MINUTES
Willington Housing Authority
Regular Meeting
6 p.m., December 9, 2013
Willington Senior Center Craft Room
60 Old Farms Road, Willington CT 06279
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Present: Chairman Robert Campbell, Vice-President Wilbur Gangaway, Member Laurel Millix, Financial Consultant Dave Berto. Absent: Treasurer C. D’Agata, Secretary Don Berg.
1. Call to order – 6:12 p.m.
2. Present to speak – No members of the public present.
3. Old Business – Senior Housing “Button Hill”
Regarding selection of a general contractor for the Button Hill Senior Housing project, R. Campbell distributed a printout created by D. Berto comparing the selected contractors on the basis of similar items. The contractors under consideration were Zlotnick Construction Inc., NAEK Construction Inc., PAC Group LLC and Newfield Construction Inc. (See May 8, 2013 Special Meeting minutes.)
R. Campbell said the low bidder was Zlotnick Construction from Windham. The second-to-lowest was the PAC Group, at $300,000 more than Zlotnick. The highest was NAEK Construction.
R. Campbell said D. Berto’s recommendation was to hire Zlotnick Construction and he agreed. He noted the WHA has worked well with Zlotnick Construction in the past and he favors hiring someone local.
W. Gangaway moved to accept Zlotnick Construction as general contractor for the Button Hill Senior Housing project, L. Millix seconded the motion. There was further discussion. The motion passed unanimously.
D. Berto said he can now include the contractor information in the new CHAMP 4 application due Dec. 16, 2013. The request in this application is for $2,375,000, he said. D. Berto said his office will contact Zlotnick and the other contractors to let them know who the WHA selected. He also said a response regarding the Federal Home Loan Bank funding application should be received before the end of December. He added he will return to working with the town regarding questions about town funds once the CHAMP application is submitted.
4. New Business – none.
5. Approval of Minutes – W. Gangaway moved to accept the Nov. 18, 2013 minutes, the motion was seconded by L. Millix, the motion passed unanimously.
6. Treasurer’s Report – C. D’Agata was absent, no report was submitted.
7. Correspondence – None.
8. Adjourn – R. Campbell noted the next meeting will be Jan. 13, 2014. He noted he’s having knee surgery on Jan. 10 and so, may not be attending the Jan. 13 meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6.30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Recording Secretary Brenda Sullivan.
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