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Members Present: William Moore, Chairman, Alan Clapp, Clerk, Ken Gay, Julie
Hunter, Maureen Doherty, and Eleanor McCarter, Secretary
Meeting commenced at 7:35 p.m.
GENERAL BUSINESS
Correspondence
• 4 -25 -07 Ltr. to Department Heads from Town Manager re: Spending Freeze
• 2006 Annual Town Report — Copies available at Town Meeting
• 3 -29 -07 Ltr. to Town Treasurer from School Building Authority re: Robinson School
Audit; Project #C19983596
• 4 -5 -07 Ltr. to Department Heads from Town Manager re: Opening of Special Town
Meeting Warrant
Meeting Minutes
MBC meeting minutes February 20, 2007 and March 20, 2007 need to be forwarded to members
for review.
FY08 Budget Update
Bill Moore met with the Town Manager and members of the Finance Committee on Saturday,
April 28, 2007 to discuss the MBC's proposed department budget for FY08. There were no
objections to any of the line item amounts requested by the MBC at that time.
ROLE OF OWNERS PROJECT MANAGER (OPM)
At the Chairman's request, Maureen Doherty and Eleanor McCarter, as Massachusetts Certified
Public Purchasing Officials, gave a presentation regarding the role of "Owners Project Manager"
as it relates to municipal construction.
The purpose of the presentation given this evening was to help familiarize MBC members with
the Owners Project Manager role, and the actions that would be required to take place when
future MBC projects become funded.
Highlights:
• From this point forward the State of Massachusetts Construction Reform Laws requires
municipalities to hire an independent "Owners Project Manager" to represent the
"Town's" interest on all building construction projects estimated over $1.5 million
dollars. This hiring process needs to take place prior to hiring the Project Architect.
• Based on the MBC's current scope of responsibility, the current tasks performed by its
members collectively are very much the same as the tasks that an Owners Project
Manager would perform.
Although Mansfield has been fortunate over the past 10+ years having a standing
Building Committee who's individual members meet the qualifications criteria outlined
by the State for the Owner's Project Manager position, at this point, the MBC may not act
as the Town's Owner's Project Manager. We may not always have professional
engineers with construction experience and licensed tradesman on the Committee as we
have in past years.
Attorney General's office was questioned as to whether the MBC could legally perform
the tasks of the Owner's Project Manager. Response received from that office indicated
that there is a "gray" area as far as the interpretation of the law. If the Town feels that its
MBC combined meet the qualifications criteria of the OPM, the Town could petition to
challenge the State law and possibly receive a waiver to appoint the MBC as the Owners
Project Representative.
• Departments should be aware that requiring cities /towns to hire an Owner's Project
Manager will bring an added cost to building projects however, it could result in cost
savings on possible errors not in the Town's best interest.
• Maureen Doherty explained the current outlook on Construction Management and the
benefit to hiring an Owner's Project Manager. The trend is moving away from
depending on inexperienced Building Committees, and going toward hiring a
professional who has the necessary expertise to properly evaluate construction related
matters.
COMMITTEE UPDATE
Capital Improvements Committee — Ken Gay reported that a large number of items did not
receive CIP financial support.
Meeting Calendar:
May 15, 2007
June 26, 2007
Annual Town Meeting
Next MBC Meeting
Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eleanor McCarter, Secretary
Alan Clapp, Clerk
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