CAPITAL OUTLAY COMMITTEE

                                                     February 26, 2009

                                                          MINUTES

The meeting of the Capital Outlay Committee was held at 7:00 pm at the Selectmen's Meeting room, Town Hall and was called to order at 7:16 p.m. by Chair Paul Linehan.

Members present:

Chair of COC              Paul Linehan

Board of Selectmen:    Walter "Joe" Roach, William A. Heitin 

Finance Committee:       Gordon Gladstone, Brian Fitzgerald

School Committee:       Laura Salomons, Alison Rutley

Planning Board:            David Milowe, Eli Hauser (Alt.) 

Finance Director:          Bill Fowler (ex-officio)

Town Administrator:     Benjamin E. Puritz (ex-officio)

Members not present:

Board of Selectmen:   Richard Powell (Alt.)

Finance Committee:      Joel Lessard (Alt.) Edward Phillips (Alt.)

Planning Board:            Amanda Sloan

School:             Sam Liao (Alt.)

Others present:

Eric Hooper, Superintendent of Public Works

Members of the Energy Advisory Committee

Barbara Dunham, Superintendent of Schools

1.  Administrative Items

Approval of Minutes

MOVED:   A. Rutley, and duly seconded be L. Salomons, to accept the meeting minutes of February 12, 2009.  VOTED:  8 ayes - 1 abstention

2.  Review Energy Advisory Committee Recommendations

Eric Hooper, Superintendent of Public Works, presented an additional Capital Outlay request to upgrade Town-wide light fixtures FY'10 to the following Town buildings:   Town Hall         $  9,838

                                    DPW                  11,526

                                    Police Dept.          6,313

                                    Fire Station            6,110

                                                             $33,787

3.  Capital Outlay Committee Deliberations and Voting

After deliberation of all the Capital Outlay Requests, the Committee voted.

 MOVED:  W. Heitin, and duly seconded by G. Gladstone to approve the following Capital Outlay Requests:

$    18,400         Board of Library Trustees - Building Improvements

$    11,000         Civil Defense - Bldg. Improvements-Windows/Doors

$    27,000         Data Processing - Documents Imaging & Retrieval System

$  600,000         Fire - Class 1 Pumper   

$    62,000                   Defibrillators

$  128,000         Police - Departmental Equip. - Vehicles

$    51,000         Public Works -  Vehicles & Equipment

$  183,787                                 Building Improvements

  ($82,000)                                (Previous borrowings reallocated)

$  634,407                                 Roadway Improvements

$    25,000         Recreation - Department Equipment - Vehicles

$    10,000                            Software

$  172,294         School Committee - Dept. Equip. - DW Technology

$    10,000                                        Bldg. Improvements - Acoustics

$    30,000                                        Bldg. Improvements - Security

$    97,275                                        Departmental Equip. - Furniture

$    90,500                                        Bldg./Site Improvements - Middle School

$  155,000                                        Bldg. Improvements - DW

$  402,500                                        Bldg. Improvements - High School

($223,000)                                        (Remaining cash available for purchase)

$  280,000                                        Departmental Equip. - SPED Vans

$  51,8000         Town Clerk - Departmental Equip. - Voting Machine

$2,734,963                     Total borrowing

VOTED:  8 ayes

4.  Future Meeting

The next Capital Outlay Committee date to be determined.

VOTED:  (Salomons /Rutley)  Voted unanimously to adjourn the          meeting at  8:50 p.m.