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School board weighs FY27 capital plan and whether to seek new bond to finish HVAC work
Summary
The Bedford School Board reviewed an $816,000 FY27 capital plan and debated pursuing a new bond (discussed in a $3.7M–$4.2M range) to finish HVAC controls and remaining work left from a previous renovation, citing long lead times and rising costs.
The Bedford School Board spent the bulk of its Nov. 3 budget session reviewing proposed capital expenditures for fiscal year 2026–27 and debating whether to ask voters for a new bond to complete HVAC controls and related unfinished work from an earlier project.
Todd Zollman, the district’s director of maintenance, told the board that the capital expenditure line is driving the maintenance budget increase and outlined a proposed capital plan that included elevator modernization, controls updates, ADA door operators, and replacements for rooftop HVAC units. Zollman said the district’s capital plan for FY27 contains items totaling in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and that many rooftop and controls components are now at or past their expected…
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