HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0478conditioning for all those facilities and finishing some remodeling
of the air conditioning at the old West Middle School, runs right
at $8.9 million. Dr. Register said he would give the county
commissioners more detail on the heating and air conditioning at a
later date, if the board members would like to have the
information.
V. Chairman Boone said he saw a tremendous discrepancy in
figures. He has talked to people who are in the air conditioning
business, not window replacement costs and energy efficiency, but
for electrical upgrades and central air, people tell him that every
classroom in the county could be air conditioned for $800,000 to
$900,000. Dr. Register said the figures that were given to him
were from the Facilities Study Committee. McKnight and Smith
Engineers did the study with architects from the state and
architectural consultants, who basically fit the air conditioning
system to the building. All air conditioning systems are not the
same approach; each building has to be considered separately. Dr.
Register highly recommends McKnight and Smith. He again said they
would be glad to supply additional detail to the county
commissioners. He said he was talking about basically the same
kind of job of air conditioning that was done at the five
elementary schools --Harmony, Monticello, N. B. Mills,
Celeste Henkel, and Mt. Mourne, because these are examples of jobs
that he wants to do --the basics which includes closing some old
window walls that allow air leakage, insulating and wiring, and in
some cases, lighting and things like that.
Commissioner Stewart inquired if the cost closing of window
walls such as the ones at Statesville Senior High was included in
the $8.9 million price. Dr. Register said that was correct.
The two boards discussed what the total square footage of
space that is not air conditioned and the cost per square foot for
air conditioning versus what it costs to air condition a 2,000
sq.ft. residence. Dr. Register said they could have a mechanical
engineer give a written report. They just finished air
conditioning five schools, and they were right on target with the
budget, he said.
V. Chairman Boone said he had some questions about Priority
12. He thinks some things that need to be done to some of the old
elementary schools need a higher priority than a new media center
and science labs for the high school. Some of the old elementary
schools are the ones he hears about the most, Boone said. He spoke
of Shepherds School which he thinks should have a higher priority
than labs, media center, etc. Chairman Long said this is not a
request for this year.
Jeff Tucker said the board's thinking was that the middle
schools were air conditioned and it would be better to air
condition the high schools before the elementary schools were done.
Dr. Register said North and South Iredell Schools have the biggest
problems with no air conditioning. West and Statesville High have
parts that are air conditioned. At South and North they have
upstairs classrooms with no windows. More is demanded of the high
school students in the way of science and what is happening in the
information age, and if they are demanded to know these things,
they should have the facilities to teach it, Tip Nicholson said.
Commissioner Stewart inquired how they arrived at the Priority
List. Bill Long said the Facilities Study Committee comprised of
school people and the a member of the county commissioner and
public members made the facilities study and the board of education
approved the list. This was made before the bond vote, and after
the bond failed, the needs still exist, Long said. Commissioner
Stewart said if this priority list went through this process and
included the people elected to make these decisions, then, even
though the board of commissioners would do the funding, she would
not want to interrupt the prioritization or determine that there
are things that she personally would want to see done as opposed to
what this whole group determined were the priorities. Bill Long
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