COURT
FACILITIES AND
SPECIAL
MEETING
OCTOBER 13, 2009
** NOT APPROVED **
Members Present: D. Pullen, G. Benson, D. Fanton,
W. Hall, T. Hopkins, T. O’Grady,
C. Crandall
Others Present: D. Burdick, W. Dibble, A. Finnemore, M. Healy,
J. Margeson, M. McCormick,
B. Riehle, N. Ungermann; Media:
R. Mangels, WJQZ Radio
Call to Order: 1:30 p.m. by Committee Chairman David
Pullen.
Court Facilities Project Construction Management
Services:
At the last meeting on October 7, the committee
considered matters relating to the appointment of either a Clerk of the Works
or a Construction Manager for the Court Facilities Project. Questions were raised during executive
session, and a response was requested from one of the prospective firms. A letter received from Mark Balling of Bovis Lend
Lease regarding staffing levels was distributed to committee members prior to
the meeting (copy of letter attached to original minutes). Committee Chairman Pullen noted that the
letter addressed the staffing concerns by indicating that there will be a
commitment of at least one and one-half people on site.
Legislator Burdick referred to the assignment by Bovis
Lend Lease of Mark Armstrong to the project.
According to Alfred State College, Mr. Armstrong is good, and he knows
his business, but with a big project coming up at the college in the next year
or two, Mr. Burdick questioned if Bovis Lend Lease would guarantee Mark's
presence here until our project is finished.
Mr. Pullen had no definite answer.
He didn't feel there was a guarantee of a particular person on
site. Bovis Lend Lease is making this
commitment, and in their correspondence they indicated Mark Armstrong by name. Mr. Pullen stated that it would certainly
raise issues if they pulled Mr. Armstrong off our project to place him on
another site.
A
motion was made by Legislator
Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 4 p.m.
Adjournment: The meeting
was adjourned at 1:35 p.m. following a motion made by Legislator Hopkins,
seconded by Legislator Fanton and carried.
Respectfully submitted by
Adele Finnemore, Journal
Clerk