Town of Sharon, MA Standing Building Committee

There is hereby established within the Town of Sharon a committee to be known as the "Sharon Standing Building Committee," to be made up of 10 regular members. All regular members shall be for terms of three years expiring on December 31 with as nearly as possible 1/3 of the regular members' terms expiring each year. The terms of those regular members presently serving on the Sharon Standing Building Committee at the time of the adoption of this article shall be unchanged. In addition, (i) one special member shall be appointed to the Sharon Standing Building Committee by each board or committee which has proposed a project for which the Town assigns said project to the Sharon Standing Building Committee to exercise its responsibilities as set forth in § 12-12, and (ii) if the Town assigns a project to the Sharon Standing Building Committee to exercise its responsibilities as set forth in § 12-12 and such project is required to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,[1] as amended, one special member shall be appointed to the Sharon Standing Building Committee by the Commission on Disabilities, which special member shall either be a current member of the Commission on Disabilities or a designee selected by the Commission on Disabilities. Each special member appointed pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall serve for the duration of the project, and shall have duties and responsibilities with respect to that project only. The Sharon Standing Building Committee will hold an organizational meeting each January only after the Standing Building Committee Selection Committee meets and considers appointment of seats expiring each December 31.

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Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.

The 10 regular members shall be appointed by a selection committee to be known as the Standing Building Committee Selection Committee (SBCSC) which shall be comprised of one member or designee voted by the School Committee, one member or designee voted by the Select Board, one member or designee voted by the Planning Board, one member or designee voted by the Finance Committee, and one member appointed by the Moderator, all for one-year terms starting July 1 and expiring June 30. Current members of the Sharon Standing Building Committee are ineligible for appointment to the SBCSC. The Sharon Standing Building Committee shall appoint one additional SBCSC member as an ex officio, advisory member of the SBCSC without a right to vote.

§ 12-12 Responsibilities.

The Standing Building Committee, as to those projects for which funds are appropriated to the Committee, shall be responsible for:

Financial estimates;

Design, including schematic design, design development, and construction documents (or equivalent documents) developed from the project goals established by the proposing board or committee; and

All aspects of construction, including whatever is necessary to implement or complete a project.

§ 12-13 Proposed projects.

Any board or committee which intends to propose to Town Meeting a project consisting of the erection, alteration, rehabilitation, or remodeling of a Town building shall provide information regarding the project to the Standing Building Committee. This proposal and information shall be simultaneously submitted to the Finance Committee and the Capital Outlay Committee. The Standing Building Committee shall review the proposal and information provided to determine whether the sums requested are reasonable with respect to the financial requirements of the project and shall report to Town Meeting thereon.

§ 12-14 Appropriation and expenditure of funds.

[Amended 5-1-2023 ATM by Art. 20]

For projects as defined in § 12-13 for which the Town proposes to expend up to $1,000,000, funds for the design and construction of a project shall be appropriated to and expended under the direction of the board or committee proposing the project; however, the Standing Building Committee may supervise the construction of said projects at the request of the proposing board or committee.

For all projects as defined in § 12-13 for which the Town proposes to expend in excess of $1,000,000, the Standing Building Committee shall exercise its responsibilities as set forth in § 12-12, above.

§ 12-15 Feasibility studies.

Any board or committee undertaking a project feasibility study shall inform the Standing Building Committee of the study.

§ 12-16 Drawings and specifications.

The Standing Building Committee shall retain record drawings and specifications. These copies shall be kept on file in the Building Department's office.

§ 12-17 Vacancies.

Any vacancy in the regular membership of the Standing Building Committee shall be filled by the Selection Committee. Any vacancy in the Selection Committee shall be filled by the authority which appointed that member whose position has been vacated.

Any vacancy in the special membership which occurs while the project is still pending, for which the special member was appointed, shall be filled by the board or committee which has proposed said project.