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Walpole committee approves $9.9 million vendor invoice as middle‑school project nears closeout
Summary
The Walpole Public Schools building committee voted to approve a $9,899,602 vendor invoice package as the middle‑school construction nears completion. Contractors have closed most punch‑list items, but final state reimbursement is withheld until MSBA closeout, which can take years.
The Walpole Public Schools Building Committee voted to approve the vendor invoice package totaling $9,899,602 as work on the new middle school moves toward final closeout.
Committee members were told the construction contract is essentially complete and that contractors have closed the vast majority of punch‑list items. “Big picture…there are 3,208 punch list items that have been closed. So we are 98% complete with the punch list,” said Griffin, a representative for Fontaine, the project contractor.
The approval matters because the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has paid about 95% of the grant reimbursement to date and is holding the final reimbursement until the MSBA closeout audit is complete. “Whenever the final audit is done by…
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