North Stonington Volunteer Fire Company
EMS Building Committee
Meeting Minutes for June 23, 2014
Location: North Stonington Volunteer Fire Company – Meeting Room
267 Norwich-Westerly Rd., North Stonington CT
In Attendance: Mark Perkins, Chairman; Joe Cassata, Vice Chairman; Charles Steinhart, V; Jon Bosma; Ryan Burdick; Greg Howell; Paul Kowack; Bob Shabunia; Brian Elias; Peter Springsteel Kati Murphy; David Stein and Don Smith
Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM by Chairman Perkins
Minutes: Motion by Mark Perkins to accept the minutes of June 10, second by Joe Cassata. Motion passed.
Correspondence, Bills, and Invoices:
Silver Petrucelli invoice #14-947, in the amount of $12,909 – approved for payment
K. Murphy invoice #6, in the amount of $195, invoice #7 in the amount of $75. – approved for payment
Public Comment. None
New Business:
Mark Perkins indicated that there is potentially a party interested in the 52k yards of material that needs to be excavated from the site. He had anticipated having more information from them prior to the June 23 meeting, but has not heard back. The Committee discussed that if we bid for excavation and removal of the material, we would be back to our previously agreed upon site and building designs.
SP was asked if we could include both site schemes into bids to see how the numbers came out. This was discouraged as it would be double the work effort and dollar amount to put the package together.
Old Business:
Silver Petrucelli presented two variations of schemes, based upon two different approaches to the site work. These are now referred to as Scheme A and Scheme B. Scheme A is the originally agreed upon plan that SP presented at the May 27 meeting. Scheme B is based upon the cut and fill option for the site, which required some adjustments to the building, but could offer a cost savings in site work. The amount of savings is estimated at about $200k. After viewing both plans, the Committee agreed that Scheme A building and site plans were the better option to go with, regardless of the cost difference.
Bob Shabunia reminded the Committee, that regardless of which plan is voted on and approved by the Committee, there is still an issue with the budget, and the Committee should look at further building reductions. The majority of the Committee believes that the building size has been reduced as much as they can and still meet future growth needs.
SP wanted to know where the Committee wants them to go from here, as the Committee has not taken an official vote on which plan they want. Mark Perkins was scheduled to go before the Board of Finance on June 25. SP was asked to hold off on moving forward with any plans until after that meeting. The Committee will meet again on June 30 and hopes to be able to make an official vote at that time.
Motion to adjourn was made by Paul Kowack, second by John Bosma. Motion passed and meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM
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