12/15/1997 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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Board of Selectmen Minutes I 1 December 15, 1997 NEW B_ SMS S: Fire StationI] ., f 1 -or r l Correspondence was received from Jim Vaccaro,Chairman of the Fire Station Building Committee requesting the Board approve the contract with Donham and Sweeney, Inc. of Boston, for design, design development, preparation of contract documents, and bidding and construction administration for the Fire and Rescue station and for a feasibility study and conceptual design for the South Mashpee substation. The total contract for architectural, design, and engineering services is $172,470. In the event the project is not funded,the contract limits the towns financial liability to$120,000. The bidding and construction administration phases of the agreement will not be in force until funding for construction and related costs have been voted by Town Meeting and a debt exclusion is approved by the voters. Motion made by Selectman Marsters to approve the contract between the Town of Mashpee and Donham and Sweeney,Inc. for a sum not to exceed; $120,000 subject to Town Counsel's review and approval. Motion seconded by Selectman Dinizio. Unanimous. 5-0, A Town Meeting ballot question was submitted to the Board for consideration proposing to fund the project through a 2 112 debt exclusion which will require a 213 vote of Town Meeting and voter approval. The ballot question will be retained in the Selectmen's ballot file. The design schedule anticipates providing a schematic design for the Selectmen's approval and a definitive cost figure before the deadline for executing the Town Meeting warrant. A c of 1 ce Bid: George Baker,Fire Chief recommended the Board award the Ambulance Bid to Greenwood Fire Apparatus of North Attleboro in the amount of$17,412. The budget for the project is $18,,000.