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School committee votes to retain and repair Gibbons Field House after subcommittee review
Summary
A school-committee subcommittee recommended repairing the Gibbons Field House rather than demolishing it; the committee voted to accept the recommendation and directed staff to prepare a warrant article for a repair estimate of approximately $46,000.
The School Committee voted Jan. 7 to accept a subcommittee recommendation to retain and repair, rather than demolish, the Gibbons Field House.
Committee member Steve reported that a subcommittee inspected the building and obtained bids indicating a repair option (new membrane roof, carpentry, and interior work) would cost approximately $46,000 (about $36,000 for roof and carpentry plus roughly $10,000 to remove interior partitions). He contrasted that with a previously discussed demolition estimate of about $125,000 and said retaining and repairing the structure would save the district approximately $79,000 versus demolition.
Steve moved the recommendation to retain the field house; another committee member seconded and the motion passed by voice vote. The committee directed staff to place a draft warrant article for the repair amount on a future warrant (with a formal warrant vote to follow) and to include the item on the next meeting agenda. A committee member raised a procedural question about public notice; the chair and superintendent agreed to include the material on the next agenda so the public has the necessary information for the warrant article.
The vote on the repair recommendation was procedural (accept the subcommittee’s recommendation). Any final appropriation would occur through the town-warrant process.
