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Averill Park board approves emergency high-school PA replacement; capital project update shows savings and ahead-of-schedule work
Summary
The board approved an emergency project to replace an unreliable high-school public-address system over the summer, using an Omnia co-op contracting path to expedite state review. Officials also reported the $28.5 million 2021 capital program is about 70% complete, $3 million under budget and ahead by one year.
Averill Park, N.Y. — The Board of Education on May 6 approved an emergency capital project to accelerate replacement of the Averill Park High School public-address system after district staff found the existing system unreliable during emergency testing.
Tony, the district’s capital-projects representative from Mosaic and Energy Engineered Solutions, told the board the 30-year-old PA system “is unreliable, will not broadcast appropriately in different areas of the building. It’s sporadic.” The board voted to declare the PA work an emergency so the State Education Department (SED) will fast-track review and the district can award the work through the Omnia cooperative procurement path this…
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