ERCSD Facilities Committee Meeting

May 9, 2006 – 6:00 PM

Cooperative Middle School - Library

 

MEMBERS PRESENT: Lucy Cushman, Kim Casey and Ray Trueman

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:         Sally Oxnard

 

ADMINISTRATION PRESENT:      Arthur Hanson and Walter Pierce

 

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS:          Patty Lovejoy

 

PUBLIC:  Mike Dawley, Carol Aten, John Hazekamp (taping the meeting)

 

Chair Cushman opened the meeting at 6:06 PM without a quorum.  Kim Casey arrived soon after.  The following agenda items were discussed and/or acted on by the committee.

 

1.        Progress of New High School: General discussion and review of progress of new high school.  Lucy recounted changes she noted in morning walk through.

 

2.        Exeter Council on Aging Request: Committee discussed the request from Exeter Council on Aging regarding plaques at the Annex – related to building of Junior High and Principal Kozacka.  The council requested the plaques be relocated to CMS.  Carol Aten of SCC offered to find a place for them on the Annex site.  Ray though they should be returned to the Exeter School District.  We agreed to preserve the plaques and ask full board to consider the best place for them to be kept.

 

3.        Change Order #9 (see Attachment #1): The rest of the sub-committee time was spent in discussing Change Order #9.  The change order includes the $453,792.44 spent on the building under the stadium.  That expenditure was authorized by the voters under a warrant articles, but is included as a change order because it was not a part of the GMP.  Walter explained the other items, including the amount $44,265.56, for steel design changes that occurred after the GMP.  Another topic that generated discussion was the $13,361 change to the nurses’ station to make it more wheelchair compatible.  Ray and Walter debated the change orders until about 6:55 PM when the chair interrupted and asked if the discussion could continue at the board meeting scheduled for 7:00 PM.  Ray strongly objected to the suggestion.  Kim Casey had moved the change order be recommended to full board and Lucy Cushman had seconded.  The vote was 2-1 (Trueman).

 

Mike Dawley asked us to look at minutes of last sub-committee to change “directed to sell to SCC” to “authorize to negotiate with SCC”.  All agreed to the change (see Revised Facilities Minutes of April 11, 2006).

 

(Chairs note – should we consider moving Facility sub-committee meetings to another day and time to allow longer discussion when necessary?)

 

Meeting adjourned at 6:58PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Lucy Cushman, Chair

Facilities Committee