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Committee agrees to publish a public dashboard after edits, approves $551,045 vendor invoice package and plans outreach
Summary
Stoughton School Building Committee members agreed to publish a public-facing project dashboard after clarifying budget language, approved a vendor invoice package totaling $551,045, and discussed a public forum and tabling at March school events to update residents.
Committee members told project staff they supported posting the new monthly project dashboard publicly but asked for edits to make budget language clear. Speaker 9 noted that the dashboard's $85,000,000 figure was an internal target and that the construction budget to show publicly should be closer to $90,000,000 within a total project budget of $113,157,877. "I think we're just gonna change it to the proper construction budget," the speaker said.
Melissa Lynch pressed that any public-facing dashboard include a clear statement that the project has not been encumbered in the tax rate and that monthly updates be committed to going forward. Eric and the project team agreed to produce a more expansive public version of the dashboard and to publish an update ahead of Special Town Meeting on March 2.
The committee also approved the vendor invoice package. Fran Brunetti moved to approve the invoices submitted by Vertex, DRA and WT Rich for a total of $551,045; the motion was seconded and passed on a roll-call vote. During the motion, the committee confirmed three invoices and the total amount: "The total amount is $551,045," the presenter said.
On outreach, members volunteered to form a small sub-group to prepare tabling materials and decide outreach timing. Committee members identified March 19 (an elementary conference day) and several school fairs in March as opportunities for tabling and suggested holding a public forum in early April, timed before site work such as tree clearing on Park Street begins. Project staff will set up a coordinating meeting of volunteers to prepare materials and finalize dates.
The committee also heard an announcement from DRA: Courtney will be leaving soon and Angel Kazadian is introduced as another DRA principal to support the project. Members thanked Courtney for her service.
