Building Committee Minutes
7:00 PM April 8, 2010
Stoddard Town Hall
Members present: Penny Betz, Dick Briere, Sandy Holland, Harry Power, Amy Rokoszak
Absent: Lou GrandPré, P.J. Lamothe, Alan Rumrill, David Vaillancourt
Attending: Dick Betz, Arnie Stymest
Dick Briere called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM.
The warrant articles for the Building Committee, as currently drafted, were reviewed and recommendations were made to separate the Town Hall from the Gould House and present as separate articles. This information will be passed on to the Town Administrator, as he is continuing work on the wording and placement of articles for the warrant.
The Committee reviewed the finalized chart prepared by Harry Power, representing the four options for town buildings and creation of town offices along with the tax impacts per thousand for each. Two color copies, 24” x 36”, have been made to be displayed on easels on either side of the entrance to the JFES all-purpose room at Town Meeting, along with 200 8 ½” x 11” black & white copies to be provided as handouts.
Methods to publicize the final Public Information Meeting scheduled for 10 AM on Saturday May 15th were discussed. The meeting has been posted to the town’s website calendar. We will ask Casey Farrar, Sentinel writer, to attend the meeting so that we might get a small write-up in the Sentinel prior to Town Meeting.
The library needs $1,650 for septic design and $250 for test pits. Penny Betz stated that they are going to pursue this with Land Contractors and Carl Hagstrom, septic designer, within the next week or two. There is a possibility that some grant money may be available to help with the hoped-for library work, but matching funds must be available. The USDA Rural Development Grant Fund is the likeliest source.
Dick Briere noted that two weeks from now, on April 22nd, he will be away and asked that Amy Rokoszak chair the meeting that evening.
The Committee will next meet on Thursday April 22nd. Harry Power moved to adjourn, seconded by Sandy Holland. The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
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Sandy Holland