Litchfield Schools Building Committee

Meeting Minutes

 

 

 

LOCATION                                                                   Litchfield Intermediate School Cafeteria   

 

           

DATE OF MEETING                                                     August 2, 2007  

 

 

TIME MEETING STARTED                                           7:13 PM

 

 

PERSON PREPARING THE MINUTES                          Marianne Arancio Stilson

 

 

MEMBERS PRESENT

 

1.  Jack Healy, Chair & BOS Representative      2.  Mac Bramley

3.  Lynn Chapman                                              4.  Gary Waugh - BOE Representative

5.  Jeff Zullo, Treasurer & BOF Representative              6. Stacie Kavle, Vice Chair arrives at 7:47 PM                

7.  Kent Gilyard arrives at 8:01 PM

 

 

MEMBERS ABSENT

1. Bob Blazek                                                    2. William J. Buckley, Jr.

 

 

OTHERS PRESENT

George Graikoski of O&G, Tony Crowe, Wayne Shuhi, Chairman of the Board of Education, Frank Simone and Richard Munday of Herbert S. Newman

 

 

QUORUM PRESENT                                                     Yes    

 

 

1.  CALL TO ORDER

 

Jack Healy, Chair called the meeting to order at 7:13 PM.  

 

 

2.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES

 

Jack Healy, Chair tabled the approval of the minutes until August 16th for lack of quorum of the members present who attended the 7/19/2007 meeting.

 

Mac Bramley, notes on Page 4 of the July 18, 2007 minutes under agenda item LHS Ceiling Replacement, Noise Attenuation and Noise Levels (HSN) that he made a motion that was not seconded so it is not a valid motion.  He will not be at the next meeting and wanted to make that correction for the record.

 

3.  PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

 

Wayne Shuhi, Chairman of the Board of Education states that the Board of Education did a walk-through today and had some discussions.

 

 

 

4.  COMMUNICATION

 

Report from Jeff Zullo on BOF Communication

Jeff Zullo states that he presented the current status to the BOF earlier in July and that they had no comments.

 

Report from Gary Waugh on BOE Communication

Gary Waugh reports that the BOE did a walk-through today and has a few issues that he would like to bring up during agenda item, Architect/Construction Manager Updates.  Jack Healy, Chair will allow him to do that during that agenda item.

 

Report from Jack Healy on BOS Communication

Jack Healy, Chair reported to the BOS a couple of weeks ago and talked about the parking lot, the siding, the gymnasium, the construction status and the entrance way to the 7th and 8th grade wing.  They would like to have a firm number for the contingency because they are getting a lot questions on that.

 

 

5.  ARCHITECT/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER UPDATES

 

Budget (O&G)

George Graikoski of O&G hands out to the members of the Committee the O&G Litchfield High School/Middle School and Litchfield Intermediate School Monthly Summary Data Report #10 Dated July, 2007; Draft Construction Manager’s Monthly Cost Control Report, Draft Change Orders By Trade Contractor Report; Status List O&G Project No. 281 Updated: July 16, 2007; Herbert S. Newman Architect’s Supplemental Instructions for Header at Gym Lobby and Conn Acoustics, Inc. letter dated July 30, 2007 to O&G with attached recommendations from the Armstrong Representative. 

 

George Graikoski reports that there are not a lot of changes to report since last meeting.  He goes through the reports in detail with the members of the Committee.  He reports that he is still working on the credit updates especially with the painter and with Titan Mechanical.  Jack Healy, Chair would like to see an outstanding credit list of credits that have not been accounted for yet.  Discussion ensued.  George Graikoski will get that done for next meeting.

