Chairman Wood called the meeting to order at 6:02pm and a
quorum was declared.
Attendance: Black, Cook, Eaton,
BOS: Albee, Stockman, Weeks
Public: 5
The minutes of the BC meeting 23 January 2007 were reviewed
and a motion was made by
Old business:
Wood reopened discussion of Warrant Articles.
Sundquist The amount to be raised by a bond would be $1,992,405 and
the Library Board requests a warrant article for this amount. The new library
and is expected to be 9,480Ssf.
Wood Questioned why builders risk insurance was more for
the library construction than for the PSB.
Sundquist These are soft figures and are subject to being revised.
Weeks When the Town can go out for bids then these
figures can be made firm.
Wood Questioned who would be the Clerk of the Works for
the project and why nothing was budgeted for one.
Weeks The code enforcement officer would serve as the
Clerk of the Works to oversee the work and BPS would serve as the project
manager to supervise all aspects of the project.
Bob Theve The Clerk of the
Works is usually independent of the construction manager and works for the
project owner to oversee all phases of the project for the owner.
Black Moultonborough had a Construction Committee to
oversee the construction of their PSB. If the Town can use a Construction
Committee composed of volunteers instead of a paid Clerk of the Works there
would be substantial savings.
Albee PBS is to be the construction manager and $87,690
has been estimated for this service and they will not be allowed to also be a
contractor or subcontractor working on the project.
There was further discussion of this and related issues
regarding construction of a new library and how this warrant article should be
presented to the voters.
Cook Motion to recommend no warrant article for
construction of a new library this year.
A vote was called. The vote was 3-4, the motion failed.
The were no other motions so this warrant article was tabled until
later.
Stockman - The Gould Property warrant article was
discussed. The BOS have a purchase and sale agreement for the property,
which will be signed by the owner Friday and secured with a $1,000 deposit.
Albee Presented the
Weeks New plans removed the retaining wall and parking at
the rear of the building and a few other changes resulted in substantial
savings.
Eaton This project is too big and still
overkill for a Town the size of Tuftonboro.
Black The second floor as planned is not needed at this
time. The Town might save substantial money on this project by leaving it
unfinished until it is need.
Albee BOS wants to get the project done and not have to
undertake additional construction in a few years.
Wood Dont make the mistakes other towns have made in
leaving their buildings unfinished then having to be faced with higher
operating cost and construction cost to complete their buildings later.
There was further discussion of this and related issues
regarding construction of a new PSB and how this warrant article should be
presented to the voters.
Cook Move to approve a warrant article for a new
The vote was called. Vote 6-1 for the motion, motion passed.
Wood Asked for any further discussion or public comments.
The next BC meeting was called for 6 February 2007 at 6 pm
before the Public Hearing at the Old town House.
Black Move to approve a warrant article for a new Library
to be bonded in the amount of $1,992,405. Second
Talbot. The vote was called. Vote 4-3 for the motion, motion passed.
The BC meeting was adjourned 7:15 pm.