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Board reviews $1M annual capital maintenance plan; cooling towers, LED stadium lights, Sauk Trail repairs noted
Summary
District staff presented the 2025–26 capital maintenance plan, a rolling 10‑year list of projects funded at roughly $1,000,000 per year. Facilities priorities include cooling tower replacements, LED upgrades to stadium lighting, roof and window work at Glacier Creek, and bathroom remodels at Sauk Trail.
Facilities staff reviewed the district's capital maintenance plan for 2025–26 and the next nine years, telling the board the plan is a rolling document that balances urgent equipment replacement with building refreshes.
Assistant Superintendent for Business Operations Jared Rosing (presenting for facilities manager Dale Rhodes, who was absent) said each year in the plan is budgeted at approximately $1,000,000. Rosing noted the plan focuses on work that keeps buildings operational and avoids deferred maintenance that can later trigger larger repair bills.
Highlighted projects for 2025–26 included: cooling tower replacement at Glacier Creek and at other sites where the towers are aging; conversion of stadium and baseball field lighting to LED; bathroom remodeling at Sauk Trail Elementary; alarm system upgrades to replace copper connections; window replacement (about 35 wooden windows dated to 1996) at Glacier Creek; and ADA door opener installations at West Middleton.
Rosing described the annual allocation as a balancing act among roofing, HVAC equipment, asphalt and concrete repair, and minor renovation work. He said some projects are scheduled because equipment is near end of life, and that the facilities team coordinates work to minimize disruption and to pair potential sustainability upgrades where practical.
Board members asked for more granular cost comparisons where sustainability upgrades overlap with maintenance (for example: the incremental cost of LED or geothermal versus a standard replacement). Trustee questions focused on Sauk Trail: several trustees raised whether a full retrofit of Sauk Trail, which is among the district's older schools, was the best use of funds versus long‑term capital decisions such as replacement; staff answered that the plan is driven by equipment end‑of‑life and roof schedules and said the district could present alternative phasing and cost‑breakouts for board review.
No vote was taken on the capital maintenance plan; administrators said the document will return for approval on Feb. 10.
