CAPITAL OUTLAY COMMITTEE

                                                     March 8, 2012

                                                        MINUTES

 

The meeting of the Capital Outlay Committee was held at 6:30 pm in the Selectmen's Meeting room and was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair Paul Linehan.

 

Members Present:

Chair:                           Paul Linehan

Board of Selectmen:   Walter "Joe" Roach and Bill Heitin

Finance Committee:    Gordon Gladstone and Brian Fitzgerald

School Committee:       Emily Smith-Lee

Planning Board:            Alan Robbins

 

Others Present:

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

Finance Director:          Bill Fowler (ex-officio)

            Firefighter employees   

           

1. Administrative Items

 

Chair Linehan asked the Capital Outlay Committee members to introduce themselves.

 

Approval of February 16, 2012 Minutes

 

VOTED:  (6-0-0)   Voted unanimously to accept the meeting minutes of February 16, 2012

 

2.  Review Preliminary Budget Spreadsheet

 

In reviewing the FY2013 Preliminary Spreadsheet the following Capital requests were discussed:

 

Civil Defense: Emergency Management Kit

It was the consensus of the Committee that this item is not bondable and does not meet the criteria.

Civil Defense:  Split (pass down) Truck – DPW to pass down two trucks to Civil Defense (no money involved).

 

Fire: Ladder 1 – Withdrawn by Fire Chief Wright

        Safety Building Study – Withdrawn by Board of Selectmen  

        pending further study and may come back to next Town 

        Meeting.

DPW:  Building Improvements – Replacement Trailers @ DPW.  Original request was for $75,000.  Requested is a 24’ X 60’ trailer for an amount of $110,000.

MOVED and SECONDED to approve the Capital Request for a 24’ X 60’ trailer in the amount of $110,000.  (5-1-0)

 

B. Heitin moved to recommend to allocate $565,000 of available cash to offset Roadway Improvements.

 

VOTED:  (6-0-0)   Voted unanimously to allocate $565,000 of available cast to offset Roadway Improvements.

 

Sacred Heart Building Demolition:  Reported to be eligible for funding by the Community Preservation Committee and, therefore, removed from consideration for funding.

 

3.  Capital Deliberations and Voting

 

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

                  

Civil Defense

 

 

 Emergency Management Kit

                    -  

 

 Split (passdown) Truck

                    -  

 

 

                    -  

 Emergency Management

 

 

 Emergency power @ Community Center

         25,000.00

 

 Generator @ Hixson Farms 

         15,000.00

 

 

         40,000.00

 Fire

 

 

 Ladder 1

                    -  

 

 Safety Buliding Study

                    -  

 

 SCBA Radio Interface 

         39,000.00

 

 Power Stretcher

         15,000.00

 

 Lucas CPR Device

         15,000.00

 

 Thermal Imagers 2

         30,000.00

 

 

         99,000.00

 Public Works

 

 

 Building Improvements - Replacement Trailers @ DPW

       110,000.00

 

 

       110,000.00

 

 

 

 

 Roadway Improvements - Pond - Ames to Rotary

       145,000.00

 

 Roadway Improvements - Pond - Ames to Rotary sidewalk

       160,000.00

 

 Roadway improvements - Massapoag - Morse to Lakeview

       176,000.00

 

 Roadway improvements - Massapoag - Morse to Lakeview sidewalk

       215,000.00

 

 

       696,000.00

 

 Equipment

 

 

 Large Dump / Plow Truck

       182,200.00

 

 Foreman Truck

       111,000.00

 

 BOH/Eng/F&G/OPS Pickup - SUV

         30,000.00

 

 

       323,200.00

 Information Technology

 

 

 Server Virtualization

       100,000.00

 

 

       100,000.00

 Recreation

 

 

 Memorial Beach Bathrooms

         70,000.00

 

 

         70,000.00

 

 

 

 

 TOTAL TOWN

    1,438,200.00

 

 

 

 

 Total   Town 5 Year

    1,438,200.00

 

 

 

 School Committee

 

 

 Technology - DW Infrastructure

       200,000.00

 

 Technology - DW  (COWS) & Desktops

       138,000.00

 

 Interactive White Boards - DW

         90,000.00

 

 Bldg. Improvements - Boiler Heights

       150,000.00

 

 Bldg. Improvements - DW Door Locks

         97,514.00

 

 Bldg. Improvements - School St

         13,236.00

 

 Departmental Equip. - SPED Vans DW

         29,000.00

 

 TOTAL SCHOOL 

       717,750.00

 

 

 

 

 Total   School 5 Year

       717,750.00

 

 

 

 

 TOTAL CAPITAL REQUESTS 

    2,155,950.00

 

 

 

 

 Total 5 Year

    2,155,950.00

 

 

 

 Water

 

 

 

 Main - Massapoag Lakeview to Tank

       130,000.00

 

 Generator Well #4

       125,000.00

 NOT PART OF FORMULA

       255,000.00

 

 

MOVED and SECONDED to approve the above Capital Outlay requests.  VOTED:  (6-0-0) with the exception of the DPW trailer which was a 5-1-0 vote.           

 

4.  VOTED:  (5-0-0) to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m. - unanimous