HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-03-04-WSR-min.pdf WEST SUBURBAN REGIONAL REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANNING BOARD
MINUTES March 4, 1969
The West Suburban Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Board met Tuesday, March 4,
1969, at Bedford, Mass The following representatives of the participating communities
were present
Arlington - W H. Borghesani, Edward Murray
Bedford - John K. Litchfield, Marietta P Ellis
Lexington - Arnold B Briggs
Lincoln - Robert L. Allen
Weston - Peter A Reiman, Jackson Wright
The following representatives were absent
Arlington - Charles Hughes
Bedford - Jerome J Pickett
Concord - Robert B Lowe, Chester M. Howe, Ray Sunstrom, Jr
Lexington - William R. Whalon, Richard H. Soule
Lincoln - James T Foust, John B Niles
Waltham - Charles T Pheeney, Joseph L. Houde, Joseph P Shea
Weston - Alexander Jenkins
The meeting was called to order by Acting Chairman Peter Reiman.
The acceptance of the minutes of the previous meeting was waived br the reason
of the prevailing storm conditions which prevented the minutes from being prepared in
time for the March meeting
In addition it was announced that the legislative hearing pertaining to the
increase funding of regional refuse disposal planning committees was cancelled because
of the storms and postponed to March 20, 1969
The discussion of the Reclamation Systems, Inc , presentation resulted with the
members present expressing interest in the program offered by the Reclamation Systems
Company To that effect it was decided that the Chairman of the Board, Charles
Pheeney, should send a letter to Mr Saul Siagcl, President of Reclamation Systems, and
a copy of the letter to Mr Richard Dray expressing to them the Board's interest and
desire to be kept informed of developments in Reclamation Systems' program of refuse
disposal Robert Allen was selected to draft the letter
After some debate with Peter Reiman suggesting that it would be poor business
practice to force an engineering consulting firm to rewrite a contract every time the
Board wishes to use their services, the motion introduced last month by James Foust
was amended in the following manner The amount of $5,000 was changed to $15,000
The new provision was accepted unanimously, after a new motion was introduced which
preserved the restricted features of the motion of last month This new motion is as
follows The Board authorizes only the first $5,000 of the contract to be committed
at this time to the engineering subcommittee for their use in compensating the firm
of Camp, Dresser & McKee for consulting services This motion was unanimously passed
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On Public Relations planning, the outline submitted by Marietta P Ellis was
discussed No specific recommendations were made However, the ideas of making
the Board's meetings more accessible to the public and more frequest reporting of
the proceedings of the Board's actions via press releases were offered
The engineering subcommittee is to hold a meeting on March 11, 1969, at the
Jones House in Weston, Mass
The next meeting of the Board is to be April I5, 1969, at Lexington, Mass
The meeting was adjourned at 9 30 p m.
Respectfully submitted,
Marietta P Ellis
Secretary