BOARD
OF WORKS & SAFETY
April
20, 2010
The
Board of Works and Safety met on the 20th day in March at City Hall at 4:30
p.m. Members present: Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Roderick and Mr. O’Connor.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
Minutes
of the regular session held on April 6, 2010 was approved as prepared on a
motion by Mr. Roderick, seconded by Mr. Shepherd.
DEPARTMENT
HEADS
Mr. O’Farrell reported that
the new tanker had a recall notice and was taken in for repair. There was a jump start cable and a lug which
was identified as a potential fire hazard so the parts were removed. The radio was put in the new engine and he is
now just waiting on a few remaining pieces of loose equipment to complete the
apparatus.
Mr. Dismore had received a
complaint on a placement of a fence that a neighbor was installing. Upon investigation he had discovered there
wasn’t a proper building permit filed so the project was halted. The citizen has since applied for the proper
permit. He also reported that the
property at 105 W
Mr. O’Connor reported that
the Library would be making an offer to the mortgage company to purchase the
burnt property adjoining their property.
Ron Jean reported that his crew is busy patching potholes and that
Mr. Snoeberger reported that
a new officer Tommy Galloway was hired .
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Mr. Shepherd reported that the policy for
Monday leaf pickups would only occur if they were properly bagged in
Bio-Degradable bags. The City crew has
been advised to adhere to this policy.
CLAIMS
Claims
dated on April 20th 2010 for $162,216.75 as shown by the Claims and Allowance
docket, was presented to the board. Mr. Roderick
made a motion to pay the claims, seconded by Mr. Shepherd.
MISCELLANEOUS
BUSINESS
Ms.
Negele just wanted to remind everyone that curbside Spring Cleanup is scheduled
for May 15th.
ADJOURNMENT
There
being no further business to be brought before the board; Mr. Roderick made a motion to adjourn and Mr. Shepherd
seconded the motion.
__________________________
Robert Shepherd, Mayor
Sharon Negele,
Clerk/Treasurer