4/8/1996 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Executive Session

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Page 4 Board of Selectmen Minutes-Executive Session Monday,April S, 1996 DISCUSSION RE: STRATEGY RELATIVE_TO_LITIGATION: Project Management; supervisory changes and additions; John Vaslet will assume the position of superintendent on April 22, 1996. After the transition of one month,Herb Volpe may be reassigned as superintendent to another Stone project. George Gunn will be assigned to the project as expediter and facilitator of the owner/contractor communications on behalf of the Liberty Mutual Bond Service Company through substantial project completion. Discussion followed with respect to Quality Issues. According to contract specifications,it is the architects responsibility to proceed with Article 12 of the general conditions to address any problems through corrective action measures indicated Attorney Costello. It is the consensus of the Board to formulate an "Assessment Team" comprised of the Project Architect,Clerk of the Works,Project Builder, and a High School Committee representative to review the ongoing construction project. EdwardFrenette,Jim Byrne,David Patrick, and Paul Griffin will identify the problems and monitor the current construction. It was noted that Symmes,Maini and McKee maintain the right to review all work under the contractual provisions of Article 12. Discussion followed with regards to an Alternate Plan in the event the High School building is not completed on schedule. It was noted that Dr.DeMoura, Superintendent of Schools is currently researching an alternate educational contingency plan at this time. 6:30 p.m. Selectman Mills left the Meeting. With regards to Streamlining the Meeting Process, meetings will be scheduled every two weeks commencing on Friday,April 12, 1996 with the Assessment Team as outlined. It was noted that Stone has anticipated selective overtime and shift work in the upcoming weeks to allow for visible and substantial construction progress. In addition, the Board reviewed the requests as recommended by Stone. It is the consensus of the Board to maintain Jim Byrne, Clerk of the Works for the High School Building project. The March payment requisition will be further reviewed as requested.