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Elko County school capital projects: CIP unchanged for now, $3 million in AB 519 funds reported and combined-school construction mobilized
Summary
Officials at an Elko County School District meeting reviewed the district capital improvement plan and funding, said roughly $3 million in AB 519 funds have been received with a target of $5 million by July, and reported that the combined school construction project has mobilized with limited scope and a 1.5% contingency.
At an Elko County School District meeting, officials reviewed the district’s capital improvement plan, reported about $3 million in AB 519 funds deposited into the capital projects account and gave an update on the combined school construction project, which has mobilized but been scaled back from earlier plans.
The master capital improvement plan (CIP) presented to the meeting is “exactly the same as it has been for this year,” staff member CJ Anderson said, and county staff are waiting on final legislation and confirmation of matching funds before revising the CIP for the 2025–26 fiscal year. Anderson said the CIP is not presented to the County Debt Management Commission until August and that any formal changes will wait until after those processes conclude.
Board member Jennifer Aberson reported that about $3,000,000 has been added to the district’s AB 519 funds account and said the total should reach “5 plus million dollars” by the time the last receipts post in July, adding that the district has contacted representatives in the governor’s office and at the state level to pursue matching funds for larger projects.
On the combined school construction project, Matt Stolke said, “MGM has mobilized up there with Autra Construction. They’re just moving dirt basically and kind of just prepping,” and that work began around March 18. Stolke and others described the project as scaled back to the school site itself and basic site work; the district will not build a bus barn, a separate career and technical education (CTE) building, a football field or a track as part of the current scope.
Stolke confirmed a project contingency of 1.5%, saying, “We’re at 1.5% of the project contingency.” Members noted the scale of earlier cost estimates — one speaker referenced roughly $65,000,000 already allocated — and discussed that rising construction costs and supply-chain issues have complicated efforts to expand the project beyond the current scope.
District staff reviewed completed and near-complete projects. Chairman John Carr referenced a recent boiler replacement: “white boiler replacement, almost 300,000,” and staff described that one of two diesel-burning boilers had failed and the other was near end of life; the replacement also included an emergency condensate-line repair that serves the adjacent gym. The CTE building was described as nearly finished; staff said they had used contingency funds and at one point were about 1.2% over contingency on that project. The district also flagged a drainage issue near the CTE site where Summit produced an engineered plan and OCHA is preparing a price for work.
The meeting calendar dates that appeared on the agenda were left unchanged; the consent agenda — including approval of prior meeting minutes — was tabled for later action, Chairman John Carr said. No formal votes on capital projects or bond measures occurred at the meeting.
Officials discussed next steps: staff will await the outcome of state budget legislation and any matching fund allocations before submitting a revised CIP to the County Debt Management Commission in August, and district representatives said they will continue fundraising and state outreach for elements not included in the current construction scope.