 

Jack Healy, Chair is concerned that no extras or additional costs have been approved yet the figures keep going up every month in the reports.  George Graikoski addresses this issue and will do a report for the next meeting.   Jack Healy, Chair is very concerned about how this issue is being controlled.  Jeff Zullo shares his concerns.  Jack Healy, Chair states that the credits are helping but he does not see the level of credits coming in that he expected to see.  He states that the Committee is constantly looking for ways to save money and that he does not see the credits helping this situation and that at every meeting the number spent keeps going up.  Jeff Zullo reports that the figures in the report keep going up around thirty thousand dollars.  George discusses abatement of asbestos issues and fire protection issues, as well as other issues that are necessities that have to be done that are not considered extras but bring the costs up.  He states that he believes the fire protection issue for upright sprinkler heads will be a disputed item and that he is carrying that item in the budget.  George Graikoski states that in the corridors there is a space between the drop ceilings and the structure above and by fire code it should have a sprinkler head. He states that the sprinkler system is not shown in the drawings.  Jeff Zullo asks if this is a design issue or a change in code.   George Graikoski states that this has been code for a while but not shown in the drawings.  He states that the drawings only show the general location of the heads and the general location of the piping but does not show the size of the piping or coverage.  He states that it is the sprinkler contractor’s responsibility to engineer the system.  Jeff Zullo states that the contractor owns the design of the sprinkler head and that it’s their responsibility to design the system based on code and with the general locations that the architect defines.  Jeff Zullo states that O&G needs to get tough with contractors.  George Graikoski states that he is not disagreeing but the contractor issued a change order request and it was submitted to the architect and engineers and they get their opinion on it and it has been in the architect’s and engineers office now for two or three months.  George Graikoski states that the work has been done.  He states that the issue came up in the coordination drawing process.  The change order request was issued.  He put it on the change order list as a liability.  Jack Healy, Chair said to leave it on the report for now.  He does not want to understate the liabilities.  Mac Bramley wants to know if there are any situations where there are things that are yet to be done where they are disputed with those who allegedly own the work and who will not do the work without reconciliation from the Committee that will cost money.  George Graikoski states that there are no issues of that kind that he is aware of.   Jack Healy, Chair inquires if the bid for the gymnasium arches is a firm bid.  George Graikoski states that it is.  Jack Healy, Chair wants to know if there is a number in the report for the fix for the 7th and 8th grade wing supports.  George Graikoski states that there is not and has included a sketch in the reports tonight.  He states that two columns will be added and a header. A discussion of what will be done ensued.  George Graikoski states that he has some allowance money left over from general welding and that would be plenty to cover the columns and that he has glue lam on site so the cost will be minimal for GarSan to do the installation.  Jeff Zullo inquires about the extra money put aside for any potential environmental clean up costs that were not needed for the oil tanks that were removed.  George Graikoski will talk to Lewis about that credit.  George Graikoski will go through the trade contractor’s contracts for all the allowances that are left.   He will highlight what the differences are in the report for next month.  Jack Healy, Chair wants to know where they are on the change order requests.   George Graikoski states that they did not have any meetings in July and that it will be started up next Wednesday.  He states that it is slowing down.  Jack Healy, Chair tells Richard Munday of Herbert S. Newman that Peter Bowman was supposed to go every other Wednesday in the morning to do the change order requests and it hasn’t been done in a month.  He wants those meetings made up.  Richard Munday states that Peter Bowman went home sick last Wednesday and spent his time looking at the job and did not go over the change order requests.  Jack Healy, Chair states that the commitment was for Peter Bowman to go at 8:30 AM and have the CORS meeting and that it is important because the State has been upset because it was not getting done.  He would also like to see the two meetings from last month made up in August as well as the regular August meetings.  George Graikoski will send him a schedule tomorrow.  Richard Munday will have Peter Bowman do it next Wednesday.  Jeff Zullo states that he will attend that meeting next Wednesday.  Jack Healy, Chair states that he is also scheduled to go to the meeting next Wednesday.  George Graikoski states that he has a meeting scheduled for every week from now on.

 

Stacie Kavle, Vice Chair arrives at 7:47 PM

 

 

Schedule Update (O&G)

George Graikoski reports that there was a walk-through with the Board of Education today and that in the Intermediate School, the media center is complete with the exception of the bookcases and the computer tables.  He states he got approval yesterday on the shop drawings on those two issues.  He did prioritize the computer tables for the first two weeks and that the existing bookcases can be put in the middle of the room, back to back as a backup if needed.  In the teacher’s lounge and the art room, the glass contractor will finish up the interior glass on the 13th.  The painter is scheduled Monday to paint the frames and finish the rest of the painting and the week of the 13th the flooring contractor is scheduled to  finish the flooring and also do the bridges, the linoleum and the flooring in the gym vestibule.  He is hoping to get the flooring contractor scheduled sooner than that.  He states that they are working Saturdays and ten-hour days now. 

