Robinson window project discussed in Mansfield

Concerns over the Robinson School window replacement project led the towns municipal building committee (MBC) to appear before the board of selectmen on Wednesday.

MBC chairman Maureen Doherty addressed the questions about $375,000 voters approved at last springs Town Meeting to replace the windows in the school. The confusion among residents and elected officials seems to be over what exactly the $375,000 was to cover.

Doherty said she was not present for the school department presentation last year.

When it came to the building committee we always knew it was just phase one, Doherty said.

I never remember phase one ever being said, selectmen Chairman Jess Aptowitz said. People thought when they voted at Town Meeting that amount was the total amount needed for all windows. I dont think that was clear at the meeting.

Doherty said her committee was there to work for the best value on the project and did not want to get caught up in a disagreement between the selectmen and the school department.

Doherty also said the committee received 15 proposals for a design professional for the project, something she said is required by state law.

She said it was important to hire someone because of the scope of the project, a 35,000-cubic-yard facility, and the fact that it was not just a matter of popping out old windows and installing new ones.

Its window wall systems, its not a window replacement, Doherty said. They interface with masonry walls. We cant go to Home Depot and get a window.

MBC Vice Chairman Bob Barry said the window replacement may not be able to be completed in the summer but could go into the fall.

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Robinson window project discussed in Mansfield