HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-05-14-SBC-min (Finance Subcommittee)School Building Finance Sub -Committee
Minutes, Meeting of Thursday, May 14, 2026
Virtual Meeting
12:00 PM
This was a public meeting of the Finance Subcommittee of the School Building Committee, held via
Zoom
Members: Jonathan Himmel (Permanent Building Committee) - Chair, Mike Cronin (Facilities Director),
Carolyn Kosnoff (Assistant Town Manager Finance), Joe Pato (Select Board), Kseniya Slaysky (Community
Representative), Dan Voss (Sustainable Lexington Committee)
Attendance
• Jonathan Himmel (Chair)
• Mike Cronin
• Joe Pato
• Carolyn Kosnoff
• Kseniya Slaysky
• Missing:
o Dan Voss
Guests/Presenters: Representatives from Dore & Whittier and project team members, including Mike
Burton, Jacob Greco, Kyle Leone, Christina Dell Angelo, and Mark Barrett.
Call to Order
Chair Jonathan Himmel called the meeting to order at approximately 12:04 PM.
Approval of Prior Minutes
The Committee reviewed the minutes of the May 7, 2026 meeting. Carolyn Kosnoff moved to approve the
minutes, Mike Cronin seconded, and the motion carried.
Discussion
The primary item of business was review of the proposed public -facing project website and dashboard.
Representatives from Dore & Whittier and the project team presented an updated homepage design and
dashboard structure intended to provide construction updates, financial information, schedule
information, and project visuals to the public.
Members discussed website navigation and accessibility, including whether financial information was
sufficiently visible on the live site and whether archived links were functioning properly. During the
discussion, a broken public link to project finance information was identified for follow-up.
The Committee reviewed the dashboard content in detail. Discussion focused on making the information
understandable to a broad public audience, reducing technical jargon, and using hover text or brief
explanations where needed. Members generally supported simplifying terminology, clarifying estimates,
and improving readability.
Key dashboard revisions discussed and generally supported included:
• replacing references to "GMP" with "construction cost";
• adding "EST" to town share;
• clarifying "Phase 1" as the new building;
• changing "Project Schedule Overview" to "Project Schedule Progress" emphasize project
progress;
• darkening certain text for readability and accessibility;
• removing the MBE/WBE workforce reporting box from the dashboard;
• and adding hover text noting that town share does not include potential rebates.
The Committee also discussed how the dashboard should relate to the monthly OPM report. Members
agreed that the dashboard should function as a high-level summary that is updated monthly, while the
monthly report would continue to provide supporting detail. The project team indicated that archived
snapshots of the dashboard would be retained as it is updated over time.
Members expressed general support for releasing the dashboard publicly after the discussed refinements
are made. The Committee agreed that the School Building Committee should make the final decision on
when to make the updated dashboard and homepage live.
Recommendation to the School Building Committee
• Joe Pato moved to recommend release of the dashboard to the public by the School Building
Committee. Jonathan Himmel seconded. The motion carried.
Next Meeting
Members agreed to meet during the 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM time window.
Adjournment
Carolyn Kosnoff moved to adjourn. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting adjourned at
approximately 1:03 PM.
Minutes submitted by Joseph Pato drawing on Zoom transcript
CoPilot Al prompt: Using only the meeting transcript in this file, generate a set of minutes for this
meeting
Approved 6/24/2026
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