Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Audrey P. Beck Municipal Building

Conference Room B

MINUTES

Present: Bill Simpson, Chair, Anne Rash, Elizabeth Paterson, Mark Boyer, Gordon Schimmel, William Hammon, Matt Hart, Jeff Smith

Fred Baruzzi arrived at 5:25; Matt Hart at 5:34; and Mark Boyer at 5:56

Absent: Anne Willenborg,

Staff: Jeff Cryan, Eric Ohlund

Guest: Mike Callahan, Fuss & O’Neill, Joe Marcucio, Fuss & O’Neill

1. Call to Order/Roll Call

Mr. Simpson called the meeting to order at 5:07 p.m.

2. Meeting Minutes

The minutes of September 19, 2007 were moved, seconded and approved unanimously.

3. Opportunity for the public to address the Committee

No one came forward.

4. Report from Fuel Conversion Project Subcommittee

Mr. Callahan provided the Committee with a detailed summary of the Middle School Fossil Fuel Conversion Project analysis to date, giving the group an overview of what he intended to present to the Town Council at a joint meeting with the Board of Education on Tuesday, October 9^th. Mr. Callahan and his engineering team have concluded that a geothermal option would be prohibitive in cost and complexity, over a simple hot water system, with bio-diesel or natural gas fuel option.

The Committee thanked him for his work and endorsed his conclusions for presentation to the Council.

5. Other

Dr. Schimmel and Mr. Lawrence reminded Committee members that the first public workshop originally scheduled for October 18^th had been re-scheduled to Nov. 7^th, due to a conflict with the League of Women Voters’ Candidate Night.

6. Adjournment

Mr. Schimmel adjourned the meeting at 6:10 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

G. Schimmel

Superintendent