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WARRANT COMMITTEE MINUTES
THIRD MEETING August 23, 2005
Present: K. Conlon, T. Lowney, J. Conley, H. Crichlow, L. Dee, N. Gray, S. Keel, B. Mason, P. Nolan, L. Walker.
Absent: D. Biagiotti, W. Connors, T. Hurley, J. O’Connor, C. Winston.
Reserve Fund Balance $400,000
Following corrections, the minutes were approved 9-0-0.
The Committee voted unanimously to approve a $97.65 voucher to Corporate Express for the purchase of fifteen three-ring binders.
A conference was held with Thomas Martinson, Chair of the Library Building Committee, Eugene Boylan, Chair of the Library Foundation, Kathy Fagan Bauer, Chair of the Library Trustees and Philip McNulty, Library Director. Also in attendance were Gregory Buchanan, Mary Regan and Marjorie Jeffries, members of the Library Trustees. Prior to the beginning of the conference, Warrant Committee member Nick Gray recused himself. Mr. Martinson discussed the proposal for the renovation and expansion of the main library, including the history of the Library Space Needs Committee, renovation, accessibility (ADA), library service, design, meeting space, and cost estimates and financing. Chair of the Library Trustees Kathy Fagan Bauer reviewed the process by which the Trustees sought and received a State grant. Director Philip McNulty gave a presentation on the necessary renovations and repairs to the 1904 building and on the goals and objectives of the expansion project. Eugene Boylan, Chair
of the Library Foundation, reviewed with the Committee the funding necessary for these renovations and repairs, including the $3,685,725 State Construction Grant awarded on July 7, 2005, the Foundation’s goal of raising $3,800,000 in donations and a proposed $6,000,000 debt exclusion override, for a $13,418,000 total project cost. The Chair thanked all for their excellent and informative presentation. The Committee will review and render its recommendation at its next meeting on August 31, 2005. The Committee also received a written Report of the Library Building Committee on the Proposal for Renovation and Expansion of the Milton Public Library.
Member Gray returned to the Warrant Committee meeting.
The Committee voted unanimously to offer a “No Recommendation At This Time” on Special Town Meeting articles 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, pending further information and review.
The Committee will meet next on Wednesday, August 31, 2005.
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol A. Blute, Clerk
August 31, 2005
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