Panel approves $100,425 field relocation deal

School Building Committee · Meeting of September 23, 2026

MILLIS — The Millis School Building Committee approved a $100,425.59 contract amendment to relocate high school ball games to the town field during construction. The panel voted 7-0 by roll call to redirect $50,000 budgeted for a temporary backstop, plus $30,000 more, into permanent upgrades at the town field, with Fontaine's Rich calling it a better use of money than "throwing it out the door." Members separately weighed spending an estimated $190,000 to make mismatched corridor tile uniform and $100,000 to reface classroom cabinetry, with member Al asking, "Are we going to put lipstick on a pig, per se?" No decision was made on the finishes; the committee scheduled an October 9 walkthrough. The panel also approved a pre-qualified elevator contractor, Delta Beckwith, by a 7-0 vote, and cleared routine invoices totaling several hundred thousand dollars, including $561,887 to architecture firm Tapay.

In the full story:

• Permitting and the State Building Code Timeline
• MSBA Submission Schedule
• Generator and Transformer Relocation
• Interior Finishes: Corridor Tile and Classroom Casework
• Pre-Construction Amendment: Temporary Ball Field Relocation
• Pre-Qualified Contractors for Early Release Package
• Invoices and Routine Business
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,336 words

Source: the School Building Committee meeting of September 23, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.