Meeting Minutes
Tuesday October 11, 2011
Location: Chichester Fire Station
Members present: Brian Boyer & Richard Moore
Members Absent: - Matt Cole - (The CIP is a 5 person committee but only 3 people have volunteered and have been appointed)
This October 11, 2011 meeting of the 2011 CIP Committee began at approximately 7:10 PM at the Chichester Safety Building. The Town Hall was not available due to the recent burglary and fire in the Town Clerks Office. We approved the Sept 27 CIP minutes.
Brian noted that the historical CIP spending average of approx $1.3M over ten years does not include any adjustment for inflation so a direct comparison between the historical ten year average of approx $1.3M vs the next ten years spending of $2M - $4M+ is not completely valid.
Brian & Richard voted to recommend the CIP Committees Spreadsheet Tab 1.4 as the official recommendation. This recommends a ten year CIP budget of $2.346M vs a submitted $4.602M. The Highway submittals are reduced from approx $2.4M to approx $0.867M over ten years. The Fire Dept submittals of approx $1.569M were reduced to approx $1.229M. This recommendation defers purchase of a new fire engine from 2012 to 2015. This recommendation also defers the $41,000 Library Basement renovation from 2012 to 2018. The recommendation also includes several other deferrals and adjustments in the ten year CIP budget.
It is hoped that next years CIP Committee will have useful feedback from the Road Advisory Committee and the Fleet Needs Committee to assist with CIP recommendations for the next ten year CIP cycle.
Brian will begin updating the Highway Dept Project Summaries in Appendix A and Matt will begin updating the Fire Dept Project Summaries in Appendix A of last years CIP report for use in this years CIP report. Richard will begin updating last years CIP report to reflect this years experiences.
The meeting concluded at approx 8:00 PM.
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