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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-10-08 ad Hoc Police Station Building Committee MinutesREADING SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MINUTES OCTOBER 8 1998 4 A MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 8, 1998 AT THE SUPERINTENDENTS CONFERENCE ROOM. PRESENT WERE JOE LUPI, JEFF STRUBLE, RICH RADVILLE, JOE FINNEGAN, RUSS GRAHAM AND TIM TWOMEY. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 8:OOPM. BETH KLEPEIS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WAS PRESENT TO DISCUSS THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEES PROPOSAL IN RELATION TO THAT PLAN. MRS. KLEPEIS FELT SOMEWHAT HAMPERED IN I~AVING A FULL DISCUSSION OF THE CAPITAL PLAN SINCE SO MUCH RESTED ON WHST HAPPENED TO THE SALE OF THE LANDFILL SITE. TEN PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO BIDDING ON THE LANDFILL. SHE IS AT THIS POINT UNCLEAR AS TO THE DETAILS OF THOSE PROPOSALS. THE LANDFILL MUST BE CLOSED BY ORDER OF THE DEP AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF THAT IS FOUR MILLION DOLLARS. THE CAPITAL PLAN HAS ASSUMED THAT THE TOWN WILL RECEIVE AT LEAST THAT AMOUNT IN CASH TO OFFSET THE EXPENSE. THE PROPOSALS MUST BE REVIEWED TO SEE IF THEY MEET THAT CRITERIA. UNTIL THE LANDFILL SALE QUESTION IS ANSWERED, THEN TOO MUCH IS UP IN THE AIR TO GIVE GOOD ANSWERS. THE CHAIR REMINDED THE COMMITTEE THAT OUR WORST ENEMY IS TIME-----VERY LITTLE OF IT LEFT TO ACCOMP;ISH WHAT MUST BE DONE. DISCUSSION ENSUED ON THE FEASIBILITY OF HAVING A SPECIAL WITHIN THE SUBSEQUENT. THERE WOULD JUST NOT BE ENOUGH TIME TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER, ANALIZE FINANCES RELATIVE TO SUCH PLAN AND THEN REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GARNER SUPPORT. THE CHAIR SUGGESTED THAT THE COMMITTEE ASK FOR A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING IN DECEMBER TO PRESENT OUR SOLUTION, AND WARNED THAT EVEN THIS WAS TIGHT. IT IS HOWEVER NECESSARY TO MEET THE TIME FRAME REQUIRED BY THE ARCHITECT IN ORDER TO BE READY FOR THE JUNE 1 SBAB CUTOFF. DR. HARUTUNIAN SUGGESTED THAT WE MEET WITH REPRESENATIVES OF SBAB AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TIM TWOMEY PRESENTED SOME OTHER OPTIONS TO THE COMMITTEE WHICH WERE VARIATIONS OF THE THREE PREVIOUS OPTIONS AND WHICH HE HOPED WOULD ADRESS THE GRADE LEVEL SWINGS IN ENROLLMENT. SID BOWEN WOULD REVIEW TYHIS AND SEE IF SOME MEASURE OF THEIR INTENT COULD BE INCORPORATED IN THE PLAN. ON MOTION OF RICH RADVILLE, SECONDED BY JOE LUPI, THE COMMITTEE VOTED TO ADJOURN AT 1003PM . nz