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September 23, 2018
Minutes
Approved 11-4-2019 4-0
Joint Meeting CBC and Advisory
Potential Items for STM
CBC Members Present: Wakeman, Host, Dormitzer, Franklin, Fechter
Mr. Wakeman opened the meeting at 18:00 with the above quorum present.
School Department - Patrick Sullivan, Superintendent and Michael MacMillan, Director of
Finance and Operations
MS Entrance - $40,000
Currently, the MS and HS share a visitors office located in the HS. There school would like
to make some improvement to the existing MS entrance to bring it up to the same level of
safety compliance as the current HS entrance, and provide access to the MS office
services from this entrance instead of MS visitors having to enter at the HS and walk in the
HS corridor to the MS. The changes desired are anticipated to take approximately 1 week
to implement.
The MS has operated in this manner for quite some time. CBC members questioned why
this is a STM item and not part of the ATM requests.
Projector$17,000
The projector located on the ceiling of the MHS Auditorium is not functioning properly and
needs to be replaced. The present unit is at its end of life, being 20 years old, and is
obsolete. The projector is relied on for many school academic activities, and by many
school departments and organizations (like Athletics) and third party organizations life
Safe Harbor and the CEF.
Wheelchair Van $55,000
The school is required to transport students who due to special circumstances, cannot ride
on buses in our current fleet. Currently an outside vendor is used to provide transportation
but it is costly and sometimes difficult to coordinate. The third party service charges $125 /
day which based on our current usages level equates to approximately $55,000 / year.
There is a desire to take the transportation in house, using our own driver (need to hire)
and our own van. It may be possible to use the Elder Affairs Van however, timing issues
may make that difficult. CBC members recommended a TCO analysis should be
completed to determine what the all-in-cost of taking the service in house would be vs.
Continuing to rely on 3rd party service providers.
The school was asked to rank its prioriti
P#1 Wheelchair Van
P#2 Projector
P#3 MS Entrance
Police Department, Chief Quigley
Pick Up Truck$50,000
The K9 Tahoe had engine issues and was taken out of service. Using funds from the Working
Dog Group of $10,000, a front line unit (2016 Chevy Pick Up Truck) in the current Cohasset
Police Fleet was retrofitted to become the K9 vehicle. The department needs to replace
the frontline unit and would like to acquire and outfit another pick up truck for this
purpose.
Harbor, Michelle Leary and Chris Senior
Lawrence Wharf Electrical $15,000
There used to be power available to service lobstermen however, it has not been
available for over 10 years. The town would like to rectify this and get power back on
Lawrence Wharf.
Engineering for Boat Ramp $12,500
This is a request for an additional appropriation for the engineering phase of the Parker
Avenue Boat Ramp previously appropriated $50,000.
Lift System on Town Dock $TBA
The Harbor Study determined that a lift system on the Town Dock would be a useful
addition to capabilities that support our lobstering economy. No details about the system
were available at the meeting.
Fire Department, Chief Silvia
Brush Truck Tank Repair $19,321
The Fire Department is requesting repairs to its 2000 F-550 Brush Truck which has a leak in its
water tank. The truck has 27,000 miles on it. The tank repair and some repairs to the
chassis are estimated to provide an additional 6 to 7 years of service from the unit. Full
replacement cost for a like unit would be $150,000.
There were no motions or votes on the items presented.
CBC Housekeeping
Move Sam Wakeman as chairman - motion made and seconded. Vote 3-0
Move Brian Host as vice chairman - motion made and seconded. Vote 3-0
Move Susan Franklin as Secretary- motion made and seconded. Vote 3-0
There being no further business we voted to adjourn at 21 :03.
Respectfully submitted
Susan Franklin