Date

Date: Wednesday August 30, 2006

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Place: High School – Media Center

*Voting Members* (check mark who is present)
X Joe Arabik	X Dawn Cooke		X Frank Marion	X Mary McDowell
X Sally O’Shea	X Jim Pietras	X Michael Quesnel	Ken Scully	X Renee Still
Wayne Tack

*Non-Voting Members* (check mark who is present)
Jonathan Cavallo	Bill Frangiamore	David Lukaskiewicz	Pam McCauley	Patricia A. Stevens
John Robert	Dan Lynch

*Visitors*
X Virginia Snopek	X Kevin Boiselle

Topic:

Meeting called to order at 6:10 pm by Mike Quesnel.

Minute takers for future meetings:

Chair Mike Quesnel will ask members to take turns taking minutes at meetings this year. Sally O’Shea has offered to take them at this meeting. It is hoped that minutes will be forwarded to the Chair within 7-10 days after the meeting. Members will receive the meeting agenda in advance that can serve as a template for the minutes.

Welcome new members-there were no new members present.

It was reported that Laura Gaj has resigned and a new member from the Planning Board will be appointed.

Voting members sworn in?

All members in attendance confirmed that they had been sworn in

Visitor Comments-none

Approve meeting minutes (none to approve)

Dawn Cooke will check on the last minutes taken and forward to Mike Quesnel.

Statement of Interest forms submitted by July 1^st

A Statement of Interest form was filed for each of our three schools by Dore and Whittier prior to July 1, 2006. At that time approximately 70 statements were on file. There is no specific deadline for submission. We now await a response from SBA. Lee Dore and Bill Frangiamore are in regular contact with SBA and Mike Quesnel was asked to request that Bill contact SBA on a weekly basis for updates. We have been told that the review process will begin in October. Copies of emails were provided that outlined the 7 levels to the process, with Lee Dore indicating his opinion that our project might already be at level 5. Mike Quesnel reminded members that when building tours were done, our schools were rated as “3”s, which is desirable placement for consideration. The SBA website lists the ratings of schools from the needs survey. www.mass.gov/msba/agreed.htm

Special Legislation (next steps)

Mike Quesnel expressed his concern about the special legislation drawn up by Atty. Tate at the last School Committee meeting. The School Building Committee and Library Trustees had anticipated a simple wording to this legislation rather than the multi-page document received, with incredibly specific detail. Atty. Tate was hired by the School Committee to work for the School Building Committee. While the School Committee does NOT support the legislation as written, School Committee member Arthur Kruliewitz, wants to keep Atty. Tate on the project. Members at this SBC meeting expressed their desire for the envisioned, simplified legislation and asked that the following scenario be followed.

· Pat Stevens is planning to contact Rep. Ellen Story before the 9/18 School Committee meeting and the SBC would like Pat to ask Ellen to draft the legislation and give us a sample.

· Virginia Snopek will take the sample legislation to town counsel Ed Ryan for review.

· The sample legislation will be reviewed by School Committee, School Building Committee and board of Library Trustees.

· Sample legislation will then be forwarded to Atty. Tate

The goal is to have the legislation written and in order in the next months so that it can be presented for approval, by Sen. Lees before he leaves office on January 1, 2007. Rep. Story is expected to be involved in this process as well. Petrollatti will also be informed of the legislation being presented.

Covenant between School Department and Library Trustees:

Members discussed that there are 4 years left to the 5 year grant that was awarded. A covenant must be agreed upon in order to receive the library grant. Some members wanted to expand the covenant committee to include principals. There was discussion about “operational concerns” of a community library. Sample covenants have been obtained from WI. Most of the covenant issues seem to be safety related. Virginia Snopek agreed to forward the “skeleton” of the covenant to Kevin Boiselle for review. Work on the covenant will resume when the legislation has been written and submitted.

Lee Dore will not be invited to attend the next meeting but will be called in when we know more about the legislation and begin covenant work.

Invoice approval

· An invoice for $5,000 to Dore and Whittier for the preparation and submission of the Statement of Interest forms was received. Joe Arabik motioned to approve the invoice for payment; Dawn Cooke seconded; unanimously approved.

· An invoice for $82 to Atty. Tate for phone consultation was presented. Dawn Cooke motioned to approve payment; Sally O’Shea seconded; unanimously approved.

Next meeting date: Wednesday, October 4, 6:00 pm