 

George Graikoski reports that at the High School, the science wings area 18 are complete and some teachers have come in to put things on the caseworks.  Jack Healy, Chair inquires about the sinks.  George Graikoski states that the stainless steel sinks have been installed and that he spoke to Peter Bowman about it yesterday.  He states that in the classrooms in the 100th wing, the washing and waxing of the flooring are being done.  He states that everything should be nearly complete by the time the students return to school with the exception of the kitchen, the faculty lounge and the three classrooms on the same side as the greenhouse.  He believes those will be finished in September or October.   He states that he went over the schedule with Ernie last week.  He also states that a lot of people were pulled from the job so he sent out letters and now they will be working Saturdays and ten-hour days.  Jack Healy, Chair discusses the dates these contractors had to be done by.   A lengthy discussion ensued about penalties if the work is not getting done. Jack Healy, Chair just wants the work to get done.  George Graikoski states that he has gotten commitments from everyone to get the work done.  Jeff Zullo discusses the fact that the outside painting still has to be done and can’t see how it can be done in a week.  Lynn Chapman inquires about the number of coats of paint on the ceilings in the high school because it looks terrible.  George Graikoski states that it is three coats and will check with Ernie about this issue.  Lynn Chapman wants them held to what the contract states.  Gary Waugh states that it looks like it needs another paint job.  Jack Healy, Chair states that it is a punch list item.  George Graikoski states that there are some issues in this area and that Louis documented this so it needs to be looked at.   Jeff Zullo wants to know what preparation will be done for the outside of the front of the gym wall because that was a concern.  George Graikoski states that it will be power washed, primed and sealed with two coats.  Jeff Zullo wants to know about the drainage.  Jack Healy, Chair states that he and Richard Munday had a discussion about this issue yesterday and they agreed to wait for the diverter to be put on and that there is a closure piece that will be put on the bottom.  Gary Waugh states that he listened to Ernie today discuss the power washing but that he feels that unless the wall is ground down to bare this will continue to be problematic.  A lengthy discussion of this issue including the discussion of crushed rock and drains ensued. 

 

Kent Gilyard arrives at 8:01 PM

 

George Graikoski will get a price to take all the paint off.  Jack Healy, Chair states that he will do what the committee wants but notes his concerns about spending any money until the budget issue is resolved.  Further discussion ensued.  No decision was made.

 

George Graikoski states that the intermediate school will be done between August 15th and August 18th and the high school will be done in October.

 

 

Credit Update (O&G)

Discussed in Budget (O&G) above.

 

 

Soft Cost Budget (Jeff Zullo & O&G)

Jeff Zullo states that he has not had a chance to meet with William J. Buckley, Jr.  He states that Peg Perusse is still working to break out the Newman bills.  Jack Healy, Chair states that Tara has supplied Peg Perusse with a great spreadsheet.  Jeff Zullo will coordinate with Peg Perusse and get together with William J. Buckley, Jr. and George Graikoski and get the reports updated with the reconciliation with the soft costs.   Mac Bramley wants to be sure that the architect’s consultants and the Committee’s consultants are totally included in the architect’s basic services.  He states that this was discussed at the last meeting.  A lengthy discussion between Jeff Zullo and Mac Bramley ensued.  Jeff Zullo states that they have been reported because they have been paid.  Jeff Zullo states that these costs will be broken out by Peg Perusse.  Jack Healy, Chair discusses the bond costs.  Jeff Zullo states that the numbers are conservative.  Jack Healy, Chair states that there should also be a credit for the building official.  Discussion ensued about potential credits from the soft cost budget numbers.  Jeff Zullo will update this report as well.

