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Board tables $15 million safety and building‑condition bond after trustees question scope and timing
Summary
Administrators proposed a $15 million bond combining districtwide safety upgrades (cameras, remote door locks, intruder‑resistant window film) and prioritized building‑condition repairs. Trustees raised questions about item selection, timing and tax implications and voted to table the referendum until March 12 for further review.
The Carmel Central School District Board of Education on Feb. 15 heard a detailed presentation of a Building Condition Survey and a proposed $15,000,000 bond referendum intended to fund districtwide safety upgrades and priority facility repairs.
Assistant Superintendent John Fink and architect Pasquale Marchese outlined a package that includes remotely controlled exterior and interior door locks for roughly 1,150 doors, additional cameras (partly funded by a Smart Schools grant pending state approval), intruder‑resistant window film for first‑floor openings, exterior blue‑light warning systems, 28 weather‑protected automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and a set of building repairs identified in the BCS…
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