Several procedural motions and contract approvals concluded the April 16 meeting of the Town of Millis School Building Committee and Permanent Building Committee.

Approved motions and outcomes:

- Tapay invoice (professional services, March): motion to approve invoice for $52,500; motion seconded; passed unanimously. (Motion text in meeting: "I make a motion that we approve the invoice for Tapay for the professional services from March 1 through the 30 first for the amount of $52,500.")

- Vertex invoice (professional services, March): motion to approve invoice for $19,575.13; motion seconded; passed unanimously. (Motion text as presented: "I make a motion that we approve the invoice for Vertex for professional services for the month of March for the amount of $19,575.13.")

- School Building Committee minutes: motion to approve the meeting minutes of Wednesday, March 19, as written; seconded; passed unanimously.

- Permanent Building Committee — preferred contractor for Lansing Millis work: after bidding two contractors, Aquavares was reported as the low bidder on the base scope. The Permanent Building Committee voted to approve Aquavares as the preferred contractor and to forward that recommendation to the select board to execute a contract; motion seconded; passed unanimously. Notes provided in the meeting indicated the base bid will repair the turret, replace shingles and fascias, paint the building and include allowances for lead flashing replacement; full repointing was listed as an alternate not included in the base bid.

- Permanent Building Committee minutes: motion to approve the permanent building committee meeting minutes of March 19 as written; seconded; passed unanimously.

Where recorded, meeting minutes show these motions passed by unanimous voice vote; individual member roll-call votes were not recorded in the transcript.

The committees recessed after these items; follow-up responsibilities included forwarding the preferred-contractor recommendation to the select board and assigning DPW staff to observe exterior repairs during construction.