 

 

Issues List Review (HSN)

Jack Healy, Chair reports a very productive meeting about three weeks ago between Newman and O&G.  Richard Munday states that there is a new issue with the classroom windows that are three sixteenths of an inch too narrow and that he is writing a modification to that now.  Richard Munday states that twenty inches is an agreed number.  Jack Healy, Chair asks if the windows that have been installed are the correct ones.  Richard Munday states that the drawings show for a twenty-two inch opening and that when the sash opens it takes up space.  A lengthy discussion ensued.  George Graikoski looked at a lot of options as to what can be done.  Jack Healy, Chair states that he had a brief meeting with the Fire Marshall who stated that he would not be likely to be forgiving on this issue.  He stated that it is a new installation and wondered why it was not right.  Richard Munday states the shop drawings do not show the final opened dimension and that it shows the construction opening of twenty-two inches.  It does not show that the sash takes up the three sixteenth of an inch.  Richard Munday states that it does not affect all the windows because it has to do with whether or not there is a sprinkler system in the rooms.   George Graikoski states that this issue affects seventeen rooms.  He states that it will have to be discussed further with the fire marshal.  Richard Munday states that in his view he needs to try to understand what about the three sixteenths is critical and to see if there is a fundamental functional consequence of it not being twenty inches as opposed to what it is.  Jeff Zullo states that twenty inches is code.  Richard Munday feels that they can get an exception from the fire marshal to get a code modification because it is very close to twenty-inches.  Richard Munday also states that it is his responsibility to follow-up with the fire marshal.   Mac Bramley wants to know what the down side is if the fire marshal remains consistent.  Richard Munday states that then it will have to be corrected.  Mac Bramley states that from the beginning it has been stated that this building will be code.  Jeff Zullo states that if the fire marshal does not give a modification then the windows will have to be replaced.  Jack Healy, Chair agrees.  Gary Waugh wants to know whose responsibility it is.   Richard Munday states that it has to be looked into further.   George Graikoski states that if there is no modification the only two options are sprinklers in the classrooms or replace the windows.  Mac Bramley wants to know if it is a design flaw or an interpretation issue.   Richard Munday can’t answer that question.  He feels the drawings have a clearing of twenty-two inches and that it also shows that a sash goes in.  He states that when you open the sash it reduces the opening dimension.  He states that it is a manufactured item and that he cannot explain it to the members of the Committee this evening.  Jack Healy, Chair wants Richard Munday to meet with the fire marshal before the next meeting because this may be a moot issue.

 

Richard Munday reports that there are issues that Peter Bowman came up with yesterday that have to be corrected and that he’ll be issuing a field report on those items this week.  He also states that he got the approval from the building inspector on the corridor.    

 

Gary Waugh would like to ask Richard Munday about some of the items that came up on the walk-through today with the Board of Education.  Jack Healy, Chair agrees.  Gary Waugh discusses the fact that the high school cafeteria has fixed windows and the administration is concerned that the room will be a hot box because the windows don’t open. He wants to know if air conditioning was considered.  Richard Munday will have to find out.  Gary Waugh said that the Superintendent wanted it brought to Richard’s attention that the six heating units have not been installed yet and that these units do not have air conditioning coils in them so at a later date, air conditioning cannot be done without replacing the units.  He wants to know what the cost is for a unit with air conditioning.  He feels that this Committee should have it investigated as to what the price difference is for units with air conditioning.  Tony Crowe states that the existing windows opened and that they are being replaced with fixed windows.  Further discussion ensued.  Richard Munday states that the engineers don’t want the windows to be operable so that the mechanical ventilation can deliver to a space that is predictable.   Richard Munday states that these rooms are mechanically ventilated.   He states that he understands Gary Waugh’s concerns and that he will get back to the Committee on this issue.

 

Gary Waugh states that there is a similar issue in the chorale room and that that room gets very warm in the afternoons and makes it difficult as a teaching space.  Tony Crowe states that the entire three hundred hallway has a westerly exposure with the chorale office and the chorale room that gets very uncomfortable after 11 AM in the morning.  Richard Munday will look into this area as well.

 

Gary Waugh states that in the band room there are a number of damaged tiles in the ceiling and wants to know what they are going to be replaced with.  Richard Munday does not know what the documents say and will have to get back to the Committee on that issue as well.

 

Gary Waugh states that the windows in the greenhouse were replaced and questions the integrity of the framing and that the greenhouse might be better served by a bulldozer.  He states that he and Lynn looked at it today and are concerned.  Lynn Chapman states that the lights in the greenhouse need to be replaced.  Gary Waugh feels that since it is going to be retained then something needs to be done to it because it is surrounded by this beautiful science wing and looks terrible.  Lynn Chapman inquires about the retaining wall in the back of greenhouse.  Richard Munday states that it is part of the original building.

