Board approves HVAC control upgrade, secure-entrance designs and lighting design bids for bond projects

The Lewis Central Comm School District Board of Education on Feb. 3 approved several design and procurement steps tied to ongoing bond-funded facilities work, including a $128,000 bid for districtwide HVAC controls, design fees for secure entrances at the high school and Kreft, and electrical design for parking-lot and tennis-court lighting.

The votes move the district from planning into procurement for multiple projects outlined by facilities staff: completing an updated centralized HVAC monitoring and control platform, designing a front-entrance addition and interior reconfiguration at the high school and a secure lobby at Kreft Primary, and designing upgraded parking-lot and tennis-court electrical and lighting systems.

District officials said the projects aim to reduce operating cost, improve building security and support upcoming roofing, paving and mechanical work scheduled for spring and summer contracts. Mr. Wallace, facilities staff, told the board the high-school HVAC project has equipment arriving in late May and that the air-handler delivery is several weeks behind the chiller. A vendor demonstration shown at the meeting described a Niagara-based supervisor front end that…