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Davenport board hears update on roofs, playgrounds, gym floors and $65 million construction fund balance
Summary
District facilities staff reviewed completed and planned projects across elementary and high schools, outlined costs for recent repairs and work, and noted a remaining construction fund balance from prior borrowing.
District facilities staff presented a slideshow of completed and in‑progress projects across Davenport schools and described near‑term plans and costs.
Josh, the district’s facilities presenter, showed photographs and said the district completed classroom furniture upgrades at Jefferson, Harrison, Hayes, Madison, Wilson and Eisenhower as part of a phase‑one elementary upgrade. He listed recent projects and rough costs: North gym floor sanding and refinishing about $32,000; an elementary gym floor project around $12,000; Truman drainage and new sidewalks; a Truman playground project estimated about $250,000; and Central High School cafeteria roof replacement and related work that the presenter described as roughly $1,500,000.
Other projects the presentation named: Eisenhower library carpet replacement (about $5,000), a new roof at Williams, a Madison classroom gutted after a fire and awaiting contracted work, Jackson fascia replacement after hail damage, Sudlow watershed/tank work, West High competition gym and turf work, a bus lot move and new bus lot buildings expected to be finished in about four weeks, and upcoming projects such as Harrison parking lot resurfacing and playground replacements at Jackson, McKinley and Garfield.
Finance staff also reviewed budget impacts. Brenda, the finance presenter, told the board federal ESSER carryover caused a roughly $13,000,000 swing in federal revenue year‑to‑date and explained timing differences mean a negative surplus in January that will change when property taxes are collected in March–April. She said the district’s construction fund (Fund 30) shows a remaining balance of about $65,000,000 from the roughly $80,000,000 borrowed for projects a year earlier.
Board members asked for future bill listings to include a project breakdown for large contractor payments. When asked, staff said the million‑dollar line item referenced earlier was associated with Sudlow start‑up costs and that future bill lists will be annotated where possible to show which projects payments relate to.
The board was also told the district is monitoring internal fund timing differences (for example, an extra weekly draw in January to Wellmark) that affected interim monthly cash balances but are not signs of structural problems, and that construction estimates will be amended for the May amendment process as projects progress.