 

Gary Waugh discusses the attenuation in the middle school wing.  He says that in the two hundred wing where the art room is, one of the complaints is that the room is very loud.  He hopes that the attenuation is extended to those two rooms because something needs to be done to correct this issue.

 

Mac Bramley discusses the drinking fountain in the gymnasium.  Richard Munday states that they are working on this issue and doesn’t know this evening where it stands.

 

Gary Waugh discusses the storage bins that have theatrical equipment in them in front of the lab wings. He wants to know if they are going to be removed.  Tony Crowe will speak to Peg Perusse about it because all the drama equipment is in them.  Gary Waugh wants to know if they can be moved to under the stage.  Jack Healy, Chair states that Inlands/Wetlands were promised that those storage bins would be gone so he states that they can not stay there.  Mac Bramley reminds the Committee that there was discussion for sprinklers under the stage so it could be framed and used for storage.  Richard Munday will look into this issue as well.

 

Intermediate School Media Center & Cafeteria Completion (O&G)

Discussed in agenda item Schedule (O&G) above.   Jack Healy, Chair states that the leak went away.  Jeff Zullo wants to know if the glass has been replaced.  George Graikoski states that it is being done. 

 

 

Entrance to 7th & 8th Wing updates (O&G and HSN)

Discussed in agenda item Schedule (O&G) above.  Richard Munday states that the drawing is consistent with what has been discussed.  

 

 

Wall Panel Update (O&G and HSN)

Jack Healy, Chair wants to know if they are done.   Richard Munday states that they are not.  George Graikoski goes over the report handed out tonight and the areas that still need to be done.  He feels it will be finished by Wednesday of next week for both schools.  Jeff Zullo tells George that a piece of red trim is missing and needs to be done.

 

 

LHS Ceiling Replacement, Noise Attenuation and Noise Levels (HSN)

Jack Healy, Chair states that he met with George Graikoski and that Conn Acoustistcs lent the panels and that Armstrong came to do an evaluation for the mockup classroom.  George Graikoski stated that the rep came and recommended that in the classrooms with the low ceilings gluing a one by one ceiling tile to the underside of the plywood back in between the joists and stated that this has a sixty-five percent or better reduction rate.  He states that a minimum of two of the adjacent walls should have a sound soak wall panel installed.  In the science rooms with the high ceilings, a minimum of four sound scapes should be installed for each room.   He had Conn Acoustic price up this work.  George Graikoski reviews the costs.  Jack Healy, Chair reports that he had a meeting with Richard Munday yesterday and Richard Munday reports that the alternative to the tiles is putting techtum directly to the underside of the joists.   He does not agree with the Armstrong reps recommendations.  He thinks that there should be a solution that does not take down the light fixtures or interfere with the sprinklers.  He states that if the side walls need to be done, that would be a second step if needed.  Gary inquires about the cost of the techtum.  Richard Munday doesn’t know the cost difference.  Mac Bramley wants to know if the preparation of the surface for the application of the tiles has been included in the quote.  George Graikoski states that the prep is included in the price.  Jack Healy, states that he got an email that there are only three classrooms which have immediate issues.  Tony Crowe believes that it is five classrooms.  A lengthy discussion ensued.  Jeff Zullo thinks that the classrooms that need to be done should be done now as a trial.  George Graikoski reports that the total to do the ten classrooms is $115,537.00 for materials and labor installed. Jack Healy, Chair wants a cost comparison for the techtum versus the tiles.  Jeff Zullo is concerned that the Committee can’t afford to wait on this issue.

 

 

Motion:  Gary Waugh moved that the Committee authorize Jack Healy, Chair to move forward on the ceiling panels for all ten classrooms.

