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Middletown Public Schools -Board of Education Facilities Committee Meeting Minutes Held at the Board of Education Building, Room “A” on February 21, 2018 The meeting was called to order at 5:35 PM. Present: Chair Deborah Cain, Vinnie Loffredo, Jim D’Antonio, Michael Harris, Sean King and David Bauer I. Introduction II. Review of January 24, 2018 Meeting Minutes Accepted by Sean King and seconded by Deborah Cain III. Trades Issues within the District Tabled until March meeting IV. Future Woodrow Wilson Middle School Update Vinnie Loffredo recently was appointed to the new school committee. The next meeting is being held on February 22, 2018 at 6 PM at the Board of Education building, Conference Room “A”. Further discussion will be had in regards to how the $50K will be spent towards the new building. Professional services will help to locate an architect. V. Status of Middletown High School Fuel Cell The Middletown High had concerns about the contract which is not easy to change so we need to move forward. We generate 180k/year of revenue for the fuel cell but need to do some fine tuning concerning the costs where the contract didn’t protect us as we had thought it would. Middletown High discovered units being little higher than we needed. Michael Harris will question Eversource why they are running more than we need. We need to be on the distributed generation rider which is a better deal and protect us against the demand charges as well as coverage for maintenance after hours. They will also be able to tell us how to get space heat from the unit and how to reduce natural gas costs. Vinnie Loffredo suggested that people go to the high school and take a look at the fuel cell. We need to hold the people who currently hold the contract accountable for issues that arise. David Bauer stated it came in as a 200 kW fuel cell and now the smallest unit is a 400 kW and asked if we could do periodic running of the generator on down time instead of peak.  (Continued) - Page 2 – Michael Harris will be meeting Doosan and Constellation and will inform the Facilities Committee when this will be so those who wish can attend as well. VI. Macdonough School Heating Issues This was addressed and staff was shown directions with the heat. VII. Status of Alliance Grant Expenditure Jim D’Antonio gave the list of Alliance projects which need to be completed by August 31, 2018. VIII. Discussion/Approval of Design of Farm Hill Playground Leslie Spatola spoke in behalf of John Cross who was absent at this meeting stating that John from Miracle Recreation was going to do 2 more color schemes for the playground and then put it on poster board for the student to approve. John will then present the design to the Governance Council and PTA on February 6th for approval then bring to Facilities Committee for their approval. Miscellaneous Jim D’Antonio said that the schools are doing well in terms of not being much sickness. Custodians are cleaning everything as much as possible. The meeting adjourned at 6:45 PM accepted by Deborah Cain and seconded by Sean King. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 and will be held at the Board of Education Building, Conference Room “A”. The following meetings will be on 04/18/18*, 05/16/18, 06/20/18, no meetings in July or August, 09/19/18, 10/17/18, 11/21/18, 12/19/18 and 01/16/19. Respectfully, Leslie A. Spatola, Leslie A. Spatola Facilities Committee Recording Secretary Board of Education - Middletown Public Schools d