May. 6, 2024 - Joint Building Committee Meeting

Approved June 5, 2024

MPS BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING

Middletown Town Hall

350 East Main Road, Middletown, RI 02842

May 6, 2024 6:00pm

Members in Attendance:

| Present | Voting Member | Name | Title |
| N | Yes | Edward Brady | Chair, Community Member |
| X | Yes | William Nash | Vice Chair, Community Member |
| X | Yes | Rosemarie Kraeger | Superintendent of Schools |
| X | Yes | Theresa Spengler | School Committee Chair |
| X | Yes | Tami Holden | School Committee Vice Chair |
| X | Yes | Poe George | Director of Facilities Management, Transportation and Safety |
| X | Yes | Thomas P. Welch, III | Town Council Vice President |
| X | Yes | Peter Connerton | Town Council Member |
| N | Yes | Donna Sweet | Middletown High School Principal |
| N | Yes | Michelle Fonseca | Asst Superintendent for Teaching and Learning |
| X | Yes | Shawn Brown | Town Administrator, Local Budget Official |
| X | Yes | Don Morin | Secretary, Community Member |
| X | Yes | Marc Thayer | Community Member |
| N | Alternate | Georgia Fortunato | Special Education Consultant, Alternate Superintendent of Schools |
| P | Alternate | Gregory Huet | Alternate Member of School Committee |
| P | Alternate | William O’Connell | Alternate Member of School Committee |
| P | Alternate | Christopher Logan | Alternate Town Council Member |
| N | Alternate | Bill Niemeyer | Gaudet Middle School Principal |
| P | Alternate | Marc Tanguay | Town Finance Director, Alternate Local Budget Official |

X = Present/Voting; R=Represented; P=Present/Non-voting; N=Not Present

This was a joint meeting with the School Committee and Town Council to discuss the selection of Construction Managers at Risk for the school building project.

·         Call to Order

·         The meeting was called to order at 6:01 pm by Vice Chair Bill Nash.  Ten (10) of thirteen (13) voting members were present or represented by an alternate.

·         Also present: Derek Osterman, Justin Bernard, and Colin McCarthy, Colliers Project Leaders.

·         Town Administrator Update on the School Building Project

·         Town Administrator Shawn Brown provided an update on the project to the Town Counsel, including answers to questions that some Middletown residents had raised at the prior Town Council meeting on April 15, 2024.

·         Several Middletown residents asked questions and provided comments on the building project.  Town Administrator Brown provided answers to the questions that were raised.

·         Selection of Construction Managers at Risk

·         Vice Chair Bill Nash explained that the Building Committee voted and approved of recommendations for the selections of two Construction Managers at Risk at its last meeting and that the School Committee will be making motions to authorize the Town Council to enter contract negotiations with them.

·         School Committee Chair Theresa Spengler asked for a motion to authorize the Town Council to negotiate and execute an agreement with Bentley Companies for MID-024-009 for pre-construction services for renovation work to be completed at the Middletown High School, Forest Avenue Elementary School, and Aquidneck Elementary School.

·         ** MOTION**:  Tami Holden moved that the School Committee authorize the Town Council to negotiate and execute an agreement with Bentley Companies for MID-024-009 for pre-construction services for renovation work to be completed at the Middletown High School, Forest Avenue Elementary School, and Aquidneck Elementary School and Greg Huet seconded. The motion passed unanimously (5-0).

·         School Committee Chair Theresa Spengler asked for a motion to authorize the Town Council to negotiate and execute an agreement with Gilbane Building Company for MIDDD-024-008 for pre-construction services for the new Middletown Middle-High School.

·         ** MOTION**:  Tami Holden moved that the School Committee authorize the Town Council to negotiate and execute an agreement with Gilbane Building Company for MIDDD-024-008 for pre-construction services for the new Middletown Middle-High School and Greg Huet seconded. The motion passed unanimously (5-0).

·         Adjournment:

·         ** MOTION**: Marc Thayer moved that the Building Committee adjourn at 7:28pm and Theresa Spengler seconded. The motion passed unanimously (10-0).

Future Meeting Schedule – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be on May 8, 2024 at 5:00p.m. at the Oliphant Administration Building.

Respectfully Submitted,

Don Morin