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Home My WebLink About2006-02-02-CEC-min CEC 2/2/06, SMR 3pm RB, SS, TE, CWL, BH Burnell, Kanter Cary Hall vs SMR Audio RB: Keep SMR audio separate. GB: Need to use Cary Hall as a performance center. Therefore need a good sound system there. Suspects we should have a better qualify sound system. May need a sound system in Bird Room. Need to think of Cary Hall as a performance center rather than an overflow for TOB. SS: Library meeting room is overbooked much of the time. Bird Room would accomodate a lot of overflow. RB: Will Center Comm. put forth a proposal? Will it put Cary Hall in competition w/ LHS? GB: Yes. RB: Money appr'd for Cary Hall should be spent there. Questions for Linda Vine: What are the plans and do they take into account theater productions? Is system something that can be enhanced? Could this be funded with CPA? Do we have the right number of permanent and portable systems to support meetings? DK: Implores CEC to look at legislative intent of appropriating momey for Cary Hall. MOTION: The intent of Article 18a/04 was for Cary Hall only, including various non audio-vidual renovations and completing the Bird Room for ADA access. Unanimous in favor. Discussion of 900K$ used to balance the budget. DK, GB: should scream like hell about the 900K$. Sentiment is strong that 900K$ diversion is very bad. CWL: Are we ok with borrowing as much as we are? BH: OK to borrow more if we do it right. RB: Can the town stomach a larger operating override? SS: Climate for debt is still favorable. TE: Can we accumulate some Cash Capital programs into a Debt Exclusion project? RB: Could easily do a $1M school capital D/E. BH: Schools are in greater need for capital than operating side. Operating requests have been rich. State of facilities is shocking. He would be looking for more capital than operating. GB: If you get a capital D/E, you're funding an operating budget w/ a D/E. So much better to fight for a capital budget that works. RB: Put $900K more of operating at risk. TE, BH, agree. SS agrees reluctantly. Mostly concerned with 939K$ diversion, less concerned with the debt mount. DK: Official Cash Capital Policy said nothing about reducing debt. We are giving more for capital, but not increasing cash. SS: wrt playground, $10K may be sitting there in a fund. TE, RB, SS: playground at lower priority. CEC ok w/ everything on the list except playground. RB expressed concern about using Flow-Fill for LFD Main station floor. Will ask Fire for more info and second consultant's report. Will also ask about roof and drainage money. DK: Implores us to do the vault. WRT vault, TE, RB, BH would defer with BH being somewhat hesitant. Committee wants a more comprehensive plan for records management. The present situation is not affecting personnel. RB: Clerk should be coming to us with a good long term plan. Archival plan consistent with state requirements that discusses location, size, prevention type, etc. WRT E-1: SS, BH: Having both engines lumped together is a problem, but what can we do? Support E-1 5:0 RB would like a 10-year plan on all equipment. Will ask chief for it. Dispatch Center BH: Is the location the right place? The new comm. sys. is important. The location seems inadequate but he will support it reluctantly. TE: Also reluctantly supporting it. RB: We didn't get a layout for it. Right behind this is a major expansion that could be blon away the work done in this expansion. DK: This has to operate right through the renovation. There's no parallel capability at LFD? [no] RB: Do we want to put up a temporary building while they do a complete rebuild? The forcing functions are the need to upgrade equipment and federal mandates. Agrees we need to do this, but has reservations wrt future major renovation. Departments are limited in choices of available spaces. Enterprise fund requests. CEC is ok with them. No discussion. Center Playground Why shouldn't it be CPA? Good because it's not a new project and was not build with town funds to begin with. Westview Cemetery: all agree a good project, but how could a heating system cost $40K? TOB Ramp and Door for ADA compliance, all against. Would rather do Bird Room with 18a/04 money instead. Visitor Center Electric: all against. LFD Floor: RB: wants to see second consultants report. Safety is a problem now. Opinion pending second report. COA: $40K SS: Good money, but doens't know if it's the right $ amount. DK: Are there contractual issues w/ Munroe use? Opinion pending: what are the contracts? NStar Parking Lot BH: Why should we support piecemeal expenditures w/o a long term plan? Have not seen plan so why should we take a position yet? # of spaces, ROI? What's the lease/buy arrangement? Ongoing operational cost? Is there an EMF problem? Roads: Good. Lincoln Fields: investigate whether can be part of 2002 D/E. Opinion pending for now, sentiment is positive. Sidewalks: SS: What happened to the money for sidewalks in front of libraries? TE will find out. RB: proposes $150K Opinion pending answer to SS's question. Set-asides (e.g. sidewalks and technology) Opinion split (RB/TE against, want a $0 based budget). SS: Yes if it can be made simple. BH no opinion. Street Drain Improvements Unanimous sentiment in favor. Want breakout of mapping vs construction. Technology Would like to see $300K. (5:0) Schools RB: LHS auditorium is problematic in out-years. Nervous about this year. BH: Akin to LPD dispatch center. Concerned about piecemeal approach. Lacking a D/E supporting it, is reultant to support this request. SS: Have to do something about current condition. FOMADS report is ambitious. TE: Need to be certain that we don't kill projects through "paralysis by analysis". In favor of it. RB: Put conditions on it. If we approve it, ask for additional studies. Concerns about too ambitious out-year programs & that all these plans support out-year programs. Doesn't want good $'s after bad. There's no reporting body for upgrades. Wants some sort of 3rd party oversight. PBC is the only committee that can do this. Committee is good with all other school projects (except elementary school program planning). EUAC study All against. CWL suggests putting out a non-binding referendum on this. WRT joining onto CPA position paper: BH: against, RB: neutral, SS: neutral, TE against.