Middletown High Track/Turf Building Committee
Regular MeetingMiddletown, CT · July 20, 2023
Minutes
July 30th, 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
John Giuliano Kevin Dion, Director of Facilities
Farah Scala Marco Gaylord, Ex. Director of Operations
Richard Pelletier Elisha De Jesus, Director of Athletics
David Bauer Randall Mel, Jr., Committee Secretary
Alexander Tucci
Meeting Minutes
***Virtual Meeting: Webex***
Farm Hill Roof, Snow Roof and MHS Turf Building Committee
Regular Meeting
07-20-2023
5:30PM
Members Present: Councilwoman Carta, Councilman Loffredo, Councilman Gennaro, Richard Pelletier,
John Giuliano, Farah Scala, David Bauer
Members Absent: one BOE vacancy, Alexander Tucci
Staff Present: Kevin Dion; Director of Facilities, Randall Mel; Committee Secretary,
Others Present: Kevin Fuselier SLR Consulting, Paul Jorgensen, Silver Petrucelli
1. Call to Order
a. Councilwoman Carta called the meeting to order at 5:32PM
2. Adoption of the Agenda:
a. Motion to adopt the agenda
i. Motion: Councilman Loffredo
ii. Second: Councilman Gennaro
iii. Call to vote:
1. Unanimously voted to adopt the agenda
3. Public Comment:
a. Chair Councilwoman Carta opened public comment at 5:33 PM
b. Chair Councilwoman Carta closed public comment at 5:33 PM
4. Discussion and Review of the minutes from the June 15th, 2023 Regular Meeting
a. Motion to adopt the agenda
i. Motion: Councilman Loffredo
ii. Second: Councilman Gennaro
iii. Call to vote:
1. Unanimously voted to approve the meeting minutes
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5. Discussion and Review of the time card of the committee secretary from 6/15/2023-
7/20/2023
a. Motion to adopt the agenda
i. Motion: Councilman Loffredo
ii. Second: Councilman Gennaro
iii. Call to vote:
1. Unanimously voted to approve the time card
6. Update and Discussion on the Farm Hill Roof Building Project
a. Paul Jorgensen from Silver Petrucelli provided an update:
i. Farm Hill grant application filed on July 10th with the state.
ii. Electrical engineer working on P/V design for project
iii. Once the grant is committed, next steps are to meet with the state
7. Update and Discussion on the Snow School Roof Building Project
a. Paul Jorgensen from Silver Petrucelli provided an update:
i. Grant application anticipated to be filed in August for the combined Roof
and P/V project
ii. Expected to be able to prepare bid documents in September or October
8. Update and Discussion with SLR Environmental Consulting on the MHS Turf and Track
Project
a. Kevin Fuselier from SLR Consulting provided an update:
i. Bid documents about 75% completed
ii. Goal of completion in Fall of 2024 once put out to bid and grant
iii. Bid documents to be reviewed by committee in September
9. Discussion and Review Invoices from Silver, Petrucelli and Associates:
a. Invoice 23-606 for $7,000.00 for work done on the Snow Roof Project dated
06/01/2023
i. Motion to adopt the agenda
1. Motion: Councilman Loffredo
2. Second: Councilman Gennaro
3. Call to vote:
a. Unanimously voted to approve payment
b. Invoice 23-607 for $8,250.00 for work done on the Farm Hill P/V project dated
06/01/2023
i. Motion to adopt the agenda
1. Motion: Councilman Loffredo
2. Second: Councilman Gennaro
3. Call to vote:
a. Unanimously voted to approve payment
c. Invoice 23-704 for $3,500.00 for work done on the Snow Roof project dated
07/01/2023
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i. Motion to adopt the agenda
1. Motion: Councilman Loffredo
2. Second: Councilman Gennaro
3. Call to vote:
a. Unanimously voted to approve payment
d. Invoice 23-705 for $4,125.00 for work done on the Farm Hill P/V project dated
07/01/2023
i. Motion to adopt the agenda
1. Motion: Councilman Loffredo
2. Second: Councilman Gennaro
3. Call to vote:
a. Unanimously voted to approve payment
10. Discussion and Review of Invoice from SLR Environmental Consulting
a. Invoice 000000187307 for $2,750.00 dated June 19th, 2023
i. Motion to adopt the agenda
1. Motion: Councilman Loffredo
2. Second: Councilman Gennaro
3. Call to vote:
a. Unanimously voted to approve payment
11. Future Business:
a. No other future business at this time
12. Adjournment:
a. Motion to adopt the agenda
i. Motion: Farah Scala
ii. Second: Councilman Gennaro
iii. Call to vote:
1. Unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting at 6:09 PM
Agenda
7/18/2023
Ms. Ashley Flynn-Natale
Town Clerk
Municipal Building
245 deKoven Drive
Middletown, CT 06457
Dear Ms. Flynn-Natale,
The City of Middletown; Farm Hill Roof Building Committee, Snow Roof the Building
Committee and the Middletown High School Turf/Track Building Committee will be holding a
regular meeting on Thursday, July 20th, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in a
virtual manner on the City of Middletown Webex via a webinar platform.
The public can view attend this meeting at:
Join link:
https://middletownct.webex.com/middletownct/j.php?MTID=m39ec64f1d3c21dc17558eb5938a
55e3b
Webinar number:
2339 926 3231
Webinar password:
wSbcS6qsU48 (97227677 from phones and video systems)
Join by phone
+1-408-418-9388 United States Toll
Access code: 233 992 63231
Notice on Public Comment:
Live public comment via Webex: Any member of the public wishing to provide live public
comment may do so by joining the webinar meeting and requesting to speak during the public
session at the link above/call in number. Public comment should be kept to three (3) minutes per
person. All commenters must provide their name and city address during their public comment.
Public Comment In writing: Members of the public can also 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.
Public comment will be accepted until 4:00 PM on July 20th to be read at the July 20th, 2023
meeting.
The agenda for this meeting is as follows:
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Adoption of the Agenda
3. Public Comment
4. Discussion and Review of the minutes from the June 15th, 2023 Regular Meeting
5. Discussion and Review of the time card of the committee secretary from 6/15/2023-
7/20/2023
6. Update and Discussion on the Farm Hill Roof Building Project
7. Update and Discussion on the Snow School Roof Building Project
8. Update and Discussion with SLR Environmental Consulting on the MHS Turf and Track
Project
9. Discussion and Review Invoices from Silver, Petrucelli and Associates:
a. Invoice 23-606 for $7,000.00 for work done on the Snow Roof Project dated
06/01/2023
b. Invoice 23-607 for $8,250.00 for work done on the Farm Hill P/V project dated
06/01/2023
c. Invoice 23-704 for $3,500.00 for work done on the Snow Roof project dated
07/01/2023
d. Invoice 23-705 for $4,125.00 for work done on the Farm Hill P/V project dated
07/01/2023
10. Discussion and Review of Invoice from SLR Environmental Consulting
a. Invoice 000000187307 for $2,750.00 dated June 19th, 2023
11. Future Business
12. Adjournment
Submitted Respectfully by,
Randall Mel, Committee Secretary
Cc: Dr. Vazquez Matos, Jennifer Cannata, Kevin Dion, Christopher Puorro, Michael Skott, Cody
Altieri, Marco Gaylord, Elisha De Jesus
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