1983/04/04 MINUTES
EXECUTIVE BOARD
April 4, 1983
The meeting of the Executive Board was called to order at 7:30 P.M.
by Mayor Thomas W. Ward, Jr. Deputy Mayors William F. McKeon and
Robert A. Argazzi were present. Also in attentance: James M. D'Errico,
Personnel Director; A1 Hawkins, Director of Public Grounds and Golf
Course; Theodore Hrubiec, Superintendent of Public Grounds
Mayor Ward presented a letter from Mr. Hrubiec advising that bids
were opened today for four commercial hand mowers. He is recommending
the low bidder, The Turf Products Corporation be awarded the bid at
the price of $1,700.00. On motion by Mr. McKeon, seconded by Mr.
Argazzi, it was voted to award the bid for four commercial hand mowers
to The Turf Products Corporation, at the bid price of $1,700.00, as
per Mr. Hrubiec's recommendation. MOTION CARRIED.
Mayor Ward presented a letter from Roland Grenier, President of Roland
Grenier & Company, Inc. requesting a permit to conduct a Public Auction
Sale at Votino Manufacturing Company on Burnham Street on April 27, 1983
starting at 10:30 A.M. It will be a sale of surplus machinery. On
motion by Mr. Argazzi, seconded by Mr. McKeon, it was voted to approve
the request to conduct a Public Auction Sale as stated above by Roland
Grenier & Company, Inc. for the permit fee of $100.00. MOTION CARRIED.
The check for $100.00 payable to the Town of Berlin was enclosed with
the request.
On motion by Mr. Argazzi, seconded by Mr. McKeon, it was voted to
reappoint the following persons as Dog Warden and Deputy Dog Wardens
for the term of April 1, 1983 to March 31, 1983:
Dog Warden Angelo Barcella
Deputy Dog Wardens Gerald A. Barcella
William J. Barcella
Mrs. Joan Freda
Arthur E. Volz, Jr.
Charles Warner
MOTION CARRIED Commissioner H. Earl Waterman of the Department of
Agriculture will be notified of the appointments.
On motion by Mr. McKeon, seconded by Mr. Argazzi, it was voted to
appoint Mrs. Kathryn Lucas to fill the vacancy created by the resig-
nation of Mrs. Pauline Godfrey; said term to expire April 19, 1983;
as recommended by the Berlin Public Health Nursing Service.
MOTION CARRIED.
Mayor Ward presented a BudgetChange Form from Mr. Hawkins requesting
$2,500.00 to account #1956 Overtime advising that due to sickness, it
was necessary to utilize the overtime account to properly operate the
Golf Course. Mr. Hawkins explained there are four men at the Golf
Course who would get overtime. Alan Beckley is a working foreman and
as he was out sick, he had to use a Maintainer III to fill in.
On motion by Mr. McKeon, seconded by Mr. Argazzi, it was voted to
approve the Budget Change Form in the amount of $2,500.00 to account
#1956 Overtime. MOTION CARRIED.
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Mayor Ward presented a Budget Change Form from the Board of Finance
in the amount of $1,950.00 to cover auditing services which were not
~ncluded in the basic contract. On motion by Mr. McKeon, seconded
by Mr. Argazzi, it was voted to approve the Budget Change Form in
the amount of $1,950.00 to account #202 Audit and Accounting.
MOTION CARRIED. This was approved by a Telephone Poll taken on
March 29, 1983.
Mayor Ward presented a memo from Dominick F. Scerra, Treasurer,
advising that Connecticut National Bank was the low bid at 5.86%
for the B.A.N. Bids for $176,000.00 Cooley Property Account from
April 4, 1983 to April 2, 1984. On motion by Mr. McKeon, seconded
by Mr. Argazzi, it was voted to accept the low bid from Connecticut
National Bank at the rate of 5.86%. MOTION CARRIED.
Mayor Ward reported the three bids received for care of the cemeteries
within the Town were opened and the low bidder was William J. Barcella
in the amount of $3,900.00. Other bidders were: Joseph Gontarz $4,000.00
and Theodore S. Hrubiec, Jr. $4,300.00. It was agreed to accept the
low bid for a period of one year. On Motion by Mr. McKeon, seconded
by Mr. Argazzi, it was voted to accept the low bid from William J.
Barcella for the care of the cemeteries within the Town for a period of
one year for the bid price of $3,900.00. MOTION CARRIED.
Messrs. Hawkins and Hrubiec appeared to discuss the conditions at
the town parks. Mr. Hrubiec said as of 3:00 P.M. today the irrigation
at Sage Park is completed. Mr. Argazzi asked if anyone is going to
play on the field? Mr. Hrub~ec said tonight there is a game. Mr. McKeon
said he heard some tournatment wanted to sell beer at Sage Park.
