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Operations committee: capital project bids delayed; district sees roughly $2 million shortfall in early estimates
Summary
The district's operations committee reported a shortfall in the capital project budget, delays in SED approvals and plans to issue alternate bid items; the elementary addition, playground and sand-filtration system are top priorities while smaller items may be deferred.
Operations committee members told the Beekmantown Central School District board that initial numbers for the district's capital project show a funding gap of about $2 million and that State Education Department (SED) approvals and third-party reviews have delayed the bidding timeline.
Committee members said they are proceeding to put the primary building addition out to bid and will use alternates for lower-priority items if estimates remain short.
The nut graf: With bids not yet returned and some original estimates two years old, the…
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