Town of North Stonington, CT
Ad Hoc School Building Committee
New Town Hall Conference Room
40 Main Street, North Stonington, CT 06359
Monday, April 13, 2009 – 7:00 P.M.
Regular Meeting
Draft Minutes
1. CALL TO ORDER:
Chairman Bob Carlson called the Regular Meeting of the School Ad Hoc Committee to order on Monday, March 23, 2009 at 7:04 P.M.
2. ROLL CALL
Committee Members Present: Chris D’Angelo (Vice-Chairman), Sam Cherenzia, Bob Carlson (Chairman), Arthur Dobley (Recording Secretary), Brett Mastroianni, Heather Mars, and Leslie Driscoll (arrived 7:07).
Committee Members Absent: Jeff Frenette (Corresponding Secretary), Barbara Siner, and Marie Sehl.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS: None.
4. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: Bob Carlson added topic “F” to the Discussion section regarding “The checklist”, which is a list of topics to be familiar with.
5. MINUTES: Review minutes of the 3/9/09 meeting.
MOTION by Chris D’Angelo, SECOND by L. Driscoll to accept the Draft Minutes of 3/23/09 with no corrections. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
6. CORRESPONDENCE:
Sam gave Bob Carlson several correspondences including: a bond schedule, and letters from contractors. These will be given to Jeff later on.
7. OLD BUSINESS:
The board of education by-laws will be discussed later after receiving the electronic copy.
8. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Review of Data The committee discussed the Option 4 Building Plans. Discussion followed about the pros and cons of the plan. Topics included: the elementary school would be moved to a new location, the tunnel is still there, why not build a new middle school, proximity to route 2, using a single utility building to supply heat/cooling/electricity to all school buildings, higher costs for maintaining 3 separate school buildings.
B. Mr Jerbert’s handout He handed out his packet which is the basis for his talk planned May 11th. He went over some minor corrections, and answered some clarification questions from the committee. He also wet over some details of the plan.
C. Action Items
1. All of the committee members will review the data on the Option 5 building plan and compare it to the needs of the NEASC report and the other building options. Also members should prepare clarification questions for Mr. Jerbert.
2. Look over the letter written by Mr. Susi.
3. Read the handout by Bob Carlson (the checklist) and add to it.
9. DISCUSSIONS:
A. E-mail accounts: Start using both e-mail accounts and send e-mails to both accounts for each individual.
B. Subcommittees: Have to investigate procedures and FOI.
C. Liaisons: People discussed attending the other board meetings.
D. School tours: In the future plan to attend tours of North Stonington and the Sterling schools.
E. Attendance at meetings. Send an e-mail if one cannot attend a meeting.
F. Checklist Handout: from Bob Carlson listing the topics the committee members should be familiar with.
10. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by S. Cherenzia, SECOND by Chris D’Angelo to adjourn the School Ad Hoc Committee Meeting at 9:35 P.M. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Respectively Submitted,
Arthur Dobley, Recording Secretary
Ad Hoc School Building Committee
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