Granby School Building Committee

Regular Meeting Minutes

Wednesday January 25, 2006

Voting Members Present: Michael Quesnel, Chair, Jim Pietras, Dawn Cooke, Renee Still, Sally O’Shea, Frank Marion, Joe Arabik

Non-Voting Members Present: Patricia Stevens, Bill Frangiamore

Visitors: Virginia Snopek, Library Trustees

Meeting called to order at 6:05 pm.

• Community Library Covenant
• Mike and Virginia up-dated the committee. The School Committee met with Atty. Virginia Tate who recommended we add language to the covenant. The Board of Library Trustees took issue with a certain paragraph. The School Committee later voted to remove the paragraph after a special meeting with the School Committee, Library Trustees, Selectman, School Atty. Gini Tate, Atty. Ed. Ryan, Town Council, and State Representative Ellen Story.  The draft was submitted.
• It was decided that we should have an attorney present at all future covenant meetings.
• Additional money for attorney fees is needed.
• Ellen Story will present special legislation which would not be precedence setting but would make the community library easier to achieve.
• Atty. Gini Tate will draw up an agreement to submit to town council.
• The need to hire a project manager on hold until project is approved.
• More building problems at the schools.  The boiler room flooded, pipes leaking.  The electric department had to shut off electricity @ West St.  38 hours in man power and approx. $1,200 in unexpected expenses.
• A motion was made by Frank Marion and seconded by Joe Arabik to give administration permission to publicly record the impact financially as well as the educational impact of the unexpected expenses to the school and the town.
• The motion was approved unanimously.
• Previewed slides for Power Point Presentation.  We need up-dated slides from Lee Dore.
• Facility audit was done January 4^th.  We are waiting for the results.  They will be ranked in order of needs.  Mike will call Brian Lees concerning this audit.
• The committee viewed the draft Statement of Interest form.  Pat can do some; Lee will need to do most of it.
• Pat will forward draft statement of Interest form to Atty. Ginny Tate for review.
• Joe Arabik submitted to committee for review information about boiler and natural gas safety.  Pat will forward to Ken Scully.
• A motion to adjourn was made by Renee Still @ 7:35 pm and seconded by Frank Marion.  Motion was approved unanimously. 

   

Meeting adjourned @ 7:35 pm.

• Next meeting scheduled for Thursday February 16^th @6:00 pm

New Business

• The building committee was not informed about problems with the covenant. 
  Who on the committee should be informed- how and when?

                         Minutes compiled by Dawn Cooke, School Building Committee