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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-01-21-WSR-min.pdf SUMO rgb WEST SUBURBAN REGIONAL REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANNING BOARD MINUTES January 21, 1969 The West Suburban Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Bard met on Tuesday, January 21, 1969, at Lincoln, Mass The following representatives of the par- ticipating communities were present Arlington - W H. Borghesani, Edward Murray Bedford - John K. Litchfield, Marietta P Ellis, Jerome J Pickett Concord - Robert B Lowe Lincoln - James T Foust, John B Niles Weston - Peter A Reiman The following representatives were absent Arlington - Charles Hughes Concord - Chester M. Howe, Ray F Sunstrom, Jr Lexington - William R. Whalon, Arnold B Briggs, Richard Soule Lincoln - Robert L. Allen Waltham - Charles T Pheeney, Joseph L Houde, Joseph P Shea After it was determined that the members present constituted a quorum, acting chairman Peter Reiman called the meeting to order The minutes were accepted as corrected and added to The following changes to the minutes caused by the acquisition of new knowledge are Concord - 5 to 8 years Lincoln - 2 years Weston - 8 to 10 years These changes refer to the section of the December meeting minutes outlining the deadlines of the participating communities for the inception of new refuse disposal programs Neither a representative from the Boston and Maine Railroad nor one from Reclamation Systems was present at the meeting as planned James Foust reporting on a conversation with State Senator James DeNormandie said that an early hearing will be held on the bill that increases the funds allotted regional refuse disposal planning committees from $3,000 to $10,000 The main business of the meeting was the reworking of the draft of the agreement presented to the Board last month by the legal committee John Niles, acting as chairman of the committee, stated the purpose of presentation last month was to acquaint the members of the board with the draft agreement The meeting was then thrown into an open discussion on the draft agreement Important recommendations mode are as follows Provision to be included in Article IV, Section B, entitled Officers which allows for compensation to other key non-committee personnel than the Treasurer Additional paragraph on voting requirements to be inserted into Article IV, Section B, entitled Officers -2- MINUTES 1/21/69 In Article V entitled Location the word "shall" be changed to "may" Concerning the apportionment of costs, industry should be treated as a separate entity, sot aside from being included among the tonnage figures of any of the participatingcommunities A demand minimum to be required of any industry who wished to use the dis- tricts facilities After the revenues had been collected from the industries using the facilities, the remaining operating costs would be apportioned to the communities The Legal Committee is to present a new draft at the February meeting of the Board A collection plan was presented by Jerome Pickett, chairman of the Site and Collection committee Recommended by Mr Pickett was that communities who conduct their own pickup of refuse be responsible for delivery to the site Other com- munities without community pickup have a central collection depot and pay both the cost of hauling to the site and the capital cost of the depot. A collection plan report is to be submitted to the Board A status report on the engineering study contract was presented by Peter Reiman, chairman of the Engineering Committee The Engineering Committee is holding meetings with two engineering consulting firms in reference to the letting of the study contract. A meeting with Mr James Reynolds of Hayden, Harding and Buchanan is to be on January 30, 1969, at the Jones House, Weston. A meeting with Mr Heaney of Camp, Dresser and McKee is to be on February 6, 1969,. at the Jones House, Weston. A meeting of the Steering Committee to be held on January 28, 1969, at the Jones House, Weston. The Board's next meeting is to be held on February 18, 1969, at Concord The meeting was adjourned at 10.00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Marietta P Ellis Secretary