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Committee approves $11,450 transfer to fund Sheehan drainage study; Lyman Hall softball funding still unresolved
Summary
The operations committee approved transferring $11,450 from two capital projects to pay for a civil-engineering drainage study at Sheehan High School and discussed ongoing work at Lyman Hall (boiler rental/installation) and athletic fields; one board member voted no on the transfer.
The Wallingford School District operations committee voted by consensus on Nov. 12 to transfer $11,450 to fund a civil-engineering study of drainage and flooding concerns at Sheehan High School.
"So that will be transferred over to fund the civil engineering services study at Sheehan High School," the chair said after Mr. Barone and Mr. Deptula explained the funding sources. Mr. Barone told the committee the request would move $1,000 from the school-signs project (project 23012) and $10,450 from the Rock Hill plumbing improvements project (project 24009) to cover the study cost.
Mr. Deptula reviewed facilities work across the district: new school signs are in production and expected to be installed this month; exterior door locks are being updated to a new lock system; the DAG baseball field work has started and should be finished this fall; the softball field project was deferred and will likely be completed next season; tennis-court cracks have been filled and painting is scheduled for next spring because paint is temperature sensitive.
On the Lyman Hall boilers, Deptula said demolition should finish by the end of the week and installation is set to begin Monday; he described the boiler rental as a large, multi-contractor effort that required several fitters and support staff.
Board members pressed for specifics on timing and funding. "I would like to get if possible, a list of what has happened over the past 3 or 4 years, what we've done and how we've done it to move along in this field," Mr. Ross said, describing parents' frustration about the stalled softball work. Mr. Deptula said the original renovation site is still unfunded and that the practice-field option proved infeasible because of irrigation and space constraints.
Ms. Reyes asked whether the district would seek to recover costs from the original contractor if a second opinion contradicted earlier work; committee members replied that the district must first fund the independent study to determine the scope of the problem and then consider next steps.
The vote on the $11,450 transfer was taken by roll-call; one member (Mrs. Raines) cast a recorded no vote, and the chair said the transfer will be moved to the full board for final action.
What happens next: the civil-engineering study is expected back around the start of the calendar year; staff will report the study's findings and recommend further steps for remediation or contractor recourse.
