CAPITAL OUTLAY COMMITTEE

                                                   JANUARY 24, 2013

                                                         MINUTES

 

The meeting of the Capital Outlay Committee was held at 7:00 pm in the Selectmen's Meeting room and

was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chair Paul Linehan.

 

Members Present:

Chair:                          Paul Linehan

Board of Selectmen:   William A. Heitin and Joe Roach

Finance Committee:    Gordon Gladstone

School Committee:     Katie Currul-Dykerman

Planning Board:          Alan Robbins 

 

Others Present:

Ass’t School Superintendent:  Glenn Brand

            Director of School Dept. of Maintenance and Operations - Ken Wertz  

Finance Director:  Bill Fowler (ex-officio)

            Town Administrator:  Benjamin E. Puritz

           

1.      Administrative Items

 

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

 

Approval of December 13, 2012 Minutes

 

     VOTED:  (5-0-0) Voted to accept the meeting minutes of December 13, 2012           

                          

 

2.  Discuss One School Street Property

 

     The following was discussed in regard to One School Street Property:

v  An estimated $250,000 to be spent to refurbish One School Street over a period of years;

v  The Building is being used as a dual purpose by the Schools for various Professional Development Sessions and meetings and Fire and Police Departments as a museum with artifacts and historical items;

v  5-year plan for the nature of repairs of the building was discussed;

v  Is this a priority for the Town and should the Town be putting money into the building;

v  Where does this fall in the list of priorities  – Schools have a three-tier priority list and this falls in the third tier (least important);

v  Ownership of One School Street Property goes under the jurisdiction of the School Department.

 

3.         Review Preliminary Budget Spreadsheet

 

            The following Preliminary Budget Spreadsheet was discussed as follows:

 

Capital Projects 

 

Term

Estimated 1st

Estimated 1st

Estimated 1st

 Requested FY'14

 

(years)

Year Principal

Year Interest @3.25%

Year Cost

 Civil Defense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Storage System

          22,000.00

5

4,400.00

143.00

4,543.00

 

 Lighting Tower

          14,460.00

5

2,892.00

93.99

2,985.99

 

 

          36,460.00

5

7,292.00

1,184.95

8,476.95

 Police

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Construction/Renovation Plans

          25,000.00

5

5,000.00

162.50

5,162.50

 

 

          25,000.00

5

        5,000.00

         162.50

5,162.50

 Fire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Public Safety Building Assessment

    150,000.00

5

30,000.00

975.00

 30,975.00

 

 Ladder Truck

        875,000.00

5

175,000.00

5,687.50

180,687.50

 

 Fire Station Upgrade

          50,000.00

5

10,000.00

                         325.00

  10,325.00

 

 Replacement of Emergency Generator

          50,000.00

5

10,000.00

                         325.00

  10,325.00

 

 All Terrain Utility Vehicle

          25,000.00

5

5,000.00

                         162.50

    5,162.50

 

 Replacement of Fire Station Heating System 

          40,000.00

5

8,000.00

            260.00

    8,260.00

 

 

     1,190,000.00

5

238,000.00

38,675.00

276,675.00

 Public Works

 

 

                    -  

                                -  

                    -  

 

 Roads - Sidewalks

 

 

 

 

 

 

  South Walpole St (Main to Old Post)

        205,000.00

5

41,000.00

6,662.50

  47,662.50

 

  Hampton Rd  (Mountain to Aspen)

        275,000.00

5

55,000.00

8,937.50

  63,937.50

 

 Billings St Sidewalk(East to Deb Sampson)

        125,000.00

5

25,000.00

4,062.50

  29,062.50

 

 Equipment - Vehicles

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Catch Basin Cleaner-Large Dump Chasis

        195,000.00

5

39,000.00

6,337.50

  45,337.50

 

   Bombardier - Trackless

        115,000.00

5

23,000.00

3,737.50

  26,737.50

 

   Rack Truck

          60,000.00

5

12,000.00

1,950.00

  13,950.00

 

   Small Dump / Plow

          65,000.00

5

13,000.00

2,112.50

  15,112.50

 

 Building Improvements

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Steel Building

        800,000.00

5

160,000.00

26,000.00

186,000.00

 

 

1,840,000.00

 

    368,000.00

      59,800.00

427,800.00

 Water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 SCADA Improvements

          67,400.00

5

13,480.00

2,190.50

  15,670.50

 

 Brook Road System

        575,000.00

5

115,000.00

18,687.50

133,687.50

 

 Moose Hill Storage Tank

          37,500.00

5

7,500.00

1,218.75

    8,718.75

 

 Misshaping Ave Water Main

        545,000.00

5

109,000.00

17,712.50

126,712.50

 

 Leak Detection

          30,000.00

5

6,000.00

975.00

    6,975.00

 

