11/1/1994 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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complete the archeological study and traffic study on time. Paul asked what extra work is involved for this $20 , 500 proposal' Bob said most of the fee is for the additional bidding phase and additional construction administration phase, They also hive to pr4�v-* fe a temporary storm drainage system, ' Paul said $20,000 divided by the rate per hour is quite a lot of hours. He is having a Lard time understanding i t. flow does this become extra work, site clearin and grubbing was part of the original construction schedule . Ed said thi' s proposal includes additional administrative work and observations for a longer period of time. Paul understands there is additional administrative work but not $20 , 000 . He cannot approve an extra $20,000 . The committee will continue this discussion at the net meeting , Bob will provide further backup material supporting the $20 , 000 . Bu irl LJ w Paul received a letter form the Town Treasurer saying $70 , 000 i s needed for insurance on the debt. Paul asked , when the budget was being prepared , if there were any additional costs to the Town to borrow the money and was told there would be none . He will talk to Mr , whritenour about this . Joe sai d he is very concerned there will not be enough money for the high tech equipment, There on 1 a little over $1 million to equip the school with technology ,, (J oe Polito left the meeting 6 :00 p*m. a document with the cost reduction ori r~ecommendat i ons from the MA prepared Oct 25th mooting , including the corrected savings associated with each and the items that were ted at that meeting , Page 4 are some additional m accepted recommendations . Bob said the goal is another $600 ,000 of sav i ngs . Paul talked about the goal . Last week many of the value added items were crossed out we treed to come up with additional savings . Merry sue said she would like to see this number come down to the $20 million budget and then the committee could put thins back in . The Committee only truly agreed on the brick as a value added Ed Prenette m request made a est of the Committee, SMMA had certain insight on � what this building probably would cost, based on histories . He does not blame anyone for not believing in those histories. The state funding system is geared for a very basic building - any substantial technology or play fields is up to the community. at everyone try to reach consensus u s on the price as expeditiously He asked th , as poss i b l e , try to get th rough this list* They have spent �� of the i r administrative budget on Design Development phase. He asked please, as a 'end to tryto reach consensus as quickly as possible. This is very friend, expensive for SM A. Bill a rt� nos ' asked if the auxiliary gym is part of the teaching stations? Paul explained the problem, for MMA to meet the goal in the contract, i t 7