Louisa County presents FY2027 capital requests including $585,000 for technology, $140,000 for cafeteria serving lines, and fleet upgrades
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Summary
District staff presented the proposed fiscal year 2027 capital improvement plan containing a $585,000 technology request, $140,000 to replace middle-school serving lines, funds for five gasoline buses and an additional van, and two proposed 5,000-gallon above-ground gasoline tanks at two elementary schools to reduce fueling deadhead.
Louisa County Public Schools staff presented an informational overview of the proposed fiscal year 2027 capital improvement plan and summarized several project requests.
Randy Herman, staff member, requested $140,000 to replace the middle-school serving lines, noting the current lines are about 30 years old. "My request for the budget for next year is for a $140,000, and that request is for the middle school to replace, the serving lines over there," Herman said, adding that replacing this serving line would complete the districtwide replacements for serving lines.
Coles, staff member, presented transportation requests. She said the district is asking for five gasoline buses equipped with air conditioning, funds to purchase an additional van for student transport, and funding to install two above-ground 5,000-gallon gasoline tanks at two elementary school locations so drivers would not need to return to the central garage to fuel. "We're asking for 5 buses equipped as the most recent our most recent purchases, gasoline purchases with, air conditioning," Coles said. Board members asked whether the five buses were additional or replacements; staff said they are additional and that five diesel buses would be pulled from regular service and used as spares.
During questions about fleet fuel types, staff estimated "about 30 or 40" gasoline buses in the fleet. The transcript records the pumps proposed for the tanks as "Trevillions in Jewett." Staff said they would provide numbers on the current gasoline-bus count to the board.
Childress, staff member, presented a technology capital request totaling $585,000 intended to continue the district's device-replacement cycle and related infrastructure work. The packet also referenced other maintenance and parking/asphalt items discussed in the meeting packet but not detailed in the transcript.
All CIP items presented at this portion of the meeting were informational. Staff framed the requests for future budget consideration; the transcript did not record formal board votes on these requests.
