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School Ad Hoc Committee Minutes 11-09-2009 Approved
 
Town of North Stonington, CT
Ad Hoc School Building Committee
New Town Hall Conference Room
40 Main Street, North Stonington, CT  06359
Monday, November 9, 2009 – 7:00 P.M.
Regular Meeting & Workshop

Approved Minutes

1.   CALL TO ORDER:
Bob Carlson called the Regular Meeting of the School Ad Hoc Committee to order on Monday, November 9th at 7:09 P.M.

2.  ROLL CALL:
Committee Members Present: Bob Carlson (Chairman), Chris D’Angelo (Vice-Chairman), Jeff Frenette (Corresponding Secretary) Leslie Driscoll, Arthur Jerbert, Barbara Siner, and Walter Mathwich.
Committee Member Absent: Brett Mastroianni, Sam Cherenzia, and Arthur Dobley (Recording Secretary),

3.  PUBLIC COMMENTS & QUESTIONS: Newly Elected Selectman Briscoe stated that he will be attending more of our meetings.

4.  ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA:
Chairman Carlson requested if anyone would have additions to the agenda beyond the following:

Subcommittee Reports – A brief report from each sub committee was provided to the overall committee.  Moved to 7. Old Business

Overall Committee Plan – Chairman Carlson commented that we were on track to provide a overall plan to the Selectman. Moved to 7. Old Business

Regionalization – Chairman Carlson requested more information from the subcommittee at a future meeting to be determined. – Moved to 9. Discussions

Member  Jerbert requested the addition of the following:

Cancellation of the Dec 28, 2009 meeting
MOTION by Chris D’Angelo Second by Jeffrey Frenette to accept the recommendation to cancel the Dec 28, 2009 meeting.  MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

Update on Solar Energy concept – Moved to 9. Discussion

5.  MINUTES:
 MOTION by Leslie Driscoll, SECOND by Walter Mathwich, to accept the Draft Minutes of October 26, 2009 Regular Meeting with no corrections. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

6.  CORRESPONDENCE: None

7.  OLD BUSINESS:  A brief overview of all School Plans was discussed and each subcommittee provided input as to progress. It was determined that the High/Middle subcommittee need to schedule a joint workshop to discuss the use of shared resources.

Chairman Carlson also discussed the overall consensus of the group and the group agreed in concept that they are all moving in the same direction and that further refinement of the plan would be necessary before a presentation to the Selectman.

8. NEW BUSINESS:  Chairman Carlson proposed the addition of a new member to the group, Julia Lanier.  After discussion the committee agreed to have the Selectman request the additional member.

9. DISCUSSIONS: Member Jerbert presented a conceptual rendition of the use of solar energy.  Conversation determined it would be best to schedule discussion during the first meeting of January 2010.

Chairman Carlson requested that the Regionalization subcommittee be prepared to discuss their finding during the 2nd meeting of January 2010.   

10.  ADJOURNMENT  
MOTION by Jeffrey Frenette, SECOND by Barbara Siner to adjourn the School Ad Hoc Committee Meeting at 8:40P.M.  MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.


Respectively Submitted, Jeffrey Frenette, Corresponding Secretary Ad Hoc School Building Committee