1998-01-06 School Committee Minutes - School Building Committee

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THE READING SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MET AT THE C661LII)GE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON JANUARY 6 1998, THE COMMITTEE WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:39 PM. PRESENT WERE JOE LUPI, MARGARET COWELL, RICH RADVILLE, TIM TWOMEY, HARRY HARUTUNIAN, JEFF STRUBLE AND RUSS GRAHAM. JOHN DOHERTY, PRINCIPAL OF THE COOLIDGE ALSO ATTENDED. BETH KLEPEIS , DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, OF THE TOWN WAS PRESENT TO DISCUSS THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THE EFFECT OF THE 9,000,000.00 CONTAINED WITHIN IT FOR THE COOLIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. BETH STRESSED THAT THE CAPITAL PLAN WAS, BY CHARTER, THE TOWN MANAGERS CAPITAL PLAN AND THAT HE HAD NOT COMPLETED IT AND ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS WERE STILL UNDERWAY. SHE OUTLINED THE PLAN AS SHE HAD LAST SEEN IT AND THAT OUTLINE INDICATED A $4,000,000.00 DEFICIT IN THE CAPITAL PLAN CREATED MOSTLY BY THE CAPPING OF THE LANDFILL AND ITS COMPOUNDING EFFECT ON THE PLAN. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMITTEE SHE AGREED THAT SUCH A PLAN COULD NOT BE BROUGHT FORWARD AND FURTHER ACTION WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THE TOWN MANAGER TO BRING THE PLAN INTO BALANCE.. WITHOUT SUCH ACTION, AND WITH SUCH A DEFICIT, THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE FELT FRUSTRATED AS TO HOW TO PROCEED. THE CHAIR SAID HE WOULD INVITE THE TOWN MANAGER TO A MEETING ON JANUARY 15 TO ALLOW THE COMMITTEE TO SEEK CLARIFICATION AS TO THE STATUS OF THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THE EFFECT SUCH A DEFICIT WOULD HAVE ON THE COOLIDGE PROJECT. ON MOTION OF RICH RADVILLE, SECONDED BY JEFF STRUBLE, THE COMMITTEE ADJOURNED AT 8:42 PM.