Huntington selectmen award big to Andy Girouard and Jeff Keeney for Town Hall cooling system. (Photo by Amy Porter)
HUNTINGTON – On Wednesday, the Board of Selectmen awarded the bid to install a cooling system in Town Hall and Stanton Hall to Huntington residents Jeff Keeney of Wait’nSave HVAC, and Andy Girouard, electrician.
Selectmen chair Edward Renauld said the bid came in a few hundred dollars under the budget of $70,000. At the annual town meeting in June, residents voted to pay half of the amount, $35,000 from Free Cash. The Finance Committee earlier voted $35,000 to come out of the Stanton Fund, acting on a request by the Board of Selectmen.
Keeney’s bid was $59,890 for the HVAC work, including air cooling units, two heat pump systems, nine heads, two condenser units and installation for both buildings. Keeney said the units would be installed outside on stands. He said he would put one unit on either side of Town Hall, but keep both units on the inside courtyard of Stanton Hall, so as not to detract visually from the building. Keeney said they could start in two weeks.
Selectman Edward Renauld asked them to coordinate their work at Stanton Hall with administrative assistant Helen Speckels who keeps the calendar for the building. Girouard, whose bid of $7,302 for electrical work associated with the installation, said he would begin the electrical work in Town Hall. Renauld said since Girouard is the town’s electrical inspector, the alternative inspector would be doing the checks and balances on his work.
(R) Huntington Town Clerk Kathleen Thomas swears in Peri Sossaman to a three-year term on Huntington Cultural Council. (Photo by Amy Porter)
In other business, the selectmen appointed Bill Millin as the new Huntington representative on the Hilltown Community Ambulance Association Board of Directors for a one-year term ending June 30, Millin will replace Ernie Smith, who resigned last month. Also appointed was Linda Hamlin to the position of assistant town clerk, for a one year term to end June 30, 2018.
The board also approved the job description for a clerical aide for the Council on Aging. The job description will be posted on the town’s website at huntingtonma.us.
A letter from the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission offering KENO monitor to display the games to existing KENO-to-go agents B&D Variety was also received with no objection from the board.
Following the meeting, town clerk Kathleen Thomas swore-in returning member Peri Sossaman to the Huntington Cultural Council for a three-year term.
