3/9/2015 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Minutes

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►a Capital Improvement Program Committee/Board of Selectmen Minutes March 9, 2015 APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS: Public Hearing - FY2016 Capital improvement Program: (continued) The Board of Selectmen opened the Public Hearing on the proposed Capital Improvement Plan for FY2016. The Hearing notice was read aloud into the record. CIP Members Joyce Mason, Michael Richardson and Theresa Cook were in attendance for discussion purposes. The make-up of the Committee also includes the Town Accountant, with one vacancy existing for at -large membership. Joyce Mason outlined the Capital Improvement Program planned for fiscal year 2016. Recommendations in the CIP Report included the continuation of the Police Department Vehicle Replacement Program, and the lease -purchase of vehicles and equipment for the Department of Public Works. The $738,014 budget is also reflective of a 12 -passenger van for the Recreation Department, a lease -purchase to be fully funded by the department's Revolving Fund. The CIP also includes the extension of the wireless access upgrade program in the schools, year 2 of a 3 -year plan, and the upgrade of the Town's Information Technology wireless access program to be funded through the Mashpee Cable and Advanced Technology (MCAT) budget. CIP funding in FYI will also allow for the purchase of breathing apparatus and safety equipment for Fire & Rescue to bring the department to standard, and the continuation of the flooring replacement program at the Middle/High School. To begin the replacement program for the Town Fleet of Vehicles, the aging 2006 Crown Vic will be replaced with a pickup truck outfitted with a plow to be used by the DPW during winter storm events. The pickup is proposed in a two-year lease purchase program. In the Department of Public Works replacement program, vehicles and equipment are generally purchased through a lease -purchase program. The life expectancy is approximately 7-8 years. Primary line vehicles under the Police Department are replaced every three years, secondary support vehicles every six years, and pickup trucks every 8 years.