HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0864 (2)Chairman Long said he believed they could live with a 5%
increase per pupil over and above the 5% that was appropriated in
1994-95. This will put the school system in the $833 per pupil
allocation range.
Chairman Long said they hoped to reconvene the long-range
facility planning committee.
Dr. John Nantz discussed West Middle School first. They
completed an addition to West Middle in 1992. At that time a part
of the alternates was the roof and the replacement of the air
conditioning system in the old building; however, they were unable
to do this work to the existing building because of the cost. The
needs have remained. They are now on an almost weekly basis
patching the roof at that building. They spent $1200 in one month
repairing the old roof. The HVAC on the roof is failing and they
are spending considerable money on equipment that is no longer
manufactured and they are having to jerry-rig equipment to make it
last. The figures for the roof construction and other related
repairs is up about 30% since 1992, Nantz said.
What they plan to do is to remove the old air conditioning
unit and tie it in with the new cooling system and the same with
the heat. They also need to make some renovations inside the
building because of water damage.
Commissioner Boone said as far as the merger with the
Mooresville Graded School District, he thought it was not a valid
issue. He questioned the priority list and the difference between
this year's priority list and last year's priority list. He said
that he had talked with roofers who thought a built-up roof with a
15 -year guarantee for a building that size should not cost more
than $100,000. He questioned having a metal roof. Commissioner
Boone noted that the price for the renovations and the new
cafeteria building at Central School was $2,179,800. Last year's
priority list estimated the cost of this project at $974,736. He
questioned why the price had increased so much for the same work.
Dr. Nantz replied that construction prices had increased. Boone
said that obviously prices hadn't increased over 100% in a year's
time.
Chairman Long said if the county commissioners gave
Mooresville $6 million, the county schools would want the same
amount on a per pupil basis. He explained the Public School
Capital Funding, Three -Year Plan, that was distributed by the
school staff. He said from what the architects had told them, they
would be within budget on the new Lake Norman Elementary School.
The board discussed the Lake Norman Elementary School site
acquisition and water and sewer. Chairman Haire inquired how much
an acre the cost of the land would be, including water and sewer.
It was figured that the price would be somewhere between $20,000
and $25,000 per acre.
Commissioner Boone said the priority list keeps changing all
the time. Dr. Register said one of the things the county
commissioners had requested last year was for the schools to give
commissioners prices that did not include any additional
construction. He called attention to the Central and Shepherd
items in Phase III, where construction has been added in those two
cafeteria projects. Boone pointed out that last year's priority
list includes new cafeteria construction for both the Central and
Shepherds' projects. In fact, the project descriptions are the
same on both this year's and last year's priority lists.
Dr. Nantz said the renovation costs for Central is about
$1,457,000. The new construction takes up the remainder of that
costs, including architect's and engineering fees, surveying, and
site preparation. The new cafeteria itself is about $475,000.