REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
DECEMBER §, 2018
A meeting of the Finance Committee was held on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber.
Mayor Jim Donchess, Chairman, presided.
Members of the Committee present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien, Vice Chair
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Members not in Attendance: Alderman Patricia Klee
Also in Attendance: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
David G. Fredette, Treasurer/Tax Collector
Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
John Stewart, Fleet Manager Street Department
David Boucher, Superintendent of Wastewater
Amy Gill, Senior Staff Engineer
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
COMMUNICATIONS
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: | Change Order 1 for 14 Court Street Building Improvements (Value: $14,562)
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AUTHORIZE CHANGE ORDER
#1 TO THE CONTRACT WITH BERKLEY CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,562. FUNDS ARE
AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 183, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; BUILDING TRUST FUND
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Now Mr. Cummings is here, Economic Development Director in case anybody has questions.
Alderwoman Caron
Thank you, concerning the emergency equipment wouldn’t they have known some of that because the building
is so old.
Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Thank you Mr. Mayor and through you to the Committee, Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development
for the record. So you are partially correct in saying “we should have known” and we did know a lot up front
because it is an existing building but codes change over time and updates only occur when renovations
happen relative to Fire Code, Compliance and in the initial conversation with the Fire Marshall we thought we
were going to be complying and then as it turned as we got further along in the process we needed some
additional pieces of equipment which wasn’t originally scoped out, but we needed this to achieve our
occupancy permit.
