[Adopted 6-7-1977; amended in its entirety 12-15-2009 by Ord. No.
09-37]
There is hereby established authorization to appoint a Municipal Building Commission, whose duties shall be to oversee the construction and/or renovations of all municipal buildings erected under contract by the City of Chicopee. This section shall not apply to school building projects which shall be governed by § 16-112 through § 16-118.
All municipal buildings constructed for use by the City of Chicopee
or any of its departments or residents as well as any renovations
to existing city-owned buildings or municipal construction projects
where the total contract price totals $2,000,000 or more shall require
the appointment of a Municipal Building Commission formed and empowered
to act under the provisions of this article. Each such municipal project
shall have a separate Municipal Building Commission.
[Amended 10-2-2018 by Ord. No. 18-52]
A.
No less than one month prior to the solicitation of request for proposal in connection with a bid for construction of any project requiring a Commission in accordance with § 16-43, the Mayor shall appoint a total of nine members, all of whom shall be subject to confirmation upon the affirmative vote of nine Councilors. The nine members shall be selected as follows:
B.
Nothing herein shall prevent a department head, elected or appointed
official or employee of the City from serving on the Commission as
one of the nine members, except that no members of the City Council
shall, during the term of which he/she is elected, hold any other
office in or under City government.
A.
As soon as practical after their appointment, members of the Municipal
Building Commission shall hold an organizational meeting and elect
a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary, who shall be chosen by a
majority vote of the members present and voting.
B.
The Chairman or Vice Chairman shall have the duty of calling all
regular meetings of the Commission upon 48 hours' notice posted according
to law. His duties shall include presiding over meetings of the Commission
and all functions traditionally given to a Chairman. In the absence
of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman shall serve in that capacity. The
Secretary shall record the minutes of each meeting and shall be responsible
for transmitting all minutes and documents received by the Commission
to the City Clerk upon the dissolution of the Commission. A special
meeting of the Commission shall be called upon written request of
nine members.
C.
The Commission shall have the duty to oversee the municipal construction
project and shall elect a Bills Committee, which members shall review
all incoming bills and vouchers and recommend approval for payment
to the full Commission. An affirmative vote of four members of the
Commission shall be required for approval of the bills, and at least
three members must sign the bills, which will then be presented to
the City Auditor.
[Amended 5-21-2019 by Ord. No. 19-34]
The Commission shall have the power to act from the time of
its appointment and shall cease to exist, or any member shall be removed,
upon one of the following conditions:
A person shall cease to be a member of the Municipal Building Commission upon removing his or her residence from the City of Chicopee or for any of the reasons specified in § 16-46. In the event that a person is to be removed, he or she shall be notified, in writing, by the Mayor and given the reasons for such removal. The person will, upon a request in writing, not later than seven days after receipt of such notice of removal, be given a hearing upon such reasons for removal, said hearing to be held by the City Council within 15 days from the request for said hearing. An affirmative vote of nine shall be required before the removal becomes final.
Each member of the Municipal Building Commission shall, upon
appointment, be given a copy of this article and also a copy of MGL
c. 30A, §§ 11A and 11A 1/2, and MGL c. 39, §§ 23A
and 23B (Open Meetings Law).