So moved.    Seconded: Kent Gilyard 

Discussion:  Jeff Zullo asks Jack Healy, Chair if he is comfortable with the motion. Jack Healy, Chair states that he is comfortable with the motion but will vote against it because he is concerned with the issue of spending any more money.  Discussion of the contingency going down and it not being controlled ensued.  Jack Healy, Chair would like to see a motion for the necessary classrooms only because he has an email that says three classrooms and Tony Crowe says it’s five.  Lynn Chapman states that they have been doing this since February.  Jack Healy, Chair says that this is an issue from last November.  Richard Munday states that there may be other options and that his spray on option was rejected.  Jack Healy, Chair states that he rejected it because of the maintenance issues with that solution.  Further discussion ensued. Lynn Chapman inquires about the credit that was supposed to be issued for the incorrect installation of the roof of the 7th and 8th grade wing and the nails that are protruding.  George Graikoski states that they did not get a credit and he will go back and talk to Ernie and Louis about this issue and that this issue is extensively documented.  Gary Waugh remembers specifically that he asked the question about the nails protruding to Peter Bowman and was told that this would not be an issue.  Discussion of soft costs ensued.

Vote:

Absent:  Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

Abstention:  none.

Objection:  Kent Gilyard, Jeff Zullo, Jack Healy, Chair, Stacie Kavle and Lynn Chapman

Ayes:  Gary Waugh and Mac Bramley

Motion failed.

 

Motion:  Gary Waugh moved to apply acoustical attenuation in the necessary classrooms.

So moved.    Seconded: Kent Gilyard 

Discussion:  Jeff Zullo does not like the motion because it does not cap it financially. George Graikoski discusses doing the ceilings and then doing the walls if it’s needed.

Amended Motion:  Mac Bramley moved to amend the original motion by adding the words “on the ceiling only” after the word acoustical attenuation.

So moved.    Seconded:  Jeff Zullo

Vote on Amendment:

Absent:  Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

Abstention:  none.

Objection:  none.

All Ayes.

Motion passed.

 

Vote on Original Motion:

Absent:  Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

Abstention:  none.

Objection:  none.

All Ayes.

Motion passed.

 

George Graikoski states that one classroom was painted as a mock-up and that the ceiling above the blackboard was painted white and the other side on the board was left bare and that there was a big improvement.  Peter Bowman took readings yesterday and he reported between thirty-five and forty candles by the blackboards.  Richard Munday states that thirty-five is the standard and that painting will bring it to the standard.  George Graikoski will get a price to paint the classrooms for next meeting.  Gary Waugh discusses the shade of white painted.  Richard Munday feels it should be an off white.  Jack Healy, Chair wants to discuss this further before it is painted.

 

Motion:  Jeff Zullo moved to authorize the Chairman to work with George Graikoski once George Graikoski obtains the estimates, to paint the ceilings in the LIS classrooms for reflective optimization at a cost not to exceed $10,000.00.

So moved.    Seconded: Kent Gilyard 

Discussion:  none.

Absent:  Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

Abstention:  none.

Objection:  none.

All Ayes.

Motion passed.

 

Parking Lot Update (Jeff Zullo & Bill Buckley)

None discussed.  Jack Healy, Chair states that they are waiting to hear something.

 

 

Maintenance Building

None discussed.  Kent Gilyard states that obviously this issue needs to wait.

 

 

Alternative Options List Review (Lynn Chapman)

None discussed.

 

 

Stacie Kavle asks Jack Healy, Chair since she was not present for agenda item, credit update if she could ask George Graikoski about the entrance to the high school.  Jack Healy, Chair approved.  Stacie Kavle inquires about the credit for that issue and what is going on with the entrance.  George Graikoski reports that the credit will be four or five thousand dollars.  Stacie Kavle thought that it was left that the Committee would be informed of the credit and then decide whether or not the Committee wanted the work to be redone to meet the original design or accept the credit.  She states that she has had discussion with Jack Healy, Chair on this issue and thinks that there is a lot of confusion about this issue.  She would like to know what the members of the Committee think about it but she feels that four or five thousand dollars doesn’t justify living with it the way it is.  Discussion ensued.  Jeff Zullo wants to know what it would cost to put it back to the original design.  He feels that it should be mandated to go back to the original design if it doesn’t meet the level the Committee anticipated it needed to be.  Jack Healy, Chair is tired of this discussion.  He was asked to take care of it and he took care of it and as far as he is concerned it is a dead issue. He is tired of being asked to do things on his own time and then getting things changed by the Committee afterward.  Jack Healy, Chair states that he talked to every member of the Committee before making a decision.  Stacie Kavle states that she didn’t receive a phone call. Jack Healy, Chair states that he did call or sit down with every member and went with the majority of the Committee.  Jeff Zullo states that he didn’t feel that the Committee accepted the five thousand dollar credit and wonders if it’s sufficient.  George Graikoski states that it is a fair number.  Jeff Zullo said that this issue is just like the issue with the panels and that the Committee could have pressed the issue but didn’t.  Jack Healy, Chair states that he talked to George Graikoski about five thousand as the credit.

