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Permanent Building Committee
Date: 2024-08-19 Time: 6 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street Session:
Purpose: General Business Version:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Greg Stepler, John Coote, Patrick Tompkins, Kirk McCormick, Nancy Twomey
Associate Members - An Greenburg, Mike Nazzaro
Tempory Members - Nancy Ziemlack, COA/Center for Active Living Project,
Mark Dockser, Select Board, Center for Active Living Project.
Members - Not Present:
N/A
Others Present:
Joe Huggins, Director of Facilities, Kevin Cabuzzi, Assistant Director of
Facilities, Jayne Wellman, Assist Town Manager, Jenna Wood, Community
Services Director, Marilyn Shapleigh, Council on Aging, Carla Nazzaro,
School Committee
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By:
Topics of Discussion:
Meeting called to order at 6:03 pm.
Meeting minutes from 7/15/2025 were approved as amended.
Meeting minutes from 7/19/2025 were approved as submitted.
Pat Tompkins began discussing the ranking of the OPM and disclosed that he has worked
with four of the five firms that submitted.
John Coote discussed his ratings of the five firms and how he arrived at his decision.
Three firms were ranked highly desirable:
• CHA
• Turner, Townsend & Heery
• Colliers
The Committee voted to bring all three in for interviews.
Jayne Wellman began discussing the ten questions developed by the sub committee for the
interviews.
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A handful of days will be picked in early September to conduct interviews.
The interviews will be held in person with a zoom option for those who wish to watch.
Mark Dockser discussed what a rough schedule would look like.
Pat Tompkins suggested we rely on the OPM once hired to set the schedule. He also
brought up the re -organization of the PBC.
The committee voted to keep Pat Tompkins as chair and Nancy Twomey as vice -chair.
Tentative interviews the afternoon of 9/4/2024, will be held.
The next PBC meeting will be held on 9/16/2024.
The meeting adjourned at 7:19 pm.
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