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Finance committee advances three school roof appropriations after fixing McMahon square‑footage error
Summary
Holyoke’s finance committee advanced appropriations for Elmer McMahon, Morris A. Donahue and Claire Sullivan schools and directed corrected wording for McMahon after MSBA flagged an incorrect square‑footage figure; the Donahue and Sullivan projects are eligible for MSBA facility grants.
Holyoke’s finance committee on Jan. 14 advanced three separate appropriations to repair and upgrade roofs at school buildings and directed staff to file corrected language for a fourth order after a square‑footage error was discovered.
Chair opened the meeting and read three orders: an additional $636,812 for Elmer McMahon Elementary School (in addition to a prior $4,498,497 appropriation); $5,753,418 for partial roof replacement and code‑required upgrades at Morris A. Donahue Elementary School; and $6,739,962 for partial roof replacement and code‑required upgrades at Claire Sullivan Middle School. Sean Sheehy, director of facilities and maintenance for the schools, told the committee the McMahon supplemental appropriation…
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