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September 25, 2017
Minutes
Approved 4-0 12-4-2017
CBC Members Present: Wakeman, Donohue, Dormitizer, Franklin, Host, Redmann
Chair Wakeman opened the meeting at 1900 with the above quorum present.
Capital Appropriation Spreadsheet
The Committee decided rather than go over each line item the committee would draft
and email to each operating department to request updated information and a
timeline for completion. Chairman Wakeman would draft such and email for review
prior to dissemination to the operating departments.
Cunningham Bridge
Town Manager, Chris Senior presented a letter from the MassDOT outling the design
revisions to the bridge to incorporate requested changes to the proposed bridge railing
and guardrail approaches. The Proposed Revisions increase the cost of the project by
$100,000 and extend the timeline for completion by 3 weeks. The finished bridge is
estimated to have a 75-year life.
Capital Budget members were behind the design revisions, but requested specifications
related to the composition of the materials used for the railings and approaches so the
Town could develop a Maintenance Program for these pieces whose useful life are
substantially shorter than the bridge. The Committee recommeded such Maintenance
Program establish a maintenance schedule, define the responsible parties to perform
such maintenance per the schedule, establish the useful life of these particular parts
and establish an estimated cost to maintain and ultimately replace such parts at the
end of their useful life.
A time for the next meeting was not established, however, department liasons were
encouraged to meet with their departments regarding 10-year Capital Budget
Forecasts. There being no further business we voted to adjourn at 20:56.
Respectfully submitted
Susan Franklin