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BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING – MAY 11, 2005

Present: Gordon D. Bailey, Chairman, Frank A. Consolati,, Patricia D. Carlino, Board of Selectmen Robert L. Nason, Town Administrator

Ch. Bailey reconvened the meeting of 8:30 AM at 3:10 PM.

Roger Scheurer, Chairman of the WWTP Oversight Committee came before the Board to say that Task 1 of the wastewater treatment plant project was nearly completed by Metcalf & Eddy. On Wednesday they received a proposal from M & E for Task 2 which came in at $1.35M. On Friday they turned in another proposal at $1.15M. Both of these proposals were considerably greater than the $915,000 appropriated by the town and M & E did not lower their price. In order to appropriate the additional funds, a special town meeting would have to be scheduled and he feared the delay would put them in jeopardy with the DEP. Mr. Scheurer explained that he then went to Camp Dresser & McKee and Tighe & Bond, the second and third place finishers, for their proposals. Tom Tillis, Bob Scherph and John Cardoni were present to represent M & E. Bob Scherph spoke for the company stating they were not initially aware of the funding cap and did not get a chance to do a proposal for the SBR system. In response to a direct question from Ch. Bailey, Mr. Scherph acknowledged that the town’s negotiating team had sought a price to design an SBR plant during discussion of M & E’s second offer of $1.15M. Mr. Scherph explained that their proposal contained many amenities designed into the interior of the plant and included a two bay garage. They would like a chance to revisit the project. Tim Dupuis and Tom Hickox represented CDM. Mr. Dupius received a copy of the PER late on Friday. He was told negotiations with M & E had been terminated. He met with Mr. Scheurer and went over the PER. Their proposal does not include all the interior amenities or a two bay garage but their proposal did come in at $898,000. Ch. Bailey said to give all the data to the WWTP Oversight Committee to go over. He stated that if the committee felt that M & E’s proposal was the best at the higher cost, the Selectmen would schedule a special town meeting to see if the town would appropriate the additional funds. Mr. Scheurer will schedule a meeting for this coming Friday afternoon, May 13th.

In other business, the Board voted, unanimously, to approve a temporary trailer permit for Associates Builders, Inc. at 11A Quarry Hill Rd. for construction of a new plant for Barrington Coffee Roasters and granted a four week waiver to allow the trailer to remain at the end of the cul-de-sac until the site is stabilized and the trailer can be moved on to the site. Dennis Kelly, Highway Supervisor, was consulted and he had no problem with this. The road is wide enough.

The Board voted, unanimously, to adjourn the meeting at 4:30 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Suzanne M. Alderman, Secretary

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