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Sherman committee approves Newfield $5.01 million progress payment, multiple invoices and contingency releases
Summary
The School Building Committee approved a series of vendor invoices — including a $5,009,652.21 progress payment to Newfield — and authorized contingency releases totaling up to $415,891.00. The committee also approved insurance, testing and architect invoices and a $1,000 amendment for material testing in the D-Wing.
The Town of Sherman School Building Committee on May 18 approved a set of vendor invoices and two contingency releases tied to the ongoing school renovation.
Chair Kerry Merkel moved and the committee unanimously approved two progress-payment invoices to Newfield Construction dated March 31 and April 30 totaling $5,009,652.21. The vote followed consideration of multiple other invoices tied to the project.
The committee approved the Construction Solutions Group (CSG) invoices (3/6/26 and 4/10/26) for $4,340.28 (Sherman School portion), Antinozzi Associates invoices (3/31/26 and 4/30/26) for $60,259.13 (Sherman School portion), Meyer move-management storage invoices for $1,682.96 (Sherman portion), and Special Testing Laboratories invoices totaling $19,180.23 (Sherman portion). The committee also approved a CIRMA builder’s risk insurance invoice dated Dec. 23, 2025 for $115,071.16 for the Sherman School portion.
Kerry Merkel moved to approve Amendment #15 — a $1,000 authorization for Pennoni to perform testing and sampling of material found in the D‑Wing; the committee recorded the testing as non-hazardous and approved the work.
Finance and contingency actions were handled after a review of the change-log. Tim Laughlin reported that, from a billing perspective, the project was about 30% complete at the end of April with projected billing of 40% at the end of May and 50% at the end of June. He said combined contingency reserves were approximately $1.7 million if the change orders reviewed were approved. Laughlin moved to authorize up to $120,471.00 from the construction management contingency for listed PCOs on the Sherman Open PCO Log dated May 13, 2026, and moved to authorize up to $295,420.00 from the owner’s management contingency for owner-listed items on the same log; both motions were seconded and approved.
All votes were recorded in the minutes as "All in favor." No recorded objections or roll-call vote tallies were included in the meeting record.
The committee did not take public comment and set its next regular meeting for Monday, June 15, 2026.
