SOMERS SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE

February 16, 2006

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

Ex-Officio: B.Boutwell

Others: E.Zahner, M.Beaulieu

The meeting was called to order at 7:02pm by Chairman Roland.

MBA/CO---contingency now is $386,161, 90% committed, 53% of the way into total project to date.

HVAC unit on roof—needs steel reinforcement; E.Zahner needs to move ahead on columns. Price of $19,461 has been suggested, working to get this figure lower. A motion was unanimously approved for the necessary expenditure for steel reinforcement while MPN works with Macchi Eng. on a price (Klein, Butler).

Science room storage cabinets---this was a deduct to meet the original budget. Will be considered at next meeting when we have a firm figure.

Interior partition walls---cannot be sheetrocked, Building Inspector said wood has to come out. A motion was unanimously approved for $6666 per wall for 3 walls to be cement (Broer, Cowles).

Band room---consensus of Committee to leave it as in the plans for now.

Old Business---

Gym dimmers---cost will be additional $3300. 16 lights are going in, 12 will be returned and exchanged for lights with dimmers. A motion was unanimously approved for $3300 additional for lights with dimmers and to bring wiring up to code (Cowles, Broer).

FF&E---furniture is out to bid, bids due 2/21/06. Tech—M.Beaulieu presented final plans. Will be forwarded to Jim Morrow for a final look.

P.Roland suggested that the Committee again request the BOE to consider a merit bonus for B.Boutwell as we did last year, citing his time, effort, and commitment to the Building Project which is so much appreciated by the Committee. A motion was unanimously approved for the Chairman to write a letter to the BOE regarding a bonus for B.Boutwell (Cowles, Butler).

SHS---P.Roland reported there was some damage to the Field Rd. soccer field nearest SHS; an ATV accessed it from SHS parking lot. Will look into putting up a barrier with money still in SHS project.

The following bills were unanimously approved by the Committee:

Change Order #8, EBI, 2/9/06, deduct $324 for misc. construction changes

(Butler, Klein)

E.Zahner, MBA, 1/23/06, Inv.#150405 $2000.00; 2/6/06, Inv.#150407 $2300.00

CO, 1/23/06, Inv.#150406 $300.00 (Cowles, Broer)

MPN, MBA, 1/31/06, Inv.#14448 $4279.88

CO, 1/31/06, Inv.#14447 $517.88 (Klein, Cowles)

EBI, MBA App.#10, 1/31/06 $284,529.05 (Klein, Broer)

Misc. invoices per 2/17/06 memo from B.Boutwell (Cowles, Klein)

Materials Testing, 2/8/06, Inv.#8205-IS, $555.00 (Cowles, Klein)

TRC, 2/13/06, $812.00 (asbestos testing) (Klein, Butler)

Motion to adjourn at 7:52pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Joan Formeister, Secretary