Meeting Minutes

                                                   PUBLIC BUILDING COMMITTEE MINUTES

                                                                    January 6, 2014

Chairman Ostop called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Board of Education Conference Room in Simsbury Town Hall.

Present – Cortes, Derr, Kelly, Laureno, Ostop, Patrina, Salvatore
Absent  -  Boardman, Dragulski
Guest - Sawitzke

1.  Public Audience – There was nobody present.

2.  Final payment/closeout for the Simsbury Farms Project

Mr. Sawitzke reported that the Project has been substantially complete the past several months. He reported that he has received the final Certificate of Occupancy and all the other closeout documents: all the final Lien Waivers, Contractor’s Certificate of Payment of Debt and Claims and Consent Assurance to release the final retention.  Mr. Sawitzke distributed his Report No. 17  of Dec. 2013, Simsbury Farms Renovations & Addition Project, Monthly Cost Control Report.  He stated that 99.60% of the construction funds had been spent. The soft costs had a small overrun primarily on bonding (some of which may be attributed to the golf course) and to the telephone/data budget.  The total amount budgeted was 2.84 million and the Project total came in at 2.87 million.

Mr. Kelly moved, Mr. Derr seconded, to approve for payment Application No: completion, for the Period To: November 30, 2013 from Millennium Builders, Inc. for the amount of $22,915.93.  The motion carried unanimously.

3.  Approval of PBC meeting schedule for 2014

Mr. Kelly moved, Ms. Patrina seconded, to continue to hold PBC meetings on the first Monday of the month, same time and place and the motion carried unanimously.

4.  Old Business

Chairman Ostop reported that the news will be coming out on Thursday that the State of Connecticut Bonding Commission has approved $204,000 for a new senior center in Simsbury.  Mr. Sawitzke stated that it is a legislative grant which he has received (he did not apply for it).  He stated that means that the concept has been approved and there are considerable forms, plans, specifications et al that need to be submitted. There was discussion re the machinations of grants, the current monies available for d/d etc.

5. New Business – There was none.

6.  Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m. on a motion by Mr. Laureno, a second by Ms. Patrina and a unanimously favorable vote.

Mary Lou Patrina

Secretary