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■ • MASHPEE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 5, 1994 MEETING COMMENCED AT 7:OOPM Members Present: Dan Goggin, Chairman; Deirdre Greelish; Denise Sullivan; John Ferriday, Roger Dunivan and Marcia King. Tony Gallo was unable to attend. Please note for the record that the taping of this meeting was for the transcription of the Minutes only, and will be reused once the Minutes are approved. Denise Sullivan MOTIONED to accept the Minutes of December 15, 1993 as written. Deirdre Greelish seconded the Motion and members voted unanimously to accept the Minutes as written. UPDATE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Marcia King and Deirdre Greelish had attended the Board of Selectmen's meeting on Monday night, January 3 , 1994 and wanted to share their thoughts with the Committee. The meeting was in regard to the School Building Committee and what was being done about selecting an architect. Marcia King mentioned that she felt that the Building Committee just wants to go ahead and hire an • architect. She thought the Building Committee felt compelled to choose. The two remaining choices were DRA and Keyes. Ms. King also thought that Paul Griffith, Building Committee, may have implied that legal counsel felt that legally the Town needs to choose one of the two remaining architects. Ms. Sullivan asked whether the Board of Selectmen made a decision? The answer was that they could not agree unanimously. Eventually Ms. Greelish and Ms. King agreed that it was the Selectmen's decision to review a few more bids and to visit some other high schools. They mentioned that Judy Mills wished to now see all ten candidates, as well as seeing some other schools. j Mr. Dunivan asked the ramifications if the town did not file on ! June 1, 1994 . Ms. King stated that the Town would then have to file on June 1 , 1995. The Town could submit the plans, for example, in September or October and the State could approve the plans, so that the building could start being built. Then in June of 1995 the town would be put on the State's list for reimbursement. Ms. King explained that after speaking with someone at the Department of Education, the plans have to be about 98% accurate when filing with the State. You only get one chance to file and there can only be minimum changes made after the filing. Ms. King also explained that this gentlemen at DOE felt that the normal process was to first prepare an Educational Plan, select an architect and lastly vote on the funding. Ms. King answered that Mashpee did it a little differently. Dan Goggin asked what the Committee felt could be done since the