Meeting Minutes
July 28, 2011
The Engineering Committee met Thursday, July 28, 2011 at The District Offices at 245 Main Street, Cromwell, Connecticut.
The Chair, John Dunham, called the meeting to order at 4:30 PM. In addition to the Chair, present were Committee Members - John Luddy, Tom Tokarz and John Valengavich. Committee Member - Gerry Amodio was absent. There was a quorum. Also present were Board Chairman - Bill Candelori, Board Member - Ed Sasso, Executive Director - Brian W. Armet, Rowland Denny from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) formerly DEP, and Bill Neagus from Strategic Persuasion Group.
1) Nitrogen Upgrade and discussion with DEEP regarding Management of the
Construction - GC, Const Mgr and other variations
The Committee, Board Chairman, Non-Committee Board Members and the Executive Director discussed with Rowland Denny from DEEP: bidding the Nitrogen Upgrade with a Construction Manager at Risk versus a General Contractor and DEEP's preference General Contractor; and, funding. $38 million is available to The District this fiscal year with the balance to be funded under the next fiscal year's budget. However, if The District does not receive bids by October it would lose this year's funding and most likely will not have enough priority points in the 2011 fiscal year to receive funding. So it is important to make a decision as soon as possible. Rowland Denny also stated that if The District decided to not take in Middletown, The District most likely would not receive additional funding beyond the $38 million. Committee Chair John Dunham left at 5:20 PM and Rowland Denny left at 5:35 PM. The Committee discussed further Construction Manager at Risk and the need for additional information. Committee Members John Valengavich and Tom Tokarz stated that this is the time to go ahead with the project and The District should do so. It was decided that a meeting with a Construction Management firm would be appropriate if it could be arranged. Board Chairman Bill Candelori indicated that he would call his contact at SKANSKA.
Adjournment:
Mr. Valengavich moved, and Mr. Luddy seconded, and the Committee approved unanimously to adjourn at 6 PM.