Sharon Standing Building Committee
Meeting Minutes
January 31, 2012
Members Present: Chair Gordon Gladstone, Vice-Chair Deb Benjamin, Fred Clay, Rick Rice, Rich Slater, Steve Smith, Colleen Tuck, Joel Wolk and Glenn Allen
Members Not Present: Bill Croteau and Roger Thibault
Others Present: Bob White - Daedalus Projects Inc.
Todd McCabe - Consigli Construction Co.
David Morais – KBA
Director of School Dept. of Maintenance and Operations - Ken Wertz
The SSBC, before the start of the meeting, toured a section of the Middle School to look at some issues the SSBC may want to address. The meeting of the Sharon Standing Building Committee was called to order at 7:10 p.m. at the Sharon Middle School Consigli Trailer, 75 Mountain Street after their return from the Middle School.
1. The SSBC discussed the following two issues:
a. Redoing the walls in three corridors with Zolatone concealment. KBA to do a PR and will
get back to the SSBC at the next meeting.
b. Skate Stoppers – Concern was raised regarding the protection of the low seating walls in
front of the School from the potential threat of freestyle skateboarder or bicyclist damaging
the precast caps of the low seating walls at the main entrance of the Middle School. KBA
has proposed to install “skate stoppers” at all the grout joints (44 locations). Consigli has
estimated the cost to be approximately $5,986. This issue will be addressed to Principal
O’Rourke and Superintendent Farmer for their input.
1. Administration
Approval of Minutes
The Sharon Standing Building Committee Regular Session minutes of January 17, 2012
MOTION: To approve the minutes of the Sharon Standing Building Committee meeting of January 17, 2012 (Smith/Wolk) – unanimous - Abstentions by Tuck and Rice
Future Meetings:
Tuesdays: February 21 – 28, 2012 – Community Center Conference Room at 6:30 p.m.
2. Sharon Middle School Project Updates
The following reports were received and are attached as part of these minutes:
KBA – Attached report given by David Morais
Consigli – Report (attached) given by Todd McCabe
· Trailers will be moved off the site within the next two weeks;
· Mike Dupuis will be finishing up at the Middle School by mid-February at the site, as he is moving onto another job site beginning March 1, 2012. Mr. Dupuis will be finishing up the MS, but will not be on site and will do the paper work and, if needed, come to a SSBC meeting when needed. – Ryan Stock, Assistant PM, will continue on being the Project Engineer on site and Mike C Carpentier will be on board to be the day-to-day Site Superintendent to complete the Spring exterior work of the MS.
Daedalus –Report (attached) given by Bob White
Approval of Change Order #11
Member Joel Wolk informed the SSBC that the Change Order Sub-Committee met on January 26, 2012 and found the requests for inclusion into Change Order #11 to be reasonable.
MOTION: To authorize the Chair or Vice Chair to execute Change Order #11 in the amount of $8,294 contingent on final review by DPI and KBA and signed acceptance by Consigli Construction. (Wolk/Clay) – unanimous
Approval of CM Contingency #8
Member Joel Wolk informed the SSBC that the Change Order Sub-Committee at their meeting on January 26, 2012, reviewed the items listed on CM contingency #8 and determined that they all met the CM Construction Agreement criteria for payment.
MOTION: To approve CM Contingency #8 items in the amount of $168,803.
(Wolk/Clay) – unanimous
Application for utilities rebate
NSTAR rebates will be determined by the Department of Revenue (DOR) as to where the money will go.
Dedication ceremony for the Middle School will be sometime in May or June 2012.
Invoices for the Sharon Middle School
MOTION: to approve the following invoices:
1. Eagle Leasing Total: $300
2. John Deere #111464552 $18,037.44
3. Robert H. Lord Company Total: $29,928.85
4. Ockers #189271 $2,052
5. Sterling Corporation #76180 $519
6. W.B.Mason #SY3385-000 $299.85
The above invoices were approved (Wolk/Clay) – unanimous
3. High School Roof
As a member of the Capital Outlay Committee, Chair Gladstone, informed the SSBC that the School presented their Capital request and included in their schedule was monies being returned to the Town of approximately $70,000+ to which he objected to representing amounts out of the $275,000 which was appropriated at Town Meeting for the initial Architect and OPM for the High School roof.
Final Account of the High School Roof
Chair Gladstone distributed a summary of the High School costs which included total money authorized by the Town of $4,629,740 less borrowed of $2,575,000 for a potential borrowing to be rescinded of $2,054,740. He also indicated that the cost to the Town would be approximately $1,702,958 and that the Finance Director had borrowed $2,575,000. The difference of approximately $872,042 was then available to the Town for reallocation.
Chair Gladstone stated that commendations should go to the OPM and Titan Roofing
for a job well done.
MOTION: To have Sharon Standing Building Committee authorize the Finance Director to reallocate as much as is left between the borrowings and the actual cost to the Town of the High School roof. (Smith/Wolk) – unanimous
MOTION: To have the Sharon Standing Building Committee authorize the Finance Director to request rescinding at Town Meeting the unused High School roof borrowing of $2,054,740. - (Wolk/Smith) - unanimous
MOTION: To adjourn the meeting at 7:55 p.m. (Wolk/Smith) - unanimous
Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 – C.C. Conference Room at 6:30 p.m.
Submitted:
Linda V. Morse, Secretary
Sharon Standing Building Committee
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Signature of Chair Date of Acceptance
Chair Gladstone would like to get this issue settled for this amount will be rolled in the CM Contingency Request #8.
The consensus of the SSBC is that they understand the propriety of the request. This issue will be further discussed at the Change Order Sub-Committee Meeting #11 on January 26, 2012.