Monadnock Regional School District; Facility Committee Minutes

Unapproved Minutes 11-14-07

Present:  Karen Cota, Bill Felton, Tim Peloquin, Jon Kenyon, Colline Dreyfuss, (arrives at 1910 hrs.)                                                                                                                     

Absent: 0

Others Present:  Dan Chalifour

Minutes:  The minutes of 10-24 and 11-05 were presented.

B. Fenton moves that the 10-24 minutes be accepted.  J Kenyon second.  Vote:  4-0-0-1 (CD has not arrived yet).

J Kenyon moves that the 11-05 minutes be accepted.  T Peloquin second.  Vote 3-0-1-1, (CD has not arrived, TP abstains).

Public Comments:  Dan Chalifour asks to speak.  For clarity, as was explained at the meeting…Mr Chalifour is a district resident and the Manufacturers Representative for Firestone, Building Products.  He had asked for 15 or more minutes to give a presentation to the comm.  Committee Chair explained the process and allowed him five minutes.  He explained his concerns about the roofing projects at the Ms/Hs and Mt Caesar.  He provided the board some reference materials.  He sells “TPO” roofing products and not PVC, (which were specified in the bid process).  He offered to assist the comm../district with the project.  NOTE:  The roofing bids are due on 11-16-07.

Gene White offered that this proposed building project was significant and that rather than sending the Finance Comm. a “memo” about it, there should be a joint meeting of the committees to discuss, in depth, this issue.

Brett—Updates

The comments of Mr. Chalifour were discussed.  A.L. Johnson, Roofing, recommended PVC.  The existing roofs are PVC.  Dave King of KB uses PVC and does not care for TPO.

Roof Bids…due on 11-16-07 by 3.00 pm.  They will be opened by Brett and K Chambers, in K Chambers office.  They will not acted upon at time of opening.

Auditorium Vents:  Started work on these Monday and should be done by Friday, 11-16-07.  The repair company will be back next week to crane off the debris from this job.

Amer Electric:  Will also be in to test the vents and fire alarms.

Generator:  Bruce Bohanan asks that the generator be exercised.  Make sure that it provides the necessary power to run the systems at the school and that when “street power” comes back up, the generator switches back over to it.

Troy Egress:  This is all done.

Troy Windows:  The windows/materials should be here in a week and they should be installed by Christmas.

Security Cameras and Monitors:  These are all in and the magnetic locks are now being installed.

One Source:  Relative to cameras and a monitor and an intercom at the Ms/Hs.  This project had been put on hold, until we could check with KB—to see if this made sense to do at this time.  KB says yes, all systems could be re-used if the master plan goes through.  The budgeted amount for this project was $4,900.00; the bid came in at $2,980.00 and with a 10% contingency fee, comes to $3,278.00.

          Motion…J. Kenyon moves…to accept the bid of $3,278.00, which includes a 10 % contingency fee, for One-Source to install the camera(s), monitor and intercom.  B Fenton second.  Vote…5-0-0-0.

As an aside to this issue, Brett informed the comm.. that SRO Fischer wished to add several cameras to this proposal.  The request came to late and with no supporting information.  Brett will look into this as it is possible to add cameras at a later date to the system.

Kitchen Hood:  The hood, which Stromgren will replace, will be done at the end of the school year.  It is too disruptive to try and due while school is in session.  Tom Walsh was spoken too about this time frame and reports that doing during the summer break is not an issue.

Brett-Project list items and health savings money

The issue/question at hand is…can some of the items on the project list be paid for with the money commonly referred to as, “the Health Savings Money”.  K Chambers stated that these projects should be completed before June of 07.  The basis for this is…there things are very important and they could be done now.

In discussing the project list items, it was also brought up that the new deconstructive testing, re high-walls, should not be forgotten.  That money should be left in the health savings account, in case the walls need immediate repair.  It was then asked if the cost of the testing could be taken from the $80,000.00 budgeted for the Master Plan.

The following list, represents the projects that the Facilities Comm.  feel warrant immediate attention.

          Troy            2 hour fire separation                               $    3,850.00

          Troy            Install new interior in resource room                  676.50

          Troy            Magnetic door closers on third floor                1,969.00

          Troy            Redo small bathroom                                       13,200.00

          Mt Caesar    Fix roof on “Pope” wing                                    5,390.00

          Gilsum                   Courtyard                                             40,700.00

          Mt Caesar    Fix siding                                                        9,350.00

          Emerson       Fencing around septic                                      2,200.00

          Mt Caesar    Drainage issue at front of school                     1,127.50

          Troy            Remodel reading room/moisture                    35,200.00

          TOTAL………………………………………………………………………………………………..$113,663.00

Motion:  CD moves…$113,663.00 be removed from the Health Insurance account to cover the ten prioritized items from the Health and Safety Warrant Article.  JK second.  Vote.  4-0-0-1 (BF out of room).

Note:  The issue of the sixth grade being moved to the Ms/Hs should be on the full board agenda—as this issue could have a substantial impact on the Master Plan.

Katie-Warrant Article wording relative to Facilities Director:

K Chambers read a warrant article relative to this and it asks for $94,953.79 to fund this position.

 

MC2:

Where does it go…It has been discussed and seems most sensible to move this to the Wilcox Building?  IF this is done, there are several things that the Wilcox Building is in need of/or that need to be checked.

          Electrical systems need to be updated.

          Can the septic handle a load of students.

          Bathrooms are not handicap accessible.

          It will need a sink and drinking fountain.

Wilcox would be/is in need of renovation.  Modulars would have to be used to house the present Wilcox employees/programs.

It is clear and was decided that we need more advanced cost projections/estimates for renovating Wilcox.  What is the present cost of a modular—2 classroom trailer.  Could these costs also come form the “health savings”.

Next Meeting:  11-28-07 @ 7.00pm Ms/Hs Library

Public Comments:   None

Meeting adjourned