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February 1, 2016
Minutes
Approved 3/7/2016
CBC Members Present: Wakeman, Dormitzer, Franklin, Host, Keniley
Chair Wakeman opened the meeting at 1900 with the above quorum present.
General Discussion
Chairman Wakeman stated that there are approximately $2.3M in requests for FY17.
The CPC has received requests from the Recreation Department and the Harbormaster.
It was communicated that Chris Senior asked Ron Menard to consider whether the
Voice Over IP Phone System could be pushed forward to FYI from FY18.
Member Domitizer met with Menard and shared the highlights of his meeting with the
committee. Menard shared his plan for Fiber and Peripherals. The plan is costly but
there were anticipated saving from current practices, such as $60K in savings on
Comcast/Verizon Access Points, reduction in data centers from 7 to 2, ability to (in the
future) move from local printing to centralized printing. Dormitzer mentioned that
Cohasset is well behind in infrastructure compared to Duxbury, Marshfield, Hingham,
and Scituate, who all have fiber networks. He reiterated that the committee
understands this and is committed to improving the Town's infrastructure, however, he
and others on the committee felt the plan as presented needed more work. Chairman
Wakeman stated he would contact Menard to obtain more details.
Brian Joyce, Town Engineer provided information on the Jerusalem Road Causeway
Elevation and the Replacement of the Cunningham Bridge. The Cunningham Bridge will
take an estimated 9 months to complete and the work is currently targeted to occur
between August of 2017 and May 2018. It will be necessary to have an alternative
access route in place during the construction season. The existing access route would
include an area of Jerusalem Road prone to flooding which in a recent storm was
impassable. A Hazard Mitigation Grant for that project was recently extended. The fee
for environmental impact to the salt marsh is $14.80 sq ft * 3200 sq ft = $47,360. The
project entails tearing up the existing road, elevating the roadway, repaving and
installing a wooden guardrail.
Unspent Appropriations were discussed and Chairman Wakeman updated the Capital
Budget Spreadsheet to reflect changes.
Next meeting was scheduled for February 16, 2016, There being no further business we
voted to adjourn at 2100
Respectfully submitted
Susan Franklin