Farm Hill School Roof Building Committee
Regular MeetingMiddletown, CT · January 19, 2023
Minutes
January 19th, 2023
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Committee Members Committee Staff
Councilwoman Meghan Carta, Co-Chair Dr. Alberto Vazquez Matos, Superintendent
Councilman Vincent Loffredo Jennifer Cannata, Assistant Superintendent
Councilman Anthony Gennaro Christopher Puorro, Purchasing Agent
Charles Wiltsie, Board of Education Member, Co-Chair Kevin Dion, Director of Facilities
John Giuliano Randall Mel, Jr., Committee Secretary
Farah Scala Marco Gaylord, Ex. Director of Operations
Daniel Penney Elisha De Jesus, Director of Athletics
Richard Pelletier
David Bauer
Meeting Minutes
***Online-Virtual Meeting***
Farm Hill-Snow School Roof and MHS Turg Building Committee
1-19-2023
5:30PM
Members Present: Co-Chair Councilwoman Meghan Carta, Councilman Vincent Loffredo, John
Giuliano, Richard Pelletier, Farah Scala
Members Absent: Co-Chair Board of Education Member Charles Wiltsie, David Bauer, Daniel Penney,
Councilman Tony Gennaro
Staff Present: Superintendent of Schools Dr. Alberto Vazquez Matos, Executive Director of Operations
Marco Gaylord, Director of Facilities Kevin Dion, Director of Athletics and Physical Education Elisha De
Jesus, Purchasing Agent, Christopher Puorro, Committee Secretary Randall Mel
Others Present: Paul Jorgensen, Silver Petrucelli and Associates; Board of Education Chairwoman
Deborah Cain
1. Call to Order: Co-Chair Councilwoman Meghan Carta called the meeting to order at 5:31PM
2. Adoption of the Agenda:
Motion: Councilman Loffredo made a motion to adopt the agenda
Second: Farah Scala
Discussion: None
Call to Vote: Unanimously voted to adopt the agenda
3. Approval of Minutes from: December 15th, 2022
Motion: Councilman Loffredo
Second: Farah Scala
Discussion: None
Call to vote: unanimously voted to approve the minutes
4. Public Comment: Public comment opened at 5:34PM by Co-Chair Councilwoman Carta
Committee Secretary Randall Mel read five public comments sent via email for the
record
Public Comment closed at 5:44
January 19th, 2023
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5. Approval of the time-sheet for the Committee Secretary
Motion: Councilman Loffredo
Second: Richard Pelletier
Discussion: None
Call to vote: unanimously voted to approve the timesheet for the Committee Secretary
6. Update and Discussion on Farm Hill Roof Project
Paul Jorgensen, Silver Petrucelli informational: Provided update from the contractor as it
pertains to the gutter guards and other punch list items. Contractor will be back at the building
within the next week and will finish the work before the next meeting
Paul Jorgensen updated the committee as it pertains to the P/V panels and next steps
needed to complete the project including needing to provide a new quote.
Councilwoman Carta requested for Silver Petrucelli to provide an updated quote to the
committee for consideration at the next meeting
7. Update on Snow Roof Project
Paul Jorgensen, Silver Petrucelli: No Current updates on the Snow Roof Project at this
time. Mentioned that the committee and city would have to send the application to the state with
all portions of the project to be completed. Silver Petrucelli will provide updated quotes to the
committee on the P/V panels in the next meeting
8. Discussion of MHS Turf/Track Replacement Project-Next Steps
Purchasing Agent, Christopher Puorro provided an update on the RFP that has gone out
to find a civil engineer to evaluate the MHS project options. One potential firm came for the
walk through, several others are in the process of evaluating and completing the RFP
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Vazquez Matos provided an update on the condition of the
MHS Turf
Executive Director of Operations Marco Gaylord provided an update on the current
condition of the MHS turf as it relates to the safety of students and its various uses
Board of Education Chairwoman Deborah Cain provided an update on the condition of
the MHS turf
Director of Athletics and Physical Education Elisha De Jesus provided an update on the
current condition of the MHS turf as it relates to students safety
Councilwoman Carta and Councilman Loffredo provided updates on the reasoning in the
RFP for a civil engineering firm to evaluate the options of turf versus natural grass at MHS
9. Other Business: No other business at this time
10. Adjournment:
Motion: Richard Pelletier
Second: Farah Scala
Discussion: None
Call to vote: unanimously voted to adjourn at
Agenda
1/16/2023
Ms. Ashley Flynn-Natale
Town Clerk
Municipal Building
245 deKoven Drive
Middletown, CT 06457
Dear Ms. Flynn-Natale,
The City of Middletown Snow School Roof Building Committee, the MHS Track and Field
Committee and the Farm Hill School Roof Building Committee Meeting is scheduled for:
Thursday, January 19th, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually. The public can
view at
http://www.youtube.com/c/MiddletownStream Virtual Meeting.
Note to the public: Please be advised that the Snow, Farm Hill and MHS Track and Field
Committees will be switching to the City of Middletown Webex Platform beginning February
2023. All meetings will be hosted as webinars virtually to allow for live public comment
Notice on Public Comment: Members of the public can submit their public comment to be read
during the open public comment portion of the meeting to the committee secretary at
melr@mpsct.org. Written public comments should be the equivalent to three minutes in reading
time and should contain the name and city address of the resident submitting the comment.
The agenda for this meeting is as follows:
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Adoption of the agenda
3. Approval of Minutes from December 15th, 2022
4. Public Comment
5. Approval of the time-sheet for the Committee Secretary from 12/15/22-1/17/23
6. Update and Discussion on Farm Hill Roof Project
7. Update and Discussion on the Snow Roof Project
8. Update and Discussion on the MHS Track and Field Project
9. Future agenda items
10. Adjournment
Submitted Respectfully by,
Randall Mel, Committee Secretary
Cc: Dr. Vazquez Matos, Jennifer Cannata, Kevin Dion, Christopher Puorro, Michael Skott, Cody Altieri,
Marco Gaylord
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