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Board presented request to pursue state reimbursement and schematics for Bergen Education Complex partial roof replacement
Summary
District staff requested approval to seek a non-priority grant through the Department of Administrative Services to fund schematic design, specifications and to form a building committee for a near-total roof replacement at the Bergen Education Complex (Crosby High and Wallace Middle).
The Waterbury Board of Education was asked on Jan. 7 to approve steps needed to pursue state reimbursement and to advance planning for a partial roof replacement project at the Bergen Education Complex, which includes Crosby High School and Wallace Middle School.
Nick Albini presented the request, saying the complex’s total roof area is about 170,814 square feet and that approximately 160,922 square feet would be replaced — about 98.9% of the roof surface — because some newer sections (the Wallace middle-school new wing and Crosby media center) did not require replacement. Albini said the district seeks permission to: (a) file a non-priority grant application with the state Commissioner of Administrative Services (DAS), (b) prepare schematics, drawings and specifications, and (c) establish a building committee to oversee design and procurement. The presentation noted that the current reimbursement split is 79% state reimbursement and 21% local share.
Albini asked for questions; Commissioner Orschel confirmed the reimbursement split as 79/21 in response to the presentation. The transcript records the request for approval; it does not record the board’s final vote on the grant application or schematic authorization in the provided excerpt.
If authorized and the grant application is successful, the project would move to schematic development and subsequent construction phases subject to state reimbursement rules and local matching funds.
