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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
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Permanent Building Committee
Date: 2021-04-05 Time: 6:00 PM
Building: Location:
Address: Session:
Purpose: General Business Version:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Patrick Tompkins, John Coote, Kirk McCormick, Nancy Twomey, Mike Bean,
Brad Congdon, Greg Stepler
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Joe Huggins, Facilities Director, Kevin Cabuzzi, Assistant Facilities Director,
Jane Kinsella, DPW Director, Ryan Percival, Town Engineer, Mark Delaney,
Resident, Jackie McCarthy, Resident, Jack Devir, Resident, Bob LeLacheur,
Town Manager, Michael Warner, Weston &Sampson Engineering
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By:
Topics of Discussion:
This meeting was held remotely on Zoom. Meeting called to order at 6:01 PM.
The meeting minutes from the 3-01-2021 were approved as submitted.
The group began discussing the Town Hall narrative and made small changes as they
reviewed it.
Ryan Percival gave an update on the Water Tower Project. He discussed the temporary
tower to house all radio/cell phone equipment. They have expanded the limit of work to
include more testing of soil.
Michael Warner from Weston &Sampson Engineering began a presentation on the Water
Tower. Michael also discussed Weston & Sampson's approach on soil reclamation,
foundations and he gave a thorough review of the existing site and how the site will look
after the new tower is installed.
Michael Warner also reviewed the location of the straw wattles for erosion control.
The Committee also asked questions about foundations and the existing conditions on the
site.
Michael Warner went through the drawings and gave the group time to comment on each
aspect of the project.
Nancy Twomey talked about next steps on the project and asked Ryan Percival to report
back on May 3'd.
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Mark Delany, Resident asked about moving the radio equipment inside the base of the
foundation to clean up the site.
No new business.
Meeting adjourned at 7:25 PM.
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