Finance Committee — 10/06/2021 Page 8
Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Yes Mr. Mayor if there was any questions.
Mayor Donchess
Do you want to just give a brief explanation for the reasons?
Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Yes happy to Mr. Mayor. For the record, Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development. The emergency
procurement in front of you is for masonry work that was necessary for the Public Health building. Back right around
Labor Day weekend or just a little bit before that, we discovered that water was intruding into the building not from the roof
but from the sides of the building and some brick reappointing needed to be done.
Our construction manager worked fast and furiously to try to get a mason lined up. That was actually a very difficult
challenge to do but they were able to secure a vendor. They had a very limited window in which they could be able to
perform the work. That coupled with the fact that we’ve had some major weather events where we didn't want any type of
water or rain to get into the building, we needed to perform this work expeditiously. It was approximately $30,000. It is in
our budget. It is not an additional appropriation in terms of exceeding our total project cost but it wasn’t in the original
budget for the GMP that we had signed with Martini Northern. So that’s why we needed to increase the funds by $30,000.
Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Thank you. Any questions or comments for Mr. Cummings?
Alderwoman Lu
Just wondering. | noticed in the original contract or rather the amended contract that figured into that was $14,000 in
masonry work. Do you happen to know where that work was done and whether that could possibly have caused this?
Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Yes we did look into that. It had nothing to do with this. That $14,000 was around, | believe, certain pockets of the
building and really around the roofline because we did replace the roof. This actually was water intruding around windows
and around the sides of the fagade and the masonry work was reappointing to keep the water from getting in.
Alderwoman Lu
Okay thank you.
Mayor Donchess
All right, well thank you Mr. Cummings. | guess there’s a motion to accept, place on file or well | guess without objection
is to accept and place on file. Thank you.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS —- RESOLUTIONS
R-21-165
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Skip Cleaver
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ENTER INTO COMMUNICATIONS TOWER LEASE AGREEMENT
Mayor Donchess
Now Mr. Mansfield negotiated this. Is he on the meeting? And Mr. Poupolo probably knows quite a bit about it. You're