 

 

 

6.  FINANCE COMMITTEE – Take actions as needed

 

Jeff Zullo reports that the Finance Subcommittee did not meet tonight for a lack of quorum. He hands a copy of the Invoices to be Approved List dated 7/19/2007 to the members of the Committee for their review.

 

 

 

Approval of Invoices

 

 

Motion:  Jeff Zullo moved that the following invoices be forwarded to the Chairman for approval subject to his review to make sure that the proper certifications are in place.

 

 

 

VENDOR

   APP/ INV#

 INV. DATE

   AMOUNT

SCHOOL

 O&G Industries

         18

   6/30/2007

  $30,570.00

Intermediate

 Titan Roofing

          8

   5/30/2007

  $44,887.50

Intermediate

 

For a total of $75,457.50

 

So moved.    Seconded: Kent Gilyard 

Discussion:  George Graikoski states that Titan is for the roofing and the siding.  George Graikoski states that the work is more than 95% done.  Mac Bramley wants to know if Jeff wants an amendment to the motion.  George Graikoski states that this is not the final payment and that this invoice has been held twice already.  George Graikoski states that they have not yet invoiced for June or July.  Jack Healy, Chair wants to know how much is being held.  George Graikoski states five percent of the contract is being held.

Vote:

Absent:  Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

Abstention:  none.

Objection:  none.

All Ayes

Motion passed.

 

 

 

Motion:  Jeff Zullo moved that the following invoices be forwarded to the Chairman for approval subject to his review to make sure that the proper certifications are in place.

 

 

VENDOR

 APP/ INV#

 INV DATE

  AMOUNT

    SCHOOL

CCA LLC

63768-Split

   6/15/2007

     $295.35

   Intermediate

Connecticut Materials Testing

2007-1575

   7/16/2007

     $917.02

   Intermediate

Peter C. Herbst

659-Split

   7/20/2007

  $1,239.97

   Intermediate

Marianne Arancio Stilson

7192007-Split

   7/19/2007

       $87.45

   Intermediate

 

So moved.    Seconded: Kent Gilyard 

Discussion:  none.

Vote: 

Abstention: Jack Healy, Chair and Mac Bramley

Objection:  none  

Absent: Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

Ayes:  Lynn Chapman, Gary Waugh, Jeff Zullo, Stacie Kavle and Kent Gilyard

Motion passed.

 

 

 

Motion:  Jeff Zullo moved that the following invoice be approved and authorize the Chairman to pay that invoice.

 

 

VENDOR

 APP/INV#

INV. DATE

 AMOUNT

  SCHOOL

Herbert S. Newman

16224-Split

11/21/2006

$8,658.37

  Intermediate

                                                   

Seconded:  Kent Gilyard

Discussion:  

Vote:  Abstention: none

Objection: none

Absent: Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

All ayes. 

Motion passed.

 

 

 

Motion:  Jeff Zullo moved that the following invoices be forwarded to the Chairman for approval subject to his review of each to make sure that the proper certifications are there.

 

 

VENDOR

   APP/INV#

    INV. DATE

    AMOUNT

SCHOOL

Allied Restoration

        12

     5/30/2007

   $91,862.62

Middle/High School

O&G

        18

     6/30/2007

   $55,870.00

Middle/High School

 

So moved.   Seconded: Kent Gilyard 

Discussion:  Jeff Zullo notes that the Allied Restoration bill was previously held for siding delays.  George Graikoski said that the middle of next week it will be finished.   Jeff Zullo states that one hundred thousand has been retained for Allied.

Vote: 

Abstention: none
Objection:  none

Absent: Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

All ayes. 

Motion passed.

 

 

Motion:  Jeff Zullo moved that the following invoices be forwarded to the Chairman for approval subject to his review to make sure that the proper certifications are there.

