Holmdel board discusses releasing pilot calculations and explores concept of indoor field house
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Board members agreed to release pilot calculation results to the township committee and discussed a conceptual proposal to study an indoor field house near the SATS campus, noting prior feasibility work and the likelihood of multimillion-dollar costs and grant-seeking if pursued.
During the board's 'All Business' and New Business segments, members discussed district pilot calculation data and a conceptual indoor field-house idea for the SATS campus.
Board members agreed to forward pilot calculation results to the township committee; the superintendent noted the calculations are based on public information and can be shared. One board member urged continuing to press the township for pilot funds and cautioned about fiscal impacts to the district budget next January.
A separate new-business discussion proposed studying a year-round indoor turf field house to serve school sports and community recreation. Board members recalled prior rec-advisory committee work and preliminary sketches done several years earlier and cautioned that construction could be a multimillion-dollar undertaking. Participants suggested possible funding options—grant-seeking or partnering with the township—and asked that the idea be explored further with the rec advisory committee and township leaders.
Speakers also referenced prior capital investments: one speaker cited about $1.7 million spent previously on a field and smaller lighting repairs in the low six figures; another said the township had provided roughly $400,000–$500,000 in support. Those funding figures were presented as board-member claims in discussion and were not accompanied by a detailed budget breakdown in the meeting transcript.
No formal vote was taken on pursuing a field house; the board directed that the concept be discussed further and that pilot calculation results be shared with the township committee.