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Select Board moves to use previously authorized $5,000 to expand insulation work
Summary
The Johnson Select Board agreed by consensus to use a previously authorized $5,000 to insulate a historic society wall and to seek a full‑building quote to prioritize further work if the total cost exceeds that amount.
Chair (S1) opened the meeting and the board revisited a prior authorization to spend $5,000 on insulating a wall at the historical society building. Committee member (S2) told the board that electricians who inspected the building “didn't think that the building had any insulation whatsoever,” and proposed using leftover funds to insulate additional sections while the contractor was on site.
S3 urged the board to request a full‑building quote so the board can prioritize the most beneficial walls if the cost exceeds $5,000: “maybe we should ask them for a full quote of how much it would cost to insulate the whole building,” S3 said. The chair framed the board’s next step as operational: to have the contractor who provided the estimate return a formal quote, and to proceed with insulation work up to the $5,000 already authorized, adding more only after the board reviews a full estimate.
Board members described the insulation technique (blown cellulose through clapboard openings) and confirmed it is non‑invasive to interior finishes. No formal recorded motion or roll‑call vote was taken; the chair recorded the decision as a board consensus to proceed under the previously authorized $5,000 and to obtain a full quote for potential additional work.
