SPECIAL
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 8, 2019
A special meeting of the Finance Committee was held on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 6:45 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber.
Mayor Jim Donchess, Chairman, presided.
Members of the Committee present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien, Vice Chair
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Members not in Attendance: Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Also in Attendance: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
John Griffin, CFO/Comptroller
Alderman Ken Gidge
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Steven A. Bolton, Corporation Counsel
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
COMMUNICATIONS
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Installation of a sport court at the Arlington Street Community Center (Value: $25,730)
Department: 110 — Arlington Street Community Center; Fund: Grant
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
SPORT COURT IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,730 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SPORT COURT AT THE
ARLINGTON STREET COMMUNITY CENTER. SOURCE OF FUNDING IS A DONATION FROM A.W.
ROSE CONSTRUCTION, LLC ALSO CONTINGENT OF FURTHER MOTION OF R-19-177
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Now Ms. Kleiner is here with Ms. Caron or Ms. Caron are you here to discuss this? Why don’t you come on up
and just tell people what is going on?
Megan Caron Thank you. My name is Megan Caron and | am here to talk about the multi-use sport court at
the Arlington Street Community Center. So this has actually been a little bit of an on-going project since
January. | got here in December and when we started programming, if you’ve ever been to the center you will
see that there is not really a feasible outdoor space. So we set out to kind of look at the options using our back
parking lot. What we found was that the best option for any type of athletic use would be a multi-use sport
court. We looked at some pavement options as well, just kind of paving over what already existed and painting
lines but it wasn’t feasible just to maintain. You would have to repave every Sish years; so in the long run we
chose sport court which is a floating tile.
