Somers board authorizes $63.9 million capital project, will issue up to $62.1 million in bonds

The Somers Central School District Board of Education voted to authorize construction and reconstruction work across district buildings, approve the expenditure of $1,825,000 from the district’s capital reserve fund and permit issuance of bonds not to exceed $62,094,864 to finance the project.

The resolution, as read at the meeting, set a maximum estimated project cost of $63,919,864 and stated that the district had completed the actions required under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and classified the project as a Type I action with no significant adverse environmental impacts identified.

Board members moved and seconded the resolution and the board approved it; the motion language in the meeting text required an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the board’s total voting strength to adopt the sections of the resolution. The transcript records the vote as: “All in favor? Aye.” Individual votes were not read aloud in the public record.

The resolution authorizes sections 1 through 9 as written in the meeting packet, directs the expenditure of capital-reserve funds and authorizes the issuance of bonds up to the stated not-to-exceed amount to pay project costs. The board discussion in the meeting was limited to confirming that this action implements previously approved borrowing and the use of the capital reserve established in prior years.

The board also recorded that statutory and regulatory preconditions — including SEQRA compliance — were met before authorizing the borrowing. The district did not read an itemized roll-call vote into the public transcript; the record reflects a standard voice vote approving the measure.

The district did not state a construction schedule or identify contractors during the public meeting; those details were not specified in the record provided.