 Conservation Program

          50,000.00

5

10,000.00

1,625.00

 11,625.00

 

 

     1,304,900.00

5

    260,980.00

       42,409.25

303,389.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 TOTAL TOWN

     3,091,460.00

5

    618,292.00

       99,822.45

718,114.45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total   Town 5 Year

     3,091,460.00

5

618,292.00     

99,822.45                    

718,114.45

 

 

 Total   Town 10 Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total   Town 15 Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total   Town 20 Year

 

 

 

 

 

 School Comm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Cottage

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Staff Bathroom

          16,000.00

5

3,200.00

104.00

    3,304.00

 

      Hot Water Tank

          13,000.00

5

2,600.00

84.50

    2,684.50

 

 East 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Staff Bathroom

          13,600.00

5

2,720.00

88.40

    2,808.40

 

      Parking Drop-Off Loop

          68,000.00

5

13,600.00

442.00

  14,042.00

 

      Cafeteria Tables

          10,000.00

5

2,000.00

65.00

    2,065.00

 

 Heights

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Feasibility Study

          25,000.00

5

5,000.00

162.50

    5,162.50

 

      Card Access Reader

          50,000.00

5

10,000.00

325.00

  10,325.00

 

 High

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Feasibility Study

        130,000.00

5

26,000.00

845.00

  26,845.00

 

 Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

      East & Cottage Infrastructure

          75,000.00

5

15,000.00

487.50

  15,487.50

 

      Upgrade IMAC's in Elementary

          93,600.00

5

18,720.00

608.40

  19,328.40

 

      Interactive White Boards

          22,400.00

5

4,480.00

145.60

    4,625.60

 

 SPED

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Laptop Cart SHS

            7,400.00

5

1,480.00

48.10

    1,528.10

 

      Workspace Dividers SHS

          10,000.00

5

2,000.00

65.00

    2,065.00

 

 Athletics

 

 

 

 

 

 

       Football Helmets

 

5

0.00

0.00

           0.00

 

      Replace Track

        165,000.00

5

33,000.00

1,072.50

  34,072.50

 

 Maintenance

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Truck

          43,000.00

5

8,600.00

279.50

    8,879.50

 

      School Street Bldg Repairs

          62,684.00

5

12,536.80

407.45

  12,944.25

 

 Food Services 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Replace POS

          18,800.00

5

3,760.00

122.20

    3,882.20

 

 TOTAL SCHOOL  

        823,484.00

5

    164,696.80

         5,352.65

170,049.45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total   School 5 Year

     

  823,484.00

 

5

     164,696.80

                      5,352.65

 

170,049.45

 

 Total   School 10 Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total   School 15 Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total   School 20 Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CAPITAL REQUESTS 

    

3,914,944.00

 

5

     782,988.80

                  105,175.10

 

 888,163.90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total 5 Year

   

3,914,944.00

 

5

     782,988.80

                  105,175.10

 

 888,163.90

 

 

Total 10 Year

                   

  -  

 

                    -  

                                -  

                   -  

 

 

Total 15 Year

                  

   -  

 

                    -  

                                -  

                   -  

 

 Total 20 Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FY14 inside, non-exempted debt service:

2,941,214.00

 

 

 

 

FY14 estimated operating budget:

   72,144,666.96

 

 

 

 

Cumulative overrides:

   (5,770,674.00)

 

 

 

 

Net debt exclusion:

   (2,956,933.00)

 

 

 

 

Water appropriation:

                      -  

 

 

 

 

Net FY14 operating budget:

   63,417,059.96

 

 

 

 

Debt service to net operating budget:

4.64%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.0% of Est. FY15 net operating budgets:

     3,884,929.09

 

 

 

 

 

 6.0% of Operating Budget - Ex. Debt Service

     1,043,715.09

 

 

 

 

 

FY15 additional debt service from FY14 COC

        888,163.90

 

 

 

 

 

Derived Cash Purchase Amount

        155,551.20

 

 

 

 

 

FY15 debt service as % FY15 NOB

6.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.00%

 

        647,488.18

 

 

 

 

4.50%

 

     2,913,696.82

 

 

 

 

5.00%

 

     3,237,440.91

 

 

 

 

5.50%

 

     3,561,185.00

 

 

 

 

6.00%

 

     3,884,929.09

 

 

 

 

6.50%

 

     4,208,673.18

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                     

4.         Discuss Debt Reduction Plan          

   

A Target of 6% of the Capital Requests (goal is as we decrease borrowing, we can increase the use of cash).

           

 Future Meeting and Agenda Items

 

Thursday, January 31, 2013 – 7:00 p.m. – Selectmen’s Meeting Room

                               Capital Deliberations and Voting

                       

VOTED:  (5-0-0) to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m. - unanimous