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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Bylaw Committee
Date: 2017-1-09
Building: Reading Town Hall
Address: 64 Middlesex Avenue
Purpose: Discuss Bylaw for Permanent
Building Committee
Attendees: Members - Present:
Jeffrey W. Struble
Paul Sylvester
Chris O'Donoghue
Members - Not Present:
Stephen Crook
Others Present:
Time: 7:00
Location: Conference Room
Session: Joint Meeting
Version:
Permanent Building Committee
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Chris O'Donoghue
Topics of Discussion:
Meeting called to order at 7:02pm
Discussion:
-Approval of minutes
-Discuss permanent Building Committee Bylaw
3.3.6 Permanent Building Committee
There shall be a Permanent Building Committee consisting of five (5) Permanent Members and Associate
Members as allowed by General Bylaws and, except
as otherwise provided herein, up to two (2) Temporary Members for each Pproject that the Permanent
Building Committee undertakes. Permanent and AssociateTen4peFaFy Members of the Permanent
Building Committee shall be appointed by an Appointment Committee consisting of the Chair of the
Board of Selectmen, the Chair of the School Committee and the Town Moderator.
Permanent and Associate Members shall be volunteers having practical experience and skills in
professions that concentrate on the design, construction, management aad�or financing of rzemmerdal
0nst+tut+enal buildings such as architects: civil engineers; structural engineers; mechanical, electrical and
plumbing engineers, building contractors, project managers, property managers, attorneys and building
tradespersons. The terms shall be so arranged that as nearly an equal number of terms as possible shall
expire each year.
The Permanent Building Committee shall establish a formal building proiect application process that all
proposed projects must follow in order to be considered for evaluation and possible administration. All
Sponsoring Agencies shall be notified of this application process and any revisions to it in a timely
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manner after adoption by the Permanent Building Committee. The Permanent Building Committee may
use funds for professional services as deemed necessary in the course of project evaluations
The Permanent Building Committee shall work with the Director of Facilities to compile an inventory of --
the physical condition and anticipated repairs and renovations of all existing municipal buildings and will
summarize its findings in an annual report to Town Meeting..
The Permanent Building Committee shall evaluate Project Applications forwarded by the School
Committee the Board of Selectmen and the Library Trustees ("Sponsoring Agency"). The Permanent
Building Committee shall review and administer
major
municipal and school building design studies and construction proiects having expected aggregate costs
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$1,500,000 or more but may decline_EeasideKaEi 6dministratiod of Projects with little or no actual
construction.
eedin. The Permanent Building Committee's jurisdiction shall not
extend to protects of the Reading Municipal Light Department. The Permanent Building Committee shall
present all such projects to Town Meeting on behalf of the Sponsoring Agency, the `i^,^"" C"" Fnitte^
for consideration Gf fWRd"ng+' " SPOR69F and OFesent all such meets to T -A—., We c
its eea3ider� and approval of funding.
Once the PeFFna^ent Building Ge.Fwn`t4ee Town Meeting has; eteFFA'ned theFe :s a viable authorized
funds for a Prole the Appointment Committee may add Temporary Members__ _ __________'__ for
each individual Pproject that the Permanent Building Committee undertakes. Temporary Members shall
have the same participation and voting rights as Permanent Members on matters affecting the
particular Pproject for which they were appointed. Temporary Members shall be registered voters of the
Town, selected by the_
44e--LSponsoring Agencyy'4 and shall serve only for the time during which the Permanent Building
Committee is exercising its functions with respect to such Pproject. In the event that a particular project
is subject to participant requirements of a state funding authority, the Appointment Committee may
appoint additional Temporary members to the Permanent Building Committee for that particular
project; provided, however, that, in no event, shall the aggregate number of Permanent and Temporary
Members with full voting rights for a particular project exceed nine (9). Quorum requirements for the
Permanent Building Committee shall be the majority of the Permanent and Temporary Members for a
particular project.
Comment [7WS1]: As agreed by PBC & BC at
01-10-17 joint meeting.
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Comment []WS3]: Fix typo as agreed by PBC &
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01-10-17 joint meeting.
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Comment [JWSS]: As agreed by PBC & BC at
01-10-17 joint meeting.
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Meeting ajourned at 9:08pm
Motion Paul, 2nd Chris
Respectfully Submitted, Chris O'Donoghue
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