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Home My WebLink AboutBOS MINUTES 10-3-1984BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING OCTOBER 3, 1984 PRESENT: Chairman Wills; Selectmen Levine, Dunn; Town Manager 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:35 P.M. and the Flag was saluted. * MOTION: To appoint John Dunn as Clerk for this evening. Levine /Wills VOTED: 2 -0 2. Warrant #15 * MOTION: To approve Warrant #15 in the amount of $960,751.91, dated October 3, 1984, broken down as follows: General Fund - Federal Revenue Sharing School Lunch Salaries - Special Revenue - Sewer Enterprise - Water Enterprise - Electric Enterprise - $711,592.62 21,204.42 5,437.89 108,687.60 3,814.49 93,558.29 16,456.60 Levine /Dunn - Levine exempted anything pertaining to School business. VOTED: 2 -0 Levine abstained; Wills exempted himself on Item #978 -5 3. Licenses and Permits a) The Sherman Central Liquors d /b /a Mansfield Central Liquors license Was signed. b) Attorney O'Neil's letter, accompanied by a draft of the approved Enter- tainment License Conditions, was read; then signed, as requested. 4. Minutes of September 26, 1984 * MOTION: To approve the Minutes of September 26, 1984. Dunn /Levine Selectman Dunn requested that the word "would" be removed from the Motion at the top of Page 5. Selectman Levine pointed out that the first motion on Page 8, which failed, does not indicate who was opposed. Motion to approve the Minutes as amended VOTED: 3 -0 5. Correspondence a) Letter from Phyl Gillooly re: Installation of a street light at 345 Pratt Street & Rt. 106; referred to Light Department Director for recom- mendation. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING { OCTOBER 3, 1984 PAGE 2 b) Letter from DEQE re: West Street, Spring Street Interceptor, advising they have approved the plans and specifications. c) Letter from Attorney George Michaels' office re: Conditions for the Great Woods Performing Arts Center Entertainment License. d) Notification from the Friends of the Mansfield Library of a slide show on October 12th, 8:00 P.M. e) Letter from Martin B. Cahill requesting that the members of the group comprising M.I.S.E.R.Y. be permitted to meet with the Lights Commission- ers after October 10th. - It was decided that they would be put on the next Light Commissioners meeting agenda, November 13, 1984. f) Request from Mansfield Jaycee Women to declare the week of October 7 - 13 "Freedom Week, in the form of a Proclamation. * MOTION: To proclaim the week of October 7 - 13, 1984 "Freedom Week ". Levine /Dunn VOTED: 3 -0 g) Invitation from American Legion to the installation of new officers, Saturday, October 13, 1984 at 7:00 P.M. h) Notification of a public hearing by the DPU re: New England Telephone Co. to change their rates for calling card services. i) Letter from SRPEDD re: Recent study completed on the feasibility of shared engineering services. j) Notice from Dept. of Public Safety re: Licensing. k) Letter from MMA re: Legislation. 1) Letter from Dept. of Revenue to Board of Assessors re: Factors for clas- sification. m) Letter from Commission Against Discrimination re: Change in their staff. n) Letter from Administration and Finance Dept. re: Recent correspondence from the Board on local aid. o) Notice from Ex. Office of Communities and Development re: Incentive aid to local communities. P) Memo from Police Chief re: Liquor disturbances and radar citations. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING OCTOBER 3, 1984 PAGE 3 Public Hearing /Real Estate Classification The hearing was opened at 8:00 P.M. and the Clerk read the Notice of Hear- ing. Al Turinese, Chairman of the Board of Assessors was present, along with Borad members Peter Saunders and John Prescott. Harold Mendosa, the Board's Appraisal Consultant, was also present. Mr. Mendosa presented a brief report indicating growth in Mansfield continues in all categories and that the Board of Assessors is ready to set the tax rate. The reason for the hearing is to determine whether to classify or continue with a single factor of one. He said it is almost an identical situation this year as last, and that a Factor of 1 increase would be $0.86. Al Turinese reported that it was the unanimous vote of the Board of Assessors to use the Factor 1 again this year, making the rate $19.44, compared to last year's $18.58. Marty Cahill, a resident, asked Mr. Mendosa about the rates of neighboring communities and whether they classified or use the Factor 1. Dianne Royle raised a question about classification for Open Space - retaining land for conservation and recreation. The hearing was closed at 8:30 P.M. * MOTION: For a tax levy set at a Factor of 1. Levine /Dunn VOTED: 3 -0 Town Manager Report