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Gatesville ISD discusses paying $1.4 million up front to speed junior high renovations; bond trade-offs outlined
Summary
District staff described an option to pay $1.4 million now for design work to accelerate a proposed $26 million bond project that would renovate the junior high, add a field house and press box, and make other campus changes; board members raised questions about auditorium scope, turf and impacts to baseball/softball.
District staff briefed the Gatesville ISD Board of Trustees on potential ways to accelerate a proposed $26,000,000 bond project for junior high renovations and related athletic facilities, including an option to pay $1,400,000 now for full design work and be reimbursed later if the bond is sold.
The staff presentation, delivered during the board’s regular meeting, said paying the design costs up front would allow construction to "hit the ground running" as soon as bond funds were available and could reduce price escalation tied to delays. "If you wait for the bond and then you start drawing, then that's where all these prices start because it's months and months and months more," the staff member said.
Board members and staff discussed what the $26 million package would include. Staff said the full package would cover moving sixth grade to the junior high, expanding the…
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