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Board hears facility change-order updates and upcoming budget workshop; Blue Bell change orders total about $70,000
Summary
Facilities staff reported change orders tied to the Blue Bell Elementary project and a stadium project increase; the finance chair reminded the board that a budget workshop is scheduled and noted potential budgetary pressures from property tax appeals and state/federal developments.
At the March 31 Wissahickon School Board meeting, the facilities and transportation update described several construction change orders and the finance committee previewed an upcoming budget workshop.
Jim, speaking for facilities, said two change orders related to the Blue Bell Elementary project and an increase to a purchase order for the Wissahickon stadium project were on the agenda. Tim provided context and the combined change orders for Blue Bell (items 16.1 and 16.2) "in total combined are about 70,000 in total," and the stadium increase was described as an approximately $7,500 change to the purchase order. Tim said the Blue Bell amount represents "less than 3 tenths of 1% of the overall project" and the stadium amount is "less than 2 tenths 1% of the overall projects." Tim also described the first Blue Bell change order as the result of "when they took the walls down, there was stuff you can't see behind walls that needed to be addressed," and said the other Blue Bell item involved additional engineering for bus-yard lighting required by the township.
Finance committee chair Steve reminded the board the district would hold a third budget workshop the next evening at 5:30 p.m. and cautioned that national developments affecting federal education funding could create additional budgetary challenges. He also previewed a slate of items scheduled for board action next week, including regular finance reports, settlements tied to property reassessment appeals, purchasing bids and acceptance of donations, and a proposal to waive facility fees for community events.
The facilities report and the finance preview were informational in this meeting; no final votes on the listed change orders or budget items were recorded in the transcript.