Mr. Hrubiec said the Park & Recreation Commission said no; if they
allow one group, there is no stopping it. Mr. Argazzi asked if they
will prepare the fields themselves? Mr. Hrubiec said yes; they will
provide police protection, and they will take care of cleaning up.
We will put out more garbage cans than usual and there will be a
charge to cover the maintenance.
Mr. Argazzi said his principle question was how much time will the
town be spending in maintaining these fields. He saw a new screen at
Percival Field and new soil around the area. Mr. Hrubiec said the
field was manicured last fall; we had the time and it needed the work.
The Little League requested us to bring it up to shape. With the
Senior Citizens going over there, we thought we should clean it up;
we spent very little dollar-wise---we moved sod from one area to
another and straightened out the bases. They requested the Town pay
for the backstop but we said there was no way. The old backstop is
still there. We paid $202 for the clain link fence and Israel Rossy
put it in at no charge. Mr. Argazzi asked if we are going to take
care of the field? Mr. Hrubiec said only mowing, no lining. We did
put up a snow fence on the first base line. Mr. Argazzi said he is
worried about too much time being spent on these fields. The Mayor
said some of the managers should do their own lining. Mr. Hrubiec
said the Town got the fields in shape, no more maintenance, only mowing.
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At Percival Field, the Babe Ruth League wants to construct two dugouts.
All we are asked to do is dig it out. They have help from Bob Dornfried,
Earl Wicklund and Angelo Tomasso. Park & Recreation Commission did agree
to a 30' long dugout which is a standard dugout. We are going to lower
it 16". Mr. Argazzi asked who told Mr. Hrubiec to dig it out. Mr.
Hrubiec said the Babe Ruth League asked if they would do the job. The
Mayor said they asked us to support the project and he told them they
had to have a drawing of what they wanted to do and have it approved
by the Park &
Recreation Commission. Mr. ArRazzi said he feels it is
too long. Mr. Hrubiec said for High School ~layers it is standard;
for Little League they figure 1½' per person. Also, they would like a
fence from the first base foul line to the third base foul line.
Mr. Argazzi said he feels 25' would be enough; if it's too long, it will
ruin the appearance; 30' is overdoing it. Mayor Ward asked how it would
look in relation to the field. Mr. Hawkins said with it being dropped
down, it will not interfere with the view from the bleachers. Mayor
Ward asked where they propose putting the concession. Mr. Hawkins said
he suggested along the bleachers or behind them. The Mayor said then
children will be running across the driveway from the pool to get to
the concession stand. Mr. Hawkins said you would have to give it a lot
of thought with a definite layout. Mayor Ward said he is concerned with
the youngsters running out of the pool to the concession stand; unless
they put the stand down in the lower parking lot. Mr. Argazzi suggested
we let them have it all summer long and give them a piece of the action.
In the future, any plans such as this should come before the Executive
Board. The Mayor said we can write to Park and Recreation asking that
we have final approval of the outfield fence and the concession stand.
Mr. Argazzi said he would recommend 25' for the dugout unless then can
show us why 30' is necessary. The Mayor asked how many players are
in the dugout on a high school team. Mr. Argazzi said there are 15
at St. Thomas Aquinas. Mr. Hrubiec said what's 5' more? He said the
fence will keep the cars off the field; we have a lot of vandalism at
every field. Mr. Argazzi told Messrs. Hawkins and Hrubiec not to do
any more work on the fields without coming through the Executive Board
first. On motion by Mr. McKeon, seconded by Mr. Argazzi, it was voted
to approve the installation of two dugouts at Percival Field and to
notify George Lubin that the Executive Board wishes to approve any
projects in our Town parks and that we trust he will notify Mr. Naples
MOTION CARRIED. ·
On motion by Mr. McKeon, seconded by Mr. Argazzi, it was voted to
move into EXECUTIVE SESSION to discuss personnel matters at 8:45 P.M.
MOTION CARRIED.
THE FOLLOWING ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION:
On motion by Mr. Argazzi, seconded by Mr. McKeon, it was voted to
appoint Joseph Wilk and Louis Kristopik to the positons of Maintainer
III and Paul Kristopik to the position of Maintainer II all in the
Public Grounds and Golf Course Department as recommended by James
D'Errico, Personnel Director. MOTION CARRIED.
The Board proceeded to discuss with Mr. D'Errico the progress on
the Police Contract negotiations.
There being no further business to come before the Executive Board, the
meeting was adjourned at 9:40 P.M. -R~spectfully submitted,
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