a) Fisher- Richardson House - The Town Manager requested that the Board of Selectmen declare the required repairs at the Fisher- Richardson House as an emergency in order to proceed immediately with repairs to the roof before the winter season. He explained that the bid process for repair of public buildings is long and involved, and the architect retained has experience dealing directly with contractors who are knowledgeable in mak- ing historical preservation repairs. MOTION: To declare the required repairs at the Fisher - Richardson House an emergency. Dunn /Levine VOTED: 3 -0 b) Fire Apparatus - The Town Manager reported that the Special Town Meeting had authorized the lease purchase of three new pieces of fire apparatus which includes two custom pumpers and one commercial pumper. The appro- priation was for $212,490 for the first year of a two -year lease purchase. $7,500 of that is to pay Demers Associates for their evaluation and recom- mendation of the situation, and preparation of the specifications. Based upon evaluation of all information received as part of the bidding pro- cess and discussions with various vendors, the Town Manager advised that he will award the contract for all three pumpers to Emergency One, Inc. of Ocala, Florida. Although the bid price of Emergency One is $41,958 more than that of Pierce, he has chosen them because they guarantee delivery within 60 days of receipt of the Purchase Order. Pierce delivery time was BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING OCTOBER 3, 1984 PAGE 4 more than twice that, although today they amended..the contract schedule to 90.days for shipment of the commercial unit. The Town Manager feels that time is a critical factor in the decision,_given the understanding that as we go into the Fall months, heating units are started up which creates a fire hazard season. Emergency One will loan two pieces of fire apparatus at no cost to the Town until delivery of the new pumpers, and the service facility of Emergency One, at Greenwood Motors, is one the Town is already familiar with. Chairman Wills asked the Town Manager if the possibility of renting new fire apparatus has been explored, with the thought that perhaps this would eliminate at least some of the $41,958 additional expense of going with Emergency One, thus then accepting the Pierce bid and waiting the longer period of time for delivery. Chief Sliney was present, as well as representatives from both Emergency One and Pierce. Chief Sliney said that he had not found any rental apparatus in his extended investigation since the problem's onset. The Pierce representative said it might be possible, but he could not have an answer before tomorrow afternoon. The Town Manager said he will not wait later than Friday. Chairman Wills pressed for exploration of this possibility. 8. WORKSHOP /Wastewater Treatment Plant Intermunicipal Negotiations The DPW Director, Joe Zeneski, was present and together with the Town Manager they reviewed a meeting held with representatives of Foxboro the previous evening, where discussion centered on the negotiation process for an agree- ment with Foxboro, which Foxboro now wishes to re- establish. The Chairman expressed some concern for much discussion without Selectman D'Ohofrio's'- input, since it was he who had felt there were some serious flaws in the proposed agreement with Norton. The Town Manager's Memo advised that as of last night's meeting with Foxboro, Foxboro is in tentative agreement with the proposal advanced in January, but that the initial gallonage sold to them would be increased to 8% of plant capacity, with clarafication as to future connections, not to exceed 250,000 gallons. Future extensions would return 100% of the capital investment required to serve that flow. The DPW Direc- tor stated that it is important to have Foxboro because it will better the quality of water in Mansfield, but the situation is not the same with Norton. Chairman Wills expressed concern that the cost to tie -in not be so high that it dictates the use of septic systems, which would harm Mansfield water quality. Selectmen Business * MOTION: To remove David Malay as a member of the Conservation Commission. Dunn /Levine VOTED: 3 -0 The Chairman stated that next week appointments would be made for existing vacancies. He also reminded members of the Mosquito Spraying Debate Thurs- BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING OCTOBER 3, 1984 PAGE 5 day, October 4th, the Electric Commissioners meeting October 9th, and the Bristol County Selectmen's Association Fall Meeting and dinner October 17th; Selectmen Wills, Dunn and Levine expect to attend. 10. Adjournment * MOTION: To adjourn, at 9:55 P.M. Dunn /Levine VOTED: 3 -0 MINUTES APPROVED: 1 \ 1