 

 

VENDOR

 APP/INV#

INV. DATE

 AMOUNT

SCHOOL

CCA LLC

  63758-Split

  6/15/2007

    $599.65

High School

Connecticut Materials Testing

  2007-15993

  7/16/2007

 $2,350.53

High School

DTC

     200889

  7/23/2007

 $9,775.00

High School

Peter C. Herbst

    659-Split

  7/20/2007

 $2,517.53

High School

Marianne Arancio Stilson

7192007 – Split

  7/19/2997

    $177.55

High School

Special Testing Laboratories

       20589

12/15/2006

    $960.00

High School

 

 

So moved.   Seconded: Kent Gilyard 

Discussion:  Jeff Zullo inquires about the invoice for Special Testing Labs.  George Graikoski states that it’s an old invoice for pull out tests for the south wall.  Jeff Zullo states that it’s billed on 12/15/2006 but received by the BOE on August 1st.   George Graikoski said that he got a call from last week and that they never got paid.  He confirmed it with Louis and that it should be paid.

Vote: 

Abstention: Jack Healy, Chair and Mac Bramley

Objection:  none

Absent: Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

Ayes:  Lynn Chapman, Gary Waugh, Jeff Zullo, Stacie Kavle and Kent Gilyard

Motion passed.

 

 

 

 

Motion:  Jeff Zullo moved that the following invoices be forwarded to the Chairman for approval subject to his review to make sure that the proper certifications are there.

 

VENDOR

 APP/INV#

INV. DATE

 AMOUNT

SCHOOL

Herbert S. Newman

16224-Split

11/21/2007

 $17,579.13

High School

Herbert S. Newman

   16306

  1/16/2007

   $3,812.50

High School

 

So moved.   Seconded: Kent Gilyard 

Discussion:  Jeff Zullo states that these invoices were held for more information.  Jack Healy, Chair states that the invoice 16224 was miscoded and it was Brooke’s time for the Intermediate School and that it should be coded for the High School.  Richard Munday states that a new invoice has been done and believes it should be held for payment for the new invoice.

Jeff Zullo withdraws his motion on Herbert S. Newman for Invoice #16306 in the amount of $3,812.50.

Kent Gilyard withdraws his second.

 

Vote on Invoice #16224-Split dated 11/21/2007 for Herbert S. Newman: 

Absent: Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

Abstention:  none.
Objection:  none.

All Ayes.

Motion passed.

 

Jeff Zullo reminds Richard Munday to be sure to reissue the invoice for payment.  Jack Healy, Chair states that it should be in the next package.  Richard Munday states that it is on his desk.

 

 

Finance Committee Report

None.

 

 

7.  TECHNOLOGY UPDATE – TAKE ACTIONS AS NEEDED

Tony Crowe reports that the PO’s went out today.

 

 

8.  FF&E UPDATE – TAKE ACTIONS AS NEEDED

 

Update from School Administration on status of preparation of FFE package for submission &

BC Update on FFE Efforts, (Stacie Kavle, Vice Chair & Lynn Chapman)

Tony Crowe reports that Peg Perusse is still working with the State of Connecticut.

 

 

9.  Executive Session

 

Motion:  Kent Gilyard moved that the Committee go into Executive Session to discuss legal issues.

So moved.  Seconded: Gary Waugh

Discussion:  None.

Vote: 

Abstention: none.  Objection:  none. 

Absent:  Bob Blazek & William J. Buckley, Jr.

All ayes.  Motion passed.

9:38 PM

The public leaves.

 

Out of Executive Session and the Public Returns

No motions were made or decisions rendered during Executive Session.

 

 

10.  FUTURE AGENDA

Gary Waugh thinks that the Committee needs to be careful when doing attenuation in the some of the classrooms and not others because he feels that parents will complain to the Board of Education and to others if their children do not have functional classrooms and others do.  He wants to do whatever the Committee can afford to do because he thinks that this issue opens the Committee up to a double standard. Discussion of the panel solution ensued.

 

 

11.  ADJOURNMENT

 

Mac Bramley motioned to adjourn.  The motion was seconded by Lynn Chapman at 10:24 PM and carried unanimously.       

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Marianne Arancio Stilson     

 

 Marianne Arancio Stilson

 Recording Secretary