SOMERS SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE

May 10, 2005

Members Present: J.Butler, H.Broer, T.Cowles, J.Formeister, P.Roland,

J.MacFeat, K.Klein (8:25)

Ex-Officio: B.Boutwell

Others: N.Barry, D.Moser, E.Zahner, T.Jefferson

The meeting was called to order at 8:05pm by Chairman Roland.

Minutes of the 4/14/05 meeting were approved as presented (Formeister, Broer).

The agenda was amended (Cowles, Butler) to discuss MBA next.

The Town Building Inspector has requested an outside inspector be hired to help with MBA. The Chairman told him and the First Selectman that he feels we have a competent architect and committee and the extra expenditure is not necessary.

E.Zahner stated everything is going along smoothly, back parking lot will be processed by 6/1 so it can be used, the library has been cooperating and allowing parking, the buses are moving well.

Schedule---detail of Phase 1 distributed, with block estimates of Phases 2,3,4, with asbestos removal this summer for those phases. TRC will be testing air quality throughout the process of asbestos removal. Concern about ceilings and mold---hallway ceilings will come down over the summer.

C.O. moving out 6/27/05. Amodio will do the move.

Faculty meeting 5/16/05 at 2:46pm with P.Roland and E.Zahner on the agenda.

Sprinkler systems---Fire Marshall wants them in before school starts, but they are not there now and do not have to be in by September.

Steel due mid-June to mid-July.

Special Testing Lab will no longer be used, will go with Materials Testing. Motion for Chairman and B.Boutwell to draft letter indicating we no longer need their services unanimously approved (Cowles, Klein).

SHS---walk-through of the addition was done by Committee.

Finishing up punch lists.

Motion for Change Order #12, $2063.90 (7 lockers, trash tipping fees), unanimously approved (Cowles, Broer).

Discussion of items in original plan that were placed on Value Engineering list. Motion was made (Cowles), seconded (Broer), and unanimously approved to have MPN forward a list to All-Phase to re-price items that can be put back into project.

SES---J.MacFeat will find someone to install air-conditioning units in temporary Sp.Ed. office; cost to come out of C.O. move.

The following bills were unanimously approved:

Emery Zahner---SES 4/30/05, Inv.#758620, $800.00

MBA 4/30/05, Inv.#758622, $1100.00 (Broer, Cowles)

SHS 4/30/05, Inv.#758621, $400.00

MPN---SES 4/29/05, Inv.#14094, $2468.07

MBA 4/29/05, Inv.#14107, $4275.72 (Broer, Cowles)

CO 4/29/05, Inv.#14108, $427.68

SBC---SHS & SES 4/9/05, $102.40 (Cowles, Butler)

IMTL---#6624-1, $330.00 (Cowles, Broer)

All-Phase---App.#13, 4/30/05, $186,637.75 (Cowles, Klein)

Enfield Builders---SES, App.#11, 4/30/05, $86,760.20 (Cowles, Klein)

CO, MBA, App.#1, 4/30/05, $256,514.00 (Broer, Butler)

Motion to adjourn at 10:00pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Joan Formeister, Secretary