HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-01-06 ad Hoc School Building Committee Minutes READING SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
JANUARY 6 1998
THE READING SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MET AT Tfkl�0468E A 8: 45
MIDDLE SCHOOL ON JANUARY 6 1998.
THE COMMITTEE WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:39 PM. PRESENT WERE JOE
LUPI, MARGARET CO WELL,RICH RAD VILLE,TIM TWOMEY,HARRY HARUTUNLIN,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 I;TO ALLOW THE COMMITTEE TO SEEK CLARIFICATION AS TO THE
S'FATES 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.
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