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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOS MINUTES 10-27-19821. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. BOARD OF SELECTMEN AGENDA October 27, 1982 7:00 P.M. Meeting Opened for Correspondence Review 7:30 P.M. Meeting Called To Order Clerk's Folder Warrants Correspondence 8:00 P.M. Whitman & Howard - Lime Feed Minutes of October 20, 1982 & October 25, 1982 Town Manager's Report Board Reports Adjournment BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING ( October 27, 1982 PRESENT: Chairman McNair, Selectmen Colella, Mahana, Levine, May, Town Manager, W. Chadwick Maurer, Jr. 7:30 P.M. Meeting called to order. Chairman McNair noted that Mr. David Gay, counsel for the Board of Selectmen was present to make a statement this evening. He addressed the Board regarding the matter with the Town Manager. Chairman McNair contacted him to review the procedures involved in the termination of a town official and to review the by -laws, Charter and the Town Manager's contract. He also reviewed some of the minutes of meetings. Ile has discussed the matter with Attorney Mangiaratti and it is still ongoing.as there is a matter pending in probate court for this Friday which concerns the suspension of the Town Manager and the legality of it. He will continue to talk to Atty. Mangiaratti and it might be resolved by Friday. If not, a detailed report will be given to the Board from him and will be delivered by Friday afternoon for the Board to review and take appropriate steps at the beginning of next week. There has been no meetings of the Board with him. He met with each member with no more than two at one time. He.also talked to them on the phone and told them about the legal methods to take. The court case should be resolved on Friday, if not, will have a statement to proceed. Selectman Levine spoke about payment for special counsel and that they need a public vote to hire him. * MOTION: To retain Atty. David Gay as special counsel for the Board of Selectmen. May /Colella VOTED: 4 -0 Levine abstained. Selectman Levine noted that she abstained because the last thing she heard was that they would have to search for special counsel and did not know they had contacted him. She contacted him herself yesterday. She had no input to his hiring also. Clerk's Folder License for Roscoe's to be held for hearing November 10, 1982. Warrants * #23 - $334,861.21, town & school expenses, approved. Colella /McNair VOTED: 4 -0 Levine abstained. Correspondence Letter from Margo Jellinek re: petition to audit light department. Payment for Barges.Electric to be signed by the Board. State aid reimbursement for Barges Electric in the amount of $12,281.52. * MOTION: To approve payment request for $12,281.52 to Barges Electric. Levine /Colella VOTED: 4 -0. Note regarding Doug Petit's retirement. Would like to get a plaque. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING October 27, 1982 Page 2 * MOTION: To order a plaque for Doug Petit. Mahana /Levine VOTED: 4 -0. Letter from Steve Vale, Avon Street requesting a no thru trucking sign to be put on Avon Street as trucks are going down dirt (load to get to American Paper Recycling. DPW Director Wey has not talked to American Paper yet. Town Manager will take care of it. Letter from Dick Howe, Easton Town Administrator urging our support of the bottle bill. Board decided they should leave it up to the people. - Workshops on wastewater management. Letter from Town Counsel to P. Folkman re: sewer connection permits to be rescinded. From Recreation Commission re: old billboard put in storage. From the Elks notice of Halloween party on Sunday from 5 -8 P.M. for the children in Town. Chairman McNair commended the Elks for their efforts. * Application for Parade Permit from Recreation Dept. for Halloween Parade October 29, 1982 at 4 P.M. Approved. Levine /Colella VOTED: 4 -0. Board also commended the Recreation Dept. for their efforts this Halloween. Letter from Gary Stein, North Easton re: land and earth removal on 106 in Easton, Zola Trust. 160,000 yards of gravel to be removed. He is opposed to this action. Letter from CDM re: disposal of surplus material.for interceptor line from Walsh Contracting. No final decision has been made as yet. Chairman McNair noted that he met with Walsh,.their attorney and DPW Director. CDM will be out next week and Mr. Walsh will also come in to discuss the problem. Town Counsel should be here also. This was scheduled for 8 P.M. 8:00 P.M. Whitman & Howard - Lime Feed Present were Arthur Stockus and Larry Gilmartin from Whitman & Howard along with the Board of Health, Health Agent and Water Superintendent to discuss the lime feed system to be used in Town. Mr. Gilmartin noted that they will be feeding lime to raise the Ph level to 7.5 to reduce carbon dioxide level and help to stop water leaching to copper pipes. They want to reduce it below the maximum secondary level of the drinking water regulations. The Ph now is about 6.0 or 6.1. They will be doing this at Witch Pond with the lime feed. The wells are pumped 6 hours a day and they only pump when the high lift pump is on. The Ph level in the other wells is about the same. The water will be tested at the l pump station, and two homes, one at 240 Plain St. and 20 Plain St. This will help them obtain a constant reading for the six to eight week period. They will be using something different on Dustin Well. Mr. Gilmartin noted that lime is the safest and cheapest but it's very messy. They would like to use a sodium silica with a polyphosphate which will coat the pipes in the street and houses. It was also noted that some lime will be BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING October 27, 1982 Page 3 ingested, but will not be harmful. Lime will be fed at Witch Pond wells 2, 3, 4,,& 5 and Kate Springs. Mr. Stockus mentioned that it was stopped before because West Mansfield was complaining of brown water and that it was greasy. The former Town Engineer then suggested stopping the program. It was asked if these items would have any effect on persons with health problems. They did not feel that it would cause any problems, but if the sodium level gets too high, they will be notified by the State and people can contact their doctor. The calcium level is okay. Mr. Stockus then gave the Board a letter from Whitman & Howard on some questions raised by the former Health Agent on water quality. The water is safe for drinking. The only problem is with water standing overnight that has the high copper content. If people let it run for a few minutes, it goes back to the normal level. The water supply does meet all drinking water standards and is safe. Calcium deposits from high amounts of lime were also discussed. This would only happen if they raised the Ph level to around 9.2. The total cost of both programs is $22,600 and will be for seven weeks. After the seven week program, if it is successful, it will be evaluated and they will come back with a report on the material and recommendation as to what system is more appropriate. They could train water department per- sonnel, but they do not have the manpower and not all of the equipment necessary is there. * MOTION: To approve the 7 week pilot study for Dustin Well liquid feed. Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0. Board of Health Chairman Ed Tartufo then introduced the new Health Agent, Karl Drown. Correspondence DPU Notice on a hearing. Memo from Joan Cutillo re: payment from No Place Special for $769. was paid with personal check, not certified check. Is waiting to see if it clears. * MOTION: To put hold on licenses until October 29, 1982. Mahana /Levine VOTED: 4 -0. From City of Boston re: Mass. chapter of CATV. Give to Mo Prasad. Letter from Town Counsel to Conservation Commission re: real estate transfer. To Town Counsel from Whitman & Howard re: assessment of damages from QRS Corporation to the Town exceed $14,000. From Town Counsel re: airport account From Town Counsel re: enforcement of vending truck regulations. 4 memos from Town Clerk re: recall of selectmen. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING October 27, 1982 Page 4 From Nancy Creeden, 648 S. Main St. re: speeding traffic on S. Main St. would like to see some action taken in this area. Referred to Town Manager and Police Chief. From Fire Chief. re: would like to waive bidding procedure on air compressor for Scott air tanks. Will be bought by three towns and Mansfield's share is $3,000. would like to order as soon as possible. Board had some questions on using revenue sharing money for use in another town. Would like to see agreements between Mansfield and other towns. Also can bid be waived when using revenue sharing funds. Will contact Town Counsel on this first. Police Dept. monthly report. * Request to use town hall on November 13 for civil defense ground search course from Red.Button. Approved. Mahana /Levine VOTED: 4 -0. Liquor disturbance calls and use of radar. * Request from Student Council for homecoming parade, October 30, 1982 starting at 12:00. Approved. May /Mahana VOTED: 3 -0 Levine abstained. Letter from Trinity Baptist Church for a street light at 1012 East Street. * Minutes of October 20, 1982 Approved. Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0. * Minutes of October 25, 1982 Approved. May /Levine VOTED: 4 -0. Town Manager's Report Town Manager noted that the salt shed is just about complete. All that has to be done is the paving. He also noted that they are required to give a certified balance sheet to the Emergency Finance Board to:show that they are not in a deficit free cash situation for money taken out of the stabili- zation fund. They will be meeting tomorrow morning. Received a notice from MMWEC on sale of Stony Brook peaking unit. Recommended we offer 5601 KW for sale for the winter months. Transmission cost is $28,000. Their recommendation is to vote to not receive the power and will give them the authority to sell it. They have to be notified by Friday of our intent. * MOTION: To authorize MMWEC to sell off excess capacity of 5,601 KW and not transmit it. Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0. Sturdy Hospital would like to purchase 4 poles from the industrial park for their facility. He feels they should look at taking some down and keeping them in storage. He has asked Paul Dalton to look at the industrial park and may want some lights turned back on. tie will give a recommendation on it soon. It will have to be approved by the Board. Board Reports Selectman Colella had no report this evening. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING October 27, 1982 Page 5 Selectman Mahana gave his report on the Bristol County Commissioners meeting. Proposed to increase the budget $234,000 and want to increase it next year $800,000. Spoke about building anew court house. $200,000 is for the Sheriff's Department. He made a motion to put it on hold for now. Was appointed to a subcommittee to goiover his budget. He was also elected Clerk of the Advisory Board. Selectman May asked about CATV and water tank lease. Town Counsel has it to review. Lease is for $3,000 a year. Another option is for $2,500 plus cost of living increases. Selectmen Levine and McNair did not have a report. * There being no further business, meeting was adjourned at 9:13 P.M. Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0.