Warwick Buildings and Energy Committee draft minutes
February 23, 2012, at 6:34 pm
Attending: Janice Kurkoski, Steve Kurkoski, Matt Sheldon, Dan Dibble,
Jack Cadwell, JimToth
January meeting minutes accepted

TOWN HALL;
Window Sash Replacement; Tom Mcloughlin from Brattleboro will be taking
a sash to see what is involved in repairing them and then explore
working with the town. Don Haywood is still in the picture but David
said to go with both guys (Tom and Don) and get the job done. Jack is
also considering Lou Powling from Orange to do some of the work.

Kitchen Hot Water; Dan report that insulating the pipes will be done in
the near future by Ray the janitor. 
When large dinners are served the kitchen runs out of hot water after 3
to 4 hours of use.
Our committee is recommending that the old hot water tank be installed
ahead of the current tank to temper the incoming water temperature. This
old tank should also have a switch and indicator light in the  kitchen.

WARWICK SCHOOL;
Computer Phantom Load; Steve talked with Cara Cleveland about shutting
off the computers in the computer classroom. The plan is shut down all
of the computers at the end of the day.

Energy Agreement: David Young tells us that PVRS Superintendent Dale
Dorian is supportive of an agreement to pay back Warwick for
energy-saving capital improvements out of the actual energy savings. The
committee has rewritten Article 20 for David as follows. Shall the Town
borrow a sum of money to fund energy-saving and building performance
improvements at the Warwick Community School, contingent upon approval
by all the PVRS member towns of a performance contract agreement one-off
variance from the "District Agreement" or take other action related
thereto.
The committee is also suggesting a new article to follow the above which
reads similar to the following:  Shall the town raise, borrow or
appropriate a sum of money for re shingling the school roof?
By having two separate articles it will be clear to the PVRS district
that we intend to enter into an agreement with them addressing energy
savings only.

Some of the remaining $5000 left over from the audit could be used to
hire someone to create an accurate energy benchmark and verify energy
savings going forward. An 'operator's manual' still needs to be written.

Liaison; Jack will contact Tracy Kirley to be the new school liaison for
this committee.

Generator: Steve will write a report of what Rollie Weld and he found
out and repaired on the generator.

FIRE DEPT:
Winserts: All firemen are busy going through training the next three
months. There will be no winsert project at this time

New Building: Dan has asked that when framing/sketch plans are available
if we could have a copy for our committee to review.
  
Miscellaneous:
Stretch Code Article 21: We agreed that we should educate ourselves
about the stretch code and discuss it at our next meeting.

Announcements:
Gallons of oil delivered to date this winter reveals the highway
equipment garage to continue to exceed all other town buildings.
Mass Municipal Energy Group meeting Thurs March 1, 10 AM in Wilmington, MA

Meeting adjourned; 8:32, Next meeting Thursday March 29th 6:00 PM