HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-01-09-CEC-min
Capital Expenditures Committee
Colleagues:
Special Town Meeting
1. My notes of yesterday erred. The at Clarke Jan. 22 starts
8:30 p.m. 7:30
at, not 8:00, so our meeting beforehand can, presumably, begin at, not
7:00.
next Wednesday, Jan. 15, at LHS at 6:00 p.m.
2. We remain scheduled to meet
for pizza and talk about the STM, before the Summit, which begins at 7:30. George and
Shirley are coordinating pizza orders; let them know your preference. I am happy to bring
drinks, if desired, or to pitch in otherwise. Let me know needs/wants. (Given the limited
progress made last night, we can anticipate sending out for breakfast Thursday morning
during the Summit, too! [Only half kidding.])
comments and suggestions
3. Remember to e-mail Charlie by this weekend your
for our report to the Special Town Meeting
on Lincoln Park fields.
Appropriation meets tonight
4. Note that, partly overlapping TMMA (see
separately forwarded e-mail from Debra).
rough priorities list from the
5. Charlie and Shirley asked me to re-circulate our
November 20 meeting
; it appears here, but remember that this preceded our briefing
from the School Committee, which alters things substantially:
Tentative priorities for FY '04 requests (using the preliminary School list, prior
to discussion with School Committee, and excluding LHS acoustics and
auditorium; based on Town Manager November 14 list and prior presentations
to the committee); assumption is cash, not borrowing, and with full 5 percent of
levy (current funding policy). Further assumes street work funded at Ch. 90
level plus prior override ($950,000 total), but the remaining $85,000 cash
capital funding at risk; and committee wariness about sneaking operating items
(street striping, small equipment requests) into capital:
1. Landfill closure, $450,000
2. Fire engine replacement, $327, 000
3. Hastings foundation wall repair, $65,000
4. DPW equipment replacement (amount from cash capital vs. enterprise
unclear, based on later presentation to Selectmen; assume about $125,000)
5. School roof leak repairs, as many as could be accommodated (up to about
$190,000)
6. Cary Hall retrofit out of building envelope, $150,000
7. Fire air compressor equipment, $35,000
Happy shoveling or skiing. JSR
2003-01-09