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Superintendent outlines generator replacements, stage rigging and siding work; half-percent sales tax funds cited
Summary
Superintendent Ford Slack reported July 23 that the district is replacing an aging generator at Point Higgins, rerigging an auditorium stage for life-safety, repairing siding at Schonbar and addressing fire-alarm problems, and said many projects draw on the borough's half-percent sales tax and DEED reimbursement processes.
Superintendent Ford Slack told the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Board of Education on July 23 that district maintenance teams completed summer inspections and are advancing several capital and life-safety projects, some funded through a locally managed half-percent sales tax allocation.
Key projects and schedule: Point Higgins generator: Ford Slack said the district is replacing a roughly 40-year-old generator at Point Higgins after repeated mechanical failures and advice from the vendor that continued repairs were no longer viable. An electrician is installing automatic transfer switches and a skid-mounted replacement generator is expected to be placed and operational before…
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