Building committee approves $5.45 million in contractor invoices

At the Dec. 18 meeting, Chair (Speaker 1) read a set of vendor invoices totaling $5,453,736.25 and asked for a motion to approve payment. The list included invoice #50 from Skanska for $203,770; invoice #25 for $113,520; invoice #18 (transcript identifies the vendor as "sickly") for $5,119,308.80; invoice #3 from Beacon for $371.25; and invoice #14 from Athena for $16,766.20.

Speaker 5 told the committee the invoices had been reviewed and "are all in line with terms of the contracts" and recommended payment. A committee member moved and another seconded the motion; Chair (Speaker 1) called for a voice/hand vote and the membership approved the payments with no opposition reported.

The committee did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript. The payment authorization was presented as routine procurement consistent with contract terms; committee members did not raise substantive objections during the recorded discussion.

Clarifying note: the transcript spells one large invoice vendor name in a way that appears inconsistent with earlier contractor names in the record; the committee packet or vendor invoice documents should be consulted for the official vendor spelling and accounting codes.