Medford building committee approves minutes and invoices, hears MSBA funding and schedule update

The Medford Comprehensive High School Building Committee on April 15 approved its March 23 minutes and three March invoices and received an extended update from the project team on the schedule for the Medford Comprehensive High School project and how the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) treats eligible and ineligible costs.

The committee voted to approve the March 23 minutes (motion moved by Brian Hilliard; carried by roll call, 9 yes, 0 no, 6 absent) and approved March invoices described on the agenda—$25,000 for a left-field invoice, $90,000 for an item the presenters did not further specify on screen, and $166,206.66 for environmental consulting work (motion carried by roll call, 9 yes, 0 no, 6 absent).

One project-team presenter summarized progress on the feasibility study, saying, “We are about half a little over halfway through the feasibility study,” and outlined near-term milestones. The team reported that the preliminary design program has been submitted to the MSBA…