After this
"stewardship" spent millions in excess school override funds
Do Marblehead Taxpayers Need
— or Want — Another Override?
Massachusetts School Building Authority scolds Marblehead
Denies $4.3M reimbursement for improper change orders on Village Street
School override
For more details see:
The Salem News
Friday, June 3, 2011
In Marblehead, if money's there, School Department will spend it
By Barbara Anderson
See also a reaction:
Marblehead Magazine
Bill Purdin, Publisher
June 5, 2011
Barbara
Anderson column raises questions about Village School construction
process
"Please note that the District
executed change orders far in excess of its
available construction contingency, and the MSBA can
only assume that the District consulted with its
counsel prior to pursuing these change orders and
had the authority and the appropriations to support
these changes. The total change orders represents a
significant increase, 49.18%, to the base contract
construction costs. Such substantial changes to a
project's scope and budget are concerning and may
warrant a new bid for the revised project or a
separate procurement for the new scope of the work
in order to ensure that competitive pricing is
obtained."
—MSBA letter dated March 7, 2011
"As you know, the Massachusetts
School Building Authority (the "MSBA") is very
concerned about the high number of change orders for
the Village School project, which resulted in a
49.18% increase to the base contract construction
cost from $11 million to $16.4 million. . . .
"It is troubling that the Town of
Marblehead seems surprised at the MSBA's refusal to
participate in any of the District's scope and
budget changes that exceeded the approved
contingency amount. . . .
"It is disingenuous to suggest that
Marblehead would not have approved all $5.4 million
in change orders if the MSBA had reviewed all of the
Town of Marblehead's change orders as they were
received. . . .
"The MSBA will not tolerate any
additional variances from the terms of its PFA for
this District or any other district for which either
consultant is engaged."
—MSBA letter dated May 23, 2011
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Letter from Municipal Building
Consultants, Inc.
April 1, 2011
To:
Brian Salzer, Acting Superintendent of Schools
Cc:
Amy Drinker, Chair, Village Building Oversight Committee
Erim Chun, Chair, Marblehead School Committee
Chuck Adam, Municipal Building Consultants, Inc.
Attached:
Letter from Massachusetts School Building Authority
March 7, 2011
To:
Municipal Building Consultants, Inc.
Cc:
Senator Thomas M. McGee
Representative Lori Ehrlich
EuRim Chun, Chair, School Committee
James E. Nye, Chair, Board of Selectmen
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Letter from Massachusetts School Building
Authority
April 25, 2011
To:
Brian Salzer, Acting Superintendent of Schools
Cc:
Senator Thomas M. McGee
Representative Lori Ehrlich
James E. Nye, Chair, Board of Selectmen
EuRim Chun, Chair, School Committee
Patrick Saitta, Municipal Building Consultants
Joel Seeley, SMM Associates
Joanna Aalto, MSBA
Attached:
MSBA Change Order Analysis
Marblehead Village Elementary School
Change Order Log (Rev. 1,04-17-11)
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Letter from Massassachusetts School Building
Authority
May 23, 2011
To:
Patrick J. Saitta, Municipal Building Consultants
Joel Seeley, Symmes Maini & McKee
Cc:
Brian Salzer, Acting Superintendent
Senator Thomas M. McGee
Representative Lori Ehrlich
EuRim Chun, Chair, School Committee
James E. Nye, Chair Board of Selectmen
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Analysis Summary of Village School Change
Orders
by Marblehead Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility
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Detailed Analysis of Village School Change
Orders
by Marblehead Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility
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