ms. Andrews questioned why the Selectmen did not hold a public hearing before these were put in the form of articles. Chair- man May explained the situation and noted that they will get an opinion from Town Counsel. He also noted that they are having a public hearing on the 17th of March for discussion. Back to Town Manager's Report Town Manager went over options for engine 6. He also gave the Board an update on the traffic lights at Forbes /106. These should be working by November. Regarding traffic accidents, blood samples are not given back to Police Dept. Town Manager will check with Nancy Eames on Town's rating. Regarding John Berry School equipment, school dept. will get equipment for playground. They would also like to settle the lease agreement by April 1, 1982. Wrentham water meters have been checked out by Bob Morrison. He reported that it is the old meters that..are malfunctioning. Newspaper article was in error. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES Of MEETING March 10, 1982 Page 4 Board Resorts Selectman Levine noted that total water consumption was up and asked if there was any reason. Town Manager noted that there were no reasons that they knew of. Selectmen Colella, McNair and Levine had no reports. Chairman May had a street light request for 45 Otis Street. He will go look at it. Selectman Mahana mentioned that he was at the landfill two weeks ago and noted that stumps were dumped there from the school athletic fields. Town has been reimbursed. Town Manager Evaluation Chairman May collected evaluations and made a copy for the Town Manager. He will consolidate them. He noted that this is the last Wednesday before elections. Selectman Mahana thanked everyone for their cooperation and Selectman Levine wished him luck in the election. * There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:34 PM. Levine /Mahana VOTED: 5 -0.