Woodrow Wilson Building Committee
Regular MeetingMiddletown, CT · September 5, 2018
Minutes
Woodrow Wilson Building Committee
Subcommittee: Selection of Construction Manager Firms to Interview
Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Library
September 5, 2018
Present: Mary Bartolotta, Chris Drake, Kristy Byrd, John Giuliano, and Richard Pellieier.
Also present MPS Director of Facilities John Cross as invited guest to Executive Session.
Meeting called to order
Mary Bartolotta called the meeting to order at 3:42 p.m.
Motion to enter Executive Session
Chris Drake moves to enter executive session to discuss the responses to the RFP for
Construction Manager at Risk. His motion is seconded by John Giuliano. The vote is
unanimous. Chair Bartolotta moves into executive session at 3:45 p.m. and asks all members
except invited guests to leave the room. John Cross, Director of Facilities remains as an
invited participant in the executive session.
Motion to return to public session
Chris Drake moves to return to public session and his motion is seconded by John Guiliano.
The Chair calls for the vote and it is unanimous to return to public session. The Chair passage.
Reconvenes the meeting at 4:39 p.m..
Motion on Construction Manager at risk
Chris Drake moves to invite four firms to interview for the Construction Manager at Risk
contract; the four firms are Fusco Construction, Skanska USA, Newfield Construction, and O&G
Industries. John Guiliano seconds the motion. The Chair calls for the vote and it is unanimous
to approve the four firms to be interviewed for the awarding of the contract.
Motion to adjourn.
Chris Drake moves to adjourn the meeting and is seconded by Richard Pelletier. The vote is
called and it is unanimous to approve. The Chair declares the meeting adjourned 4:41 p.m.
Agenda
Construction Manager RFP Review SubCommittee
WWMS Building Committee
Agenda
September 5, 2018
3:30
WWMS Media Center
Hunting Hill Avenue, Middletown CT
1. Call Meeting To Order
2. Review and Discussion of 7 RFP’s for Construction Manager
Move to go into Executive Session under 1-200(6)(E)* and 1-210 (24)** to review and discuss
the seven RFP’s received for Construction Manager at Risk.
3. Motion to come back to regular meeting
4. Motion to move forward with the following RFP’s:
1.
2.
3.
4.
And to schedule interviews with the candidates at the earliest convenience of the Committee
and candidates.
5. Meeting Adjourned
*Sec. 1-200. (Formerly Sec. 1-18a). Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings, except where such terms are used in a context which clearly
indicates the contrary: (6)Executive sessions” means a meeting of a public agency at which the public is
excluded for one or more of the following purposes: . . . (E) discussion of any matter which would
result in the disclosure of public records or the information contained therein described in subsection (b)
of section 1-210.
**Sec. 1-210. (Formerly Sec. 1-19). Access to public records. Exempt records. (a) Except as
otherwise provided by any federal law or state statute, all records maintained or kept on file by any
public agency, whether or not such records are required by any law or by any rule or regulation, shall be
public records and every person shall have the right to (1) inspect such records promptly during regular
office or business hours, (2) copy such records in accordance with subsection (g) of section 1-212, or (3)
receive a copy of such records in accordance with section 1-212. Any agency rule or regulation, or part
thereof, that conflicts with the provisions of this subsection or diminishes or curtails in any way the
rights granted by this subsection shall be void. Each such agency shall keep and maintain all public
records in its custody at its regular office or place of business in an accessible place and, if there is no
such office or place of business, the public records pertaining to such agency shall be kept in the office
of the clerk of the political subdivision in which such public agency is located or of the Secretary of the
State, as the case may be. Any certified record hereunder attested as a true copy by the clerk, chief or
deputy of such agency or by such other person designated or empowered by law to so act, shall be
competent evidence in any court of this state of the facts contained therein.
(b) Nothing in the Freedom of Information Act shall be construed to require disclosure of:
(24) Responses to any request for proposals or bid solicitation issued by a public agency or any record
or file made by a public agency in connection with the contract award process, until such contract is
executed or negotiations for the award of such contract have ended, whichever occurs earlier, provided
the chief executive officer of such public agency certifies that the public interest in the disclosure of
such responses, record or file is outweighed by the public interest in the confidentiality of such
responses, record or file;
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