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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0864Chairman 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.