HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-PBC-rpt-annual.pdf From Erna S Greene, 862-0026
Permanent Buildina Committee Report for 1993 Town Report
Ultimate responsibility for construction of town buildings rests with
the Permanent Building Committee (PBC) Working with Town Manager and
whatever department is using the structures , the committee oversees bid
document preparation, selection of contractors , fulfillment of contract
obligations by vendor and town, and settlement of differences over
performance and payment
The needs of safety services and schools were top on the committee's
agenda as the year opened Fire facility modernizations had been
identified, but as Town Meeting approached, communication and dispatch
consolidation of both police and fire became a primary concern to ready
the town for Enhanced 911 phase-in 1994 By year' s end committee members
had participated in a tour of an exemplary facility in Portsmouth NH and
in selection of contractors to prepare plans and specifications so that j
1994 Town Meeting can vote go-ahead for construction, equipment and
installation of communications and dispatch facilities for combined fire
and police services at the police building
The PBC requested the 1993 Town Meeting to appropriate funds for a
study of school plants and programs Town Meeting's response was to more
than double the amount, enlarging the committee' s assignment to
encompass a similar study of all town buildings except for the Center
Pool Complex as well as safety services plans - all for $200 , 000
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The schools study began just before the 1992-93 school year ended and
was virtually completed before year' s end It is to form basis for
capital and maintenance planning in addition to shaping the fit between
school programs and facilities A similar study of 18 town buildings is
well underway, promising similar results in time for 1994 and future
town meeting action
In obtaining timely and conscientious work from the consultants and
architects the committee work has been aided immensely by John Moynihan
of the School Department , the chiefs of Fire and Police, the Engineering
Department and citizens with expertise in electronics
At this time the committee and Town Manager are rethinking their
operating ways and relations between staff and volunteer, particularly
in light of the resignation of long-time committee member and chairman
William P Kennedy, effective December 31 , 1993
Committee members in 1993 Chairman William P Kennedy, Theodore M
Edson, Peter D Johnson, John Kennedy, James J Scanlon, Daniel L
McCabe (for schools) , Mary Lou Touart (for schools and library) , Chief
of Police Christopher Casey and Fire Chief John D Bergeron (both for
communications/consolidation)
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