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Norwood committee approves $3.64 million vendor payment, $6,000 tech purchase and change order #26 amid inconsistent change-order totals
Summary
The Town of Norwood committee approved a $3,643,846.81 vendor invoice package, a technology PO up to $6,000 for two 3-D printers, and voted to approve W T Rich change order #26; the presentation listed a larger 'grand total' for the change order that conflicted with the motion amount, which the committee approved as read.
The Town of Norwood Middle School Building Committee voted Monday to clear a large monthly vendor packet, approve a small technology purchase and accept a recommended change order, amid an inconsistency between the change-order presentation total and the motion amount.
Project staff presented a monthly invoice summary showing a grand total of $3,643,846.81 for the month. Line items cited included Vertex (owner’s project manager services) for $90,589.25; Ai3 (architectural/consultant services) for $14,503.73; W T Rich applications for payment and related FF&E and other project costs that together produced the $3,643,846.81 monthly total. A motion to approve the vendor invoice package for $3,643,846.81 was made, seconded and carried by unanimous roll-call vote.
On FF&E and technology, staff said the FF&E budget was at about $2.3 million with commitments reported in the range of $2.37 million after a $234,604 transfer. The technology budget was reported at $2,332,396 with approximately $390,000 remaining to be received. The committee approved a purchase up to $6,000 to buy two 3-D printers (one for each art classroom) and associated filament; the motion passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.
Project staff then reviewed recommended change order #26 and its included PCOs: USB cables and hover cams for interactive displays ($28,158); relocation of one security camera ($366); two duplex outlets in a second-floor art room ($1,723); relocation and replanting of three trees in the south parking lot ($4,453); addition of a check valve to a third-floor backflow preventer ($517); removal of integral locks and installation of combination padlocks for 35 ADA lockers ($4,020); a grading correction at the southwest corner of the turf field ($30,050); and an auditorium dedication plaque ($3,595). Staff stated that total pending PCOs presented in that slide equaled $2,672,882, but the motion to approve W T Rich change order #26 described the amount as $72,882. The committee approved the motion as read (roll-call vote, unanimous).
Votes at a glance
- Approval of Oct. 20 minutes: motion approved (interim chair abstained because they were not present at the earlier meeting). - Vendor invoice package: approved $3,643,846.81 (unanimous roll call). - FF&E/technology purchase order: approved up to $6,000 for two 3-D printers (unanimous roll call). - Change order #26: approved (motion language listed $72,882; presentation slide listed $2,672,882; committee approved the motion as read).
The committee followed standard roll-call voting for these motions; members voting in roll call included Matt Lane, Tim Luff, Diane Farrar, Margo Frasick, Chris Folan, Jason Adams and Gary Pelletier. The interim chair also voted when appropriate.
