Amesbury Elementary School Building Committee
Regular MeetingAmesbury, MA · March 25, 2021
Minutes
By City Clerk at 4:44 pm, Jun 09, 2022
Amesbury Elementary School Building Committee (AESBC) Meeting Minutes
Date: March 25, 2021 Location: Virtual Meeting
Time: 6:00 PM Next Meeting: April 22, 2021 at 6:00PM
Attendees:
Name Present Name Present
SBC – Voting Members SBC – Non Voting Members
Kassandra Gove, Mayor/Chair Christine Chabot
Paul Fahey, Chief of Staff Lauri McAllister
Peter Hoyt, School Committee Bruce McBrien
Matt Bennett, Facilities Director
Angel Wills, CFO NV5 (OPM)
Shannon Nolan, AES Principal Tim Dorman
Lynn Catarius, Director, Student Services Tom Murphy
Nick Wheeler, City Council DiNisco Design (Architect)
Joseph Spencer Donna DiNisco
Joan Liporto, Director of Finance & Ops Vivian Low
Elizabeth McAndrews, Superintendent Caulen Finch
Jim Shuttleworth
1. Call to Order
o Kassandra Gove, Mayor of Amesbury, called the Amesbury Elementary School Building
Committee (AESBC) Meeting to order at 6:03 PM.
o Mayor Gove provided a statement regarding the ‘Executive Order Suspending Certain Provisions
of the Open Meeting Law G.L. c.30A, §20’ signed on March 12, 2020 which allows for the
meeting to be held online and broadcast by ACTV Channel 12. Public comments can be made
by email to Mayor Gove or through the ACTV Facebook live stream.
o NV5 took roll call for attendance.
2. Public Comments
o No comments were submitted in advance of the meeting or via the Facebook live stream.
3. Approval of Meeting Minutes
o NV5 distributed the AESBC Meeting Minutes from the prior meeting held on February 25, 2021 as
part of the meeting packet.
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o Vote: Motion by Peter Hoyt to approve the February 25, 2021 AESBC Meeting Minutes. The
motion was seconded by Joe Spencer. It was noted that under Item 7, in the second to last
bullet, the word “aware” should be correct to be “award” and the next bullet should be deleted.
Following a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously as amended.
4. Approval of Invoices
o The following invoices were submitted for approval:
Vendor Invoice # Invoice $
DiNisco Design 9424 $ 5,027.00
DiNisco Design 9425 $ 2,002.00
DiNisco Design 9442 $ 1,023.00
DiNisco Design 9426 $ 3,712.50
DiNisco Design 9427 $ 3,663.00
DiNisco Design 9428 $ 10,849.03
VHB 0332049 $ 3,495.93
Robert E. Puff 2020-120-05 $ 682.50
BSC Group 9142772 $ 684.00
BSC Group 9142485 $ 874.00
BSC Group 9142014 $ 2,014.00
BSC Group 9141738 $ 845.00
BSC Group 9141344 $ 570.00
BSC Group 9143073 $ 570.00
RSV Associates 2021-01 $ 1,750.00
Projectdog, Inc. 17996 $ 1,050.00
Total Warrant: $ 38,811.96
o Vote: Motion made by Paul Fahey to approve the warrant totaling $38,811.96. The motion was
seconded by Nick Wheeler and following a roll call vote, passed unanimously.
5. Update on Design, Permitting and Schedule
o An update on the permitting process was provided, which is summarized as follows:
The Conservation Commission closed the Notice of Intent Public Hearing and voted to
approve the Order of Conditions at the March 1st meeting.
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The Order of Conditions was finalized and signed by the Commission and issued to
bidders as part of addendum no. 1.
o Schedule update was provided by NV5, summarized as follows:
The bid documents were issued on March 10th and the bidding phase is underway.
The Filed Sub-bid date was extended to April 2, 2021.
The General Bid date is currently held at April 14, 2021.
The intent is to have General Bid results and vote to award the contact at the April
AESBC meeting.
o An update on design was provided, which is summarized as follows:
A working group meeting, including the City’s IT Director will be scheduled in the
upcoming weeks.
FFE will start to advance in the fall and furniture samples will be delivered to one of the
existing school so they can be tested out.
Nick Wheeler thanked the team for a productive meeting to review his comments on the
plumbing plans.
6. Proposed Next Meeting Date
o The next meeting of the AESBC will be on April 22, 2021, provided the bid date is not extended
as the intent is to review the bid results and vote to award a contract.
7. Other Business
o Mayor Gove noted that a neighborhood meeting was held on March 3rd and a lot of information
was presented. The frequency of meetings is still being confirmed, but it is anticipated that the
next meeting will be after the 1st week of June, which will allow the GC to provide input.
8. Adjournment
o Vote: Motion made by Paul Fahey to adjourn the meeting at 6:25 PM. The motion was seconded
by Nick Wheeler. Following a role call vote, the motion passed unanimously.
o -End of Minutes-
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