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Tamworth Select Board reviews transfer station progress, approves camera access after change orders tap contingency
Summary
The Tamworth Select Board updated progress on the new transfer-station recycling building, agreed to provide camera access to select town officials and departments, and discussed a roughly $1,400 exterior slab change order and other expenses that have used the project's 10% contingency.
The Tamworth Select Board on April 28 reviewed construction progress at the town’s transfer-station recycling building and discussed camera access, drainage-related change orders and contingency use.
Richard Doucette, a Select Board member overseeing the project update, said footings were complete and concrete had been poured. Workers removed forms and poured the slab; the board discussed adding an exterior slab for glass-bottle collection that was not in the original plan to address a high water table and drainage concerns. Doucette said the exterior slab change order was about $1,400 and other adjustments were under $3,000, and that the contract’s 10% contingency (about $25,000) has been tapped for these items.
“Security cameras for the transfer station will be complete,” Doucette told the board, and he said the town plans continuous monitoring. Doucette said access to camera feeds will be granted to select board members, town staff, the fire department and the police department; the web address will be shared with those authorized. When resident Maureen Diamond asked whether the system would be monitored 24/7, Doucette said it would.
Board members and attendees briefly discussed whether the cameras include audio. Ed Comeau asked, “Is there sound?” Doucette replied, “I don’t think so,” and the board did not take further action on audio at the meeting.
The board did not vote separately on the specific change orders at the April 28 meeting; Doucette said the changes are being accommodated within the contract contingency. The town will finalize any change-order documentation and report back to the board.
The board also approved routine items later in the meeting, including minutes, abatements, land-use change taxes and accounts payable; those votes were conducted by roll call and recorded as unanimous.
