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Board approves five-year capital improvement plan; roof replacement moved earlier with expected state reimbursement
Summary
The Board of Education unanimously approved the district 5-year capital improvement plan, advancing a high-school roof replacement into the five‑year window and citing an anticipated ~25% state reimbursement.
The Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the district’s five-year capital improvement plan (CIP). The motion passed with no recorded opposition.
Nut graf: Board members and facilities staff described the five-year plan’s key projects and timing, including moving a major high-school roof replacement earlier in the five-year window and identifying state reimbursement as a partial offset.
Board members reviewed line items row by row. The CIP includes districtwide planning and engineering funding ($25,000 per year in the document) and a districtwide school-security line ($75,000 per year). Board member Diane asked for historical itemization showing prior-year uses of those two lump-sum lines so the board can evaluate whether the amounts should continue.
Facilities staff described major projects in the five-year shaded portion of the plan: an accelerated roof-replacement project for the high school (noted as eligible for approximately 25% state reimbursement), treatments and capital maintenance projects, furniture replacement and pavement restoration. Specific figures discussed included a $475,028.29 treatment plan (Polson/high school), a $200,000 furniture-replacement line and a roughly $1.2 million pavement-restoration item in later years; a generator replacement near $246,000 also appeared in the plan.
Board members and staff emphasized that reimbursement rules and project sequencing could alter timing; members asked staff to continue evaluating whether projects should be scheduled earlier if conditions change. One board member repeated a building-committee estimate that the recent new-school project was “over a million dollars under budget,” presented as the committee’s estimate rather than an audited figure.
Ending: The board approved the five-year CIP as presented and directed staff to provide further itemization on the districtwide planning and school-security line items and to monitor project timing and reimbursement opportunities.
