William R. Burris Jr.

Secondarily with Mr. Kelley's comments, we've had some preliminary discussions with the engineers, CDM and the Perkins engineers, and it's not an issue of flow, it's an issue of pressure and it's how to deal with that pressure and I would suggest that you might want to talk to Bill Burris, the superintendent of the Dept. of Public Works and I will certainly provide to you the names of the people from our side who have been interfacing with the town side to provide you the documentation that has exchanged so you can get up to speed on that.

Public Works Superintendent William Burris made $10,000 in sick time and $15,000 in vacation time to total $119,851 last year.The three combined were given more than $75,000 in sick and vacation time.

William Burris - Department of Public Works Representative

According to DPW Superintendent William Burris, Tewksbury was dealt approximately 12 to 13 inches, significantly less than expected.Most meteorologists projected somewhere between 20 and 30 inches in the general area.

Burris was happy to be able to get by with the town's usual 57 private snow plows and 11 town-owned vehicles that kept the streets clear.

"The snow stopped at approximately midnight around here, and we didn't get the white-out conditions that we expected," Burris stated.
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Burris is also very happy with the performance of his crews, but he does note that there are a few narrow streets in the southern area of town.
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"It wasn't the type of snow that packs easily, and the wind kept it from building up on wires," Burris stated.

Public Works Superintendent Bill Burris said town officials must calculate the rate to use in billing for water usage at the fire.

The town will also seek reimbursement for the cost of overtime and equipment used by the Department of Public Works , which was called in Sunday to clear a path so firefighters could gain access to the mountainous burning piles.

Plans are available for review at the Department of Public WOrks, 999 Whipple Road, Tewksbury, MA or call William R. Burris Jr., Superintendent at 978-640-4440 and he will try to answer your questions prior to the meeting.
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David Cressman, Town Manager, Bill Burris, Public Works Commissioner, Charlie Cappolla and Joe Gill, Selectmen and Tara Coakley, Miccelli's Rep.

Tewksbury Department of Public Works Superintendent Bill Burris said there are about 150 miles of road that Tewksbury contractors and employees plow during each snowstorm.
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Right now, Burris said Tewksbury does not have enough equipment to plow the streets if there is a big storm, but the applications are out there for anyone wanting to plow this winter.
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"January and February they come in and we get about 50," Burris said."Some are coming from the state because of the GPS requirement."

GPS is global positioning software.It allows Massachusetts Highway officials to track where each individual plow is at any given moment.Some small construction companies do not have the money to install that equipment into their trucks and are returning to the cities and towns to find winter work.

"They linger," Burris said of contractors.
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Burris said a local construction company, which annually contracts with the town, told him that it would not return this year.When Burris and Town Manager David Cressman spoke with the company, they found out that the company wanted the town to pay rates comparable to what the Massachusetts Highway Department pays for equipment.
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That led Burris and Cressman to do additional research on what neighboring communities pay snowplow operators.
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Peters and Burris said that the state pays much more than the town's can afford to pay for 10-wheel dump trucks and large front end loaders.