2003-03-11 School Committee Minutes

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Reading School Committee Reading, Massachusetts Regular Session March 11, 2003 CALL TO ORDER At 5:40 p.m. Chair Griset called the meeting to order. Present were School Committee Members Cavicchi, Dahl, Griset, McFadden, Russo and Twomey. Also present was Superintendent Harutunian. AMENDMENT OF POLICY DJCA Ms. Cavicchi moved that the School Committee move to amend the Reading School Committee Designer Policy as follows: Paragraph 2 shall be amended as follows: The School Committee (hereinafter "Awarding Authority ") may establish an Advisory Committee (hereinafter "Committee ") preferably of non- school committee members, to evaluate and select at least three finalists to be considered by the Awarding Authority. If the Awarding Authority chooses not to establish an Advisory Committee. the Awarding Authority may review all proposals and select a limited number of finalists. The selection of the finalists will be based on: experience, past performance, financial capabilities, qualifications of consultants who are listed as Dartv to the proiect by the designer and any other criteria the Committee and/or the Awarding Authority considers relevant. If applicable the Committee shall rank the finalists in order of qualifications or describe them as equally qualified, and provide a record of its final vote and may include a written statement explaining its actions for the ranking or its choices. Mr. Twomey seconded the motion. The vote was 5-1 Ms. Cavicchi, Mr. Dahl, Mr. Griset. Mr. McFadden and Mr. Twomey voted yes. Mr. Russo voted no. Mr. Russo stated that yesterday he voted in favor of this motion, but he had decided this is a situation that he is not in favor of. He stated his concern that the Committee not violate the designer selection laws. Dr. Harutunian stated that he has received a legal opinion from the Attorney General's office. Mr. Russo stated that the community has spoken on these projects, but he wants to be sure things are done properly. Dr. Harutunian distributed questions the Committee will ask the architects. Dr. Harutunian distributed a draft evaluation for the architect interviews. He asked the Committee to send changes to him by Thursday.