HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-05-10-BOS-min Charge to Sewer Advisory Committee 443
Selectmen's Meeting May 10, 1977
Vice Chairman Battin requested the Board to establish the charge Temperary
to the Sewer Advisory Committee, which had recently been appointed Sewer Comm
Copies of a draft, written by Mr Bailey, had previously been sub-
mitted for the Board's consideration The Committee had been
appointed as a result of a letter signed by citizens recommending
that a permanent committee be set up but it was the Board's decision
to have a temporary sewer committee Mrs Battin asked for comments
Mr Bailey said that he had tried to set down everything he could
think of within the scope but he felt that the committee could talk
about anything they want to
Mrs Battin agreed
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to establish the
charge to the temporary Sewer Advisory Committee and to forward it to
members as soon as possible
The temporary Sewer Advisory Committee is being formed by the
Board of Selectmen to counsel the Board on policy matters relating
to the extension and maintenance of the sanitary sewer system in
Lexington In order for the deliberations of the Committee to be
of value to the Board, a report should be submitted by September 15,
1977 The principal reason for the establishment of the committee
is the recurring annual dilemma of the increasing unit costs of
sewer laterals and trunks as Lexington reaches the point of nearly
complete sewer coverage The closer we get to complete coverage,
the more difficult the physical task of installation becomes per
dwelling serviced
The report of the Committee should include, but not necessarily
be limited to, discussion of the following
1 What is a reasonable overall objective for the Town
relative to "100% sewering"?
2 What alternatives to the present collector system are
available and practicable?
444
Selectmen's Meeting May 10, 1977
3 What procedures should be followedto establish need
and/or desire for severing (or an alternative)?
4 Can the betterment formula be revised to the benefit
of the Town while maintaining reasonable equity with
the abutters?
5 What are the relative dollar costs (installation and
long-term service and maintenance) of the conventional
collector system and any viable alternatives? Are
there substantial differences in overall impact on the
Town or the neighborhood?
Request for technical/informational support from Town Agen-
cies should be directed to Mr John J McSweeney, Director, Public
Works/Engineering; Mr George A Smith, Director, Public Health or
Mr Robert M Hutchinson, Jr , Town Manager as appropriate
It is the intention of the Board that the Committee be dissolved
as soon as the Board feels confident that policies can be promul-
gated to cope with the remainder of the sewering of the Town on a
basis acceptable to the Board and to the Town Meeting
Later on in the meeting, the Board accepted Mrs Joan Crothers'
suggestion that Mr John Harvell be asked to convene the first
meeting of the Sewer Advisory Committee