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Board adopts $20.5 million GO bond resolutions; district outlines bond-funded projects
Summary
Trustees adopted four resolutions authorizing issuance of approximately $20.5 million in general obligation school bonds and discussed bond-funded projects including playground work, a high-school roof addition, parking/tennis-court reconfiguration and added cameras/license-plate readers.
The Lewis Central Community School District board on May 19 adopted four resolutions to authorize the issuance of approximately $20,500,000 in general obligation school bonds for projects funded by the district’s 2025 bond program.
Board members voted to "adopt the resolution amending the resolution authorizing the issuance of approximately 20,500,000 general obligation school bond series 2025 and levying a tax for the payment thereof," and also approved related administrative resolutions to appoint the paying agent/bond registrar and continuing-disclosure documents. A board member read each motion aloud and the board president declared all four motions adopted after unanimous recorded votes.
Superintendent and facilities staff briefed trustees on planned bond-funded projects and several recommended change orders. Project items discussed included a $79,200 roof addition piece to be completed this summer, work on the playground that has pushed that line item above original estimates, and converting a disused tennis court pad to temporary parking by sealing and repainting as asphalt stalls while the city finalizes a traffic connection to Harry Langdon Drive.
Facilities staff said the conversion could add about "40 or 60" stalls at minimal cost as an interim use while the city decides on road tie-ins. The board discussed adding a walk-in gate along a new sidewalk next to the athletic complex and moving the existing fence to protect the track surface; staff noted those are change orders and not large expenses.
Security upgrades tied to the bond program were also discussed: staff said that new pole-mounted cameras will be installed and that the district is investigating license-plate-reader capability so the system can notify authorities and district staff when flagged vehicles enter parking lots.
Board discussion also touched on routine items funded from the capital projects account, including elementary flooring replacement (a consent-item bid to Kelly's Carpet for $29,393.46 was approved in action votes) and parking/sidewalk phasing while contractors complete summer work.
The resolutions enable the district to accept and deposit bond proceeds and move forward with the summer work schedule; specific construction change orders will return to the board as required.
