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Board approves $8.18 million interim package for Old Greenwich School after split debate over roof
Summary
The Greenwich Board of Education approved interim funding for the Old Greenwich School project, adopting a package that raises owner contingency to 10% and includes a roof replacement alternate. The final vote was 4–3 with one abstention.
The Greenwich Board of Education on Tuesday approved interim funding for the Old Greenwich School project, adopting an amended package that raises the owner contingency and adds a roof replacement alternate.
Chairman Mercante Anthony put the recommendation from the Old Greenwich Building Committee before the board, then the board amended that motion to reflect the building committee’s favored scenario that increases owner contingency to 10% and includes the roofing alternate. The board recorded the final vote as 4 in favor, 3 opposed and 1 abstention; the request was presented as $8,177,174 in the meeting materials.
James Waters, representing the building committee, told the board the committee had prepared four scenarios and…
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