The purpose of this by-law is to provide a permanent School
Building and Rehabilitation Committee ("SBRC") that shall have continuing
responsibility to direct engineering and architectural studies to
determine the current physical condition of the Town School Department
buildings and to make recommendations to the Town relative to proposed
rehabilitation, expansion and/or new construction projects.
There shall hereby be established an SBRC, which shall oversee
and supervise the design, construction, reconstruction, major alteration,
renovation, enlargement, major maintenance, demolition, and removal
of Town School Department buildings as provided in this by-law.
The SBRC shall annually elect among its members a chairperson,
vice-chairperson, clerk and such other officers as the SBRC, in its
discretion, shall deem necessary and proper.
The SBRC shall be responsible for monitoring the Massachusetts
School Building Authority Grant Program application process and advise
the Eligible Applicant (as defined under G.L. c.70B, § 2)
during the selection and construction of the Approved Project, including
but not limited to: initiation and direction of engineering/architectural
studies, subject to an appropriation for such purposes, to determine
the current physical condition of Town School Department Buildings.
Recommendations of the SBRC shall be made to the Town in accordance
with applicable law, and after consideration of factors likely to
maximize state reimbursement available for school building construction
and/or rehabilitation projects.
This By-Law shall take effective on July 1, 2016, at which time
the appointment of the four Members-at-Large then in office shall
be deemed to have expired, and the size of the SBRC shall be reduced
from 11 voting members to seven voting members, and three ex officio
members as set forth herein.