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Town of Nantucket ' ' ' i
Capital Program Committee,
Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Fire Station Workgroup 201 DEC 11
Joint Meeting
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Minutes
Thursday, November 2, 2017
4 Fairgrounds Road, Community Room — 4:00 p.m.
FinCom and Fire Station Workgroup called to order at 4:01 p.m. by Maury
BOS called to order at 4:02 p.m. by Hill Holdgate
CapCom called to order at 4:02 p.m. by Welch
Staff: Libby Gibson, Town Manager; Brian Turbitt, Director Finance; Julia Lindner, Financial
Analyst; Rebecca Woodley -Oliver, Assistant Procurement Officer; Terry Norton, Town
Minutes Taker
CapCom '_Members: Stephen Welch (Chair), Richard Hussey (Secretary), Peter McEachern, Jason Bridges
FinCom '.Members: Stephen Maury (Vice Chair), Clifford Williams, Joseph T. Grause Jr., Peter McEachern,
Christopher Glowacki, Device Kronau
BOS Members: Dawn Hill Holdgate (Chair), Jason Bridges, Jim Kelly
Absent Members: David Worth (Chair), Henry Sanford, Joanna Roche, Matt Fee Vice Chair), Rita Higgins,
Pete Kaizer (Vice Chair), Christy Kickham, Nat Lowell
Fire Station: Neil Paterson, Dawn Hill Holdgate, Rita Higgins, Richard Hussey, Stephen Maun,
Stephen Murphy
Documents used: The VERTEX Companies, Inc. Project Budget History.
Representatives: Kevin Witzell, Project Manager Kaesde Boos Assoc., Inc; Steven Kirby, Division Manager
Vertex
Kirby — Received four out of five pre -qualified bidders. Delbrook was the low bid; excluding Alternates 1 &
2, Marin is the lowest bid. Construction contingency increased 4.5%; the total budgeted appropriation was
$17M. The final bid is $18.3M; the alternate line items include: paving, fencing and site improvement for
$1.3-'11. The total shortfall is $3.7M
Kronau — Asked what the design fees were for.
Kirby — Those are for the building design and are from the original budget and remains 55976,000.
Grause — Asked about the $1.3M for landscaping and fencing and what the outbuilding is for and if it was in
the June and March bids.
Kirby — It was an alternate in the June 2016 bid and March 2017 bid; at that time it cost was within the
calculation. It is required and was included as part of the November budget review.
Hill Holdgate — Asked about the line item Landscaping and if there was a landscape plan.
Kirby — "Landscaping" is a typo and should read "Paving and Landscaping." There is a landscape plan
included in the base bid. Fencing alone is about $103,000. Paving and landscaping were included in the
March bid at $750,000.
Hill Holdgate — Asked about the $80,000 difference in "Other Soft Costs."
Kirby — That's the estimation over time; June 2016 and March 2017 bids weren't adjusted.
Grause — The outbuilding is $1.2M for an alternate component that wasn't part of the prior bids; it seems we
are not asking for like to like by adding an extra building.
Gibson — The alternate, the outbuilding, has always been part of the bid; we always intended to build it or
would have to build it in the future. If we don't build it now, we'll have a lot of sensitive equipment stored in
the open.
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Grause — There should have been a note in prior bids that there was $1.2 for an outbuilding.
Maury — He agrees and it's too bad the note wasn't in the prior bids. When you back out this building, the
marginal short fall is less than $200,000; that's the message voters have to hear. Asked what happens if voters
don't approve the shortfall, can the station still be built without the outbuilding.
Turbitt — If voters reject this proposal; there is an alternate motion with a lower number. We're still going to
have to build the building. The question becomes to do it now with a cost we know or do it later at an
unknown cost.
Welch — The outbuilding is located on the site plan and was part of the Request for Proposals, which was
sent out. From what he recalls, the outbuilding was approved when the original building was approved by the
Historic District Commission. At Capital Program, we're looking at deferred maintenance and weather
related and advanced depreciation for rolling stock, the Town fleet is significant. If we don't build the
outbuilding for rolling stock, we're looking at building it in the future with elevated construction costs.
Paterson — One reason the bid on the Public Safety Building was successful is everyone was on the same
page. This is our last good chance to build the Fire Station; we can't leave fire vehicles in the open. We need
to be on the same page with the Fire Station and we need to have the outbuilding.
Glowacki — He's not hearing differing opinions of support. The voters are going to have the S17 -\I in mind;
we're telling them that the $2.7 shortfall is actuallv $3.7M. We are all trying to get on the same page to get
this done.
Williams — Some old paperwork shows contingencies at $1.liNl; now, they're S893,659. If we don't hold the
budget, we can subtract that amount from the actual expense.
Kirby — With a new building we recommend about 5% for contingencies and about 10% for existing
structures. Ideally you won't use all of the $893,659.
Grause — Suggested a comment that explains all this.
Maury — It would be appropriate to have a comment and a handout or slide to show what comprises this
and shortfall and the need for the outbuilding. It would explain to voters that they're getting more.
Discussion about the need to include the outbuilding at this time and problems with putting it off.
Gibson — If we'd had more time, we'd have a recommendation from the Fire Station Work; perhaps they
should make a vote today.
Fire Station Workgroup:
Motion to go forward with this new low bid from Delbrook. (made by Paterson) carried unanimously
Kirby — Marin is about $36,000 less than the others without the outbuilding. Delbrook is about 51.21 less
than the next two highest with the outbuilding. If we go direct to a vendor, we don't have the overhead.
Gibson — You're not here to figure out who gets the bid; you're here to put forward the appropriation
number of $3.7M. The recommendation should be for the supplemental appropriation.
FinCom:
Motion to adopt supplement for $3,711,394 Grause/Grimmer Carried unanimously
Glowacki will craft a comment.
CapCom:
Motion to accept the Finance Department recommendation of proposed supplementation of
$3,711,394 (made by: Hussey) Carried unanimously
111. ADOPTION OF MOTIONS FOR STM ARTICLES
1. None
ADJOURN
1. CapCom: 4:26 by unanimous consent
2. BOS: 4:26 by unanimous consent
3. FM' Com: 4:26 by unanimous consent
Submitted by:
Terry L. Norton
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